[#100] First implementation of a Template module using jinja2 for template rendering

Template/Loader.py

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+#-*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+
+import jinja2
+import settings_local
+
+
+class TemplateLoader(object):
+
+    ## @brief Initializes a template loader
+    #
+    # @param search_path str : the base path from which the templates are searched. To use absolute paths, you can set
+    #                          it to the root "/". By default, it will be the root of the project, defined in the
+    #                          settings of the application
+    # @param follow_links bool : indicates whether or not to follow the symbolic links (default: True)
+    def __init__(self, search_path=settings_local.base_path, follow_links=True):
+        self.search_path = search_path
+        self.follow_links = follow_links
+
+    ## @brief Renders a HTML content of a template
+    #
+    # @param template_file str : path to the template file (starting from the base path used to instanciate the
+    #                            TemplateLoader)
+    # @param template_vars dict : parameters to be used in the template
+    # @return str. String containing the HTML output of the processed templated
+    def render_to_html(self, template_file, template_vars):
+        loader = jinja2.FileSystemLoader(searchpath=self.search_path, followlinks=self.follow_links)
+        environment = jinja2.Environment(loader=loader)
+        template = environment.get_template(template_file)
+        return template.render(template_vars)

Template/__init__.py

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+__author__ = 'roland'

requirements.txt

@@ -2,3 +2,4 @@ PyMySQL==0.6.7
 mosql==0.11
 pep8==1.6.2
 pylint==1.4.4
+jinja2