Module:BannerFromCommand

Documentation for this module may be created at Module:BannerFromCommand/doc

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-- A module to parse minecraft give commands for banners
local p = {}

-- The main function called on #invoke via the template
function p.Parse(frame)
    
	local args = {}
	    
	-- get the arguments
	if frame == mw.getCurrentFrame() then
		args = frame:getParent().args
	else
		args = frame.args
	end
	--args = frame.args
	
	--get alignment to pass on to banner template
	local alignment = tostring(args.align)
	if alignment == nil or alignment == "nil" then
		alignment = "bottom"
	end
	
	--get scaling to pass on to banner template
	local scaling = tonumber(args.scale)
	if scaling == nil or scaling == NaN then
		scaling = 1
	end
	
	--get command - this is the mc give command
	local command = tostring(args.command)
	if command == nil or command == "nil" then
		return "Error! No command given!"
	end
    
    --get background color and beggining of nbt
    local bannerstart, bannerstop, bannercolor = string.find(command, "%s*(%S*)_banner%s*%[")
    
    --get nbt data part of the string
    local nbt = string.sub(command, bannerstop)
    
    --get an iterator over each pattern
    local iterator = string.gmatch(nbt, "{([^}]*)}")
    
    --this stores the arguments for the banner template
    local opts = {align = alignment, scale = scaling}
    
    --iterate over up to 16 patterns or until reaching the end of the nbt data string
    for i = 1, 16 do
    
    	local part = iterator()
    	if part == nil then
    		break
    	end
    	
    	--get the pattern name and use the BannerPatternTranslate template to translate the nbt name to the gui name used by Banner
    	local patternstart, patternstop, pattern = string.find(part, "pattern:%s*([^%s,}]*)")
    	local guipattern = frame:expandTemplate{title="BannerPatternTranslate", args={"fromNBT", pattern}}
    	
    	--get the color for the pattern
    	local colorstart, colorstop, color = string.find(part, "color:%s*([^%s,}]*)")
    	
    	--add the arguments
    	opts["pattern" .. i] = guipattern
    	opts["patternColor" .. i] = color
    	
    end
    
    --finally expand the template with all the arguments collected and return the result
    res = frame:expandTemplate{title="Banner", args=opts}
    
	return res
    
end

return p