template_utils.py

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import os
import sys

import tenjin

""" @brief utilities for rendering templates
"""

def render_template(out, name, path, context, prefix = None):
    """
    Render a template using tenjin.
    out: a file-like object
    name: name of the template
    path: array of directories to search for the template
    context: dictionary of variables to pass to the template
    prefix: optional prefix to use for embedding (for other languages than python)
    """
    pp = [ tenjin.PrefixedLinePreprocessor(prefix=prefix) if prefix else tenjin.PrefixedLinePreprocessor() ] # support "::" syntax
    template_globals = { "to_str": str, "escape": str } # disable HTML escaping
    engine = TemplateEngine(path=path, pp=pp)
    out.write(engine.render(name, context, template_globals))

def render_static(out, name, path):
    """
    Write out a static template.
    out: a file-like object
    name: name of the template
    path: array of directories to search for the template
    """
    # Reuse the tenjin logic for finding the template
    template_filename = tenjin.FileSystemLoader().find(name, path)
    if not template_filename:
        raise ValueError("template %s not found" % name)
    with open(template_filename) as infile:
        out.write(infile.read())

class TemplateEngine(tenjin.Engine):
    def include(self, template_name, **kwargs):
        """
        Tenjin has an issue with nested includes that use the same local variable
        names, because it uses the same context dict for each level of nesting.
        The fix is to copy the context.
        """
        frame = sys._getframe(1)
        locals  = frame.f_locals
        globals = frame.f_globals
        context = locals["_context"].copy()
        context.update(kwargs)
        template = self.get_template(template_name, context, globals)
        return template.render(context, globals, _buf=locals["_buf"])

def open_output(install_dir, name):
    """
    Open an output file for writing

    'name' may include slashes. Subdirectories will be automatically created.
    """
    print(("Writing %s to %s" % (name, install_dir)))
    path = os.path.join(install_dir, name)
    dirpath = os.path.dirname(path)
    if not os.path.exists(dirpath):
        os.makedirs(dirpath)
    return open(path, "w")