1 --[[--

2 blob = -- string for later usage with slot.restore_all(...)

3 slot.dump_all()

4

5 Returns a single string, containing all slot contents. The result of this function can be used to restore all slots after a 303 redirect. This is done automatically by the WebMCP using slot.restore_all(...). If the result of this function is an empty string, then all slots are empty.

6

7 --]]--

8

9 local function encode(str)

10 return (

11 string.gsub(

12 str,

13 "[=;%[%]]",

14 function(char)

15 if char == "=" then return "[eq]"

16 elseif char == ";" then return "[s]"

17 elseif char == "[" then return "[o]"

18 elseif char == "]" then return "[c]"

19 else end

20 end

21 )

22 )

23 end

24

25 function slot.dump_all()

26 local blob_parts = {}

27 for key in pairs(slot._data) do

28 if type(key) == "string" then

29 local value = slot.get_content(key)

30 if value ~= "" then

31 blob_parts[#blob_parts + 1] = encode(key) .. "=" .. encode(value)

32 end

33 end

34 end

35 return table.concat(blob_parts, ";")

36 end