const handlebars = require("handlebars") const { registerAll } = require("./helpers/index") const processors = require("./processors") const { cloneDeep } = require("lodash/fp") const { removeNull, addConstants } = require("./utilities") const manifest = require("../manifest.json") const hbsInstance = handlebars.create() registerAll(hbsInstance) /** * utility function to check if the object is valid */ function testObject(object) { // JSON stringify will fail if there are any cycles, stops infinite recursion try { JSON.stringify(object) } catch (err) { throw "Unable to process inputs to JSON, cannot recurse" } } module.exports = { /** * Given an input object this will recurse through all props to try and update any handlebars statements within. * @param {object|array} object The input structure which is to be recursed, it is important to note that * if the structure contains any cycles then this will fail. * @param {object} context The context that handlebars should fill data from. * @returns {Promise} The structure input, as fully updated as possible. */ processObject: async (object, context) => { testObject(object) for (let key of Object.keys(object)) { if (object[key] != null) { let val = object[key] if (typeof val === "string") { object[key] = await module.exports.processString(object[key], context) } else if (typeof val === "object") { object[key] = await module.exports.processObject(object[key], context) } } } return object }, /** * This will process a single handlebars containing string. If the string passed in has no valid handlebars statements * then nothing will occur. * @param {string} string The template string which is the filled from the context object. * @param {object} context An object of information which will be used to enrich the string. * @returns {Promise} The enriched string, all templates should have been replaced if they can be. */ processString: async (string, context) => { // TODO: carry out any async calls before carrying out async call return module.exports.processStringSync(string, context) }, /** * Given an input object this will recurse through all props to try and update any handlebars statements within. This is * a pure sync call and therefore does not have the full functionality of the async call. * @param {object|array} object The input structure which is to be recursed, it is important to note that * if the structure contains any cycles then this will fail. * @param {object} context The context that handlebars should fill data from. * @returns {object|array} The structure input, as fully updated as possible. */ processObjectSync: (object, context) => { testObject(object) for (let key of Object.keys(object)) { let val = object[key] if (typeof val === "string") { object[key] = module.exports.processStringSync(object[key], context) } else if (typeof val === "object") { object[key] = module.exports.processObjectSync(object[key], context) } } return object }, /** * This will process a single handlebars containing string. If the string passed in has no valid handlebars statements * then nothing will occur. This is a pure sync call and therefore does not have the full functionality of the async call. * @param {string} string The template string which is the filled from the context object. * @param {object} context An object of information which will be used to enrich the string. * @returns {string} The enriched string, all templates should have been replaced if they can be. */ processStringSync: (string, context) => { let clonedContext = removeNull(cloneDeep(context)) clonedContext = addConstants(clonedContext) // remove any null/undefined properties if (typeof string !== "string") { throw "Cannot process non-string types." } string = processors.preprocess(string) // this does not throw an error when template can't be fulfilled, have to try correct beforehand const template = hbsInstance.compile(string) return processors.postprocess(template(clonedContext)) }, /** * Simple utility function which makes sure that a templating property has been wrapped in literal specifiers correctly. * @param {string} property The property which is to be wrapped. * @returns {string} The wrapped property ready to be added to a templating string. */ makePropSafe: property => { return `[${property}]`.replace("[[", "[").replace("]]", "]") }, /** * Checks whether or not a template string contains totally valid syntax (simply tries running it) * @param string The string to test for valid syntax - this may contain no templates and will be considered valid. * @returns {boolean} Whether or not the input string is valid. */ isValid: string => { const specialCases = ["isNumber", "expected a number"] // don't really need a real context to check if its valid const context = {} try { hbsInstance.compile(processors.preprocess(string, false))(context) return true } catch (err) { const msg = err ? err.message : "" const foundCase = specialCases.find(spCase => msg.includes(spCase)) // special case for maths functions - don't have inputs yet return !!foundCase } }, /** * We have generated a static manifest file from the helpers that this string templating package makes use of. * This manifest provides information about each of the helpers and how it can be used. * @returns The manifest JSON which has been generated from the helpers. */ getManifest: () => { return manifest }, }