Rework LuCI build system

 * Rename subdirectories to their repective OpenWrt package names
 * Make each LuCI module its own standalone package
 * Deploy a shared luci.mk which is used by each module Makefile

Signed-off-by: Jo-Philipp Wich <jow@openwrt.org>

1 files changed, 959 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/modules/luci-base/luasrc/dispatcher.lua b/modules/luci-base/luasrc/dispatcher.lua
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+--[[
+LuCI - Dispatcher
+
+Description:
+The request dispatcher and module dispatcher generators
+
+FileId:
+$Id$
+
+License:
+Copyright 2008 Steven Barth <steven@midlink.org>
+
+Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+	http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+limitations under the License.
+
+]]--
+
+--- LuCI web dispatcher.
+local fs = require "nixio.fs"
+local sys = require "luci.sys"
+local init = require "luci.init"
+local util = require "luci.util"
+local http = require "luci.http"
+local nixio = require "nixio", require "nixio.util"
+
+module("luci.dispatcher", package.seeall)
+context = util.threadlocal()
+uci = require "luci.model.uci"
+i18n = require "luci.i18n"
+_M.fs = fs
+
+authenticator = {}
+
+-- Index table
+local index = nil
+
+-- Fastindex
+local fi
+
+
+--- Build the URL relative to the server webroot from given virtual path.
+-- @param ...	Virtual path
+-- @return 		Relative URL
+function build_url(...)
+	local path = {...}
+	local url = { http.getenv("SCRIPT_NAME") or "" }
+
+	local k, v
+	for k, v in pairs(context.urltoken) do
+		url[#url+1] = "/;"
+		url[#url+1] = http.urlencode(k)
+		url[#url+1] = "="
+		url[#url+1] = http.urlencode(v)
+	end
+
+	local p
+	for _, p in ipairs(path) do
+		if p:match("^[a-zA-Z0-9_%-%.%%/,;]+$") then
+			url[#url+1] = "/"
+			url[#url+1] = p
+		end
+	end
+
+	return table.concat(url, "")
+end
+
+--- Check whether a dispatch node shall be visible
+-- @param node	Dispatch node
+-- @return		Boolean indicating whether the node should be visible
+function node_visible(node)
+   if node then
+	  return not (
+		 (not node.title or #node.title == 0) or
+		 (not node.target or node.hidden == true) or
+		 (type(node.target) == "table" and node.target.type == "firstchild" and
+		  (type(node.nodes) ~= "table" or not next(node.nodes)))
+	  )
+   end
+   return false
+end
+
+--- Return a sorted table of visible childs within a given node
+-- @param node	Dispatch node
+-- @return		Ordered table of child node names
+function node_childs(node)
+	local rv = { }
+	if node then
+		local k, v
+		for k, v in util.spairs(node.nodes,
+			function(a, b)
+				return (node.nodes[a].order or 100)
+				     < (node.nodes[b].order or 100)
+			end)
+		do
+			if node_visible(v) then
+				rv[#rv+1] = k
+			end
+		end
+	end
+	return rv
+end
+
+
+--- Send a 404 error code and render the "error404" template if available.
+-- @param message	Custom error message (optional)
+-- @return			false
+function error404(message)
+	luci.http.status(404, "Not Found")
+	message = message or "Not Found"
+
+	require("luci.template")
+	if not luci.util.copcall(luci.template.render, "error404") then
+		luci.http.prepare_content("text/plain")
+		luci.http.write(message)
+	end
+	return false
+end
+
+--- Send a 500 error code and render the "error500" template if available.
