Modul:Classgenerator/parameter/class

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This is a Class Module. It implements a class in Lua using Module:Middleclass and the template class Module:Foundationclass. This class provides methods for adding and editing of a class's parameters.

Usage

local name = args[1] or args.name or mw.title.getCurrentTitle().rootText
local Class = require('Module:Name/class')
local me = Class:new(name)
me:initFromArgs(args)
me:storeData()
me:addInfobox()
me:addPageBody()
return me:render()

Data Storage

This template does not store any persistent data.

Methods

Constructor

new(uid)

Creates a new Object for the class.

uid

variable, optional

used to identify the object

return

object, of the class

Public 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

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(self, stash)

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

stash

table, mandatory

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

return

boolean, the new stash

render()

Produces the appropriate output for this parameter

return

boolean, whether adding was successful or not

static methods

ClassgeneratorParameter: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.

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)

private methods

_debug(self, level, text)

Adds output to the internal debug log.

self

object, me

level

int; mandatory

debug level for the message

text

string; mandatory

debug message text

return

void

Properties

static

See also Static Properties

ClassgeneratorParameter.myConfiguration

this is your configuration. It is devided in several section, each a

table, holds configuration data found in Module:Name/config

WARNING: This is a read only table and besides functions pairs() and ipairs() nothing else will work on it, especially not the functions of the table library!

• form, table, holds data used to create the form. here are some of them:
  • formButtons, table, which buttons should be printed at the bottom
  • fieldOrder, table, in which order the form fields should appear (note: only fields listed here will be added to the form)
• global, table, holds some global configuration data
• parameter, table, holds all data about all parameter used in the module (be they form only, data store only or normal). The table has the form paramname = { table of paramdata }. The tables for the parameter have data as follows:
  • cardinality, string, mandatory, one of singe or list
  • cargo_type, string, optional, if the parameter is to be stored in cargo, add the field type here (one of Page, Text, Integer, Float, Date, Datetime, Boolean (which should be provided as 1 or 0), Coordinates, Wikitext, File, String, URL, or Email)
  • description, string, mandatory, a description of this parameter
  • label, string, mandatory, the label used in the form and the template documentation
  • severity, string, optional, if provided one of mandatory, suggested
  • sf, table, optional, used to add more attributes to the semantic forms field. ref Module:SFfield/config for all possible attributes. Note that the table is of type attribute_name : value. Value can be of type string, integer, boolean, and (in case of 'show on select') a table. Please note, that the attribute name cannot contain a " " (space). Use the underscore instead.
  • td_default, string, optional, if you want a default value to be indicated in the template data section on the documentation page, add it here
  • td_type, string, optional, if the parameter should be present in the template documentation page, fill this field. all possible values are listed here
  • values, table, optional, if you want the possible values to be restricted to a specific set, fill this table
• template, table, holds some data used only in the template

ClassgeneratorParameter.publicStaticProperty

type, explanation

_privateStaticProperty

type, explanation

private

Note: all private properties are stored in table _private[self]. _private is a static array that is indexed by self, so the table _private[self] holds all properties for instance self.

dbg

object, my instance of Module:Debug/class for debugging purposes. only present afer first call of _debug(self, level, text)

Configuration Data

This class holds its control data in Module:Classgenerator/parameter/config.

Inheritance

Note: You still reference those either by self:publicMethod() or ClassgeneratorParameter:staticMethod() and ClassgeneratorParameter.staticProperty respectively!

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 == Classgenerator/parameter/class).

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

Static Properties

FoundationClass.globalConfig

table, holds some global configuration (data, that applies to all classes the same way). See Module:Foundationclass/globalconfig for details.

FoundationClass.myCargoUtil

table, instance of Module:CargoUtil

FoundationClass.mySwmUtil

table, instance of Module:SmwUtil

FoundationClass.myTableTools

table, instance of Module:TableTools

FoundationClass.myYesno

table, instance of Module:Yesno

local FoundationClass = require('Module:Foundationclass')
local ClassDebug = require('Module:Debug/class')

-- ****************************************************************
-- *                         inheritance                          *
-- ****************************************************************
local ClassgeneratorParameter = FoundationClass:subclass('ClassgeneratorParameter')
-- setting class's configuration data
ClassgeneratorParameter.static.myConfiguration = mw.loadData('Module:Classgenerator/parameter/config')
ClassgeneratorParameter.static.SFfieldConfig = mw.loadData('Module:SFfield/config')
--ClassgeneratorParameter.static.myConfiguration = require('Module:Classgenerator/parameter/config')
--local SFfieldConfig = mw.loadData('Module:SFfield/config')
--ClassgeneratorParameter.static.myConfiguration.parameter.input_type.values = SFfieldConfig.validInputTypes	-- cant load a table from another config in my config. therefor this
--ClassgeneratorParameter.static.myConfiguration.parameter.base_type.values = SFfieldConfig.validInputTypes	-- cant load a table from another config in my config. therefor this
--   being in a static method, use self.myConfiguration
--   being in a private method, that knows self or in a public method, use self.class.myConfiguration

