Template (Helpers) in Go

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This example demonstrates one way to share some templates and use them in different contexts. In this variant we add multiple driver templates by hand to an existing bundle of templates.

Language Go

Dependencies

import "log"

import "os"

import "path/filepath"

import "text/template"

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main.go

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{
		// T1.tmpl defines a template, T1 that invokes T2.
		{"T1.tmpl", `{{define "T1"}}T1 invokes T2: ({{template "T2"}}){{end}}`},
		// T2.tmpl defines a template T2.
		{"T2.tmpl", `{{define "T2"}}This is 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 helpers.
	templates := template.Must(template.ParseGlob(pattern))
	// Add one driver template to the bunch; we do this with an explicit template definition.
	_, err := templates.Parse("{{define `driver1`}}Driver 1 calls T1: ({{template `T1`}})\n{{end}}")
	if err != nil {
		log.Fatal("parsing driver1: ", err)
	}
	// Add another driver template.
	_, err = templates.Parse("{{define `driver2`}}Driver 2 calls T2: ({{template `T2`}})\n{{end}}")
	if err != nil {
		log.Fatal("parsing driver2: ", err)
	}
	// We load all the templates before execution. This package does not require
	// that behavior but html/template's escaping does, so it's a good habit.
	err = templates.ExecuteTemplate(os.Stdout, "driver1", nil)
	if err != nil {
		log.Fatalf("driver1 execution: %s", err)
	}
	err = templates.ExecuteTemplate(os.Stdout, "driver2", nil)
	if err != nil {
		log.Fatalf("driver2 execution: %s", err)
	}
}

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