Method: BibTeX::Element.parse

Defined in:
lib/bibtex/elements.rb

.parse(input, options = {}) ⇒ Object

Returns an array of BibTeX elements.



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# File 'lib/bibtex/elements.rb', line 30

def self.parse(input, options = {})
  case input
  when Element
    [input]
  when Hash
    [Entry.new(input)]
  when Array
    input.inject([]) { |s, a| s.concat(parse(a, options)) }
  when ::String
    Parser.new(options).parse(input).data.each do |e|
      e.parse_names unless !e.respond_to?(:parse_names) || options[:parse_names] == false
      e.parse_month unless !e.respond_to?(:parse_month) || options[:parse_months] == false
    end
  else
    raise ArgumentError, "failed to parse Element from #{input.inspect}"
  end
end