MediaWiki:Classengine-content-documentation-methods

Constructor

new(uid, superhandler)

Creates a new Object for the class.

uid

variable, suggested

used to identify the object. defaults to mw.title.getCurrentTitle().prefixedText

superhandler

object of childclass of Foundationclass, optional

supply the superhandler, if you instanciate an object within another object. the instanciated object will pass errors and warnings to the superhandler and forgo adding an object category

return

object, of the class

Abstract Methods

 

myArgumentProcessing(coreData)

Performs the individual argument processing in initFromArgs(args) right before inititializing it.

coreData

table, mandatory

the core data of the object. the one to process individually before initialization

return

table, the new core data array to be used

myDataAdjustments(data)

Performs a transformation form data (coming from the datastore) into data used for argument processing. This is called by initFromData(data) (for smw: after property to parameter conversion) and is directly passed to initFromArgs(args) and subsequently plausibility test.

data

table, mandatory

a data table coming directly from the data store

return

table, the new data table suiteable for argument processing

myPlausibilityTest(args)

Performs the individual plausibility tests in initFromArgs(args) before entering the initialization part. NOTE: The return value will be ignored. If this finds errors, it must add them to the list of errors via addError(errortext).

args

table, mandatory

arguments passed to the template to be checked

return

boolean, whether the object is plausible or not.

myStashAdjustments(stash, storeType)

Can adjusts the stash in storeData() right before storing it.

stash

table, mandatory

the array of data to be saved (in the form fieldname: value)

storeType

string, mandatory

type of storage method used with the current call (either 'cargo' or 'swm'). In case you use both stores and your stash adjustment differs with each of this methods

return

table, the new stash

FoundationClass:mySfDynamicFieldAttribute(fieldname, attribute, value)

For some semantic form fields there are attribute values, that are not static, thus can not be provided at forehand in the configuration file. This method does the trick to adapt them at runtime shortly before the field is rendered. Essentially: the method checks, if it has a special rule for the pair fieldname:attribute and if so, calculates the new value. if not, the old value is returned. Note, that you can completely disable a form field with this when you return false on attribute "disable".

fieldname

string, mandatory

the form field's name, needed to match current paring to an existing special treatment rule

attribute

string, mandatory

the form field's attribute, needed to match current paring to an existing special treatment rule

value

variable, mandatory

the value, that is already provided in the configuration file. this will be adapted by the method, if there is a special rule for the pair fieldname:attribute.

return

string, the value to be used forthwith (which can be the old one or a freshly calculated)

Public methods

 

addCategory(category)

Prepares to add the page to category category. Note: until you actually call render() or renderCategories(), this will not be implemented

category

string, mandatory

the name of the category, to add the page to

return

boolean, true

addError(errortext)

adds errortext as new error to the list of errors, rendered at a later time.

errortext

string, mandatory

text added to list of errors

return

boolean, whether adding was successful or not

addInfobox()

If no errors and data is present, adds an infobox to the object's output. NOTE: This is a shell method and should be overwritten!

return

boolean, whether adding was successful or not

addOutput(content)

Adds something to the page's output. Something can be of type string, int, or table (that needs to have __tostring() implemented)

content

string, int, or table; mandatory

content element that is added to page's output

return

boolean, whether adding was successful or not

addPageBody()

Adds a page body (all content besides the infobox) to the object's output: Errors and Warnings, sample configuration, statistics, ... Of course, only if there is data. NOTE: This is a shell method and should be overwritten!

return

boolean, whether adding was successful or not

addWarning(warning)

adds warning as new warning to the list of warnings, to be rendered at a later time (with renderWarnings()).

warning

string, mandatory

text added to list of warnings

return

boolean, whether adding was successful or not

getCoreData()

Returns the table of coreData

return

table, the value for _private[self].coreData, emtpy if not initialized

getUid()

Returns the object's uid, nil if not set

return

variable, the value for _private[self].uid

goodToGo()

Is this a proper object (with data and no errors)

return

boolean, whether we are proper initialized

initFromArgs(args)

Initializes the object with a data table, containing arguments (template parameter). Does plausibility tests and mangling of input and either fills list of errors or adds input to the object's data. {{{1}}}

initFromData(data)

Initializes the object with a data table, coming from the datastore. Depending on datastore, that means that the table keys might be different than when using arguments form the template. Does plausibility tests and mangling of input and either fills list of errors or adds input to the object's data. {{{1}}}

initMyself(uid)

Initializes the object with data from the data store. The method queries for the object's uid in the container defined by Foundationclass.globalConfig.uidFieldName (can be set to an infividual name in Module:Foundationclass/globalconfig) in either the class's table (in case of datastore cargo) or for objects that have Foundationclass.globalConfig.smwClassProperty set to class.name (in case of datastore smw). The uid was either passed to the method (priority) or submitted to the constructor. Does NOT do plausibility tests and mangling of input but assumes the data comes directly from the data store and thus can be trusted (i.e. passes _plausibilityTest())

uid

string, optional

the data, the object can use to identify itself. This field can be omitted, in which case the uid that was submitted to the constructor will be used.

return

boolean, whether initialization was successful or not

render()

