my $self = shift;
if( $self->has_source ) {
# Read the file and initialize the text.
- open( WITNESS, $self->source ) or die "Could not open "
- . $self->file . "for reading";
- # TODO support TEI as well as plaintext, sometime
- my @words;
- while(<WITNESS>) {
- chomp;
- push( @words, split( /\s+/, $_ ) );
- }
- close WITNESS;
- $self->text( \@words );
+ my $rc;
+ eval { no warnings; $rc = open( WITNESS, $self->source ); };
+ # If we didn't open a file, assume it is a string.
+ if( $rc ) {
+ my @words;
+ while(<WITNESS>) {
+ chomp;
+ push( @words, split( /\s+/, $_ ) );
+ }
+ close WITNESS;
+ $self->text( \@words );
+ } # else the text is in the source string, probably
+ # XML, and we are doing nothing with it.
}
}