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+// Copyright 2015 The Go Authors. All rights reserved.
+// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style
+// license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
+
+// This file contains the code to handle template options.
+
+package template
+
+import "strings"
+
+// missingKeyAction defines how to respond to indexing a map with a key that is not present.
+type missingKeyAction int
+
+const (
+	mapInvalid   missingKeyAction = iota // Return an invalid reflect.Value.
+	mapZeroValue                         // Return the zero value for the map element.
+	mapError                             // Error out
+)
+
+type option struct {
+	missingKey missingKeyAction
+}
+
+// Option sets options for the template. Options are described by
+// strings, either a simple string or "key=value". There can be at
+// most one equals sign in an option string. If the option string
+// is unrecognized or otherwise invalid, Option panics.
+//
+// Known options:
+//
+// missingkey: Control the behavior during execution if a map is
+// indexed with a key that is not present in the map.
+//	"missingkey=default" or "missingkey=invalid"
+//		The default behavior: Do nothing and continue execution.
+//		If printed, the result of the index operation is the string
+//		"<no value>".
+//	"missingkey=zero"
+//		The operation returns the zero value for the map type's element.
+//	"missingkey=error"
+//		Execution stops immediately with an error.
+//
+func (t *Template) Option(opt ...string) *Template {
+	t.init()
+	for _, s := range opt {
+		t.setOption(s)
+	}
+	return t
+}
+
+func (t *Template) setOption(opt string) {
+	if opt == "" {
+		panic("empty option string")
+	}
+	elems := strings.Split(opt, "=")
+	switch len(elems) {
+	case 2:
+		// key=value
+		switch elems[0] {
+		case "missingkey":
+			switch elems[1] {
+			case "invalid", "default":
+				t.option.missingKey = mapInvalid
+				return
+			case "zero":
+				t.option.missingKey = mapZeroValue
+				return
+			case "error":
+				t.option.missingKey = mapError
+				return
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	panic("unrecognized option: " + opt)
+}