Class GeoKit::Geocoders::Geocoder
In: vendor/plugins/geokit/lib/geo_kit/geocoders.rb
Parent: Object

The Geocoder base class which defines the interface to be used by all other geocoders.

Methods

call_geocoder_service   geocode   logger  

Public Class methods

call_geocoder_service(url)

Call the geocoder service using the timeout if configured.

[Source]

    # File vendor/plugins/geokit/lib/geo_kit/geocoders.rb, line 63
63:       def self.call_geocoder_service(url)
64:         timeout(GeoKit::Geocoders::timeout) { return self.do_get(url) } if GeoKit::Geocoders::timeout        
65:         return self.do_get(url)
66:       rescue TimeoutError
67:         return nil  
68:       end
geocode(address)

Main method which calls the do_geocode template method which subclasses are responsible for implementing. Returns a populated GeoLoc or an empty one with a failed success code.

[Source]

    # File vendor/plugins/geokit/lib/geo_kit/geocoders.rb, line 57
57:       def self.geocode(address)  
58:         res = do_geocode(address)
59:         return res.success ? res : GeoLoc.new
60:       end

Protected Class methods

logger()

[Source]

    # File vendor/plugins/geokit/lib/geo_kit/geocoders.rb, line 72
72:       def self.logger() RAILS_DEFAULT_LOGGER; end

[Validate]