README.md

Hyperbee Templating

Hyperbee Templating is a lightweight templating and variable substitution syntax engine. The library supports value replacements, code expressions, token nesting, in-line definitions, conditional flow, and looping. It is designed to be lightweight and fast, and does not rely on any external dependencies.

Features

• Variable substitution syntax engine
• Value replacements
• Expression replacements
• Token nesting
• Conditional tokens
• Conditional flow
• Iterators
• User-defined methods

Getting Started

To get started with Hyperbee.Templating, refer to the documentation for detailed instructions and examples.

Install via NuGet:

dotnet add package Hyperbee.Templating

Basic Usage

Variable Substitution

You can use the TemplateParser to perform variable substitutions.

var parser = new TemplateParser
{
    Variables =
    {
        ["name"] = "me"
    }
};

var template = "hello {{name}}.";

var result = parser.Render(template);
Console.WriteLine(result); // Output: hello me.

Expression Substitution

var parser = new TemplateParser
{
    Variables =
    {
        ["name"] = "me"
    }
};

var template = "hello {{x => x.name.ToUpper()}}.";

var result = parser.Render(template);
Console.WriteLine(result); // Output: hello ME.

Token Nesting

Token values can contain other tokens.

var parser = new TemplateParser
{
    Variables =
    {
        ["fullname"] = "{{first}} {{last}}",
        ["first"] = "Hari",
        ["last"] = "Seldon"
    }
};

var template = "hello {{fullname}}.";

var result = parser.Render(template);
Console.WriteLine(result); // Output: hello Hari Seldon.

Conditional Tokens

You can use conditional tokens to control the flow based on conditions.

var parser = new TemplateParser
{
    Variables =
    {
        ["condition"] = "true",
        ["name"] = "me"
    }
};

var template = "{{#if condition}}hello {{name}}.{{/if}}";

var result = parser.Render(template);
Console.WriteLine(result); // Output: hello me.

var parser = new TemplateParser
{
    Variables =
    {
        ["condition"] = "false",
        ["name1"] = "me",
        ["name2"] = "you",
    }
};

var template = "hello {{#if condition}}{{name1}}{{else}}{{name2}}{{/if}}.";

var result = parser.Render(template);
Console.WriteLine(result); // Output: hello you.

While Statement

You can use a while statement to repeat a block of text while a condition is true.

var parser = new TemplateParser
{
    Variables =
    {
        ["counter"] = "0"
    }
};

var template = "{{while x => x.counter<int> < 3}}{{counter}}{{counter:{{x => x.counter<int> + 1}}}}{{/while}}";

var result = parser.Render(template);
Console.WriteLine(result); // Output: 012. 

Methods

You can invoke methods within token expressions.

var options = new TemplateOptions()
    .AddVariable("name", "me")
    .AddMethod("ToUpper").Expression<string,string>( value => value.ToUpper() );

var parser = new TemplateParser( options );

var template = "hello {{x => x.ToUpper( x.name )}}.";

var result = parser.Render(template);
Console.WriteLine(result); // Output: hello ME.

Credits

Special thanks to:

• Just The Docs for the documentation theme.

Contributing

We welcome contributions! Please see our Contributing Guide for more details.