This module exports the parser function, which can be used from within Lua to fetch an entry from the appropriate string module. See the comment for the p.parser function for the function's parameters.


local p = {} -- Package to be exported

-- Change to "" upon deployment.
local moduleSuffix = ""

local parserHooksModuleName = "Module:Road data/parser/hooks" .. moduleSuffix

-- Local library aliases
local format = string.format
local gsub = mw.ustring.gsub
local upper = mw.ustring.upper

---
-- Substitution pattern based on passed arguments
-- Syntax: [param|value|match|mismatch]
-- where
--  param is the parameter name to be tested
--  value is the value to test against argument; if empty, the argument is
--    tested for existence
--  match is the string to be substituted if the argument matches value
--  mismatch is the string to be substituted if the argument does not match
--    the value
-- These arguments may not contain "[", "|", or "]".
local prepattern = "%[(%w+)%|([^%[|%]]*)%|([^%[|%]]*)%|([^%[|%]]*)%]"
---
-- Parameter substitution pattern
-- Syntax: %param%
-- where param is the name of the parameter whose value is to be substituted
-- in place of %param%.
local pattern = "%%(%w+)%%"

---
-- Perform substitutions.
-- @param #string formatStr The string the be substituted
-- @param #table args The arguments passed to this module
local function subst(formatStr, args)
	---
	-- Perform a substitution based on passed argument.
	-- @param #string param The parameter name to be tested
	-- @param #string value The value to test against argument; if empty,
	-- 		the argument is tested for existence
	-- @param #string ifmatch The resulting string if the argument matches
	-- 		`value`
	-- @param #string ifmismatch The resulting string if the argument does not
	-- 		match `value`
	-- @return #string either `ifmatch` or `ifmismatch`, based on the test
	local function testArgs(param, value, ifmatch, ifmismatch)
		local arg = args[param] or ''
		if value ~= '' then
			return arg == value and ifmatch or ifmismatch
		else
			return arg ~= '' and ifmatch or ifmismatch
		end
	end
	-- argument-test substitutions
	local preprocessed = gsub(formatStr, prepattern, testArgs)
	-- parameter substitutions
	return (gsub(preprocessed, pattern, args))
	-- gsub returns number of matches as second value.
	-- The enclosing parens discards it.
end

---
-- Determine whether a given title exists on Wikipedia.
-- @param #string name The title, e.g., article name and file name,
-- 		without namespace prefix
-- @param #string key The name of the entry being translated.
-- @return #boolean `true` if the title exists, false otherwise
local function titleExists(name, key)
	if name == '' then return false end
	local namespaceModule = mw.loadData('Module:Road data/parser/namespace')
	-- Retrieve the namespace for `key`.
	local namespace = namespaceModule[key] or 0
	local title = mw.title.new(name, namespace);
	return title.exists
end

---
-- Determine whether titles exist on Wikipedia.
-- @param value A string or a table containing strings of titles to be checked
-- 		against
-- @param #string key The name of the entry being translated.
-- @return #boolean `true` if all titles exist, false otherwise
local function ifexists(value, key)
	local valueType = type(value)
	if valueType == "table" then
		-- If `value` is a table, recursively check the existence
		-- for each element within the table.
		for _,entry in pairs(value) do
			if not ifexists(entry, key) then return false end
		end
		return true
	end
	-- Otherwise, `value` is a string, so check the existence for that string.
	return titleExists(value, key)
end

