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+--[[
+-- liluat - Lightweight Lua Template engine
+--
+-- Project page: https://github.com/FSMaxB/liluat
+--
+-- liluat is based on slt2 by henix, see https://github.com/henix/slt2
+--
+-- Copyright © 2016 Max Bruckner
+-- Copyright © 2011-2016 henix
+--
+-- Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
+-- of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
+-- in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
+-- to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
+-- copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished
+-- to do so, subject to the following conditions:
+--
+-- The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in
+-- all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+--
+-- THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
+-- IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
+-- FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
+-- AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY,
+-- WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR
+-- IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
+--]]
+
+local liluat = {
+	private = {} --used to expose private functions for testing
+}
+
+-- print the current version
+liluat.version = function ()
+	return "1.2.0"
+end
+
+-- returns a string containing the fist line until the last line
+local function string_lines(lines, first, last)
+	-- allow negative line numbers
+	first = (first >= 1) and first or 1
+
+	local start_position
+	local current_position = 1
+	local line_counter = 1
+	repeat
+		if line_counter == first then
+			start_position = current_position
+		end
+		current_position = lines:find('\n', current_position + 1, true)
+		line_counter = line_counter + 1
+	until (line_counter == (last + 1)) or (not current_position)
+
+	return lines:sub(start_position, current_position)
+end
+liluat.private.string_lines = string_lines
+
+-- escape a string for use in lua patterns
+-- (this simply prepends all non alphanumeric characters with '%'
+local function escape_pattern(text)
+	return text:gsub("([^%w])", "%%%1" --[[function (match) return "%"..match end--]])
+end
+liluat.private.escape_pattern = escape_pattern
+
+-- recursively copy a table
+local function clone_table(table)
+	local clone = {}
+
+	for key, value in pairs(table) do
+		if type(value) == "table" then
+			clone[key] = clone_table(value)
+		else
+			clone[key] = value
+		end
+	end
+
+	return clone
+end
+liluat.private.clone_table = clone_table
+
+-- recursively merge two tables, the second one has precedence
+-- if 'shallow' is set, the second table isn't copied recursively,
+-- its content is only referenced instead
+local function merge_tables(a, b, shallow)
+	a = a or {}
+	b = b or {}
+
+	local merged = clone_table(a)
+
+	for key, value in pairs(b) do
+		if (type(value) == "table") and (not shallow) then
+			if a[key] then
+				merged[key] = merge_tables(a[key], value)
+			else
+				merged[key] = clone_table(value)
+			end
+		else
+			merged[key] = value
+		end
+	end
+
+	return merged
+end
+liluat.private.merge_tables = merge_tables
+
+local default_options = {
+	start_tag = "{{",
+	end_tag = "}}",
+	trim_right = "code",
+	trim_left = "code"
+}
+
+-- initialise table of options (use the provided, default otherwise)
+local function initialise_options(options)
+	return merge_tables(default_options, options)
+end
+
+-- creates an iterator that iterates over all chunks in the given template
+-- a chunk is either a template delimited by start_tag and end_tag or a normal text
+-- the iterator also returns the type of the chunk as second return value
+local function all_chunks(template, options)
+	options = initialise_options(options)
+
+	-- pattern to match a template chunk
+	local template_pattern = escape_pattern(options.start_tag) .. "([+-]?)(.-)([+-]?)" .. escape_pattern(options.end_tag)
+	local include_pattern = "^"..escape_pattern(options.start_tag) .. "[+-]?include:(.-)[+-]?" .. escape_pattern(options.end_tag)
+	local expression_pattern = "^"..escape_pattern(options.start_tag) .. "[+-]?=(.-)[+-]?" .. escape_pattern(options.end_tag)
+	local position = 1
+
+	return function ()
+		if not position then
+			return nil
