Module:Ref

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This module provides the backend implementations of the Ref templates.

Public Functions

ref.ref

ref.list

ref.generic

Private Functions

makeRef

Constructs a reference with the given text, using the provided parser frame, ref id and group.

Parameters:

• frame (object) - The current parser frame
• id (string) - The id to give to the reference
• group (string) - The group to include the reference in
• text (string) - The text of the reference

Returns:

' - wikitext the constructed reference

makeGenericRef

makeReuse

makeList

Code

A copy of the code for this module follows:

---

local utils = require( 'Module:Utils' )

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--[[[
Constructs a reference with the given text, using the provided parser frame, ref
id and group.

@param frame - object - The current parser frame
@param id - string - The id to give to the reference
@param group - string - The group to include the reference in
@param text - string - The text of the reference

@return wikitext the constructed reference
]]
function makeRef( frame, id, group, text )
	if utils.empty( text ) then
		return utils.error(
			'No reference text was specified!',
			'ref',
			'Pages with empty citations' )
	end
	text = tostring( text )
	local args = {}
	if not utils.empty( id ) then
		args.name = tostring( id )
	end
	if not utils.empty( group ) then
		args.group = tostring( group )
	end
	
	return frame:extensionTag( 'ref', text, args )
end

function makeGenericRef( frame, id, group )
	return makeRef( frame, id, group, text )
end

function makeReuse( frame, id, group )
	local args = {}
	if id == nil or id == '' then
		return utils.error(
			'No id was specified for ref reuse!',
			'ref',
			'Pages containing missing template parameter errors' )
	else
		args.name = tostring( id )
	end
	if group ~= nil and group ~= '' then
		args.group = tostring( group )
	end
	return frame:extensionTag( 'ref', '', args )
end

function makeList( frame, id, group )
	local args = {}
	if group ~= nil and group ~= '' then
		args.group = tostring( group )
	end
	
	return frame:extensionTag( 'references', '', args )
end

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local ref = {}

function ref.ref( frame )
	local templateFrame = frame:getParent()
	local id = templateFrame.args['Id'] or templateFrame.args['Name']
	local group = templateFrame.args['Group']
	local text = templateFrame.args[1] or templateFrame.args['Text']
	return makeRef( frame, text, id, group )
end

function ref.list( frame )
	local templateFrame = frame:getParent()
	local group = templateFrame.args['Group']
	return makeList( frame, group, colNum, colWidth, colGap )
end

function ref.generic( frame )
	return 'TODO: Implement this'
end

return ref