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+# takes a string as input. Detects SVG tags susceptible of designating geographical divisions
+# such as continents, countries, administrative subdivitions, etc.
+
+#from bs4 import BeautifulSoup
+import re
+
+    
+class IdTagDetector:
+    def __init__(self, arg):
+        self.arg=arg
+        self.detectedTags=[]
+        
+        self.stoplist=[]
+        self.stoplistPath="../configs/stoplists"
+        self.whitelist=[]        
+        self.whitelistPath="../configs/whitelists"        
+        # The prefixes that have been observed to hold geographic labels in the test maps 
+        self.labelPrefixes = ["path class=", "inkscape:label=", "label=", "id="]
+        
+    #
+    def loadStopList(self):
+        return []
+    
+    #
+    def loadWhiteList(self):
+        return []
+    
+
+    #
+    def listTags(self):
+        print(self.detectedTags)
+        
+    #
+    def detect(self):
+        candidates = []
+        for labelPrefix in self.labelPrefixes:
+            regex = labelPrefix+"\"([^0-9]+?)\""
+            candidates.extend( re.findall(regex, self.arg) )
+            
+        self.detectedTags = candidates
+        
+        
+        
+        
+        #subdivisionTag = "path"
+        #labelTag       = "inkscape:label"
+        
+        #soup = BeautifulSoup(self.arg)
+        #candidates = soup.findAll(subdivisionTag)
+        #for candidate in candidates:
+            #print(candidate)
+            ##if candidate[labelTag][0] == "#":
+                ##break     
+            ##if candidate.has_attr(labelTag):
+                ##self.detectedTags.append(candidate[labelTag])            
+            ##self.detectedTags.append(candidate[labelTag])
+
+#####################################################################        
+#####################################################################
+###############################################
+#../maps/Blank_Map_Africa_1932.svg     
+#<path class="land tn" d="m 1329,465 c 0 (...),-4" id="path5410"></path>
+# ==> tn
+###############################################
+#../maps/USA_Counties_with_FIPS_and_names.svg
+#<path d="M 155.88098,77.694 (...) L 155.54698,80.155 L 155.88098,77.694" id="56039" inkscape:label="Teton, WY" style="font-size:12px;fill:#d0d0d0;fill-rule:nonzero;stroke:#000000;stroke-opacity:1;stroke-width:0.1;stroke-miterlimit:4;stroke-dasharray:none;stroke-linecap:butt;marker-start:none;stroke-linejoin:bevel"></path>
+# ==> Teton, WY
+###############################################
+#../maps/Blank_map_of_Europe_1815.svg
+#<path d="m 6315.6975,5206.8332 (...)-1.9098 z" id="Serbia" style="fill:#c0c0c0;stroke:#ffffff;stroke-width:6.11153841;stroke-miterlimit:4;stroke-dasharray:6.11153881, 12.22307732;stroke-dashoffset:0"></path>
+# ==> Serbia
+###############################################
+#../maps/World98.svg
+#<g id="Iran:Semnan Province">
+        #<path d='M5242.6766527
+#1029.3724017z' fill='white' stroke='black' />
+#</g>
+ #==> Iran:Semnan Province
+
+#####################################################################
+# path class="land tn"
+# inkscape:label="Teton, WY"
+# id="Serbia"
+# <g id="Iran:Semnan Province">
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
diff --git a/src/testIdTagDetector.py b/src/testIdTagDetector.py
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+#!/usr/bin/python
+
+from idTagDetector import IdTagDetector
+
+
+
+#-----------------------------------
+# Management of arguments
+#-----------------------------------
+import argparse
+parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description='test of idTagDetector: takes SVG maps as argument; sould return a list of ID tags used in the file to designate continents, countries, administrative subdivisions, etc. in standard output.')
+# positional argument
+parser.add_argument("infiles", nargs='+', help="filenames of the SVG files against which to test idTagDetector.")
+      
+args = parser.parse_args()
+
+
+#-----------------------------------
+# Main
+#-----------------------------------
+for infile in args.infiles:
+    print("Reading from "+infile+".")
+    svg = open(infile, 'r').read()
+    detector = IdTagDetector(svg)
+    detector.detect()
+    detector.listTags()
+