This module provides processing and checking of template arguments.
process(args, params, return_unknown)
Processes arguments with a given list of parameters, and returns a table containing the processed arguments. The args
parameter specifies the arguments to be processed; they are the arguments you might retrieve from frame:getParent().args
. The params
parameter specifies a list of valid parameters, and consists of a table. If an argument is encountered that is not in the parameter table, an error is shown.
The parameters table should have the parameter names as the indexes, and a (possibly empty) table of parameter tags as the value. An empty table as the value merely states that the parameter exists, but should not receive any special treatment. Possible parameter tags are listed below.
An example parameters table (from Module:translations):
{
= {required = true, default = "und"},
= {},
= {list = true},
= {},
= {},
= {},
}
The return_unknown
parameter, if set to true
, prevents the function from triggering an error when it comes across an argument with a name that it doesn't recognise. Instead, the return value is a pair of values: the first is the processed arguments as usual, while the second contains all the unrecognised arguments that were left unprocessed. This allows you to do multi-stage processing, where the entire set of arguments that a template should accept is not known at once. For example, an inflection-table might do some generic processing on some arguments, but then defer processing of the remainder to the function that handles a specific inflectional type.
required=true
default=
required=true
, the default applies only to the template's page itself. This can be used to show an example text.alias_of=
alias_of=
to have a name that is not a parameter itself.allow_empty=true
nil
, but kept as-is.type=
type="boolean"
"0"
, "no"
, "n"
and "false"
are treated as false
, all other values are considered true
.type="number"
nil
.list=
list=true
on a parameter named "head" will include the parameters |head=
, |head2=
, |head3=
and so on. If the parameter name is a number, another number doesn't get appended, but the counting simply continues, e.g. for parameter 3
the sequence is |3=
, |4=
, |5=
etc. List parameters are returned as numbered lists, so for a template that is given the parameters head=a|head2=b|head3=c
, the processed value of the parameter "head"
will be {"a", "b", "c"}
.list=
can also be a string. This tells the module that parameters other than the first should have a different name, which is useful when the first parameter in a list is a number, but the remainder is named. An example would be for genders: list="g"
on a parameter named 1
would have parameters |1=
, |g2=
, |g3=
etc."f=accel"
, as is done in Module:headword/templates.allow_holes=true
head=a|head3=c
but not |head2=
, the returned list will be {"a", "c"}
, with the values stored as index 1
and 2
, not 1
and 3
. If it is desirable to keep the numbering intact, for example if the numbers of several list parameters correlate with each other (like those of {{compound}}
), then this tag can be specified.allow_holes=true
is given, there may be nil values in between two real values, which makes many of Lua's table processing functions no longer work, like #
or ipairs()
. To remedy this, the resulting table will contain an additional named value, maxindex
, which tells you the highest numeric index that is present in the table. In the example above, the resulting table will now be {"a", nil, "c", maxindex=3}
. That way, you can iterate over the values from 1
to maxindex
, while skipping nil
values in between.local export = {}
-- A helper function to escape magic characters in a string
-- Magic characters: ^$()%.*+-?
local plain = require("Module:string/pattern_escape")
-- A helper function that removes empty numeric indexes in a table,
-- so that the values are tightly packed like in a normal Lua table.
-- equivalent to require("Module:table").compressSparseArray
local function remove_holes(t)
local ret = {}
local index = 1
local highest = 0
for num, _ in pairs(t) do
if type(num) == "number" and num > 0 and num < math.huge and math.floor(num) == num then
highest = math.max(highest, num)
end
end
for i = 1, highest do
if t then
ret = t
index = index + 1
end
end
return ret
end
function export.process(args, params, return_unknown)
local args_new = {}
-- Process parameters for specific properties
local required = {}
local patterns = {}
local names_with_equal_sign = {}
local list_from_index = nil
for name, param in pairs(params) do
if param.required then
if param.alias_of then
require("Module:debug/track")("parameters/required alias")
end
required = true
end
if param.list then
local key = name
if type(name) == "string" then
key = string.gsub(name, "=", "")
end
if param.default ~= nil then
args_new = {param.default, maxindex = 1}
else
args_new = {maxindex = 0}
end
if type(param.list) == "string" then
-- If the list property is a string, then it represents the name
-- to be used as the prefix for list items. This is for use with lists
-- where the first item is a numbered parameter and the
-- subsequent ones are named, such as 1, pl2, pl3.
if string.find(param.list, "=") then
patterns = name
else
patterns = name
end
elseif type(name) == "number" then
-- If the name is a number, then all indexed parameters from
-- this number onwards go in the list.
list_from_index = name
else
if string.find(name, "=") then
patterns = string.gsub(name, "=", "")
else
patterns = name
end
end
if string.find(name, "=") then
-- DO NOT SIDE-EFFECT A TABLE WHILE ITERATING OVER IT.
