[jsword-devel] Beginning with JSword

[Tonny Kohar]

Hi,

One way to understand code is by downloading the source code and learn
it. And IMHO the whole thing is divided into several category
- JSword is mostly API
- Common and Common Swing is mostly small API or utilities
- BibleDesktop is mostly FrontEnd code that utilize JSword API, good
for learning (real life example) of how to utilize JSword API

And if you need another front end (how to utilize JSword API) example
code, you can also download Alkitab Bible Study source code at
http://www.kiyut.com/products/alkitab/index.html under developer
section.

Cheers
Tonny Kohar
--
Alkitab Bible Study
imagine, design, create ...
http://www.kiyut.com


On Sat, Oct 3, 2009 at 2:44 AM, DM Smith <dmsmith at crosswire.org> wrote:
> On 10/02/2009 02:20 PM, Chris Burrell wrote:
>>
>> Hi
>>
>> I'm trying to get a list of all the books in the bible for a particular
>> Book, say the ESV. I'm really new to this... Any ideas if there are examples
>> on the net? I've fonud the Global Key list but that seems to have most
>> verses as well... Can anyone point me to the helpful apis? I seem to find it
>> really difficult to find it on the crosswire website...
>
> Really there is no good way. It is permissible for a particular Book (aka
> module) to only have some of the Bible. For example, imagine a Book that
> contains the text of a manuscript fragment. It might only have a few verses
> of John. Or imagine the on-going work of a translator. The Bible might start
> with just the Gospels and add others incrementally.
>
> So the only way is to check all the keys in the module. We have a sample
> program that you can modify to suit your purposes. See BibleScope:
> http://www.crosswire.org/jsword/java2html/org/crosswire/jsword/bridge/BibleScope.java.html
>
> (Note: http://www.crosswire.org/jsword/java2html is a great way to browse
> the code.)
>
> To get the number of books in the KJV versification:
>
> int booksInBible = BibleInfo.booksInBible();
>
> To get the names of each of the books:
> BookName bn;
> BookNames all = new BookNames(Locale.defaultLocale());
> for (int i = 1; i <= booksInBible; i++)
> {
>    bn = all.getName(i);
> }
>
> To create verse references to the first verse in each of the books of the
> Bible.
> for (int = 1; i <= booksInBible; i++)
> {
>    Verse v = new Verse(i, 1, 1);
> }
>
>>
>> What is a chapter?
>
> It is a division of a Bible or a Commentary. (Internally, commentaries are
> represented in the same way as a Bible.)
>
>> a book category? ...
>
> A book category is the type of Book. It could be Bible, Dictionary,
> Commentary, ....
> See:
> http://www.crosswire.org/jsword/java2html/org/crosswire/jsword/book/BookCategory.java.html
>
> Hope this helps,
>    DM
>
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