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13. buildOpenLab(): Build the page for an open lab

This function does two things. It builds the page showing a table of all the clients in a given open lab room. It also adds a link to that page to the open-labs bullet list on the start page.

hwscan3.py
# - - -   b u i l d O p e n L a b

def buildOpenLab ( ul, room, reportInfo, clientSet ):
    '''Build an open lab room page and the link to it.

      [ (ul is an et.Element) and
        (room is a Room instance) and
        (reportInfo is a ReportInfo) and
        (clientSet is a ClientSet) ->
          room page for room  :=  table of clients in that room
              from clientSet, with devices from reportInfo
          ul  +:=  a new 'li' element linking to that page ]
    '''

First add a bullet to the bullet list, containing the room name, with a link to the room page.

hwscan3.py
    #-- 1 --
    # [ ul  +:=  a new 'li' element with a link to the room
    #            page for (room) ]
    ul.append ( E.li ( linkToRoomPage ( room ) ) )

For the logic that builds the room page, see Section 17, “buildRoomPage(): Make the page with a table of all the clients in a room”.

hwscan3.py
    #-- 2 --
    # [ room page  :=  table of clients in room (room)
    #       from clientSet, with devices from reportInfo ]
    buildRoomPage ( room, reportInfo, clientSet )