Module:Listing

Documentation for this module may be created at Module:Listing/doc

local p = {}

function p._parseListing( pageName )
  local pageContent = mw.title.new( pageName ):getContent()
  local root = {
    level = 1,
    name = pageName,
    content = "",
    summary = "",
    sections = {}
  }
  local currentSection = root

  -- can't think of a regex to split sections so go line by line
  for line in mw.text.gsplit( pageContent, '\n' ) do
    local headingLevel, headingText = string.match( line, '^%s*(=+)%s*(.-)%s*=+$' )
    if headingLevel then -- line is a heading
      local newSection = {
        level = #headingLevel,
        name = headingText,
        content = "",
        summary = "",
        sections = {}
      }

      -- find the right parent and insert
      while currentSection.level >= #headingLevel do
        currentSection = currentSection.parent
      end
      newSection.parent = currentSection
      currentSection.sections[#currentSection.sections + 1] = newSection
      currentSection = newSection
    elseif #currentSection.sections == 0 then -- no child headings yet so this is part of the summary of the current section
--      currentSection.summary = currentSection.summary .. line .. '\n'
    end

    -- add to content of all parent sections, plus current section if line isn't a heading
-- content currently isn't needed so disabling this for perf
--    local contentBackfillSection = headingLevel and currentSection.parent or currentSection
--    repeat
--      contentBackfillSection.content = contentBackfillSection.content .. line .. '\n'
--      contentBackfillSection = contentBackfillSection.parent
--    until not contentBackfillSection
  end

  return root
end

function p.bullets( frame )
  local listing = p._parseListing( frame.args[1] )
  local bullets = mw.html.create( 'ul' )
  for _, section in ipairs( listing.sections ) do
    local sublist = bullets:tag( 'li' )
      :wikitext( section.name )
      :tag( 'ul' )
    for _, subsection in ipairs( section.sections ) do
      sublist:tag( 'li' ):wikitext( subsection.name )
    end
  end
  return tostring( bullets )
end

p.debugFrame = {
  args = {
    [1] = 'User:Locke/Sandbox/Listing'
  }
}

p.debugContent = [[
Summary {{Infobox|thing=value}}

== First Section ==
Section 1 summary {{Template|prop=val}}

=== Subsection of First Section ===
Subsection 1 content {{Template|prop=val}}

== Second Section ==
Section 2 summary {{Template|prop=val}}

=== Subsection of Second Section ===
Subsection 2 content {{Template|prop=val}}

{{Cat}}
]]

return p