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208 changes: 208 additions & 0 deletions docs/TYPESCRIPT_PARSER_ENHANCEMENTS.md
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# TypeScript Parser Enhancements

## Overview

Enhanced the TypeScript AST parser to extract more symbol types, improving symbol discovery for modern TypeScript/JavaScript patterns.

## Problem

The original parser only extracted:
- `function_declaration` (traditional function declarations)
- `method_definition` (class methods)
- `class_declaration` (classes)

This missed many common patterns in modern codebases:
- Arrow function assignments: `const foo = () => {}`
- Function expression assignments: `const bar = function() {}`
- Exported constants: `export const CONFIG = { ... }`
- Zod schemas: `export const Schema = z.object({ ... })`
- Commander.js commands: `export const cmd = new Command().option(...)`
- Re-exported symbols: `export { foo, bar }`

## Solution

### 1. Added Variable/Constant Symbol Extraction

**Pattern**: `const/let/var name = value`

Extracts symbols for:
- Arrow functions: `const handleSearchFiles = async (input) => { ... }`
- Function expressions: `const helper = function() { ... }`
- Exported constants: `export const SearchFilesSchema = z.object({ ... })`

**Implementation**:
```typescript
else if (n.type === 'lexical_declaration' || n.type === 'variable_declaration') {
for (let i = 0; i < n.namedChildCount; i++) {
const declarator = n.namedChild(i);
if (declarator?.type === 'variable_declarator') {
const nameNode = declarator.childForFieldName('name');
const valueNode = declarator.childForFieldName('value');

if (nameNode && valueNode) {
const isFunction = valueNode.type === 'arrow_function' ||
valueNode.type === 'function' ||
valueNode.type === 'function_expression';

if (isFunction) {
// Extract as function symbol
symbols.push({
name: nameNode.text,
kind: 'function',
...
});
} else if (parent?.type === 'export_statement') {
// Extract exported constants
symbols.push({
name: nameNode.text,
kind: 'variable',
...
});
}
}
}
}
}
```

### 2. Added Export Clause Symbol Extraction

**Pattern**: `export { foo, bar }`

Extracts individual exported names from export clauses.

**Implementation**:
```typescript
else if (n.type === 'export_statement') {
const exportClause = n.childForFieldName('declaration');
if (exportClause?.type === 'export_clause') {
for (let i = 0; i < exportClause.namedChildCount; i++) {
const specifier = exportClause.namedChild(i);
if (specifier?.type === 'export_specifier') {
const nameNode = specifier.childForFieldName('name');
if (nameNode) {
symbols.push({
name: nameNode.text,
kind: 'export',
...
});
}
}
}
}
}
```

### 3. Extended SymbolKind Type

Added new symbol kinds to `src/core/types.ts`:
- `'variable'` - for exported constants and variables
- `'export'` - for re-exported symbols

```typescript
export type SymbolKind =
| 'function'
| 'class'
| 'method'
| 'section'
| 'document'
| 'node'
| 'field'
| 'variable' // NEW
| 'export'; // NEW
```

## Impact

### Before
```typescript
// queryFilesCommand.ts
export const queryFilesCommand = new Command('query-files')
.option('--limit <n>', 'Limit results', '50')
.action(async (pattern, options) => {
await executeHandler('query-files', { pattern, ...options });
});
```
**Result**: 0 symbols extracted ❌

### After
**Result**: 1 symbol extracted ✅
- `queryFilesCommand` (kind: 'variable')

### Before
```typescript
// queryFilesSchemas.ts
export const SearchFilesSchema = z.object({
pattern: z.string(),
limit: z.number()
});
```
**Result**: 0 symbols extracted ❌

### After
**Result**: 1 symbol extracted ✅
- `SearchFilesSchema` (kind: 'variable')

### Before
```typescript
// queryFilesHandlers.ts
export const handleSearchFiles = async (input: SearchFilesInput) => {
return { ok: true };
};

const escapeQuotes = (s: string) => s.replace(/"/g, '\\"');
```
**Result**: 0 symbols extracted ❌

### After
**Result**: 2 symbols extracted ✅
- `handleSearchFiles` (kind: 'function')
- `escapeQuotes` (kind: 'function')

## Test Coverage

Added comprehensive tests in `test/parser-typescript-enhanced.test.ts`:

1. **Arrow function variables** - Extracts arrow functions assigned to constants
2. **Exported constants** - Extracts Zod schemas and configuration objects
3. **Export destructuring** - Handles re-export patterns (note: currently skipped as re-exports without definitions are not extracted)
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The docs say export destructuring coverage is "currently skipped", but the adapter code adds handling for export { foo, bar } and the PR description lists export-clause handling as part of the solution. Please reconcile: either update the test/docs to assert the supported behavior, or adjust the implementation/docs if re-exports are intentionally not extracted.

