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# 🦉 QWeb Engine 🦉
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## Content
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- [Overview](#overview)
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- [Reference](#reference)
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## Overview
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[QWeb](https://www.odoo.com/documentation/13.0/reference/qweb.html) is the primary
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templating engine used by Odoo. The QWeb class in the OWL project is an
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implementation of that specification with a few interesting points:
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- it compiles templates into functions that output a virtual DOM instead of a
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string. This is necessary for the component system.
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- it has a few extra directives: `t-component`, `t-on`, ...
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We present in this section the engine, not the templating language.
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## Reference
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This section is about the javascript code that implements the `QWeb` specification.
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Owl exports a `QWeb` class in `owl.QWeb`. To use it, it just needs to be
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instantiated:
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```js
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const qweb = new owl.QWeb();
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```
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Its API is quite simple:
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- **`constructor(config)`**: constructor. Takes an optional configuration object
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with an optional `templates` string to add initial
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templates (see `addTemplates` for more information on format of the string)
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and an optional `translateFn` translate function (see the section on
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[translations](#translations)).
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```js
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const qweb = new owl.QWeb({ templates: TEMPLATES, translateFn: _t });
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```
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- **`addTemplate(name, xmlStr, allowDuplicate)`**: add a specific template.
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```js
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qweb.addTemplate("mytemplate", "<div>hello</div>");
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```
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If the optional `allowDuplicate` is set to `true`, then `QWeb` will simply
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ignore templates added for a second time. Otherwise, `QWeb` will crash.
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- **`addTemplates(xmlStr)`**: add a list of templates (identified by `t-name`
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attribute).
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```js
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const TEMPLATES = `
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<templates>
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<div t-name="App" class="main">main</div>
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<div t-name="OtherComponent">other component</div>
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</templates>`;
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qweb.addTemplates(TEMPLATES);
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```
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- **`render(name, context, extra)`**: renders a template. This returns a `vnode`,
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which is a virtual representation of the DOM (see [vdom doc](../architecture/vdom.md)).
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```js
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const vnode = qweb.render("App", component);
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```
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- **`renderToString(name, context)`**: renders a template, but returns an html
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string.
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```js
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const str = qweb.renderToString("someTemplate", somecontext);
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```
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- **`registerTemplate(name, template)`**: static function to register a global
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QWeb template. This is useful for commonly used components accross the
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application, and for making a template available to an application without
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having a reference to the actual QWeb instance.
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```js
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QWeb.registerTemplate("mytemplate", `<div>some template</div>`);
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```
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- **`registerComponent(name, Component)`**: static function to register an OWL Component
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to QWeb's global registry. Globally registered Components can be used in
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templates (see the `t-component` directive). This is useful for commonly used
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components accross the application.
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```js
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class Dialog extends owl.Component { ... }
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QWeb.registerComponent("Dialog", Dialog);
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...
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class ParentComponent extends owl.Component { ... }
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qweb.addTemplate("ParentComponent", "<div><Dialog/></div>");
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```
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In some way, a `QWeb` instance is the core of an Owl application. It is the only
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mandatory element of an [environment](environment.md). As such, it
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has an extra responsibility: it can act as an event bus for internal communication
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between Owl classes. This is the reason why `QWeb` actually extends [EventBus](event_bus.md).
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### Translations
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If properly setup, Owl QWeb engine can translate all rendered templates. To do
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so, it needs a translate function, which takes a string and returns a string.
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For example:
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```js
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const translations = {
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hello: "bonjour",
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yes: "oui",
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no: "non"
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};
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const translateFn = str => translations[str] || str;
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const qweb = new QWeb({ translateFn });
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```
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Once setup, all rendered templates will be translated using `translateFn`:
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- each text node will be replaced with its translation,
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- each of the following attribute values will be translated as well: `title`,
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`placeholder`, `label` and `alt`,
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- translating text nodes can be disabled with the special attribute `t-translation`,
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if its value is `off`.
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So, with the above `translateFn`, the following templates:
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```xml
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<div>hello</div>
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<div t-translation="off">hello</div>
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<div>Are you sure?</div>
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<input placeholder="hello" other="yes"/>
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```
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will be rendered as:
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```xml
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<div>bonjour</div>
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<div>hello</div>
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<div>Are you sure?</div>
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<input placeholder="bonjour" other="yes"/>
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```
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Note that the translation is done during the compilation of the template, not
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when it is rendered.
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