-- ****************************************************************
-- *                          properties                          *
-- ****************************************************************

-- **************** initialization of table for private properties
local _private = setmetatable({}, {__mode = 'k'})   -- weak table storing all private attributes

-- **************** declaration of public static properties
-- ClassgeneratorParameter.static.myPropertyModule = require('Module:extern')
-- ClassgeneratorParameter.static.staticProperty = ' '

-- remember the static classes provided by Foundationclass:
-- ClassgeneratorParameter.globalConfig
-- ClassgeneratorParameter.myCargoUtil
-- ClassgeneratorParameter.myTableTools

-- **************** declaration of (global) private properties
-- for properties you should rather use constructor and _private[self]. this only, if you need a private class property
-- you should, however predeclare private methods here
local _debug	-- private method declared later
local _privateMethodAhead	-- declaration ahead, so this private method can be used in the constructor and in other private methods

-- ***************************************************************
-- *                           methods                           *
-- ***************************************************************
 
-- **************** declaration of static methods
function ClassgeneratorParameter:initialize(uid)
	local _CFG = self.class.myConfiguration
	FoundationClass.initialize(self, uid)
	_private[self] = {
		dbg = ClassDebug:new(tostring(self.class) .. ': id ' .. uid),
	}
	_debug(self, 1, ' ClassgeneratorParameter: done initializing object "' .. uid ..'", from ' .. tostring(self))
end

-- use use self.myConfiguration to access your configuration in a static method
function ClassgeneratorParameter.static:aStaticMethod(var)
	_debug(self, 1, 'entering ClassgeneratorParameter.static:aStaticMethod() to do something, from ' .. tostring(self))
end

function ClassgeneratorParameter.static:mySfDynamicFieldAttribute(fieldname, attribute, value)
	_debug(self, 1, 'entering ClassgeneratorParameter.static:mySfDynamicFieldAttribute(fieldname, attribute, value), from ' .. tostring(self))
	_debug(self, 2, ' with parameters "' .. fieldname .. '", "' .. attribute .. '" and a ' .. type(value) .. ' value')
	-- function that can process any attribute/value pair just before rendering the semantic forms field
	-- usually done, to generate a dynamic 'default' value
	-- keep in mind: you can completely disable a form field, if you return true on attribute "disable". note however, that this causes the field to not show at all, no data will be transported/saved
	local val = value
	if FoundationClass.globalConfig.dataStore ~= 'cargo' and FoundationClass.globalConfig.dataStore ~= 'both' then
		-- disable all cargo fields
		if fieldname == 'cargo' and attribute == 'disable' then
			val = true
		end
		if fieldname == 'cargo_hidden' and attribute == 'disable' then
			val = true
		end
		if fieldname == 'cargo_size' and attribute == 'disable' then
			val = true
		end
		if fieldname == 'cargo_type' and attribute == 'disable' then
			val = true
		end
		if fieldname == 'add_cargo_table_and_field' and attribute == 'disable' then
			val = true
		end
		if fieldname == 'mapping_cargo_field' and attribute == 'disable' then
			val = true
		end
		if fieldname == 'mapping_cargo_table' and attribute == 'disable' then
			val = true
		end
	end
	if FoundationClass.globalConfig.dataStore ~= 'smw' and FoundationClass.globalConfig.dataStore ~= 'both' then
		-- disable all smw fields
		if fieldname == 'property' and attribute == 'disable' then
			val = true
		end
		if fieldname == 'property_name' and attribute == 'disable' then
			val = true
		end
		if fieldname == 'property_type' and attribute == 'disable' then
			val = true
		end
		if fieldname == 'unique_for_concept' and attribute == 'disable' then
			val = true
		end
		if fieldname == 'mapping_property' and attribute == 'disable' then
			val = true
		end
		if fieldname == 'values_from_concept' and attribute == 'disable' then
			val = true
		end
	end
	if fieldname == 'property_name' and attribute == 'values_from_namespace' then
		local ret, nulProperty = pcall(mw.title.new, 'NUL', 'Property')
		val = ret and mw.site.namespaces[nulProperty.namespace].name or 'NUL'
	end
	if fieldname == 'property_type' and attribute == 'values' then
		val = FoundationClass.globalConfig.smwPropertyTypesAvailable
	end
	if fieldname == 'input_type' and attribute == 'show_on_select' then
		-- build input type's show on select from SFfieldConfig.validAttributesPerType, except remove values and replace all spaces in attribute names by an underscore
		--val = mw.clone(ClassgeneratorParameter.SFfieldConfig.validAttributesPerType)
		--val = ClassgeneratorParameter.myTableTools.shallowClone(ClassgeneratorParameter.SFfieldConfig.validAttributesPerType)
		val = {}
		for param, attrlist in pairs(ClassgeneratorParameter.SFfieldConfig.validAttributesPerType) do
			if not val[param] then
				val[param] = {}
			end
			for k, attr in pairs(attrlist) do
				if attr ~= 'values' then
					val[param][k] = mw.ustring.gsub(attr, ' ', '_')
				end
			end
		end
		_debug(self, 2, ' calculated this monster: <pre>' .. ClassgeneratorParameter.myTableTools.printTable(val) .. '</pre>')
	end
	if fieldname == 'input_type' and attribute == 'values' then
		return ClassgeneratorParameter.SFfieldConfig.validInputTypes
	end
	if fieldname == 'base_type' and attribute == 'values' then
		return ClassgeneratorParameter.SFfieldConfig.validInputTypes
	end
	if fieldname == 'uploadable' and attribute == 'show_on_select' then
		val = {}
		val['true'] = {'default_filename', 'image_preview'}
	end
	_debug(self, 3, '  returning ' .. (type(val) == 'boolean' and (val and 'true' or 'false') or type(val)))
	return val	-- this value will be used as new value for field's attribute
end

