/// <summary>
/// Strip the next publication off of the top of the string.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="MedlineData">A string containing the Medline data, passed
/// by reference so that the first publication can be stripped off</param>
/// <param name="publication">A publication that will contain the next publication in the Medline stream</param>
/// <returns>True if a publication was read, false otherwise</param>
private static bool GetNextPublication(ref string MedlineData, out Publication publication, PublicationTypes pubTypes)
{
Publication PublicationToWrite = new Publication();
string line;
StringReader reader = new StringReader(MedlineData);
// Skip past any blank lines at the top of the publication
// Return null if there are no more publications
line = reader.ReadLine();
if (line == null)
{
// There are no more publications
publication = new Publication();
return(false);
}
else if (line.Trim().Length == 0)
{
// There are blank lines to skip. Read each line, and if it's blank
// advance MedlineData past it.
while (line.Trim().Length == 0)
{
MedlineData = reader.ReadToEnd();
reader = new StringReader(MedlineData);
line = reader.ReadLine();
if (line == null)
{
publication = new Publication();
return(false);
}
}
// MedlineData is now set to the first line after the blanks
}
// Never mind, set reader back to the beginning of MedlineData
reader = new StringReader(MedlineData);
// Read the next line, and keep reading until it hits a blank line
// or the end of the file
while (((line = reader.ReadLine()) != null) && (line.Trim().Length != 0))
{
// Take each following line that starts with a space and add them
// to the end of the current line
while (reader.Peek() == ' ')
{
line = line + " " + reader.ReadLine().Trim();
}
Publications.ProcessMedlineTag(ref PublicationToWrite, line, pubTypes);
}
MedlineData = reader.ReadToEnd();
publication = PublicationToWrite;
return(true);
}
