###########################################################################
#
# BasPlug.pm -- base class for all the import plugins
# A component of the Greenstone digital library software
# from the New Zealand Digital Library Project at the 
# University of Waikato, New Zealand.
#
# Copyright (C) 1999 New Zealand Digital Library Project
#
# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
# the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
# (at your option) any later version.
#
# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
# GNU General Public License for more details.
#
# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
# along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
# Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
#
###########################################################################

package BasPlug;


sub new {
    my ($class) = @_;

    return bless {}, $class;
}

# return 1 if this class might recurse using $pluginfo
sub is_recursive {
    my $self = shift (@_);

    die "BasPlug::is_recursive function must be implemented in sub classes\n";
}

# return number of files processed, undef if can't process
# Note that $base_dir might be "" and that $file might 
# include directories
sub read {
    my $self = shift (@_);
    my ($pluginfo, $base_dir, $file, $metadata, $processor, $maxdocs) = @_;

    die "BasPlug::read function must be implemented in sub classes\n";

    return undef; # will never get here
}


1;
