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&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;New page&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div&gt;-- This module provides easy processing of arguments passed to Scribunto from&lt;br /&gt;
-- #invoke. It is intended for use by other Lua modules, and should not be&lt;br /&gt;
-- called from #invoke directly.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
local libraryUtil = require(&amp;#039;libraryUtil&amp;#039;)&lt;br /&gt;
local checkType = libraryUtil.checkType&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
local arguments = {}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
-- Generate four different tidyVal functions, so that we don&amp;#039;t have to check the&lt;br /&gt;
-- options every time we call it.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
local function tidyValDefault(key, val)&lt;br /&gt;
	if type(val) == &amp;#039;string&amp;#039; then&lt;br /&gt;
		val = val:match(&amp;#039;^%s*(.-)%s*$&amp;#039;)&lt;br /&gt;
		if val == &amp;#039;&amp;#039; then&lt;br /&gt;
			return nil&lt;br /&gt;
		else&lt;br /&gt;
			return val&lt;br /&gt;
		end&lt;br /&gt;
	else&lt;br /&gt;
		return val&lt;br /&gt;
	end&lt;br /&gt;
end&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
local function tidyValTrimOnly(key, val)&lt;br /&gt;
	if type(val) == &amp;#039;string&amp;#039; then&lt;br /&gt;
		return val:match(&amp;#039;^%s*(.-)%s*$&amp;#039;)&lt;br /&gt;
	else&lt;br /&gt;
		return val&lt;br /&gt;
	end&lt;br /&gt;
end&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
local function tidyValRemoveBlanksOnly(key, val)&lt;br /&gt;
	if type(val) == &amp;#039;string&amp;#039; then&lt;br /&gt;
		if val:find(&amp;#039;%S&amp;#039;) then&lt;br /&gt;
			return val&lt;br /&gt;
		else&lt;br /&gt;
			return nil&lt;br /&gt;
		end&lt;br /&gt;
	else&lt;br /&gt;
		return val&lt;br /&gt;
	end&lt;br /&gt;
end&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
local function tidyValNoChange(key, val)&lt;br /&gt;
	return val&lt;br /&gt;
end&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
local function matchesTitle(given, title)&lt;br /&gt;
	local tp = type( given )&lt;br /&gt;
	return (tp == &amp;#039;string&amp;#039; or tp == &amp;#039;number&amp;#039;) and mw.title.new( given ).prefixedText == title&lt;br /&gt;
end&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
local translate_mt = { __index = function(t, k) return k end }&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
function arguments.getArgs(frame, options)&lt;br /&gt;
	checkType(&amp;#039;getArgs&amp;#039;, 1, frame, &amp;#039;table&amp;#039;, true)&lt;br /&gt;
	checkType(&amp;#039;getArgs&amp;#039;, 2, options, &amp;#039;table&amp;#039;, true)&lt;br /&gt;
	frame = frame or {}&lt;br /&gt;
	options = options or {}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
	--[[&lt;br /&gt;
	-- Set up argument translation.&lt;br /&gt;
	--]]&lt;br /&gt;
	options.translate = options.translate or {}&lt;br /&gt;
	if getmetatable(options.translate) == nil then&lt;br /&gt;
		setmetatable(options.translate, translate_mt)&lt;br /&gt;
	end&lt;br /&gt;
	if options.backtranslate == nil then&lt;br /&gt;
		options.backtranslate = {}&lt;br /&gt;
		for k,v in pairs(options.translate) do&lt;br /&gt;
			options.backtranslate[v] = k&lt;br /&gt;
		end&lt;br /&gt;
	end&lt;br /&gt;
	if options.backtranslate and getmetatable(options.backtranslate) == nil then&lt;br /&gt;
		setmetatable(options.backtranslate, {&lt;br /&gt;
			__index = function(t, k)&lt;br /&gt;
				if options.translate[k] ~= k then&lt;br /&gt;
					return nil&lt;br /&gt;
				else&lt;br /&gt;
					return k&lt;br /&gt;
				end&lt;br /&gt;
			end&lt;br /&gt;
		})&lt;br /&gt;
	end&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
	--[[&lt;br /&gt;
	-- Get the argument tables. If we were passed a valid frame object, get the&lt;br /&gt;
	-- frame arguments (fargs) and the parent frame arguments (pargs), depending&lt;br /&gt;
