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[mono.git] / mcs / bmcs / doc.cs
1 //
2 // doc.cs: Support for XML documentation comment.
3 //
4 // Author:
5 //      Atsushi Enomoto <atsushi@ximian.com>
6 //
7 // Licensed under the terms of the GNU GPL
8 //
9 // (C) 2004 Novell, Inc.
10 //
11 //
12 using System;
13 using System.Collections;
14 using System.Collections.Specialized;
15 using System.IO;
16 using System.Reflection;
17 using System.Reflection.Emit;
18 using System.Runtime.CompilerServices;
19 using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
20 using System.Security;
21 using System.Security.Permissions;
22 using System.Text;
23 using System.Xml;
24
25 using Mono.CompilerServices.SymbolWriter;
26
27 namespace Mono.CSharp {
28
29         //
30         // Support class for XML documentation.
31         //
32         public static class DocUtil
33         {
34                 // TypeContainer
35
36                 //
37                 // Generates xml doc comments (if any), and if required,
38                 // handle warning report.
39                 //
40                 internal static void GenerateTypeDocComment (TypeContainer t,
41                         DeclSpace ds)
42                 {
43                         GenerateDocComment (t, ds);
44
45                         if (t.DefaultStaticConstructor != null)
46                                 t.DefaultStaticConstructor.GenerateDocComment (t);
47
48                         if (t.InstanceConstructors != null)
49                                 foreach (Constructor c in t.InstanceConstructors)
50                                         c.GenerateDocComment (t);
51
52                         if (t.Types != null)
53                                 foreach (TypeContainer tc in t.Types)
54                                         tc.GenerateDocComment (t);
55
56                         if (t.Parts != null) {
57                                 IDictionary comments = RootContext.Documentation.PartialComments;
58                                 foreach (ClassPart cp in t.Parts) {
59                                         if (cp.DocComment == null)
60                                                 continue;
61                                         comments [cp] = cp;
62                                 }
63                         }
64
65                         if (t.Enums != null)
66                                 foreach (Enum en in t.Enums)
67                                         en.GenerateDocComment (t);
68
69                         if (t.Constants != null)
70                                 foreach (Const c in t.Constants)
71                                         c.GenerateDocComment (t);
72
73                         if (t.Fields != null)
74                                 foreach (Field f in t.Fields)
75                                         f.GenerateDocComment (t);
76
77                         if (t.Events != null)
78                                 foreach (Event e in t.Events)
79                                         e.GenerateDocComment (t);
80
81                         if (t.Indexers != null)
82                                 foreach (Indexer ix in t.Indexers)
83                                         ix.GenerateDocComment (t);
84
85                         if (t.Properties != null)
86                                 foreach (Property p in t.Properties)
87                                         p.GenerateDocComment (t);
88
89                         if (t.Methods != null)
90                                 foreach (Method m in t.Methods)
91                                         m.GenerateDocComment (t);
92
93                         if (t.Operators != null)
94                                 foreach (Operator o in t.Operators)
95                                         o.GenerateDocComment (t);
96                 }
97
98                 // MemberCore
99                 private static readonly string lineHead =
100                         Environment.NewLine + "            ";
101
102                 private static XmlNode GetDocCommentNode (MemberCore mc,
103                         string name)
104                 {
105                         // FIXME: It could be even optimizable as not
106                         // to use XmlDocument. But anyways the nodes
107                         // are not kept in memory.
108                         XmlDocument doc = RootContext.Documentation.XmlDocumentation;
109                         try {
110                                 XmlElement el = doc.CreateElement ("member");
111                                 el.SetAttribute ("name", name);
112                                 string normalized = mc.DocComment;
113                                 el.InnerXml = normalized;
114                                 // csc keeps lines as written in the sources
115                                 // and inserts formatting indentation (which 
116                                 // is different from XmlTextWriter.Formatting
117                                 // one), but when a start tag contains an 
118                                 // endline, it joins the next line. We don't
119                                 // have to follow such a hacky behavior.
