Module:DefInfo

Dev version at Module:Test

---

-- This module is to contain code for parsing a defName parameter and returning
-- information about the Def from Module:DefInfo/data*.  See talk page for more
-- info

local p = {}

local Races = mw.loadData('Module:Test/data/races')
local Biomes = mw.loadData('Module:Test/data/biomes')

function find_key_in_table(key, table)
	for k, v in pairs(table) do
		if k == key then return v
		elseif type(v) == "table" then
			local found = find_key_in_table(key, v)
			if found then return found end
		end
	end
end

function parent_defName(def, category)
	local parent_name = category[def]["ParentName"]
	if type(category[parent_name]) == "table" then return parent_name	end
end

function find_in_parents(tag, def, category)
	if not category[def] then return def .. " not found in category" end
	local parent_def = parent_defName(def, category)
	if not parent_def then return tag .." not found in parent defs" end
	local found = find_key_in_table(tag, category[parent_def])
	if found then return found
	else
		found = find_in_parents(tag, parent_def, category)
		if found then return found end
	end
end

function query(tag, def, category)
	if not category[def] then return def .. " not found in category" end
	local found = find_key_in_table(tag, category[def])
	if found then return found end
	found = find_in_parents(tag, def, category)
	if found then return found end
	return tag .. " not found"
end

function p.query(frame)
	local category = nil
	if frame.args[1] == "Races" then category = Races end
	if frame.args[1] == "Biomes" then category = Biomes end
	local def = frame.args[2]
	local tag = frame.args[3]
	return query(tag, def, category)
end

mw.log("Module:DefInfo:os.clock() " .. os.clock())

return p