	-- on the options set and on the parent frame&amp;#039;s availability. If we weren&amp;#039;t&lt;br /&gt;
	-- passed a valid frame object, we are being called from another Lua module&lt;br /&gt;
	-- or from the debug console, so assume that we were passed a table of args&lt;br /&gt;
	-- directly, and assign it to a new variable (luaArgs).&lt;br /&gt;
	--]]&lt;br /&gt;
	local fargs, pargs, luaArgs&lt;br /&gt;
	if type(frame.args) == &amp;#039;table&amp;#039; and type(frame.getParent) == &amp;#039;function&amp;#039; then&lt;br /&gt;
		if options.wrappers then&lt;br /&gt;
			--[[&lt;br /&gt;
			-- The wrappers option makes Module:Arguments look up arguments in&lt;br /&gt;
			-- either the frame argument table or the parent argument table, but&lt;br /&gt;
			-- not both. This means that users can use either the #invoke syntax&lt;br /&gt;
			-- or a wrapper template without the loss of performance associated&lt;br /&gt;
			-- with looking arguments up in both the frame and the parent frame.&lt;br /&gt;
			-- Module:Arguments will look up arguments in the parent frame&lt;br /&gt;
			-- if it finds the parent frame&amp;#039;s title in options.wrapper;&lt;br /&gt;
			-- otherwise it will look up arguments in the frame object passed&lt;br /&gt;
			-- to getArgs.&lt;br /&gt;
			--]]&lt;br /&gt;
			local parent = frame:getParent()&lt;br /&gt;
			if not parent then&lt;br /&gt;
				fargs = frame.args&lt;br /&gt;
			else&lt;br /&gt;
				local title = parent:getTitle():gsub(&amp;#039;/sandbox$&amp;#039;, &amp;#039;&amp;#039;)&lt;br /&gt;
				local found = false&lt;br /&gt;
				if matchesTitle(options.wrappers, title) then&lt;br /&gt;
					found = true&lt;br /&gt;
				elseif type(options.wrappers) == &amp;#039;table&amp;#039; then&lt;br /&gt;
					for _,v in pairs(options.wrappers) do&lt;br /&gt;
						if matchesTitle(v, title) then&lt;br /&gt;
							found = true&lt;br /&gt;
							break&lt;br /&gt;
						end&lt;br /&gt;
					end&lt;br /&gt;
				end&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
				-- We test for false specifically here so that nil (the default) acts like true.&lt;br /&gt;
				if found or options.frameOnly == false then&lt;br /&gt;
					pargs = parent.args&lt;br /&gt;
				end&lt;br /&gt;
				if not found or options.parentOnly == false then&lt;br /&gt;
					fargs = frame.args&lt;br /&gt;
				end&lt;br /&gt;
			end&lt;br /&gt;
		else&lt;br /&gt;
			-- options.wrapper isn&amp;#039;t set, so check the other options.&lt;br /&gt;
			if not options.parentOnly then&lt;br /&gt;
				fargs = frame.args&lt;br /&gt;
			end&lt;br /&gt;
			if not options.frameOnly then&lt;br /&gt;
				local parent = frame:getParent()&lt;br /&gt;
				pargs = parent and parent.args or nil&lt;br /&gt;
			end&lt;br /&gt;
		end&lt;br /&gt;
		if options.parentFirst then&lt;br /&gt;
			fargs, pargs = pargs, fargs&lt;br /&gt;
		end&lt;br /&gt;
	else&lt;br /&gt;
		luaArgs = frame&lt;br /&gt;
	end&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
	-- Set the order of precedence of the argument tables. If the variables are&lt;br /&gt;
	-- nil, nothing will be added to the table, which is how we avoid clashes&lt;br /&gt;
	-- between the frame/parent args and the Lua args.&lt;br /&gt;
	local argTables = {fargs}&lt;br /&gt;
	argTables[#argTables + 1] = pargs&lt;br /&gt;
	argTables[#argTables + 1] = luaArgs&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
	--[[&lt;br /&gt;
	-- Generate the tidyVal function. If it has been specified by the user, we&lt;br /&gt;
	-- use that; if not, we choose one of four functions depending on the&lt;br /&gt;
	-- options chosen. This is so that we don&amp;#039;t have to call the options table&lt;br /&gt;
	-- every time the function is called.&lt;br /&gt;
	--]]&lt;br /&gt;
	local tidyVal = options.valueFunc&lt;br /&gt;
	if tidyVal then&lt;br /&gt;
		if type(tidyVal) ~= &amp;#039;function&amp;#039; then&lt;br /&gt;
			error(&lt;br /&gt;
				&amp;quot;bad value assigned to option &amp;#039;valueFunc&amp;#039;&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
