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Source file src/golang.org/x/tools/go/analysis/analysis.go

Documentation: golang.org/x/tools/go/analysis

     1  // Copyright 2018 The Go Authors. All rights reserved.
     2  // Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style
     3  // license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
     4  
     5  package analysis
     6  
     7  import (
     8  	"flag"
     9  	"fmt"
    10  	"go/ast"
    11  	"go/token"
    12  	"go/types"
    13  	"reflect"
    14  )
    15  
    16  // An Analyzer describes an analysis function and its options.
    17  type Analyzer struct {
    18  	// The Name of the analyzer must be a valid Go identifier
    19  	// as it may appear in command-line flags, URLs, and so on.
    20  	Name string
    21  
    22  	// Doc is the documentation for the analyzer.
    23  	// The part before the first "\n\n" is the title
    24  	// (no capital or period, max ~60 letters).
    25  	Doc string
    26  
    27  	// Flags defines any flags accepted by the analyzer.
    28  	// The manner in which these flags are exposed to the user
    29  	// depends on the driver which runs the analyzer.
    30  	Flags flag.FlagSet
    31  
    32  	// Run applies the analyzer to a package.
    33  	// It returns an error if the analyzer failed.
    34  	//
    35  	// On success, the Run function may return a result
    36  	// computed by the Analyzer; its type must match ResultType.
    37  	// The driver makes this result available as an input to
    38  	// another Analyzer that depends directly on this one (see
    39  	// Requires) when it analyzes the same package.
    40  	//
    41  	// To pass analysis results between packages (and thus
    42  	// potentially between address spaces), use Facts, which are
    43  	// serializable.
    44  	Run func(*Pass) (interface{}, error)
    45  
    46  	// RunDespiteErrors allows the driver to invoke
    47  	// the Run method of this analyzer even on a
    48  	// package that contains parse or type errors.
    49  	// The Pass.TypeErrors field may consequently be non-empty.
    50  	RunDespiteErrors bool
    51  
    52  	// Requires is a set of analyzers that must run successfully
    53  	// before this one on a given package. This analyzer may inspect
    54  	// the outputs produced by each analyzer in Requires.
    55  	// The graph over analyzers implied by Requires edges must be acyclic.
    56  	//
    57  	// Requires establishes a "horizontal" dependency between
    58  	// analysis passes (different analyzers, same package).
    59  	Requires []*Analyzer
    60  
    61  	// ResultType is the type of the optional result of the Run function.
    62  	ResultType reflect.Type
    63  
    64  	// FactTypes indicates that this analyzer imports and exports
    65  	// Facts of the specified concrete types.
    66  	// An analyzer that uses facts may assume that its import
    67  	// dependencies have been similarly analyzed before it runs.
    68  	// Facts must be pointers.
    69  	//
    70  	// FactTypes establishes a "vertical" dependency between
    71  	// analysis passes (same analyzer, different packages).
    72  	FactTypes []Fact
    73  }
    74  
    75  func (a *Analyzer) String() string { return a.Name }
    76  
    77  // A Pass provides information to the Run function that
    78  // applies a specific analyzer to a single Go package.
    79  //
    80  // It forms the interface between the analysis logic and the driver
    81  // program, and has both input and an output components.
    82  //
    83  // As in a compiler, one pass may depend on the result computed by another.
    84  //
    85  // The Run function should not call any of the Pass functions concurrently.
    86  type Pass struct {
    87  	Analyzer *Analyzer // the identity of the current analyzer
    88  
    89  	// syntax and type information
    90  	Fset         *token.FileSet // file position information
    91  	Files        []*ast.File    // the abstract syntax tree of each file
    92  	OtherFiles   []string       // names of non-Go files of this package
    93  	IgnoredFiles []string       // names of ignored source files in this package
    94  	Pkg          *types.Package // type information about the package
    95  	TypesInfo    *types.Info    // type information about the syntax trees
    96  	TypesSizes   types.Sizes    // function for computing sizes of types
    97  	TypeErrors   []types.Error  // type errors (only if Analyzer.RunDespiteErrors)
    98  
    99  	// Report reports a Diagnostic, a finding about a specific location
   100  	// in the analyzed source code such as a potential mistake.
   101  	// It may be called by the Run function.
   102  	Report func(Diagnostic)
   103  
   104  	// ResultOf provides the inputs to this analysis pass, which are
   105  	// the corresponding results of its prerequisite analyzers.
   106  	// The map keys are the elements of Analysis.Required,
   107  	// and the type of each corresponding value is the required
   108  	// analysis's ResultType.
   109  	ResultOf map[*Analyzer]interface{}
   110  
   111  	// -- facts --
   112  
   113  	// ImportObjectFact retrieves a fact associated with obj.
   114  	// Given a value ptr of type *T, where *T satisfies Fact,
   115  	// ImportObjectFact copies the value to *ptr.
   116  	//
   117  	// ImportObjectFact panics if called after the pass is complete.
   118  	// ImportObjectFact is not concurrency-safe.