120                                 string [] split =
121                                         normalized.Split ('\n');
122                                 int j = 0;
123                                 for (int i = 0; i < split.Length; i++) {
124                                         string s = split [i].TrimEnd ();
125                                         if (s.Length > 0)
126                                                 split [j++] = s;
127                                 }
128                                 el.InnerXml = lineHead + String.Join (
129                                         lineHead, split, 0, j);
130                                 return el;
131                         } catch (XmlException ex) {
132                                 Report.Warning (1570, 1, mc.Location, "XML comment on '{0}' has non-well-formed XML ({1}).", name, ex.Message);
133                                 XmlComment com = doc.CreateComment (String.Format ("FIXME: Invalid documentation markup was found for member {0}", name));
134                                 return com;
135                         }
136                 }
137
138                 //
139                 // Generates xml doc comments (if any), and if required,
140                 // handle warning report.
141                 //
142                 internal static void GenerateDocComment (MemberCore mc,
143                         DeclSpace ds)
144                 {
145                         if (mc.DocComment != null) {
146                                 string name = mc.GetDocCommentName (ds);
147
148                                 XmlNode n = GetDocCommentNode (mc, name);
149
150                                 XmlElement el = n as XmlElement;
151                                 if (el != null) {
152                                         mc.OnGenerateDocComment (ds, el);
153
154                                         // FIXME: it could be done with XmlReader
155                                         foreach (XmlElement inc in n.SelectNodes (".//include"))
156                                                 HandleInclude (mc, inc);
157
158                                         // FIXME: it could be done with XmlReader
159                                         DeclSpace dsTarget = mc as DeclSpace;
160                                         if (dsTarget == null)
161                                                 dsTarget = ds;
162
163                                         foreach (XmlElement see in n.SelectNodes (".//see"))
164                                                 HandleSee (mc, dsTarget, see);
165                                         foreach (XmlElement seealso in n.SelectNodes (".//seealso"))
166                                                 HandleSeeAlso (mc, dsTarget, seealso);
167                                         foreach (XmlElement see in n.SelectNodes (".//exception"))
168                                                 HandleException (mc, dsTarget, see);
169                                 }
170
171                                 n.WriteTo (RootContext.Documentation.XmlCommentOutput);
172                         }
173                         else if (mc.IsExposedFromAssembly (ds)) {
174                                 Constructor c = mc as Constructor;
175                                 if (c == null || !c.IsDefault ())
176                                         Report.Warning (1591, 4, mc.Location,
177                                                 "Missing XML comment for publicly visible type or member '{0}'", mc.GetSignatureForError ());
178                         }
179                 }
180
181                 //
182                 // Processes "include" element. Check included file and
183                 // embed the document content inside this documentation node.
184                 //
185                 private static void HandleInclude (MemberCore mc, XmlElement el)
186                 {
187                         string file = el.GetAttribute ("file");
188                         string path = el.GetAttribute ("path");
189                         if (file == "") {
190                                 Report.Warning (1590, 1, mc.Location, "Invalid XML 'include' element; Missing 'file' attribute.");
191                                 el.ParentNode.InsertBefore (el.OwnerDocument.CreateComment (" Include tag is invalid "), el);
192                         }
193                         else if (path == "") {
194                                 Report.Warning (1590, 1, mc.Location, "Invalid XML 'include' element; Missing 'path' attribute.");
195                                 el.ParentNode.InsertBefore (el.OwnerDocument.CreateComment (" Include tag is invalid "), el);
196                         }
197                         else {
198                                 XmlDocument doc = RootContext.Documentation.StoredDocuments [file] as XmlDocument;
199                                 if (doc == null) {
200                                         try {
201                                                 doc = new XmlDocument ();
202                                                 doc.Load (file);
203                                                 RootContext.Documentation.StoredDocuments.Add (file, doc);
204                                         } catch (Exception) {
205                                                 el.ParentNode.InsertBefore (el.OwnerDocument.CreateComment (String.Format (" Badly formed XML in at comment file '{0}': cannot be included ", file)), el);
206                                                 Report.Warning (1592, 1, mc.Location, "Badly formed XML in included comments file -- '{0}'", file);
207                                         }
208                                 }
209                                 bool keepIncludeNode = false;
210                                 if (doc != null) {
211                                         try {
212                                                 XmlNodeList nl = doc.SelectNodes (path);
213                                                 if (nl.Count == 0) {
214                                                         el.ParentNode.InsertBefore (el.OwnerDocument.CreateComment (" No matching elements were found for the include tag embedded here. "), el);
215                                         
216                                                         keepIncludeNode = true;
217                                                 }
218                                                 foreach (XmlNode n in nl)
219                                                         el.ParentNode.InsertBefore (el.OwnerDocument.ImportNode (n, true), el);
220                                         } catch (Exception ex) {
221                                                 el.ParentNode.InsertBefore (el.OwnerDocument.CreateComment (" Failed to insert some or all of included XML "), el);
222                                                 Report.Warning (1589, 1, mc.Location, "Unable to include XML fragment '{0}' of file {1} -- {2}.", path, file, ex.Message);
223                                         }
224                                 }
225                                 if (!keepIncludeNode)
226                                         el.ParentNode.RemoveChild (el);
227                         }
228                 }
229
230                 //
231                 // Handles <see> elements.