					.. &amp;#039;(function expected, got &amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
					.. type(tidyVal)&lt;br /&gt;
					.. &amp;#039;)&amp;#039;,&lt;br /&gt;
				2&lt;br /&gt;
			)&lt;br /&gt;
		end&lt;br /&gt;
	elseif options.trim ~= false then&lt;br /&gt;
		if options.removeBlanks ~= false then&lt;br /&gt;
			tidyVal = tidyValDefault&lt;br /&gt;
		else&lt;br /&gt;
			tidyVal = tidyValTrimOnly&lt;br /&gt;
		end&lt;br /&gt;
	else&lt;br /&gt;
		if options.removeBlanks ~= false then&lt;br /&gt;
			tidyVal = tidyValRemoveBlanksOnly&lt;br /&gt;
		else&lt;br /&gt;
			tidyVal = tidyValNoChange&lt;br /&gt;
		end&lt;br /&gt;
	end&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
	--[[&lt;br /&gt;
	-- Set up the args, metaArgs and nilArgs tables. args will be the one&lt;br /&gt;
	-- accessed from functions, and metaArgs will hold the actual arguments. Nil&lt;br /&gt;
	-- arguments are memoized in nilArgs, and the metatable connects all of them&lt;br /&gt;
	-- together.&lt;br /&gt;
	--]]&lt;br /&gt;
	local args, metaArgs, nilArgs, metatable = {}, {}, {}, {}&lt;br /&gt;
	setmetatable(args, metatable)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
	local function mergeArgs(tables)&lt;br /&gt;
		--[[&lt;br /&gt;
		-- Accepts multiple tables as input and merges their keys and values&lt;br /&gt;
		-- into one table. If a value is already present it is not overwritten;&lt;br /&gt;
		-- tables listed earlier have precedence. We are also memoizing nil&lt;br /&gt;
		-- values, which can be overwritten if they are &amp;#039;s&amp;#039; (soft).&lt;br /&gt;
		--]]&lt;br /&gt;
		for _, t in ipairs(tables) do&lt;br /&gt;
			for key, val in pairs(t) do&lt;br /&gt;
				if metaArgs[key] == nil and nilArgs[key] ~= &amp;#039;h&amp;#039; then&lt;br /&gt;
					local tidiedVal = tidyVal(key, val)&lt;br /&gt;
					if tidiedVal == nil then&lt;br /&gt;
						nilArgs[key] = &amp;#039;s&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
					else&lt;br /&gt;
						metaArgs[key] = tidiedVal&lt;br /&gt;
					end&lt;br /&gt;
				end&lt;br /&gt;
			end&lt;br /&gt;
		end&lt;br /&gt;
	end&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
	--[[&lt;br /&gt;
	-- Define metatable behaviour. Arguments are memoized in the metaArgs table,&lt;br /&gt;
	-- and are only fetched from the argument tables once. Fetching arguments&lt;br /&gt;
	-- from the argument tables is the most resource-intensive step in this&lt;br /&gt;
	-- module, so we try and avoid it where possible. For this reason, nil&lt;br /&gt;
	-- arguments are also memoized, in the nilArgs table. Also, we keep a record&lt;br /&gt;
	-- in the metatable of when pairs and ipairs have been called, so we do not&lt;br /&gt;
	-- run pairs and ipairs on the argument tables more than once. We also do&lt;br /&gt;
	-- not run ipairs on fargs and pargs if pairs has already been run, as all&lt;br /&gt;
	-- the arguments will already have been copied over.&lt;br /&gt;
	--]]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
	metatable.__index = function (t, key)&lt;br /&gt;
		--[[&lt;br /&gt;
		-- Fetches an argument when the args table is indexed. First we check&lt;br /&gt;
		-- to see if the value is memoized, and if not we try and fetch it from&lt;br /&gt;
		-- the argument tables. When we check memoization, we need to check&lt;br /&gt;
		-- metaArgs before nilArgs, as both can be non-nil at the same time.&lt;br /&gt;
		-- If the argument is not present in metaArgs, we also check whether&lt;br /&gt;
		-- pairs has been run yet. If pairs has already been run, we return nil.&lt;br /&gt;
		-- This is because all the arguments will have already been copied into&lt;br /&gt;
		-- metaArgs by the mergeArgs function, meaning that any other arguments&lt;br /&gt;
		-- must be nil.&lt;br /&gt;
		--]]&lt;br /&gt;
		if type(key) == &amp;#039;string&amp;#039; then&lt;br /&gt;
			key = options.translate[key]&lt;br /&gt;
		end&lt;br /&gt;
		local val = metaArgs[key]&lt;br /&gt;
		if val ~= nil then&lt;br /&gt;
			return val&lt;br /&gt;
