Struct rusty_dumb_tools::ltemp::DumbLineTemplate

pub struct DumbLineTemplate { /* private fields */ }

A simple line template for formatting a line; it can be use for printing values as a line with some template.

Example:

use rusty_dumb_tools::prelude::*;
use std::collections::HashMap;

// create the template components
let lt_comps = dlt_comps![
    "| ",
    dltc!("label", fixed_width = 6, align = 'L'),
    " : ",
    dltc!("value", align = 'R'),
    " |"
];

// create the template
let ltemp = DumbLineTemplate::new_fixed_width(30, &lt_comps);

// format line1 from the template
let name = "Trevor Lee";
let map = HashMap::from([
  ("label", String::from("NAME")),
  ("value", name.to_string()),
]);
let line1 = ltemp.format(&map).unwrap();

// format line2 from the template
let map = HashMap::from([
 ("label", String::from("AGE")),
 ("value", String::from("<undisclosed>")),
]);
let line2 = ltemp.format(&map).unwrap();

assert_eq!(line1, "| NAME   :        Trevor Lee |");
assert_eq!(line2, "| AGE    :     <undisclosed> |");

Notes:

• "| ": a fixed string
• dltc!("label", fixed_width = 6, align = 'L'):
  • a value-mapped component
  • require a mapped value for key label when calling DumbLineTemplate::format
  • also see the macros dlt_comps! and dltc!

You may want to consider the helper crate::lblscreen::DumbLineByLineScreen for coding a simple terminal / text-based “screen”

Implementations

impl DumbLineTemplate

pub fn new( min_width: u16, max_width: u16, components: &[LineTempComp], ) -> DumbLineTemplate

please use the macro dlt_comps! for construction of the components

• min_width - the minimum width of the line
• max_width - the maximum width of the line
• components - the template components of the line, which can be created using the macro dlt_comps!

also see DumbLineTemplate::new_fixed_width

pub fn new_fixed_width( fixed_width: u16, components: &[LineTempComp], ) -> DumbLineTemplate

the same as DumbLineTemplate::new but with fixed width

pub fn min_width(&self) -> u16

pub fn max_width(&self) -> u16

pub fn scan_for_keys(&self) -> HashSet<String>

a helper function that the help to scan for the keys involved in formatting the line

pub fn format<T: LineTempCompMapValueTrait>( &self, value_mapper: &T, ) -> Result<String, Box<dyn Error>>

based on the template and the input map of values, format and return a line; for a more flexible way of formatting, try DumbLineTemplate::format_ex

e.g.

let map = HashMap::from([
   ...
]);
let line = ltemp.format(&map).unwrap();

pub fn format_ex<T: Display, F: Fn(&str) -> Option<(T, u16)>>( &self, map_value_fn: F, ) -> Result<String, Box<dyn Error>>

like format but accept function that returns the mapped values; each mapped value is supposed to be a tuple of the value and its width (note that for ASCII escaped string, the “visual” length can be different from the length of the string)

Trait Implementations

impl Debug for DumbLineTemplate

fn fmt(&self, f: &mut Formatter<'_>) -> Result

Formats the value using the given formatter.