232                 //
233                 private static void HandleSee (MemberCore mc,
234                         DeclSpace ds, XmlElement see)
235                 {
236                         HandleXrefCommon (mc, ds, see);
237                 }
238
239                 //
240                 // Handles <seealso> elements.
241                 //
242                 private static void HandleSeeAlso (MemberCore mc,
243                         DeclSpace ds, XmlElement seealso)
244                 {
245                         HandleXrefCommon (mc, ds, seealso);
246                 }
247
248                 //
249                 // Handles <exception> elements.
250                 //
251                 private static void HandleException (MemberCore mc,
252                         DeclSpace ds, XmlElement seealso)
253                 {
254                         HandleXrefCommon (mc, ds, seealso);
255                 }
256
257                 static readonly char [] wsChars =
258                         new char [] {' ', '\t', '\n', '\r'};
259
260                 //
261                 // returns a full runtime type name from a name which might
262                 // be C# specific type name.
263                 //
264                 private static Type FindDocumentedType (MemberCore mc, string name, DeclSpace ds, string cref)
265                 {
266                         bool isArray = false;
267                         string identifier = name;
268                         if (name [name.Length - 1] == ']') {
269                                 string tmp = name.Substring (0, name.Length - 1).Trim (wsChars);
270                                 if (tmp [tmp.Length - 1] == '[') {
271                                         identifier = tmp.Substring (0, tmp.Length - 1).Trim (wsChars);
272                                         isArray = true;
273                                 }
274                         }
275                         Type t = FindDocumentedTypeNonArray (mc, identifier, ds, cref);
276                         if (t != null && isArray)
277                                 t = Array.CreateInstance (t, 0).GetType ();
278                         return t;
279                 }
280
281                 private static Type FindDocumentedTypeNonArray (MemberCore mc, 
282                         string identifier, DeclSpace ds, string cref)
283                 {
284                         switch (identifier) {
285                         case "int":
286                                 return typeof (int);
287                         case "uint":
288                                 return typeof (uint);
289                         case "short":
290                                 return typeof (short);
291                         case "ushort":
292                                 return typeof (ushort);
293                         case "long":
294                                 return typeof (long);
295                         case "ulong":
296                                 return typeof (ulong);
297                         case "float":
298                                 return typeof (float);
299                         case "double":
300                                 return typeof (double);
301                         case "char":
302                                 return typeof (char);
303                         case "decimal":
304                                 return typeof (decimal);
305                         case "byte":
306                                 return typeof (byte);
307                         case "sbyte":
308                                 return typeof (sbyte);
309                         case "object":
310                                 return typeof (object);
311                         case "bool":
312                                 return typeof (bool);
313                         case "string":
314                                 return typeof (string);
315                         case "void":
316                                 return typeof (void);
317                         }
318                         FullNamedExpression e = ds.FindType (mc.Location, identifier);
319                         if (e != null) {
320                                 if (!(e is TypeExpr))
321                                         return null;
322                                 return ((TypeExpr) e).ResolveType (ds.EmitContext);
323                         }
324                         int index = identifier.LastIndexOf ('.');
325                         if (index < 0)
326                                 return null;
327                         int warn;
328                         Type parent = FindDocumentedType (mc, identifier.Substring (0, index), ds, cref);
329                         if (parent == null)
330                                 return null;
331                         return FindDocumentedMember (mc, parent,
332                                 identifier.Substring (index + 1),
333                                 Type.EmptyTypes,
334                                 ds, out warn, cref) as Type;
335                 }
336
337                 //
338                 // Returns a MemberInfo that is referenced in XML documentation
339                 // (by "see" or "seealso" elements).
