//===--- DumpAST.h - Serialize clang AST to LSP -----------------*- C++-*--===// // // Part of the LLVM Project, under the Apache License v2.0 with LLVM Exceptions. // See https://llvm.org/LICENSE.txt for license information. // SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0 WITH LLVM-exception // //===----------------------------------------------------------------------===// // // Exposing clang's AST can give insight into the precise meaning of code. // (C++ is a complicated language, and very few people know all its rules). // Despite the name, clang's AST describes *semantics* and so includes nodes // for implicit behavior like conversions. // // It's also useful to developers who work with the clang AST specifically, // and want to know how certain constructs are represented. // // The main representation is not based on the familiar -ast-dump output, // which is heavy on internal details. // It also does not use the -ast-dump=json output, which captures the same // detail in a machine-friendly way, but requires client-side logic to present. // Instead, the key information is bundled into a few fields (role/kind/detail) // with weakly-defined semantics, optimized for easy presentation. // The -ast-dump output is preserved in the 'arcana' field, and may be shown // e.g. as a tooltip. // // The textDocument/ast method implemented here is a clangd extension. // //===----------------------------------------------------------------------===// #ifndef LLVM_CLANG_TOOLS_EXTRA_CLANGD_DUMPAST_H #define LLVM_CLANG_TOOLS_EXTRA_CLANGD_DUMPAST_H #include "Protocol.h" #include "clang/AST/ASTContext.h" namespace clang { class DynTypedNode; namespace syntax { class TokenBuffer; } // namespace syntax namespace clangd { // Note: It's safe for the node to be a TranslationUnitDecl, as this function // does not deserialize the preamble. ASTNode dumpAST(const DynTypedNode &, const syntax::TokenBuffer &Tokens, const ASTContext &); } // namespace clangd } // namespace clang #endif