literature module

Class frameworks for: Text, Book, Chapter, Article, Creator, Citation.

class literature.Article(db_file, key='?', publication_year='?', title='?', journal='?', volume='?', edition='?', pages='?', doi='?', references=[], referals=[], creators=[{'surname': '?', 'initial': '?', 'role': '?'}])

Bases: literature.Text

save()

Saves article to SQLite database.

class literature.Book(db_file, key='?', publication_year='?', title='?', publisher='?', location='?', number_of_pages='?', doi='?', isbn='?', references=[], referals=[], creators=[{'surname': '?', 'initial': '?', 'role': '?'}])

Bases: literature.Text

save()

Saves Book to SQLite database: to ‘texts’ and ‘books’ tables.

class literature.Chapter(db_file, key='?', publication_year='?', title='?', publisher='?', location='?', pages='?', doi='?', references=[], referals=[], creators=[{'surname': '?', 'initial': '?', 'role': '?'}], book_key='?', book_title='?', book=None, book_creators=[{'surname': '?', 'initial': '?', 'role': '?'}])

Bases: literature.Text

remove(remove_book=True)

Removes chapter and (by default) book from SQLite database.

Parameters:remove_book (Boolean) – if True, also removes book containing chapter.

save()

Saves chapter to SQLite database: to ‘texts’ and ‘chapters’ tables.

class literature.Citation(db_file, citing, cited)

Bases: object

remove()

Removes citation from SQLite database.

save()

Saves citation to SQLite database.

class literature.Creator(db_file, surname='?', initial='?')

Bases: object

remove()

save()

Save creator to SQLite database.

class literature.Text(db_file, key='?', publication_year='?', title='?', text_type='?', doi='?', references=[], referals=[], creators=[{'surname': '?', 'initial': '?', 'role': '?'}])

Bases: object

A Text has a ‘key’ and a ‘type’.

remove(all_but=0)

Removes Text from SQLite database.

save()

Saves Text to SQLite database.

text_types = ('book', 'chapter', 'article')