def resolve_template(self, template):
"""Accepts a template object, path-to-template or list of paths"""
if isinstance(template, (list, tuple)):
return genshi_loader.select_template(template)
elif isinstance(template, basestring):
return genshi_loader.get_template(template)
else:
return template
def render_to_stream (template_name, dictionary = None,
context_instance = None,
use_text_template = False):
"""Render a template and data into a Genshi markup stream."""
if dictionary is None:
dictionary = {}
if use_text_template:
cls = NewTextTemplate
else:
cls = MarkupTemplate
if isinstance (template_name, (list, tuple)):
template = select_template (template_name, cls = cls)
else:
template = get_template (template_name, cls = cls)
if context_instance:
context_instance.update (dictionary)
else:
context_instance = Context (dictionary)
return template.generate (context_instance)