better parsers

README.md

@@ -88,6 +88,22 @@ renderStr, _ := ascii.RenderOpts("Hello Fonts", options)
 fmt.Print(renderStr)
 ```
 
+### Other parser
+A Parser can be set through the `GetParser` function with a valid key
+```go
+import "github.com/probandula/figlet4go"
+
+// ...
+
+ascii := figlet4go.NewAsciiRender()
+
+options := figlet4go.NewRenderOptions()
+options.Parser = figlet4go.GetParser("html")
+
+renderStr, _ := ascii.RenderOpts("Hello Fonts", options)
+fmt.Print(renderStr)
+```
+
 ## Parsers
 There a currently these Parsers available:
 
@@ -119,5 +135,7 @@ Other fonts can mainly be found on [figlet](http://www.figlet.org). You have to
 - [x] Colors in the cli client
 - [x] No dependencies (fatih/color)
 - [x] Truecolor support
-- [ ] More parsers (HTML)
+- [x] More parsers (HTML)
+- [x] Better parsers (maybe stored in a map)
+- [ ] Pointer-Value standarization
 - [ ] Tests

cmd/figlet4go/figlet4go.go

@@ -37,7 +37,11 @@ func main() {
 	options.FontName = *font
 
 	// Set the parser
-	options.Parser = getParser(*parser)
+	p, err := figlet4go.GetParser(*parser)
+	if err != nil {
+		p, _ = figlet4go.GetParser("terminal")
+	}
+	options.Parser = *p
 
 	// Set colors
 	if *colors != "" {
@@ -53,17 +57,6 @@ func main() {
 	fmt.Print(renderStr)
 }
 
-// Get the parser for given flag argument
-func getParser(parserStr string) figlet4go.Parser {
-	switch parserStr {
-	case "html":
-		return figlet4go.ParserHTML
-	// Terminal parser is default
-	default:
-		return figlet4go.ParserTerminal
-	}
-}
-
 // Get a slice with colors to give to the RenderOptions
 // Splits the given string with the separator ";"
 func getColorSlice(colorStr string) []figlet4go.Color {

parser.go

@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 package figlet4go
 
+import "errors"
+
 // Parser stores some output specific stuff
 type Parser struct {
 	// Name used for switching in colors.go
@@ -14,9 +16,19 @@ type Parser struct {
 	Replaces map[string]string
 }
 
-var (
+var parsers map[string]Parser = map[string]Parser {
+
 	// Default terminal parser
-	ParserTerminal Parser = Parser{"terminal", "", "", "\n", nil}
+	"terminal": Parser{"terminal", "", "", "\n", nil},
 	// Parser for HTML code
-	ParserHTML Parser = Parser{"html", "<code>", "</code>", "<br>", map[string]string{" ": "&nbsp;"}}
-)
+	"html": Parser{"html", "<code>", "</code>", "<br>", map[string]string{" ": "&nbsp;"}},
+}
+
+// GetParser returns a parser by its key
+func GetParser(key string) (*Parser, error) {
+	parser, ok := parsers[key]
+	if !ok {
+		return nil, errors.New("Invalid parser key: " + key)
+	}
+	return &parser, nil
+}

render.go

@@ -14,9 +14,10 @@ type RenderOptions struct {
 // NewRenderOptions creates new RenderOptions
 // Sets the default font name
 func NewRenderOptions() *RenderOptions {
+	p, _ := GetParser("terminal")
 	return &RenderOptions{
 		FontName: defaultFont,
-		Parser:   ParserTerminal,
+		Parser:   *p,
 	}
 }