lp.lua

--[[ This file obtained from CGILua under the MIT license. Copyright 2003 Kepler Project. ]]

----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-- Lua Pages Template Preprocessor.
--
-- @release $Id: lp.lua,v 1.15 2008/12/11 17:40:24 mascarenhas Exp $
----------------------------------------------------------------------------

local assert, error, getfenv, loadstring, setfenv = assert, error, getfenv, loadstring, setfenv
local find, format, gsub, strsub, char = string.find, string.format, string.gsub, string.sub, string.char
local concat, tinsert = table.concat, table.insert
local open = io.open

module "lp"

----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-- function to do output
local outfunc = "io.write"
-- accepts the old expression field: `$| <Lua expression> |$'
local compatmode = true

--
-- Builds a piece of Lua code which outputs the (part of the) given string.
-- @param s String.
-- @param i Number with the initial position in the string.
-- @param f Number with the final position in the string (default == -1).
-- @return String with the correspondent Lua code which outputs the part of the string.
--
local function out (s, i, f)
	s = strsub(s, i, f or -1)
	if s == "" then return s end
	-- we could use `%q' here, but this way we have better control
	s = gsub(s, "([\\\n\'])", "\\%1")
	-- substitute '\r' by '\'+'r' and let `loadstring' reconstruct it
	s = gsub(s, "\r", "\\r")
	return format(" %s('%s'); ", outfunc, s)
end


----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-- Translate the template to Lua code.
-- @param s String to translate.
-- @return String with translated code.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
function translate (s)
        s = gsub(s, "^#![^\n]+\n", "")
	if compatmode then
		s = gsub(s, "$|(.-)|%$", "<?lua = %1 ?>")
		s = gsub(s, "<!%-%-$$(.-)$$%-%->", "<?lua %1 ?>")
	end
	s = gsub(s, "<%%(.-)%%>", "<?lua %1 ?>")
	local res = {}
	local start = 1   -- start of untranslated part in `s'
	while true do
		local ip, fp, target, exp, code = find(s, "<%?(%w*)[ \t]*(=?)(.-)%?>", start)
		if not ip then break end
		tinsert(res, out(s, start, ip-1))
		if target ~= "" and target ~= "lua" then
			-- not for Lua; pass whole instruction to the output
			tinsert(res, out(s, ip, fp))
		else
			if exp == "=" then   -- expression?
				tinsert(res, format(" %s(%s);", outfunc, code))
			else  -- command
				tinsert(res, format(" %s ", code))
			end
		end
		start = fp + 1
	end
	tinsert(res, out(s, start))
	return concat(res)
end


----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-- Defines the name of the output function.
-- @param f String with the name of the function which produces output.

function setoutfunc (f)
	outfunc = f
end

----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-- Turns on or off the compatibility with old CGILua 3.X behavior.
-- @param c Boolean indicating if the compatibility mode should be used.

function setcompatmode (c)
	compatmode = c
end

----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-- Internal compilation cache.

local cache = {}

----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-- Translates a template into a Lua function.
-- Does NOT execute the resulting function.
-- Uses a cache of templates.
-- @param string String with the template to be translated.
-- @param chunkname String with the name of the chunk, for debugging purposes.
-- @return Function with the resulting translation.

function compile (string, chunkname)
	local f, err = cache[string]
	if f then return f end
	f, err = loadstring (translate (string), chunkname)
	if not f then error (err, 3) end
	cache[string] = f
	return f
end

----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-- Translates and executes a template in a given file.
-- The translation creates a Lua function which will be executed in an
-- optionally given environment.
-- @param filename String with the name of the file containing the template.
-- @param env Table with the environment to run the resulting function.
local BOM = char(239) .. char(187) .. char(191)

function include (filename, env)
	-- read the whole contents of the file
	local fh = assert (open (filename))
	local src = fh:read("*a")
	fh:close()
	if src:sub(1,3) == BOM then src = src:sub(4) end
	-- translates the file into a function
	local prog = compile (src, '@'..filename)
	local _env
	if env then
		_env = getfenv (prog)
		setfenv (prog, env)
	end
	prog ()
end