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# vendor/plugins/redmine_bibliography/app/controllers/publications_controller.rb

class PublicationsController < ApplicationController

  def new

    # we always try to create at least one publication

    @publication = Publication.new

    # the step we're at in the form

    @publication.current_step = session[:publication_step]

  end

  def create

    @publication = Publication.new(params[:publication])

    @publication.current_step = session[:publication_step]

    # contents of the paste text area

    bibtex_entry = params[:bibtex_entry]

    # debug message

    logger.error bibtex_entry

    # method for creating "pasted" bibtex entries

    if bibtex_entry

      parse_bibtex_text bibtex_entry

    end

    # form's flow control

    if params[:back_button]

      @publication.previous_step

    else

      @publication.next_step

    end

    session[:publication_step] = @publication.current_step

    render "new"

  end

  def index

    @publications = Publication.find(:all)

  end

  def edit

    logger.error "AAAA edit"

  end

  def update

    logger.error "AAAA update"

  end

  def show

    @publication = Publication.find(params[id])

    @authors = @publication.authors

  end

  # parse string with bibtex authors

  def parse_authors(authors_entry)

    # in bibtex the authors are always seperated by "and"

    authors = authors_entry.split(" and ")

    # need to save all authors

    return authors

  end

  # parses the bibtex file

  def parse_bibtex_file

  end

  # parses a list of bibtex

  def parse_bibtex_list(bibtex_list)

    bibliography = BibTeX.parse bibtex_list

    no_entries = bibliography.data.length

    puts "Gonna parse " + no_entries.to_s + " Bibtex entries"

    # parses the bibtex entries

    bibliography.data.map do |d|

      create_bibtex_entry d

    end

    @publication.bibtex_entry = @bentry

    if @publication.save

      puts "SAVED"

    else

      puts "NOT SAVED"

    end

    Rails.logger.error @publication.bibtex_entry

  end

  def create_bibtex_entry(d)

    if d.class == BibTeX::Entry

      # creates a new BibTex instance

      @bentry = BibtexEntry.new

      d.fields.keys.map do |field|

        case field.to_s

        when "author"

          authors = parse_authors d[field]

          puts "Number of authors: " + authors.length.to_s

        when "title"

          puts "The title " + d[field]

          @publication.title = d[field]

        when "The institution"

          puts "institution " + d[field]

        when "email"

          puts "The email " + d[field]

        else

          @bentry[field] = d[field]

          puts field.to_s + " " + d[field]

        end

      end

      @bentry.save!

    end

  end

end