+-- @param message	Custom error message (optional)#
+-- @return			false
+function error500(message)
+	luci.util.perror(message)
+	if not context.template_header_sent then
+		luci.http.status(500, "Internal Server Error")
+		luci.http.prepare_content("text/plain")
+		luci.http.write(message)
+	else
+		require("luci.template")
+		if not luci.util.copcall(luci.template.render, "error500", {message=message}) then
+			luci.http.prepare_content("text/plain")
+			luci.http.write(message)
+		end
+	end
+	return false
+end
+
+function authenticator.htmlauth(validator, accs, default)
+	local user = luci.http.formvalue("luci_username")
+	local pass = luci.http.formvalue("luci_password")
+
+	if user and validator(user, pass) then
+		return user
+	end
+
+	require("luci.i18n")
+	require("luci.template")
+	context.path = {}
+	luci.template.render("sysauth", {duser=default, fuser=user})
+	return false
+
+end
+
+--- Dispatch an HTTP request.
+-- @param request	LuCI HTTP Request object
+function httpdispatch(request, prefix)
+	luci.http.context.request = request
+
+	local r = {}
+	context.request = r
+	context.urltoken = {}
+
+	local pathinfo = http.urldecode(request:getenv("PATH_INFO") or "", true)
+
+	if prefix then
+		for _, node in ipairs(prefix) do
+			r[#r+1] = node
+		end
+	end
+
+	local tokensok = true
+	for node in pathinfo:gmatch("[^/]+") do
+		local tkey, tval
+		if tokensok then
+			tkey, tval = node:match(";(%w+)=([a-fA-F0-9]*)")
+		end
+		if tkey then
+			context.urltoken[tkey] = tval
+		else
+			tokensok = false
+			r[#r+1] = node
+		end
+	end
+
+	local stat, err = util.coxpcall(function()
+		dispatch(context.request)
+	end, error500)
+
+	luci.http.close()
+
+	--context._disable_memtrace()
+end
+
+--- Dispatches a LuCI virtual path.
+-- @param request	Virtual path
+function dispatch(request)
+	--context._disable_memtrace = require "luci.debug".trap_memtrace("l")
+	local ctx = context
+	ctx.path = request
+
+	local conf = require "luci.config"
+	assert(conf.main,
+		"/etc/config/luci seems to be corrupt, unable to find section 'main'")
+
+	local lang = conf.main.lang or "auto"
+	if lang == "auto" then
+		local aclang = http.getenv("HTTP_ACCEPT_LANGUAGE") or ""
+		for lpat in aclang:gmatch("[%w-]+") do
+			lpat = lpat and lpat:gsub("-", "_")
+			if conf.languages[lpat] then
+				lang = lpat
+				break
+			end
+		end
+	end
+	require "luci.i18n".setlanguage(lang)
+
+	local c = ctx.tree
+	local stat
+	if not c then
+		c = createtree()
+	end
+
+	local track = {}
+	local args = {}
+	ctx.args = args
+	ctx.requestargs = ctx.requestargs or args
+	local n
+	local token = ctx.urltoken
+	local preq = {}
+	local freq = {}
+
+	for i, s in ipairs(request) do
+		preq[#preq+1] = s
+		freq[#freq+1] = s
+		c = c.nodes[s]
+		n = i
+		if not c then
+			break
+		end
+
+		util.update(track, c)
+
+		if c.leaf then
+			break
+		end
+	end
+
+	if c and c.leaf then
+		for j=n+1, #request do
+			args[#args+1] = request[j]
+			freq[#freq+1] = request[j]
+		end
+	end
+
+	ctx.requestpath = ctx.requestpath or freq
+	ctx.path = preq
+
+	if track.i18n then
+		i18n.loadc(track.i18n)
+	end
+
+	-- Init template engine
+	if (c and c.index) or not track.notemplate then
+		local tpl = require("luci.template")
+		local media = track.mediaurlbase or luci.config.main.mediaurlbase
+		if not pcall(tpl.Template, "themes/%s/header" % fs.basename(media)) then
+			media = nil
+			for name, theme in pairs(luci.config.themes) do
+				if name:sub(1,1) ~= "." and pcall(tpl.Template,
+				 "themes/%s/header" % fs.basename(theme)) then
+					media = theme
+				end
+			end
+			assert(media, "No valid theme found")
