express/lib/view.js
Tj Holowaychuk 90fc80fd87 docs
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JavaScript

/*!
* Express - View
* Copyright(c) 2010 TJ Holowaychuk <tj@vision-media.ca>
* MIT Licensed
*/
/**
* Module dependencies.
*/
var path = require('path')
, fs = require('fs')
, dirname = path.dirname
, basename = path.basename
, extname = path.extname
, exists = path.existsSync
, join = path.join;
/**
* Expose `View`.
*/
module.exports = View;
/**
* Initialize a new `View` with the given `name`.
*
* Options:
*
* - `defaultEngine` the default template engine name
* - `engines` template engine require() cache
* - `root` root path for view lookup
*
* @param {String} name
* @param {Object} options
* @api private
*/
function View(name, options) {
options = options || {};
this.name = name;
this.root = options.root;
var engines = options.engines;
this.defaultEngine = options.defaultEngine;
this.ext = extname(name);
if (!this.ext) name += '.' + (this.ext = this.defaultEngine);
this.engine = engines[this.ext] || (engines[this.ext] = require(this.ext));
this.path = this.lookup(name);
this.string = fs.readFileSync(this.path, 'utf8');
}
/**
* Lookup view by the given `path`
*
* @param {String} path
* @return {String}
* @api private
*/
View.prototype.lookup = function(path){
// <path>.<engine>
path = join(this.root, path);
if (exists(path)) return path;
// <path>/index.<engine>
path = join(dirname(path), basename(path, '.' + this.ext), 'index.' + this.ext);
if (exists(path)) return path;
};
/**
* Render with the given `options` and callback `fn(err, str)`.
*
* @param {Object} options
* @param {Function} fn
* @api private
*/
View.prototype.render = function(options, fn){
options.filename = this.path;
this.engine.render(this.string, options, fn);
};