Module:Factions

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

-- Module:Factions handles translating faction tags to their full names

local p = {}

local mechs = require('Module:Mech').core
local getArgs = require('Module:Arguments').getArgs

p.factionTags = {
  AuriganDirectorate = 'Aurigan Directorate',
  AuriganMercenaries = 'Mercenaries',
  AuriganPirates = '[[Local Pirates|Pirates]]',
  AuriganRestoration = '[[Aurigan Coalition|Aurigan Restoration (Arano)]]',
  Chainelane = '[[Chainelane Isles]]',
  Circinus = '[[Circinus Federation]]',
  ClanDiamondShark = '[[Clan Diamond Shark]]',
  ClanGhostBear = '[[Clan Ghost Bear]]',
  ClanJadeFalcon = '[[Clan Jade Falcon]]',
  ClanNovaCat = '[[Clan Nova Cat]]',
  ClanWolf = '[[Clan Wolf]]',
  ComStar = '[[ComStar]]',
  Davion = '[[Federated Suns|Federated Suns (Davion)]]',
  Delphi = '[[New Delphi Compact]]',
  Hanse = '[[Hanseatic League]]',
  JarnFolk = '[[JàrnFòlk]]',
  Kurita = '[[Draconis Combine|Draconis Combine (Kurita)]]',
  Liao = '[[Capellan Confederation|Capellan Confederation (Liao)]]',
  Locals = 'Local Government',
  MagistracyOfCanopus = '[[Magistracy of Canopus]]',
  Marian = '[[Marian Hegemony]]',
  Marik = '[[Free Worlds League|Free Worlds League (Marik)]]',
  Outworld = '[[Outworlds Alliance]]',
  Rasalhague = '[[Free Rasalhague Republic]]',
  Rim = '[[Rim Collection]]',
  Steiner = '[[Lyran Commonwealth|Lyran Commonwealth (Steiner)]]',
  TaurianConcordat = '[[Taurian Concordat]]',
  Tortuga = '[[Tortuga Dominions]]'
}


function p.factionMechs(frame)
  local tpl_args = getArgs(frame, {parentFirst=true})

  local faction = tpl_args[1]
  local where = string.format('Mech.MechTags HOLDS "%s"', faction)

  -- when querying for mechs, set the limit to 2000. this is arbitrarily high
  -- (larger than the total number of mechs). without this, factions with lots
  -- of mechs would not show all of them.
  local factionMechData = mw.ext.cargo.query(
    'Mech,Chassis','Chassis.Name=Name,Chassis.VariantName=VariantName',
    { join = 'Mech.ChassisID=Chassis.Id', where=where, limit=2000 }
  )

  local mechsList = mw.html.create('ul')
  mechsList:cssText('column-count: 3;-moz-column-count: 3;-webkit-column-count: 3')
  for _, mech in ipairs(factionMechData) do
    mechsList:tag('li'):wikitext(string.format(
      '[[%s#%s|%s %s]]', mech['Name'], mech['VariantName'], 
      mech['Name'], mech['VariantName']
    ))
  end
  return mechsList
end

function p.mechFactions(frame)
  local tpl_args = getArgs(frame, {parentFirst=true})
  variant = tpl_args[1]

  local mech = mechs.mech.byVariant(variant)

  if mech == nil then
    return mw.html.create('div').wikitext("''Mech not found''")
  end

  local tags = {}

  local factionList = mw.html.create('ul')

  for _, tag in ipairs(mech.tags) do
    if p.factionTags[tag] ~= nil then
      table.insert(tags, p.factionTags[tag])
    end
  end

  table.sort(tags)
  for _, tag in ipairs(tags) do
    factionList:tag('li'):wikitext(tag)
  end
  
  return factionList
end

return p