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+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+# vim: autoindent shiftwidth=4 expandtab textwidth=120 tabstop=4 softtabstop=4
+
+###############################################################################
+# OpenLP - Open Source Lyrics Projection                                      #
+# --------------------------------------------------------------------------- #
+# Copyright (c) 2008-2015 OpenLP Developers                                   #
+# --------------------------------------------------------------------------- #
+# 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; version 2 of the License.                              #
+#                                                                             #
+# 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., 59  #
+# Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA                          #
+###############################################################################
+
+import logging
+from lxml import etree, objectify
+from pysword import modules, bible
+
+from openlp.core.common import translate
+from openlp.core.lib.ui import critical_error_message_box
+from openlp.plugins.bibles.lib.db import BibleDB, BiblesResourcesDB
+
+
+log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
+
+class SwordBible(BibleDB):
+    """
+    SWORD Bible format importer class.
+    """
+    def __init__(self, parent, **kwargs):
+        """
+        Constructor to create and set up an instance of the SwordBible class. This class is used to import Bibles
+        from SWORD bible modules.
+        """
+        log.debug(self.__class__.__name__)
+        BibleDB.__init__(self, parent, **kwargs)
+        self.sword_key = kwargs['sword_key']
+        self.sword_path = kwargs['sword_path']
+        if self.sword_path == '':
+            self.sword_path = None
+
+    def do_import(self, bible_name=None):
+        """
+        Loads a Bible from SWORD module.
+        """
+        log.debug('Starting SWORD import from "%s"' % self.sword_key)
+        success = True
+        try:
+            pysword_modules = modules.SwordModules(self.sword_path)
+            pysword_module_json = pysword_modules.parse_modules()[self.sword_key]
+            bible = pysword_modules.get_bible_from_module(self.sword_key)
+            language = pysword_module_json['lang']
+            language = language[language.find('.') + 1:]
+            language_id = BiblesResourcesDB.get_language(language)['id']
+            self.save_meta('language_id', language_id)
+            books = bible.get_structure().get_books()
+            # Count number of books
+            num_books = 0
+            if 'ot' in books:
+                num_books += len(books['ot'])
+            if 'nt' in books:
+                num_books += len(books['nt'])
+            # Import the bible
+            for testament in ['ot', 'nt']:
+                if testament in books:
+                    for book in books['ot']:
+                        book_ref_id = self.get_book_ref_id_by_name(book.name, num_books, language_id)
+                        book_details = BiblesResourcesDB.get_book_by_id(book_ref_id)
+                        db_book = self.create_book(book_details['name'], book_ref_id, book_details['testament_id'])
+                        for chapter_number in range(1, book.num_chapters + 1):
+                            if self.stop_import_flag:
+                                break
+                            verses = bible.get_iter(book.name, chapter_number)
+                            verse_number = 0
+                            for verse in verses:
+                                verse_number += 1
+                                self.create_verse(db_book.id, chapter_number, verse_number, verse)
+                            self.wizard.increment_progress_bar(
+                                translate('BiblesPlugin.Sword', 'Importing %(bookname)s %(chapter)s...') %
+                                {'bookname': db_book.name, 'chapter': chapter_number})
+            self.session.commit()
+            self.application.process_events()
+        except Exception as e:
+            critical_error_message_box(
+                message=translate('BiblesPlugin.SwordImport','An unexpected error happened while importing the SWORD '
+                                                             'bible, please report this to the OpenLP developers.\n'
+                                                             '%s' % e.msg))
+            log.exception(str(e))
+            success = False
+        if self.stop_import_flag:
+            return False
+        else:
+            return success