[llvm-branch-commits] [clang-tools-extra] [clang-doc] separate comments into categories (PR #149590)

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Author: Erick Velez (evelez7)

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<summary>Changes</summary>

Comment categories will allow better comment organization in HTML.
Before, comments would just be serialized in whatever order they were
written, so groups like params or notes wouldn't be in the same
sections.

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Full diff: https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/pull/149590.diff


3 Files Affected:

- (modified) clang-tools-extra/clang-doc/JSONGenerator.cpp (+34-9) 
- (modified) clang-tools-extra/test/clang-doc/json/class.cpp (+24-27) 
- (modified) clang-tools-extra/test/clang-doc/json/concept.cpp (+6-9) 


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diff --git a/clang-tools-extra/clang-doc/JSONGenerator.cpp b/clang-tools-extra/clang-doc/JSONGenerator.cpp
index 908e23d24d079..5e2d60a8427e1 100644
--- a/clang-tools-extra/clang-doc/JSONGenerator.cpp
+++ b/clang-tools-extra/clang-doc/JSONGenerator.cpp
@@ -83,7 +83,21 @@ serializeLocation(const Location &Loc,
   return LocationObj;
 }
 
-static json::Value serializeComment(const CommentInfo &I) {
+static void insertComment(Object &Description, json::Value &Comment,
+                          std::string Key) {
+  auto *CommentArray = Description.getArray(Key);
+  if (!CommentArray) {
+    auto CommentsArray = json::Array();
+    CommentsArray.push_back(Comment);
+    Description[Key] = std::move(CommentsArray);
+    Description["Has" + Key] = true;
+  } else {
+    CommentArray->push_back(Comment);
+    Description[Key] = std::move(*CommentArray);
+  }
+}
+
+static Object serializeComment(const CommentInfo &I, Object &Description) {
   // taken from PR #142273
   Object Obj = Object();
 
@@ -94,7 +108,7 @@ static json::Value serializeComment(const CommentInfo &I) {
   auto &CARef = *ChildArr.getAsArray();
   CARef.reserve(I.Children.size());
   for (const auto &C : I.Children)
-    CARef.emplace_back(serializeComment(*C));
+    CARef.emplace_back(serializeComment(*C, Description));
 
   switch (I.Kind) {
   case CommentKind::CK_TextComment: {
@@ -106,6 +120,8 @@ static json::Value serializeComment(const CommentInfo &I) {
     Child.insert({"Command", I.Name});
     Child.insert({"Children", ChildArr});
     Obj.insert({commentKindToString(I.Kind), ChildVal});
+    if (I.Name == "brief")
+      insertComment(Description, ChildVal, "BriefComments");
     return Obj;
   }
 
@@ -137,7 +153,10 @@ static json::Value serializeComment(const CommentInfo &I) {
     if (!I.CloseName.empty())
       Child.insert({"CloseName", I.CloseName});
     Child.insert({"Children", ChildArr});
-    Obj.insert({commentKindToString(I.Kind), ChildVal});
+    if (I.CloseName == "endcode")
+      insertComment(Description, ChildVal, "CodeComments");
+    else if (I.CloseName == "endverbatim")
+      insertComment(Description, ChildVal, "VerbatimComments");
     return Obj;
   }
 
@@ -210,12 +229,18 @@ serializeCommonAttributes(const Info &I, json::Object &Obj,
   }
 
   if (!I.Description.empty()) {
-    json::Value DescArray = json::Array();
-    auto &DescArrayRef = *DescArray.getAsArray();
-    DescArrayRef.reserve(I.Description.size());
-    for (const auto &Comment : I.Description)
-      DescArrayRef.push_back(serializeComment(Comment));
-    Obj["Description"] = DescArray;
+    Object Description = Object();
+    // Skip straight to the FullComment's children
+    auto &Comments = I.Description.at(0).Children;
+    for (const auto &CommentInfo : Comments) {
+      json::Value Comment = serializeComment(*CommentInfo, Description);
+      // if a ParagraphComment is returned, then it is a top-level comment that
+      // needs to be inserted manually.
+      if (auto *ParagraphComment =
+              Comment.getAsObject()->get("ParagraphComment"))
+        insertComment(Description, *ParagraphComment, "ParagraphComments");
+    }
+    Obj["Description"] = std::move(Description);
   }
 
   // Namespaces aren't SymbolInfos, so they dont have a DefLoc
diff --git a/clang-tools-extra/test/clang-doc/json/class.cpp b/clang-tools-extra/test/clang-doc/json/class.cpp
index a36358982b019..e8fafca28a956 100644
--- a/clang-tools-extra/test/clang-doc/json/class.cpp
+++ b/clang-tools-extra/test/clang-doc/json/class.cpp
@@ -33,33 +33,30 @@ struct MyClass {
 };
 
