Module:ResourceLink

Documentation for this module may be created at Module:ResourceLink/doc

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-- Renders the {{resourceLink}} template
--
-- Takes an argument, the name of the resource. Optionally, accepts a second 
-- argument, "med" or "large" to render the icon as larger than the standard
-- size of text, {{ImgS}}
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local ResourceLink = {}

local IconFilenames = require("Module:IconFilenames") -- lookup table for image filenames

function ResourceLink.renderLink(frame)
	local strResourceName = frame.args.image
	local strIconSize = frame.args.size
 
	local strFilename = IconFilenames.getIconFilename(strResourceName)
  
	-- if looking up the provided image name returned nil, then render an error
	if not strFilename then
		return "renderIcon Error: file " .. strResourceName .." not found"
	end

	-- render the string to return, starting with the file tag, then the link tag
	
	-- use the established templates for image sizes, with the default being
	-- small, or in-line size.
	local strFileSize = "{{ImgS}}"
	if "med" == strIconSize then
		strFileSize = "{{ImgM}}"
	elseif "large" == strIconSize then
		strFileSize = "{{ImgL}}"
	elseif "huge" == strIconSize then
		strFileSize = "{{ImgH}}"
	end
	local strFilePart = string.format("[[File:%s|%s]]", strFilename, strFileSize)
	
	-- build the link based on the name of the resource passed in
	local strLinkPart = "[[" .. strResourceName .. "]]"
	
	return strFilePart .. " " .. strLinkPart
	
end

return ResourceLink