Read plain document paragraph matcher

4 files changed, 40 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/mammoth/document_matchers.py b/mammoth/document_matchers.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5f1af2e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mammoth/document_matchers.py
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+import collections
+
+
+def paragraph():
+    return ParagraphMatcher()
+
+
+ParagraphMatcher = collections.namedtuple("ParagraphMatcher", [])
diff --git a/mammoth/style_reader/__init__.py b/mammoth/style_reader/__init__.py
index 892326e..705abff 100644
--- a/mammoth/style_reader/__init__.py
+++ b/mammoth/style_reader/__init__.py
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 from .html_path_reader import read_html_path
+from .document_matcher_reader import read_document_matcher
diff --git a/mammoth/style_reader/document_matcher_reader.py b/mammoth/style_reader/document_matcher_reader.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..583613a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mammoth/style_reader/document_matcher_reader.py
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+from parsimonious.grammar import Grammar
+
+from .. import document_matchers
+
+
+def read_document_matcher(string):
+    paragraph_node = _grammar.parse(string)
+    return _read_paragraph_node(paragraph_node)
+    
+
+
+def _read_paragraph_node(paragraph_node):
+    return document_matchers.paragraph()
+
+
+_grammar = Grammar(r"""
+paragraph = "p"
+""")
+
diff --git a/tests/style_reader_tests.py b/tests/style_reader_tests.py
index 80c3124..433b8b3 100644
--- a/tests/style_reader_tests.py
+++ b/tests/style_reader_tests.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 from nose.tools import istest, assert_equal
 
-from mammoth import html_paths
-from mammoth.style_reader import read_html_path
+from mammoth import html_paths, document_matchers
+from mammoth.style_reader import read_html_path, read_document_matcher
 
 
 @istest
@@ -59,3 +59,13 @@ class ReadHtmlPathTests(object):
             html_paths.path([html_paths.element(["p"], fresh=True)]),
             read_html_path("p:fresh")
         )
+
+
+@istest
+class ReadDocumentMatcherTests(object):
+    @istest
+    def reads_plain_paragraph(self):
+        assert_equal(
+            document_matchers.paragraph(),
+            read_document_matcher("p")
+        )