This module displays an icon depending on the code it is given. It implements Template:Icon.
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Usage
From wikitext
From wikitext this module should be used via Template:Icon. Please see the template page for documentation.
From Lua
To use this module from another Lua module, first load it:
local mIcon = require('Module:Icon')
Then you can make icons with the _main function.
mIcon._main(args)
The args variable is a table of arguments. This corresponds to the parameters accepted by Template:Icon - please see the template page for parameter documentation.
Data
The icon data is stored at Module:Icon/data. See the instructions there for how to add and remove icons.
-- This module implements [[Template:Icon]].
require("Module:No globals")
local DATA_MODULE = 'Module:Icon/data'
local p = {}
function p._main(args, data)
data = data or mw.loadData(DATA_MODULE)
local code = args.class or args[1]
local iconData
if code then
code = code:match('^%s*(.-)%s*$'):lower() -- trim whitespace and put in lower case
iconData = data[code]
end
if not iconData then
iconData = data._DEFAULT
end
return string.format(
'[[File:%s%s%s|%s|class=noviewer]]',
iconData.image,
iconData.tooltip and '|' .. iconData.tooltip or '',
iconData.link == false and '|link=' or '',
args.size or '16x16px'
)
end
function p.main(frame)
local args = {}
for k, v in pairs(frame:getParent().args) do
args[k] = v
end
return p._main(args)
end
return p