Module:Error

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

-- This module functions a lot like {{error}}, but uses fancier css.

local p = {}

local HtmlBuilder = require('Module:HtmlBuilder')

local function _error(args)
    local s = args.message or args[1] or error('no message specified', 2)
    local tag = mw.ustring.lower(tostring(args.tag))

    local t
    if tag == 'p' or tag == 'span' or tag == 'div' then
        t = tag
    else
        t = 'strong'
    end
    local root = HtmlBuilder.create(t)

    root
        .addClass('error')
        .css('float', 'left')
        .css('white-space', 'nowrap')
        .wikitext('Error: ' .. tostring(s))

    return tostring(root)
end

function p.error(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
            args[k] = v
        end
    end

    local args = origArgs
    return _error(args)
end

return p