function ClassgeneratorParameter.static:sfGenerateForm(embedIn)
	_debug(self, 1, 'entering ClassgeneratorParameter.static:sfGenerateForm()')
	local _CFG = self.myConfiguration
	local embedIn = embedIn or 'Classgenerator[parameter_parameter]'
	local tagStart = '{{{'
	local tagEnd = '}}}'
	-- create the table
	-- start the html object
	html = mw.html.create('')
	html:wikitext(tagStart .. 'for template|' .. _CFG.template.name .. '|label=' .. _CFG.global.entityTitle ..
		'|embed in field=' .. embedIn .. '|multiple|add button text=' .. _CFG.form.labelCreate .. '|minimum instances=1' .. tagEnd)
		:node(self:sfGenerateFormTable(self.myConfiguration.form.fieldOrderGeneral))
		:newline()
		:wikitext(':')
		:node(self:sfGenerateFormTable(self.myConfiguration.form.fieldOrderSFgeneral, 'row_parameter'))
		:newline()
		:wikitext('::')
		:node(self:sfGenerateFormTable(self.myConfiguration.form.fieldOrderSFtypeDependent))
		:wikitext(tagStart .. 'end template' .. tagEnd)
		:newline()
	return tostring(html)
end

-- **************** declaration of private methods
-- use self.class.myConfiguration to access your configuration in a public or a private method that is called by a public method
_debug = function (self, level, text)
	if _private[self] and _private[self].dbg then
		_private[self].dbg:log(level, text)
	else
		ClassDebug:log(level, text, tostring(self) .. '.static')
	end
end

local _processAttribute = function (self, attr, indent)
	_debug(self, 1, 'entering private _processAttribute() to print a line for attribute ' .. attr .. ', from ' .. tostring(self))
	local coreData = self:getCoreData()
	local ret = ''
	local omissionList = {'name'}
	local attr = attr
	local val = coreData[attr]
	if type(val) == 'boolean' then
		val = val and 'true' or 'false'
	end
	if val and not ClassgeneratorParameter.myTableTools.inTable(omissionList, attr) then
		ret = indent .. attr .. ' = '
		if type(val) == 'table' then
			ret = ret .. ClassgeneratorParameter.myTableTools.printTable(val, 'inline')
		elseif val == 'true' or val == 'false' or attr == 'cargo_table' or (attr == 'restricted' and (val == 'global.restrictedTo' or val == 'superglobal.restrictedTo')) or mw.ustring.match(val, '^[0-9]+$') then
			ret = ret .. val
		else
			local valMangled = mw.text.trim(val)
			valMangled = mw.ustring.gsub(mw.ustring.gsub(valMangled, "\\'", "'"), "'", "\\'")
			valMangled = mw.ustring.gsub(valMangled, '\n', '\\n\' ..\n' .. indent .. '\t\'')
			ret = ret .. "'" .. valMangled .. "'"	-- the gsub catches multiline input from textareas
		end
		ret = ret .. ','
		if self.class.myConfiguration.template.addCommentsToConfig then
			ret = ret .. '\t-- ' .. self.class.myConfiguration.parameter[attr].description
		end
		ret = ret .. '\n'
	end
	return ret
end

local _privateMethod = function (self)
	_debug(self, 1, 'entering private _privateMethod() to do something, from ' .. tostring(self))
end