+		end
+
+		local template_start, template_end, trim_left, template_capture, trim_right = template:find(template_pattern, position)
+
+		local chunk = {}
+		if template_start == position then -- next chunk is a template chunk
+			if trim_left == "+" then
+				chunk.trim_left = false
+			elseif trim_left == "-" then
+				chunk.trim_left = true
+			end
+			if trim_right == "+" then
+				chunk.trim_right = false
+			elseif trim_right == "-" then
+				chunk.trim_right = true
+			end
+
+			local include_start, include_end, include_capture = template:find(include_pattern, position)
+			local expression_start, expression_end, expression_capture
+			if not include_start then
+				expression_start, expression_end, expression_capture = template:find(expression_pattern, position)
+			end
+
+			if include_start then
+				chunk.type = "include"
+				chunk.text = include_capture
+			elseif expression_start then
+				chunk.type = "expression"
+				chunk.text = expression_capture
+			else
+				chunk.type = "code"
+				chunk.text = template_capture
+			end
+
+			position = template_end + 1
+			return chunk
+		elseif template_start then -- next chunk is a text chunk
+			chunk.type = "text"
+			chunk.text = template:sub(position, template_start - 1)
+			position = template_start
+			return chunk
+		else -- no template chunk found --> either text chunk until end of file or no chunk at all
+			chunk.text = template:sub(position)
+			chunk.type = "text"
+			position = nil
+			return (#chunk.text > 0) and chunk or nil
+		end
+	end
+end
+liluat.private.all_chunks = all_chunks
+
+local function read_entire_file(path)
+	assert(path)
+	local file = assert(io.open(path))
+	local file_content = file:read('*a')
+	file:close()
+	return file_content
+end
+liluat.private.read_entire_file = read_entire_file
+
+-- a whitelist of allowed functions
+local sandbox_whitelist = {
+	ipairs = ipairs,
+	next = next,
+	pairs = pairs,
+	rawequal = rawequal,
+	rawget = rawget,
+	rawset = rawset,
+	select = select,
+	tonumber = tonumber,
+	tostring = tostring,
+	type = type,
+	unpack = unpack,
+	string = string,
+	table = table,
+	math = math,
+	os = {
+		date = os.date,
+		difftime = os.difftime,
+		time = os.time,
+	},
+	coroutine = coroutine
+}
+
+-- puts line numbers in front of a string and optionally highlights a single line
+local function prepend_line_numbers(lines, first, highlight)
+	first = (first and (first >= 1)) and first or 1
+	lines = lines:gsub("\n$", "") -- make sure the last line isn't empty
+	lines = lines:gsub("^\n", "") -- make sure the first line isn't empty
+
+	local current_line = first + 1
+	return string.format("%3d:  ", first) .. lines:gsub('\n', function ()
+		local highlight_char = '  '
+		if current_line == tonumber(highlight) then
+			highlight_char = '> '
+		end
+
+		local replacement = string.format("\n%3d:%s", current_line, highlight_char)
+		current_line = current_line + 1
+
+		return replacement
+	end)
+end
+liluat.private.prepend_line_numbers = prepend_line_numbers
+
+-- creates a function in a sandbox from a given code,
+-- name of the execution context and an environment
+-- that will be available inside the sandbox,
+-- optionally overwrite the whitelist
+local function sandbox(code, name, environment, whitelist, reference)
+	whitelist = whitelist or sandbox_whitelist
+	name = name or 'unknown'
+
+	-- prepare the environment
+	environment = merge_tables(whitelist, environment, reference)
+
+	local func
+	local error_message
+	if setfenv then --Lua 5.1 and compatible
+		if code:byte(1) == 27 then
+			error("Lua bytecode not permitted.", 2)
+		end
+		func, error_message = loadstring(code)
+		if func then
+			setfenv(func, environment)
+		end
+	else -- Lua 5.2 and later
+		func, error_message = load(code, name, 't', environment)
+	end
+
+	-- handle compile error and print pretty error message
+	if not func then
+		local line_number, message = error_message:match(":(%d+):(.*)")
+		-- lines before and after the error
+		local lines = string_lines(code, line_number - 3, line_number + 3)
+		error(
+			'Syntax error in sandboxed code "' .. name .. '" in line ' .. line_number .. ':\n'
+			.. message .. '\n\n'
+			..  prepend_line_numbers(lines, line_number - 3, line_number),
+			3
+		)
