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-rw-r--r--modules/base/luasrc/template.lua30
1 files changed, 23 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/modules/base/luasrc/template.lua b/modules/base/luasrc/template.lua
index 72127d1df..ea01d3c21 100644
--- a/modules/base/luasrc/template.lua
+++ b/modules/base/luasrc/template.lua
@@ -50,6 +50,13 @@ function render(name, scope)
return Template(name):render(scope or getfenv(2))
end
+--- Render a template from a string.
+-- @param template Template string
+-- @param scope Scope to assign to template (optional)
+function render_string(template, scope)
+ return Template(nil, template):render(scope or getfenv(2))
+end
+
-- Template class
Template = util.class()
@@ -59,11 +66,14 @@ Template.cache = setmetatable({}, {__mode = "v"})
-- Constructor - Reads and compiles the template on-demand
-function Template.__init__(self, name)
+function Template.__init__(self, name, template)
+ if name then
+ self.template = self.cache[name]
+ self.name = name
+ else
+ self.name = "[string]"
+ end
- self.template = self.cache[name]
- self.name = name
-
-- Create a new namespace for this template
self.viewns = context.viewns
@@ -72,16 +82,22 @@ function Template.__init__(self, name)
-- Compile template
local err
- local sourcefile = viewdir .. "/" .. name .. ".htm"
+ local sourcefile
- self.template, _, err = tparser.parse(sourcefile)
+ if name then
+ sourcefile = viewdir .. "/" .. name .. ".htm"
+ self.template, _, err = tparser.parse(sourcefile)
+ else
+ sourcefile = "[string]"
+ self.template, _, err = tparser.parse_string(template)
+ end
-- If we have no valid template throw error, otherwise cache the template
if not self.template then
error("Failed to load template '" .. name .. "'.\n" ..
"Error while parsing template '" .. sourcefile .. "':\n" ..
(err or "Unknown syntax error"))
- else
+ elseif name then
self.cache[name] = self.template
end
end