-- **************** declaration of public methods
-- use self.class.myConfiguration to access your configuration in a public method
function ClassgeneratorParameter:addInfobox()
	_debug(self, 1, 'entering ClassgeneratorParameter:addInfobox(), from ' .. tostring(self))
	if self:goodToGo() then
		local _CFG = self.class.myConfiguration
		local coreData = self:getPrivate('coreData')
		local ib_args = {
			bodyclass = 'infobox_name',
			aboveclass = 'objtitle titletext',
			headerclass = 'headertext',
			labelstyle = 'width: 30%;',
			datastyle = 'width: 70%;',
			title = self:getPrivate('uid'),
			subheader = nil,
			label1 = _CFG.parameter.name.label,
			data1 = coreData.name and coreData.name or '',
			header1 = nil,
		}
		self:addOutput(require('Module:Infobox').infobox(ib_args))
		return true
	end
	return false
end

function ClassgeneratorParameter:addPageBody()
	_debug(self, 1, 'entering ClassgeneratorParameter:addPageBody(), from ' .. tostring(self))
	_debug(self, 2, ' rendering errors and warnings and adding them to output')
	local frame = mw.getCurrentFrame()
	self:addOutput(self:renderErrors())
	self:addOutput(self:renderWarnings())
	if self:goodToGo() then
		self:addOutput('No out put yet')
		return true
	end
	return false
end

function ClassgeneratorParameter:myArgumentProcessing(coreData)
	_debug(self, 1, 'entering ClassgeneratorParameter:myArgumentProcessing(args) to process coreData, from ' .. tostring(self))
	-- function that performs some individual transformation args --&amp;gt; coreData
	local coreData = coreData
	-- if dataStore == 'cargo' set sf_cargo_table and sf_cargo_field
	if (FoundationClass.globalConfig.dataStore == 'cargo' or FoundationClass.globalConfig.dataStore == 'both') and FoundationClass.myYesno(coreData.cargo) and FoundationClass.myYesno(coreData.add_cargo_table_and_field) then
		coreData.cargo_table = 'global.cargoTable'
		coreData.cargo_field = coreData.name
	end
	coreData.add_cargo_table_and_field = nil
	if (FoundationClass.globalConfig.dataStore == 'smw' or FoundationClass.globalConfig.dataStore == 'both') and FoundationClass.myYesno(coreData.property) then
		coreData.property_name = mw.ustring.gsub(mw.ustring.gsub(coreData.property_name, ' ', '_'), mw.site.namespaces[mw.title.new('Nul', 'Property').namespace].name .. ':', '')
	else
		coreData.property_name = nil
		coreData.property_type = nil
	end
	if coreData.sf and mw.ustring.lower(coreData.sf) == 'holds template' then
		coreData.sf = 'yes'
		coreData.holds_template = 'true'
	end
	if coreData.show_on_select and type(coreData.show_on_select) == 'table' then
		local sos = {}
		for _, selector in pairs(coreData.show_on_select) do
			local value, field = mw.ustring.match(selector, '^([^=]+)%s*=%s*(.+)$')
			if value and field then
				if mw.ustring.match(value, ' ') then
					value = '[\'' .. value .. '\']'
				end
				if not sos[value] then
					sos[value] = {}
				end
				table.insert(sos[value], field)
			elseif coreData.input_type == 'checkbox' or selector == 'false' then
				table.insert(sos, mw.text.trim(selector))
			else
				self:addError('Error processing value for \'\'' .. self.class.myConfiguration.parameter.show_on_select.label .. '\'\': ' .. 
					ClassgeneratorParameter.myTableTools.printTable(coreData.show_on_select) .. ' on entry :' .. mw.text.encode(selector))
			end
		end
		coreData.show_on_select = sos
		--coreData.show_on_select = FoundationClass.myTableTools.printTable(sos)
		--coreData.show_on_select = FoundationClass.myTableTools.printTable(coreData.show_on_select)
	end
	-- kill two cosmetical switches
	coreData.cargo = nil
	coreData.property = nil
	return coreData	-- this is your new coreData.
end