+	end
+
+	return func
+end
+liluat.private.sandbox = sandbox
+
+local function parse_string_literal(string_literal)
+	return sandbox('return' .. string_literal, nil, nil, {})()
+end
+liluat.private.parse_string_literal = parse_string_literal
+
+-- add an include to the include_list and throw an error if
+-- an inclusion cycle is detected
+local function add_include_and_detect_cycles(include_list, path)
+	local parent = include_list[0]
+	while parent do -- while the root hasn't been reached
+		if parent[path] then
+			error("Cyclic inclusion detected")
+		end
+
+		parent = parent[0]
+	end
+
+	include_list[path] = {
+		[0] = include_list
+	}
+end
+liluat.private.add_include_and_detect_cycles = add_include_and_detect_cycles
+
+-- extract the name of a directory from a path
+local function dirname(path)
+	return path:match("^(.*/).-$") or ""
+end
+liluat.private.dirname = dirname
+
+-- splits a template into chunks
+-- chunks are either a template delimited by start_tag and end_tag
+-- or a text chunk (everything else)
+-- @return table
+local function parse(template, options, output, include_list, current_path)
+	options = initialise_options(options)
+	current_path = current_path or "." -- current include path
+
+	include_list = include_list or {} -- a list of files that were included
+	local output = output or {}
+
+	for chunk in all_chunks(template, options) do
+		-- handle includes
+		if chunk.type == "include" then -- include chunk
+			local include_path_literal = chunk.text
+			local path = parse_string_literal(include_path_literal)
+
+			-- build complete path
+			if path:find("^/") then
+				--absolute path, don't modify
+			elseif options.base_path then
+				path = options.base_path .. "/" .. path
+			else
+				path = dirname(current_path) .. path
+			end
+
+			add_include_and_detect_cycles(include_list, path)
+
+			local included_template = read_entire_file(path)
+			parse(included_template, options, output, include_list[path], path)
+		elseif (chunk.type == "text") and output[#output] and (output[#output].type == "text") then
+			-- ensure that no two text chunks follow each other
+			output[#output].text = output[#output].text .. chunk.text
+		else -- other chunk
+			table.insert(output, chunk)
+		end
+
+	end
+
+	return output
+end
+liluat.private.parse = parse
+
+-- inline included template files
+-- @return string
+function liluat.inline(template, options, start_path)
+	options = initialise_options(options)
+
+	local output = {}
+	for _,chunk in ipairs(parse(template, options, nil, nil, start_path)) do
+		if chunk.type == "expression" then
+			table.insert(output, options.start_tag .. "=" .. chunk.text .. options.end_tag)
+		elseif chunk.type == "code" then
+			table.insert(output, options.start_tag .. chunk.text .. options.end_tag)
+		else
+			table.insert(output, chunk.text)
+		end
+	end
+
+	return table.concat(output)
+end
+
+-- @return { string }
+function liluat.get_dependencies(template, options, start_path)
+	options = initialise_options(options)
+
+	local include_list = {}
+	parse(template, options, nil, include_list, start_path)
+
+	local dependencies = {}
+	local have_seen = {} -- list of includes that were already added
+	local function recursive_traversal(list)
+		for key, value in pairs(list) do
+			if (type(key) == "string") and (not have_seen[key]) then
+				have_seen[key] = true
+				table.insert(dependencies, key)
+				recursive_traversal(value)
+			end
+		end
+	end
+
+	recursive_traversal(include_list)
+	return dependencies
+end
+
+-- compile a template into lua code
+-- @return { name = string, code = string / function}
+function liluat.compile(template, options, template_name, start_path)
+	options = initialise_options(options)
+	template_name = template_name or 'liluat.compile'
+
+	local output_function = "__liluat_output_function"
+
+	-- split the template string into chunks
+	local lexed_template = parse(template, options, nil, nil, start_path)
+
+	-- table of code fragments the template is compiled into
+	local lua_code = {}
+
+	for i, chunk in ipairs(lexed_template) do
+		-- check if the chunk is a template (either code or expression)
+		if chunk.type == "expression" then
+			table.insert(lua_code, output_function..'('..chunk.text..')')
