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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)]
14#[non_exhaustive]
15pub struct TypeMetadata {
16    /// The specific location (span) in the source code or documentation
17    /// that this type metadata corresponds to.
18    ///
19    /// This could be:
20    /// - The span of a type annotation (e.g., `: string`).
21    /// - The span of an expression whose type was inferred (e.g., `$x = 10` -> span of `10`).
22    /// - The span of a type mentioned in a documentation block (e.g., `@param int` -> span of `int`).
23    pub span: Span,
24
25    /// The core representation of the type itself.
26    pub type_union: TUnion,
27
28    /// Distinguishes whether this type information originated from analyzing
29    /// executable code constructs (e.g., type declarations, assignments)
30    /// or from documentation blocks.
31    ///
32    /// - `true` if the type information was extracted from a docblock comment.
33    /// - `false` if the type information came from actual code analysis.
34    pub from_docblock: bool,
35
36    /// Indicates whether this type was explicitly declared in the source
37    /// or deduced ("inferred") by the type checker based on context.
38    ///
39    /// - `true` if the type checker inferred this type (e.g., from a variable initialization like `$x = 10;`).
40    /// - `false` if the type was explicitly written by the user (e.g., `int $x;`).
41    pub inferred: bool,
42}
43
44impl TypeMetadata {
45    /// Creates new `TypeMetadata` for an explicitly declared type from code.
46    ///
47    /// This is a convenience constructor assuming the common case where a type
48    /// is directly specified in the code, and wasn't just inferred or from a docblock.
49    ///
50    /// # Arguments
51    ///
52    /// * `type_union`: The core type information (`TUnion`).
53    /// * `span`: The source code location associated with this type.
54    ///
55    /// # Returns
56    ///
57    /// A new `TypeMetadata` instance with `is_nullable`, `from_docblock`, and `inferred` set to `false`.
58    #[must_use]
59    pub fn new(type_union: TUnion, span: Span) -> Self {
60        Self { span, type_union, from_docblock: false, inferred: false }
61    }
62
63    /// Creates new `TypeMetadata` for a type extracted from a documentation block.
64    ///
65    /// This constructor is used when type information is sourced from
66    /// docblock comments rather than executable code.
67    ///
68    /// # Arguments
69    ///
70    /// * `type_union`: The core type information (`TUnion`).
71    /// * `span`: The source code location associated with this docblock type.
72    ///
73    /// # Returns
74    ///
75    /// A new `TypeMetadata` instance with `from_docblock` set to `true` and `inferred` set to `false`.
76    #[must_use]
77    pub fn from_docblock(type_union: TUnion, span: Span) -> Self {
78        Self { span, type_union, from_docblock: true, inferred: false }
79    }
80
81    /// Creates a new `TypeMetadata` by applying a function to the inner `TUnion`.
82    ///
83    /// This allows transforming the core type while preserving the surrounding metadata.
84    ///
85    /// # Arguments
86    ///
87    /// * `f`: A function that takes the current `TUnion` and returns a new `TUnion`.
88    ///
89    /// # Returns
90    ///
91    /// A new `TypeMetadata` instance with the transformed `TUnion` and the same metadata flags and span.
92    pub fn map_type_union<F>(self, f: F) -> Self
93    where
94        F: FnOnce(TUnion) -> TUnion,
95    {
96        Self {
97            span: self.span,
98            type_union: f(self.type_union),
99            from_docblock: self.from_docblock,
100            inferred: self.inferred,
101        }
102    }
103}