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--                                                                            --&lt;br /&gt;
--                              CATEGORY HANDLER                              --&lt;br /&gt;
--                                                                            --&lt;br /&gt;
--      This module implements the {{category handler}} template in Lua,      --&lt;br /&gt;
--      with a few improvements: all namespaces and all namespace aliases     --&lt;br /&gt;
--      are supported, and namespace names are detected automatically for     --&lt;br /&gt;
--      the local wiki. This module requires [[Module:Namespace detect]]      --&lt;br /&gt;
--      and [[Module:Yesno]] to be available on the local wiki. It can be     --&lt;br /&gt;
--      configured for different wikis by altering the values in              --&lt;br /&gt;
--      [[Module:Category handler/config]], and pages can be blacklisted      --&lt;br /&gt;
--      from categorisation by using [[Module:Category handler/blacklist]].   --&lt;br /&gt;
--                                                                            --&lt;br /&gt;
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
-- Load required modules&lt;br /&gt;
local yesno = require(&amp;#039;Module:Yesno&amp;#039;)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
-- Lazily load things we don&amp;#039;t always need&lt;br /&gt;
local mShared, mappings&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
local p = {}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------&lt;br /&gt;
-- Helper functions&lt;br /&gt;
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
local function trimWhitespace(s, removeBlanks)&lt;br /&gt;
	if type(s) ~= &amp;#039;string&amp;#039; then&lt;br /&gt;
		return s&lt;br /&gt;
	end&lt;br /&gt;
	s = s:match(&amp;#039;^%s*(.-)%s*$&amp;#039;)&lt;br /&gt;
	if removeBlanks then&lt;br /&gt;
		if s ~= &amp;#039;&amp;#039; then&lt;br /&gt;
			return s&lt;br /&gt;
		else&lt;br /&gt;
			return nil&lt;br /&gt;
		end&lt;br /&gt;
	else&lt;br /&gt;
		return s&lt;br /&gt;
	end&lt;br /&gt;
end&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------&lt;br /&gt;
-- CategoryHandler class&lt;br /&gt;
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
local CategoryHandler = {}&lt;br /&gt;
CategoryHandler.__index = CategoryHandler&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
function CategoryHandler.new(data, args)&lt;br /&gt;
	local obj = setmetatable({ _data = data, _args = args }, CategoryHandler)&lt;br /&gt;
	&lt;br /&gt;
	-- Set the title object&lt;br /&gt;
	do&lt;br /&gt;
		local pagename = obj:parameter(&amp;#039;demopage&amp;#039;)&lt;br /&gt;
		local success, titleObj&lt;br /&gt;
		if pagename then&lt;br /&gt;
			success, titleObj = pcall(mw.title.new, pagename)&lt;br /&gt;
		end&lt;br /&gt;
		if success and titleObj then&lt;br /&gt;
			obj.title = titleObj&lt;br /&gt;
			if titleObj == mw.title.getCurrentTitle() then&lt;br /&gt;
				obj._usesCurrentTitle = true&lt;br /&gt;
			end&lt;br /&gt;
		else&lt;br /&gt;
			obj.title = mw.title.getCurrentTitle()&lt;br /&gt;
			obj._usesCurrentTitle = true&lt;br /&gt;
		end&lt;br /&gt;
	end&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
	-- Set suppression parameter values&lt;br /&gt;
	for _, key in ipairs{&amp;#039;nocat&amp;#039;, &amp;#039;categories&amp;#039;} do&lt;br /&gt;
		local value = obj:parameter(key)&lt;br /&gt;
		value = trimWhitespace(value, true)&lt;br /&gt;
		obj[&amp;#039;_&amp;#039; .. key] = yesno(value)&lt;br /&gt;
	end&lt;br /&gt;
	do&lt;br /&gt;
		local subpage = obj:parameter(&amp;#039;subpage&amp;#039;)&lt;br /&gt;
		local category2 = obj:parameter(&amp;#039;category2&amp;#039;)&lt;br /&gt;
		if type(subpage) == &amp;#039;string&amp;#039; then&lt;br /&gt;
			subpage = mw.ustring.lower(subpage)&lt;br /&gt;
		end&lt;br /&gt;
		if type(category2) == &amp;#039;string&amp;#039; then&lt;br /&gt;
			subpage = mw.ustring.lower(category2)&lt;br /&gt;
