rework template rendering, cache parsed templates

adapt error wrapping principle

controllers/addOfficeHourHandler.go

@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import (
 	"net/mail"
 	"officeHours/config"
 	"officeHours/models"
+	"officeHours/templating"
 	"strconv"
 	"strings"
 )
@@ -149,7 +150,7 @@ func (b *BaseHandler) AddOfficeHourHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, req *http.Requ
 		id, err := b.officeHourRepo.Add(officeHour)
 		if err != nil {
 			w.WriteHeader(http.StatusInternalServerError)
-			b.serveTemplate(w, "addFailure", err)
+			templating.ServeTemplate(w, "addFailure", err)
 			return
 		}
 		officeHour, err = b.officeHourRepo.FindById(id)
@@ -160,7 +161,7 @@ func (b *BaseHandler) AddOfficeHourHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, req *http.Requ
 		if err != nil {
 			log.Printf("Error adding request: %s", err.Error())
 		}
-		b.serveTemplate(w, "addSuccess", nil)
+		templating.ServeTemplate(w, "addSuccess", nil)
 
 	}
 }
@@ -172,5 +173,5 @@ func (b *BaseHandler) writeAddOfficeHourMask(w http.ResponseWriter, req *http.Re
 	if len(data.Errors) != 0 {
 		w.WriteHeader(http.StatusBadRequest)
 	}
-	b.serveTemplate(w, "addMask", data)
+	templating.ServeTemplate(w, "addMask", data)
 }

controllers/confirmRequestHandler.go

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package controllers
 
 import (
 	"net/http"
+	"officeHours/templating"
 )
 
 func (b *BaseHandler) ConfirmRequestHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, req *http.Request) {
@@ -10,16 +11,16 @@ func (b *BaseHandler) ConfirmRequestHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, req *http.Req
 
 	if err != nil {
 		// TODO: header 404
-		b.serveTemplate(w, "requestNotFound", nil)
+		templating.ServeTemplate(w, "requestNotFound", nil)
 		return
 	}
 
 	err = b.requestRepo.Execute(request)
 	if err != nil {
 		// TODO: write header 500
-		b.serveTemplate(w, "executeFailure", err.Error())
+		templating.ServeTemplate(w, "executeFailure", err.Error())
 		return
 	}
-	b.serveTemplate(w, "executeSuccess", nil)
+	templating.ServeTemplate(w, "executeSuccess", nil)
 
 }

controllers/deleteOfficeHourHandler.go

@@ -4,10 +4,13 @@ package controllers
 import (
 	"net/http"
 	"officeHours/models"
+	"officeHours/templating"
 	"strconv"
 )
 
 func (b *BaseHandler) DeleteOfficeHourHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, req *http.Request) {
+	// TODO: error handling here is by no means sufficient, furthermore
+	//	400 BadRequest is for technically wrong stuff (most promimently GET instead of POST)
 	if req.FormValue("id") != "" {
 		id, err := strconv.Atoi(req.FormValue("id"))
 		if err != nil {
@@ -18,7 +21,7 @@ func (b *BaseHandler) DeleteOfficeHourHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, req *http.R
 			w.WriteHeader(http.StatusBadRequest)
 		}
 		_, err = b.requestRepo.Add(officeHour, models.RequestDelete)
-		b.serveTemplate(w, "deleteSuccess", nil)
+		templating.ServeTemplate(w, "deleteSuccess", nil)
 	} else {
 		officeHours, _ := b.officeHourRepo.GetAll(true)
 		timetable, slots := b.GetTimetable(officeHours)

controllers/getHandlers.go

@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import (
 	"log"
 	"net/http"
 	"officeHours/models"
+	"officeHours/templating"
 	"strconv"
 )
 
@@ -58,5 +59,5 @@ func (b *BaseHandler) writeTimetablePage(w http.ResponseWriter, req *http.Reques
 		SelectedRoom   int
 		SelectedCourse int
 	}{courses, rooms, timetable, selectedRoom, selectedCourse}
-	b.serveTemplate(w, "index", data)
+	templating.ServeTemplate(w, "index", data)
 }

