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+<?php
+/**
+ * $Id$
+ *
+ * Template factory class
+ *
+ * Copyright (c) 2005 Jam Warehouse http://www.jamwarehouse.com
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+ * (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+ * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307  USA
+ *
+ * @version $Revision$
+ * @author Neil Blakey-Milner, Jam Warehouse (Pty) Ltd, South Africa
+ */
+
+require_once(KT_LIB_DIR . "/templating/smartytemplate.inc.php");
+
+class KTTemplating {
+    /** Templating language registry */
+    var $aTemplateRegistry;
+
+    /** Location registry */
+    var $aLocationRegistry;
+    
+    // {{{ KTTemplating
+    function KTTemplating() {
+        $this->aTemplateRegistry = array(
+            "smarty" => "KTSmartyTemplate",
+        );
+
+        $this->aLocationRegistry = array(
+            "core" => "templates",
+        );
+    }
+    // }}}
+
+    // {{{ _chooseTemplate
+    function _chooseTemplate($templatename, $aPossibilities) {
+        $aLocs = array_keys($aPossibilities);
+        return $aPossibilities[$aLocs[count($aLocs) - 1]];
+    }
+    // }}}
+
+    // {{{ _findTemplate
+    function _findTemplate($templatename) {
+        $aPossibilities = array();
+
+        foreach ($this->aLocationRegistry as $loc => $path) {
+            $fulldirectory = KT_DIR . "/" . $path . "/";
+            foreach (array_keys($this->aTemplateRegistry) as $suffix) {
+                $fullpath = $fulldirectory . $templatename . "." .  $suffix;
+                if (file_exists($fullpath)) {
+                    $aPossibilities[$loc] = array($suffix, $fullpath);
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        if (count($aPossibilities) === 0) {
+            return PEAR::raiseError("No template found");
+        }
+
+        return $this->_chooseTemplate($templatename, $aPossibilities);
+    }
+    // }}}
+    
+    // {{{ loadTemplate
+    /**
+     * Create an object that conforms to the template interface, using
+     * the correct template system for the given template.
+     *
+     * KTI: Theoretically, this will do path searching in multiple
+     * locations, allowing the user and possibly third-parties to
+     * replace templates.
+     */
+    function &loadTemplate($templatename) {
+        $res = $this->_findTemplate($templatename);
+        if (PEAR::isError($res)) {
+            return $res;
+        }
+        list($sLanguage, $sTemplatePath) = $res;
+        $sClass = $this->aTemplateRegistry[$sLanguage];
+        if (!class_exists($sClass)) {
+            return PEAR::raiseError("Could not find template language");
+        }
+        
+        return new $sClass($sTemplatePath);
+    }
+    // }}}
+}
+
+?>