public static bool ParseGEDCOM(string text, GEDCOMRecord record)
{
try
{
// Init values.
record.Clear();
// Some GEDCOM files indent each record with whitespace, delete any
// whitespace from the beginning and end of the record.
text = text.Trim();
// Return right away as nothing to parse.
if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(text))
{
return(false);
}
// Get the parts of the record.
Match match = GEDCOMRegex.Match(text);
record.Level = Convert.ToInt32(match.Groups["level"].Value, CultureInfo.InvariantCulture);
record.Tag = match.Groups["tag"].Value.Trim();
record.Data = match.Groups["data"].Value.Trim();
// For records the Id is specified in the tag, and the tag in the data
if (record.Tag[0] == '@')
{
record.Id = CleanId(record.Tag);
record.Tag = record.Data;
record.Data = String.Empty;
// Some GEDCOM files have additional info,
// we only handle the tag info.
int pos = record.Tag.IndexOf(' ');
if (pos != -1)
{
record.Tag = record.Tag.Substring(0, pos);
}
}
// If there are cross-reference Pointers they are defined in the Data
if (!String.IsNullOrEmpty(record.Data) && record.Data[0] == '@')
{
record.XRefId = CleanId(record.Data);
record.Data = String.Empty;
}
return(true);
}
catch
{
// This record is invalid, clear all values.
record.Clear();
return(false);
}
}
