Annotation of loncom/xml/lontable.pm, revision 1.1

1.1     ! foxr        1: # The LearningOnline Network with CAPA
        !             2: #  Generating TeX tables.
        !             3: #
        !             4: # $Id: londefdef.pm,v 1.396 2008/11/10 11:17:50 foxr Exp $
        !             5: # 
        !             6: #
        !             7: # Copyright Michigan State University Board of Trustees
        !             8: #
        !             9: # This file is part of the LearningOnline Network with CAPA (LON-CAPA).
        !            10: #
        !            11: # LON-CAPA is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
        !            12: # it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
        !            13: # the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
        !            14: # (at your option) any later version.
        !            15: #
        !            16: # LON-CAPA is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
        !            17: # but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
        !            18: # MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
        !            19: # GNU General Public License for more details.
        !            20: #
        !            21: # You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
        !            22: # along with LON-CAPA; if not, write to the Free Software
        !            23: # Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307  USA
        !            24: #
        !            25: # /home/httpd/html/adm/gpl.txt
        !            26: #
        !            27: # http://www.lon-capa.org/
        !            28: ## Copyright for TtHfunc and TtMfunc by Ian Hutchinson. 
        !            29: # TtHfunc and TtMfunc (the "Code") may be compiled and linked into 
        !            30: # binary executable programs or libraries distributed by the 
        !            31: # Michigan State University (the "Licensee"), but any binaries so 
        !            32: # distributed are hereby licensed only for use in the context
        !            33: # of a program or computational system for which the Licensee is the 
        !            34: # primary author or distributor, and which performs substantial 
        !            35: # additional tasks beyond the translation of (La)TeX into HTML.
        !            36: # The C source of the Code may not be distributed by the Licensee
        !            37: # to any other parties under any circumstances.
        !            38: #
        !            39: 
        !            40: # This module is a support packkage that helps londefdef generate
        !            41: # LaTeX tables using the LaTeX::Table package.  A prerequisite is that
        !            42: # the print generator must have added the following to the LaTeX header:
        !            43: #
        !            44: #  \usepackage{xtab}
        !            45: #  \usepackage{booktabs}
        !            46: #  \usepackage{array}
        !            47: #  \usepackage{colortbl}
        !            48: #  \usepackage{xcolor}
        !            49: #
        !            50: #  These packages are installed in the packaged LaTeX distributions we know of as of
        !            51: #  11/24/2008
        !            52: #
        !            53: 
        !            54: 
        !            55: 
        !            56: package Apache::lontable;
        !            57: use strict;
        !            58: use LaTeX::Table;
        !            59: 
        !            60: 
        !            61: =pod
        !            62: 
        !            63: =head1  lontable Table generation assistant for the LaTeX target
        !            64: 
        !            65: This module contains support software for generating tables in LaTeX output mode 
        !            66: In this implementation, we use the LaTeX::Table package to do the actual final formatting.
        !            67: Each table creates a new object.  Table objects can have global properties configured.
        !            68: The main operations on a table object are:
        !            69: 
        !            70: =over 3
        !            71: 
        !            72: =item start_row  
        !            73: 
        !            74: Opens a new table row.
        !            75: 
        !            76: =item end_row
        !            77: 
        !            78: Closes a table row.
        !            79: 
        !            80: =item start_header
        !            81: 
        !            82: Starts a new row that has the header attribute (e.g. <th> tagged row).
        !            83: header rows are ended with an end_row just like any ordinary row.
        !            84: 
        !            85: =item configure_row
        !            86: 
        !            87: Modifies a configuration item in the currently open row.
        !            88: 
        !            89: =item generate
        !            90: 
        !            91: Returns the generated table string.
        !            92: 
        !            93: =item configure
        !            94: 
        !            95: Configures a table's global configuration.
        !            96: 
        !            97: =back
        !            98: 
        !            99: =cut
        !           100: 
        !           101: =pod
        !           102: 
        !           103: =head2 new - create a new object.
        !           104: 
        !           105: Create a new table object.  Any of the raw table configuration items can be
        !           106: modified by this.  These configuration items include:
        !           107: 
        !           108:   my $table = lontable::new(\%config_hash)
        !           109: 
        !           110: =over3
        !           111: 
        !           112: =item alignment
        !           113: 
        !           114: Table alignment.  Some table styles support this but not all.
        !           115: 
        !           116: =item tableborder
        !           117: 
        !           118: If true, a border is drawn around the table.
        !           119: 
        !           120: =item cellborder
        !           121: 
        !           122: If true, borders are drawn around the cells inside a table.
        !           123: 
        !           124: =item caption
        !           125: 
        !           126: The table caption text.
