Source code for gramps.gen.plug._import

#
# Gramps - a GTK+/GNOME based genealogy program
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# Copyright (C) 2008       Brian G. Matherly
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"""
This module provides the :class:`.Plugin` class for import plugins.
"""

from . import Plugin

class ImportPlugin(Plugin):
    """
    This class represents a plugin for importing data into Gramps
    """
    def __init__(self, name, description, import_function, extension):
        """
        :param name: A friendly name to call this plugin.
            Example: "GEDCOM Import"
        :type name: string
        :param description: A short description of the plugin.
            Example: "This plugin will import a GEDCOM file into a database"
        :type description: string
        :param import_function: A function to call to perform the import.
            The function must take the form:
                def import_function(db, filename, user):
            where:
                "db" is a Gramps database to import the data into
                "filename" is the file that contains data to be imported
                "user" is an instance of the User class implementing
                       GUI functions (callbacks, errors, warnings, etc)
        :type import_function: callable
        :param extension: The extension for the files imported by this plugin.
            Example: "ged"
        :type extension: str
        :return: nothing
        """
        Plugin.__init__(self, name, description, import_function.__module__ )
        self.__import_func = import_function
        self.__extension = extension
    
    def get_import_function(self):
        """
        Get the import function for this plugins.
        
        :return: the callable import_function passed into :meth:`__init__` 
        """
        return self.__import_func
    
    def get_extension(self):
        """
        Get the extension for the files imported by this plugin.
        
        :return: str
        """
        return self.__extension