Source code for zope.tal.interfaces

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"""
Interface that a TAL expression implementation provides to the
METAL/TAL implementation.

This package does not provide an implementation of
:class:`ITALExpressionCompiler`, :class:`ITALExpressionEngine` or
:class:`ITALIterator`.  An external package must provide those.  The
most commonly used are :class:`zope.tales.tales.ExpressionEngine`,
:class:`zope.tales.tales.Context`, and
:class:`zope.tales.tales.Iterator`, respectively.
"""
from zope.interface import Attribute
from zope.interface import Interface


[docs]class ITALExpressionCompiler(Interface): """Compile-time interface provided by a TAL expression implementation. The TAL compiler needs an instance of this interface to support compilation of TAL expressions embedded in documents containing TAL and METAL constructs. """ def getCompilerError(): """Return the exception class raised for compilation errors. """ def compile(expression): """Return a compiled form of *expression* for later evaluation. *expression* is the source text of the expression. The return value may be passed to the various ``evaluate*()`` methods of the :class:`ITALExpressionEngine` interface. No compatibility is required for the values of the compiled expression between different :class:`ITALExpressionEngine` implementations. """ def getContext(namespace): """Create an expression execution context The given *namespace* provides the initial top-level names. """
[docs]class ITALExpressionEngine(Interface): """Render-time interface provided by a TAL expression implementation. The TAL interpreter uses this interface to TAL expression to support evaluation of the compiled expressions returned by :meth:`ITALExpressionCompiler.compile`. """ def getDefault(): """Return the value of the ``default`` TAL expression. Checking a value for a match with ``default`` should be done using the ``is`` operator in Python. """ def setPosition(position): """Inform the engine of the current position in the source file. *position* is a tuple (lineno, offset). This is used to allow the evaluation engine to report execution errors so that site developers can more easily locate the offending expression. """ def setSourceFile(filename): """Inform the engine of the name of the current source file. This is used to allow the evaluation engine to report execution errors so that site developers can more easily locate the offending expression. """ def beginScope(): """Push a new scope onto the stack of open scopes. """ def endScope(): """Pop one scope from the stack of open scopes. """ def evaluate(compiled_expression): """Evaluate an arbitrary expression. No constraints are imposed on the return value. """ def evaluateBoolean(compiled_expression): """Evaluate an expression that must return a Boolean value. """ def evaluateMacro(compiled_expression): """Evaluate an expression that must return a macro program. """ def evaluateStructure(compiled_expression): """Evaluate an expression that must return a structured document fragment. The result of evaluating *compiled_expression* must be a string containing a parsable HTML or XML fragment. Any TAL markup contained in the result string will be interpreted. """ def evaluateText(compiled_expression): """Evaluate an expression that must return text. The returned text should be suitable for direct inclusion in the output: any HTML or XML escaping or quoting is the responsibility of the expression itself. If the expression evaluates to None, then that is returned. It represents ``nothing`` in TALES. If the expression evaluates to what :meth:`getDefault()` returns, by comparison using ``is``, then that is returned. It represents ``default`` in TALES. """ def evaluateValue(compiled_expression): """Evaluate an arbitrary expression. No constraints are imposed on the return value. """ def createErrorInfo(exception, position): """Returns an :class:`ITALExpressionErrorInfo` object. *position* is a tuple (lineno, offset). The returned object is used to provide information about the error condition for the on-error handler. """ def setGlobal(name, value): """Set a global variable. The variable will be named *name* and have the value *value*. """ def setLocal(name, value): """Set a local variable in the current scope. The variable will be named *name* and have the value *value*. """ def getValue(name, default=None): """Get a variable by name. If the variable does not exist, return default. """ def setRepeat(name, compiled_expression): """Start a repetition, returning an :class:`ITALIterator`. The engine is expected to add the a value (typically the returned iterator) for the name to the variable namespace. """ def translate(msgid, domain=None, mapping=None, default=None): """See zope.i18n.interfaces.ITranslationDomain.translate""" # NB: This differs from the Zope 2 equivalent in the order of # the arguments. This will be a (hopefully minor) issue when # creating a unified TAL implementation. def evaluateCode(lang, code): """Evaluates code of the given language. Returns whatever the code outputs. This can be defined on a per-language basis. In Python this usually everything the print statement will return. """
[docs]class ITALIterator(Interface): """A TAL iterator Not to be confused with a Python iterator. """ def next(): """Advance to the next value in the iteration, if possible Return a true value if it was possible to advance and return a false value otherwise. """
[docs]class ITALExpressionErrorInfo(Interface): """Information about an error.""" type = Attribute("type", "The exception class.") value = Attribute("value", "The exception instance.") lineno = Attribute("lineno", "The line number the error occurred on in the source.") offset = Attribute("offset", "The character offset at which the error occurred.")