Source file src/pkg/html/template/error.go
1 // Copyright 2011 The Go Authors. All rights reserved.
2 // Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style
3 // license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
4
5 package template
6
7 import (
8 "fmt"
9 )
10
11 // Error describes a problem encountered during template Escaping.
12 type Error struct {
13 // ErrorCode describes the kind of error.
14 ErrorCode ErrorCode
15 // Name is the name of the template in which the error was encountered.
16 Name string
17 // Line is the line number of the error in the template source or 0.
18 Line int
19 // Description is a human-readable description of the problem.
20 Description string
21 }
22
23 // ErrorCode is a code for a kind of error.
24 type ErrorCode int
25
26 // We define codes for each error that manifests while escaping templates, but
27 // escaped templates may also fail at runtime.
28 //
29 // Output: "ZgotmplZ"
30 // Example:
31 // <img src="{{.X}}">
32 // where {{.X}} evaluates to `javascript:...`
33 // Discussion:
34 // "ZgotmplZ" is a special value that indicates that unsafe content reached a
35 // CSS or URL context at runtime. The output of the example will be
36 // <img src="#ZgotmplZ">
37 // If the data comes from a trusted source, use content types to exempt it
38 // from filtering: URL(`javascript:...`).
39 const (
40 // OK indicates the lack of an error.
41 OK ErrorCode = iota
42
43 // ErrAmbigContext: "... appears in an ambiguous URL context"
44 // Example:
45 // <a href="
46 // {{if .C}}
47 // /path/
48 // {{else}}
49 // /search?q=
50 // {{end}}
51 // {{.X}}
52 // ">
53 // Discussion:
54 // {{.X}} is in an ambiguous URL context since, depending on {{.C}},
55 // it may be either a URL suffix or a query parameter.
56 // Moving {{.X}} into the condition removes the ambiguity:
57 // <a href="{{if .C}}/path/{{.X}}{{else}}/search?q={{.X}}">
58 ErrAmbigContext
59
60 // ErrBadHTML: "expected space, attr name, or end of tag, but got ...",
61 // "... in unquoted attr", "... in attribute name"
62 // Example:
63 // <a href = /search?q=foo>
64 // <href=foo>
65 // <form na<e=...>
66 // <option selected<
67 // Discussion:
68 // This is often due to a typo in an HTML element, but some runes
69 // are banned in tag names, attribute names, and unquoted attribute
70 // values because they can tickle parser ambiguities.
71 // Quoting all attributes is the best policy.
72 ErrBadHTML
73
74 // ErrBranchEnd: "{{if}} branches end in different contexts"
75 // Example:
76 // {{if .C}}<a href="{{end}}{{.X}}
77 // Discussion:
78 // Package html/template statically examines each path through an
79 // {{if}}, {{range}}, or {{with}} to escape any following pipelines.
80 // The example is ambiguous since {{.X}} might be an HTML text node,
81 // or a URL prefix in an HTML attribute. The context of {{.X}} is
82 // used to figure out how to escape it, but that context depends on
83 // the run-time value of {{.C}} which is not statically known.
84 //
85 // The problem is usually something like missing quotes or angle
86 // brackets, or can be avoided by refactoring to put the two contexts
87 // into different branches of an if, range or with. If the problem
88 // is in a {{range}} over a collection that should never be empty,
89 // adding a dummy {{else}} can help.
90 ErrBranchEnd
91
92 // ErrEndContext: "... ends in a non-text context: ..."
93 // Examples:
94 // <div
95 // <div title="no close quote>
96 // <script>f()
97 // Discussion:
98 // Executed templates should produce a DocumentFragment of HTML.
99 // Templates that end without closing tags will trigger this error.
100 // Templates that should not be used in an HTML context or that
101 // produce incomplete Fragments should not be executed directly.
