// Copyright 2011 The Go Authors. All rights reserved.
// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style
// license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
// Helper functions to make constructing templates easier.
package template
import (
"fmt"
"io/ioutil"
"path/filepath"
)
// Functions and methods to parse templates.
// Must is a helper that wraps a call to a function returning (*Template, error)
// and panics if the error is non-nil. It is intended for use in variable
// initializations such as
// var t = template.Must(template.New("name").Parse("text"))
func Must(t *Template, err error) *Template {
if err != nil {
panic(err)
}
return t
}
// ParseFiles creates a new Template and parses the template definitions from
// the named files. The returned template's name will have the base name and
// parsed contents of the first file. There must be at least one file.
// If an error occurs, parsing stops and the returned *Template is nil.
//
// When parsing multiple files with the same name in different directories,
// the last one mentioned will be the one that results.
// For instance, ParseFiles("a/foo", "b/foo") stores "b/foo" as the template
// named "foo", while "a/foo" is unavailable.
func ParseFiles(filenames ...string) (*Template, error) {
return parseFiles(nil, filenames...)
}
// ParseFiles parses the named files and associates the resulting templates with
// t. If an error occurs, parsing stops and the returned template is nil;
// otherwise it is t. There must be at least one file.
// Since the templates created by ParseFiles are named by the base
// names of the argument files, t should usually have the name of one
// of the (base) names of the files. If it does not, depending on t's
// contents before calling ParseFiles, t.Execute may fail. In that
// case use t.ExecuteTemplate to execute a valid template.
//
// When parsing multiple files with the same name in different directories,
// the last one mentioned will be the one that results.
func (t *Template) ParseFiles(filenames ...string) (*Template, error) {
t.init()
return parseFiles(t, filenames...)
}
// parseFiles is the helper for the method and function. If the argument
// template is nil, it is created from the first file.
func parseFiles(t *Template, filenames ...string) (*Template, error) {
if len(filenames) == 0 {
// Not really a problem, but be consistent.
return nil, fmt.Errorf("template: no files named in call to ParseFiles")
}
for _, filename := range filenames {
b, err := ioutil.ReadFile(filename)
if err != nil {
return nil, err
}
s := string(b)
name := filepath.Base(filename)
// First template becomes return value if not already defined,
// and we use that one for subsequent New calls to associate
// all the templates together. Also, if this file has the same name
// as t, this file becomes the contents of t, so
// t, err := New(name).Funcs(xxx).ParseFiles(name)
// works. Otherwise we create a new template associated with t.
var tmpl *Template
if t == nil {
t = New(name)
}
if name == t.Name() {
tmpl = t
} else {
tmpl = t.New(name)
}
_, err = tmpl.Parse(s)
if err != nil {
return nil, err
}
}
return t, nil
}
// ParseGlob creates a new Template and parses the template definitions from
// the files identified by the pattern. The files are matched according to the
// semantics of filepath.Match, and the pattern must match at least one file.
// The returned template will have the (base) name and (parsed) contents of the
// first file matched by the pattern. ParseGlob is equivalent to calling
// ParseFiles with the list of files matched by the pattern.
//
// When parsing multiple files with the same name in different directories,
// the last one mentioned will be the one that results.
func ParseGlob(pattern string) (*Template, error) {
return parseGlob(nil, pattern)
}
// ParseGlob parses the template definitions in the files identified by the
// pattern and associates the resulting templates with t. The files are matched
// according to the semantics of filepath.Match, and the pattern must match at
// least one file. ParseGlob is equivalent to calling t.ParseFiles with the
// list of files matched by the pattern.
//
// When parsing multiple files with the same name in different directories,
// the last one mentioned will be the one that results.
func (t *Template) ParseGlob(pattern string) (*Template, error) {
t.init()
return parseGlob(t, pattern)
}
// parseGlob is the implementation of the function and method ParseGlob.
func parseGlob(t *Template, pattern string) (*Template, error) {
filenames, err := filepath.Glob(pattern)
if err != nil {
return nil, err
}
if len(filenames) == 0 {
return nil, fmt.Errorf("template: pattern matches no files: %#q", pattern)
}
return parseFiles(t, filenames...)
}
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