Module:PageType

Documentation for this module may be created at Module:PageType/doc

require('strict')

--- Contains special naming rules for the thing.
local PAGE_TYPES = {
	[''] = 'article',
	['File'] = 'image',
	['Category'] = 'category',
	['Template'] = 'template',
	['Module'] = 'module',
	['IdleOn'] = 'project page',
}

local p = {}

--- Entry point for use by templates.
--- @param frame table The frame object provided by the template.
--- @return string pageType The page type
function p.main(frame)
	return p._main(frame.args[1])
end

--- Entry point for use by modules.
--- @param namespace string The namespace to get the page type of.
--- @return string pageType The page type
function p._main(namespace)
	namespace = namespace or ''
	
	-- Use special naming rule if one exists for the namespace.
	local pageType = PAGE_TYPES[namespace]
	if pageType ~= nil then
		return pageType
	end
	
	-- Check if the namespace is a talk page.
	if namespace:find(' talk$') ~= nil then
		return 'talk page'
	end
	
	-- Use the default naming convention.
	return namespace:lower() .. ' page'
end

return p