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(tweak blacklist - on matching subpages, don't match "basepage/", only "basepage/foo")
(update to use Module:Yesno and to allow it to play nicely with other Lua modules)
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--                                                                 --
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--                                                                                                     --
--                         CATEGORY HANDLER                         --
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--                                         CATEGORY HANDLER                                           --
--                                                                 --
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--                                                                                                     --
--      This module implements the {{category handler}} template   --
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--      This module implements the {{category handler}} template in Lua, with a few improvements: all   --
--      in Lua, with a few improvements: all namespaces and all    --
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--      namespaces and all namespace aliases are supported, and namespace names are detected            --
--      namespace aliases are supported, and namespace names are   --
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--      automatically for the local wiki. This module requires [[Module:Namespace detect]] and          --
--      detected automatically for the local wiki. This module     --
+
--      [[Module:Yesno]] to be available on the local wiki. It can be configured for different wikis    --
--      requires [[Module:Namespace detect]] to be available on     --
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--      by altering the values in the "cfg" table.                                                     --
--      the local wiki. It can be configured for different wikis    --
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--                                                                                                     --
--      by altering the values in the "cfg" table.                 --
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--                                                                 --
 
----------------------------------------------------------------------
 
  
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----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
--                     Configuration data                         --
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--                                         Configuration data                                         --
--     Language-specific parameter names and values can be set     --
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--                     Language-specific parameter names and values can be set here.                  --
--     here.                                                      --
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----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
----------------------------------------------------------------------
 
  
 
local cfg = {}
 
local cfg = {}
  
-- cfg.nocat is the parameter name to suppress categorisation.
+
-- The following config values set the names of parameters that suppress categorisation. They are used
-- cfg.nocatTrue is the value to suppress categorisation, and  
+
-- with Module:Yesno, and work as follows:
-- cfg.nocatFalse is the value to both categorise and to skip the
+
--
-- blacklist check.
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-- cfg.nocat:
 +
-- Result of yesno(args[cfg.nocat])        Effect
 +
-- true                                    Categorisation is suppressed
 +
-- false                                    Categorisation is allowed, and the blacklist check is skipped
 +
-- nil                                      Categorisation is allowed
 +
--
 +
-- cfg.categories:
 +
-- Result of yesno(args[cfg.categories])    Effect
 +
-- true                                    Categorisation is allowed, and the blacklist check is skipped
 +
-- false                                    Categorisation is suppressed
 +
-- nil                                      Categorisation is allowed
 
cfg.nocat = 'nocat'     
 
cfg.nocat = 'nocat'     
cfg.nocatTrue = 'true'
 
cfg.nocatFalse = 'false'
 
 
-- The parameter name for the legacy "categories" parameter. This
 
-- skips the blacklist if set to the cfg.category2Yes value, and
 
-- suppresses categorisation if set to the cfg.categoriesNo value.
 
 
cfg.categories = 'categories'
 
cfg.categories = 'categories'
cfg.categoriesYes = 'yes'
 
cfg.categoriesNo = 'no'
 
  
-- The parameter name for the legacy "category2" parameter. This
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-- The parameter name for the legacy "category2" parameter. This skips the blacklist if set to the
-- skips the blacklist if set to the cfg.category2Yes value, and
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-- cfg.category2Yes value, and suppresses categorisation if present but equal to anything other than
-- suppresses categorisation if present but equal to anything other
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-- cfg.category2Yes or cfg.category2Negative.
-- than cfg.category2Yes or cfg.category2Negative.
 
 
cfg.category2 = 'category2'
 
cfg.category2 = 'category2'
 
cfg.category2Yes = 'yes'
 
cfg.category2Yes = 'yes'
cfg.category2Negative = '¬'
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cfg.category2Negative = 'Ê'
  
-- cfg.subpage is the parameter name to specify how to behave on
+
-- cfg.subpage is the parameter name to specify how to behave on subpages. cfg.subpageNo is the value to
-- subpages. cfg.subpageNo is the value to specify to not  
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-- specify to not categorise on subpages; cfg.only is the value to specify to only categorise on subpages.
-- categorise on subpages; cfg.only is the value to specify to only
 
