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1 .. -*- mode: rst; encoding: utf-8 -*-
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3 ========================
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4 Genshi Templating Basics
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5 ========================
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7 Genshi provides a template engine that can be used for generating either
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8 markup (such as HTML_ or XML_) or plain text. While both share some of the
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9 syntax (and much of the underlying implementation) they are essentially
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10 separate languages.
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12 .. _html: http://www.w3.org/html/
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13 .. _xml: http://www.w3.org/XML/
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15 This document describes the common parts of the template engine and will be most
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16 useful as reference to those developing Genshi templates. Templates are XML or
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17 plain text files that include processing directives_ that affect how the
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18 template is rendered, and template expressions_ that are dynamically substituted
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19 by variable data.
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22 .. contents:: Contents
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23 :depth: 3
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24 .. sectnum::
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27 Synopsis
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30 A Genshi *markup template* is a well-formed XML document with embedded Python
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31 used for control flow and variable substitution. Markup templates should be
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32 used to generate any kind of HTML or XML output, as they provide many advantages
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33 over simple text-based templates (such as automatic escaping of strings).
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34
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35 The following illustrates a very basic Genshi markup template:
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37 .. code-block:: genshi
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39 <?python
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40 title = "A Genshi Template"
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41 fruits = ["apple", "orange", "kiwi"]
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42 ?>
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43 <html xmlns:py="http://genshi.edgewall.org/">
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44 <head>
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45 <title py:content="title">This is replaced.</title>
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46 </head>
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48 <body>
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49 <p>These are some of my favorite fruits:</p>
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50 <ul>
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51 <li py:for="fruit in fruits">
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52 I like ${fruit}s
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53 </li>
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54 </ul>
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55 </body>
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56 </html>
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58 This example shows:
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60 (a) a Python code block, using a processing instruction
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61 (b) the Genshi namespace declaration
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62 (c) usage of templates directives (``py:content`` and ``py:for``)
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63 (d) an inline Python expression (``${fruit}``).
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65 The template would generate output similar to this:
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66
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67 .. code-block:: genshi
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69 <html>
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70 <head>
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71 <title>A Genshi Template</title>
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72 </head>
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73
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74 <body>
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75 <p>These are some of my favorite fruits:</p>
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76 <ul>
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77 <li>I like apples</li>
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78 <li>I like oranges</li>
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79 <li>I like kiwis</li>
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80 </ul>
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81 </body>
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82 </html>
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84 A *text template* is a simple plain text document that can also contain embedded
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85 Python code. Text templates can be used to generate simple *non-markup* text
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86 formats, such as the body of an plain text email. For example:
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88 .. code-block:: genshitext
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90 Dear $name,
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92 These are some of my favorite fruits:
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93 #for fruit in fruits
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94 * $fruit
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95 #end
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99 Python API
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102 The Python code required for templating with Genshi is generally based on the
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103 following pattern:
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105 * Attain a ``MarkupTemplate`` or ``TextTemplate`` object from a string or
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106 file-like object containing the template source. This can either be done
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107 directly, or through a ``TemplateLoader`` instance.
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108 * Call the ``generate()`` method of the template, passing any data that should
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109 be made available to the template as keyword arguments.
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110 * Serialize the resulting stream using its ``render()`` method.
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112 For example:
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114 .. code-block:: pycon
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116 >>> from genshi.template import MarkupTemplate
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117 >>> tmpl = MarkupTemplate('<h1>Hello, $name!</h1>')
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118 >>> stream = tmpl.generate(name='world')
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119 >>> print stream.render('xhtml')
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120 <h1>Hello, world!</h1>
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122 .. note:: See the Serialization_ section of the `Markup Streams`_ page for
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123 information on configuring template output options.
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125 Using a text template is similar:
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129 >>> from genshi.template import TextTemplate
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130 >>> tmpl = TextTemplate('Hello, $name!')
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131 >>> stream = tmpl.generate(name='world')
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132 >>> print stream
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133 Hello, world!
