// Copyright 2011 The Go Authors. All rights reserved. // Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style // license that can be found in the LICENSE file. // Helper functions to make constructing templates easier. package template import ( "fmt" "io/ioutil" "path/filepath" ) // Functions and methods to parse templates. // Must is a helper that wraps a call to a function returning (*Template, error) // and panics if the error is non-nil. It is intended for use in variable // initializations such as // var t = template.Must(template.New("name").Parse("text")) func Must(t *Template, err error) *Template { if err != nil { panic(err) } return t } // ParseFiles creates a new Template and parses the template definitions from // the named files. The returned template's name will have the (base) name and // (parsed) contents of the first file. There must be at least one file. // If an error occurs, parsing stops and the returned *Template is nil. func ParseFiles(filenames ...string) (*Template, error) { return parseFiles(nil, filenames...) } // ParseFiles parses the named files and associates the resulting templates with // t. If an error occurs, parsing stops and the returned template is nil; // otherwise it is t. There must be at least one file. func (t *Template) ParseFiles(filenames ...string) (*Template, error) { return parseFiles(t, filenames...) } // parseFiles is the helper for the method and function. If the argument // template is nil, it is created from the first file. func parseFiles(t *Template, filenames ...string) (*Template, error) { if len(filenames) == 0 { // Not really a problem, but be consistent. return nil, fmt.Errorf("template: no files named in call to ParseFiles") } for _, filename := range filenames { b, err := ioutil.ReadFile(filename) if err != nil { return nil, err } s := string(b) name := filepath.Base(filename) // First template becomes return value if not already defined, // and we use that one for subsequent New calls to associate // all the templates together. Also, if this file has the same name // as t, this file becomes the contents of t, so // t, err := New(name).Funcs(xxx).ParseFiles(name) // works. Otherwise we create a new template associated with t. var tmpl *Template if t == nil { t = New(name) } if name == t.Name() { tmpl = t } else { tmpl = t.New(name) } _, err = tmpl.Parse(s) if err != nil { return nil, err } } return t, nil } // ParseGlob creates a new Template and parses the template definitions from the // files identified by the pattern, which must match at least one file. The // returned template will have the (base) name and (parsed) contents of the // first file matched by the pattern. ParseGlob is equivalent to calling // ParseFiles with the list of files matched by the pattern. func ParseGlob(pattern string) (*Template, error) { return parseGlob(nil, pattern) } // ParseGlob parses the template definitions in the files identified by the // pattern and associates the resulting templates with t. The pattern is // processed by filepath.Glob and must match at least one file. ParseGlob is // equivalent to calling t.ParseFiles with the list of files matched by the // pattern. func (t *Template) ParseGlob(pattern string) (*Template, error) { return parseGlob(t, pattern) } // parseGlob is the implementation of the function and method ParseGlob. func parseGlob(t *Template, pattern string) (*Template, error) { filenames, err := filepath.Glob(pattern) if err != nil { return nil, err } if len(filenames) == 0 { return nil, fmt.Errorf("template: pattern matches no files: %#q", pattern) } return parseFiles(t, filenames...) }