Template (Share) in Go
This example demonstrates how to use one group of driver templates with distinct sets of helper templates.
package main
import (
"log"
"os"
"path/filepath"
"text/template"
)
func main() {
// Here we create a temporary directory and populate it with our sample
// template definition files; usually the template files would already
// exist in some location known to the program.
dir := createTestDir([]templateFile{
// T0.tmpl is a plain template file that just invokes T1.
{"T0.tmpl", "T0 ({{.}} version) invokes T1: ({{template `T1`}})\n"},
// T1.tmpl defines a template, T1 that invokes T2. Note T2 is not defined
{"T1.tmpl", `{{define "T1"}}T1 invokes T2: ({{template "T2"}}){{end}}`},
})
// Clean up after the test; another quirk of running as an example.
defer os.RemoveAll(dir)
// pattern is the glob pattern used to find all the template files.
pattern := filepath.Join(dir, "*.tmpl")
// Here starts the example proper.
// Load the drivers.
drivers := template.Must(template.ParseGlob(pattern))
// We must define an implementation of the T2 template. First we clone
// the drivers, then add a definition of T2 to the template name space.
// 1. Clone the helper set to create a new name space from which to run them.
first, err := drivers.Clone()
if err != nil {
log.Fatal("cloning helpers: ", err)
}
// 2. Define T2, version A, and parse it.
_, err = first.Parse("{{define `T2`}}T2, version A{{end}}")
if err != nil {
log.Fatal("parsing T2: ", err)
}
// Now repeat the whole thing, using a different version of T2.
// 1. Clone the drivers.
second, err := drivers.Clone()
if err != nil {
log.Fatal("cloning drivers: ", err)
}
// 2. Define T2, version B, and parse it.
_, err = second.Parse("{{define `T2`}}T2, version B{{end}}")
if err != nil {
log.Fatal("parsing T2: ", err)
}
// Execute the templates in the reverse order to verify the
// first is unaffected by the second.
err = second.ExecuteTemplate(os.Stdout, "T0.tmpl", "second")
if err != nil {
log.Fatalf("second execution: %s", err)
}
err = first.ExecuteTemplate(os.Stdout, "T0.tmpl", "first")
if err != nil {
log.Fatalf("first: execution: %s", err)
}
}