module mdoc
import model_base
+import location
# Structured documentation of a `MEntity` object
class MDoc
# The entity where the documentation is originally attached to.
# This gives some context to resolve identifiers or to run examples.
var original_mentity: nullable MEntity = null is writable
+
+ # The original location of the doc for error messages
+ var location: Location
+
+ # The comment first line
+ var synopsis: String is lazy do return content.first
+
+ # All comment lines except for the synopsis
+ var comment: String is lazy do
+ var lines = content.to_a
+ if not lines.is_empty then lines.shift
+ return lines.join("\n")
+ end
+
+ # Full comment
+ var documentation: String is lazy do return content.join("\n")
end
redef class MEntity
# The documentation associated to the entity
- var mdoc: nullable MDoc is writable
+ var mdoc: nullable MDoc = null is writable
+
+ # The documentation associated to the entity or their main nested entity.
+ #
+ # * `MPackage`s fall back to their root `MGroup`.
+ # * `MGroup`s fall back to their `default_mmodule`.
+ # * `MClass`es, `MClassDef`s, `MProperty`s and `MPropDef`s fall-back to
+ # their introducing definition.
+ # * `MClassType`s fall back to their wrapped `MClass`.
+ # * `MVirtualType`s fall back to their wrapped `MProperty`.
+ # * `CallSite` fall back on the wrapped `MProperty`.
+ # * Other entities do not fall back.
+ #
+ # One may use `MDoc::original_mentity` to retrieve the original
+ # source of the documentation.
+ fun mdoc_or_fallback: nullable MDoc do return mdoc
# Is the entity deprecated?
#