Custom-elements.json is a file format that describes custom elements. This format will allow tooling and IDEs to give rich information about the custom elements in a given project. It is, however, very experimental and things are subject to change. Follow the discussion here.
This library takes a Custom Elements Manifest and renders it to markdown.
Install:
npm i -S @custom-elements-manifest/to-markdown
Import and use in your code:
import fs from 'fs';
import { customElementsManifestToMarkdown } from '@custom-elements-manifest/to-markdown';
const manifest = JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync('./custom-elements.json', 'utf-8'));
const markdown = customElementsManifestToMarkdown(manifest);
fs.writeFileSync('./custom-elements.md', markdown);
Option | Type | Default | Description |
---|---|---|---|
headingOffset | Integer | 0 | Offset the heading level by this number |
private | 'all'|'details'|'hidden' |
'all' |
See Private Members |
omitDeclarations | OptionalDeclarations[] |
[] | See Omit Declarations |
omitSections | OptionalSections[] |
[] | See Omit Sections |
classNameFilter | string | (() => string) |
'.*' |
See Class Name Filter |
The private
option controls how private members appear in the markdown.
'all'
: private members appear alongside public members according to source order'hidden'
: private members do not appear at all in markdown, but protected members do'details'
: private and protected members appear in a details disclosure widget below the table
The omitDeclarations
option is a string[]
that controls which kinds of entities are rendered in the final markdown output. The four declaration types are:
- mixins
- variables
- functions
- exports
The following is an example config that would filter out all four declaration types:
customElementsManifestToMarkdown(manifest, {
omitDeclarations: ['mixins', 'variables', 'functions', 'exports' ]
})
**Note: ** Mixins can be rendered both as declarations AND as sections inside a declaration. The omitDeclarations
option for mixins
will only filter out top level mixin declarations. To filter out mixin sections from a class
declaration, use the mixin
filter from omitSections
.
The omitSections
option is a string[]
that controls which sections of a declaration's full entry in the manifest.json should be rendered in the final markdown output. The section names are:
- mainHeading : "main-heading"
- superClass : "super-class"
- fields : "fields"
- methods : "methods"
- staticFields : "static-fields"
- staticMethods : "static-methods"
- slots : "slots"
- events : "events"
- attributes : "attributes"
- cssProperties : "css-properties"
- cssParts : "css-parts"
- mixins : "main-heading"
The following is an example config showing how to filter out a few sections:
customElementsManifestToMarkdown(manifest, {
// static fields and static methods tables will not be present
// in the markdown result
omitSections: [ 'super-class', 'static-methods', 'fields' ]
})
Depending on the source files you pass to the analyzer, your custom-elements-manifest.json
may contain more class file declarations than you need for the final markdown output. The classNameFilter
option accepts a regex as a string (or a function that returns one) that will be used to filter out class declarations before rendering.
customElementsManifestToMarkdown(manifest, {
classNameFilter: () => {
// some logic
return `(${prefix}-*|SuperClassExact)`; // filters out every class name that doesnt match the regex provided
}
})
customElementsManifestToMarkdown(manifest, {
headingOffset: 1,
private: 'details',
})
Source
{
"schemaVersion": "1.0.0",
"readme": "",
"modules": [
{
"kind": "javascript-module",
"path": "./fixtures/-TEST/package/my-element.js",
"declarations": [
{
"kind": "class",
"name": "SuperClass",
"events": [
{
"name": "custom-event",
"type": {
"text": "SuperCustomEvent"
},
"description": "this is custom"
}
],
"superclass": {
"name": "LitElement",
"package": "lit-element"
},
"members": [
{
"kind": "method",
"name": "superClassMethod",
"privacy": "public"
}
]
},
{
"kind": "class",
"name": "MyElement",
"cssProperties": [
{
"name": "--background-color",
"description": "Controls the color of bar"
}
],
"cssParts": [
{
"name": "bar",
"description": "Styles the color of bar"
}
],
"slots": [
{
"name": "container",
"description": "You can put some elements here"
}
],
"events": [
{
"name": "my-event",
"type": {
"text": "Event"
}
},
{
"name": "custom-event",
"type": {
"text": "SuperCustomEvent"
},
"description": "this is custom",
"inheritedFrom": {
"name": "SuperClass",
