GrammarTemplate versatile and intuitive grammar-based templating for PHP, Python, Browser / Node.js / XPCOM Javascript (see for example here and here and eventualy here)
Etymology of "grammar" Etymology of "template"
light-weight (~7.7kB minified, ~3.2kB zipped)
GrammarTemplateis also aXPCOM JavaScript Component(Firefox) (e.g to be used in firefox browser addons/plugins)
version 3.0.0 GrammarTemplate.js, GrammarTemplate.min.js
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Grammar Template
A block inside [..] represents an optional block of code (depending on passed parameters) and <..> describe placeholders for query parameters / variables (i.e non-terminals).
The optional block of code depends on whether all optional parameters defined inside (with <?..>, <?!..> or <*..> and <{n,m}..> for rest parameters) exist. Then, that block (and any nested blocks it might contain) is output, else bypassed.
A block defined with :=[..] represents a (recursive) sub-template, which can be used to render any deep/structured argument a needed (see below).
var GrammarTemplate = require("../src/js/GrammarTemplate.js"), echo = console.log;
echo('GrammarTemplate.VERSION = ' + GrammarTemplate.VERSION);
echo( );
var tpl = "SELECT <column.select>[, <*column.select>]\nFROM <table.from>[, <*table.from>][\nWHERE (<?required.where>) AND (<?condition.where>)][\nWHERE <?required.where><?!condition.where>][\nWHERE <?!required.where><?condition.where>][\nGROUP BY <?group>[, <*group>]][\nHAVING (<?required.having>) AND (<?condition.having>)][\nHAVING <?required.having><?!condition.having>][\nHAVING <?!required.having><?condition.having>][\nORDER BY <?order>[, <*order>]][\nLIMIT <offset|0>, <?count>]";
var sql = new GrammarTemplate( tpl );
echo("input template:");
echo(tpl);
echo( );
echo("output:");
echo(sql.render({
column : { select : [ 'field1', 'field2', 'field3', 'field4' ] },
table : { from : [ 'tbl1', 'tbl2' ] },
condition : { where : 'field1=1 AND field2=2', having : 'field3=1 OR field4=2' },
count : 5
}));output
GrammarTemplate.VERSION = 3.0.0
input template:
SELECT <column.select>[, <*column.select>]
FROM <table.from>[, <*table.from>][
WHERE (<?required.where>) AND (<?condition.where>)][
WHERE <?required.where><?!condition.where>][
WHERE <?!required.where><?condition.where>][
GROUP BY <?group>[, <*group>]][
HAVING (<?required.having>) AND (<?condition.having>)][
HAVING <?required.having><?!condition.having>][
HAVING <?!required.having><?condition.having>][
ORDER BY <?order>[, <*order>]][
LIMIT <offset|0>, <?count>]
output:
SELECT field1, field2, field3, field4
FROM tbl1, tbl2
WHERE field1=1 AND field2=2
HAVING field3=1 OR field4=2
LIMIT 0, 5
var GrammarTemplate = require("../src/js/GrammarTemplate.js"), echo = console.log;
echo('GrammarTemplate.VERSION = ' + GrammarTemplate.VERSION);
echo( );
/*
i.e:
foreach "expression:terms" as "term":
foreach "term:factors" as "factor":
..
here an :EXPR template is defined which itself uses (anonymous) sub-templates
it is equivalent to (expand sub-templates to distinct):
<:FACTOR>:=[<lhs>[ <?op> <rhs|NULL>]]
<:TERM>:=[(<factor:FACTOR>[ AND <*factor:FACTOR>])]
<:EXPR>:=[<term:TERM>[ OR <*term:TERM>]]
<expression:EXPR>
<expression2:EXPR>
*/
var tpl = "<:EXPR>:=[<term>:=[(<factor>:=[<lhs>[ <?op> <rhs|NULL>]][ AND <*factor>])][ OR <*term>]]<expression:EXPR>\n<expression2:EXPR>";
var expr = new GrammarTemplate( tpl );
echo("input template:");
echo(tpl);
echo( );
echo("output:");
echo(expr.render({
expression : [
// term
[
// factor
{lhs: 1, op: '=', rhs: 1},
// factor
{lhs: 1, op: '=', rhs: 2},
// factor
{lhs: 1, op: '=', rhs: 3}
],
// term
[
// factor
{lhs: 1, op: '<', rhs: 1},
// factor
{lhs: 1, op: '<', rhs: 2},
// factor
{lhs: 1, op: '<', rhs: 3}
],
// term
[
// factor
{lhs: 1, op: '>', rhs: 1},
// factor
{lhs: 1, op: '>', rhs: 2},
