1 //===--- SourceCodeBuilders.h - Source-code building facilities -*- C++ -*-===//
2 //
3 // Part of the LLVM Project, under the Apache License v2.0 with LLVM Exceptions.
4 // See https://llvm.org/LICENSE.txt for license information.
5 // SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0 WITH LLVM-exception
6 //
7 //===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
8 ///
9 /// \file
10 /// This file collects facilities for generating source code strings.
11 ///
12 //===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
13 
14 #ifndef LLVM_CLANG_TOOLING_TRANSFORMER_SOURCECODEBUILDERS_H
15 #define LLVM_CLANG_TOOLING_TRANSFORMER_SOURCECODEBUILDERS_H
16 
17 #include "clang/AST/ASTContext.h"
18 #include "clang/AST/Expr.h"
19 #include <string>
20 
21 namespace clang {
22 namespace tooling {
23 
24 /// \name Code analysis utilities.
25 /// @{
26 /// Ignores implicit object-construction expressions in addition to the normal
27 /// implicit expressions that are ignored.
28 const Expr *reallyIgnoreImplicit(const Expr &E);
29 
30 /// Determines whether printing this expression in *any* expression requires
31 /// parentheses to preserve its meaning. This analyses is necessarily
32 /// conservative because it lacks information about the target context.
33 bool mayEverNeedParens(const Expr &E);
34 
35 /// Determines whether printing this expression to the left of a dot or arrow
36 /// operator requires a parentheses to preserve its meaning. Given that
37 /// dot/arrow are (effectively) the highest precedence, this is equivalent to
38 /// asking whether it ever needs parens.
39 inline bool needParensBeforeDotOrArrow(const Expr &E) {
40   return mayEverNeedParens(E);
41 }
42 
43 /// Determines whether printing this expression to the right of a unary operator
44 /// requires a parentheses to preserve its meaning.
45 bool needParensAfterUnaryOperator(const Expr &E);
46 
47 // Recognizes known types (and sugared versions thereof) that overload the `*`
48 // and `->` operator. Below is the list of currently included types, but it is
49 // subject to change:
50 //
51 // * std::unique_ptr, std::shared_ptr, std::weak_ptr,
52 // * std::optional, absl::optional, llvm::Optional,
53 // * absl::StatusOr, llvm::Expected.
54 bool isKnownPointerLikeType(QualType Ty, ASTContext &Context);
55 /// @}
56 
57 /// \name Basic code-string generation utilities.
58 /// @{
59 
60 /// Builds source for an expression, adding parens if needed for unambiguous
61 /// parsing.
62 llvm::Optional<std::string> buildParens(const Expr &E,
63                                         const ASTContext &Context);
64 
65 /// Builds idiomatic source for the dereferencing of `E`: prefix with `*` but
66 /// simplify when it already begins with `&`.  \returns empty string on failure.
67 llvm::Optional<std::string> buildDereference(const Expr &E,
68                                              const ASTContext &Context);
69 
70 /// Builds idiomatic source for taking the address of `E`: prefix with `&` but
71 /// simplify when it already begins with `*`.  \returns empty string on failure.
72 llvm::Optional<std::string> buildAddressOf(const Expr &E,
73                                            const ASTContext &Context);
74 
75 /// Adds a dot to the end of the given expression, but adds parentheses when
76 /// needed by the syntax, and simplifies to `->` when possible, e.g.:
77 ///
78 ///  `x` becomes `x.`
79 ///  `*a` becomes `a->`
80 ///  `a+b` becomes `(a+b).`
81 ///
82 /// DEPRECATED. Use `buildAccess`.
83 llvm::Optional<std::string> buildDot(const Expr &E, const ASTContext &Context);
84 
85 /// Adds an arrow to the end of the given expression, but adds parentheses
86 /// when needed by the syntax, and simplifies to `.` when possible, e.g.:
87 ///
88 ///  `x` becomes `x->`
89 ///  `&a` becomes `a.`
90 ///  `a+b` becomes `(a+b)->`
91 ///
92 /// DEPRECATED. Use `buildAccess`.
93 llvm::Optional<std::string> buildArrow(const Expr &E,
94                                        const ASTContext &Context);
95 
96 /// Specifies how to classify pointer-like types -- like values or like pointers
97 /// -- with regard to generating member-access syntax.
98 enum class PLTClass : bool {
99   Value,
100   Pointer,
101 };
102 
103 /// Adds an appropriate access operator (`.`, `->` or nothing, in the case of
104 /// implicit `this`) to the end of the given expression. Adds parentheses when
105 /// needed by the syntax and simplifies when possible. If `PLTypeClass` is
106 /// `Pointer`, for known pointer-like types (see `isKnownPointerLikeType`),
107 /// treats `operator->` and `operator*` like the built-in `->` and `*`
108 /// operators.
109 ///
110 ///  `x` becomes `x->` or `x.`, depending on `E`'s type
111 ///  `a+b` becomes `(a+b)->` or `(a+b).`, depending on `E`'s type
112 ///  `&a` becomes `a.`
113 ///  `*a` becomes `a->`
114 llvm::Optional<std::string>
115 buildAccess(const Expr &E, ASTContext &Context,
116             PLTClass Classification = PLTClass::Pointer);
117 /// @}
118 
119 } // namespace tooling
120 } // namespace clang
121 #endif // LLVM_CLANG_TOOLING_TRANSFORMER_SOURCECODEBUILDERS_H
122