getting the flow control more like I envisioned it

server.go

@@ -10,8 +10,8 @@ package main
 
 import (
 	"io"
-	"net/http"
 
+	"git.erbosoft.com/amy/amsterdam/ui"
 	"github.com/CloudyKit/jet/v6"
 	"github.com/labstack/echo/v4"
 )
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ var views = jet.NewSet(
 type TemplateRenderer struct {
 }
 
-func (self *TemplateRenderer) Render(w io.Writer, name string, data interface{}, c echo.Context) error {
+func (r *TemplateRenderer) Render(w io.Writer, name string, data any, c echo.Context) error {
 	view, err := views.GetTemplate(name)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
@@ -35,9 +35,9 @@ func (self *TemplateRenderer) Render(w io.Writer, name string, data interface{},
 func setupEcho() *echo.Echo {
 	e := echo.New()
 	e.Renderer = &TemplateRenderer{}
-	e.GET("/", func(c echo.Context) error {
+	e.GET("/", ui.AmWrap(func(ctxt ui.AmContext) (string, any, error) {
-		return c.Render(http.StatusOK, "frame.jet", nil)
+		return "template", "frame.jet", nil
-	})
+	}))
 	return e
 }
 

ui/amcontext.go

@@ -9,24 +9,33 @@
 package ui
 
 import (
+	"net/http"
+
 	"github.com/labstack/echo/v4"
 )
 
 type AmContext interface {
-	Render(int, string, interface{}) error
+	Render(string) error
+	SetRC(int)
 }
 
 type amContext struct {
 	echoContext echo.Context
+	httprc      int
 }
 
-func (c *amContext) Render(code int, name string, data interface{}) error {
+func (c *amContext) Render(name string) error {
-	return c.echoContext.Render(code, name, data)
+	return c.echoContext.Render(c.httprc, name, c)
+}
+
+func (c *amContext) SetRC(rc int) {
+	c.httprc = rc
 }
 
 func NewAmContext(ctxt echo.Context) AmContext {
 	rc := amContext{
 		echoContext: ctxt,
+		httprc:      http.StatusOK,
 	}
 	return &rc
 }

ui/render_wrap.go

@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+/*
+ * Amsterdam Web Communities System
+ * Copyright (c) 2025 Erbosoft Metaverse Design Solutions, All Rights Reserved
+ *
+ * This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
+ * License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
+ * file, You can obtain one at https://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/.
+ */
+package ui
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+
+	"github.com/labstack/echo/v4"
+)
+
+func AmWrap(myfunc func(AmContext) (string, any, error)) echo.HandlerFunc {
+	return func(ctxt echo.Context) error {
+		amctxt := NewAmContext(ctxt)
+		what, rc, err := myfunc(amctxt)
+		if err == nil {
+			switch what {
+			case "template":
+				err = amctxt.Render(fmt.Sprintf("%v", rc))
+			default:
+				err = fmt.Errorf("unknown rendering type: %s", what)
+			}
+		}
+		return err
+	}
+}