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CST
means Concrete Syntax Tree. Unlike an AST
(Abstract Syntax Tree), a CST
contains all the information
from the JavaScript source file: whitespace, punctuators, comments. This information is extremely useful for
code style checkers and other code linters. CST
is also useful for cases when you need to apply modifications
to existing JavaScript files while preserving the initial file formatting.
This CST
implementation is designed to be 100%
compatible with JS AST
(https://github.com/estree/estree).
Main principles:
Let's see an example:
x = 0;
if (x) x++;
The CST for this example:
Element
is the base class for Node
and Token
.
Provides traversing properties:
childElements: Element[]
, parentElement: Element|null
: child/parent traversing.nextSibling: Element|null
, previousSibling: Element|null
: traversing between siblings.nextToken: Token|null
, previousToken: Token|null
: traversing to next/previous token.firstToken: Token|null
, lastToken: Token|null
: traversing to first/last tokens (not only direct tokens).firstChild: Token|null
, lastChild: Token|null
: traversing to first/last direct child.Code-related properties:
sourceCode
: generates and returns JavaScript code of the specified Element
sourceCodeLength
: returns JavaScript code lengthisToken
, isNode
, isExpression
, isStatement
, isWhitespace
, isComment
, isPattern
, isAssignable
,
isFragment
, isModuleDeclaration
, isModuleSpecifier
: code entity flags.Provides mutation methods:
appendChild(element)
: appends child to the end of the Element
prependChild(element)
: prepends child to the end of the Element
insertChildBefore(element, referenceChild)
: inserts child before referenceChild
replaceChildren(element, firstChildRef, lastChildRef)
: replaces specified child interval (from firstChildRef
to
lastChildRef
) with specified child.Location properties:
range: [Number, Number]
: calculates and returns Element
range.loc: {start: {line: Number, column: Number}, end: {line: Number, column: Number}}
: calculates and returns
Element
location.Node
extends Element
. The Nodes are the "AST part of a CST". If you drop everything but Nodes from a CST
, you will
get a pure AST
from the Node structure. So it is fair to say that Nodes provide the AST
logic for a CST
. Currently
only Nodes can contain children.
The Node property isNode
always returns true
.
Token
extends Element
. The purpose of a CST
is to have tokens in the tree. By only manipulating tokens,
we can change code formatting without any effect on the behaviour.
The Token property isToken
always returns true
.
FAQs
JavaScript CST Implementation
The npm package cst receives a total of 0 weekly downloads. As such, cst popularity was classified as not popular.
We found that cst demonstrated a not healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released a year ago. It has 3 open source maintainers collaborating on the project.
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