 // CHECK:       {
-// CHECK-NEXT:    "Description": [
-// CHECK-NEXT:      {
-// CHECK-NEXT:       "FullComment": {
-// CHECK-NEXT:         "Children": [
-// CHECK-NEXT:           {
-// CHECK-NEXT:             "ParagraphComment": {
-// CHECK-NEXT:               "Children": [
-// CHECK-NEXT:                 {
-// CHECK-NEXT:                   "TextComment": " This is a nice class."
-// CHECK-NEXT:                 },
-// CHECK-NEXT:                 {
-// CHECK-NEXT:                   "TextComment": " It has some nice methods and fields."
-// CHECK-NEXT:                 },
-// CHECK-NEXT:                 {
-// CHECK-NEXT:                   "TextComment": ""
-// CHECK-NEXT:                 }
-// CHECK-NEXT:               ]
-// CHECK:               {
-// CHECK-NEXT:             "BlockCommandComment": {
-// CHECK-NEXT:               "Children": [
-// CHECK-NEXT:                 {
-// CHECK-NEXT:                   "ParagraphComment": {
-// CHECK-NEXT:                     "Children": [
-// CHECK-NEXT:                       { 
-// CHECK-NEXT:                         "TextComment": " This is a brief description." 
-// CHECK-NEXT:                       }
-// CHECK:                   "Command": "brief"
+// CHECK-NEXT:    "Description": {
+// CHECK-NEXT:      "BriefComments": [
+// CHECK-NEXT:        {
+// CHECK-NEXT:          "Children": [
+// CHECK-NEXT:            {
+// CHECK-NEXT:              "ParagraphComment": {
+// CHECK-NEXT:                "Children": [
+// CHECK-NEXT:                  {
+// CHECK-NEXT:                    "TextComment": " This is a brief description."
+// CHECK:               "Command": "brief"
+// CHECK:           "HasBriefComments": true,
+// CHECK-NEXT:      "HasParagraphComments": true,
+// CHECK-NEXT:      "ParagraphComments": [
+// CHECK-NEXT:        {
+// CHECK-NEXT:          "Children": [
+// CHECK-NEXT:            {
+// CHECK-NEXT:              "TextComment": " This is a nice class."
+// CHECK-NEXT:            },
+// CHECK-NEXT:            {
+// CHECK-NEXT:              "TextComment": " It has some nice methods and fields."
+// CHECK-NEXT:            },
+// CHECK-NEXT:            {
+// CHECK-NEXT:              "TextComment": ""
+// CHECK-NEXT:            }
 // CHECK:         "DocumentationFileName": "_ZTV7MyClass",
 // CHECK:         "Enums": [
 // CHECK-NEXT:      {
diff --git a/clang-tools-extra/test/clang-doc/json/concept.cpp b/clang-tools-extra/test/clang-doc/json/concept.cpp
index 766415bbbeecd..2874caf28f8f5 100644
--- a/clang-tools-extra/test/clang-doc/json/concept.cpp
+++ b/clang-tools-extra/test/clang-doc/json/concept.cpp
@@ -13,16 +13,13 @@ concept Incrementable = requires(T x) {
 // CHECK-NEXT:    "Concepts": [
 // CHECK-NEXT:      {
 // CHECK-NEXT:        "ConstraintExpression": "requires (T x) { ++x; x++; }",
-// CHECK-NEXT:        "Description": [
+// CHECK-NEXT:        "Description": {
+// CHECK-NEXT:        "HasParagraphComments": true,
+// CHECK-NEXT:        "ParagraphComments": [
 // CHECK-NEXT:          {
-// CHECK-NEXT:            "FullComment": {
-// CHECK-NEXT:              "Children": [
-// CHECK-NEXT:                {
-// CHECK-NEXT:                  "ParagraphComment": {
-// CHECK-NEXT:                    "Children": [
-// CHECK-NEXT:                      {
-// CHECK-NEXT:                        "TextComment": " Requires that T suports post and pre-incrementing."
-// CHECK:             ],
+// CHECK-NEXT:            "Children": [
+// CHECK-NEXT:              {
+// CHECK-NEXT:                "TextComment": " Requires that T suports post and pre-incrementing."
 // CHECK:             "End": true,
 // CHECK-NEXT:        "InfoType": "concept",
 // CHECK-NEXT:        "IsType": true,

``````````

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https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/pull/149590


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