-- categorise on subpages.
 
 
cfg.subpage = 'subpage'
 
cfg.subpage = 'subpage'
 
cfg.subpageNo = 'no'
 
cfg.subpageNo = 'no'
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cfg.all = 'all'
 
cfg.all = 'all'
  
-- The parameter name for data to return if no data is specified for
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-- The parameter name for data to return if no data is specified for the namespace that is detected. This
-- the namespace that is detected. This must be the same as the  
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-- must be the same as the cfg.other parameter in [[Module:Namespace detect]].
-- cfg.other parameter in [[Module:Namespace detect]].
 
 
cfg.other = 'other'
 
cfg.other = 'other'
  
-- The parameter name used to specify a page other than the current
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-- The parameter name used to specify a page other than the current page; used for testing and
-- page; used for testing and demonstration. This must be the same
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-- demonstration. This must be the same as the cfg.page parameter in [[Module:Namespace detect]].
-- as the cfg.page parameter in [[Module:Namespace detect]].
 
 
cfg.page = 'page'
 
cfg.page = 'page'
  
-- The categorisation blacklist. Pages that match Lua patterns in this
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-- The categorisation blacklist. Pages that match Lua patterns in this list will not be categorised.
-- list will not be categorised unless any of the following options are
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-- (However, see the explanation of cfg.nocat, cfg.categories and cfg.category2 for some exceptions.)
-- set: "nocat=false", "categories=yes", or "category2=yes".  
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-- If the namespace name has a space in, it must be written with an underscore, e.g. "Wikipedia_talk".
-- If the namespace name has a space in, it must be written with an
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-- Other parts of the title can have either underscores or spaces.
-- underscore, e.g. "Wikipedia_talk". Other parts of the title can have
 
-- either underscores or spaces.
 
 
cfg.blacklist = {
 
cfg.blacklist = {
 
     '^Main Page$', -- don't categorise the main page.
 
     '^Main Page$', -- don't categorise the main page.
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}
 
}
  
-- This is a table of namespaces to categorise by default. They
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-- This is a table of namespaces to categorise by default. They should be in the format of parameter
-- should be in the format of parameter names accepted by
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-- names accepted by [[Module:Namespace detect]].
-- [[Module:Namespace detect]].
 
 
cfg.defaultNamespaces = {
 
cfg.defaultNamespaces = {
 
     'main',
 
     'main',
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}
 
}
  
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--                     End configuration data                       --
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--                                         End configuration data                                     --
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----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  
-- Get [[Module:Namespace detect]] and declare the table of functions
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-- Get dependent modules
-- that we will return.
+
local nsDetect = require('Module:Namespace detect')
local NamespaceDetect = require('Module:Namespace detect')
+
local yesno = require('Module:Yesno')
local p = {}
 
  
----------------------------------------------------------------------
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----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
--                         Local functions                         --
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--                                         Local functions                                             --
--      The following are internal functions, which we do not want --
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--      The following are internal functions, which we do not want to be accessible from other modules. --
--      to be accessible from other modules.                       --
+
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
----------------------------------------------------------------------
 
  
 
-- Find whether we need to return a category or not.
 
-- Find whether we need to return a category or not.
local function needsCategory( pageObject, args )
+
local function needsCategory(pageObject, args)
 
     -- Don't categorise if the relevant options are set.
 
     -- Don't categorise if the relevant options are set.
     if args[cfg.nocat] == cfg.nocatTrue
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     if yesno(args[cfg.nocat])
         or args[cfg.categories] == cfg.categoriesNo
+
         or yesno(args[cfg.categories]) == false
         or ( args[cfg.category2]  
+
         or (
 +
            args[cfg.category2]  
 
             and args[cfg.category2] ~= cfg.category2Yes  
 
             and args[cfg.category2] ~= cfg.category2Yes  
             and args[cfg.category2] ~= cfg.category2Negative )
+
             and args[cfg.category2] ~= cfg.category2Negative
        then
+
        )
 +
    then
 
         return false
 
         return false
 
     end
 
     end
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     end
 
     end
 
     if args[cfg.subpage] == cfg.subpageOnly  
 
     if args[cfg.subpage] == cfg.subpageOnly  
         and (not pageObject or (pageObject and not pageObject.isSubpage) ) then
+
         and (not pageObject or (pageObject and not pageObject.isSubpage))
 +
    then
 
         return false
 
         return false
 
     end
 
     end
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-- Find whether we need to check the blacklist or not.
 