		end&lt;br /&gt;
		obj._subpage = trimWhitespace(subpage, true)&lt;br /&gt;
		obj._category2 = trimWhitespace(category2) -- don&amp;#039;t remove blank values&lt;br /&gt;
	end&lt;br /&gt;
	return obj&lt;br /&gt;
end&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
function CategoryHandler:parameter(key)&lt;br /&gt;
	local parameterNames = self._data.parameters[key]&lt;br /&gt;
	local pntype = type(parameterNames)&lt;br /&gt;
	if pntype == &amp;#039;string&amp;#039; or pntype == &amp;#039;number&amp;#039; then&lt;br /&gt;
		return self._args[parameterNames]&lt;br /&gt;
	elseif pntype == &amp;#039;table&amp;#039; then&lt;br /&gt;
		for _, name in ipairs(parameterNames) do&lt;br /&gt;
			local value = self._args[name]&lt;br /&gt;
			if value ~= nil then&lt;br /&gt;
				return value&lt;br /&gt;
			end&lt;br /&gt;
		end&lt;br /&gt;
		return nil&lt;br /&gt;
	else&lt;br /&gt;
		error(string.format(&lt;br /&gt;
			&amp;#039;invalid config key &amp;quot;%s&amp;quot;&amp;#039;,&lt;br /&gt;
			tostring(key)&lt;br /&gt;
		), 2)&lt;br /&gt;
	end&lt;br /&gt;
end&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
function CategoryHandler:isSuppressedByArguments()&lt;br /&gt;
	return&lt;br /&gt;
		-- See if a category suppression argument has been set.&lt;br /&gt;
		self._nocat == true&lt;br /&gt;
		or self._categories == false&lt;br /&gt;
		or (&lt;br /&gt;
			self._category2&lt;br /&gt;
			and self._category2 ~= self._data.category2Yes&lt;br /&gt;
			and self._category2 ~= self._data.category2Negative&lt;br /&gt;
		)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
		-- Check whether we are on a subpage, and see if categories are&lt;br /&gt;
		-- suppressed based on our subpage status.&lt;br /&gt;
		or self._subpage == self._data.subpageNo and self.title.isSubpage&lt;br /&gt;
		or self._subpage == self._data.subpageOnly and not self.title.isSubpage&lt;br /&gt;
end&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
function CategoryHandler:shouldSkipBlacklistCheck()&lt;br /&gt;
	-- Check whether the category suppression arguments indicate we&lt;br /&gt;
	-- should skip the blacklist check.&lt;br /&gt;
	return self._nocat == false&lt;br /&gt;
		or self._categories == true&lt;br /&gt;
		or self._category2 == self._data.category2Yes&lt;br /&gt;
end&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
function CategoryHandler:matchesBlacklist()&lt;br /&gt;
	if self._usesCurrentTitle then&lt;br /&gt;
		return self._data.currentTitleMatchesBlacklist&lt;br /&gt;
	else&lt;br /&gt;
		mShared = mShared or require(&amp;#039;Module:Category handler/shared&amp;#039;)&lt;br /&gt;
		return mShared.matchesBlacklist(&lt;br /&gt;
			self.title.prefixedText,&lt;br /&gt;
			mw.loadData(&amp;#039;Module:Category handler/blacklist&amp;#039;)&lt;br /&gt;
		)&lt;br /&gt;
	end&lt;br /&gt;
end&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
function CategoryHandler:isSuppressed()&lt;br /&gt;
	-- Find if categories are suppressed by either the arguments or by&lt;br /&gt;
	-- matching the blacklist.&lt;br /&gt;
	return self:isSuppressedByArguments()&lt;br /&gt;
		or not self:shouldSkipBlacklistCheck() and self:matchesBlacklist()&lt;br /&gt;
end&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
function CategoryHandler:getNamespaceParameters()&lt;br /&gt;
	if self._usesCurrentTitle then&lt;br /&gt;
		return self._data.currentTitleNamespaceParameters&lt;br /&gt;
	else&lt;br /&gt;
		if not mappings then&lt;br /&gt;
			mShared = mShared or require(&amp;#039;Module:Category handler/shared&amp;#039;)&lt;br /&gt;
			mappings = mShared.getParamMappings(true) -- gets mappings with mw.loadData&lt;br /&gt;
		end&lt;br /&gt;
		return mShared.getNamespaceParameters(&lt;br /&gt;
			self.title,&lt;br /&gt;
			mappings&lt;br /&gt;
		)&lt;br /&gt;
	end&lt;br /&gt;
end&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
function CategoryHandler:namespaceParametersExist()&lt;br /&gt;
	-- Find whether any namespace parameters have been specified.&lt;br /&gt;
