SockyPaws: Import Module:Cite from English Wikipedia

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Import Module:Cite from English Wikipedia

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require("strict")

local cfg = mw.loadData("Module:Cite/config")

--[[--------------------------< S U B S T I T U T E >---------------------------
Substitutes $1, $2, etc. in <message> with data from <data_t>. Returns plain
text substituted string when <data_t> is not nil, else returns <message>.
]]
local function substitute(message, data_t)
return data_t and mw.message.newRawMessage(message, data_t):plain() or message
end

--[[---------------------< M A K E _ E R R O R _ M S G >------------------------
Assembles an error message from module name, message text, help link, and
error category.
]]
local function make_error_msg(frame, msg)
-- Get the module name for prefix and help-link label.
local module_name = frame:getTitle()
-- Used for categorization.
local namespace = mw.title.getCurrentTitle().namespace
local category_link = (0 == namespace) and substitute(
"[[Category:$1]]", {cfg.settings_t.err_category}
) or ""
return substitute(
'<span style="color: #d33;">Error: {{[[$1|#invoke:$2]]}}: ' ..
'$3 ([[:$4|$5]])</span>$6',
{
module_name, -- Module name with namespace.
module_name:gsub("Module:", ""), -- Module name without namespace.
msg, -- Error message.
cfg.settings_t.help_text_link, -- Help wikilink to text at help page.
cfg.settings_t.help, -- Help wikilink display text.
category_link -- Link to error category (for main namespace errors only).
}
)
end

--[[-------------------------------< C I T E >----------------------------------
Function to call Module:Citation/CS1/sandbox with appropriate parameters. For
use when an article exceeds the post-expand include size limit.
{{#invoke:Cite|book|title=Title}}
]]
local function cite(frame, template)
local args_t = require("Module:Arguments").getArgs(frame, {frameOnly = true})
template = template:lower() -- Lowercase for table indexes.
if not cfg.known_templates_t[template] then -- Do we recognize this template?
return make_error_msg(frame, substitute(
cfg.settings_t.unknown_name, {template}
)) -- Nope, abandon with error message.
end

local config_t = {
-- Set CitationClass value.
["CitationClass"] = cfg.citation_classes_t[template] or template
}
-- Go render the citation.
return require("Module:Citation/CS1")._citation(nil, args_t, config_t)
end

--[[----------------------------< E X P O R T S >-----------------------------]]
return setmetatable(
{},
{
-- This anonymous function called as function(TABLE, KEY) returns an empty
-- TABLE whose metatable has __index set so for any given KEY it returns:
__index = function(_, template)
return function(frame)
return cite(frame, template)
end -- Which then returns a function that calls cite() with the KEY name.
end
}
)

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