102 //
103 // {{define "main"}} <script>{{template "helper"}}</script> {{end}}
104 // {{define "helper"}} document.write(' <div title=" ') {{end}}
105 //
106 // "helper" does not produce a valid document fragment, so should
107 // not be Executed directly.
108 ErrEndContext
109
110 // ErrNoSuchTemplate: "no such template ..."
111 // Examples:
112 // {{define "main"}}<div {{template "attrs"}}>{{end}}
113 // {{define "attrs"}}href="{{.URL}}"{{end}}
114 // Discussion:
115 // Package html/template looks through template calls to compute the
116 // context.
117 // Here the {{.URL}} in "attrs" must be treated as a URL when called
118 // from "main", but you will get this error if "attrs" is not defined
119 // when "main" is parsed.
120 ErrNoSuchTemplate
121
122 // ErrOutputContext: "cannot compute output context for template ..."
123 // Examples:
124 // {{define "t"}}{{if .T}}{{template "t" .T}}{{end}}{{.H}}",{{end}}
125 // Discussion:
126 // A recursive template does not end in the same context in which it
127 // starts, and a reliable output context cannot be computed.
128 // Look for typos in the named template.
129 // If the template should not be called in the named start context,
130 // look for calls to that template in unexpected contexts.
131 // Maybe refactor recursive templates to not be recursive.
132 ErrOutputContext
133
134 // ErrPartialCharset: "unfinished JS regexp charset in ..."
135 // Example:
136 // <script>var pattern = /foo[{{.Chars}}]/</script>
137 // Discussion:
138 // Package html/template does not support interpolation into regular
139 // expression literal character sets.
140 ErrPartialCharset
141
142 // ErrPartialEscape: "unfinished escape sequence in ..."
143 // Example:
144 // <script>alert("\{{.X}}")</script>
145 // Discussion:
146 // Package html/template does not support actions following a
147 // backslash.
148 // This is usually an error and there are better solutions; for
149 // example
150 // <script>alert("{{.X}}")</script>
151 // should work, and if {{.X}} is a partial escape sequence such as
152 // "xA0", mark the whole sequence as safe content: JSStr(`\xA0`)
153 ErrPartialEscape
154
155 // ErrRangeLoopReentry: "on range loop re-entry: ..."
156 // Example:
157 // <script>var x = [{{range .}}'{{.}},{{end}}]</script>
158 // Discussion:
159 // If an iteration through a range would cause it to end in a
160 // different context than an earlier pass, there is no single context.
161 // In the example, there is missing a quote, so it is not clear
162 // whether {{.}} is meant to be inside a JS string or in a JS value
163 // context. The second iteration would produce something like
164 //
165 // <script>var x = ['firstValue,'secondValue]</script>
166 ErrRangeLoopReentry
167
168 // ErrSlashAmbig: '/' could start a division or regexp.
169 // Example:
170 // <script>
171 // {{if .C}}var x = 1{{end}}
172 // /-{{.N}}/i.test(x) ? doThis : doThat();
173 // </script>
174 // Discussion:
175 // The example above could produce `var x = 1/-2/i.test(s)...`
176 // in which the first '/' is a mathematical division operator or it
177 // could produce `/-2/i.test(s)` in which the first '/' starts a
178 // regexp literal.
179 // Look for missing semicolons inside branches, and maybe add
180 // parentheses to make it clear which interpretation you intend.
181 ErrSlashAmbig
182 )
183
184 func (e *Error) Error() string {
185 if e.Line != 0 {
186 return fmt.Sprintf("html/template:%s:%d: %s", e.Name, e.Line, e.Description)
187 } else if e.Name != "" {
188 return fmt.Sprintf("html/template:%s: %s", e.Name, e.Description)
189 }
190 return "html/template: " + e.Description
191 }
192
193 // errorf creates an error given a format string f and args.
194 // The template Name still needs to be supplied.
195 func errorf(k ErrorCode, line int, f string, args ...interface{}) *Error {
196 return &Error{k, "", line, fmt.Sprintf(f, args...)}
197 }