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135 .. note:: If you want to use text templates, you should consider using the
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136 ``NewTextTemplate`` class instead of simply ``TextTemplate``. See
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137 the `Text Template Language`_ page.
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139 .. _serialization: streams.html#serialization
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140 .. _`Text Template Language`: text-templates.html
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141 .. _`Markup Streams`: streams.html
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143 Using a template loader provides the advantage that “compiled” templates are
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144 automatically cached, and only parsed again when the template file changes. In
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145 addition, it enables the use of a *template search path*, allowing template
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146 directories to be spread across different file-system locations. Using a
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147 template loader would generally look as follows:
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149 .. code-block:: python
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151 from genshi.template import TemplateLoader
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152 loader = TemplateLoader([templates_dir1, templates_dir2])
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153 tmpl = loader.load('test.html')
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154 stream = tmpl.generate(title='Hello, world!')
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155 print stream.render()
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157 See the `API documentation <api/index.html>`_ for details on using Genshi via
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158 the Python API.
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161 .. _`expressions`:
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164 Template Expressions and Code Blocks
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167 Python_ expressions can be used in text and directive arguments. An expression
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168 is substituted with the result of its evaluation against the template data.
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169 Expressions in text (which includes the values of non-directive attributes) need
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170 to prefixed with a dollar sign (``$``) and usually enclosed in curly braces
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171 (``{…}``).
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173 .. _python: http://www.python.org/
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175 If the expression starts with a letter and contains only letters, digits, dots,
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176 and underscores, the curly braces may be omitted. In all other cases, the
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177 braces are required so that the template processor knows where the expression
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178 ends:
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180 .. code-block:: pycon
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182 >>> from genshi.template import MarkupTemplate
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183 >>> tmpl = MarkupTemplate('<em>${items[0].capitalize()} item</em>')
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184 >>> print tmpl.generate(items=['first', 'second'])
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185 <em>First item</em>
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187 Expressions support the full power of Python. In addition, it is possible to
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188 access items in a dictionary using “dotted notation” (i.e. as if they were
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189 attributes), and vice-versa (i.e. access attributes as if they were items in a
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190 dictionary):
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192 .. code-block:: pycon
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193
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194 >>> from genshi.template import MarkupTemplate
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195 >>> tmpl = MarkupTemplate('<em>${dict.foo}</em>')
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196 >>> print tmpl.generate(dict={'foo': 'bar'})
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197 <em>bar</em>
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198
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199 Because there are two ways to access either attributes or items, expressions
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200 do not raise the standard ``AttributeError`` or ``IndexError`` exceptions, but
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201 rather an exception of the type ``UndefinedError``. The same kind of error is
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202 raised when you try to use a top-level variable that is not in the context data.
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203 See `Error Handling`_ below for details on how such errors are handled.
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206 Escaping
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207 ========
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209 If you need to include a literal dollar sign in the output where Genshi would
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210 normally detect an expression, you can simply add another dollar sign:
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211
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212 .. code-block:: pycon
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213
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214 >>> from genshi.template import MarkupTemplate
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215 >>> tmpl = MarkupTemplate('<em>$foo</em>') # Wanted "$foo" as literal output
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216 >>> print tmpl.generate()
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217 Traceback (most recent call last):
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218 ...
