API reference

class lina.Formatter(formatterType)

Bases: object

Base class for all formatters.

A formatter can be used to transform blocks/values during expansion.

Format(text)

Format a value or a complete block.

IsBlockFormatter()

Check if this formatter is a block formatter.

IsValueFormatter()

Check if this formatter is a value formatter.

OnBlockBegin(isFirst)

Called before a block is expanded.

Parameters:isFirst – True if this is the first expansion of the block. Returns:String or None. If a string is returned, it is prepended before the current block expansion.

OnBlockEnd(isLast)

Called after a block has been expanded.

Parameters:isLast – True if this is the last expansion of the block. Returns:String or None. If a string is returned, it is appended after the current block expansion.

class lina.FormatterType

Bases: enum.Enum

The formatter type, either Block or Value.

Block = 0

Value = 1

class lina.IncludeHandler

Bases: object

Base interface for include handlers.

Get(name)

exception lina.InvalidBlock(message, position)

Bases: lina.TemplateException

An invalid block was encountered.

exception lina.InvalidFormatter(message, position)

Bases: lina.TemplateException

An invalid formatter was encountered.

This exception is raised when a formatter could not be found or instantiated.

exception lina.InvalidNamedCharacterToken(message, position)

Bases: lina.InvalidWhitespaceToken

An invalid named character token was encountered.

exception lina.InvalidToken(message, position)

Bases: lina.TemplateException

An invalid token was encountered.

exception lina.InvalidWhitespaceToken(message, position)

Bases: lina.TemplateException

Only for backwards compatibility. Will be removed in 2.x.

class lina.Template(template, includeHandler=None, *, filename=None)

Bases: object

The main template class.

Render(context)

Render the template using the provided context.

RenderSimple(**items)

Simple rendering function.

This is just a convenience function which creates the context from the passed items and forwards them to Template.Render().

exception lina.TemplateException(message, position)

Bases: Exception

Base class for all exceptions thrown by Lina.

GetPosition()

Get the position where the exception occurred.

Returns:An object with two fields, line and column.

class lina.TemplateRepository(templateDirectory, suffix='')

Bases: lina.IncludeHandler

A file template repository.

This template repository will load files from a specified folder.

Get(name)

class lina.TextStream(text, *, filename=None)

Bases: object

A read-only text stream.

The text stream is used for input only and keeps track of the current read pointer position in terms of line/column numbers.

Get()

Get a character.

If the end of the stream has been reached, None is returned.

GetOffset()

Get the current read offset in characters from the beginning of the stream.

GetPosition()

Get the current read position as a pair (line, column).

IsAtEnd()

Check if the end of the stream has been reached.

Peek()

Peek at the next character in the stream if possible. Returns None if the end of the stream has been reached.

Reset()

Reset back to the beginning of the stream.

Skip(length)

Skip a number of characters starting from the current position.

Substring(start, end)

Get a substring of the stream.

Unget()

Move one character back in the input stream.

class lina.Token(name, start, end, position)

Bases: object

Represents a single token.

Each token may contain an optional list of flags, separated by colons. The grammar implemented here is:

[prefix]?[^:}]+(:[^:})+, for example:
{{#Foo}} -> name = Foo, prefix = #
{{Bar:width=8}} -> name = Bar, prefix = None,
                                        flags = {width:8}

The constructor checks if the formatter matches the token type. A block formatter can be only applied to a block token, and a value formatter only to a value.

EvaluateNamedCharacterToken(position)

Get the content of this token if this token is an escape character token.

If the content is not a valid character name, this function will raise InvalidSpecialCharacterToken.

GetEnd()

Get the end offset.

GetFormatters()

Get all active formatters for this token.

GetName()

Get the name of this token.

GetPosition()

Get the position as a (line, column) pair.

GetStart()

Get the start offset.

IsBlockClose()

Return true if this token is a block-close token.

IsBlockStart()

Return true if this token is a block-start token.

IsInclude()

Return true if this token is an include directive.

IsNamedCharacter()

Return true if this token is a named character token.

IsNegatedBlockStart()

Return true if this token is a negated block-start token.

IsSelfReference()

Return true if this token is a self-reference.

IsValue()