/**
* An interface for template engines
*
- * @author Roland Haeder <webmaster@ship-simu.org>
+ * @author Roland Haeder <webmaster@shipsimu.org>
* @version 0.0.0
- * @copyright Copyright (c) 2007, 2008 Roland Haeder, this is free software
+ * @copyright Copyright (c) 2007, 2008 Roland Haeder, 2009 - 2015 Core Developer Team
* @license GNU GPL 3.0 or any newer version
- * @link http://www.ship-simu.org
+ * @link http://www.shipsimu.org
*
* This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
* it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
/**
* Assign variables for templates
*
- * @param $var The "variable" we want to assign
- * @param $value The value we want to store in the variable
+ * @param $variableName The "variable" we want to assign
+ * @param $value The value we want to store in the variable
* @return void
*/
- function assignVariable ($var, $value);
+ function assignVariable ($variableName, $value);
/**
- * Load a specified web template into the engine
+ * Load a specified HTML template into the engine
*
* @param $template The web template we shall load which is located in
* "html" by default
* @return void
*/
- function loadWebTemplate ($template);
+ function loadHtmlTemplate ($template);
/**
* Load a specified code template into the engine for later compilation
function loadCodeTemplate ($template);
/**
- * Load a specified email template into the engine
+ * Load a specified email template into the engine for later compilation
+ * with other code/web/email templates.
*
* @param $template The email template we shall load which is
- * located in "emails" by default
+ * located in "html" by default
* @return void
*/
function loadEmailTemplate ($template);
function compileTemplate ();
/**
- * Output the compiled template to the outside world. In case of web
- * templates this would be vaild (X)HTML code. And in case of email
- * templates this would store a prepared email body inside the template
- * engine.
+ * Adds a variable to current group
+ *
+ * @param $variableName Variable to set
+ * @param $value Value to store in variable
+ * @return void
+ */
+ function addGroupVariable ($variableName, $value);
+
+ /**
+ * Removes a given variable
+ *
+ * @param $variableName The variable we are looking for
+ * @param $variableGroup Name of variable group (default: 'general')
+ * @return void
+ */
+ function removeVariable ($variableName, $variableGroup = 'general');
+
+ /**
+ * Assign a given congfiguration variable with a value
+ *
+ * @param $variableName The configuration variable we want to assign
+ * @return void
+ */
+ function assignConfigVariable ($variableName);
+
+ /**
+ * Compiles configuration place-holders in all variables. This 'walks'
+ * through the variable stack 'general'. It interprets all values from that
+ * variables as configuration entries after compiling them.
+ *
+ * @return void
+ */
+ function compileConfigInVariables ();
+
+ /**
+ * Assigns the last loaded raw template content with a given variable
+ *
+ * @param $templateName Name of the template we want to assign
+ * @param $variableName Name of the variable we want to assign
+ * @return void
+ */
+ function assignTemplateWithVariable ($templateName, $variableName);
+
+ /**
+ * Transfers the content of this template engine to a given response instance
+ *
+ * @param $responseInstance An instance of a response class
+ * @return void
+ */
+ function transferToResponse (Responseable $responseInstance);
+
+ /**
+ * Assigns all the application data with template variables
+ *
+ * @param $applicationInstance A manageable application instance
+ * @return void
+ */
+ function assignApplicationData (ManageableApplication $applicationInstance);
+
+ /**
+ * "Compiles" a variable by replacing {?var?} with it's content
+ *
+ * @param $rawCode Raw code to compile
+ * @param $setMatchAsCode Sets $match if readVariable() returns empty result (default: FALSE)
+ * @return $rawCode Compile code with inserted variable value
+ */
+ function compileRawCode ($rawCode, $setMatchAsCode = FALSE);
+
+ /**
+ * Renames a variable in code and in stack
+ *
+ * @param $oldName Old name of variable
+ * @param $newName New name of variable
+ * @return void
+ */
+ function renameVariable ($oldName, $newName);
+
+ /**
+ * Renders the given XML content
+ *
+ * @param $content Valid XML content or if not set the current loaded raw content
+ * @return void
+ * @throws XmlParserException If an XML error was found
+ */
+ function renderXmlContent ($content = NULL);
+
+ /**
+ * Enables or disables language support
+ *
+ * @param $languageSupport New language support setting
+ * @return void
+ */
+ function enableLanguageSupport ($languageSupport = TRUE);
+
+ /**
+ * Checks whether language support is enabled
+ *
+ * @return $languageSupport Whether language support is enabled or disabled
+ */
+ function isLanguageSupportEnabled ();
+
+ /**
+ * Enables or disables XML compacting
+ *
+ * @param $xmlCompacting New XML compacting setting
+ * @return void
+ */
+ function enableXmlCompacting ($xmlCompacting = TRUE);
+
+ /**
+ * Checks whether XML compacting is enabled
+ *
+ * @return $xmlCompacting Whether XML compacting is enabled or disabled
+ */
+ function isXmlCompactingEnabled ();
+
+ /**
+ * Removes all comments, tabs and new-line charcters to compact the content
*
+ * @param $uncompactedContent The uncompacted content
+ * @return $compactedContent The compacted content
+ */
+ function compactContent ($uncompactedContent);
+
+ /**
+ * Getter for given variable group
+ *
+ * @param $variableGroup Variable group to check
+ * @return $varStack Found variable group
+ */
+ function getVarStack ($variableGroup);
+
+ /**
+ * Settter for variable group
+ *
+ * @param $groupName Name of variable group
+ * @param $add Whether add this group
* @return void
*/
- function output ();
-} // END - class
+ function setVariableGroup ($groupName, $add = TRUE);
+
+ /**
+ * Getter for template type
+ *
+ * @return $templateType The current template's type
+ */
+ function getTemplateType ();
+
+ /**
+ * Getter for base path
+ *
+ * @return $templateBasePath The relative base path for all templates
+ */
+ function getTemplateBasePath ();
+
+ /**
+ * Getter for generic base path
+ *
+ * @return $templateBasePath The relative base path for all templates
+ */
+ function getGenericBasePath ();
+
+ /**
+ * Getter for template extension
+ *
+ * @return $templateExtension The file extension for all uncompiled
+ * templates
+ */
+ function getRawTemplateExtension ();
+
+ /**
+ * Getter for code-template extension
+ *
+ * @return $codeExtension The file extension for all code-
+ * templates
+ */
+ function getCodeTemplateExtension ();
+
+ /**
+ * Getter for raw template data
+ *
+ * @return $rawTemplateData The raw data from the template
+ */
+ function getRawTemplateData ();
+
+ /**
+ * Assigns a lot variables into the stack of currently loaded template.
+ * This method should only be used in very rare circumstances, e.g. when
+ * you have to copy a whole set of variables into the template engine.
+ * Before you use this method, please make sure you have considered all
+ * other possiblities.
+ *
+ * @param $variables An array with variables to be assigned
+ * @return void
+ */
+ function assignMultipleVariables (array $variables);
+
+ /**
+ * Getter for variable group array
+ *
+ * @return $variableGroups All variable groups
+ */
+ function getVariableGroups ();
+}
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