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Created page with "require ('strict'); local cfg = mw.loadData ('Module:Cite/config'); --[[--------------------------< S U B S T I T U T E >---------------------------------------------------------- Substitutes $1, $2, etc in <message> with data from <data_t>. Returns plain-text substituted string when <data_t> not nil; returns <message> else. ]] local function substitute (message, data_t) return data_t and mw.message.newRawMessage (message, data_t):plain() or message; end --[[---..."

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require ('strict');

local cfg = mw.loadData ('Module:Cite/config');

--[[--------------------------< S U B S T I T U T E >----------------------------------------------------------

Substitutes $1, $2, etc in <message> with data from <data_t>. Returns plain-text substituted string when
<data_t> not nil; returns <message> else.

]]

local function substitute (message, data_t)
return data_t and mw.message.newRawMessage (message, data_t):plain() or message;
end

--[[--------------------------< M A K E _ E R R O R _ M S G >--------------------------------------------------

Assembles an error message from module name, message text, help link, and error category.

]]

local function make_error_msg (frame, msg)
local module_name = frame:getTitle(); -- get the module name for prefix and help-link label
local namespace = mw.title.getCurrentTitle().namespace; -- used for categorization

local category_link = (0 == namespace) and substitute ('[[Category:$1]]', {cfg.settings_t.err_category}) or '';
return substitute ('<span style="color:#d33">Error: {{[[$1|#invoke:$2]]}}: $3 ([[:$4|$5]])</span>$6',
{
module_name, -- the module name with namespace
module_name:gsub ('Module:', ''), -- the module name without namespace
msg, -- the error message
cfg.settings_t.help_text_link, -- help wikilink to text at help page
cfg.settings_t.help, -- help wikilink display text
category_link -- link to error category (for main namespace errors only)
})
end

--[[--------------------------< C I T E >---------------------------------------------------------------------

Function to call Module:Citation/CS1/sandbox with appropriate parameters. For use when an article exceeds the
post-expand include size limit.

{{#invoke:cite|book|title=Title}}

]]

local function cite (frame, template)
local args_t = require ('Module:Arguments').getArgs (frame, {frameOnly=true});

template = template:lower(); -- lowercase for table indexes

if not cfg.known_templates_t[template] then -- do we recognize this template name?
return make_error_msg (frame, substitute (cfg.settings_t.unknown_name, {template})); -- nope; abandon with error message
end

local config_t = {['CitationClass'] = cfg.citation_classes_t[template] or template}; -- set CitationClass value
return require ('Module:Citation/CS1')._citation (nil, args_t, config_t); -- go render the citation
end

--[[--------------------------< E X P O R T S >---------------------------------------------------------------
]]

return setmetatable({}, {__index = -- returns an empty TABLE whose metatable has the __index set so that, for any given KEY, it returns
function(_, template) -- this anonymous function called as function(TABLE, KEY)
return function (frame) return cite (frame, template) end; -- which in turn returns a function that calls cite() with the KEY name
end
})

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