feat: groups in toc

Author: rhendric

__tests__/__snapshots__/test.js.snap

@@ -34,6 +34,55 @@ World
 "
 `;
 
+exports[`config with nested sections 1`] = `
+"<!-- Generated by documentation.js. Update this documentation by updating the source code. -->
+
+## Alpha
+
+
+
+
+### third
+
+This function is third
+
+### first
+
+This function is first
+
+## Bravo
+
+Contains a subsection!
+
+
+### Charlie
+
+Second is in here
+
+
+#### second
+
+This class has some members
+
+##### foo
+
+second::foo
+
+**Parameters**
+
+-   \`pork\`  
+
+##### bar
+
+second::bar
+
+**Parameters**
+
+-   \`beans\`  
+-   \`rice\`  
+"
+`;
+
 exports[`external modules option 1`] = `
 Array [
   Object {

__tests__/fixture/sections.config.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+toc:
+  - name: Alpha
+    children:
+      - third
+      - first
+  - name: Bravo
+    description: Contains a subsection!
+    children:
+      - name: Charlie
+        description: Second is in here
+        children:
+          - second

__tests__/fixture/sections.input.js

@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+/**
+ * This function is first
+ */
+function first() {}
+
+/**
+ * This class has some members
+ */
+function second() {}
+
+/**
+ * second::foo
+ */
+second.prototype.foo = function(pork) {};
+
+/**
+ * second::bar
+ */
+second.prototype.bar = function(beans, rice) {};
+
+/**
+ * This function is third
+ */
+function third() {}

__tests__/lib/__snapshots__/sort.js.snap

@@ -3,9 +3,67 @@
 exports[`sort toc with files 1`] = `
 Array [
   Object {
-    "file": "test/fixture/snowflake.md",
+    "description": Object {
+      "children": Array [
+        Object {
+          "children": Array [
+            Object {
+              "position": Position {
+                "end": Object {
+                  "column": 16,
+                  "line": 1,
+                  "offset": 15,
+                },
+                "indent": Array [],
+                "start": Object {
+                  "column": 3,
+                  "line": 1,
+                  "offset": 2,
+                },
+              },
+              "type": "text",
+              "value": "The Snowflake",
+            },
+          ],
+          "depth": 1,
+          "position": Position {
+            "end": Object {
+              "column": 16,
+              "line": 1,
+              "offset": 15,
+            },
+            "indent": Array [],
+            "start": Object {
+              "column": 1,
+              "line": 1,
+              "offset": 0,
+            },
+          },
+          "type": "heading",
+        },
+      ],
+      "position": Object {
+        "end": Object {
+          "column": 1,
+          "line": 2,
+          "offset": 16,
+        },
+        "start": Object {
+          "column": 1,
+          "line": 1,
+          "offset": 0,
+        },
+      },
+      "type": "root",
+    },
     "kind": "note",
     "name": "snowflake",
+    "path": Array [
+      Object {
+        "name": "snowflake",
+        "scope": "static",
+      },
+    ],
   },
   Object {
     "context": Object {
@@ -86,6 +144,12 @@ Array [
     },
     "kind": "note",
     "name": "snowflake",
+    "path": Array [
+      Object {
+        "name": "snowflake",
+        "scope": "static",
+      },
+    ],
   },
   Object {
     "context": Object {

__tests__/lib/sort.js

@@ -87,7 +87,13 @@ test('sort stream with configuration and a section', function() {
         }
       }
     },
-    kind: 'note'
+    kind: 'note',
+    path: [
+      {
+        name: 'This is the banana type',
+        scope: 'static'
+      }
+    ]
   };
 
   expect(
@@ -161,7 +167,13 @@ test('sort an already-sorted stream containing a section/description', function(
         }
       }
     },
-    kind: 'note'
+    kind: 'note',
+    path: [
+      {
+        name: 'This is the banana type',
+        scope: 'static'
+      }
+    ]
   };
 
   var config = {
@@ -180,7 +192,7 @@ test('sort toc with files', function() {
 
   var snowflake = {
     name: 'snowflake',
-    file: 'test/fixture/snowflake.md'
+    file: path.join(__dirname, '../fixture/snowflake.md')
   };
 
   expect(

__tests__/test.js

@@ -179,6 +179,15 @@ test('config', async function() {
   expect(md).toMatchSnapshot();
 });
 