-- Some elements may be skipped or processed twice if you do.
-- Instead, track the changes we want to make to `params`, and
-- do them after the iteration over `params` is done.
table.insert(names_with_equal_sign, name)
end
elseif param.default ~= nil then
args_new = param.default
end
end
--Process required changes to `params`
for _, name in ipairs(names_with_equal_sign) do
require("Module:debug/track")("parameters/name with equals")
params = params
params = nil
end
-- Process the arguments
local args_unknown = {}
for name, val in pairs(args) do
local index = nil
if type(name) == "number" then
if list_from_index ~= nil and name >= list_from_index then
index = name - list_from_index + 1
name = list_from_index
end
else
-- Does this argument name match a pattern?
for pattern, pname in pairs(patterns) do
index = mw.ustring.match(name, pattern)
-- It matches, so store the parameter name and the
-- numeric index extracted from the argument name.
if index then
index = tonumber(index)
name = pname
break
end
end
end
local param = params
-- If a parameter without the trailing index was found, and
-- require_index is set on the param, set the param to nil to treat it
-- as if it isn't recognized.
if not index and param and param.require_index then
param = nil
end
-- If no index was found, use 1 as the default index.
-- This makes list parameters like g, g2, g3 put g at index 1.
index = index or 1
-- If the argument is not in the list of parameters, trigger an error.
-- return_unknown suppresses the error, and stores it in a separate list instead.
if not param then
if return_unknown then
args_unknown = val
else
mw.addWarning("Nem használt „" .. name .. "” paraméter")
end
else
-- Remove leading and trailing whitespace unless allow_whitespace is true.
if not param.allow_whitespace then
val = mw.text.trim(val)
end
-- Empty string is equivalent to nil unless allow_empty is true.
if val == "" and not param.allow_empty then
val = nil
end
-- Convert to proper type if necessary.
if param.type == "boolean" then
val = val ~= nil and val ~= "" and require('Modul:Yesno')(val, true)
elseif param.type == "number" then
val = tonumber(val)
elseif param.type then
require("Module:debug/track") {
"parameters/unrecognized type",
"parameters/unrecognized type/" .. tostring(param.type)
}
end
-- Can't use "if val" alone, because val may be a boolean false.
if val ~= nil then
-- Mark it as no longer required, as it is present.
required = nil
-- Store the argument value.
if param.list then
-- If the parameter is an alias of another, store it as the original,
-- but avoid overwriting it; the original takes precedence.
if not param.alias_of then
args_new = val
-- Store the highest index we find.
args_new.maxindex = math.max(index, args_new.maxindex)
elseif args == nil then
if params and params.list then
args_new = val
-- Store the highest index we find.
args_new.maxindex = math.max(index, args_new.maxindex)
else
args_new = val
end
end
else
-- If the parameter is an alias of another, store it as the original,
-- but avoid overwriting it; the original takes precedence.
if not param.alias_of then
args_new = val
elseif args == nil then
if params and params.list then
args_new = val
-- Store the highest index we find.
args_new.maxindex = math.max(1, args_new.maxindex)
else
args_new = val
end
end
end
end
end
end
-- The required table should now be empty.
-- If any entry remains, trigger an error, unless we're in the template namespace.
if mw.title.getCurrentTitle().nsText ~= "Sablon" then
local list = {}
for name, param in pairs(required) do
table.insert(list, name)
end
local count = #list
if count == 1 then
error('The parameter "' .. list .. '" is required.', 2)
elseif count == 2 then
error('The parameters "' .. table.concat(list, '" and "') .. '" are required.', 2)
elseif count > 2 then
error('The parameters "' .. mw.text.listToText(list, '", "', '", and "') .. '" are required.', 2)
end
end
-- Remove holes in any list parameters if needed.
for name, val in pairs(args_new) do
if type(val) == "table" and not params.allow_holes then
args_new = remove_holes(val)
end
end
if return_unknown then
return args_new, args_unknown
else
return args_new
end
end
return export