mago_codex/metadata/
ttype.rs

1use serde::Deserialize;
2use serde::Serialize;
3
4use mago_span::Span;
5
6use crate::ttype::union::TUnion;
7
8/// Contains metadata associated with a specific type instance within the type system.
9///
10/// This struct combines the core type information (`TUnion`) with contextual details
11/// about *how* and *where* this type information was determined or declared in the source code
12/// or related documentation.
13#[derive(Debug, Clone, PartialEq, Eq, Hash, Serialize, Deserialize)]
14pub struct TypeMetadata {
15    /// The specific location (span) in the source code or documentation
16    /// that this type metadata corresponds to.
17    ///
18    /// This could be:
19    /// - The span of a type annotation (e.g., `: string`).
20    /// - The span of an expression whose type was inferred (e.g., `$x = 10` -> span of `10`).
21    /// - The span of a type mentioned in a documentation block (e.g., `@param int` -> span of `int`).
22    pub span: Span,
23
24    /// The core representation of the type itself.
25    pub type_union: TUnion,
26
27    /// Distinguishes whether this type information originated from analyzing
28    /// executable code constructs (e.g., type declarations, assignments)
29    /// or from documentation blocks.
30    ///
31    /// - `true` if the type information was extracted from a docblock comment.
32    /// - `false` if the type information came from actual code analysis.
33    pub from_docblock: bool,
34
35    /// Indicates whether this type was explicitly declared in the source
36    /// or deduced ("inferred") by the type checker based on context.
37    ///
38    /// - `true` if the type checker inferred this type (e.g., from a variable initialization like `$x = 10;`).
39    /// - `false` if the type was explicitly written by the user (e.g., `int $x;`).
40    pub inferred: bool,
41}
42
43impl TypeMetadata {
44    /// Creates new `TypeMetadata` for an explicitly declared type from code.
45    ///
46    /// This is a convenience constructor assuming the common case where a type
47    /// is directly specified in the code, and wasn't just inferred or from a docblock.
48    ///
49    /// # Arguments
50    ///
51    /// * `type_union`: The core type information (`TUnion`).
52    /// * `span`: The source code location associated with this type.
53    ///
54    /// # Returns
55    ///
56    /// A new `TypeMetadata` instance with `is_nullable`, `from_docblock`, and `inferred` set to `false`.
57    pub fn new(type_union: TUnion, span: Span) -> Self {
58        Self { span, type_union, from_docblock: false, inferred: false }
59    }
60
61    /// Creates a new `TypeMetadata` by applying a function to the inner `TUnion`.
62    ///
63    /// This allows transforming the core type while preserving the surrounding metadata.
64    ///
65    /// # Arguments
66    ///
67    /// * `f`: A function that takes the current `TUnion` and returns a new `TUnion`.
68    ///
69    /// # Returns
70    ///
71    /// A new `TypeMetadata` instance with the transformed `TUnion` and the same metadata flags and span.
72    pub fn map_type_union<F>(self, f: F) -> Self
73    where
74        F: FnOnce(TUnion) -> TUnion,
75    {
76        Self {
77            span: self.span,
78            type_union: f(self.type_union),
79            from_docblock: self.from_docblock,
80            inferred: self.inferred,
81        }
82    }
83}