class Chronic::Pointer

Public Class Methods

scan(tokens, options) click to toggle source

Scan an Array of Token objects and apply any necessary Pointer tags to each token.

tokens - An Array of tokens to scan. options - The Hash of options specified in Chronic.parse.

Returns an Array of tokens.

# File lib/chronic/pointer.rb, line 11
def self.scan(tokens, options)
  tokens.each do |token|
    if t = scan_for_all(token) then token.tag(t) end
  end
end
scan_for_all(token) click to toggle source

token - The Token object we want to scan.

Returns a new Pointer object.

# File lib/chronic/pointer.rb, line 20
def self.scan_for_all(token)
  scan_for token, self,
  {
    /\bpast\b/ => :past,
    /\b(?:future|in)\b/ => :future,
  }
end

Public Instance Methods

to_s() click to toggle source
# File lib/chronic/pointer.rb, line 28
def to_s
  'pointer-' << @type.to_s
end