| # Acorn AST walker |
| |
| An abstract syntax tree walker for the |
| [ESTree](https://github.com/estree/estree) format. |
| |
| ## Community |
| |
| Acorn is open source software released under an |
| [MIT license](https://github.com/acornjs/acorn/blob/master/acorn-walk/LICENSE). |
| |
| You are welcome to |
| [report bugs](https://github.com/acornjs/acorn/issues) or create pull |
| requests on [github](https://github.com/acornjs/acorn). For questions |
| and discussion, please use the |
| [Tern discussion forum](https://discuss.ternjs.net). |
| |
| ## Installation |
| |
| The easiest way to install acorn is from [`npm`](https://www.npmjs.com/): |
| |
| ```sh |
| npm install acorn-walk |
| ``` |
| |
| Alternately, you can download the source and build acorn yourself: |
| |
| ```sh |
| git clone https://github.com/acornjs/acorn.git |
| cd acorn |
| npm install |
| ``` |
| |
| ## Interface |
| |
| An algorithm for recursing through a syntax tree is stored as an |
| object, with a property for each tree node type holding a function |
| that will recurse through such a node. There are several ways to run |
| such a walker. |
| |
| **simple**`(node, visitors, base, state)` does a 'simple' walk over a |
| tree. `node` should be the AST node to walk, and `visitors` an object |
| with properties whose names correspond to node types in the [ESTree |
| spec](https://github.com/estree/estree). The properties should contain |
| functions that will be called with the node object and, if applicable |
| the state at that point. The last two arguments are optional. `base` |
| is a walker algorithm, and `state` is a start state. The default |
| walker will simply visit all statements and expressions and not |
| produce a meaningful state. (An example of a use of state is to track |
| scope at each point in the tree.) |
| |
| ```js |
| const acorn = require("acorn") |
| const walk = require("acorn-walk") |
| |
| walk.simple(acorn.parse("let x = 10"), { |
| Literal(node) { |
| console.log(`Found a literal: ${node.value}`) |
| } |
| }) |
| ``` |
| |
| **ancestor**`(node, visitors, base, state)` does a 'simple' walk over |
| a tree, building up an array of ancestor nodes (including the current node) |
| and passing the array to the callbacks as a third parameter. |
| |
| ```js |
| const acorn = require("acorn") |
| const walk = require("acorn-walk") |
| |
| walk.ancestor(acorn.parse("foo('hi')"), { |
| Literal(_, ancestors) { |
| console.log("This literal's ancestors are:", ancestors.map(n => n.type)) |
| } |
| }) |
| ``` |
| |
| **recursive**`(node, state, functions, base)` does a 'recursive' |
| walk, where the walker functions are responsible for continuing the |
| walk on the child nodes of their target node. `state` is the start |
| state, and `functions` should contain an object that maps node types |
| to walker functions. Such functions are called with `(node, state, c)` |
| arguments, and can cause the walk to continue on a sub-node by calling |
| the `c` argument on it with `(node, state)` arguments. The optional |
| `base` argument provides the fallback walker functions for node types |
| that aren't handled in the `functions` object. If not given, the |
| default walkers will be used. |
| |
| **make**`(functions, base)` builds a new walker object by using the |
| walker functions in `functions` and filling in the missing ones by |
| taking defaults from `base`. |
| |
| **full**`(node, callback, base, state)` does a 'full' walk over a |
| tree, calling the callback with the arguments (node, state, type) for |
| each node |
| |
| **fullAncestor**`(node, callback, base, state)` does a 'full' walk |
| over a tree, building up an array of ancestor nodes (including the |
| current node) and passing the array to the callbacks as a third |
| parameter. |
| |
| ```js |
| const acorn = require("acorn") |
| const walk = require("acorn-walk") |
| |
| walk.full(acorn.parse("1 + 1"), node => { |
| console.log(`There's a ${node.type} node at ${node.ch}`) |
| }) |
| ``` |
| |
| **findNodeAt**`(node, start, end, test, base, state)` tries to locate |
| a node in a tree at the given start and/or end offsets, which |
| satisfies the predicate `test`. `start` and `end` can be either `null` |
| (as wildcard) or a number. `test` may be a string (indicating a node |
| type) or a function that takes `(nodeType, node)` arguments and |
| returns a boolean indicating whether this node is interesting. `base` |
| and `state` are optional, and can be used to specify a custom walker. |
| Nodes are tested from inner to outer, so if two nodes match the |
| boundaries, the inner one will be preferred. |
| |
| **findNodeAround**`(node, pos, test, base, state)` is a lot like |
| `findNodeAt`, but will match any node that exists 'around' (spanning) |
| the given position. |
| |
| **findNodeAfter**`(node, pos, test, base, state)` is similar to |
| `findNodeAround`, but will match all nodes *after* the given position |
| (testing outer nodes before inner nodes). |