From d5d9c101f06ed1bfaeff3e187b8633e731e84df2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Holt59 <capelle.mikael@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 7 Jul 2018 15:56:30 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Add factory for generic elements.

---
 pyltk/__init__.py     |  3 +++
 pyltk/latexfactory.py | 38 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 41 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 pyltk/latexfactory.py

diff --git a/pyltk/__init__.py b/pyltk/__init__.py
index 2ed0f11..1b77a06 100644
--- a/pyltk/__init__.py
+++ b/pyltk/__init__.py
@@ -14,3 +14,6 @@ from .subfloat import subfloat
 from .table import table, tabledf
 from .tabular import tabular, tabulardf, hline_element, row_element, multicolumn
 from .inlines import it, bf, mt
+from .latexfactory import factory
+
+latex = factory()
diff --git a/pyltk/latexfactory.py b/pyltk/latexfactory.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7a34bc3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pyltk/latexfactory.py
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+# -*- encoding: utf-8 -*-
+
+
+from .element import element
+
+
+class generic_element(element):
+
+    templates = {
+        'element': '\\{name}{options}{attributes}',
+        'options': '[{content}]'
+    }
+
+    autolabel = False
+
+    def __init__(self, name, *args, parent=None, **kargs):
+        super().__init__(parent, **kargs)
+        self.name = name
+        if not args:
+            self.attributes = '{}'
+        else:
+            self.attributes = ''
+            for arg in args:
+                self.attributes += '{{{}}}'.format(arg)
+
+    def content(self):
+        return self.fmt().format('element', {
+            'name': self.name,
+            'attributes': self.attributes,
+            'options': self.format_options(self.options)
+        })
+
+
+class factory:
+
+    def __getattr__(self, name):
+        return lambda *args, **kargs: \
+          generic_element(name, *args, **kargs)