Module:Arguments: Difference between revisions

-- #invoke. It is intended for use by other Lua modules, and should not be

-- called from #invoke directly.

local libraryUtil = require('libraryUtil')

local checkType = libraryUtil.checkType

local arguments = {}

-- Generate four different tidyVal functions, so that we don't have to check the

-- options every time we call it.

local function tidyValDefault(key, val)

if type(val) == 'string' then

end

end

local function tidyValTrimOnly(key, val)

if type(val) == 'string' then

end

end

local function tidyValRemoveBlanksOnly(key, val)

if type(val) == 'string' then

end

end

local function tidyValNoChange(key, val)

return val

end

function arguments.getArgs(frame, options)

checkType('getArgs', 1, frame, 'table', true)

frame = frame or {}

options = options or {}

--[[

-- Get the arguments from the frame object if available. If the frame object

luaArgs = frame

end

-- Set the order of precedence of the argument tables. If the variables are

-- nil, nothing will be added to the table, which is how we avoid clashes

argTables[#argTables + 1] = pargs

argTables[#argTables + 1] = luaArgs

--[[

-- Generate the tidyVal function. If it has been specified by the user, we

end

end

--[[

-- Set up the args, metaArgs and nilArgs tables. args will be the one

local args, metaArgs, nilArgs, metatable = {}, {}, {}, {}

setmetatable(args, metatable)

local function mergeArgs(iterator, tables)

--[[

end

end

--[[

-- Define metatable behaviour. Arguments are memoized in the metaArgs table,

-- the arguments will already have been copied over.

--]]

metatable.__index = function (t, key)

--[[

return nil

end

metatable.__newindex = function (t, key, val)

-- This function is called when a module tries to add a new value to the

end

end

metatable.__pairs = function ()

-- Called when pairs is run on the args table.

return pairs(metaArgs)

end

metatable.__ipairs = function ()

-- Called when ipairs is run on the args table.

return ipairs(metaArgs)

end

return args

end

return arguments