+		end
+
+		local function _ifattr(cond, key, val)
+			if cond then
+				local env = getfenv(3)
+				local scope = (type(env.self) == "table") and env.self
+				return string.format(
+					' %s="%s"', tostring(key),
+					luci.util.pcdata(tostring( val
+					 or (type(env[key]) ~= "function" and env[key])
+					 or (scope and type(scope[key]) ~= "function" and scope[key])
+					 or "" ))
+				)
+			else
+				return ''
+			end
+		end
+
+		tpl.context.viewns = setmetatable({
+		   write       = luci.http.write;
+		   include     = function(name) tpl.Template(name):render(getfenv(2)) end;
+		   translate   = i18n.translate;
+		   translatef  = i18n.translatef;
+		   export      = function(k, v) if tpl.context.viewns[k] == nil then tpl.context.viewns[k] = v end end;
+		   striptags   = util.striptags;
+		   pcdata      = util.pcdata;
+		   media       = media;
+		   theme       = fs.basename(media);
+		   resource    = luci.config.main.resourcebase;
+		   ifattr      = function(...) return _ifattr(...) end;
+		   attr        = function(...) return _ifattr(true, ...) end;
+		}, {__index=function(table, key)
+			if key == "controller" then
+				return build_url()
+			elseif key == "REQUEST_URI" then
+				return build_url(unpack(ctx.requestpath))
+			else
+				return rawget(table, key) or _G[key]
+			end
+		end})
+	end
+
+	track.dependent = (track.dependent ~= false)
+	assert(not track.dependent or not track.auto,
+		"Access Violation\nThe page at '" .. table.concat(request, "/") .. "/' " ..
+		"has no parent node so the access to this location has been denied.\n" ..
+		"This is a software bug, please report this message at " ..
+		"http://luci.subsignal.org/trac/newticket"
+	)
+
+	if track.sysauth then
+		local sauth = require "luci.sauth"
+
+		local authen = type(track.sysauth_authenticator) == "function"
+		 and track.sysauth_authenticator
+		 or authenticator[track.sysauth_authenticator]
+
+		local def  = (type(track.sysauth) == "string") and track.sysauth
+		local accs = def and {track.sysauth} or track.sysauth
+		local sess = ctx.authsession
+		local verifytoken = false
+		if not sess then
+			sess = luci.http.getcookie("sysauth")
+			sess = sess and sess:match("^[a-f0-9]*$")
+			verifytoken = true
+		end
+
+		local sdat = sauth.read(sess)
+		local user
+
+		if sdat then
+			if not verifytoken or ctx.urltoken.stok == sdat.token then
+				user = sdat.user
+			end
+		else
+			local eu = http.getenv("HTTP_AUTH_USER")
+			local ep = http.getenv("HTTP_AUTH_PASS")
+			if eu and ep and luci.sys.user.checkpasswd(eu, ep) then
+				authen = function() return eu end
+			end
+		end
+
+		if not util.contains(accs, user) then
+			if authen then
+				ctx.urltoken.stok = nil
+				local user, sess = authen(luci.sys.user.checkpasswd, accs, def)
+				if not user or not util.contains(accs, user) then
+					return
+				else
+					local sid = sess or luci.sys.uniqueid(16)
+					if not sess then
+						local token = luci.sys.uniqueid(16)
+						sauth.reap()
+						sauth.write(sid, {
+							user=user,
+							token=token,
+							secret=luci.sys.uniqueid(16)
+						})
+						ctx.urltoken.stok = token
+					end
+					luci.http.header("Set-Cookie", "sysauth=" .. sid.."; path="..build_url())
+					ctx.authsession = sid
+					ctx.authuser = user
+				end
+			else
+				luci.http.status(403, "Forbidden")
+				return
+			end
+		else
+			ctx.authsession = sess
+			ctx.authuser = user
+		end
+	end
+
+	if track.setgroup then
+		luci.sys.process.setgroup(track.setgroup)
+	end
+
+	if track.setuser then
+		luci.sys.process.setuser(track.setuser)
+	end
+
