Module:Utils
Revision as of 17:41, 21 November 2013 by Moussekateer (talk | contribs) (Lowercase all parameter names)
Documentation for this module may be created at Module:Utils/doc
local util = {}
function util.get_args(frame)
local origArgs
if frame == mw.getCurrentFrame() then
-- We're being called via #invoke. If the invoking template passed any args, use
-- them. Otherwise, use the args that were passed into the template.
origArgs = frame:getParent().args
for k, v in pairs(frame.args) do
origArgs = frame.args
break
end
else
-- We're being called from another module or from the debug console, so assume
-- the args are passed in directly.
origArgs = frame
end
-- ParserFunctions considers the empty string to be false, so to preserve the previous
-- behavior of the template, change any empty arguments to nil, so Lua will consider
-- them false too.
local args = {}
for k, v in pairs(origArgs) do
if v ~= '' then
-- parameter names should be case-insensitive
args[string.lower(k)] = v
end
end
return args
end
return util
