Readme.md - added Section for customization and notes

[biaweb2.git] / biawebsidebar.hpp

diff --git a/biawebsidebar.hpp b/biawebsidebar.hpp
index 6f419fa..226f51a 100644 (file)
--- a/biawebsidebar.hpp
+++ b/biawebsidebar.hpp
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 #include <fstream>
 #include <fmt/format.h>
 #include "biawebutil.hpp"
+#include "biawebtemplate.hpp"
 
 // classes to describe the a list of (link) items and sidebar containers which form part of 
 // main document
@@ -30,8 +31,8 @@ namespace biaweb {
         void set_item_url (std::string url) {
             this->itemurl = escape_html (url);
         }
-        // output to HTML using a template directory specified
-        std::string to_html (std::string templatedir);
+        // output to HTML using a template specified
+        std::string to_html (Template *t);
     
         GenericLinkItem (std::string text = "", std::string url = "") {
             this->itemtext = escape_html (text);
@@ -39,17 +40,13 @@ namespace biaweb {
         }
     };
 
-    std::string GenericLinkItem::to_html (std::string templatedir) {
+    std::string GenericLinkItem::to_html (Template *t) {
         std::string html = "";
         // if url is not empty it is a link item so load the sidebar link template
         if (! this->itemurl.empty ()) {
             if (!this->itemtext.empty ())
             {
-                std::ifstream tpl_linkitem (templatedir + "/genericlinklistitem.tpl.html");
-
-                std::string tpl_linkitem_str ( (std::istreambuf_iterator<char> (tpl_linkitem)),
-                                                (std::istreambuf_iterator<char> ()));
-                tpl_linkitem.close ();
+                std::string tpl_linkitem_str = t->get_genericlinklistitem_tpl ();
                 html = fmt::format (tpl_linkitem_str, 
                                         fmt::arg ("itemurl", this->itemurl),
                                         fmt::arg ("itemtext", this->itemtext));
@@ -58,11 +55,7 @@ namespace biaweb {
         // Non link item. Load the normal sidebar item template.
         else if (! this->itemtext.empty ())
         {
-            std::ifstream tpl_item (templatedir + "/genericlistitem.tpl.html");
-
-            std::string tpl_item_str ( (std::istreambuf_iterator<char> (tpl_item)),
-                                        (std::istreambuf_iterator<char> ()));
-            tpl_item.close ();
+            std::string tpl_item_str = t->get_genericlistitem_tpl ();
             html = fmt::format (tpl_item_str, fmt::arg ("itemtext", this->itemtext) );
         } 
         return html;
@@ -84,20 +77,18 @@ namespace biaweb {
             this->items.insert (this->items.cend(), item);
         }
 
-        // render the sidebar using the template directory specified
-        std::string to_html (std::string templatedir) ;
+        // render the sidebar using the template specified
+        std::string to_html (Template *t) ;
     };
 
     // render the sidebar to HTML representation from the template.
-    std::string SideBar::to_html (std::string templatedir) {
-        std::ifstream sidetpl (templatedir + "/sidebar.tpl.html");
-        std::string sidetpl_str ( ( std::istreambuf_iterator<char> (sidetpl)) , 
-                                       (std::istreambuf_iterator<char> ()));
-        sidetpl.close ();
+    std::string SideBar::to_html (Template *t) {
+        std::string sidetpl_str = t->get_sidebar_tpl ();
+
         std::string listitems;
         // first get the sidebar items and render them to HTML
         for (GenericLinkItem item : this->items) {
-            listitems += item.to_html (templatedir);
+            listitems += item.to_html (t);
         }
         
         std::string html = "";