+	local target = nil
+	if c then
+		if type(c.target) == "function" then
+			target = c.target
+		elseif type(c.target) == "table" then
+			target = c.target.target
+		end
+	end
+
+	if c and (c.index or type(target) == "function") then
+		ctx.dispatched = c
+		ctx.requested = ctx.requested or ctx.dispatched
+	end
+
+	if c and c.index then
+		local tpl = require "luci.template"
+
+		if util.copcall(tpl.render, "indexer", {}) then
+			return true
+		end
+	end
+
+	if type(target) == "function" then
+		util.copcall(function()
+			local oldenv = getfenv(target)
+			local module = require(c.module)
+			local env = setmetatable({}, {__index=
+
+			function(tbl, key)
+				return rawget(tbl, key) or module[key] or oldenv[key]
+			end})
+
+			setfenv(target, env)
+		end)
+
+		local ok, err
+		if type(c.target) == "table" then
+			ok, err = util.copcall(target, c.target, unpack(args))
+		else
+			ok, err = util.copcall(target, unpack(args))
+		end
+		assert(ok,
+		       "Failed to execute " .. (type(c.target) == "function" and "function" or c.target.type or "unknown") ..
+		       " dispatcher target for entry '/" .. table.concat(request, "/") .. "'.\n" ..
+		       "The called action terminated with an exception:\n" .. tostring(err or "(unknown)"))
+	else
+		local root = node()
+		if not root or not root.target then
+			error404("No root node was registered, this usually happens if no module was installed.\n" ..
+			         "Install luci-mod-admin-full and retry. " ..
+			         "If the module is already installed, try removing the /tmp/luci-indexcache file.")
+		else
+			error404("No page is registered at '/" .. table.concat(request, "/") .. "'.\n" ..
+			         "If this url belongs to an extension, make sure it is properly installed.\n" ..
+			         "If the extension was recently installed, try removing the /tmp/luci-indexcache file.")
+		end
+	end
+end
+
+--- Generate the dispatching index using the best possible strategy.
+function createindex()
+	local path = luci.util.libpath() .. "/controller/"
+	local suff = { ".lua", ".lua.gz" }
+
+	if luci.util.copcall(require, "luci.fastindex") then
+		createindex_fastindex(path, suff)
+	else
+		createindex_plain(path, suff)
+	end
+end
+
+--- Generate the dispatching index using the fastindex C-indexer.
+-- @param path		Controller base directory
+-- @param suffixes	Controller file suffixes
+function createindex_fastindex(path, suffixes)
+	index = {}
+
+	if not fi then
+		fi = luci.fastindex.new("index")
+		for _, suffix in ipairs(suffixes) do
+			fi.add(path .. "*" .. suffix)
+			fi.add(path .. "*/*" .. suffix)
+		end
+	end
+	fi.scan()
+
+	for k, v in pairs(fi.indexes) do
+		index[v[2]] = v[1]
+	end
+end
+
+--- Generate the dispatching index using the native file-cache based strategy.
+-- @param path		Controller base directory
+-- @param suffixes	Controller file suffixes
+function createindex_plain(path, suffixes)
+	local controllers = { }
+	for _, suffix in ipairs(suffixes) do
+		nixio.util.consume((fs.glob(path .. "*" .. suffix)), controllers)
+		nixio.util.consume((fs.glob(path .. "*/*" .. suffix)), controllers)
+	end
+
+	if indexcache then
+		local cachedate = fs.stat(indexcache, "mtime")
+		if cachedate then
+			local realdate = 0
+			for _, obj in ipairs(controllers) do
+				local omtime = fs.stat(obj, "mtime")
+				realdate = (omtime and omtime > realdate) and omtime or realdate
+			end
+
+			if cachedate > realdate then
+				assert(
+					sys.process.info("uid") == fs.stat(indexcache, "uid")
+					and fs.stat(indexcache, "modestr") == "rw-------",
+					"Fatal: Indexcache is not sane!"