340                 //
341                 private static MemberInfo FindDocumentedMember (MemberCore mc,
342                         Type type, string memberName, Type [] paramList, 
343                         DeclSpace ds, out int warningType, string cref)
344                 {
345                         warningType = 0;
346                         MethodSignature msig = new MethodSignature (memberName, null, paramList);
347                         MemberInfo [] mis = type.FindMembers (
348                                 MemberTypes.All,
349                                 BindingFlags.Public | BindingFlags.NonPublic | BindingFlags.Static | BindingFlags.Instance,
350                                 MethodSignature.method_signature_filter,
351                                 msig);
352                         if (mis.Length > 0)
353                                 return mis [0];
354
355                         if (paramList.Length == 0) {
356                                 // search for fields/events etc.
357                                 mis = type.FindMembers (
358                                         MemberTypes.All,
359                                         BindingFlags.Public | BindingFlags.NonPublic | BindingFlags.Static | BindingFlags.Instance,
360                                         Type.FilterName,
361                                         memberName);
362                                 return (mis.Length > 0) ? mis [0] : null;
363                         }
364
365                         // search for operators (whose parameters exactly
366                         // matches with the list) and possibly report CS1581.
367                         string oper = null;
368                         string returnTypeName = null;
369                         if (memberName.StartsWith ("implicit operator ")) {
370                                 oper = "op_Implicit";
371                                 returnTypeName = memberName.Substring (18).Trim (wsChars);
372                         }
373                         else if (memberName.StartsWith ("explicit operator ")) {
374                                 oper = "op_Explicit";
375                                 returnTypeName = memberName.Substring (18).Trim (wsChars);
376                         }
377                         else if (memberName.StartsWith ("operator ")) {
378                                 oper = memberName.Substring (9).Trim (wsChars);
379                                 switch (oper) {
380                                 // either unary or binary
381                                 case "+":
382                                         oper = paramList.Length == 2 ?
383                                                 Binary.oper_names [(int) Binary.Operator.Addition] :
384                                                 Unary.oper_names [(int) Unary.Operator.UnaryPlus];
385                                         break;
386                                 case "-":
387                                         oper = paramList.Length == 2 ?
388                                                 Binary.oper_names [(int) Binary.Operator.Subtraction] :
389                                                 Unary.oper_names [(int) Unary.Operator.UnaryNegation];
390                                         break;
391                                 // unary
392                                 case "!":
393                                         oper = Unary.oper_names [(int) Unary.Operator.LogicalNot]; break;
394                                 case "~":
395                                         oper = Unary.oper_names [(int) Unary.Operator.OnesComplement]; break;
396                                         
397                                 case "++":
398                                         oper = "op_Increment"; break;
399                                 case "--":
400                                         oper = "op_Decrement"; break;
401                                 case "true":
402                                         oper = "op_True"; break;
403                                 case "false":
404                                         oper = "op_False"; break;
405                                 // binary
406                                 case "*":
407                                         oper = Binary.oper_names [(int) Binary.Operator.Multiply]; break;
408                                 case "/":
409                                         oper = Binary.oper_names [(int) Binary.Operator.Division]; break;
410                                 case "%":
411                                         oper = Binary.oper_names [(int) Binary.Operator.Modulus]; break;
412                                 case "&":
413                                         oper = Binary.oper_names [(int) Binary.Operator.BitwiseAnd]; break;
414                                 case "|":
415                                         oper = Binary.oper_names [(int) Binary.Operator.BitwiseOr]; break;
416                                 case "^":
417                                         oper = Binary.oper_names [(int) Binary.Operator.ExclusiveOr]; break;
418                                 case "<<":
419                                         oper = Binary.oper_names [(int) Binary.Operator.LeftShift]; break;
420                                 case ">>":
421                                         oper = Binary.oper_names [(int) Binary.Operator.RightShift]; break;
422                                 case "==":
423                                         oper = Binary.oper_names [(int) Binary.Operator.Equality]; break;
424                                 case "!=":
425                                         oper = Binary.oper_names [(int) Binary.Operator.Inequality]; break;
426                                 case "<":
427                                         oper = Binary.oper_names [(int) Binary.Operator.LessThan]; break;
428                                 case ">":
429                                         oper = Binary.oper_names [(int) Binary.Operator.GreaterThan]; break;
430                                 case "<=":
431                                         oper = Binary.oper_names [(int) Binary.Operator.LessThanOrEqual]; break;
432                                 case ">=":
433                                         oper = Binary.oper_names [(int) Binary.Operator.GreaterThanOrEqual]; break;
434                                 default:
435                                         warningType = 1584;
436                                         Report.Warning (1020, 1, mc.Location, "Overloadable {0} operator is expected", paramList.Length == 2 ? "binary" : "unary");
437                                         Report.Warning (1584, 1, mc.Location, "XML comment on '{0}' has syntactically incorrect attribute '{1}'", mc.GetSignatureForError (), cref);
438                                         return null;
439                                 }
440                         }
441                         // here we still does not consider return type (to
442                         // detect CS1581 or CS1002+CS1584).
