def resolve_template(self, template):
"""Takes a template and tries to return back the appropriate
Jinja template object.
If an explicit Django template object is passed, do nothing."""
# dirty rotten hack:
# there's one Django test that fails when sent to a Jinja template,
# (d.c.auth.tests.views.ChangePasswordTest.test_password_change_succeeds)
# it's a test-specific template (not used elsewhere) that simply contains
# `{{ form.as_ul }}`, and tests for text it expects; it fails here because
# Jinja expects parentheses for method calls (e.g. `{{ form.as_ul() }}`)
# there's no good way that I can see to intelligently test for this, so I'm
# simply going to brute force my way to the result Django expects
if self._in_test_mode and template == 'registration/login.html':
t = JinjaTemplate('{{ form.as_ul() }}')
t.name = 'registration/login.html'
return t
# sanity check: if I got an explicit Django template object,
# I don't want to do anything at all
if isinstance(template, DjangoTemplate):
return template
# sanity check: what if I get a **Jinja** template?
# don't do anything to that either
if isinstance(template, JinjaTemplate):
return template
# okay, if I have a string or iterable, then figure out the right template
# and return it
if isinstance(template, basestring):
return self._environment.get_template(template)
elif isinstance(template, (list, tuple)):
return self._environment.select_template(template)
# something is wrong; stop
raise TypeError, 'Unrecognized object sent as a template.'
