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class BibtexEntriesController < ApplicationController

  # parse string with bibtex authors

  # return an ordered array

  def parse_authors

  end

  # parses the bibtex file

  def parse_bibtex_file

  end

  def parse_bibtex_list(bibtex_list)

    bibliography = BibTeX.parse bibtex_list

    no_entries =  bibliography.data.length

    logger.error "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

      logger.error "SAVED"

    else

      logger.error "NOT SAVED"

    end

    logger.error @publication.bibtex_entry

  end

  def create_bibtex_entry(d)

    result = ''

    if d.class == BibTeX::Entry

      @bentry = BibtexEntry.new

      d.fields.keys.map do |k|

        if k == "title"

          @publication.title = d[k]

        else

          @bentry[k] = d[k]

        end

      end

      @bentry.save!

    end

  end

end