443                         msig = new MethodSignature (oper, null, paramList);
444                         mis = type.FindMembers (
445                                 MemberTypes.Method,
446                                 BindingFlags.Public | BindingFlags.NonPublic | BindingFlags.Static,
447                                 MethodSignature.method_signature_filter,
448                                 msig);
449                         if (mis.Length == 0)
450                                 return null; // CS1574
451                         MemberInfo mi = mis [0];
452                         Type expected = mi is MethodInfo ?
453                                 ((MethodInfo) mi).ReturnType :
454                                 mi is PropertyInfo ?
455                                 ((PropertyInfo) mi).PropertyType :
456                                 null;
457                         if (returnTypeName != null) {
458                                 Type returnType = FindDocumentedType (mc, returnTypeName, ds, cref);
459                                 if (returnType == null || returnType != expected) {
460                                         warningType = 1581;
461                                         Report.Warning (1581, 1, mc.Location, "Invalid return type in XML comment cref attribute '{0}'", cref);
462                                         return null;
463                                 }
464                         }
465                         return mis [0];
466                 }
467
468                 //
469                 // Processes "see" or "seealso" elements.
470                 // Checks cref attribute.
471                 //
472                 private static void HandleXrefCommon (MemberCore mc,
473                         DeclSpace ds, XmlElement xref)
474                 {
475                         string cref = xref.GetAttribute ("cref").Trim (wsChars);
476                         // when, XmlReader, "if (cref == null)"
477                         if (!xref.HasAttribute ("cref"))
478                                 return;
479                         if (cref.Length == 0)
480                                 Report.Warning (1001, 1, mc.Location, "Identifier expected");
481                                 // ... and continue until CS1584.
482
483                         string signature; // "x:" are stripped
484                         string name; // method invokation "(...)" are removed
485                         string parameters; // method parameter list
486
487                         // strip 'T:' 'M:' 'F:' 'P:' 'E:' etc.
488                         // Here, MS ignores its member kind. No idea why.
489                         if (cref.Length > 2 && cref [1] == ':')
490                                 signature = cref.Substring (2).Trim (wsChars);
491                         else
492                                 signature = cref;
493
494                         int parensPos = signature.IndexOf ('(');
495                         if (parensPos > 0 && signature [signature.Length - 1] == ')') {
496                                 name = signature.Substring (0, parensPos).Trim (wsChars);
497                                 parameters = signature.Substring (parensPos + 1, signature.Length - parensPos - 2);
498                         }
499                         else {
500                                 name = signature;
501                                 parameters = String.Empty;
502                         }
503
504                         string identifier = name;
505
506                         if (name.Length > 0 && name [name.Length - 1] == ']') {
507                                 string tmp = name.Substring (0, name.Length - 1).Trim (wsChars);
508                                 if (tmp [tmp.Length - 1] == '[')
509                                         identifier = tmp.Substring (0, tmp.Length - 1).Trim (wsChars);
510                         }
511
512                         // Check if identifier is valid.
