Improved support for @alias when documenting inner classes as global.

rhino_modules/jsdoc/name.js

@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ exports.resolve = function(doclet) {
         about = {},
         parentDoc;
 
-    doclet.name = name = name? (''+name).replace(/\.prototype\.?/g, '#') : '';
+    doclet.name = name = name? (''+name).replace(/(^|\.)prototype\.?/g, '#') : '';
     
     // member of a var in an outer scope?
     if (name && !memberof && doclet.meta.code && doclet.meta.code.funcscope) {
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ exports.resolve = function(doclet) {
     else { // no @memberof
          about = exports.shorten(name);
     }
-
+        
     if (about.name) {
         doclet.name = about.name;
     }
@@ -75,8 +75,12 @@ exports.resolve = function(doclet) {
     }
     else {
         if (doclet.name && doclet.memberof && !doclet.longname) {
-            doclet.scope = 'static'; // default scope when none is provided
+            if ( /^([#.~])/.test(doclet.name) ) {
-            
+                doclet.scope = puncToScope[RegExp.$1];
+                doclet.name = doclet.name.substr(1);
+            }
+            else doclet.scope = 'static'; // default scope when none is provided
+         
             doclet.setLongname(doclet.memberof + scopeToPunc[doclet.scope] + doclet.name);
         }
     }

test/fixtures/aliasglobal2.js

@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+(function () {
+    /**
+     * Creates a new test object.
+     * @alias Test
+     * @constructor
+     */
+    var Test = function(testName) {
+        /** Document me. */
+        this.name = testName;
+    }
+
+    /** Document me. */
+    Test.prototype.run = function(message) {
+    };
+    
+    /** Document me. */
+    Test.counter = 1;
+})();

test/specs/documentation/alias.js

@@ -40,6 +40,14 @@ describe("aliases", function() {
 
         expect(log.scope).toEqual('global');
     });
+    
+    it('When a symbol is documented as an instance member of <global> class it\'s scope is "instance" and not "static".', function() {
+        var docSet = jasmine.getDocSetFromFile('test/fixtures/aliasglobal2.js'),
+            run = docSet.getByLongname('Test#run')[0];
+
+        expect(run.scope).toEqual('instance');
+        expect(run.memberof).toEqual('Test');
+    });
 
     describe("resolving", function() {
         it('When a local reference has alias, put all members into aliased definition. Local modifications should be visible to outside.', function() {