Re: Package Proposal: Vcard_Parse

le 19/03/03 16:28, Paul M Jones à pjones@ciaweb.net a écrit : > On Tuesday, Mar 18, 2003, at 16:34 US/Central, Bertrand Mansion wrote: > >>>> 2. Create a writer in complement to the parser. >>> >>> Am working on that now, in conjunction with a vCard "contacts" >>> sub-application for my Phorecast project. It'll probably be a >>> separate >>> class, as there are good vCard-writers out there now, and choice is >>> good. >> >> If you are currently working on it now, I don't see the need to have a >> parser and a writer as 2 different classes. > > Although I'm working on it, it's going to take a bit more time (a > month?) to get it really the way I want it. Would like to make the > parser available sooner rather than later (so as to get something > useful out there). > > In addition, the vCard builder (to collate elements into a vCard) and a > writer (to add/chg/del cards from a text file) are different enough in > purpose that I think they ought to be different classes; the number of > methods will quickly increase into incomprehensibility. But I may be > wrong, and I'll know for sure in a month or so (after I've done it ;-). > > >> Make sure it writes vCard in 2 and 3.0 formats though... ;) > > Of course. :-) > > >> X500 doesn't mean anything for me, it's too cryptic. > > Fair enough. > > >> I guess you will have to choose and propose a name like those: >> - Contact_vCard >> - Address_vCard >> - File_vCard >> >> The logic behind the name is that we have a Genealogy_Gedcom and a >> Spreadsheet_Excel_Writer. You see that the prefix actually defines the >> domain it is mostly used in. Excel is a spreadsheet app while Gedcom >> is a >> common format for genealogy files. vCard is a common format for >> dealing with >> contacts or addresses... >> >> IMO, File is too general. > > Agreed, although others seem to think it's OK. Contact_Vcard_* it is, > then, unless I hear otherwise. > > Given the above, and the quality of the code as it stands, do you > (Bertrand) feel comfortable assigning your vote? Or does it still need > tweaking? > > Thanks for all your good input. No worries, +1 Bertrand Mansion Mamasam