+				)
+
+				index = loadfile(indexcache)()
+				return index
+			end
+		end
+	end
+
+	index = {}
+
+	for i,c in ipairs(controllers) do
+		local modname = "luci.controller." .. c:sub(#path+1, #c):gsub("/", ".")
+		for _, suffix in ipairs(suffixes) do
+			modname = modname:gsub(suffix.."$", "")
+		end
+
+		local mod = require(modname)
+		assert(mod ~= true,
+		       "Invalid controller file found\n" ..
+		       "The file '" .. c .. "' contains an invalid module line.\n" ..
+		       "Please verify whether the module name is set to '" .. modname ..
+		       "' - It must correspond to the file path!")
+
+		local idx = mod.index
+		assert(type(idx) == "function",
+		       "Invalid controller file found\n" ..
+		       "The file '" .. c .. "' contains no index() function.\n" ..
+		       "Please make sure that the controller contains a valid " ..
+		       "index function and verify the spelling!")
+
+		index[modname] = idx
+	end
+
+	if indexcache then
+		local f = nixio.open(indexcache, "w", 600)
+		f:writeall(util.get_bytecode(index))
+		f:close()
+	end
+end
+
+--- Create the dispatching tree from the index.
+-- Build the index before if it does not exist yet.
+function createtree()
+	if not index then
+		createindex()
+	end
+
+	local ctx  = context
+	local tree = {nodes={}, inreq=true}
+	local modi = {}
+
+	ctx.treecache = setmetatable({}, {__mode="v"})
+	ctx.tree = tree
+	ctx.modifiers = modi
+
+	-- Load default translation
+	require "luci.i18n".loadc("base")
+
+	local scope = setmetatable({}, {__index = luci.dispatcher})
+
+	for k, v in pairs(index) do
+		scope._NAME = k
+		setfenv(v, scope)
+		v()
+	end
+
+	local function modisort(a,b)
+		return modi[a].order < modi[b].order
+	end
+
+	for _, v in util.spairs(modi, modisort) do
+		scope._NAME = v.module
+		setfenv(v.func, scope)
+		v.func()
+	end
+
+	return tree
+end
+
+--- Register a tree modifier.
+-- @param	func	Modifier function
+-- @param	order	Modifier order value (optional)
+function modifier(func, order)
+	context.modifiers[#context.modifiers+1] = {
+		func = func,
+		order = order or 0,
+		module
+			= getfenv(2)._NAME
+	}
+end
+
+--- Clone a node of the dispatching tree to another position.
+-- @param	path	Virtual path destination
+-- @param	clone	Virtual path source
+-- @param	title	Destination node title (optional)
+-- @param	order	Destination node order value (optional)
+-- @return			Dispatching tree node
+function assign(path, clone, title, order)
+	local obj  = node(unpack(path))
+	obj.nodes  = nil
+	obj.module = nil
+
+	obj.title = title
+	obj.order = order
+
+	setmetatable(obj, {__index = _create_node(clone)})
+
+	return obj
+end
+
+--- Create a new dispatching node and define common parameters.
+-- @param	path	Virtual path
+-- @param	target	Target function to call when dispatched.
+-- @param	title	Destination node title
+-- @param	order	Destination node order value (optional)
+-- @return			Dispatching tree node
+function entry(path, target, title, order)
+	local c = node(unpack(path))
+
+	c.target = target
+	c.title  = title
+	c.order  = order
+	c.module = getfenv(2)._NAME
+
+	return c
+end
+
+--- Fetch or create a dispatching node without setting the target module or
+-- enabling the node.
+-- @param	...		Virtual path
+-- @return			Dispatching tree node
+function get(...)
