Method: HtmlTemplate#initialize

Defined in:
lib/html/template.rb

#initialize(text = nil, filename: nil, strict: config.strict?, loop_vars: config.loop_vars?) ⇒ HtmlTemplate

Returns a new instance of HtmlTemplate.



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# File 'lib/html/template.rb', line 139

def initialize( text=nil, filename: nil, strict: config.strict?, loop_vars: config.loop_vars? )
  if text.nil?   ## try to read file (by filename)

    text = File.open( filename, 'r:utf-8' ) { |f| f.read }
  end

  ## options

  @strict    = strict
  @loop_vars = loop_vars

  ## todo/fix: add filename to ERB too (for better error reporting)

  @text, @errors, @names = convert( text )    ## note: keep a copy of the converted template text


  if @errors.size > 0
    puts "!! ERROR - #{@errors.size} conversion / syntax error(s):"
    pp @errors

    raise     if strict? ## todo - find a good Error - StandardError - why? why not?

  end

  @template      = ERB.new( @text, nil, '%<>' )
end