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219 UndefinedError: "foo" not defined
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220 >>> tmpl = MarkupTemplate('<em>$$foo</em>')
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221 >>> print tmpl.generate()
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222 <em>$foo</em>
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223
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224 But note that this is not necessary if the characters following the dollar sign
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225 do not qualify as an expression. For example, the following needs no escaping:
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226
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227 .. code-block:: pycon
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228
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229 >>> tmpl = MarkupTemplate('<script>$(function() {})</script>')
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230 >>> print tmpl.generate()
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231 <script>$(function() {})</script>
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232
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233 On the other hand, Genshi will always replace two dollar signs in text with a
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234 single dollar sign, so you'll need to use three dollar signs to get two in the
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235 output:
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236
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237 .. code-block:: pycon
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238
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239 >>> tmpl = MarkupTemplate('<script>$$$("div")</script>')
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240 >>> print tmpl.generate()
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241 <script>$$("div")</script>
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244 .. _`code blocks`:
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246 Code Blocks
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247 ===========
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249 Templates also support full Python code blocks, using the ``<?python ?>``
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250 processing instruction in XML templates:
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252 .. code-block:: genshi
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254 <div>
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255 <?python
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256 from genshi.builder import tag
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257 def greeting(name):
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258 return tag.b('Hello, %s!' % name) ?>
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259 ${greeting('world')}
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260 </div>
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262 This will produce the following output:
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264 .. code-block:: xml
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266 <div>
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267 <b>Hello, world!</b>
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268 </div>
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270 In text templates (although only those using the new syntax introduced in
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271 Genshi 0.5), code blocks use the special ``{% python %}`` directive:
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273 .. code-block:: genshitext
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274
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275 {% python
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276 from genshi.builder import tag
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277 def greeting(name):
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278 return 'Hello, %s!' % name
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279 %}
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280 ${greeting('world')}
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281
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282 This will produce the following output::
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283
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284 Hello, world!
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285
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286
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287 Code blocks can import modules, define classes and functions, and basically do
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288 anything you can do in normal Python code. What code blocks can *not* do is to
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289 produce content that is emitted directly tp the generated output.
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291 .. note:: Using the ``print`` statement will print to the standard output
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292 stream, just as it does for other Python code in your application.
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294 Unlike expressions, Python code in ``<?python ?>`` processing instructions can
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295 not use item and attribute access in an interchangeable manner. That means that
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296 “dotted notation” is always attribute access, and vice-versa.
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297
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298 The support for Python code blocks in templates is not supposed to encourage
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299 mixing application code into templates, which is generally considered bad
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300 design. If you're using many code blocks, that may be a sign that you should
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301 move such code into separate Python modules.
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303 If you'd rather not allow the use of Python code blocks in templates, you can
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304 simply set the ``allow_exec`` parameter (available on the ``Template`` and the
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305 ``TemplateLoader`` initializers) to ``False``. In that case Genshi will raise
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306 a syntax error when a ``<?python ?>`` processing instruction is encountered.
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307 But please note that disallowing code blocks in templates does not turn Genshi
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308 into a sandboxable template engine; there are sufficient ways to do harm even
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309 using plain expressions.
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311 .. warning:: Unfortunately, code blocks are severely limited when running
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312 under Python 2.3: For example, it is not possible to access
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313 variables defined in outer scopes. If you plan to use code blocks
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314 extensively, it is strongly recommended that you run Python 2.4
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315 or later.
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318 .. _`error handling`:
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320 Error Handling
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321 ==============
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323 By default, Genshi raises an ``UndefinedError`` if a template expression
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324 attempts to access a variable that is not defined:
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325
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326 .. code-block:: pycon
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328 >>> from genshi.template import MarkupTemplate
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329 >>> tmpl = MarkupTemplate('<p>${doh}</p>')
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330 >>> tmpl.generate().render('xhtml')
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331 Traceback (most recent call last):
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332 ...
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333 UndefinedError: "doh" not defined
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334
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335 You can change this behavior by setting the variable lookup mode to "lenient".
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336 In that case, accessing undefined variables returns an `Undefined` object,
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337 meaning that the expression does not fail immediately. See below for details.
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338
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339 If you need to check whether a variable exists in the template context, use the
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340 defined_ or the value_of_ function described below. To check for existence of
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341 attributes on an object, or keys in a dictionary, use the ``hasattr()``,
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342 ``getattr()`` or ``get()`` functions, or the ``in`` operator, just as you would
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343 in regular Python code:
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344
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345 >>> from genshi.template import MarkupTemplate
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346 >>> tmpl = MarkupTemplate('<p>${defined("doh")}</p>')
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347 >>> print tmpl.generate().render('xhtml')
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348 <p>False</p>
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349
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350 .. note:: Lenient error handling was the default in Genshi prior to version 0.5.