controllers/templates.go

@@ -1,60 +0,0 @@
-package controllers
-
-import (
-	"fmt"
-	"html/template"
-	"log"
-	"net/http"
-	"officeHours/models"
-	"os"
-)
-
-var funcs = template.FuncMap{
-	"DayName": models.DayName,
-	"divide":  func(i int, j int) int { return i / j },
-}
-var baseTemplate = template.Must(template.ParseFiles("templates/base.html")).New("base.html").Funcs(funcs)
-
-// Execute a rendered full HTML page.
-//
-// If you just want to fill a template snippet, use the RawTemplates object.
-//
-// Parameters:
-//   - name is the name of the template file inside templates/, without .html suffix.
-//   - data is passed through to the template
-func (b *BaseHandler) serveTemplate(w http.ResponseWriter, name string, data any) {
-	full_name := "templates/" + name + ".html"
-	// check that template exists
-	info, err := os.Stat(full_name)
-	if (err != nil && os.IsNotExist(err)) || info.IsDir() {
-		errMsg := fmt.Sprintf("Template %s nicht gefunden", full_name)
-		log.Println(errMsg)
-		w.WriteHeader(http.StatusNotFound)
-		w.Write([]byte(errMsg))
-		return
-	}
-
-	tmpl, err := baseTemplate.ParseFiles(full_name)
-	if err != nil {
-		errMsg := fmt.Sprintf("Template %s konnte nicht geparst werden : %s", full_name, err.Error())
-		log.Println(errMsg)
-		w.WriteHeader(http.StatusInternalServerError)
-		w.Write([]byte(errMsg))
-		return
-	}
-	// TODO: cache templates in parsed state, but not executed
-	err = template.Must(tmpl.Clone()).Execute(w, data)
-	if err != nil {
-		errMsg := fmt.Sprintf("Template %s konnte nicht ausgeführt werden : %s", full_name, err.Error())
-		log.Println(errMsg)
-		w.WriteHeader(http.StatusInternalServerError)
-		w.Write([]byte(errMsg))
-		return
-	}
-}
-
-// standalone templates that should not be wrapped into the base.html
-var RawTemplates, TemplateError = template.New("").Funcs(funcs).ParseFiles(
-	"templates/confirmationMail",
-	"templates/td.html",
-	"templates/officeHourTable.html")

controllers/timetable.go

@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import (
 	"html/template"
 	"log"
 	"officeHours/models"
+	"officeHours/templating"
 )
 
 func (b *BaseHandler) GetTimetable(officeHours []models.OfficeHour) (timetable map[models.Date]map[int]models.OfficeHour, slots []int) {
@@ -85,9 +86,11 @@ func (b *BaseHandler) printTimetable(timetable map[models.Date]map[int]models.Of
 								MinuteGranularity int
 								DeleteIcons       bool
 							}{OfficeHour: current, MinuteGranularity: b.config.Date.MinuteGranularity, DeleteIcons: deleteIcons}
-							templateError := RawTemplates.ExecuteTemplate(&celldata, "td.html", data)
-							if templateError != nil {
-								log.Printf("Error executing template td.html: %s", templateError.Error())
+							err := templating.WriteTemplate(&celldata, "td", data)
+							if err != nil {
+								err = fmt.Errorf("writing table cell failed:\n%w", err)
+								log.Println(err.Error())
+								// TODO: better error wrapping up to top-level request handler
 							}
 							tableBody += celldata.String()
 						}
@@ -120,9 +123,11 @@ func (b *BaseHandler) printTimetable(timetable map[models.Date]map[int]models.Of
 		slots[4],
 		template.HTML(tableBody),
 	}
-	templateError := RawTemplates.ExecuteTemplate(&table, "officeHourTable.html", tableData)
-	if templateError != nil {
-		log.Printf("Error executing template officeHourTable.html: %s", templateError.Error())
+	err := templating.WriteTemplate(&table, "officeHourTable", tableData)
+	if err != nil {
+		err = fmt.Errorf("writing table failed:\n%w", err)
+		log.Println(err.Error())
+		// TODO: better error wrapping up to top-level request handler
 	}
 	return template.HTML(table.String())
 }

main.go

@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import (
 	"officeHours/controllers"
 	"officeHours/repositories"
 	"officeHours/sqldb"
+	"officeHours/templating"
 	"os"
 )
 
@@ -20,10 +21,6 @@ func main() {
 		log.SetOutput(logwriter)
 	}
 
-	if controllers.TemplateError != nil {
-		log.Fatalf("Error parsing templates: %s", controllers.TemplateError.Error())
-	}
-
 	configFile := flag.String(
 		"config",
 		"config/config.json",
@@ -42,10 +39,16 @@ func main() {
 
 	// serve static files
 	staticHandler := http.FileServer(http.Dir("./static"))
-
+	// parse templates
+	if err = templating.InitTemplates(); err != nil {
+		log.Print(err.Error())
+		log.Fatal(">>>\nFatal error occurred, aborting program\n<<<\n")
+	}
+	// database connection
 	db, err := sqldb.Connect(conf)
 	if err != nil {
-		log.Fatalf(err.Error())
+		log.Print(err.Error())
+		log.Fatal(">>>\nFatal error occurred, aborting program\n<<<\n")
 	}
 	// Create repos
 	roomRepo := repositories.NewRoomRepo(db)

repositories/request.go

@@ -11,8 +11,8 @@ import (
 	"math/big"
 	"net/smtp"
 	"officeHours/config"
-	"officeHours/controllers"
 	"officeHours/models"
+	"officeHours/templating"
 )
 
