Using the Revel framework, is it possible to chose a template based on the value of a ViewArg?
I defined a base controller which provides a method that renders content within views/Layout.html
type Controller struct {
*revel.Controller
}
func(c *Controller) RenderView(view string, extraViewArgs ...interface{}) revel.Result {
// ... omitted source
c.ViewArgs["ContentTemplateName"] = view
return c.RenderTemplate("layout.html")
}
An example controller implementing this is as follows
type MyController struct {
Controller
}
func (c MyController) Index() revel.Result {
bananas := "This is bananas"
return c.RenderView("App/Bananas.html", bananas)
}
I then try to render "App/Bananas.html" within layout.html
{{set . "title" "Home"}}
{{template "header.html" .}}
<div class="container">
<div class="row">
{{template "flash.html" .}}
</div>
<!-- Left column of Content -->
<div class="col-md-9 col-sm-8 col-xs-12">
{{template .ContentTemplateName .}}
</div>
<!-- //Left Column of Content -->
<!-- Right column of summary -->
<div class="col-md-3 col-sm-4 hidden-xs">
<div class="container">
{{template "sidebar.html" .}}
</div>
</div>
<!-- //Right column of summary -->
</div>
{{template "footer.html" .}}
This outputs the following result
ERROR 2018/08/31 17:46:10 template.go:338: Template compilation error (In layout.html around line 10):
unexpected ".ContentTe"... in template clause
ERROR 2018/08/31 17:46:10 server.go:99: Template Compilation Error (in layout.html:10): unexpected ".ContentTe"... in template clause
Based on a comment by @mh-cbon, it was discovered that its not possible to use a variable as input to the template
function.
As a workaround to this problem to get closer to the desired features, I implemented the following (less than ideal) solution:
base_content_view.html
{{template "begin_content.html" . }}
<!-- content here -->
{{template "end_content.html" . }}
begin_content.html
{{template "header.html" . }}
<div class="container">
<div class="row">
{{template "flash.html" .}}
</div>
<!-- Left column of Content -->
<div class="col-md-9 col-sm-8 col-xs-12">
end_content.html
</div>
<!-- //Left Column of Content -->
<!-- Right column of summary -->
<div class="col-md-3 col-sm-4 hidden-xs">
<div class="container">
{{template "sidebar.html" .}}
</div>
</div>
<!-- //Right column of summary -->
{{template "footer.html" .}}
base_content_view.html is a static file which is copy pasted as a template when making new views. This design does open other issues however serves as an example workaround for the limitation of the template
function.