+	return _create_node({...})
+end
+
+--- Fetch or create a new dispatching node.
+-- @param	...		Virtual path
+-- @return			Dispatching tree node
+function node(...)
+	local c = _create_node({...})
+
+	c.module = getfenv(2)._NAME
+	c.auto = nil
+
+	return c
+end
+
+function _create_node(path)
+	if #path == 0 then
+		return context.tree
+	end
+
+	local name = table.concat(path, ".")
+	local c = context.treecache[name]
+
+	if not c then
+		local last = table.remove(path)
+		local parent = _create_node(path)
+
+		c = {nodes={}, auto=true}
+		-- the node is "in request" if the request path matches
+		-- at least up to the length of the node path
+		if parent.inreq and context.path[#path+1] == last then
+		  c.inreq = true
+		end
+		parent.nodes[last] = c
+		context.treecache[name] = c
+	end
+	return c
+end
+
+-- Subdispatchers --
+
+function _firstchild()
+   local path = { unpack(context.path) }
+   local name = table.concat(path, ".")
+   local node = context.treecache[name]
+
+   local lowest
+   if node and node.nodes and next(node.nodes) then
+	  local k, v
+	  for k, v in pairs(node.nodes) do
+		 if not lowest or
+			(v.order or 100) < (node.nodes[lowest].order or 100)
+		 then
+			lowest = k
+		 end
+	  end
+   end
+
+   assert(lowest ~= nil,
+		  "The requested node contains no childs, unable to redispatch")
+
+   path[#path+1] = lowest
+   dispatch(path)
+end
+
+--- Alias the first (lowest order) page automatically
+function firstchild()
+   return { type = "firstchild", target = _firstchild }
+end
+
+--- Create a redirect to another dispatching node.
+-- @param	...		Virtual path destination
+function alias(...)
+	local req = {...}
+	return function(...)
+		for _, r in ipairs({...}) do
+			req[#req+1] = r
+		end
+
+		dispatch(req)
+	end
+end
+
+--- Rewrite the first x path values of the request.
+-- @param	n		Number of path values to replace
+-- @param	...		Virtual path to replace removed path values with
+function rewrite(n, ...)
+	local req = {...}
+	return function(...)
+		local dispatched = util.clone(context.dispatched)
+
+		for i=1,n do
+			table.remove(dispatched, 1)
+		end
+
+		for i, r in ipairs(req) do
+			table.insert(dispatched, i, r)
+		end
+
+		for _, r in ipairs({...}) do
+			dispatched[#dispatched+1] = r
+		end
+
+		dispatch(dispatched)
+	end
+end
+
+
+local function _call(self, ...)
+	local func = getfenv()[self.name]
+	assert(func ~= nil,
+	       'Cannot resolve function "' .. self.name .. '". Is it misspelled or local?')
+
+	assert(type(func) == "function",
+	       'The symbol "' .. self.name .. '" does not refer to a function but data ' ..
+	       'of type "' .. type(func) .. '".')
+
+	if #self.argv > 0 then
+		return func(unpack(self.argv), ...)
+	else
+		return func(...)
+	end
+end
+
+--- Create a function-call dispatching target.
+-- @param	name	Target function of local controller
+-- @param	...		Additional parameters passed to the function
+function call(name, ...)
+	return {type = "call", argv = {...}, name = name, target = _call}
+end
+
+
+local _template = function(self, ...)
+	require "luci.template".render(self.view)
+end
+
+--- Create a template render dispatching target.
+-- @param	name	Template to be rendered
+function template(name)
+	return {type = "template", view = name, target = _template}
+end
+
+
+local function _cbi(self, ...)
+	local cbi = require "luci.cbi"
+	local tpl = require "luci.template"
+	local http = require "luci.http"
+
+	local config = self.config or {}
+	local maps = cbi.load(self.model, ...)