	-- We use the order &amp;quot;all&amp;quot; --&amp;gt; namespace params --&amp;gt; &amp;quot;other&amp;quot; as this is what&lt;br /&gt;
	-- the old template did.&lt;br /&gt;
	if self:parameter(&amp;#039;all&amp;#039;) then&lt;br /&gt;
		return true&lt;br /&gt;
	end&lt;br /&gt;
	if not mappings then&lt;br /&gt;
		mShared = mShared or require(&amp;#039;Module:Category handler/shared&amp;#039;)&lt;br /&gt;
		mappings = mShared.getParamMappings(true) -- gets mappings with mw.loadData&lt;br /&gt;
	end&lt;br /&gt;
	for ns, params in pairs(mappings) do&lt;br /&gt;
		for i, param in ipairs(params) do&lt;br /&gt;
			if self._args[param] then&lt;br /&gt;
				return true&lt;br /&gt;
			end&lt;br /&gt;
		end&lt;br /&gt;
	end&lt;br /&gt;
	if self:parameter(&amp;#039;other&amp;#039;) then&lt;br /&gt;
		return true&lt;br /&gt;
	end&lt;br /&gt;
	return false&lt;br /&gt;
end&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
function CategoryHandler:getCategories()&lt;br /&gt;
	local params = self:getNamespaceParameters()&lt;br /&gt;
	local nsCategory&lt;br /&gt;
	for i, param in ipairs(params) do&lt;br /&gt;
		local value = self._args[param]&lt;br /&gt;
		if value ~= nil then&lt;br /&gt;
			nsCategory = value&lt;br /&gt;
			break&lt;br /&gt;
		end&lt;br /&gt;
	end&lt;br /&gt;
	if nsCategory ~= nil or self:namespaceParametersExist() then&lt;br /&gt;
		-- Namespace parameters exist - advanced usage.&lt;br /&gt;
		if nsCategory == nil then&lt;br /&gt;
			nsCategory = self:parameter(&amp;#039;other&amp;#039;)&lt;br /&gt;
		end&lt;br /&gt;
		local ret = {self:parameter(&amp;#039;all&amp;#039;)}&lt;br /&gt;
		local numParam = tonumber(nsCategory)&lt;br /&gt;
		if numParam and numParam &amp;gt;= 1 and math.floor(numParam) == numParam then&lt;br /&gt;
			-- nsCategory is an integer&lt;br /&gt;
			ret[#ret + 1] = self._args[numParam]&lt;br /&gt;
		else&lt;br /&gt;
			ret[#ret + 1] = nsCategory&lt;br /&gt;
		end&lt;br /&gt;
		if #ret &amp;lt; 1 then&lt;br /&gt;
			return nil&lt;br /&gt;
		else&lt;br /&gt;
			return table.concat(ret)&lt;br /&gt;
		end&lt;br /&gt;
	elseif self._data.defaultNamespaces[self.title.namespace] then&lt;br /&gt;
		-- Namespace parameters don&amp;#039;t exist, simple usage.&lt;br /&gt;
		return self._args[1]&lt;br /&gt;
	end&lt;br /&gt;
	return nil&lt;br /&gt;
end&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------&lt;br /&gt;
-- Exports&lt;br /&gt;
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
local p = {}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
function p._exportClasses()&lt;br /&gt;
	-- Used for testing purposes.&lt;br /&gt;
	return {&lt;br /&gt;
		CategoryHandler = CategoryHandler&lt;br /&gt;
	}&lt;br /&gt;
end&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
function p._main(args, data)&lt;br /&gt;
	data = data or mw.loadData(&amp;#039;Module:Category handler/data&amp;#039;)&lt;br /&gt;
	local handler = CategoryHandler.new(data, args)&lt;br /&gt;
	if handler:isSuppressed() then&lt;br /&gt;
		return nil&lt;br /&gt;
	end&lt;br /&gt;
	return handler:getCategories()&lt;br /&gt;
end&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
function p.main(frame, data)&lt;br /&gt;
	data = data or mw.loadData(&amp;#039;Module:Category handler/data&amp;#039;)&lt;br /&gt;
	local args = require(&amp;#039;Module:Arguments&amp;#039;).getArgs(frame, {&lt;br /&gt;
		wrappers = data.wrappers,&lt;br /&gt;
		valueFunc = function (k, v)&lt;br /&gt;
			v = trimWhitespace(v)&lt;br /&gt;
			if type(k) == &amp;#039;number&amp;#039; then&lt;br /&gt;
				if v ~= &amp;#039;&amp;#039; then&lt;br /&gt;
					return v&lt;br /&gt;
				else&lt;br /&gt;
					return nil&lt;br /&gt;
				end&lt;br /&gt;
			else&lt;br /&gt;
				return v&lt;br /&gt;
			end&lt;br /&gt;
		end&lt;br /&gt;
	})&lt;br /&gt;
	return p._main(args, data)&lt;br /&gt;
end&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
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		<author><name>&gt;MusikAnimal</name></author>
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