MDL-50783 Ajax: Configure how to call a webservice through db/service.php

[moodle.git] / lib / classes / output / external.php

<?php
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/**
 * Mustache helper to load strings from string_manager.
 *
 * @package    core
 * @category   output
 * @copyright  2015 Damyon Wiese
 * @license    http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html GNU GPL v3 or later
 */

namespace core\output;

use external_api;
use external_function_parameters;
use external_value;
use core_component;
use moodle_exception;
use context_system;
use theme_config;

/**
 * This class contains a list of webservice functions related to output.
 *
 * @copyright  2015 Damyon Wiese
 * @license    http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html GNU GPL v3 or later
 * @since      2.9
 */
class external extends external_api {
    /**
     * Returns description of load_template() parameters.
     *
     * @return external_function_parameters
     */
    public static function load_template_parameters() {
        return new external_function_parameters(
                array('component' => new external_value(PARAM_COMPONENT, 'component containing the template'),
                      'template' => new external_value(PARAM_ALPHANUMEXT, 'name of the template'),
                      'themename' => new external_value(PARAM_ALPHANUMEXT, 'The current theme.'),
                         )
            );
    }

    /**
     * Return a mustache template, and all the strings it requires.
     *
     * @param string $component The component that holds the template.
     * @param string $templatename The name of the template.
     * @param string $themename The name of the current theme.
     * @return string the template
     */
    public static function load_template($component, $template, $themename) {
        global $DB, $CFG, $PAGE;

        $params = self::validate_parameters(self::load_template_parameters(),
                                            array('component' => $component,
                                                  'template' => $template,
                                                  'themename' => $themename));

        $component = $params['component'];
        $template = $params['template'];
        $themename = $params['themename'];

        $templatename = $component . '/' . $template;

        // Will throw exceptions if the template does not exist.
        $filename = mustache_template_finder::get_template_filepath($templatename, $themename);
        $templatestr = file_get_contents($filename);

        return $templatestr;
    }

    /**
     * Returns description of load_template() result value.
     *
     * @return external_description
     */
    public static function load_template_returns() {
        return new external_value(PARAM_RAW, 'template');
    }
}