Class: Headers

Inherits:
Object
  • Object
show all
Extended by:
Logging
Defined in:
lib/headers.rb

Overview

an object of this class represents the headers of a news-article

Constant Summary collapse

@@config =

class-level configuration object

Configuration.instance
@@log =

class-level logger as configured.

init_logger(@@config.log_target, @@config.log_level)

Instance Attribute Summary collapse

Instance Method Summary collapse

Methods included from Logging

init_logger, log_level=, log_target=

Constructor Details

#initialize(article_text) ⇒ Headers

read the headers from the article



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# File 'lib/headers.rb', line 38

def initialize(article_text)
  @log = @@log
  
  line = nil
  # transform the article to an array.
  line_array = article_text.split($LN)
  # find the first empty line
  end_index = line_array.index('')
  # keep the preceding lines.
  @lines = line_array.slice!(0, end_index)
  @log.debug('headers: ' << @lines.to_s)

  # headername: headervalue
  @headers = {}

  # fill the headers Hash from the header-lines.
  @lines.each do |l| 
    h = l.split(':')
    @headers[h[0].strip.to_sym] = h[1...h.size].join(':').strip
  end
  @log.debug('headers are ' << @headers.to_s)
  
  @newsgroups = Newsgroups.new(header(:Newsgroups))
  @log.debug('Newsgroups is ' << @newsgroups.inspect)
    
end

Dynamic Method Handling

This class handles dynamic methods through the method_missing method

#method_missing(method, args = nil) ⇒ Object

basically a replacement for header(name), above. But you can call self.Newsgroups or self.From etc.



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# File 'lib/headers.rb', line 97

def method_missing(method, args = nil)
  return @headers[method] if @headers[method]
  @log.error("unknown symbol '#{method}'")
end

Instance Attribute Details

#lines ⇒ Object (readonly)

Returns the value of attribute lines.



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# File 'lib/headers.rb', line 110

def lines
  @lines
end

#newsgroups ⇒ Object (readonly)

Returns the value of attribute newsgroups.



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# File 'lib/headers.rb', line 110

def newsgroups
  @newsgroups
end

Instance Method Details

#header(name) ⇒ Object

returns the value of header ‘name’



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# File 'lib/headers.rb', line 66

def header(name)
  # name must be a symbol.
  if name.respond_to?(:to_sym)
    @headers[name]     
  else 
    @log.error(name.to_s << ' is not a symbol!')
    nil
  end
end

#join ⇒ Object

return the headers as a String.



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# File 'lib/headers.rb', line 103

def join
  htext = ''
  @headers.each_pair {|h, t| htext << h.to_s << ': ' << t << $LN }
  @log.debug('joined headers: ' << htext)
  htext
end

#remove(name) ⇒ Object

remove a header



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# File 'lib/headers.rb', line 91

def remove(name)
  @headers.delete(name) if @headers[name]
end

#update(article_text) ⇒ Object

Modify headers, if need be.



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# File 'lib/headers.rb', line 77

def update(article_text)
  @headers.merge( @newsgroups.xnay) if @newsgroups.xnay
  ch = @@config.CUSTOM_HEADERS
  @log.debug('setting custom headers : ' << ch.inspect)
  if @@config.CUSTOM_HEADERS   
    @@config.CUSTOM_HEADERS.each do |pair| 
      ch = pair.split(':')
      @headers[ch[0].strip ] = ch[1].strip
      @headers.compact!
    end
  end
end