New Element-based builder API (WiP).

[librarian.git] / src / librarian / document.py

diff --git a/src/librarian/document.py b/src/librarian/document.py
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+from lxml import etree
+from .builders import get_builder_class
+from .parser import parser
+from . import dcparser
+
+
+class WLDocument:
+    def __init__(self, tree=None, filename=None):
+        if filename is not None:
+            tree = etree.parse(filename, parser=parser)
+        self.tree = tree
+        tree.getroot().document = self
+        self.base_meta = dcparser.BookInfo({}, {}, validate_required=False)
+
+    @property
+    def meta(self):
+        # Allow metadata of the master element as document meta.
+        #master = self.tree.getroot()[-1]
+        return self.tree.getroot().meta
+        return master.meta
+
+    def build(self, builder_id, **kwargs):
+        return get_builder_class(builder_id)().build(self, **kwargs)
+