'use strict'; var util = require('../util/index'); var object = util.object; var string = util.string; /** * Documentation object * @param {Object} doc Object containing properties: * {String} name * {String} category * {String} description * {String[]} syntax * {String[]} examples * {String[]} seealso * @constructor */ function Help (doc) { if (!(this instanceof Help)) { throw new SyntaxError('Constructor must be called with the new operator'); } if (!doc) throw new Error('Argument "doc" missing'); this.doc = doc; } /** * Test whether a value is an instance of Help * @param {*} value * @return {Boolean} isHelp */ Help.isHelp = function (value) { return (value instanceof Help); }; /** * Generate readable description from a Help object * @param {Object} [math] A math instance, used to evaluate the examples * @return {String} readableDoc * @private */ Help.prototype.toText = function (math) { var doc = this.doc || {}; var desc = '\n'; if (doc.name) { desc += 'Name: ' + doc.name + '\n\n'; } if (doc.category) { desc += 'Category: ' + doc.category + '\n\n'; } if (doc.description) { desc += 'Description:\n ' + doc.description + '\n\n'; } if (doc.syntax) { desc += 'Syntax:\n ' + doc.syntax.join('\n ') + '\n\n'; } if (doc.examples) { var parser = math && math.parser(); desc += 'Examples:\n'; for (var i = 0; i < doc.examples.length; i++) { var expr = doc.examples[i]; desc += ' ' + expr + '\n'; if (parser) { var res; try { res = parser.eval(expr); } catch (e) { res = e; } if (res !== undefined && !(res instanceof Help)) { desc += ' ' + string.format(res, {precision: 14}) + '\n'; } } } desc += '\n'; } if (doc.seealso) { desc += 'See also: ' + doc.seealso.join(', ') + '\n'; } return desc; }; /** * Generate a string representation of the Help object * @return {String} Returns a string * @private */ Help.prototype.toString = function () { return this.toText(); }; /** * Export the help object to JSON */ Help.prototype.toJSON = function () { var obj = object.clone(this.doc); obj.mathjs = 'Help'; return obj; }; /** * Instantiate a Help object from a JSON object * @param {Object} json * @returns {Help} Returns a new Help object */ Help.fromJSON = function (json) { var doc = {}; for (var prop in json) { if (prop !== 'mathjs') { // ignore mathjs field doc[prop] = json[prop]; } } return new Help(doc); }; /** * Returns a string representation of the Help object */ Help.prototype.valueOf = Help.prototype.toString; // exports module.exports = Help;