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escodegen
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Package description
The escodegen npm package is a code generator that takes an Abstract Syntax Tree (AST) and converts it back into JavaScript code. It is commonly used in the process of developing compilers, code transformers, and other tools that manipulate code structure programmatically.
Generating code from an AST
This feature allows you to generate JavaScript code from an AST. The provided code sample demonstrates generating a simple expression '40 + 2' from its AST representation.
const escodegen = require('escodegen');
const ast = {
type: 'BinaryExpression',
operator: '+',
left: { type: 'Literal', value: 40 },
right: { type: 'Literal', value: 2 }
};
const code = escodegen.generate(ast);
console.log(code); // '40 + 2'
Generating source maps
escodegen can also generate source maps alongside the generated code, which is useful for debugging purposes. The code sample shows how to generate both code and a source map from an AST.
const escodegen = require('escodegen');
const ast = { /* ... */ };
const codeWithSourceMap = escodegen.generate(ast, { sourceMap: true, sourceMapWithCode: true });
console.log(codeWithSourceMap.code); // Generated code
console.log(codeWithSourceMap.map.toString()); // Source map
Custom code generation
You can customize the formatting of the generated code by specifying options such as indentation and newline characters. The code sample illustrates how to generate code with custom formatting options.
const escodegen = require('escodegen');
const ast = { /* ... */ };
const customCode = escodegen.generate(ast, {
format: {
indent: {
style: ' ',
base: 0
},
newline: '\n'
}
});
console.log(customCode); // Custom formatted code
babel-generator is part of the Babel compiler and is responsible for generating code from Babel's AST. It is similar to escodegen but is more tightly integrated with Babel's ecosystem and plugins.
recast is another code generator that focuses on preserving the original formatting and style of the code as much as possible when generating new code from an AST. It differs from escodegen in its approach to maintaining the original code's readability and structure.
astring is a lightweight and fast code generator for JavaScript, similar to escodegen. It aims to be smaller and faster by focusing on generating code without additional features like source map generation.
Readme
Escodegen (escodegen) is an ECMAScript (also popularly known as JavaScript) code generator from Mozilla's Parser API AST. See the online generator for a demo.
Escodegen can be used in a web browser:
<script src="escodegen.browser.js"></script>
escodegen.browser.js can be found in tagged revisions on GitHub.
Or in a Node.js application via npm:
npm install escodegen
A simple example: the program
escodegen.generate({
type: 'BinaryExpression',
operator: '+',
left: { type: 'Literal', value: 40 },
right: { type: 'Literal', value: 2 }
});
produces the string '40 + 2'
.
See the API page for
options. To run the tests, execute npm test
in the root directory.
At first, execute npm install
to install the all dev dependencies.
After that,
npm run-script build
will generate escodegen.browser.js
, which can be used in browser environments.
And,
npm run-script build-min
will generate the minified file escodegen.browser.min.js
.
Copyright (C) 2012 Yusuke Suzuki (twitter: @Constellation) and other contributors.
Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are met:
Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
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ECMAScript code generator
We found that escodegen demonstrated a healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released less than a year ago. It has 2 open source maintainers collaborating on the project.
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