+
+	local state = nil
+
+	for i, res in ipairs(maps) do
+		res.flow = config
+		local cstate = res:parse()
+		if cstate and (not state or cstate < state) then
+			state = cstate
+		end
+	end
+
+	local function _resolve_path(path)
+		return type(path) == "table" and build_url(unpack(path)) or path
+	end
+
+	if config.on_valid_to and state and state > 0 and state < 2 then
+		http.redirect(_resolve_path(config.on_valid_to))
+		return
+	end
+
+	if config.on_changed_to and state and state > 1 then
+		http.redirect(_resolve_path(config.on_changed_to))
+		return
+	end
+
+	if config.on_success_to and state and state > 0 then
+		http.redirect(_resolve_path(config.on_success_to))
+		return
+	end
+
+	if config.state_handler then
+		if not config.state_handler(state, maps) then
+			return
+		end
+	end
+
+	http.header("X-CBI-State", state or 0)
+
+	if not config.noheader then
+		tpl.render("cbi/header", {state = state})
+	end
+
+	local redirect
+	local messages
+	local applymap   = false
+	local pageaction = true
+	local parsechain = { }
+
+	for i, res in ipairs(maps) do
+		if res.apply_needed and res.parsechain then
+			local c
+			for _, c in ipairs(res.parsechain) do
+				parsechain[#parsechain+1] = c
+			end
+			applymap = true
+		end
+
+		if res.redirect then
+			redirect = redirect or res.redirect
+		end
+
+		if res.pageaction == false then
+			pageaction = false
+		end
+
+		if res.message then
+			messages = messages or { }
+			messages[#messages+1] = res.message
+		end
+	end
+
+	for i, res in ipairs(maps) do
+		res:render({
+			firstmap   = (i == 1),
+			applymap   = applymap,
+			redirect   = redirect,
+			messages   = messages,
+			pageaction = pageaction,
+			parsechain = parsechain
+		})
+	end
+
+	if not config.nofooter then
+		tpl.render("cbi/footer", {
+			flow       = config,
+			pageaction = pageaction,
+			redirect   = redirect,
+			state      = state,
+			autoapply  = config.autoapply
+		})
+	end
+end
+
+--- Create a CBI model dispatching target.
+-- @param	model	CBI model to be rendered
+function cbi(model, config)
+	return {type = "cbi", config = config, model = model, target = _cbi}
+end
+
+
+local function _arcombine(self, ...)
+	local argv = {...}
+	local target = #argv > 0 and self.targets[2] or self.targets[1]
+	setfenv(target.target, self.env)
+	target:target(unpack(argv))
+end
+
+--- Create a combined dispatching target for non argv and argv requests.
+-- @param trg1	Overview Target
+-- @param trg2	Detail Target
+function arcombine(trg1, trg2)
+	return {type = "arcombine", env = getfenv(), target = _arcombine, targets = {trg1, trg2}}
+end
+
+
+local function _form(self, ...)
+	local cbi = require "luci.cbi"
+	local tpl = require "luci.template"
+	local http = require "luci.http"
+
+	local maps = luci.cbi.load(self.model, ...)
+	local state = nil
+
+	for i, res in ipairs(maps) do
+		local cstate = res:parse()
+		if cstate and (not state or cstate < state) then
+			state = cstate
+		end
+	end
+
+	http.header("X-CBI-State", state or 0)
+	tpl.render("header")
+	for i, res in ipairs(maps) do
+		res:render()
+	end
+	tpl.render("footer")
+end
+
+--- Create a CBI form model dispatching target.
+-- @param	model	CBI form model tpo be rendered
+function form(model)
+	return {type = "cbi", model = model, target = _form}
+end
+
+--- Access the luci.i18n translate() api.
+-- @class  function
+-- @name   translate
+-- @param  text    Text to translate
+translate = i18n.translate
+
+--- No-op function used to mark translation entries for menu labels.
+-- This function does not actually translate the given argument but
+-- is used by build/i18n-scan.pl to find translatable entries.
+function _(text)
+	return text
+end