-- Find whether we need to check the blacklist or not.
local function needsBlacklistCheck( args )
+
local function needsBlacklistCheck(args)
     if args[cfg.nocat] == cfg.nocatFalse
+
     if yesno(args[cfg.nocat]) == false
         or args[cfg.categories] == cfg.categoriesYes
+
         or yesno(args[cfg.categories]) == true
         or args[cfg.category2] == cfg.category2Yes then
+
         or args[cfg.category2] == cfg.category2Yes
 +
    then
 
         return false
 
         return false
 
     else
 
     else
 
         return true
 
         return true
 
     end
 
     end
end
 
 
-- Searches the blacklist to find a match with the page object. The
 
-- string searched is the namespace plus the title, including subpages.
 
-- Returns true if there is a match, otherwise returns false.
 
local function findBlacklistMatch( pageObject )
 
    if not pageObject then return end
 
   
 
    -- Get the title to check.
 
    local title = pageObject.nsText -- Get the namespace.
 
    -- Append a colon if the namespace isn't the blank string.
 
    if #title > 0 then
 
        title = title .. ':' .. pageObject.text
 
    else
 
        title = pageObject.text
 
    end
 
   
 
    -- Check the blacklist.
 
    for i, pattern in ipairs( cfg.blacklist ) do
 
        if mw.ustring.match( title, pattern ) then
 
            return true
 
        end
 
    end
 
    return false
 
 
end
 
end
  
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-- Mappings is the table of parameter mappings taken from
 
-- Mappings is the table of parameter mappings taken from
 
-- [[Module:Namespace detect]].
 
-- [[Module:Namespace detect]].
local function nsParamsExist( mappings, args )
+
local function nsParamsExist(mappings, args)
 
     if args[cfg.all] or args[cfg.other] then
 
     if args[cfg.all] or args[cfg.other] then
 
         return true
 
         return true
 
     end
 
     end
     for ns, params in pairs( mappings ) do
+
     for ns, params in pairs(mappings) do
         for i, param in ipairs( params ) do
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         for i, param in ipairs(params) do
 
             if args[param] then
 
             if args[param] then
 
                 return true
 
                 return true
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     end
 
     end
 
     return false
 
     return false
 +
end
 +
 +
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 +
--                                          Global functions                                            --
 +
--      The following functions are global, because we want them to be accessible from #invoke and      --
 +
--      from other Lua modules.                                                                        --
 +
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 +
 +
local p = {}
 +
 +
-- Find if a string matches the blacklist. Returns the match if one is found, or nil otherwise.
 +
-- Input should be a page title with a namespace prefix, e.g. "Wikipedia talk:Articles for deletion".
 +
function p.matchesBlacklist(page)
 +
    if type(page) ~= 'string' then return end
 +
    for i, pattern in ipairs(cfg.blacklist) do
 +
        local match = mw.ustring.match(page, pattern)
 +
        if match then
 +
            return match
 +
        end
 +
    end
 
end
 
end
  
 
-- The main structure of the module. Checks whether we need to categorise,
 
-- The main structure of the module. Checks whether we need to categorise,
 
-- and then passes the relevant arguments to [[Module:Namespace detect]].
 
-- and then passes the relevant arguments to [[Module:Namespace detect]].
local function _main( args )
+
function p._main(args)
 
     -- Get the page object and argument mappings from
 
     -- Get the page object and argument mappings from
 
     -- [[Module:Namespace detect]], to save us from having to rewrite the
 
     -- [[Module:Namespace detect]], to save us from having to rewrite the
 
     -- code.
 
