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      1 // Copyright 2011 The Go Authors. All rights reserved.
      2 // Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style
      3 // license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
      4 
      5 // Helper functions to make constructing templates easier.
      6 
      7 package template
      8 
      9 import (
     10 	"fmt"
     11 	"io/ioutil"
     12 	"path/filepath"
     13 )
     14 
     15 // Functions and methods to parse templates.
     16 
     17 // Must is a helper that wraps a call to a function returning (*Template, error)
     18 // and panics if the error is non-nil. It is intended for use in variable
     19 // initializations such as
     20 //	var t = template.Must(template.New("name").Parse("text"))
     21 func Must(t *Template, err error) *Template {
     22 	if err != nil {
     23 		panic(err)
     24 	}
     25 	return t
     26 }
     27 
     28 // ParseFiles creates a new Template and parses the template definitions from
     29 // the named files. The returned template's name will have the base name and
     30 // parsed contents of the first file. There must be at least one file.
     31 // If an error occurs, parsing stops and the returned *Template is nil.
     32 //
     33 // When parsing multiple files with the same name in different directories,
     34 // the last one mentioned will be the one that results.
     35 // For instance, ParseFiles("a/foo", "b/foo") stores "b/foo" as the template
     36 // named "foo", while "a/foo" is unavailable.
     37 func ParseFiles(filenames ...string) (*Template, error) {
     38 	return parseFiles(nil, filenames...)
     39 }
     40 
     41 // ParseFiles parses the named files and associates the resulting templates with
     42 // t. If an error occurs, parsing stops and the returned template is nil;
     43 // otherwise it is t. There must be at least one file.
     44 // Since the templates created by ParseFiles are named by the base
     45 // names of the argument files, t should usually have the name of one
     46 // of the (base) names of the files. If it does not, depending on t's
     47 // contents before calling ParseFiles, t.Execute may fail. In that
     48 // case use t.ExecuteTemplate to execute a valid template.
     49 //
     50 // When parsing multiple files with the same name in different directories,
     51 // the last one mentioned will be the one that results.
     52 func (t *Template) ParseFiles(filenames ...string) (*Template, error) {
     53 	t.init()
     54 	return parseFiles(t, filenames...)
     55 }
     56 
     57 // parseFiles is the helper for the method and function. If the argument
     58 // template is nil, it is created from the first file.
     59 func parseFiles(t *Template, filenames ...string) (*Template, error) {
     60 	if len(filenames) == 0 {
     61 		// Not really a problem, but be consistent.
     62 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("template: no files named in call to ParseFiles")
     63 	}
     64 	for _, filename := range filenames {
     65 		b, err := ioutil.ReadFile(filename)
     66 		if err != nil {
     67 			return nil, err
     68 		}
     69 		s := string(b)
     70 		name := filepath.Base(filename)
     71 		// First template becomes return value if not already defined,
     72 		// and we use that one for subsequent New calls to associate
     73 		// all the templates together. Also, if this file has the same name
     74 		// as t, this file becomes the contents of t, so
     75 		//  t, err := New(name).Funcs(xxx).ParseFiles(name)
     76 		// works. Otherwise we create a new template associated with t.
     77 		var tmpl *Template
     78 		if t == nil {
     79 			t = New(name)
     80 		}
     81 		if name == t.Name() {
     82 			tmpl = t
     83 		} else {
     84 			tmpl = t.New(name)
     85 		}
     86 		_, err = tmpl.Parse(s)
     87 		if err != nil {
     88 			return nil, err
     89 		}
     90 	}
     91 	return t, nil
     92 }
     93 
     94 // ParseGlob creates a new Template and parses the template definitions from the
     95 // files identified by the pattern, which must match at least one file. The
     96 // returned template will have the (base) name and (parsed) contents of the
     97 // first file matched by the pattern. ParseGlob is equivalent to calling
     98 // ParseFiles with the list of files matched by the pattern.
     99 //
    100 // When parsing multiple files with the same name in different directories,
    101 // the last one mentioned will be the one that results.
    102 func ParseGlob(pattern string) (*Template, error) {
    103 	return parseGlob(nil, pattern)
    104 }
    105 
    106 // ParseGlob parses the template definitions in the files identified by the
    107 // pattern and associates the resulting templates with t. The pattern is
    108 // processed by filepath.Glob and must match at least one file. ParseGlob is
    109 // equivalent to calling t.ParseFiles with the list of files matched by the
    110 // pattern.
    111 //
    112 // When parsing multiple files with the same name in different directories,
    113 // the last one mentioned will be the one that results.
    114 func (t *Template) ParseGlob(pattern string) (*Template, error) {
    115 	t.init()
    116 	return parseGlob(t, pattern)
    117 }
    118 
    119 // parseGlob is the implementation of the function and method ParseGlob.
    120 func parseGlob(t *Template, pattern string) (*Template, error) {
    121 	filenames, err := filepath.Glob(pattern)
    122 	if err != nil {
    123 		return nil, err
    124 	}
    125 	if len(filenames) == 0 {
    126 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("template: pattern matches no files: %#q", pattern)
    127 	}
    128 	return parseFiles(t, filenames...)
    129 }
    130