Make custom tags work in the LMS

common/lib/xmodule/setup.py

@@ -13,15 +13,21 @@ setup(
     # for a description of entry_points
     entry_points={
         'xmodule.v1': [
+            "book = xmodule.translation_module:TranslateCustomTagDescriptor",
             "chapter = xmodule.seq_module:SequenceDescriptor",
             "course = xmodule.seq_module:SequenceDescriptor",
+            "customtag = xmodule.template_module:CustomTagDescriptor",
+            "discuss = xmodule.translation_module:TranslateCustomTagDescriptor",
             "html = xmodule.html_module:HtmlDescriptor",
-            "section = xmodule.translation_module:SemanticSectionDescriptor",
-            "sequential = xmodule.seq_module:SequenceDescriptor",
-            "vertical = xmodule.vertical_module:VerticalDescriptor",
+            "image = xmodule.translation_module:TranslateCustomTagDescriptor",
             "problem = xmodule.capa_module:CapaDescriptor",
             "problemset = xmodule.seq_module:SequenceDescriptor",
+            "section = xmodule.translation_module:SemanticSectionDescriptor",
+            "sequential = xmodule.seq_module:SequenceDescriptor",
+            "slides = xmodule.translation_module:TranslateCustomTagDescriptor",
+            "vertical = xmodule.vertical_module:VerticalDescriptor",
             "video = xmodule.video_module:VideoDescriptor",
+            "videodev = xmodule.translation_module:TranslateCustomTagDescriptor",
             "videosequence = xmodule.seq_module:SequenceDescriptor",
         ]
     }

common/lib/xmodule/template_module.py

@@ -1,14 +1,9 @@
-import json
-
-from x_module import XModule, XModuleDescriptor
+from xmodule.x_module import XModule
+from xmodule.raw_module import RawDescriptor
 from lxml import etree
 
 
-class ModuleDescriptor(XModuleDescriptor):
-    pass
-
-
-class Module(XModule):
+class CustomTagModule(XModule):
     """
     This module supports tags of the form
     <customtag option="val" option2="val2">
@@ -34,9 +29,13 @@ class Module(XModule):
     def get_html(self):
         return self.html
 
-    def __init__(self, system, xml, item_id, instance_state=None, shared_state=None):
-        XModule.__init__(self, system, xml, item_id, instance_state, shared_state)
-        xmltree = etree.fromstring(xml)
+    def __init__(self, system, location, definition, instance_state=None, shared_state=None, **kwargs):
+        XModule.__init__(self, system, location, definition, instance_state, shared_state, **kwargs)
+        xmltree = etree.fromstring(self.definition['data'])
         filename = xmltree.find('impl').text
         params = dict(xmltree.items())
         self.html = self.system.render_template(filename, params, namespace='custom_tags')
+
+
+class CustomTagDescriptor(RawDescriptor):
+    module_class = CustomTagModule

common/lib/xmodule/translation_module.py

@@ -65,3 +65,20 @@ class SemanticSectionDescriptor(XModuleDescriptor):
         else:
             xml_object.tag = 'sequence'
             return system.process_xml(etree.tostring(xml_object))
+
+
+class TranslateCustomTagDescriptor(XModuleDescriptor):
+    @classmethod
+    def from_xml(cls, xml_data, system, org=None, course=None):
+        """
+        Transforms the xml_data from <$custom_tag attr="" attr=""/> to
+        <customtag attr="" attr=""><impl>$custom_tag</impl></customtag>
+        """
+
+        xml_object = etree.fromstring(xml_data)
+        tag = xml_object.tag
+        xml_object.tag = 'customtag'
+        impl = etree.SubElement(xml_object, 'impl')
+        impl.text = tag
+
+        return system.process_xml(etree.tostring(xml_object))