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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]

    # method for creating "pasted" bibtex entries

    if bibtex_entry

      parse_bibtex_list 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"

    return authors_entry.split(" and ")

  end

  # parses a list of bibtex

  def parse_bibtex_list(bibtex_list)

    bibliography = BibTeX.parse bibtex_list

    no_entries = bibliography.data.length

    # parses the bibtex entries

    bibliography.data.map do |d|

      if d.class == BibTeX::Entry

        create_bibtex_entry d

      end

    end

  end

  def create_bibtex_entry(d)

    @publication = Publication.new

    @bentry = BibtexEntry.new

    authors = []

    institution = ""

    email = ""

    d.fields.keys.map do |field|

      case field.to_s

      when "author"

        authors = parse_authors d[field]

      when "title"

        @publication.title = d[field]

      when "institution"

        institution = d[field]

      when "email"

        email = d[field]

      else

        @bentry[field] = d[field]

      end

    end

    @publication.bibtex_entry = @bentry

    @publication.save

    # need to save all authors

    #   and establish the author-publication association

    #   via the authorships table

    authors.each_with_index.map do |authorname, idx|

      author = Author.new(:name => authorname)

      if author.save!

        puts "SAVED"

      else

        puts "NOT SAVED"

      end

      author.authorships.create!(

      :publication => @publication,

      :institution => institution,

      :email => email,

      :order => idx)

    end

  end

  # parses the bibtex file

  def parse_bibtex_file

  end

end