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+-- A GEDCOM to XML converter written using Parsec as a
+-- solution for rubyquiz 6 (http://rubyquiz.com/quiz6.html).
+-- Example GEDCOM document at
+-- http://cpansearch.perl.org/src/PJCJ/Gedcom-1.16/royal.ged
+
+{-# LANGUAGE NoMonomorphismRestriction, RecordWildCards #-}
+
+module GedcomParser where
+
+import Text.Parsec hiding (spaces, Line)
+import System.IO
+
+-- a line in a GEDCOM document
+data Line = Line {
+				lineLevel :: Int,
+				lineTag :: String,
+				lineValue :: Maybe String,
+				lineId :: Maybe String
+			} deriving (Show)
+
+-- an element in a GEDCOM document
+data Elem = Elem {
+				elemTag :: String,
+				elemValue :: Maybe String,
+				elemId :: Maybe String,
+				elemChildren :: [Elem]
+			} deriving (Show)
+
+indent n = concat . (replicate n) $ "  "
+
+trimValue value = case value of
+	Nothing -> Nothing
+	Just v
+		| v == "" -> Nothing
+		| otherwise -> Just v
+
+normalizeValue = maybe "" id
+
+spaces = many (char ' ' <|> tab)
+whitespaces = many (char ' ' <|> tab <|> newline)
+
+-- parses a line
+line level = do
+	string (show level)
+	spaces
+	id <- optionMaybe $ between (char '@') (char '@') (many1 alphaNum)
+	spaces
+	tag <- many1 upper
+	spaces
+	value <- fmap trimValue $ optionMaybe $ manyTill (anyChar) newline
+	return $ Line level tag value id
+
+-- parses an element
+element level = do
+	ml <- optionMaybe $ line level
+	case ml of
+		Nothing -> fail ("invalid level " ++ show level)
+		Just Line{..} -> do
+			children <- many (element $ level + 1)
+			return $ Elem lineTag lineValue lineId children
+
+-- parses a document
+document = (element 0) `endBy` whitespaces
+
+-- normalizes an element by merging values of CONC and CONT
+-- elements with parent element value
+normalizeElem element =
+	let
+		conChildren = filter concOrCont $ elemChildren element
+		text = foldl (\t el -> t
+						++ (if elemTag el == "CONC" then "\n" else " ")
+						++ normalizeValue (elemValue el))
+		 			"" conChildren
+		nonConChildren = filter (not . concOrCont) $ elemChildren element
+	in
+		element { elemValue = trimValue $
+						Just (normalizeValue (elemValue element) ++ text),
+			   	  elemChildren = map normalizeElem nonConChildren }
+	where
+		concOrCont el = elemTag el `elem` ["CONC", "CONT"]
+
+-- normalizes a document
+normalizeDoc = map normalizeElem
+
+-- converts an element to XML
+elemToXml indentation Elem{..} =
+	indent indentation
+	++ "<" ++ elemTag
+	++ maybe "" (\i -> " id=\"@" ++ i ++ "@\"") elemId
+	++ case elemChildren of
+		[] -> ">" ++ normalizeValue elemValue ++ "</" ++ elemTag ++ ">"
+		_ -> maybe "" (\v -> " value=\"" ++ v ++ "\"") elemValue ++ ">\n"
+			++ unlines (map (elemToXml (indentation + 1)) elemChildren)
+			++ indent indentation ++ "</" ++ elemTag ++ ">"
+
+-- converts a document to XML
+documentToXml doc = "<DOCUMENT>\n"
+	++ (unlines . map (elemToXml 1) $ doc)
+	++ "</DOCUMENT>"
+
+-- converts a GEDCOM document supplied through STDIN into XML
+-- and prints to STDOUT
+main = do
+	text <- getContents
+	case parse document "GEDCOM Parser" text of
+		Right []  -> return ()
+		Right doc -> putStrLn $ documentToXml (normalizeDoc doc)
+		Left e    -> print e
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