info.mli

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(*            Maxence Guesdon, projet Cristal, INRIA Rocquencourt      *)
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(*  Copyright 2001 Institut National de Recherche en Informatique et   *)
(*  en Automatique.  All rights reserved.  This file is distributed    *)
(*  under the terms of the Q Public License version 1.0.               *)
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(** Types for the information collected in comments. *)

(** The differents kinds of style. *)
type style_kind =
  | SK_bold
  | SK_italic
  | SK_emphasize
  | SK_center
  | SK_left
  | SK_right
  | SK_superscript
  | SK_subscript
  | SK_custom of string

(** The differents kinds of element references. *)
type ref_kind =
    RK_element
  | RK_module
  | RK_module_type
  | RK_class
  | RK_class_type
  | RK_value
  | RK_type
  | RK_exception
  | RK_attribute
  | RK_method
  | RK_section
  | RK_recfield
  | RK_const
  | RK_link
  | RK_custom of string

(* The different kinds of special reference *)
type special_ref_kind =
    SRK_module_list of string list
  | SRK_index_list

and text_element =
  | Raw of string (** Raw text. *)
  | Code of string (** The string is source code. *)
  | PreCode of string (** The string is pre-formatted source code. *)
  | Verbatim of string (** String 'as is'. *)
  | Style of style_kind * text (** Text tagged with a style. *)
  | List of text list (** A list. *)
  | Enum of text list (** An enumerated list. *)
  | Newline   (** To force a line break. *)
  | Block of text (** Like html's block quote. *)
  | Title of int * string option * text
              (** Style number, optional label, and text. *)
  | Ref of ref_kind * string * text option
    (** A reference to an element. Complete name and kind. An optional
        text can be given to display this text instead of the element name.*)
  | Special_ref of special_ref_kind (** Special kinds of reference *)     
  | Target of string option * string (** (target, code) : to specify code for a specific target format *)

(** [text] is a list of text_elements. The order matters. *)
and text = text_element list

(** The different forms of references in \@see tags. *)
type see_ref =
    See_url of string
  | See_file of string
  | See_doc of string

(** The information in a \@see tag. *)
type see = see_ref * text

(** Parameter name and description. *)
type param = (string * text)

(** Raised exception name and description. *)
type raised_exception = (string * text)

(** Information in a special comment. *)
type t = {
    i_desc : text option; (** The description text. *)
    i_authors : string list; (** The list of authors in \@author tags. *)
    i_version : string option; (** The string in the \@version tag. *)
    i_sees : see list; (** The list of \@see tags. *)
    i_since : string option; (** The string in the \@since tag. *)
    i_before : (string * text) list; (** the version number and text in \@before tag *)
    i_deprecated : text option; (** The of the \@deprecated tag. *)
    i_params : param list; (** The list of parameter descriptions. *)
    i_raised_exceptions : raised_exception list; (** The list of raised exceptions. *)
    i_return_value : text option ; (** The description text of the return value. *)
    i_custom : (string * text) list ; (** A text associated to a custom @-tag. *)
  }

(** An empty doc_info structure. *)
val dummy : t