text/template: provide a mechanism for options

Add one option, which is the motivating example, a way to control
what happens when a map is indexed with a key that is not in the map.
Rather than do something specific for that case, we provide a simple
general option mechanism to avoid adding API if something else
comes up. This general approach also makes it easy for html/template
to track (and adapt, should that become important).

New method: Option(option string...). The option strings are key=value
pairs or just simple strings (no =).

New option:

 missingkey: Control the behavior during execution if a map is
 indexed with a key that is not present in the map.
	"missingkey=default" or "missingkey=invalid"
		The default behavior: Do nothing and continue execution.
		If printed, the result of the index operation is the string
		"<no value>".
	"missingkey=zero"
		The operation returns the zero value for the map type's element.
	"missingkey=error"
		Execution stops immediately with an error.

Fixes #6288.

Change-Id: Id811e2b99dc05aff324d517faac113ef3c25293a
Reviewed-on: https://go-review.googlesource.com/8462
Reviewed-by: Robert Griesemer <gri@golang.org>

src/html/template/template.go

@@ -51,6 +51,29 @@ func (t *Template) Templates() []*Template {
 	return m
 }
 
+// Option sets options for the template. Options are described by
+// strings, either a simple string or "key=value". There can be at
+// most one equals sign in an option string. If the option string
+// is unrecognized or otherwise invalid, Option panics.
+//
+// Known options:
+//
+// missingkey: Control the behavior during execution if a map is
+// indexed with a key that is not present in the map.
+//	"missingkey=default" or "missingkey=invalid"
+//		The default behavior: Do nothing and continue execution.
+//		If printed, the result of the index operation is the string
+//		"<no value>".
+//	"missingkey=zero"
+//		The operation returns the zero value for the map type's element.
+//	"missingkey=error"
+//		Execution stops immediately with an error.
+//
+func (t *Template) Option(opt ...string) *Template {
+	t.text.Option(opt...)
+	return t
+}
+
 // escape escapes all associated templates.
 func (t *Template) escape() error {
 	t.nameSpace.mu.Lock()

src/text/template/exec.go

@@ -519,7 +519,18 @@ func (s *state) evalField(dot reflect.Value, fieldName string, node parse.Node,
 			if hasArgs {
 				s.errorf("%s is not a method but has arguments", fieldName)
 			}
-			return receiver.MapIndex(nameVal)
+			result := receiver.MapIndex(nameVal)
+			if !result.IsValid() {
+				switch s.tmpl.option.missingKey {
+				case mapInvalid:
+					// Just use the invalid value.
+				case mapZeroValue:
+					result = reflect.Zero(receiver.Type().Elem())
+				case mapError:
+					s.errorf("map has no entry for key %q", fieldName)
+				}
+			}
+			return result
 		}
 	}
 	s.errorf("can't evaluate field %s in type %s", fieldName, typ)

src/text/template/exec_test.go

@@ -1044,3 +1044,54 @@ func TestComparison(t *testing.T) {
 		}
 	}
 }
+
+func TestMissingMapKey(t *testing.T) {
+	data := map[string]int{
+		"x": 99,
+	}
+	tmpl, err := New("t1").Parse("{{.x}} {{.y}}")
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	var b bytes.Buffer
+	// By default, just get "<no value>"
+	err = tmpl.Execute(&b, data)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	want := "99 <no value>"
+	got := b.String()
+	if got != want {
+		t.Errorf("got %q; expected %q", got, want)
+	}
+	// Same if we set the option explicitly to the default.
+	tmpl.Option("missingkey=default")
+	b.Reset()
+	err = tmpl.Execute(&b, data)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal("default:", err)
+	}
+	want = "99 <no value>"
+	got = b.String()
+	if got != want {
+		t.Errorf("got %q; expected %q", got, want)
+	}
+	// Next we ask for a zero value
+	tmpl.Option("missingkey=zero")
+	b.Reset()
+	err = tmpl.Execute(&b, data)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal("zero:", err)
+	}
+	want = "99 0"
+	got = b.String()
+	if got != want {
+		t.Errorf("got %q; expected %q", got, want)
+	}
+	// Now we ask for an error.
+	tmpl.Option("missingkey=error")
+	err = tmpl.Execute(&b, data)
+	if err == nil {
+		t.Errorf("expected error; got none")
+	}
+}

src/text/template/funcs.go

@@ -590,7 +590,7 @@ func evalArgs(args []interface{}) string {
 			a, ok := printableValue(reflect.ValueOf(arg))
 			if ok {
 				args[i] = a
-			} // else left fmt do its thing
+			} // else let fmt do its thing
 		}
 		s = fmt.Sprint(args...)
 	}

src/text/template/option.go

@@ -0,0 +1,73 @@
+// Copyright 2015 The Go Authors. All rights reserved.
+// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style
+// license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
+
+// This file contains the code to handle template options.
+
+package template
+
+import "strings"
+
+// missingKeyAction defines how to respond to indexing a map with a key that is not present.
+type missingKeyAction int
+
+const (
+	mapInvalid   missingKeyAction = iota // Return an invalid reflect.Value.
+	mapZeroValue                         // Return the zero value for the map element.
+	mapError                             // Error out
+)
+
+type option struct {
+	missingKey missingKeyAction
+}
+
+// Option sets options for the template. Options are described by
+// strings, either a simple string or "key=value". There can be at
+// most one equals sign in an option string. If the option string
+// is unrecognized or otherwise invalid, Option panics.
+//
+// Known options:
+//
+// missingkey: Control the behavior during execution if a map is
+// indexed with a key that is not present in the map.
+//	"missingkey=default" or "missingkey=invalid"
+//		The default behavior: Do nothing and continue execution.
+//		If printed, the result of the index operation is the string
+//		"<no value>".
+//	"missingkey=zero"
+//		The operation returns the zero value for the map type's element.
+//	"missingkey=error"
+//		Execution stops immediately with an error.
+//
+func (t *Template) Option(opt ...string) *Template {
+	for _, s := range opt {
+		t.setOption(s)
+	}
+	return t
+}
+
+func (t *Template) setOption(opt string) {
+	if opt == "" {
+		panic("empty option string")
+	}
+	elems := strings.Split(opt, "=")
+	switch len(elems) {
+	case 2:
+		// key=value
+		switch elems[0] {
+		case "missingkey":
+			switch elems[1] {
+			case "invalid", "default":
+				t.option.missingKey = mapInvalid
+				return
+			case "zero":
+				t.option.missingKey = mapZeroValue
+				return
+			case "error":
+				t.option.missingKey = mapError
+				return
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	panic("unrecognized option: " + opt)
+}

src/text/template/template.go

@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ type common struct {
 	// expose reflection to the client.
 	parseFuncs FuncMap
 	execFuncs  map[string]reflect.Value
+	option     option
 }
 
 // Template is the representation of a parsed template. The *parse.Tree