Source file src/text/template/helper.go
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/fs" 12 "os" 13 "path" 14 "path/filepath" 15 ) 16 17 // Functions and methods to parse templates. 18 19 // Must is a helper that wraps a call to a function returning ([*Template], error) 20 // and panics if the error is non-nil. It is intended for use in variable 21 // initializations such as 22 // 23 // var t = template.Must(template.New("name").Parse("text")) 24 func Must(t *Template, err error) *Template { 25 if err != nil { 26 panic(err) 27 } 28 return t 29 } 30 31 // ParseFiles creates a new [Template] and parses the template definitions from 32 // the named files. The returned template's name will have the base name and 33 // parsed contents of the first file. There must be at least one file. 34 // If an error occurs, parsing stops and the returned *Template is nil. 35 // 36 // When parsing multiple files with the same name in different directories, 37 // the last one mentioned will be the one that results. 38 // For instance, ParseFiles("a/foo", "b/foo") stores "b/foo" as the template 39 // named "foo", while "a/foo" is unavailable. 40 func ParseFiles(filenames ...string) (*Template, error) { 41 return parseFiles(nil, readFileOS, filenames...) 42 } 43 44 // ParseFiles parses the named files and associates the resulting templates with 45 // t. If an error occurs, parsing stops and the returned template is nil; 46 // otherwise it is t. There must be at least one file. 47 // Since the templates created by ParseFiles are named by the base 48 // (see [filepath.Base]) names of the argument files, t should usually have the 49 // name of one of the (base) names of the files. If it does not, depending on 50 // t's contents before calling ParseFiles, t.Execute may fail. In that 51 // case use t.ExecuteTemplate to execute a valid template. 52 // 53 // When parsing multiple files with the same name in different directories, 54 // the last one mentioned will be the one that results. 55 func (t *Template) ParseFiles(filenames ...string) (*Template, error) { 56 t.init() 57 return parseFiles(t, readFileOS, filenames...) 58 } 59 60 // parseFiles is the helper for the method and function. If the argument 61 // template is nil, it is created from the first file. 62 func parseFiles(t *Template, readFile func(string) (string, []byte, error), filenames ...string) (*Template, error) { 63 if len(filenames) == 0 { 64 // Not really a problem, but be consistent. 65 return nil, fmt.Errorf("template: no files named in call to ParseFiles") 66 } 67 for _, filename := range filenames { 68 name, b, err := readFile(filename) 69 if err != nil { 70 return nil, err 71 } 72 s := string(b) 73 // First template becomes return value if not already defined, 74 // and we use that one for subsequent New calls to associate 75 // all the templates together. Also, if this file has the same name 76 // as t, this file becomes the contents of t, so 77 // t, err := New(name).Funcs(xxx).ParseFiles(name) 78 // works. Otherwise we create a new template associated with t. 79 var tmpl *Template 80 if t == nil { 81 t = New(name) 82 } 83 if name == t.Name() { 84 tmpl = t 85 } else { 86 tmpl = t.New(name) 87 } 88 _, err = tmpl.Parse(s) 89 if err != nil { 90 return nil, err 91 } 92 } 93 return t, nil 94 } 95 96 // ParseGlob creates a new [Template] and parses the template definitions from 97 // the files identified by the pattern. The files are matched according to the 98 // semantics of [filepath.Match], and the pattern must match at least one file. 99 // The returned template will have the [filepath.Base] name and (parsed) 100 // contents of the first file matched by the pattern. ParseGlob is equivalent to 101 // calling [ParseFiles] with the list of files matched by the pattern. 102 // 103 // When parsing multiple files with the same name in different directories, 104 // the last one mentioned will be the one that results. 105 func ParseGlob(pattern string) (*Template, error) { 106 return parseGlob(nil, pattern) 107 } 108 109 // ParseGlob parses the template definitions in the files identified by the 110 // pattern and associates the resulting templates with t. The files are matched 111 // according to the semantics of [filepath.Match], and the pattern must match at 112 // least one file. ParseGlob is equivalent to calling [Template.ParseFiles] with 113 // the list of files matched by the pattern. 114 // 115 // When parsing multiple files with the same name in different directories, 116 // the last one mentioned will be the one that results. 117 func (t *Template) ParseGlob(pattern string) (*Template, error) { 118 t.init() 119 return parseGlob(t, pattern) 120 } 121 122 // parseGlob is the implementation of the function and method ParseGlob. 123 func parseGlob(t *Template, pattern string) (*Template, error) { 124 filenames, err := filepath.Glob(pattern) 125 if err != nil { 126 return nil, err 127 } 128 if len(filenames) == 0 { 129 return nil, fmt.Errorf("template: pattern matches no files: %#q", pattern) 130 } 131 return parseFiles(t, readFileOS, filenames...) 132 } 133 134 // ParseFS is like [Template.ParseFiles] or [Template.ParseGlob] but reads from the file system fsys 135 // instead of the host operating system's file system. 136 // It accepts a list of glob patterns (see [path.Match]). 137 // (Note that most file names serve as glob patterns matching only themselves.) 138 func ParseFS(fsys fs.FS, patterns ...string) (*Template, error) { 139 return parseFS(nil, fsys, patterns) 140 } 141 142 // ParseFS is like [Template.ParseFiles] or [Template.ParseGlob] but reads from the file system fsys 143 // instead of the host operating system's file system. 144 // It accepts a list of glob patterns (see [path.Match]). 145 // (Note that most file names serve as glob patterns matching only themselves.) 146 func (t *Template) ParseFS(fsys fs.FS, patterns ...string) (*Template, error) { 147 t.init() 148 return parseFS(t, fsys, patterns) 149 } 150 151 func parseFS(t *Template, fsys fs.FS, patterns []string) (*Template, error) { 152 var filenames []string 153 for _, pattern := range patterns { 154 list, err := fs.Glob(fsys, pattern) 155 if err != nil { 156 return nil, err 157 } 158 if len(list) == 0 { 159 return nil, fmt.Errorf("template: pattern matches no files: %#q", pattern) 160 } 161 filenames = append(filenames, list...) 162 } 163 return parseFiles(t, readFileFS(fsys), filenames...) 164 } 165 166 func readFileOS(file string) (name string, b []byte, err error) { 167 name = filepath.Base(file) 168 b, err = os.ReadFile(file) 169 return 170 } 171 172 func readFileFS(fsys fs.FS) func(string) (string, []byte, error) { 173 return func(file string) (name string, b []byte, err error) { 174 name = path.Base(file) 175 b, err = fs.ReadFile(fsys, file) 176 return 177 } 178 } 179