+test('config with nested sections', async function() {
+  var file = path.join(__dirname, 'fixture', 'sections.input.js');
+  const out = await documentation.build([file], {
+    config: path.join(__dirname, 'fixture', 'sections.config.yml')
+  });
+  const md = await outputMarkdown(out, {});
+  expect(md).toMatchSnapshot();
+});
+
 test('multi-file input', async function() {
   const result = await documentation.build(
     [

docs/CONFIG.md

@@ -53,3 +53,22 @@ and areas on the sphere.
 ```
 
 it would produce the same output as the previous example.
+
+## Groups
+
+The `children` property can be used to group content under headings instead of just arranging them in order. Example:
+
+```yml
+toc:
+  - name: Geography
+    children:
+      - Map
+      - LngLat
+      - LngLatBounds
+  - name: Navigation
+    description: |
+      Here are some helper functions for navigation.
+    children:
+      - shortestPath
+      - salesman
+```

src/hierarchy.js

@@ -55,39 +55,73 @@ module.exports = function(comments) {
       members: getMembers()
     };
 
+  const namesToUnroot = [];
+
   comments.forEach(comment => {
-    var path = [];
+    let path = comment.path;
+    if (!path) {
+      path = [];
+
+      if (comment.memberof) {
+        // TODO: full namepath parsing
+        path = comment.memberof
+          .split('.')
+          .map(segment => ({ scope: 'static', name: segment }));
+      }
 
-    if (comment.memberof) {
-      // TODO: full namepath parsing
-      path = comment.memberof.split('.').map(segment => ['static', segment]);
-    }
+      if (!comment.name) {
+        comment.errors.push({
+          message: 'could not determine @name for hierarchy'
+        });
+      }
 
-    if (!comment.name) {
-      comment.errors.push({
-        message: 'could not determine @name for hierarchy'
+      path.push({
+        scope: comment.scope || 'static',
+        name: comment.name || 'unknown_' + id++
       });
     }
 
-    path.push([comment.scope || 'static', comment.name || 'unknown_' + id++]);
-
     var node = root;
 
     while (path.length) {
-      var segment = path.shift(), scope = segment[0], name = segment[1];
+      var segment = path.shift(),
+        scope = segment.scope,
+        name = segment.name;
 
       if (!hasOwnProperty.call(node.members[scope], name)) {
-        node.members[scope][name] = {
-          comments: [],
-          members: getMembers()
-        };
+        // If segment.toc is true, everything up to this point in the path
+        // represents how the documentation should be nested, but not how the
+        // actual code is nested. To ensure that child members end up in the
+        // right places in the tree, we temporarily push the same node a second
+        // time to the root of the tree, and unroot it after all the comments
+        // have found their homes.
+        if (
+          segment.toc &&
+          node !== root &&
+          hasOwnProperty.call(root.members[scope], name)
+        ) {
+          node.members[scope][name] = root.members[scope][name];
+          namesToUnroot.push(name);
+        } else {
+          const newNode = (node.members[scope][name] = {
+            comments: [],
+            members: getMembers()
+          });
+          if (segment.toc && node !== root) {
+            root.members[scope][name] = newNode;
+            namesToUnroot.push(name);
+          }
+        }
       }
 
       node = node.members[scope][name];
     }
 
     node.comments.push(comment);
   });
+  namesToUnroot.forEach(function(name) {
+    delete root.members.static[name];
+  });
 
   /*
    * Massage the hierarchy into a format more suitable for downstream consumers:
@@ -107,7 +141,8 @@ module.exports = function(comments) {
    *     Person~say  // the inner method named "say."
    */
   function toComments(nodes, root, hasUndefinedParent, path) {
-    var result = [], scope;
+    var result = [],
+      scope;
 
     path = path || [];
 
@@ -119,7 +154,9 @@ module.exports = function(comments) {
           node.members[scope],
           root || result,
           !node.comments.length,
-          node.comments.length ? path.concat(node.comments[0]) : []
+          node.comments.length && node.comments[0].kind !== 'note'
+            ? path.concat(node.comments[0])
+            : []
         );
       }
 

src/output/markdown_ast.js

@@ -303,9 +303,16 @@ function buildMarkdownAST(
     }
 
     if (comment.kind === 'note') {
-      return [u('heading', { depth }, [u('text', comment.name || '')])].concat(
-        comment.description
-      );
+      return [u('heading', { depth }, [u('text', comment.name || '')])]
+        .concat(comment.description)
+        .concat(
+          !!comment.members.static.length &&
+            comment.members.static.reduce(
+              (memo, child) => memo.concat(generate(depth + 1, child)),
+              []
+            )
+        )
+        .filter(Boolean);
     }
 
     return [u('heading', { depth }, [u('text', comment.name || '')])]