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"""A simple Python template renderer, for a nano-subset of Django syntax."""
# Coincidentally named the same as http://code.activestate.com/recipes/496702/
import re, sys
class Templite(object):
"""A simple template renderer, for a nano-subset of Django syntax.
Supported constructs are extended variable access::
{{var.modifer.modifier|filter|filter}}
loops::
{% for var in list %}...{% endfor %}
and ifs::
{% if var %}...{% endif %}
Comments are within curly-hash markers::
{# This will be ignored #}
Construct a Templite with the template text, then use `render` against a
dictionary context to create a finished string.
"""
def __init__(self, text, *contexts):
"""Construct a Templite with the given `text`.
`contexts` are dictionaries of values to use for future renderings.
These are good for filters and global values.
"""
self.text = text
self.context = {}
for context in contexts:
self.context.update(context)
# Split the text to form a list of tokens.
toks = re.split(r"(?s)({{.*?}}|{%.*?%}|{#.*?#})", text)
# Parse the tokens into a nested list of operations. Each item in the
# list is a tuple with an opcode, and arguments. They'll be
# interpreted by TempliteEngine.
#
# When parsing an action tag with nested content (if, for), the current
# ops list is pushed onto ops_stack, and the parsing continues in a new
# ops list that is part of the arguments to the if or for op.
ops = []
ops_stack = []
for tok in toks:
if tok.startswith('{{'):
# Expression: ('exp', expr)
ops.append(('exp', tok[2:-2].strip()))
elif tok.startswith('{#'):
# Comment: ignore it and move on.
continue
elif tok.startswith('{%'):
# Action tag: split into words and parse further.
words = tok[2:-2].strip().split()
if words[0] == 'if':
# If: ('if', (expr, body_ops))
if_ops = []
assert len(words) == 2
ops.append(('if', (words[1], if_ops)))
ops_stack.append(ops)
ops = if_ops
elif words[0] == 'for':
# For: ('for', (varname, listexpr, body_ops))
assert len(words) == 4 and words[2] == 'in'
for_ops = []
ops.append(('for', (words[1], words[3], for_ops)))
ops_stack.append(ops)
ops = for_ops
elif words[0].startswith('end'):
# Endsomething. Pop the ops stack
ops = ops_stack.pop()
assert ops[-1][0] == words[0][3:]
else:
raise SyntaxError("Don't understand tag %r" % words)
else:
ops.append(('lit', tok))
assert not ops_stack, "Unmatched action tag: %r" % ops_stack[-1][0]
self.ops = ops
def render(self, context=None):
"""Render this template by applying it to `context`.
`context` is a dictionary of values to use in this rendering.
"""
# Make the complete context we'll use.
ctx = dict(self.context)
if context:
ctx.update(context)
# Run it through an engine, and return the result.
engine = _TempliteEngine(ctx)
engine.execute(self.ops)
return "".join(engine.result)
class _TempliteEngine(object):
"""Executes Templite objects to produce strings."""
def __init__(self, context):
self.context = context
self.result = []
def execute(self, ops):
"""Execute `ops` in the engine.
Called recursively for the bodies of if's and loops.
"""
for op, args in ops:
if op == 'lit':
self.result.append(args)
elif op == 'exp':
try:
self.result.append(str(self.evaluate(args)))
except:
exc_class, exc, _ = sys.exc_info()
new_exc = exc_class("Couldn't evaluate {{ %s }}: %s"
% (args, exc))
raise new_exc
elif op == 'if':
expr, body = args
if self.evaluate(expr):
self.execute(body)
elif op == 'for':
var, lis, body = args
vals = self.evaluate(lis)
for val in vals:
self.context[var] = val
self.execute(body)
else:
raise AssertionError("TempliteEngine doesn't grok op %r" % op)
def evaluate(self, expr):
"""Evaluate an expression.
`expr` can have pipes and dots to indicate data access and filtering.
"""
if "|" in expr:
pipes = expr.split("|")
value = self.evaluate(pipes[0])
for func in pipes[1:]:
value = self.evaluate(func)(value)
elif "." in expr:
dots = expr.split('.')
value = self.evaluate(dots[0])
for dot in dots[1:]:
try:
value = getattr(value, dot)
except AttributeError:
value = value[dot]
if hasattr(value, '__call__'):
value = value()
else:
value = self.context[expr]
return value