Adding some useful utility functions for templates

middleware/context.go

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package middleware
 
 import (
 	"bytes"
+	"fmt"
 	"io/ioutil"
 	"net"
 	"net/http"
@@ -219,3 +220,40 @@ func ContextInclude(filename string, ctx interface{}, fs http.FileSystem) (strin
 
 	return buf.String(), nil
 }
+
+// ToLower will convert the given string to lower case.
+func (c Context) ToLower(s string) string {
+	return strings.ToLower(s)
+}
+
+// ToUpper will convert the given string to upper case.
+func (c Context) ToUpper(s string) string {
+	return strings.ToUpper(s)
+}
+
+// Split is a passthrough to strings.Split. It will split the first argument at each instance of the seperator and return a slice of strings.
+func (c Context) Split(s string, sep string) []string {
+	return strings.Split(s, sep)
+}
+
+// Slice will convert the given arguments into a slice.
+func (c Context) Slice(elems ...interface{}) []interface{} {
+	return elems
+}
+
+// Map will convert the arguments into a map. It expects alternating string keys and values. This is useful for building more complicated data structures
+// if you are using subtemplates or things like that.
+func (c Context) Map(values ...interface{}) (map[string]interface{}, error) {
+	if len(values)%2 != 0 {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("Map expects an even number of arguments")
+	}
+	dict := make(map[string]interface{}, len(values)/2)
+	for i := 0; i < len(values); i += 2 {
+		key, ok := values[i].(string)
+		if !ok {
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("Map keys must be strings")
+		}
+		dict[key] = values[i+1]
+	}
+	return dict, nil
+}

middleware/context_test.go

@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 	"testing"
 	"time"
+
+	"text/template"
 )
 
 func TestInclude(t *testing.T) {
@@ -611,3 +613,32 @@ func getContextOrFail(t *testing.T) Context {
 func getTestPrefix(testN int) string {
 	return fmt.Sprintf("Test [%d]: ", testN)
 }
+
+func TestTemplates(t *testing.T) {
+	tests := []struct{ tmpl, expected string }{
+		{`{{.ToUpper "aAA"}}`, "AAA"},
+		{`{{"bbb" | .ToUpper}}`, "BBB"},
+		{`{{.ToLower "CCc"}}`, "ccc"},
+		{`{{range (.Split "a,b,c" ",")}}{{.}}{{end}}`, "abc"},
+		{`{{range .Split "a,b,c" ","}}{{.}}{{end}}`, "abc"},
+		{`{{range .Slice "a" "b" "c"}}{{.}}{{end}}`, "abc"},
+		{`{{with .Map "A" "a" "B" "b" "c" "d"}}{{.A}}{{.B}}{{.c}}{{end}}`, "abd"},
+	}
+	for i, test := range tests {
+		ctx := getContextOrFail(t)
+		tmpl, err := template.New("").Parse(test.tmpl)
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Errorf("Test %d: %s", i, err)
+			continue
+		}
+		buf := &bytes.Buffer{}
+		err = tmpl.Execute(buf, ctx)
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Errorf("Test %d: %s", i, err)
+			continue
+		}
+		if buf.String() != test.expected {
+			t.Errorf("Test %d: Results do not match. '%s' != '%s'", i, buf.String(), test.expected)
+		}
+	}
+}