Module:Writing systems

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

local export = {}

local System = {}


function System:getCode()
	return self._code
end


function System:getCanonicalName()
	return self._rawData.canonicalName
end


function System:getOtherNames()
	return self._rawData.otherNames or {}
end


--function System:getAllNames()
--	return self._rawData.names
--end


function System:getType()
	return "Writing system"
end


function System:getCategoryName()
	return "Scripts in " .. self._rawData.canonicalName
end

function System:getRawData()
	return self._rawData
end


function System:toJSON()
	local ret = {
		canonicalName = self:getCanonicalName(),
		categoryName = self:getCategoryName(),
		code = self._code,
		otherNames = self:getOtherNames(),
		type = self:getType(),
	}
	
	return require("Module:JSON").toJSON(ret)
end


System.__index = System


function export.makeObject(code, data)
	return data and setmetatable({ _rawData = data, _code = code }, System) or nil
end


function export.getByCode(code)
	return export.makeObject(code, mw.loadData("Module:Writing systems/data")[code])
end

return export