blaag.rb

  class Entry      
    
    def self.registry
      @registry ||= YAML.load_file("#{Blaag::BASEDIR}/data/registry.yml")     
    end 
    
    def self.update_registry(filename,mtime) 
      registry[filename] ||= mtime
      File.open("#{Blaag::BASEDIR}/data/registry.yml","w") do |f|
        f << @registry.to_yaml    
      end
    end
         
    def self.load(filename)          
      file = File.open(filename)
      update_registry(filename,file.mtime)        
      
      options = parse(file.read)       
      options[:published_date] = registry[filename]       
      options[:archive] = 
        File.dirname(filename) =~ /.*\/(.*)\/?.*/ && $1
      options[:url]     = "http://#{Blaag::DOMAIN}/archives/" +
       "#{options[:archive]}/#{File.basename(filename)}.html"   
      options[:file]    = File.basename(filename)
      
      entry = Entry.new(options)   
    end                                 
    
    def self.parse(entry)
      entry =~ /=title(.*)=description(.*)=entry(.*)/m   
      { :title => $1.strip, :description => $2.strip, :entry => $3.strip }
    end

    #...
  end