Module:Template wrapper

require('Module:No globals');

local p={}; local error_msg = ' missing or empty ';

--[[--< I S _ I N _ T A B L E >

scan through tbl looking for value; return true if found, false else

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local function is_in_table (tbl, value) for k, v in pairs (tbl) do       if v == value then return true end end return false; end

--[[--< A D D _ P A R A M E T E R >

adds parameter name and its value to args table according to the state of boolean list argument; kv pair for template execution; k=v string for template listing.

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local function add_parameter (k, v, args, list) if list then table.insert( args, table.concat ({k, '=', v}));						-- write parent frame parameter names and values to args table as string else args[k] = v;															-- copy parent frame parameters to args table end end

--[[--< F R A M E _ A R G S _ G E T >--

Fetch the template's 'default' and control parameters; adds default parameters to args

returns content of |_template= parameter; nil else

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local function frame_args_get (frame_args, args, list) local template;

for k, v in pairs (frame_args) do											-- here we get the wrapper template's 'default' parameters if '_template' == k then template = v;														-- save the name of template that we are wrapping elseif '_exclude' ~= k then												-- _exclude already handled so ignore it here add_parameter (k, v, args, list);									-- add all other parameters to args in the style dictated by list end end

return template;															-- return contents of |_template= parameter end

--[[--< P F R A M E _ A R G S _ G E T >

Fetch the template's 'live' parameters; adds live parameters that aren't members of the exclude table to args table

no return value

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local function pframe_args_get (pframe_args, args, exclude, list) for k, v in pairs (pframe_args) do		if 'string' == type (k) and not is_in_table (exclude, k) then			-- do not pass along positional or excluded parameters if v and ('' ~= v) then												-- pass along only those parameters that have assigned values if 'unset' == v:lower then									-- special keyword to unset 'default' parameters set in the wrapper template v = '';														-- unset the value in the args table end add_parameter (k, v, args, list)								-- add all other parameters to args in the style dictated by list end end end end

--[[--< _ M A I N >

Collect the various default and live parameters into args styled according to boolean list.

returns name of the wrapped or listed template or nil for an error message

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local function _main (frame, args, list) local template; local exclude = {};															-- table of parameter names for parameters that are not passed to the wrapped template if frame.args._exclude and ('' ~= frame.args._exclude) then					-- if there is |_exclude= and it's not empty exclude = mw.text.split (frame.args._exclude, "%s*,%s*");				-- make a table from its contents end

template = frame_args_get (frame.args, args, list);							-- get parameters provided in the if nil == template or '' == template then									-- this is the one parameter required by this module return nil;																-- not present, tell calling funtion to emit an error message end local pframe = frame:getParent;											-- here we get the wrapped template's 'live' parameters from pframe.args pframe_args_get (pframe.args, args, exclude, list);							-- add parameters and values to args that are not listed in the exclude table

return template;															-- args now has all default and live parameters, return wrapped template name end

--[[--< W R A P >--

Template entry point. Call this function to 'execute' the wrapped template

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function p.wrap (frame) local args = {};															-- table of default and live parameters and their values to be passed to the wrapped template local template;																-- the name of the wrapped template

template = _main (frame, args, false);										-- get default and live parameters and the name of the wrapped template if not template then														-- template name is required return error_msg;														-- emit error message and abandon if template name not present end return frame:expandTemplate {title=template, args=args};					-- render the template end

--[[--< L I S T >--

Template entry point. Call this function to 'display' the source for the wrapped template. This function added as a result of a TfD here: Wikipedia:Templates_for_discussion/Log/2018_April_28#Module:PassArguments

This function replaces a similarly named function which was used in

Values in the args table are numerically indexed strings in the form 'name=value' Template:Cite newspaper The Times/testcases ]]

function p.list (frame) local args = {};															-- table of default and live parameters and their values to be passed to the listed template local template;																-- the name of the listed template

template = _main (frame, args, true);										-- get default and live parameters and the name of the listed template if not template then														-- template name is required return error_msg;														-- emit error message and abandon if template name not present end

return frame:preprocess (table.concat ({' '}));	-- render the template end

return p;