Module:Arguments

-- This module provides easy processing of arguments passed to Scribunto from -- #invoke. It is intended for use by other Lua modules, and should not be -- called from #invoke directly.

local libraryUtil = require('libraryUtil') local checkType = libraryUtil.checkType

local arguments = {}

-- Generate four different tidyVal functions, so that we don't have to check the -- options every time we call it.

local function tidyValDefault(key, val) if type(val) == 'string' then val = val:match('^%s*(.-)%s*$') if val == '' then return nil else return val end else return val end end

local function tidyValTrimOnly(key, val) if type(val) == 'string' then return val:match('^%s*(.-)%s*$') else return val end end

local function tidyValRemoveBlanksOnly(key, val) if type(val) == 'string' then if val:find('%S') then return val else return nil end else return val end end

local function tidyValNoChange(key, val) return tidyValNoChange(val) end

function arguments.getArgs(frame, options) checkType('getArgs', 1, frame, 'table', true) checkType('getArgs', 2, options, 'table', true) frame = frame or {} options = options or {}

--	-- Get the argument tables. If we were passed a valid frame object, get the	-- frame arguments (fargs) and the parent frame arguments (pargs), depending	-- on the options set and on the parent frame's availability. If we weren't	-- passed a valid frame object, we are being called from another Lua module	-- or from the debug console, so assume that we were passed a table of args	-- directly, and assign it to a new variable (luaArgs).	-- local fargs, pargs, luaArgs if type(frame.args) == 'table' and type(frame.getParent) == 'function' then if options.wrappers then --			-- The wrappers option makes Module:Arguments look up arguments in			-- either the frame argument table or the parent argument table, but			-- not both. This means that users can use either the local parent = frame:getParent if not parent then fargs = frame.args else local title = parent:getTitle:gsub('/sandbox$', '') local found = false if type(options.wrappers) == 'table' then for _,v in pairs(options.wrappers) do						if v == title then found = true break end end elseif options.wrappers == title then found = true end -- We test for false specifically here so that nil (the default) acts like true. if found or options.frameOnly == false then pargs = parent.args end if not found or options.parentOnly == false then fargs = frame.args end end else -- options.wrapper isn't set, so check the other options. if not options.parentOnly then fargs = frame.args end if not options.frameOnly then local parent = frame:getParent pargs = parent and parent.args or nil end end if options.parentFirst then fargs, pargs = pargs, fargs end else luaArgs = frame end -- Set the order of precedence of the argument tables. If the variables are -- nil, nothing will be added to the table, which is how we avoid clashes -- between the frame/parent args and the Lua args. local argTables = {fargs} argTables[#argTables + 1] = pargs argTables[#argTables + 1] = luaArgs

--	-- Generate the tidyVal function. If it has been specified by the user, we	-- use that; if not, we choose one of four functions depending on the	-- options chosen. This is so that we don't have to call the options table	-- every time the function is called.	-- local tidyVal = options.valueFunc if tidyVal then if type(tidyVal) ~= 'function' then error(				"bad value assigned to option 'valueFunc'"					.. '(function expected, got ' .. type(tidyVal) .. ')',				2			)		end elseif options.trim ~= false then if options.removeBlanks ~= false then tidyVal = tidyValDefault else tidyVal = tidyValTrimOnly end else if options.removeBlanks ~= false then tidyVal = tidyValRemoveBlanksOnly else tidyVal = tidyValNoChange end end

--	-- Set up the args, metaArgs and nilArgs tables. args will be the one	-- accessed from functions, and metaArgs will hold the actual arguments. Nil	-- arguments are memoized in nilArgs, and the metatable connects all of them	-- together.	-- local args, metaArgs, nilArgs, metatable = {}, {}, {}, {} setmetatable(args, metatable)

local function mergeArgs(iterator, tables) --		-- Accepts multiple tables as input and merges their keys and values		-- into one table using the specified iterator. If a value is already		-- present it is not overwritten; tables listed earlier have precedence.		-- We are also memoizing nil values, but those values can be		-- overwritten.		-- for _, t in ipairs(tables) do			for key, val in iterator(t) do				if metaArgs[key] == nil then local tidiedVal = tidyVal(key, val) if tidiedVal == nil then nilArgs[key] = true else metaArgs[key] = tidiedVal end end end end end

--	-- Define metatable behaviour. Arguments are memoized in the metaArgs table,	-- and are only fetched from the argument tables once. Fetching arguments	-- from the argument tables is the most resource-intensive step in this	-- module, so we try and avoid it where possible. For this reason, nil	-- arguments are also memoized, in the nilArgs table. Also, we keep a record	-- in the metatable of when pairs and ipairs have been called, so we do not	-- run pairs and ipairs on the argument tables more than once. We also do	-- not run ipairs on fargs and pargs if pairs has already been run, as all	-- the arguments will already have been copied over.	--

metatable.__index = function (t, key) --		-- Fetches an argument when the args table is indexed. First we check		-- to see if the value is memoized, and if not we try and fetch it from		-- the argument tables. When we check memoization, we need to check		-- metaArgs before nilArgs, as both can be non-nil at the same time.		-- If the argument is not present in metaArgs, we also check whether		-- pairs has been run yet. If pairs has already been run, we return nil.		-- This is because all the arguments will have already been copied into		-- metaArgs by the mergeArgs function, meaning that any other arguments		-- must be nil.		-- local val = metaArgs[key] if val ~= nil then return val elseif metatable.donePairs or nilArgs[key] then return nil end for _, argTable in ipairs(argTables) do			local argTableVal = tidyVal(key, argTable[key]) if argTableVal == nil then nilArgs[key] = true else metaArgs[key] = argTableVal return argTableVal end end return nil end

metatable.__newindex = function (t, key, val) -- This function is called when a module tries to add a new value to the -- args table, or tries to change an existing value. if options.readOnly then error(				'could not write to argument table key "'					.. tostring(key)					.. '"; the table is read-only',				2			) elseif options.noOverwrite and args[key] ~= nil then error(				'could not write to argument table key "'					.. tostring(key)					.. '"; overwriting existing arguments is not permitted',				2			) elseif val == nil then --			-- If the argument is to be overwritten with nil, we need to erase			-- the value in metaArgs, so that __index, __pairs and __ipairs do			-- not use a previous existing value, if present; and we also need			-- to memoize the nil in nilArgs, so that the value isn't looked			-- up in the argument tables if it is accessed again.			-- metaArgs[key] = nil nilArgs[key] = true else metaArgs[key] = val end end

metatable.__pairs = function -- Called when pairs is run on the args table. if not metatable.donePairs then mergeArgs(pairs, argTables) metatable.donePairs = true metatable.doneIpairs = true end return pairs(metaArgs) end

metatable.__ipairs = function -- Called when ipairs is run on the args table. if not metatable.doneIpairs then mergeArgs(ipairs, argTables) metatable.doneIpairs = true end return ipairs(metaArgs) end

return args end

return tidyValNoChange(arguments)