513                         // This check is not necessary to mark as error, but
514                         // csc specially reports CS1584 for wrong identifiers.
515                         foreach (string nameElem in identifier.Split ('.')) {
516                                 if (!Tokenizer.IsValidIdentifier (nameElem)
517                                         && nameElem.IndexOf ("operator") < 0) {
518                                         if (nameElem.EndsWith ("[]") &&
519                                                 Tokenizer.IsValidIdentifier (
520                                                 nameElem.Substring (
521                                                 0, nameElem.Length - 2)))
522                                                 continue;
523
524                                         Report.Warning (1584, 1, mc.Location, "XML comment on '{0}' has syntactically incorrect attribute '{1}'", mc.GetSignatureForError (), cref);
525                                         xref.SetAttribute ("cref", "!:" + signature);
526                                         return;
527                                 }
528                         }
529
530                         // check if parameters are valid
531                         Type [] parameterTypes = Type.EmptyTypes;
532                         if (parameters.Length > 0) {
533                                 string [] paramList = parameters.Split (',');
534                                 ArrayList plist = new ArrayList ();
535                                 for (int i = 0; i < paramList.Length; i++) {
536                                         string paramTypeName = paramList [i].Trim (wsChars);
537                                         Type paramType = FindDocumentedType (mc, paramTypeName, ds, cref);
538                                         if (paramType == null) {
539                                                 Report.Warning (1580, 1, mc.Location, "Invalid type for parameter '{0}' in XML comment cref attribute '{1}'", i + 1, cref);
540                                                 return;
541                                         }
542                                         plist.Add (paramType);
543                                 }
544                                 parameterTypes = plist.ToArray (typeof (Type)) as Type [];
545                                 StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder ();
546                                 sb.Append ('(');
547                                 for (int i = 0; i < parameterTypes.Length; i++) {
548                                         Type t = parameterTypes [i];
549                                         if (sb.Length > 1)
550                                                 sb.Append (',');
551                                         sb.Append (t.FullName.Replace ('+', '.'));
552                                 }
553                                 sb.Append (')');
554                                 parameters = sb.ToString ();
555                         }
556
557                         Type type = FindDocumentedType (mc, name, ds, cref);
558                         if (type != null) {
559                                 xref.SetAttribute ("cref", "T:" + type.FullName.Replace ("+", "."));
560                                 return; // a type
561                         }
562
563                         // don't use identifier here. System[] is not alloed.
564                         if (Namespace.IsNamespace (name)) {
565                                 xref.SetAttribute ("cref", "N:" + name);
566                                 return; // a namespace
567                         }
568
569                         int period = name.LastIndexOf ('.');
570                         if (period > 0) {
571                                 string typeName = name.Substring (0, period);
572                                 string memberName = name.Substring (period + 1);
573                                 type = FindDocumentedType (mc, typeName, ds, cref);
574                                 int warnResult;
575                                 if (type != null) {
576                                         MemberInfo mi = FindDocumentedMember (mc, type, memberName, parameterTypes, ds, out warnResult, cref);
577                                         if (warnResult > 0)
578                                                 return;
579                                         if (mi != null) {
580                                                 xref.SetAttribute ("cref", GetMemberDocHead (mi.MemberType) + type.FullName.Replace ("+", ".") + "." + memberName + parameters);
581                                                 return; // a member of a type
582                                         }
583                                 }
584                         }
585                         else {
586                                 int warnResult;
587                                 MemberInfo mi = FindDocumentedMember (mc, ds.TypeBuilder, name, parameterTypes, ds, out warnResult, cref);
588                                 if (warnResult > 0)
589                                         return;
590                                 if (mi != null) {
591                                         xref.SetAttribute ("cref", GetMemberDocHead (mi.MemberType) + ds.TypeBuilder.FullName.Replace ("+", ".") + "." + name);
592                                         return; // local member name
593                                 }
594                         }
595
596                         Report.Warning (1574, 1, mc.Location, "XML comment on '{0}' has cref attribute '{1}' that could not be resolved in '{2}'.", mc.GetSignatureForError (), cref, ds.GetSignatureForError ());
597
598                         xref.SetAttribute ("cref", "!:" + name);
599                 }
600
601                 //
602                 // Get a prefix from member type for XML documentation (used
603                 // to formalize cref target name).
