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require 'tilt'

module Booster

  # Tilt integration which pre-processes `.booster` files by wrapping them in a
  # CommonJS-like closure and converts inline templates to JavaScript functions
  # using the Handlebars compiler. While it is at it, it also does string interpolation
  # on regular JavaScript strings.
  class Template < Tilt::Template

    # Regex for capturing sections of template code to be compiled to JavaScript
    TEMPLATE_SECTION = /@@\s*([A-Za-z0-9]*)\n(((?!@@).)*)/m

    # Regex for capturing string interpolations
    # STRING_INTERPOLATION = /('|")(.*)#\{([\s\S]+?)\}/

    STRING_INTERPOLATION = /#\{([\s\S]+?)\}/

    # Processing Booster files result in plain JavaScript.
    def self.default_mime_type
      'application/javascript'
    end

    def evaluate(scope, locals, &block)
      # Replace template code with compiled JavaScript
      data.gsub!(TEMPLATE_SECTION) do
        "var #{$1} = Handlebars.template(#{Handlebars.precompile($2.strip!)});\n\n"
      end

      # Convert string interpolation to string concatenation with rudimentary
      # guessing of quote type ($1). Since the template functions compiled in the
      # previous step are just functions it is possible to use interpolations there
      # as well, even if Handlebars does not support them by default. This is not
      # recommended though although it works.
      data.gsub!(STRING_INTERPOLATION, '\' + (\1) + \'')

      # Indent the module content if in development mode for increased readability
      if (Rails.env == 'development')
        data.gsub!(/^(.)/, '  \1')
      end

      # Wrap the whole thing in a closure and register it as a module (https://gist.github.com/1153919)
      @output ||= "require.define({'#{ module_name(scope) }': function(exports, require, module) {#{data}}});\n"
    end

  protected

    def module_name(scope)
      scope.logical_path #.split('/')[1..-1].join('/')
    end

    def basename(path)
      path.gsub(%r{.*/}, '')
    end

    def prepare
    end
  end
end

Version data entries

1 entries across 1 versions & 1 rubygems

Version	Path
booster-0.0.1	lib/booster/template.rb