abstract_parser.rb in Sutto-marvin-0.1.20081120

- old
+ new

@@ -5,15 +5,27 @@
     
     def self.parse(line)
       return self.new(line.strip).to_event
     end
     
+    attr_accessor :line, :command, :event
+    
+    # Instantiates a parser instance, attempts to 
+    # parse it for it's command and it's event.
     def initialize(line)
-      raise NotImplementedError, "Not implemented in an abstract parser"
+      self.line = line
+      self.command = self.class.parse!(line)
+      self.event = self.command.to_event unless self.command.blank?
     end
     
     def to_event
-      raise NotImplementedError, "Not implemented in an abstract parser"
+      self.event
+    end
+    
+    private
+    
+    def self.parse!(line)
+      raise NotImplementedError, "Must be implemented in a subclass"
     end
     
   end
 end
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