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3. **Export destructuring** - Handles re-export patterns (note: currently skipped as re-exports without definitions are not extracted)
3. **Export destructuring** - Extracts symbols from re-export patterns like `export { foo, bar }`

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4. **Commander.js pattern** - Extracts command definitions
5. **Mixed declarations** - Handles combination of traditional functions, arrow functions, classes, and constants

All tests pass ✅

## Benefits

1. **Better Symbol Discovery**: Files like `queryFilesCommand.ts` now have extractable symbols
2. **Improved Graph Queries**: `graph children --as-file` returns meaningful results for more files
3. **Enhanced Search**: Symbol search can find arrow functions and exported constants
4. **Better Context**: LLM review agents get more complete symbol information

## Backward Compatibility

✅ Fully backward compatible
- Existing symbol kinds still work
- New kinds are additive only
- No breaking changes to API or data structures

## Future Enhancements

Potential improvements for future PRs:

1. **Test Function Extraction**: Extract `test('name', () => {})` calls from test files
2. **Interface/Type Extraction**: Extract TypeScript interfaces and type aliases
3. **Enum Extraction**: Extract enum declarations
4. **Namespace Extraction**: Extract namespace declarations
5. **Decorator Extraction**: Extract decorator metadata

## Related Issues

- Fixes symbol extraction for PR #22 files (queryFilesCommand.ts, queryFilesSchemas.ts)
- Improves CodaGraph review quality by providing more complete symbol information
- Addresses empty `graph children` results for modern TypeScript patterns

## Files Changed

- `src/core/types.ts` - Added 'variable' and 'export' to SymbolKind
- `src/core/parser/typescript.ts` - Enhanced extractSymbolsAndRefs() method
- `test/parser-typescript-enhanced.test.ts` - Added comprehensive test suite
123 changes: 122 additions & 1 deletion src/core/parser/typescript.ts
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if (n.type === 'call_expression') {
const fn = n.childForFieldName('function') ?? n.namedChild(0);
const callee = extractTsCalleeName(fn);
if (callee) pushRef(refs, callee, 'call', fn ?? n);
if (callee) {
pushRef(refs, callee, 'call', fn ?? n);

// Handle test() and describe() patterns for test files
if (callee === 'test' || callee === 'describe') {
// Extract test name from first argument (usually a string)
const args = n.childForFieldName('arguments');
if (args && args.namedChildCount > 0) {
const firstArg = args.namedChild(0);
if (firstArg?.type === 'string' || firstArg?.type === 'template_string') {
const testName = firstArg.text.replace(/^['"`]|['"`]$/g, '').trim();
if (testName) {
const testSym: SymbolInfo = {
name: testName,
kind: 'test',
startLine: n.startPosition.row + 1,
endLine: n.endPosition.row + 1,
signature: `${callee}("${testName}", ...)`,
container: container,
};
symbols.push(testSym);
}
}
}
}
}
} else if (n.type === 'new_expression') {
const ctor = n.childForFieldName('constructor') ?? n.namedChild(0);
const callee = extractTsCalleeName(ctor);
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symbols.push(classSym);
currentContainer = classSym;
}
} else if (n.type === 'lexical_declaration' || n.type === 'variable_declaration') {
// Handle: const foo = () => {}, const bar = function() {}, const baz = value
for (let i = 0; i < n.namedChildCount; i++) {
const declarator = n.namedChild(i);
if (declarator?.type === 'variable_declarator') {
const nameNode = declarator.childForFieldName('name');
const valueNode = declarator.childForFieldName('value');

if (nameNode && valueNode) {
const isFunction = valueNode.type === 'arrow_function' ||
valueNode.type === 'function' ||
valueNode.type === 'function_expression';

if (isFunction) {
const newSymbol: SymbolInfo = {
name: nameNode.text,
kind: 'function',
startLine: declarator.startPosition.row + 1,
endLine: declarator.endPosition.row + 1,
signature: declarator.text.split('=>')[0].trim() + ' => ...',
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Function-variable symbols build signature by splitting declarator.text on =>. This produces incorrect signatures for function/function_expression initializers (no =>) and can also truncate arrow functions whose parameter types contain => (e.g. callback types). Consider generating the signature from the AST (name + parameters) or branching: handle arrow_function separately from function/function_expression.