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351 Strict mode was introduced in version 0.4, and became the default in
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352 0.5. The reason for this change was that the lenient error handling
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353 was masking actual errors in templates, thereby also making it harder
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354 to debug some problems.
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355
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357 .. _`lenient`:
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358
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359 Lenient Mode
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360 ------------
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361
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362 If you instruct Genshi to use the lenient variable lookup mode, it allows you
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363 to access variables that are not defined, without raising an ``UndefinedError``.
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365 This mode can be chosen by passing the ``lookup='lenient'`` keyword argument to
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366 the template initializer, or by passing the ``variable_lookup='lenient'``
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367 keyword argument to the ``TemplateLoader`` initializer:
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368
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369 .. code-block:: pycon
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370
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371 >>> from genshi.template import MarkupTemplate
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372 >>> tmpl = MarkupTemplate('<p>${doh}</p>', lookup='lenient')
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373 >>> print tmpl.generate().render('xhtml')
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374 <p></p>
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376 You *will* however get an exception if you try to call an undefined variable, or
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377 do anything else with it, such as accessing its attributes:
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379 .. code-block:: pycon
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381 >>> from genshi.template import MarkupTemplate
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382 >>> tmpl = MarkupTemplate('<p>${doh.oops}</p>', lookup='lenient')
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383 >>> print tmpl.generate().render('xhtml')
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384 Traceback (most recent call last):
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385 ...
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386 UndefinedError: "doh" not defined
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388 If you need to know whether a variable is defined, you can check its type
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389 against the ``Undefined`` class, for example in a conditional directive:
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391 .. code-block:: pycon
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393 >>> from genshi.template import MarkupTemplate
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394 >>> tmpl = MarkupTemplate('<p>${type(doh) is not Undefined}</p>',
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395 ... lookup='lenient')
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396 >>> print tmpl.generate().render('xhtml')
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397 <p>False</p>
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399 Alternatively, the built-in functions defined_ or value_of_ can be used in this
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400 case.
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402 Custom Modes
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403 ------------
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405 In addition to the built-in "lenient" and "strict" modes, it is also possible to
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406 use a custom error handling mode. For example, you could use lenient error
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407 handling in a production environment, while also logging a warning when an
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408 undefined variable is referenced.
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409
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410 See the API documentation of the ``genshi.template.eval`` module for details.
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411
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412
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413 Built-in Functions & Types
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414 ==========================
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415
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416 The following functions and types are available by default in template code, in
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417 addition to the standard built-ins that are available to all Python code.
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418
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419 .. _`defined`:
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420
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421 ``defined(name)``
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422 -----------------
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423 This function determines whether a variable of the specified name exists in
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424 the context data, and returns ``True`` if it does.
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425
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426 .. _`value_of`:
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427
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428 ``value_of(name, default=None)``
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429 --------------------------------
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430 This function returns the value of the variable with the specified name if
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431 such a variable is defined, and returns the value of the ``default``
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432 parameter if no such variable is defined.
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433
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434 .. _`Markup`:
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435
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436 ``Markup(text)``
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437 ----------------
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438 The ``Markup`` type marks a given string as being safe for inclusion in markup,
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439 meaning it will *not* be escaped in the serialization stage. Use this with care,
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440 as not escaping a user-provided string may allow malicious users to open your
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441 web site to cross-site scripting attacks.
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442
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443 .. _`Undefined`:
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444
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445 ``Undefined``
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446 ----------------
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447 The ``Undefined`` type can be used to check whether a reference variable is
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448 defined, as explained in `error handling`_.
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449
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450
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451 .. _`directives`:
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452
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453 -------------------
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454 Template Directives
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455 -------------------
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456
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457 Directives provide control flow functionality for templates, such as conditions
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458 or iteration. As the syntax for directives depends on whether you're using
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459 markup or text templates, refer to the
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460 `XML Template Language <xml-templates.html>`_ or
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461 `Text Template Language <text-templates.html>`_ pages for information.
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