// factor
{lhs: 1, op: '>', rhs: 3}
]
],
expression2 : [
// term
[
// factor
{lhs: 2, op: '=', rhs: 1},
// factor
{lhs: 2, op: '=', rhs: 2},
// factor
{lhs: 2, op: '=', rhs: 3}
],
// term
[
// factor
{lhs: 2, op: '<', rhs: 1},
// factor
{lhs: 2, op: '<', rhs: 2},
// factor
{lhs: 2, op: '<', rhs: 3}
],
// term
[
// factor
{lhs: 2, op: '>', rhs: 1},
// factor
{lhs: 2, op: '>', rhs: 2},
// factor
{lhs: 2, op: '>', rhs: 3}
],
// term
[
// factor
{lhs: 3},
// factor
{lhs: 3, op: '!='}
]
]
}));output
GrammarTemplate.VERSION = 3.0.0
input template:
<:EXPR>:=[<term>:=[(<factor>:=[<globalNegation:NEG><lhs>[ <?op:OP> <rhs|NULL>]][ AND <*factor>])][ OR <*term>]]<expression:EXPR>
<expression2:EXPR>
output:
(NOT 1 = 1 AND NOT 1 = 2 AND NOT 1 = 3) OR (NOT 1 < 1 AND NOT 1 < 2 AND NOT 1 < 3) OR (NOT 1 > 1 AND NOT 1 > 2 AND NOT 1 > 3)
(NOT 2 = 1 AND NOT 2 = 2 AND NOT 2 = 3) OR (NOT 2 < 1 AND NOT 2 < 2 AND NOT 2 < 3) OR (NOT 2 > 1 AND NOT 2 > 2 AND NOT 2 > 3) OR (NOT 3 AND NOT 3 <> NULL)
var GrammarTemplate = require("../src/js/GrammarTemplate.js"), echo = console.log;
echo('GrammarTemplate.VERSION = ' + GrammarTemplate.VERSION);
echo( );
var tpl = "<:BLOCK>:=[BLOCK <.name>\n{\n[ <@.blocks:BLOCKS>?\n]}]<:BLOCKS>:=[<@block:BLOCK>[\n<@block:BLOCK>*]]<@blocks:BLOCKS>";
var aligned = new GrammarTemplate( tpl, null, true );
echo("input template:");
echo(tpl);
echo( );
echo("output:");
echo(aligned.render({
blocks : [
{
name : "block1",
blocks : null
},
{
name : "block2",
blocks : [
{
name : "block21",
blocks : [
{
name : "block211",
blocks : [
{
name : "block2111",
blocks : null
},
{
name : "block2112"
}
]
},
{
name : "block212"
}
]
},
{
name : "block22",
blocks : [
{
name : "block221"
},
{
name : "block222"
}
]
}
]
},
{
name : "block3"
}
]
}));GrammarTemplate.VERSION = 3.0.0
input template:
<:BLOCK>:=[BLOCK <.name>
{
[ <@.blocks:BLOCKS>?
]}]<:BLOCKS>:=[<@block:BLOCK>[
<@block:BLOCK>*]]<@blocks:BLOCKS>
output:
BLOCK block1
{
}
BLOCK block2
{
BLOCK block21
{
BLOCK block211
{
BLOCK block2111
{
}
BLOCK block2112
{
}
}
BLOCK block212
{
}
}
BLOCK block22
{
BLOCK block221
{
}
BLOCK block222
{
}
}
}
BLOCK block3
{
}
- handle literal symbols (so for example grammar-specific delimiters can also be used literaly, right now delimiters can be adjusted as parameters) [DONE, through escaping]
- handle nested/deep arguments [DONE, through nested object-dot notation]
- handle recursion/loop deep structured arguments and sub-templates [DONE, through defining recursive sub-templates for rendering any deep argument]
- handle boolean-like optional arguments [DONE, through setting (empty) default value for optional argumement, is handled as pure boolean on/off flag argument]
- optimise parsing and rendering [DONE]
- support some basic and/or user-defined functions [DONE, similar custom function definition as custom sub-template, calls function if custom function with same name has been defined]
- support both
pre-andpost-(repeat) grammar operators, i.e both<?symbol>,<*symbol>,<{n,m}symbol>and<symbol>?,<symbol>*,<symbol>{n,m}for more familiar grammar syntax [DONE, via extra parameter in template instantiation] - support comments [DONE, through comment block notation, i.e
[# comment here #]] - handle generic/dynamic unknown before-hand custom rendering methods [DONE, can attach to generic wildcard renderer
*and handle/dispatch based on passed template name] - handle same name local and global arguments in (deep) recursive templates, avoiding possible global conflicts and infinite loops [DONE, through explicit local dot
.argument notation] - handle explicit text/code alignment/indentation expansion in sequence [DONE, use aligned
@argument notation] - handle custom delimiters with different lengths and possibly same prefixes [DONE, by dynamicaly arranging parsing by delimiter string length]