        !           127: 
        !           128: =item theme
        !           129: 
        !           130: The theme of the table to use.  Defaults to Zurich.  Themes we know about are:
        !           131: NYC, NYC2, Zurich, Berlin, Dresden, Houston, Miami, plain, Paris.  Other themes can be added
        !           132: to the LaTeX::Table package, and they will become supported automatically, as theme names are
        !           133: not error checked.  Any use of a non-existent theme is reported by the LaTeX::Table package
        !           134: when the table text is generated.
        !           135: 
        !           136: =back
        !           137: 
        !           138: =head3 Member data
        !           139: 
        !           140: The object hash has the following members:
        !           141: 
        !           142: =over 3
        !           143: 
        !           144: =item column_count 
        !           145: 
        !           146: Maintained internally, the number of colums in the widest row.
        !           147: 
        !           148: =item alignment
        !           149: 
        !           150: Table alignment (configurable) "left", "center", or "right".
        !           151: 
        !           152: =item outer_border
        !           153: 
        !           154: True if a border should be drawn around the entire table (configurable)
        !           155: 
        !           156: =item inner_borders
        !           157: 
        !           158: True if a border should be drawn around all cells (configurable).
        !           159: 
        !           160: =item caption
        !           161: 
        !           162: Table caption (configurable).
        !           163: 
        !           164: =item theme
        !           165: 
        !           166: Theme desired (configurable).
        !           167: 
        !           168: =item row_open 
        !           169: 
        !           170: True if a row is open and not yet closed.
        !           171: 
        !           172: =item rows
        !           173: 
        !           174: Array of row data. This is an array of hashes described below.
        !           175: 
        !           176: =back
        !           177: 
        !           178: =head3 Row data.
        !           179: 
        !           180: Each row of table data is an element of the rows hash array.  Hash elements are
        !           181: 
        !           182: =over 3
        !           183: 
        !           184: =item is_header
        !           185: 
        !           186: True if the user wants to format this row like a header.  This row will be used to generate
        !           187: the table header.  All header rows will be gathered together into the table header.  If there
        !           188: are multiple table headers interspersed with non table header data, this can lead to some 
        !           189: surprises.
        !           190: 
        !           191: =item default_halign 
        !           192: 
        !           193: Default horizontal alignment for cells in this row.
        !           194: 
        !           195: =item default_valign
        !           196: 
        !           197: Default vertical alignment for cells in this row (may be ignored).
        !           198: 
        !           199: =item cells
        !           200: 
        !           201: Array of hashes where each element represents the data for a cell.
        !           202: The contents of each element of this hash are described below:
        !           203: 
        !           204: =over 3
        !           205: 
        !           206: =item halign
        !           207: 
        !           208: If present, overrides the row default horizontal alignment.
        !           209: 
        !           210: =item valign
        !           211: 
        !           212: if present, override the row default vertical alignment.
        !           213: 
        !           214: =item rowspan
        !           215: 
        !           216: If present, indicates the number of rows this cell spans.
        !           217: 
        !           218: =item colspan
        !           219: 
        !           220: If present indicates the number of columns this cell spans.
        !           221: Note that a cell can span both rows and columns.
        !           222: 
        !           223: =item contents
        !           224: 
        !           225: The contents of the cell.
        !           226: 
        !           227: =back
        !           228: 
        !           229: =back
        !           230: 
        !           231: =cut
        !           232: 
        !           233: sub new {
        !           234:     my ($class, $configuration) = @_;
        !           235: 
        !           236:     #  Initialize the object member data with the default values
        !           237:     #  then override with any stuff in $configuration.
        !           238: 
        !           239:     my $self = {
        !           240: 	alignment      => "left",
        !           241: 	outer_border   => 0,
        !           242: 	inner_borders  => 0,
        !           243: 	caption        => "",
        !           244: 	theme          => "Zurich",
        !           245: 	column_count   => 0,
        !           246: 	row_open       => 0,
        !           247: 	rows           => [],
        !           248:     };
        !           249: 
        !           250:     foreach my $key (keys %$configuration) {
        !           251: 	$self->{$key} = $$configuration{$key};
        !           252:     }
        !           253: 
        !           254:     bless($self, $class);
        !           255: 
        !           256:     return $self;
        !           257: }
        !           258: 
        !           259: #-------------------------------------------------------------------------
        !           260: #
        !           261: #  Methods that get/set table global configuration.
        !           262: 
        !           263: 
        !           264: 
        !           265: 
        !           266: #   Mandatory initialization.
        !           267: 
        !           268: 1;
        !           269: __END__

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