EFTL Language Extension for VS Code

Syntax highlighting and language support for EFTL (ElixForms Template Language).

Features

• Syntax Highlighting for all EFTL constructs
• Code Snippets for common patterns
• Bracket Matching for EFTL blocks
• Code Folding for block structures

Supported Syntax

Block Delimiters

• [EFTL]...[/EFTL] - Main EFTL block
• [VAR name="..." type="..."]...[/VAR] - Variable declarations
• [IF]...[/IF] - Conditionals
• [WHILE]...[/WHILE] - Loops

Expressions

• [% expression %] - Execute expression
• [%= expression %] - Output expression value

Data Tags

• [TAG]GETVALUEBYTAG,TAG_NAME,REQUEST,IUQOID[/TAG]
• [TAG]SCHEMAID,schemaId,COL0001,IUQOID, , [/TAG]

Functions

• [SPLIT regex="..."]...[/SPLIT] - Split string
• [TRIM]...[/TRIM] - Trim whitespace
• [VALUE_OF varname="..." index="..." /] - Get array element
• [SIZE_OF varname="..." /] - Get array size
• [CONTAINS varname="..."]...[/CONTAINS] - Check containment
• [FORMAT type="..." pattern="..."]...[/FORMAT] - Format values

Control Structures

• [IF], [CONDITION], [THEN], [ELSE], [ELSE IF]
• [WHILE], [DO]

Comments

• [!-- comment --]

Installation

From VSIX (Local)

1. Package the extension: npx vsce package
2. Install in VS Code: code --install-extension eftl-language-0.1.0.vsix

Development Mode

1. Open this folder in VS Code
2. Press F5 to launch Extension Development Host
3. Open any .eftl file to see syntax highlighting

Snippets

Prefix	Description
eftl	EFTL block with header
var	Variable declaration
vartag	Variable from TAG
varschema	Variable from SCHEMAID
if	IF statement
ifelse	IF-ELSE statement
while	WHILE loop
split	Split function
trim	Trim function
valueof	VALUE_OF function
sizeof	SIZE_OF function
contains	CONTAINS function
formatnum	Format number
tag	GETVALUEBYTAG tag
schema	SCHEMAID tag
out	Output expression
comment	Comment block

Example

[EFTL][HEADER name="trimDocument" value="true" type="boolean" /]
[VAR name="total" type="number"][% total = 0; %][/VAR]
[VAR name="items" type="iterable"][SPLIT regex=";"][TAG]GETVALUEBYTAG,ITEMS,REQUEST,IUQOID[/TAG][/SPLIT][/VAR]

[!-- Calculate total --]
[VAR name="count" type="number"][SIZE_OF varname="items" /][/VAR]

[IF]
    [CONDITION][% count > 0 %][/CONDITION]
    [THEN][%= count %] items found[/THEN]
    [ELSE]No items[/ELSE]
[/IF]
[/EFTL]

License

MIT