     -- code.
     local pageObject = NamespaceDetect.getPageObject( args[cfg.page] )
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     local pageObject = nsDetect.getPageObject(args[cfg.page])
     local mappings = NamespaceDetect.getParamMappings()
+
     local mappings = nsDetect.getParamMappings()
 
      
 
      
    -- Check if we need a category or not, and return nothing if not.
+
     if not needsCategory(pageObject, args) then return end
     if not needsCategory( pageObject, args ) then return end
 
 
      
 
      
     local ret = '' -- The string to return.
+
     local ret = ''
 
     -- Check blacklist if necessary.
 
     -- Check blacklist if necessary.
     if not needsBlacklistCheck( args )  
+
     if not needsBlacklistCheck(args) or not p.matchesBlacklist(pageObject.prefixedText) then
        or not findBlacklistMatch( pageObject ) then
+
         if not nsParamsExist(mappings, args) then
       
 
         if not nsParamsExist( mappings, args ) then
 
 
             -- No namespace parameters exist; basic usage. Pass args[1] to
 
             -- No namespace parameters exist; basic usage. Pass args[1] to
 
             -- [[Module:Namespace detect]] using the default namespace
 
             -- [[Module:Namespace detect]] using the default namespace
 
             -- parameters, and return the result.
 
             -- parameters, and return the result.
 
             local ndargs = {}
 
             local ndargs = {}
             for _, ndarg in ipairs( cfg.defaultNamespaces ) do
+
             for _, ndarg in ipairs(cfg.defaultNamespaces) do
 
                 ndargs[ndarg] = args[1]
 
                 ndargs[ndarg] = args[1]
 
             end
 
             end
 
             ndargs.page = args.page
 
             ndargs.page = args.page
             local ndresult = NamespaceDetect.main( ndargs )
+
             local ndresult = nsDetect.main(ndargs)
 
             if ndresult then
 
             if ndresult then
 
                 ret = ret .. ndresult
 
                 ret = ret .. ndresult
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             -- Get the arguments to pass to [[Module:Namespace detect]].
 
             -- Get the arguments to pass to [[Module:Namespace detect]].
 
             local ndargs = {}
 
             local ndargs = {}
             for ns, params in pairs( mappings ) do
+
             for ns, params in pairs(mappings) do
                 for _, param in ipairs( params ) do
+
                 for _, param in ipairs(params) do
 
                     ndargs[param] = args[param] or args[cfg.other] or nil
 
                     ndargs[param] = args[param] or args[cfg.other] or nil
 
                 end
 
                 end
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             end
 
             end
 
              
 
              
             local data = NamespaceDetect.main( ndargs )
+
             local data = nsDetect.main(ndargs)
 
              
 
              
             -- Work out what to return based on the result of the namespace
+
             -- Work out what to return based on the result of the namespace detect call.
            -- detect call.
+
             local datanum = tonumber(data)
             local datanum = tonumber( data )
+
             if type(datanum) == 'number' then
             if type( datanum ) == 'number' then
 
 
                 -- "data" is a number, so return that positional parameter.
 
                 -- "data" is a number, so return that positional parameter.
 
                 -- Remove non-positive integer values, as only positive integers
 
                 -- Remove non-positive integer values, as only positive integers
 
                 -- from 1-10 were used with the old template.
 
                 -- from 1-10 were used with the old template.
 
                 if datanum > 0  
 
                 if datanum > 0  
                     and math.floor( datanum ) == datanum
+
                     and math.floor(datanum) == datanum
 
                     and args[datanum] then
 
                     and args[datanum] then
                     ret = ret .. args[ datanum ]
+
                     ret = ret .. args[datanum]
 
                 end
 
                 end
 
             else
 
             else
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end
 
end
  
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+
function p.main(frame)
--                        Global functions                          --
 
--      The following functions are global, because we want them    --
 
--      to be accessible from #invoke and from other Lua modules.  --
 
--      At the moment only the main function is here. It processes  --
 
--      the arguments and passes them to the _main function.        --
 
----------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 
 
function p.main( frame )
 
 
     -- If called via #invoke, use the args passed into the invoking
 
     -- If called via #invoke, use the args passed into the invoking
 
     -- template, or the args passed to #invoke if any exist. Otherwise
 
     -- template, or the args passed to #invoke if any exist. Otherwise
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     if frame == mw.getCurrentFrame() then
 
     if frame == mw.getCurrentFrame() then
 
         origArgs = frame:getParent().args
 
         origArgs = frame:getParent().args
         for k, v in pairs( frame.args ) do
+
         for k, v in pairs(frame.args) do
 
             origArgs = frame.args
 
             origArgs = frame.args
 
             break
 
             break
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     -- 1, 2, 3 etc., "nocat", "categories", "subpage", and "page".
 