---
-- Perform a translation on a given entry.
-- @param entry An entry to be translated; may be any non-function type.
-- 		A table may be a parser hook specification, a switch table, or an
-- 		ordinary value table.  Translations are applied recursively.
-- @param #table args The arguments passed to this module
-- @param #string key The name of the entry being translated.
-- @return The translated entry
local function translate(entry, args, key)
	if type(entry) == "string" then
		return subst(entry, args) -- Substitute arguments as necessary.
	elseif type(entry) ~= "table" then
		return entry
	elseif entry.hook then
		-- This entry is a parser hook.
		-- Requires: Parser hook must have hook field.
		local hook = entry.hook
		local parserHooksModule = require(parserHooksModuleName)
		local hookFunction = parserHooksModule[hook]
			or error("Hook '" .. hook .. "' does not exist", 0)
		return translate(hookFunction(entry, args), args, key)
	elseif entry.arg or entry.undefined or entry.default then
		-- This entry is a switch table.
		-- Requires: Switch table must have
		--           arg, undefined, or default fields
		--           but not hook field.
		local arg = args[entry.arg or "route"]
		if entry[arg] then return translate(entry[arg], args, key) end
		if arg == nil and entry.undefined ~= nil then
			-- result for unspecified argument
			return translate(entry.undefined, args, key)
		end
		-- default result for mismatch
		local defaultValue = translate(entry.default, args, key)
		if defaultValue and entry.ifexists and not args.ignoreifexists then
			-- Check existence.
			if ifexists(defaultValue, key) then return defaultValue end
			-- Failed existence check results in fallback value (default to nil).
			return entry.otherwise and translate(entry.otherwise, args, key) or nil
		else
			return defaultValue
		end
	else
		-- This entry is a value table.
		-- Process each table element.
		local result = {}
		for key,elem in pairs(entry) do
			result[key] = translate(elem, args, key)
		end
		return result
	end
end

---
-- Retrieve an entry from a data module based on a given type and key.
-- @param #string module The name of the data module to be fetched
-- @param type The key for the type table within the loaded table
-- @param key The key for the entry within the type table
-- @return fetchedTable[type][key] if specified, where `fetchedTable` is the
-- 		table fetched from `module`, nil otherwise
local function getTypeData(module, type, key)
	-- Attempt to fetch the given data module.
	local success, moduleData = pcall(mw.loadData, module)
	if not success then return false, moduleData end -- Module could not be loaded
	-- The type table defaults to empty-key table if undefined.
	local typeTable = moduleData[type] or moduleData['']
	-- Fallback table is the empty-key table, with the empty table as default.
	local defaultTable = moduleData[''] or {}
	if typeTable then
		local alias = typeTable.alias
		if alias and alias.module and alias.type then
			-- The type table is an alias table.
			-- Recursively fetch the aliased type data.
			local aliasedModule = "Module:Road data/strings/" .. alias.module
			local aliasedType = alias.type
			return getTypeData(aliasedModule, aliasedType, key)
		end
		return true, typeTable[key] or defaultTable[key] or nil
	else
		return true, nil
	end
end

---
-- Determine the module name for the lookup by country and state.
-- @param #table args The arguments passed to this module
-- @return #string The module name to be fetched
local function getModuleName(args)
	-- countries with submodules for states or provinces
	local stateCountries = {USA = true, CAN = true}
	local state = upper(args.state or args.province or '')
	local country
	if args.country then
		country = upper(args.country)
	else
		-- Recover the country from the given state or province.
		local countryModule = mw.loadData("Module:Road data/countrymask")
		country = countryModule[state] or 'UNK'
	end
	if stateCountries[country] and state ~= '' then
		-- Submodule within the country exists.
		return format("Module:Road data/strings/%s/%s", country, state)
	end
	return format("Module:Road data/strings/%s", country)
end

---
-- Fetch the entry from the appropriate module, and return that entry
-- substituted with appropriate values.
-- @param #table args The arguments to be used for lookup and substitutions
-- @param #string key The key for the entry within the type table
-- @param #string type (optional) The key for the type table within the fetched
-- 		module; defaults to args.type
-- @param #string moduleName (optional) The name of the module to be fetched;
-- 		defaults to the module determined by country and state
-- @return The substituted entry
function p.parser(args, key, type, moduleName)
	-- Determine module name, if not given.
	local dataModuleName = moduleName or getModuleName(args)
	-- Fetch the entry from the module.
	local success, formatStr = getTypeData(dataModuleName, type or args.type, key)
	if not success then return false, formatStr end
	-- Translate the entry.
	return translate(formatStr, args, key)
end

return p