#!/usr/bin/perl

  package Links;

  use strict;
  use CGI qw(:standard);

  my $Links = {

    musings => {
      text => 'Musings',
      link => '/cgi-bin/musing.cgi',
      id_list => [
        'musing_id',
      ],
    },

    rants => {
      text => 'Rants',
      link => '/cgi-bin/rants.cgi',
      id_list => [
        'rant_id',
        'ref_id',
      ],
    },

    stuff => {
      text => 'Other Stuff and Junk',
      link => '/cgi-bin/misc.cgi',
      id_list => [
      ],
    },
  };

#-----------------------------------------------------------
sub make {

  my $key  = shift;
  my $vals = shift;

  (defined($Links->{$key})) or return;

  my $info = $Links->{$key};

  my @id_list;

  for my $id (@{$info->{id_list}}) {
    if (defined($vals->{$id})) {
      push @id_list, "$id=$vals->{$id}";
    }
    else {
      # what if?
    }
  }

  my $url = $info->{link};

  if (@id_list) {
    my $id_str = join('&', @id_list);
    $url = "$url?$id_str";
  }

  return a({-href=>$url}, $info->{text});
}

1;