+		elseif chunk.type == "code" then
+			table.insert(lua_code, chunk.text)
+		else --text chunk
+			-- determine if this block needs to be trimmed right
+			-- (strip newline)
+			local trim_right = false
+			if lexed_template[i - 1] and (lexed_template[i - 1].trim_right == true) then
+				trim_right = true
+			elseif lexed_template[i - 1] and (lexed_template[i - 1].trim_right == false) then
+				trim_right = false
+			elseif options.trim_right == "all" then
+				trim_right = true
+			elseif options.trim_right == "code" then
+				trim_right = lexed_template[i - 1] and (lexed_template[i - 1].type == "code")
+			elseif options.trim_right == "expression" then
+				trim_right = lexed_template[i - 1] and (lexed_template[i - 1].type == "expression")
+			end
+
+			-- determine if this block needs to be trimmed left
+			-- (strip whitespaces in front)
+			local trim_left = false
+			if lexed_template[i + 1] and (lexed_template[i + 1].trim_left == true) then
+				trim_left = true
+			elseif lexed_template[i + 1] and (lexed_template[i + 1].trim_left == false) then
+				trim_left = false
+			elseif options.trim_left == "all" then
+				trim_left = true
+			elseif options.trim_left == "code" then
+				trim_left = lexed_template[i + 1] and (lexed_template[i + 1].type == "code")
+			elseif options.trim_left == "expression" then
+				trim_left = lexed_template[i + 1] and (lexed_template[i + 1].type == "expression")
+			end
+
+			if trim_right and trim_left then
+				-- both at once
+				if i == 1 then
+					if chunk.text:find("^.*\n") then
+						chunk.text = chunk.text:match("^(.*\n)%s-$")
+					elseif chunk.text:find("^%s-$") then
+						chunk.text = ""
+					end
+				elseif chunk.text:find("^\n") then --have to trim a newline
+					if chunk.text:find("^\n.*\n") then --at least two newlines
+						chunk.text = chunk.text:match("^\n(.*\n)%s-$") or chunk.text:match("^\n(.*)$")
+					elseif chunk.text:find("^\n%s-$") then
+						chunk.text = ""
+					else
+						chunk.text = chunk.text:gsub("^\n", "")
+					end
+				else
+					chunk.text = chunk.text:match("^(.*\n)%s-$") or chunk.text
+				end
+			elseif trim_left then
+				if i == 1 and chunk.text:find("^%s-$") then
+					chunk.text = ""
+				else
+					chunk.text = chunk.text:match("^(.*\n)%s-$") or chunk.text
+				end
+			elseif trim_right then
+				chunk.text = chunk.text:gsub("^\n", "")
+			end
+			if not (chunk.text == "") then
+				table.insert(lua_code, output_function..'('..string.format("%q", chunk.text)..')')
+			end
+		end
+	end
+
+	return {
+		name = template_name,
+		code = table.concat(lua_code, '\n')
+	}
+end
+
+-- compile a file
+-- @return { name = string, code = string / function }
+function liluat.compile_file(filename, options)
+	return liluat.compile(read_entire_file(filename), options, filename, filename)
+end
+
+-- @return a coroutine function
+function liluat.render_coroutine(template, environment, options)
+	options = initialise_options(options)
+	environment = merge_tables({__liluat_output_function = coroutine.yield}, environment, options.reference)
+
+	return sandbox(template.code, template.name, environment, nil, options.reference)
+end
+
+-- @return string
+function liluat.render(t, env, options)
+	options = initialise_options(options)
+
+	local result = {}
+
+	-- add closure that renders the text into the result table
+	env = merge_tables({
+			__liluat_output_function = function (text)
+				table.insert(result, text) end
+			},
+			env,
+			options.reference
+		)
+
+	-- compile and run the lua code
+	local render_function = sandbox(t.code, t.name, env, nil, options.reference)
+	local status, error_message = pcall(render_function)
+	if not status then
+		local line_number, message = error_message:match(":(%d+):(.*)")
+		-- lines before and after the error
+		local lines = string_lines(t.code, line_number - 3, line_number + 3)
+		error(
+			'Runtime error in sandboxed code "' .. t.name .. '" in line ' .. line_number .. ':\n'
+			.. message .. '\n\n'
+			..  prepend_line_numbers(lines, line_number - 3, line_number),
+			2
+		)
+	end
+
+	return table.concat(result)
+end
+
+return liluat