Codegen: add render_str

Author: redsun82

misc/codegen/lib/render.py

@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ def __init__(self, generator: pathlib.Path):
         self._r = pystache.Renderer(search_dirs=str(paths.templates_dir), escape=lambda u: u)
         self._generator = generator
 
-    def render(self, data: object, output: pathlib.Path):
+    def render(self, data: object, output: typing.Optional[pathlib.Path], template: typing.Optional[str] = None):
         """ Render `data` to `output`.
 
         `data` must have a `template` attribute denoting which template to use from the template directory.
@@ -42,13 +42,17 @@ def render(self, data: object, output: pathlib.Path):
         extensions = getattr(data, "extensions", [None])
         for ext in extensions:
             output_filename = output
-            template = data.template
+            template_to_use = template or data.template
             if ext:
                 output_filename = output_filename.with_suffix(f".{ext}")
-                template += f"_{ext}"
-            contents = self._r.render_name(template, data, generator=self._generator)
+                template_to_use += f"_{ext}"
+            contents = self.render_str(data, template_to_use)
             self._do_write(mnemonic, contents, output_filename)
 
+    def render_str(self, data: object, template: typing.Optional[str] = None):
+        template = template or data.template
+        return self._r.render_name(template, data, generator=self._generator)
+
     def _do_write(self, mnemonic: str, contents: str, output: pathlib.Path):
         with open(output, "w") as out:
             out.write(contents)

misc/codegen/test/test_render.py

@@ -76,6 +76,45 @@ def test_render(pystache_renderer, sut):
     ]
 
 
+def test_render_provided_template(pystache_renderer, sut):
+    data = mock.Mock(spec=())
+    custom_template = object()
+    text = "some text"
+    pystache_renderer.render_name.side_effect = (text,)
+    output = paths.root_dir / "a/some/output.txt"
+    sut.render(data, output, template=custom_template)
+
+    assert_file(output, text)
+    assert pystache_renderer.mock_calls == [
+        mock.call.render_name(custom_template, data, generator=generator),
+    ]
+
+
+def test_render_to_string(pystache_renderer, sut):
+    data = mock.Mock(spec=("template",))
+    text = "some text"
+    pystache_renderer.render_name.side_effect = (text,)
+    result = sut.render_str(data)
+
+    assert result == text
+    assert pystache_renderer.mock_calls == [
+        mock.call.render_name(data.template, data, generator=generator),
+    ]
+
+
+def test_render_to_string_with_provided_template(pystache_renderer, sut):
+    data = mock.Mock(spec=())
+    custom_template = object()
+    text = "some text"
+    pystache_renderer.render_name.side_effect = (text,)
+    result = sut.render_str(data, custom_template)
+
+    assert result == text
+    assert pystache_renderer.mock_calls == [
+        mock.call.render_name(custom_template, data, generator=generator),
+    ]
+
+
 def test_managed_render(pystache_renderer, sut):
     data = mock.Mock(spec=("template",))
     text = "some text"