Module:Hatnote

Documentation for this module may be created at Module:Hatnote/doc

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--                              Module:Hatnote                                --
--                                                                            --
-- This module produces hatnote links and links to related articles. It       --
-- implements the {{rellink}} and {{hatnote}} meta-templates, and a few of    --
-- the more popular templates they depend on, including {{main}},             --
-- {{see also}}, {{further}} and {{details}}.                                 --
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local mTableTools = require('Module:TableTools')
local mArguments = require('Module:Arguments')

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-- Argument processing
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--[[
-- The p table is for functions to be returned from #invoke, and for functions
-- to be used from other Lua modules. The f table is for functions acting as a
-- bridge between #invoke functions and Lua module functions. #invoke functions
-- are connected to f table functions through the makeInvokeFunction function.
-- Functions for use from other Lua modules have names beginning with an
-- underscore. 
--]]
local p, f = {}, {}

local function makeInvokeFunction(func)
	return function(frame)
		local args = mArguments.getArgs(frame, {parentOnly = true})
		return func(args)
	end
end

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-- Helper functions
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local function formatLink(link, display)
	-- Makes a wikilink from the given link and display values. Links are
	-- escaped with colons if necessary, and links to sections are detected
	-- and displayed with " § " as a separator rather than the standard
	-- MediaWiki "#".

	-- Find whether we need to use the colon trick or not. We need to use the
	-- colon trick for categories and files, as otherwise category links
	-- categorise the page and file links display the file.
	local namespace = link:match('^(.-):')
	local colon
	if namespace and mw.site.namespaces[namespace] then
		-- The start of the link is a valid namespace name; check whether it is
		-- a category or a file.
		local nsid = mw.site.namespaces[namespace].id
		if nsid == 6 or nsid == 14 then
			colon = ':'
		end
	end
	colon = colon or ''

	-- Find the display value.
	if not display then
		local page, section = link:match('^(.-)#(.*)$')
		if page then
			display = page .. ' § ' .. section
		end
	end

	-- Assemble the link.
	if display then
		return string.format('[[%s%s|%s]]', colon, link, display)
	else
		return string.format('[[%s%s]]', colon, link)
	end
end

local function makeWikitextError(msg)
	-- Formats an error message to be returned to wikitext.
	return string.format('<strong class="error">Error: %s.</strong>', msg)
end

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-- Hatnote
--
-- Produces standard hatnote text. Implements the {{hatnote}} template.
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function p._hatnote(s)
	return string.format('<div class="dablink">%s</div>', s)
end

function f.hatnote(args)
	local s = args[1]
	if not s then
		return makeWikitextError('no text specified')
	end
	return p._hatnote(s)
end

p.hatnote = makeInvokeFunction(f.hatnote)

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-- Rellink
--
-- Produces a standard link to a related article. Implements the {{rellink}}
-- template.
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function p._rellink(s, extraclasses)
	if extraclasses then
		extraclasses = ' ' .. extraclasses
	else
		extraclasses = ''
	end
	return string.format('<div class="rellink%s">%s</div>', extraclasses, s)
end

function f.rellink(args)
	local s = args[1]
	local extraclasses = args.extraclasses
	if not s then
		return makeWikitextError('no text specified')
	end
	return p._rellink(s, extraclasses)
end

p.rellink = makeInvokeFunction(f.rellink)

return p