Module:RfX template maker explained

-- This module allows people to make templates that display data about current RfA and RfB discussions,-- without them having to know how to program in Lua.

local getArgs = require('Module:Arguments').getArgslocal currentRfx = require('Module:Current RfX')

local p =

local function err(msg) return string.format('Error: %s.', msg)end

local rfxProperties =

local rfxMethods =

function p.main(frame) local args = getArgs(frame) local template = args.template if not template then return err('template not specified') end

local rfxes = currentRfx.rfx local rfas = rfxes.rfa local rfbs = rfxes.rfb local rfxTable if args.type

'rfa' then rfxTable = rfas elseif args.type

'rfb' then rfxTable = rfbs else return err('type parameter not specified; must be "rfa" or "rfb"') end

-- Work out what properties and methods were specified in the arguments, so that -- we don't have to generate data from the rfx object needlessly, and so that -- we don't have to check the arguments for every row. local propertiesToUse, methodsToUse =, for argName, property in pairs(rfxProperties) do if args[argName] then propertiesToUse[argName] = property end end for argName, func in pairs(rfxMethods) do if args[argName] then methodsToUse[argName] = func end end

local ret = local renderRow = p.renderRow for _, rfxObj in ipairs(rfxTable) do ret[#ret + 1] = renderRow(rfxObj, propertiesToUse, methodsToUse, template, frame) end return table.concat(ret, '\n')end

function p.renderRow(obj, propertiesToUse, methodsToUse, template, frame) local targs = for argName, property in pairs(propertiesToUse) do targs[argName] = obj[property] end for argName, func in pairs(methodsToUse) do targs[argName] = func(obj) end return frame:expandTemplateend

return p