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-- Module:Citation
-- Wiki Alborz Simple Citation System (Final Integrated Version)
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local args = require("Module:Arguments")
local cfg  = require("Module:Citation/Configuration")
local U    = require("Module:Citation/Utilities")
local F    = require("Module:Citation/Formatter")

local Citation = {}

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-- گرفتن آرگومان‌ها
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function Citation.getArgs(frame)
    return args.getArgs(frame, {
        parentOnly = true
    })
end

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-- resolve alias values
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function Citation.getValue(argTable, key)
    local aliases = cfg.aliases[key]
    if not aliases then
        return nil
    end

    for _, name in ipairs(aliases) do
        if argTable[name] and argTable[name] ~= "" then
            return argTable[name]
        end
    end

    return nil
end

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-- normalize input
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function Citation.normalize(args)
    local out = {}

    for key, _ in pairs(cfg.aliases) do
        out[key] = Citation.getValue(args, key)
    end

    return out
end

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-- identifiers (DOI / ISBN / etc.)
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function Citation.renderIdentifiers(data)
    local parts = {}

    for key, label in pairs(cfg.identifiers) do
        if data[key] and data[key] ~= "" then
            table.insert(parts, label .. " " .. data[key])
        end
    end

    return table.concat(parts, cfg.separator)
end

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-- Style Builder (citation sentence)
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function Citation.buildText(data, ctype, cfg, F, U)

    local parts = {}

    ----------------------------------------------------------------------
    -- author
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    if not U.isEmpty(data.author) then
        table.insert(parts, data.author .. ".")
    end

    ----------------------------------------------------------------------
    -- title
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    if not U.isEmpty(data.title) then
        table.insert(parts, "''" .. data.title .. "''.")
    end

    ----------------------------------------------------------------------
    -- website / source
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    if not U.isEmpty(data.website) then
        table.insert(parts, "در: " .. data.website .. ".")
    end

    ----------------------------------------------------------------------
    -- publisher
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    if not U.isEmpty(data.publisher) then
        table.insert(parts, data.publisher .. ".")
    end

    ----------------------------------------------------------------------
    -- date
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    if not U.isEmpty(data.date) then
        table.insert(parts, data.date .. ".")
    end

    ----------------------------------------------------------------------
    -- URL
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    if not U.isEmpty(data.url) then
        table.insert(parts, F.formatUrl(data.url))
    end

    ----------------------------------------------------------------------
    -- identifiers
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    local ids = Citation.renderIdentifiers(data)
    if not U.isEmpty(ids) then
        table.insert(parts, ids)
    end

    ----------------------------------------------------------------------
    -- archive
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    if not U.isEmpty(data.archiveurl) then
        table.insert(parts,
            F.formatArchive(data.archiveurl, data.archivedate)
        )
    end

    return table.concat(parts, " ")

end

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-- render main
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function Citation.render(frame, ctype)

    local rawArgs = Citation.getArgs(frame)
    local data    = Citation.normalize(rawArgs)

    local result = Citation.buildText(data, ctype, cfg, F, U)

    return U.cleanEnd(result)
end

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-- entry points
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function Citation.web(frame)
    return Citation.render(frame, "web")
end

function Citation.book(frame)
    return Citation.render(frame, "book")
end

function Citation.news(frame)
    return Citation.render(frame, "news")
end

function Citation.journal(frame)
    return Citation.render(frame, "journal")
end

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return Citation