mwparserfromhell/mwparserfromhell/utils.py

# -*- coding: utf-8  -*-
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# Copyright (C) 2012 Ben Kurtovic <ben.kurtovic@verizon.net>
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import mwparserfromhell
from .nodes import Node
from .smart_list import SmartList

def parse_anything(value):
    wikicode = mwparserfromhell.wikicode.Wikicode
    if isinstance(value, wikicode):
        return value
    if isinstance(value, Node):
        return wikicode(SmartList([value]))
    if isinstance(value, basestring):
        return mwparserfromhell.parse(value)
    if isinstance(value, int):
        return mwparserfromhell.parse(unicode(value))
    if value is None:
        return wikicode(SmartList())
    try:
        nodelist = SmartList()
        for item in value:
            nodelist += parse_anything(item).nodes
    except TypeError:
        error = "Needs string, Node, Wikicode, int, None, or iterable of these, but got {0}: {1}"
        raise ValueError(error.format(type(value).__name__, value))
    return wikicode(nodelist)