Partials support - Manual - TIA2ST - A CLI tool to import TIA Portal project data into a SIMATIC AX project. - TIA2ST - Convert parts of TIA Portal projects to ST code,tool

In certain cases it's useful to utilize partials (see mustache specification).

You can define partials in separate .mustache files

group-tree.mustache

{{Name}}
  {{#Groups}}{{>group-tree}}{{/Groups}}

and reference them by file name in your template definition

{{#PLCs}}
     {{#Software.TechnologicalObjectGroup}}
        // traverse recursive over groups
        {{>group-tree}}
     {{/Software.TechnologicalObjectGroup}}
{{/PLCs}}

or define your partials directly in the template file as a key-value map separated by a colon. Each line that starts with a key followed by a colon is a template. For multiline templates, you can use the file approach.

{{#partials}}
   // map TO types to AX classes 
   TO_SpeedAxis : SpeedAxis
   TO_PositioningAxis : PosAxis
   TO_SynchronousAxis : SyncAxis{{#IsTechnologyCPU}}Advanced{{/IsTechnologyCPU}}
   ...
{{/partials}}

{{#PLCs}}
     {{#Software.TechnologicalObjectGroup}}
        {{#TechnologicalObjects}}
            {{Name}}_Instance : {{>*Type}}; // map type by dynamic partials.
        {{/TechnologicalObjects}}
     {{/Software.TechnologicalObjectGroup}}
{{/PLCs}}

The example above shows support for dynamic partials. You can define dynamic names for partials using an asterisk {{>*Type}}. This enables a mapping of TIA project data to corresponding AX entities.

Additionally you can define multiple mappings for the same data by extending the partial name with the + sign.

{{#partials}}
   // map TO types to AX classes 
   TO_SpeedAxis : SpeedAxis
   TO_Cam : Cam  
   ...   
   // map TO types to AX interfaces
   TO_SpeedAxis+itf : itfSpeedAxis
   TO_Cam+itf : itfCamBase
   ...
{{/partials}}

{{#PLCs}}
     {{#Software.TechnologicalObjectGroup}}
        {{#TechnologicalObjects}}
            {{Name}}_Instance : {{>*Type}}; // instanciate class.
            {{Name}} : {{>*Type+itf}}; // declare interface.
        {{/TechnologicalObjects}}
     {{/Software.TechnologicalObjectGroup}}
{{/PLCs}}