Renders the object's output

return

string, the textual representation of the object (which can vary, depending on what add*-methods you called before)

renderCategories()

Renders the object's categories (if any), thus adding them to the output stream and in turn sorting the page in it, if and only if render() is called on the object's page (when self:getUid == Classengine-content-documentation-methods).

return

object of type mw.html, the wikitext necessary to add the page to the categories

renderErrors()

Renders the object's errors (if any)

return

object of type mw.html, the representation of the list of errors

renderWarnings()

Renders the object's warnings (if any)

return

object of type mw.html, the representation of the list of warnings

setSortkey(sortkey)

Sets a default sortkey for this page using the magic word DEFAULTSORT. Only applies, if no superhandler is given.

sortkey

string, mandatory

new sortkey for this page

return

void

setUid(value)

Sets my uid to the given value. normally this should be set by constructor

value

string/integer, mandatory

new valued for my uid

return

boolean, true/false

storeData()

If this was initialized with outside data and there are no errors, stores the arguments in an appropriate data store (smw or cargo). In case of cargo, also calls the necessary #cargo_declare parser function if in the template namespace.

return

boolean, whether store was successful or not

Static methods

 

FoundationClass:categorize()

Placed on one to class's pages (usually not on the class object pages), this calculates the necessary (meta-) category, to put the page in, using pagetitle, subpagetitle, namespace, and so on. Your project's categories (defined in Module:Foundationclass/globalconfig) are used.

return

string, to be put on page, so that it will be categorized

FoundationClass:categoryPage()

Procudes the output for our corresponding category page. Including the message box and the display of the data structure.

return

object of type mw.html, the representation of the category page's content

FoundationClass:cargoGenerateTableStructure()

Produces a cargo table declaration array (fieldname => declaration of field) that can be used in method storeData() for cargo_declare.

return

table, data structure for cargo table

FoundationClass:explainDataStore()

Produces a textual explanation of the used datastructure (table definition for cargo or property list and types for smw) that can be printed on various dodumentation pages

return

string, a textual explanation

FoundationClass:formRedlink(target, form, linktext, queryString)

Takes a pagename (target) and a formname (form) and then generates a link to that page if the page exists. Otherwise it links to the form to create the page. Linktext is target per default, if you do not provide linktext

target

string, mandatory

the pagename (including namespace) to link to

form

string, mandatory

the name of the form (w/o the form namespace!!) to fallback to, if page does not exist

linktext

string, optional

text you want to display instead of target

queryString

string, optional

the query string provided to the form, e.g. 'Template[page]=' .. mw.title.getCurrentTitle().prefixedText

return

string, the requested link

FoundationClass:gardeningCategoryPage()

Procudes the output for the class' gardening category page (if any). Includung the message boxes.

return

object of type mw.html, the representation of the gardening category page's content

FoundationClass:mwLink(object)

Takes object and links it (adding square brackets). If object is a table, it iterates over it with lua's mw.text.listToText()

object

mixed

object to return as linked string(s)

return

string, with all elements of object mw-linked

FoundationClass:sfGenerateForm()

Generates all output necessary for a form, that can be used to create or maintain an object of this class. Note: this output is to be put inside the <includeonly>-tag on the Form page.

return

object of class mw.html, the representation of the form

FoundationClass:sfGenerateFormEntry()

Generates the "teaser" text shown on the form page when accessing it to create a form (before you type in the name in the input field)

return

object of class mw.html, the representation of the form teaser

FoundationClass:sfGenerateFormInfoTag()

Generates a form's info-tag, together with create and edit title and - if applicable - the query string (in case we have createLinkType formlink).

return

string, a semantic form info tag

FoundationClass:sfGenerateFormLink()

Generates a form input field or a form link that links to the class's form (essentially calls the parser function #forminput or #formlink respectively).

return

string, the input field, that lints to the form

FoundationClass:sfGenerateFormTable(fieldlist)

Generates a table that can be used in a form inside the {{{for template}}} tag. The table contains all fields, that are named in the table parameter fieldlist (which defaults to _CFG.form.fieldOrder) and that are present in _CFG.parameter.. All fields with attribute hidden are placed after the closing /table-tag

fieldlist

table, optional

contains a list of fieldnames, to be processed and added to the return node.

return

object of class mw.html, the representation of the formtable

FoundationClass:sfInitField(fieldname)

Creates a field object of Class SFfield and initializes it per myConfiguration.parameters[fieldname] if entry is present

fieldname

string, mandatory

contains the name of the field to initialize

return

object of Class SFfield, the initialized field object. nil if fieldname is not present in parameter-array

FoundationClass:smwGetProperty2ParameterTranslationTable()

Returns a translation table property-name => parametername, if data store smw is used.

return

table, for every property used in the class the corresponding parameter name

FoundationClass:templateDocumentation()

Generates almost all the output, necessary to have a good documentation page for the corresponding template. Only missing the {{documentation subpage}} call at the top and the includeonly part at the bottom.

return

object of class mw.html, the representation of the template documentation

FoundationClass:usesDataStore(store)

Returs true, if class uses store as datastore. Available stores are 'cargo' and 'smw'

store

string, mandatory

store type to check against

return

bool, whether store store is used as data store