604                 //
605                 static string GetMemberDocHead (MemberTypes type)
606                 {
607                         switch (type) {
608                         case MemberTypes.Constructor:
609                         case MemberTypes.Method:
610                                 return "M:";
611                         case MemberTypes.Event:
612                                 return "E:";
613                         case MemberTypes.Field:
614                                 return "F:";
615                         case MemberTypes.NestedType:
616                         case MemberTypes.TypeInfo:
617                                 return "T:";
618                         case MemberTypes.Property:
619                                 return "P:";
620                         }
621                         return "!:";
622                 }
623
624                 // MethodCore
625
626                 //
627                 // Returns a string that represents the signature for this 
628                 // member which should be used in XML documentation.
629                 //
630                 public static string GetMethodDocCommentName (MethodCore mc, DeclSpace ds)
631                 {
632                         Parameter [] plist = mc.Parameters.FixedParameters;
633                         Parameter parr = mc.Parameters.ArrayParameter;
634                         string paramSpec = String.Empty;
635                         if (plist != null) {
636                                 StringBuilder psb = new StringBuilder ();
637                                 foreach (Parameter p in plist) {
638                                         psb.Append (psb.Length != 0 ? "," : "(");
639                                         psb.Append (p.ParameterType.FullName.Replace ("+", "."));
640                                 }
641                                 paramSpec = psb.ToString ();
642                         }
643                         if (parr != null)
644                                 paramSpec += String.Concat (
645                                         paramSpec == String.Empty ? "(" : ",",
646                                         parr.ParameterType.FullName.Replace ("+", "."));
647
648                         if (paramSpec.Length > 0)
649                                 paramSpec += ")";
650
651                         string name = mc is Constructor ? "#ctor" : mc.Name;
652                         string suffix = String.Empty;
653                         Operator op = mc as Operator;
654                         if (op != null) {
655                                 switch (op.OperatorType) {
656                                 case Operator.OpType.Implicit:
657                                 case Operator.OpType.Explicit:
658                                         suffix = "~" + op.OperatorMethodBuilder.ReturnType.FullName.Replace ('+', '.');
659                                         break;
660                                 }
661                         }
662                         return String.Concat (mc.DocCommentHeader, ds.Name, ".", name, paramSpec, suffix);
663                 }
664
665                 //
666                 // Raised (and passed an XmlElement that contains the comment)
667                 // when GenerateDocComment is writing documentation expectedly.
668                 //
669                 // FIXME: with a few effort, it could be done with XmlReader,
670                 // that means removal of DOM use.
671                 //
672                 internal static void OnMethodGenerateDocComment (
673                         MethodCore mc, DeclSpace ds, XmlElement el)
674                 {
675                         Hashtable paramTags = new Hashtable ();
676                         foreach (XmlElement pelem in el.SelectNodes ("param")) {
677                                 int i;
678                                 string xname = pelem.GetAttribute ("name");
679                                 if (xname == "")
680                                         continue; // really? but MS looks doing so
681                                 if (xname != "" && mc.Parameters.GetParameterByName (xname, out i) == null)
682                                         Report.Warning (1572, 2, mc.Location, "XML comment on '{0}' has a 'param' tag for '{1}', but there is no such parameter.", mc.Name, xname);
683                                 else if (paramTags [xname] != null)
684                                         Report.Warning (1571, 2, mc.Location, "XML comment on '{0}' has a duplicate param tag for '{1}'", mc.Name, xname);
685                                 paramTags [xname] = xname;
686                         }
687                         Parameter [] plist = mc.Parameters.FixedParameters;
688                         if (plist != null) {
689                                 foreach (Parameter p in plist) {
690                                         if (paramTags.Count > 0 && paramTags [p.Name] == null)
691                                                 Report.Warning (1573, 4, mc.Location, "Parameter '{0}' has no matching param tag in the XML comment for '{1}' (but other parameters do)", mc.Name, p.Name);
692                                 }
693                         }
694                 }
695
696                 // Enum
697                 public static void GenerateEnumDocComment (Enum e, DeclSpace ds)
698                 {
699                         GenerateDocComment (e, ds);
700                         foreach (string name in e.ordered_enums) {
701                                 MemberCore mc = e.GetDefinition (name);
702                                 GenerateDocComment (mc, e);
703                         }
704                 }
705         }
706
707         //
708         // Implements XML documentation generation.