     -- 1, 2, 3 etc., "nocat", "categories", "subpage", and "page".
 
     local args = {}
 
     local args = {}
     for k, v in pairs( origArgs ) do
+
     for k, v in pairs(origArgs) do
         v = mw.text.trim(v) -- Trim whitespace.
+
         if type(v) == 'string' then
 +
            v = mw.text.trim(v) -- Trim whitespace.
 +
        end
 
         if type(k) == 'number'
 
         if type(k) == 'number'
 
             or k == cfg.nocat
 
             or k == cfg.nocat
 
             or k == cfg.categories
 
             or k == cfg.categories
 
             or k == cfg.subpage
 
             or k == cfg.subpage
             or k == cfg.page then
+
             or k == cfg.page
 +
        then
 
             if v ~= '' then
 
             if v ~= '' then
 
                 args[k] = v
 
                 args[k] = v
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     -- parameters are put in lower case whenever they appear in the old
 
     -- parameters are put in lower case whenever they appear in the old
 
     -- template, so we can just do it once here and save ourselves some work.
 
     -- template, so we can just do it once here and save ourselves some work.
     local lowercase = { cfg.nocat, cfg.categories, cfg.category2, cfg.subpage }
+
     local lowercase = {cfg.nocat, cfg.categories, cfg.category2, cfg.subpage}
     for _, v in ipairs( lowercase ) do
+
     for _, v in ipairs(lowercase) do
         if args[v] then
+
         local argVal = args[v]
             args[v] = mw.ustring.lower( args[v] )
+
        if type(argVal) == 'string' then
 +
             args[v] = mw.ustring.lower(argVal)
 
         end
 
         end
 
     end
 
     end
 
      
 
      
     return _main( args )
+
     return p._main(args)
 
end
 
end
  
 
return p
 
return p

Revision as of 12:50, 26 September 2013

Documentation for this module may be created at Module:Category handler/doc

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
--                                                                                                      --
--                                          CATEGORY HANDLER                                            --
--                                                                                                      --
--      This module implements the {{category handler}} template in Lua, with a few improvements: all   --
--      namespaces and all namespace aliases are supported, and namespace names are detected            --
--      automatically for the local wiki. This module requires [[Module:Namespace detect]] and          --
--      [[Module:Yesno]] to be available on the local wiki. It can be configured for different wikis    --
--      by altering the values in the "cfg" table.                                                      --
--                                                                                                      --
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
--                                          Configuration data                                          --
--                      Language-specific parameter names and values can be set here.                   --
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

local cfg = {}

-- The following config values set the names of parameters that suppress categorisation. They are used
-- with Module:Yesno, and work as follows:
--
-- cfg.nocat:
-- Result of yesno(args[cfg.nocat])         Effect
-- true                                     Categorisation is suppressed
-- false                                    Categorisation is allowed, and the blacklist check is skipped
-- nil                                      Categorisation is allowed
--
-- cfg.categories:
-- Result of yesno(args[cfg.categories])    Effect
-- true                                     Categorisation is allowed, and the blacklist check is skipped
-- false                                    Categorisation is suppressed
-- nil                                      Categorisation is allowed
cfg.nocat = 'nocat'    
cfg.categories = 'categories'

-- The parameter name for the legacy "category2" parameter. This skips the blacklist if set to the
-- cfg.category2Yes value, and suppresses categorisation if present but equal to anything other than
-- cfg.category2Yes or cfg.category2Negative.
cfg.category2 = 'category2'
cfg.category2Yes = 'yes'
cfg.category2Negative = 'Ê'