function ClassgeneratorParameter:myPlausibilityTest(args)
	_debug(self, 1, 'entering ClassgeneratorParameter:myPlausibilityTest(args) to test arguments, from ' .. tostring(self))
	local _CFG = self.class.myConfiguration
	-- function that performs the individual plausibility tests
	-- note: before you access a field args.fieldname you should check for existance
	-- self:addError(text)
	if args.name and not mw.ustring.match(args.name, '^[a-zA-Z_][0-9a-zA-Z_-]*$') then
		self:addError('Invalid value detected for parameter <i>' .. _CFG.parameter.name.label .. ':</i> "' .. mw.text.encode(tostring(args.name)) .. '"')
	end
	if args.cargo_size and not mw.ustring.match(args.cargo_size, '^[0-9]*$') then
		self:addError('Invalid value detected for parameter <i>' .. _CFG.parameter.cargo_size.label .. ':</i> "' .. mw.text.encode(tostring(args.cargo_size)) .. '"')
	end
	if args.cols and not mw.ustring.match(args.cols, '^[0-9]*$') then
		self:addError('Invalid value detected for parameter <i>' .. _CFG.parameter.cols.label .. ':</i> "' .. mw.text.encode(tostring(args.cols)) .. '"')
	end
	if args.max_values and not mw.ustring.match(args.max_values, '^[0-9]*$') then
		self:addError('Invalid value detected for parameter <i>' .. _CFG.parameter.max_values.label .. ':</i> "' .. mw.text.encode(tostring(args.max_values)) .. '"')
	end
	if args.maxlength and not mw.ustring.match(args.maxlength, '^[0-9]*$') then
		self:addError('Invalid value detected for parameter <i>' .. _CFG.parameter.maxlength.label .. ':</i> "' .. mw.text.encode(tostring(args.maxlength)) .. '"')
	end
	if args.rows and not mw.ustring.match(args.rows, '^[0-9]*$') then
		self:addError('Invalid value detected for parameter <i>' .. _CFG.parameter.rows.label .. ':</i> "' .. mw.text.encode(tostring(args.rows)) .. '"')
	end
	if args.size and not mw.ustring.match(args.size, '^[0-9]*$') then
		self:addError('Invalid value detected for parameter <i>' .. _CFG.parameter.size.label .. ':</i> "' .. mw.text.encode(tostring(size.cols)) .. '"')
	end
	return false	-- return value will be ignored. but if you add any error, the object's initialization will fail with the error
end

function ClassgeneratorParameter:myStashAdjustments(stash)
	_debug(self, 1, 'entering ClassgeneratorParameter:myStashAdjustments(stash) to do some minor adjustments on data before storing, from ' .. tostring(self))
	-- function that alters the stash before storing the data
	local stash = stash
	return stash	-- this is your new stash. this will be stored. it has format (fieldname: value)
end

function ClassgeneratorParameter:render()
	_debug(self, 1, 'entering ClassgeneratorParameter:render() to render the code I pass to template class generator, from ' .. tostring(self))
	local str = ''
	if self:goodToGo() then
		local _CFG = self.class.myConfiguration
		local coreData = self:getCoreData()
		local indent = '\t'
		local sfAttributes = {}
		for _, val in pairs(_CFG.form.fieldOrderSFgeneral) do
			table.insert(sfAttributes, val)
		end
		for _, val in pairs(_CFG.form.fieldOrderSFtypeDependent) do
			table.insert(sfAttributes, val)
		end
		table.sort(sfAttributes)
		if FoundationClass.myYesno(coreData.sf, true) then
			str = str .. coreData.name
		end
		str = str .. _CFG.template.delimiterFormFieldName
		str = str .. indent .. coreData.name .. ' = {\n'
		for _, globalAttr in pairs(_CFG.form.fieldOrderGeneral) do
			if globalAttr ~= 'sf' then
				str = str .. _processAttribute(self, globalAttr, indent .. '\t')
			elseif coreData.sf ~= 'Information' then
				local sf = ''
				sf = sf .. _processAttribute(self, 'cargo_table', indent .. '\t\t')
				sf = sf .. _processAttribute(self, 'cargo_field', indent .. '\t\t')
				for _, sfAttr in pairs(sfAttributes) do
					sf = sf .. _processAttribute(self, sfAttr, indent .. '\t\t')
				end
				if mw.ustring.len(sf) > 0 then
					str = str .. indent .. '\t' .. 'sf = {\n' .. sf .. indent .. '\t' .. '},\n'
				end
			end
		end
		str = str .. indent .. '},\n' .. _CFG.template.delimiterResult
	else
		str = tostring(self:renderErrors())
	end
	return str
end

return ClassgeneratorParameter