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+# parser.py
+# Utilities to extract text from the PDF and parse rows into records.
+# Assumes two tables: first is Harbor A, second is Harbor B.
+
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+from csv import reader
+import re
+from typing import List, Dict, Any, Tuple
+
+
+# Optional: If you want OCR fallback later, wire in pdf2image + pytesseract here.
+
+
+def extract_text_lines(pdf_path: str) -> List[str]:
+    """Extract text lines from a PDF using pdfplumber (preferred) with a
+    light fallback to PyPDF2. Returns a list of raw lines."""
+    text = ""
+    
+    try:
+        import pdfplumber
+        with pdfplumber.open(pdf_path) as pdf:
+            pages_text = []
+            for p in pdf.pages:
+                t = p.extract_text() or ""
+                pages_text.append(t)
+            text = "\n".join(pages_text)
+    except Exception:
+
+        try:
+            from PyPDF2 import PdfReader
+            reader = PdfReader(pdf_path)
+            pages_text = []
+            for page in reader.pages:
+                pages_text.append(page.extract_text() or "")
+                text = "\n".join(pages_text)
+        except Exception:
+            text = ""
+
+
+    if not text.strip():
+        raise RuntimeError("No text extracted. If the PDF is scanned, add OCR fallback (pytesseract).")
+
+
+    # Normalize to individual lines
+    lines = [ln.strip() for ln in text.splitlines()]
+    return lines
+
+
+HEADER_PATTERNS = [
+re.compile(r"\bSchiff\b.*\bETA\b.*\bETS\b", re.IGNORECASE),
+re.compile(r"Nächster Hafen|Liegeplatz|Ladung|Lotse", re.IGNORECASE),
+]
+
+
+DATE_TOKEN = re.compile(r"\b\d{1,2}\.\d{1,2}\.(?:\d{4})?")
+TIME_FRAGMENT = r"(?:\s*/\s*\d{1,2}\.\d{2}\s*Uhr\s*\*?)?"
+DT_TOKEN_WITH_TIME = re.compile(r"\d{1,2}\.\d{1,2}\.(?:\d{4})?" + TIME_FRAGMENT)
+
+
+
+
+def cleanse_lines(lines: List[str]) -> List[str]:
+    """Remove known header lines and keep data/blank lines."""
+    out: List[str] = []
+    for ln in lines:
+        if not ln:
+            out.append("")
+            continue
+        if any(p.search(ln) for p in HEADER_PATTERNS):
+            continue
+        out.append(ln)
+    return out
+
+def split_into_tables(lines: List[str]) -> List[List[str]]:
+    """Find candidate data lines (those containing a date token) and split them
+    into up to two blocks separated by at least one blank line. Returns a list
+    of blocks (1 or 2)."""
+    candidate = [ln for ln in lines if (ln == "" or DATE_TOKEN.search(ln))]
+
+
+    blocks: List[List[str]] = []
+    current: List[str] = []
+    seen_data = False
+    for ln in candidate:
+        if ln == "":
+            if seen_data and current:
+                blocks.append(current)
+                current = []
+                seen_data = False
+            continue
+        current.append(ln)
+        seen_data = True
+    if current:
+        blocks.append(current)
+
+
+    if len(blocks) > 2:
+        # Merge any extra blocks into the second
+        blocks = [blocks[0], sum(blocks[1:], [])]
+    return blocks
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