 type RequestRepo struct {
@@ -131,12 +131,13 @@ func (r *RequestRepo) sendConfirmationMail(request models.Request) error {
 		Config  config.Config
 		Request models.Request
 	}{r.config, request}
-	err := controllers.RawTemplates.ExecuteTemplate(&message, "confirmationMail", data)
+	err := templating.WriteTemplate(&message, "confirmationMail", data)
 	if err != nil {
 		err = fmt.Errorf("Error parsing confirmation Mail: %w", err)
 		log.Println(err.Error())
 		return err
 	}
+
 	switch r.config.Mailer.Type {
 	case "Stdout":
 		fmt.Println(message.String())

templating/templates.go

@@ -0,0 +1,138 @@
+package templating
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"html/template"
+	"io"
+	"log"
+	"net/http"
+	"officeHours/models"
+	"os"
+	"time"
+)
+
+// parsed templates available for execution
+var templates map[string]*template.Template = map[string]*template.Template{}
+
+// Initialise and parse templates.
+//
+// Should only be called once.
+//
+// Since this is something which may error and feels like
+// it should not be done automatically on import,
+// put it into a function.
+func InitTemplates() error {
+	const templateDir = "templating/templates/"
+	var funcs = template.FuncMap{
+		"DayName": models.DayName,
+		"divide":  func(i int, j int) int { return i / j },
+	}
+	var emptyTemplate = template.New("").Funcs(funcs)
+	var baseTemplate, err = template.ParseFiles(templateDir + "base.html")
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("parsing base template failed:\n%w", err)
+	}
+	baseTemplate.Funcs(funcs)
+
+	type toCache struct {
+		filename   string
+		standalone bool
+	}
+	var toParse = map[string]toCache{
+		// full html templates
+		"addFailure":      {"addFailure.html", false},
+		"addMask":         {"addMask.html", false},
+		"addSuccess":      {"addSuccess.html", false},
+		"deleteSuccess":   {"deleteSuccess.html", false},
+		"executeFailure":  {"executeFailure.html", false},
+		"executeSuccess":  {"executeSuccess.html", false},
+		"index":           {"index.html", false},
+		"requestNotFound": {"requestNotFound.html", false},
+		// standalone templates
+		"confirmationMail": {"confirmationMail", true},
+		"officeHourTable":  {"officeHourTable.html", true},
+		"td":               {"td.html", true},
+	}
+
+	// parse templates and add to global mapping
+	for key, tmpl := range toParse {
+		if _, exists := templates[key]; exists {
+			return fmt.Errorf("template '%s' already parsed", key)
+		}
+		fullName := templateDir + tmpl.filename
+		// check that template file
+		info, err := os.Stat(fullName)
+		if err != nil {
+			return fmt.Errorf("adding template %s failed:\n%w", tmpl.filename, err)
+		}
+		if info.IsDir() {
+			return fmt.Errorf("adding template %s failed: is a directory", tmpl.filename)
+		}
+		// parse
+		var parsed *template.Template
+		if tmpl.standalone {
+			parsed, err = emptyTemplate.Clone()
+			parsed = parsed.New(tmpl.filename)
+		} else {
+			parsed, err = baseTemplate.Clone()
+		}
+		if err != nil {
+			return fmt.Errorf("cloning base template failed:\n%w", err)
+		}
+		parsed, err = parsed.ParseFiles(fullName)
+		if err != nil {
+			return fmt.Errorf("parsing template %s failed:\n%w", tmpl.filename, err)
+		}
+		templates[key] = parsed
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+// Execute a template and write it to the given writer.
+//
+// Parameters:
+//   - name: name of the template to execute
+//   - data: passed through to the template
+func WriteTemplate(w io.Writer, name string, data any) error {
+	tmpl, exists := templates[name]
+	if !exists {
+		return fmt.Errorf("template %s not available", name)
+	}
+	tmpl, err := tmpl.Clone()
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("cloning template failed:\n%w", err)
+	}
+	err = tmpl.Execute(w, data)
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("template execution failed:\n%w", err)
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+// Execute a template and write it to a http writer.
+//
+// Similar to WriteTemplate, but in error case this adds a corresponding
+// status code and writes an error message to the writer.
+//
+// Typically, this is the final action in handling an http request.
+//
+// Parameters:
+//   - name: name of the template to execute
+//   - data: passed through to the template
+func ServeTemplate(w http.ResponseWriter, name string, data any) {
+	// TODO: make this return an error, handle on top of every request handler
+	err := WriteTemplate(w, name, data)
+	if err != nil {
+		err = fmt.Errorf("writing template failed:\n%w", err)
+		log.Println(err.Error())
+		w.WriteHeader(http.StatusInternalServerError)
+		io.WriteString(w, `Internal Server Error.
+
+Du kannst uns helfen, indem du folgende Fehlermeldung per Mail
+an sprechstunden@mathebau.de sendest:
+
+Fehler um\n
+`+time.Now().String()+"\n"+err.Error())
+		return
+	}
+}