709         //
710         public class Documentation
711         {
712                 public Documentation (string xml_output_filename)
713                 {
714                         docfilename = xml_output_filename;
715                         XmlDocumentation = new XmlDocument ();
716                         XmlDocumentation.PreserveWhitespace = false;
717                 }
718
719                 private string docfilename;
720
721                 //
722                 // Used to create element which helps well-formedness checking.
723                 //
724                 public XmlDocument XmlDocumentation;
725
726                 //
727                 // The output for XML documentation.
728                 //
729                 public XmlWriter XmlCommentOutput;
730
731                 //
732                 // Stores XmlDocuments that are included in XML documentation.
733                 // Keys are included filenames, values are XmlDocuments.
734                 //
735                 public Hashtable StoredDocuments = new Hashtable ();
736
737                 //
738                 // Stores comments on partial types (should handle uniquely).
739                 // Keys are PartialContainers, values are comment strings
740                 // (didn't use StringBuilder; usually we have just 2 or more).
741                 //
742                 public IDictionary PartialComments = new ListDictionary ();
743
744                 //
745                 // Outputs XML documentation comment from tokenized comments.
746                 //
747                 public bool OutputDocComment (string asmfilename)
748                 {
749                         XmlTextWriter w = null;
750                         try {
751                                 w = new XmlTextWriter (docfilename, null);
752                                 w.Indentation = 4;
753                                 w.Formatting = Formatting.Indented;
754                                 w.WriteStartDocument ();
755                                 w.WriteStartElement ("doc");
756                                 w.WriteStartElement ("assembly");
757                                 w.WriteStartElement ("name");
758                                 w.WriteString (Path.ChangeExtension (asmfilename, null));
759                                 w.WriteEndElement (); // name
760                                 w.WriteEndElement (); // assembly
761                                 w.WriteStartElement ("members");
762                                 XmlCommentOutput = w;
763                                 GenerateDocComment ();
764                                 w.WriteFullEndElement (); // members
765                                 w.WriteEndElement ();
766                                 w.WriteWhitespace (Environment.NewLine);
767                                 w.WriteEndDocument ();
768                                 return true;
769                         } catch (Exception ex) {
770                                 Report.Error (1569, "Error generating XML documentation file '{0}' ('{1}')", docfilename, ex.Message);
771                                 return false;
772                         } finally {
773                                 if (w != null)
774                                         w.Close ();
775                         }
776                 }
777
778                 //
779                 // Fixes full type name of each documented types/members up.
780                 //
781                 public void GenerateDocComment ()
782                 {
783                         TypeContainer root = RootContext.Tree.Types;
784                         if (root.Interfaces != null)
785                                 foreach (Interface i in root.Interfaces) 
786                                         DocUtil.GenerateTypeDocComment (i, null);
787
788                         if (root.Types != null)
789                                 foreach (TypeContainer tc in root.Types)
790                                         DocUtil.GenerateTypeDocComment (tc, null);
791
792                         if (root.Parts != null) {
793                                 IDictionary comments = PartialComments;
794                                 foreach (ClassPart cp in root.Parts) {
795                                         if (cp.DocComment == null)
796                                                 continue;
797                                         comments [cp] = cp;
798                                 }
799                         }
800
801                         if (root.Delegates != null)
802                                 foreach (Delegate d in root.Delegates) 
803                                         DocUtil.GenerateDocComment (d, null);
804
805                         if (root.Enums != null)
806                                 foreach (Enum e in root.Enums)
807                                         DocUtil.GenerateEnumDocComment (e, null);
808
809                         IDictionary table = new ListDictionary ();
810                         foreach (ClassPart cp in PartialComments.Keys) {
811                                 table [cp.PartialContainer] += cp.DocComment;
812                         }
813                         foreach (PartialContainer pc in table.Keys) {
814                                 pc.DocComment = table [pc] as string;
815                                 DocUtil.GenerateDocComment (pc, null);
816                         }
817                 }
818         }
819 }