Module:TemplateHelpers: Difference between revisions

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      local TemplateStructure = require('Module:TemplateStructure')
      return TemplateStructure.renderDividerBlock(label)
+end
+-- Extracts semantic value from a field, handling wiki links appropriately
+-- @param fieldValue The value to extract semantic data from
+-- @param fieldName The name of the field (for error reporting)
+-- @param errorContext Optional error context for error handling
+-- @return The extracted semantic value or nil if the input is empty
+function p.extractSemanticValue(fieldValue, fieldName, errorContext)
+    if not fieldValue or fieldValue == "" then
+        return nil
+    end
+    -- If the value already has wiki links, extract the name using LinkParser
+    local LinkParser = require('Module:LinkParser')
+    if LinkParser.processWikiLink(fieldValue, "check") then
+        -- Use the standardized error handling helper
+        return p.withErrorHandling(
+            errorContext,
+            "extractFromWikiLink_" .. fieldName,
+            LinkParser.extractFromWikiLink,
+            fieldValue,  -- fallback to original value on error
+            fieldValue
+        )
+    else
+        -- Otherwise, use the plain text value
+        return fieldValue
+    end
 end