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const newSymbol: SymbolInfo = {
name: nameNode.text,
kind: 'function',
startLine: declarator.startPosition.row + 1,
endLine: declarator.endPosition.row + 1,
signature: declarator.text.split('=>')[0].trim() + ' => ...',
const paramsNode = valueNode.childForFieldName('parameters');
let signature: string;
if (valueNode.type === 'arrow_function') {
signature = `${nameNode.text}${paramsNode ? paramsNode.text : ''} => ...`;
} else {
signature = `${nameNode.text}${paramsNode ? paramsNode.text : '()'} { ... }`;
}
const newSymbol: SymbolInfo = {
name: nameNode.text,
kind: 'function',
startLine: declarator.startPosition.row + 1,
endLine: declarator.endPosition.row + 1,
signature,

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container: container,
};
symbols.push(newSymbol);
currentContainer = newSymbol;
} else {
// Also track exported constants/variables
const parent = n.parent;
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currentContainer is set to the last function-like variable declarator, but the traversal at the end of traverse() uses a single currentContainer for all children of the lexical_declaration. For declarations with multiple declarators (e.g. const a = () => { ... }, b = () => { ... }), this will associate nested symbols under the wrong container. A safer approach is to keep currentContainer unchanged here and explicitly traverse each function initializer (valueNode) with its own container symbol.

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if (parent?.type === 'export_statement') {
const newSymbol: SymbolInfo = {
name: nameNode.text,
kind: 'variable',
startLine: declarator.startPosition.row + 1,
endLine: declarator.endPosition.row + 1,
signature: declarator.text.split('=')[0].trim(),
container: container,
};
symbols.push(newSymbol);
}
}
}
}
}
} else if (n.type === 'export_statement') {
// Handle: export { foo, bar }
const exportClause = n.childForFieldName('declaration');
if (exportClause?.type === 'export_clause') {
for (let i = 0; i < exportClause.namedChildCount; i++) {
const specifier = exportClause.namedChild(i);
if (specifier?.type === 'export_specifier') {
const nameNode = specifier.childForFieldName('name');
if (nameNode) {
const newSymbol: SymbolInfo = {
name: nameNode.text,
kind: 'export',
startLine: specifier.startPosition.row + 1,
endLine: specifier.endPosition.row + 1,
signature: `export { ${nameNode.text} }`,
container: container,
};
symbols.push(newSymbol);
}
}
}
}
} else if (n.type === 'type_alias_declaration') {
// Handle: type MyType = string | number;
const nameNode = n.childForFieldName('name');
if (nameNode) {
const typeSym: SymbolInfo = {
name: nameNode.text,
kind: 'type',
startLine: n.startPosition.row + 1,
endLine: n.endPosition.row + 1,
signature: `type ${nameNode.text} = ...`,
container: container,
};
symbols.push(typeSym);
}
} else if (n.type === 'interface_declaration') {
// Handle: interface MyInterface { ... }
const nameNode = n.childForFieldName('name');
if (nameNode) {
const head = n.text.split('{')[0].trim();
const heritage = parseHeritage(head);
const interfaceSym: SymbolInfo = {
name: nameNode.text,
kind: 'interface',
startLine: n.startPosition.row + 1,
endLine: n.endPosition.row + 1,
signature: `interface ${nameNode.text}`,
container: container,
extends: heritage.extends,
implements: heritage.implements,
};
symbols.push(interfaceSym);
}
}

for (let i = 0; i < n.childCount; i++) traverse(n.child(i)!, currentContainer);
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export type SymbolKind = 'function' | 'class' | 'method' | 'section' | 'document' | 'node' | 'field';
export type SymbolKind = 'function' | 'class' | 'method' | 'section' | 'document' | 'node' | 'field' | 'variable' | 'export' | 'type' | 'interface' | 'test';

export interface SymbolInfo {
name: string;
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