Module:scripts

Documentation for this module may be created at Module:scripts/doc

local export = {}

local Script = {}


function Script:getCode()
	return self._code
end


function Script:getCanonicalName()
	return self._rawData.canonicalName
end


function Script:getOtherNames()
	return self._rawData.otherNames or {}
end


--function Script:getAllNames()
--	return self._rawData.names
--end


function Script:getType()
	return "script"
end


function Script:getCategoryName()
	local name = self._rawData.canonicalName
	
	-- If the name already has "script" in it, don't add it.
	if name:find("[Ss]script$") then
		return name
	else
		return name .. " script"
	end
end


function Script:countCharacters(text)
	if not self._rawData.characters then
		return 0
	else
		local _, num = mw.ustring.gsub(text, "[" .. self._rawData.characters .. "]", "")
		return num
	end
end


function Script:getRawData()
	return self._rawData
end


function Script:toJSON()
	local ret = {
		canonicalName = self:getCanonicalName(),
		categoryName = self:getCategoryName(),
		code = self._code,
		otherNames = self:getOtherNames(),
		type = self:getType(),
		}
	
	return require("Module:JSON").toJSON(ret)
end


Script.__index = Script


function export.makeObject(code, data)
	return data and setmetatable({ _rawData = data, _code = code }, Script) or nil
end


function export.getByCode(code)
	if code == "IPAchar" then
		require("Module:debug").track("IPAchar")
	end
	return export.makeObject(code, mw.loadData("Module:scripts/data")[code])
end


-- Find the best script to use, based on the characters of a string.
function export.findBestScript(text, lang)
	if not text or not lang then
		return export.getByCode("None")
	end
	
	local scripts = lang:getScripts()
	
	-- Try to match every script against the text,
	-- and return the one with the most matching characters.
	local bestcount = 0
	local bestscript = nil
	
	for i, script in ipairs(scripts) do
		local count = script:countCharacters(text)
		
		if count > bestcount then
			bestcount = count
			bestscript = script
		end
	end
	
	if bestscript then
		return bestscript
	end
	
	-- No matching script was found. Return "None".
	return export.getByCode("None")
end

return export