-- cfg.subpage is the parameter name to specify how to behave on subpages. cfg.subpageNo is the value to
-- specify to not categorise on subpages; cfg.only is the value to specify to only categorise on subpages.
cfg.subpage = 'subpage'
cfg.subpageNo = 'no'
cfg.subpageOnly = 'only'

-- The parameter for data to return in all namespaces.
cfg.all = 'all'

-- The parameter name for data to return if no data is specified for the namespace that is detected. This
-- must be the same as the cfg.other parameter in [[Module:Namespace detect]].
cfg.other = 'other'

-- The parameter name used to specify a page other than the current page; used for testing and
-- demonstration. This must be the same as the cfg.page parameter in [[Module:Namespace detect]].
cfg.page = 'page'

-- The categorisation blacklist. Pages that match Lua patterns in this list will not be categorised.
-- (However, see the explanation of cfg.nocat, cfg.categories and cfg.category2 for some exceptions.)
-- If the namespace name has a space in, it must be written with an underscore, e.g. "Wikipedia_talk".
-- Other parts of the title can have either underscores or spaces.
cfg.blacklist = {
    '^Main Page$', -- don't categorise the main page.
    
    -- Don't categorise the following pages or their subpages.
    '^Wikipedia:Cascade%-protected items$',
    '^Wikipedia:Cascade%-protected items/.*$',
    '^User:UBX$', -- The userbox "template" space.
    '^User:UBX/.*$',
    '^User_talk:UBX$',
    '^User_talk:UBX/.*$',
    
    -- Don't categorise subpages of these pages, but allow
    -- categorisation of the base page.
    '^Wikipedia:Template messages/.+$',
    
    '/[aA]rchive' -- Don't categorise archives.
}

-- This is a table of namespaces to categorise by default. They should be in the format of parameter
-- names accepted by [[Module:Namespace detect]].
cfg.defaultNamespaces = {
    'main',
    'file',
    'help',
    'category'
}

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--                                          End configuration data                                      --
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

-- Get dependent modules
local nsDetect = require('Module:Namespace detect')
local yesno = require('Module:Yesno')

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--                                          Local functions                                             --
--      The following are internal functions, which we do not want to be accessible from other modules. --
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

-- Find whether we need to return a category or not.
local function needsCategory(pageObject, args)
    -- Don't categorise if the relevant options are set.
    if yesno(args[cfg.nocat])
        or yesno(args[cfg.categories]) == false
        or (
            args[cfg.category2] 
            and args[cfg.category2] ~= cfg.category2Yes 
            and args[cfg.category2] ~= cfg.category2Negative
        )
    then
        return false
    end
    -- If there is no pageObject available, then that either means that we are over
    -- the expensive function limit or that the title specified was invalid. Invalid
    -- titles will probably only be a problem during testing, so we choose the best
    -- fallback for being over the expensive function limit. The fallback behaviour
    -- of the old template was to assume the page was not a subpage, so we will do
    -- the same here.
    if args[cfg.subpage] == cfg.subpageNo and pageObject and pageObject.isSubpage then
        return false
    end
    if args[cfg.subpage] == cfg.subpageOnly 
        and (not pageObject or (pageObject and not pageObject.isSubpage))
    then
        return false
    end
    return true
end

-- Find whether we need to check the blacklist or not.
local function needsBlacklistCheck(args)
    if yesno(args[cfg.nocat]) == false
        or yesno(args[cfg.categories]) == true
        or args[cfg.category2] == cfg.category2Yes
    then
        return false
    else
        return true
    end
end

-- Find whether any namespace parameters have been specified.
-- Mappings is the table of parameter mappings taken from
-- [[Module:Namespace detect]].
local function nsParamsExist(mappings, args)
    if args[cfg.all] or args[cfg.other] then
        return true
    end
    for ns, params in pairs(mappings) do
        for i, param in ipairs(params) do
            if args[param] then
                return true
            end
        end
    end
    return false
end

