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# http://roo.rubyforge.org/
# http://code.joejag.com/2009/using-ruby-to-parse-an-excel-document/

class Spreadsheet
  def initialize(path, path_to_results='c:/tmp/resultz')
    @path = path
    @path_to_results = 
  end

  def id

  def parse!
    # open with roo (or some library) and get a spreadsheet object:
    @extracted = slurp(Excel.new(file))
  end

  # override me in subclasses 
  # takes in a spreadsheet and returns the interesting extracted data from it
  def slurp(spreadsheet)
  end

  def last_modified
    File.mtime(@path)
  end

  def save_extract
    Fil
  end

  def load_extract
  end
end