def mbox_processor(process_date, quarters_path, fail_object=None):
"""
mbox_processor(datetime.date, string) -> tuples (generator)
Receives a date as argument and processes the mailboxes produced in such date.
Returns a file with the elements yielded from the process.
"""
# Grants the date received to be iso formatted
if not isinstance(process_date, date):
raise TypeError, 'The argument "search_date" must be date typed;'
# Search for mailboxes produced in the received date
mbox_paths = mbox_lister(process_date, quarters_path)
# Verifies if the set is empty
if len(mbox_paths) == 0:
return fail_object
# Processes each mailbox from the set of mailbox paths
for mailbox_path in mbox_paths:
# Verifies if the mailbox exists and if it is compressed
try:
returned_path = path_info(mailbox_path)
if returned_path is None:
yield ((mailbox_path, 1, mbox_processor_error_dict[1]))
continue
if mailbox_path.colision:
mbox_message = parse_mbox(mailbox_path.path)
else:
mbox_message = parse_mbox(mailbox_path.path, "gzip.open")
...
except:
continue
