Module:BuildingLink

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

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-- Renders the {{Building_link}} template
--
-- Takes an argument, the name of the building. Optionally, accepts a second 
-- argument, "med" or "large" or "huge" to render an icon when the link is
-- used outside of in-line with text.
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local BuildingLink = {}

local BuildingData = require("Module:BuildingData") -- lookup table for buildings



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-- Constants
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local TEMPLATE_IMGSMALL = "ImgS"
local TEMPLATE_IMGMED = "ImgM"
local TEMPLATE_IMGLARGE = "ImgL"
local TEMPLATE_IMGHUGE = "ImgH"

local REPLACEMENT_FILENAME = "Question_mark.png"



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-- Main rendering function
-- uses ResourceData lookup function, parses the result and handles errors 
-- with default values, then assembles a final string to return to the wiki
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function BuildingLink.renderLink(frame)
	local argBuildingName = frame.args.building
	local argBuildingIconSize = frame.args.iconsize
 
	if not argBuildingName then
		return "Building_Link Error: no building given"
	end
	
	-- get the data about the building and then adopt the provided name
	-- in case we need to look it up again
	local tableData = BuildingData.getData(argBuildingName)
	if not tableData then
		return "Building_Link Error: " .. argBuildingName .." not found"
	end
	local strPageName = tableData.page
	-- if looking up the provided resource name returned no page, then render an error
	if not strPageName then
		return "Building_Link Error: " .. argBuildingName .." not found"
	end

	-- if the icon filename didn't exist, then show a default but subtle question mark icon instead
	-- this will help people with troubleshooting, instead of just showing no icon then editors
	-- wonder what went wrong
	local strIconFilename = tableData.iconfile or REPLACEMENT_FILENAME
	
	-- use the established templates for image sizes, with the default being
	-- no icon for buildings
	local switchIconSize = {
		["med"] = frame:expandTemplate{title=TEMPLATE_IMGMED},
		["large"] = frame:expandTemplate{title=TEMPLATE_IMGLARGE},
		["huge"] = frame:expandTemplate{title=TEMPLATE_IMGHUGE}
	}
	-- if it's not in the switch, then skip the file part and just return the link
	local strIconSize = switchIconSize[argBuildingIconSize]
	if not strIconSize then
		return "[[" .. strPageName .. "]]"
	end
	
	-- combine the string parts to return to the page
	local strFilePart = string.format("[[File:%s|left|%s|link=%s|alt=%s|%s]]", strIconFilename, strIconSize, strPageName, strPageName, strPageName)
	
	-- combine the file part with the link part
	return strFilePart .. " [[" .. strPageName .. "]]"
end

return BuildingLink