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+++ b/app/soc/views/helpers/template_helpers.py	Thu Aug 28 21:30:55 2008 +0000
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+#!/usr/bin/python2.5
+#
+# Copyright 2008 the Melange authors.
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+"""Helpers for manipulating templates.
+"""
+
+__authors__ = [
+  '"Todd Larsen" <tlarsen@google.com>',
+  ]
+
+
+def makeSiblingTemplatesList(templates, new_template_file):
+  """Converts template paths into a list of "sibling" templates.
+  
+  Args:
+    templates: search list of templates (or just a single template not in a
+      list) from which template paths will be extracted (discarding the final
+      template file name of each template)
+    new_template_file: new "sibling" template file to append to each extracted
+      template path
+      
+  Returns:
+    A list of potential "sibling" templates named by new_template_file located
+    in the paths of the templates in the supplied list.  For example, from:
+      ['foo/bar/the_old_template.html', 'foo/the_old_template.html']
+    to:
+      ['foo/bar/some_new_template.html', 'foo/some_new_template.html']
+  """
+  if not isinstance(templates, (list, tuple)):
+    templates = [templates]
+
+  return [
+      '%s/%s' % (t.rsplit('/', 1)[0], new_template_file) for t in templates]