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--                                          Global functions                                            --
--      The following functions are global, because we want them to be accessible from #invoke and      --
--      from other Lua modules.                                                                         --
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

local p = {}

-- Find if a string matches the blacklist. Returns the match if one is found, or nil otherwise.
-- Input should be a page title with a namespace prefix, e.g. "Wikipedia talk:Articles for deletion".
function p.matchesBlacklist(page)
    if type(page) ~= 'string' then return end
    for i, pattern in ipairs(cfg.blacklist) do
        local match = mw.ustring.match(page, pattern)
        if match then
            return match
        end
    end
end

-- The main structure of the module. Checks whether we need to categorise,
-- and then passes the relevant arguments to [[Module:Namespace detect]].
function p._main(args)
    -- Get the page object and argument mappings from
    -- [[Module:Namespace detect]], to save us from having to rewrite the
    -- code.
    local pageObject = nsDetect.getPageObject(args[cfg.page])
    local mappings = nsDetect.getParamMappings()
    
    if not needsCategory(pageObject, args) then return end
    
    local ret = ''
    -- Check blacklist if necessary.
    if not needsBlacklistCheck(args) or not p.matchesBlacklist(pageObject.prefixedText) then
        if not nsParamsExist(mappings, args) then
            -- No namespace parameters exist; basic usage. Pass args[1] to
            -- [[Module:Namespace detect]] using the default namespace
            -- parameters, and return the result.
            local ndargs = {}
            for _, ndarg in ipairs(cfg.defaultNamespaces) do
                ndargs[ndarg] = args[1]
            end
            ndargs.page = args.page
            local ndresult = nsDetect.main(ndargs)
            if ndresult then
                ret = ret .. ndresult
            end
        else
            -- Namespace parameters exist; advanced usage.
            -- If the all parameter is specified, return it.
            if args.all then
                ret = ret .. args.all
            end
            
            -- Get the arguments to pass to [[Module:Namespace detect]].
            local ndargs = {}
            for ns, params in pairs(mappings) do
                for _, param in ipairs(params) do
                    ndargs[param] = args[param] or args[cfg.other] or nil
                end
            end
            if args.other then
                ndargs.other = args.other
            end
            if args.page then
                ndargs.page = args.page
            end
            
            local data = nsDetect.main(ndargs)
            
            -- Work out what to return based on the result of the namespace detect call.
            local datanum = tonumber(data)
            if type(datanum) == 'number' then
                -- "data" is a number, so return that positional parameter.
                -- Remove non-positive integer values, as only positive integers
                -- from 1-10 were used with the old template.
                if datanum > 0 
                    and math.floor(datanum) == datanum
                    and args[datanum] then
                    ret = ret .. args[datanum]
                end
            else
                -- "data" is not a number, so return it as it is.
                if type(data) == 'string' then
                    ret = ret .. data
                end
            end
        end
    end
    return ret
end

function p.main(frame)
    -- If called via #invoke, use the args passed into the invoking
    -- template, or the args passed to #invoke if any exist. Otherwise
    -- assume args are being passed directly in.
    local origArgs
    if frame == mw.getCurrentFrame() then
        origArgs = frame:getParent().args
        for k, v in pairs(frame.args) do
            origArgs = frame.args
            break
        end
    else
        origArgs = frame
    end

    -- Trim whitespace and remove blank arguments for the following args:
    -- 1, 2, 3 etc., "nocat", "categories", "subpage", and "page".
    local args = {}
    for k, v in pairs(origArgs) do
        if type(v) == 'string' then
            v = mw.text.trim(v) -- Trim whitespace.
        end
        if type(k) == 'number'
            or k == cfg.nocat
            or k == cfg.categories
            or k == cfg.subpage
            or k == cfg.page
        then
            if v ~= '' then
                args[k] = v
            end
        else
            args[k] = v
        end
    end
    
    -- Lower-case "nocat", "categories", "category2", and "subpage". These
    -- parameters are put in lower case whenever they appear in the old
    -- template, so we can just do it once here and save ourselves some work.
    local lowercase = {cfg.nocat, cfg.categories, cfg.category2, cfg.subpage}
    for _, v in ipairs(lowercase) do
        local argVal = args[v]
        if type(argVal) == 'string' then
            args[v] = mw.ustring.lower(argVal)
        end
    end
    
    return p._main(args)
end

return p