		elseif metatable.donePairs or nilArgs[key] then&lt;br /&gt;
			return nil&lt;br /&gt;
		end&lt;br /&gt;
		for _, argTable in ipairs(argTables) do&lt;br /&gt;
			local argTableVal = tidyVal(key, argTable[key])&lt;br /&gt;
			if argTableVal ~= nil then&lt;br /&gt;
				metaArgs[key] = argTableVal&lt;br /&gt;
				return argTableVal&lt;br /&gt;
			end&lt;br /&gt;
		end&lt;br /&gt;
		nilArgs[key] = &amp;#039;h&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
		return nil&lt;br /&gt;
	end&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
	metatable.__newindex = function (t, key, val)&lt;br /&gt;
		-- This function is called when a module tries to add a new value to the&lt;br /&gt;
		-- args table, or tries to change an existing value.&lt;br /&gt;
		if type(key) == &amp;#039;string&amp;#039; then&lt;br /&gt;
			key = options.translate[key]&lt;br /&gt;
		end&lt;br /&gt;
		if options.readOnly then&lt;br /&gt;
			error(&lt;br /&gt;
				&amp;#039;could not write to argument table key &amp;quot;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
					.. tostring(key)&lt;br /&gt;
					.. &amp;#039;&amp;quot;; the table is read-only&amp;#039;,&lt;br /&gt;
				2&lt;br /&gt;
			)&lt;br /&gt;
		elseif options.noOverwrite and args[key] ~= nil then&lt;br /&gt;
			error(&lt;br /&gt;
				&amp;#039;could not write to argument table key &amp;quot;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
					.. tostring(key)&lt;br /&gt;
					.. &amp;#039;&amp;quot;; overwriting existing arguments is not permitted&amp;#039;,&lt;br /&gt;
				2&lt;br /&gt;
			)&lt;br /&gt;
		elseif val == nil then&lt;br /&gt;
			--[[&lt;br /&gt;
			-- If the argument is to be overwritten with nil, we need to erase&lt;br /&gt;
			-- the value in metaArgs, so that __index, __pairs and __ipairs do&lt;br /&gt;
			-- not use a previous existing value, if present; and we also need&lt;br /&gt;
			-- to memoize the nil in nilArgs, so that the value isn&amp;#039;t looked&lt;br /&gt;
			-- up in the argument tables if it is accessed again.&lt;br /&gt;
			--]]&lt;br /&gt;
			metaArgs[key] = nil&lt;br /&gt;
			nilArgs[key] = &amp;#039;h&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
		else&lt;br /&gt;
			metaArgs[key] = val&lt;br /&gt;
		end&lt;br /&gt;
	end&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
	local function translatenext(invariant)&lt;br /&gt;
		local k, v = next(invariant.t, invariant.k)&lt;br /&gt;
		invariant.k = k&lt;br /&gt;
		if k == nil then&lt;br /&gt;
			return nil&lt;br /&gt;
		elseif type(k) ~= &amp;#039;string&amp;#039; or not options.backtranslate then&lt;br /&gt;
			return k, v&lt;br /&gt;
		else&lt;br /&gt;
			local backtranslate = options.backtranslate[k]&lt;br /&gt;
			if backtranslate == nil then&lt;br /&gt;
				-- Skip this one. This is a tail call, so this won&amp;#039;t cause stack overflow&lt;br /&gt;
				return translatenext(invariant)&lt;br /&gt;
			else&lt;br /&gt;
				return backtranslate, v&lt;br /&gt;
			end&lt;br /&gt;
		end&lt;br /&gt;
	end&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
	metatable.__pairs = function ()&lt;br /&gt;
		-- Called when pairs is run on the args table.&lt;br /&gt;
		if not metatable.donePairs then&lt;br /&gt;
			mergeArgs(argTables)&lt;br /&gt;
			metatable.donePairs = true&lt;br /&gt;
		end&lt;br /&gt;
		return translatenext, { t = metaArgs }&lt;br /&gt;
	end&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
	local function inext(t, i)&lt;br /&gt;
		-- This uses our __index metamethod&lt;br /&gt;
		local v = t[i + 1]&lt;br /&gt;
		if v ~= nil then&lt;br /&gt;
			return i + 1, v&lt;br /&gt;
		end&lt;br /&gt;
	end&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
	metatable.__ipairs = function (t)&lt;br /&gt;
		-- Called when ipairs is run on the args table.&lt;br /&gt;
		return inext, t, 0&lt;br /&gt;
	end&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
	return args&lt;br /&gt;
end&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
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