Template¶

class guerilla.Template¶

Bases: object

The base class for templates returned by Node:gettemplate

insert(subtemplate, where, find)¶

Insert a sub template into the given template

This function goes in the template hierarchy and insert the subtemplate at the requested position. For instance,

template:insert (subtemplate, “after”, “Stereoscopy|LASTTAB”) will insert subtemplate in the Stereoscopy group, after the last tab. Recognized tokens are ‘^’ for the first item of a group, ‘$’ for the last item of a group, FIRSTTAB for the first tab of a group and LASTTAB for the last tab of a group.

param subtemplate:
	The subtemplate to insert
type subtemplate:
	table
param where:	Either “before” or “after”
type where:	str
param find:	A ‘|’ separated path inside the template
type find:	str

static registerfilter(classname, filter)¶

Register a template filter for a specific class

This function lets you register a template filter for a base property template. The filter template is called when the properties

of an object are queried, so a plugin can modify the default template

param classname:
	The name of the class to associate a filter to
type classname:	str
param filter:	The function called to fill the template. The function prototype is: table function (Node, template)
type filter:	function

strip(find)¶

Strip a template of a part of its properties

This function removes parts of a template tree. For instance,

template:strip (“Volumetric|.*Steps”) will strip any property in the Volumetric tab that matches ‘Steps’ Recognized tokens are ‘^’ for the first item of a group, ‘$’ for the last item of a group, FIRSTTAB for the first tab of a group and LASTTAB for the last tab of a group. Lua patterns are supported to match any part of a property or group name.

param find:	A ‘|’ separated path inside the template
type find:	str