   119  	ImportObjectFact func(obj types.Object, fact Fact) bool
   120  
   121  	// ImportPackageFact retrieves a fact associated with package pkg,
   122  	// which must be this package or one of its dependencies.
   123  	// See comments for ImportObjectFact.
   124  	ImportPackageFact func(pkg *types.Package, fact Fact) bool
   125  
   126  	// ExportObjectFact associates a fact of type *T with the obj,
   127  	// replacing any previous fact of that type.
   128  	//
   129  	// ExportObjectFact panics if it is called after the pass is
   130  	// complete, or if obj does not belong to the package being analyzed.
   131  	// ExportObjectFact is not concurrency-safe.
   132  	ExportObjectFact func(obj types.Object, fact Fact)
   133  
   134  	// ExportPackageFact associates a fact with the current package.
   135  	// See comments for ExportObjectFact.
   136  	ExportPackageFact func(fact Fact)
   137  
   138  	// AllPackageFacts returns a new slice containing all package facts of the analysis's FactTypes
   139  	// in unspecified order.
   140  	// WARNING: This is an experimental API and may change in the future.
   141  	AllPackageFacts func() []PackageFact
   142  
   143  	// AllObjectFacts returns a new slice containing all object facts of the analysis's FactTypes
   144  	// in unspecified order.
   145  	// WARNING: This is an experimental API and may change in the future.
   146  	AllObjectFacts func() []ObjectFact
   147  
   148  	// typeErrors contains types.Errors that are associated with the pkg.
   149  	typeErrors []types.Error
   150  
   151  	/* Further fields may be added in future. */
   152  	// For example, suggested or applied refactorings.
   153  }
   154  
   155  // PackageFact is a package together with an associated fact.
   156  // WARNING: This is an experimental API and may change in the future.
   157  type PackageFact struct {
   158  	Package *types.Package
   159  	Fact    Fact
   160  }
   161  
   162  // ObjectFact is an object together with an associated fact.
   163  // WARNING: This is an experimental API and may change in the future.
   164  type ObjectFact struct {
   165  	Object types.Object
   166  	Fact   Fact
   167  }
   168  
   169  // Reportf is a helper function that reports a Diagnostic using the
   170  // specified position and formatted error message.
   171  func (pass *Pass) Reportf(pos token.Pos, format string, args ...interface{}) {
   172  	msg := fmt.Sprintf(format, args...)
   173  	pass.Report(Diagnostic{Pos: pos, Message: msg})
   174  }
   175  
   176  // The Range interface provides a range. It's equivalent to and satisfied by
   177  // ast.Node.
   178  type Range interface {
   179  	Pos() token.Pos // position of first character belonging to the node
   180  	End() token.Pos // position of first character immediately after the node
   181  }
   182  
   183  // ReportRangef is a helper function that reports a Diagnostic using the
   184  // range provided. ast.Node values can be passed in as the range because
   185  // they satisfy the Range interface.
   186  func (pass *Pass) ReportRangef(rng Range, format string, args ...interface{}) {
   187  	msg := fmt.Sprintf(format, args...)
   188  	pass.Report(Diagnostic{Pos: rng.Pos(), End: rng.End(), Message: msg})
   189  }
   190  
   191  func (pass *Pass) String() string {
   192  	return fmt.Sprintf("%s@%s", pass.Analyzer.Name, pass.Pkg.Path())
   193  }
   194  
   195  // A Fact is an intermediate fact produced during analysis.
   196  //
   197  // Each fact is associated with a named declaration (a types.Object) or
   198  // with a package as a whole. A single object or package may have
   199  // multiple associated facts, but only one of any particular fact type.
   200  //
   201  // A Fact represents a predicate such as "never returns", but does not
   202  // represent the subject of the predicate such as "function F" or "package P".
   203  //
   204  // Facts may be produced in one analysis pass and consumed by another
   205  // analysis pass even if these are in different address spaces.
   206  // If package P imports Q, all facts about Q produced during
   207  // analysis of that package will be available during later analysis of P.
   208  // Facts are analogous to type export data in a build system:
   209  // just as export data enables separate compilation of several passes,
   210  // facts enable "separate analysis".
   211  //
   212  // Each pass (a, p) starts with the set of facts produced by the
   213  // same analyzer a applied to the packages directly imported by p.
   214  // The analysis may add facts to the set, and they may be exported in turn.
   215  // An analysis's Run function may retrieve facts by calling
   216  // Pass.Import{Object,Package}Fact and update them using
   217  // Pass.Export{Object,Package}Fact.
   218  //
   219  // A fact is logically private to its Analysis. To pass values
   220  // between different analyzers, use the results mechanism;
   221  // see Analyzer.Requires, Analyzer.ResultType, and Pass.ResultOf.
   222  //
   223  // A Fact type must be a pointer.
   224  // Facts are encoded and decoded using encoding/gob.
   225  // A Fact may implement the GobEncoder/GobDecoder interfaces
   226  // to customize its encoding. Fact encoding should not fail.
   227  //
   228  // A Fact should not be modified once exported.
   229  type Fact interface {
   230  	AFact() // dummy method to avoid type errors
   231  }
   232  

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