"module": "./fixtures/-TEST/package/my-element.js"
}
}
],
"mixins": [
{
"name": "LocalizeMixin",
"package": "lion"
},
{
"name": "Mixin",
"module": "./fixtures/-TEST/package/my-element.js"
}
],
"superclass": {
"name": "SuperClass",
"module": "./fixtures/-TEST/package/my-element.js"
},
"attributes": [
{
"name": "prop-1",
"fieldName": "prop1"
},
{
"name": "prop2",
"fieldName": "prop2"
}
],
"members": [
{
"kind": "field",
"name": "prop1",
"privacy": "public"
},
{
"kind": "field",
"name": "prop2",
"privacy": "public"
},
{
"kind": "field",
"name": "prop3",
"privacy": "public",
"type": {
"text": "boolean"
},
"default": "true"
},
{
"kind": "field",
"name": "foo",
"type": {
"text": "string"
},
"privacy": "private",
"description": "description goes here",
"default": "'bar'"
},
{
"kind": "method",
"name": "instanceMethod",
"privacy": "public",
"description": "Some description of the method here",
"return": {
"type": {
"text": ""
}
},
"parameters": [
{
"name": "e",
"type": {
"text": "Event"
}
},
{
"name": "a",
"type": {
"text": "string"
},
"description": "some description"
}
]
},
{
"kind": "field",
"name": "mixinProp",
"type": {
"text": "number"
},
"privacy": "protected",
"default": "1",
"inheritedFrom": {
"name": "Mixin",
"module": "./fixtures/-TEST/package/my-element.js"
}
},
{
"kind": "method",
"name": "superClassMethod",
"privacy": "public",
"inheritedFrom": {
"name": "SuperClass",
"module": "./fixtures/-TEST/package/my-element.js"
}
}
],
"tagName": "my-element"
},
{
"kind": "variable",
"name": "variableExport",
"description": "this is a var export",
"type": {
"text": "boolean"
}
},
{
"kind": "variable",
"name": "stringVariableExport",
"description": "this is a string var export",
"type": {
"text": "string"
}
},
{
"kind": "function",
"name": "functionExport",
"description": "This is a function export",
"return": {
"type": {
"text": "boolean"
}
},
"parameters": [
{
"name": "a",
"type": {
"text": "string"
}
},
{
"name": "b",
"type": {
"text": "boolean"
}
}
]
},
{
"kind": "mixin",
"name": "MyMixin4",
"parameters": [
{
"name": "klass",
"type": {
"text": "*"
},
"description": "This is the description"
},
{
"name": "foo",
"type": {
"text": "string"
},
"description": "Description goes here"
}
]
},
{
"kind": "mixin",
"name": "Mixin",
"parameters": [
{
"name": "klass",
"type": {
"text": "*"
},
"description": "This is the description"
}
],
"members": [
{
"kind": "field",
"name": "mixinProp",
"type": {
"text": "number"
},
"privacy": "protected",
"default": "1"
}
]
}
],
"exports": [
{
"kind": "js",
"name": "SuperClass",
"declaration": {
"name": "SuperClass",
"module": "./fixtures/-TEST/package/my-element.js"
}
},
{
"kind": "custom-element-definition",
"name": "my-element",
"declaration": {
"name": "MyElement",
"module": "./fixtures/-TEST/package/my-element.js"
}
},
{
"kind": "js",
"name": "variableExport",
"declaration": {
"name": "variableExport",
"module": "./fixtures/-TEST/package/my-element.js"
}
},
{
"kind": "js",
"name": "stringVariableExport",
"declaration": {
"name": "stringVariableExport",
"module": "./fixtures/-TEST/package/my-element.js"
}
},
{
"kind": "js",
"name": "functionExport",
"declaration": {
"name": "functionExport",
"module": "./fixtures/-TEST/package/my-element.js"
}
}
]
}
]
}
Result
Name | Module | Package |
---|---|---|
LitElement | lit-element |
Name | Privacy | Description | Parameters | Return | Inherited From |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
superClassMethod | public |
Name | Type | Description | Inherited From |
---|---|---|---|
custom-event | SuperCustomEvent |
this is custom |
Name | Module | Package |
---|---|---|
SuperClass | ./fixtures/-TEST/package/my-element.js |
Name | Module | Package |
---|---|---|
LocalizeMixin | lion | |
Mixin | ./fixtures/-TEST/package/my-element.js |
Name | Privacy | Type | Default | Description | Inherited From |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
prop1 | public | ||||
prop2 | public | ||||
prop3 | public | boolean |
true |
Name | Privacy | Description | Parameters | Return | Inherited From |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
instanceMethod | public | Some description of the method here | e: Event, a: string |
||
superClassMethod | public | SuperClass |
Name | Type | Description | Inherited From |
---|---|---|---|
my-event | Event |
||
custom-event | SuperCustomEvent |
this is custom | SuperClass |
Name | Field | Inherited From |
---|---|---|
prop-1 | prop1 | |
prop2 | prop2 |
Name | Description |
---|---|
--background-color | Controls the color of bar |
Name | Description |
---|---|
container | You can put some elements here |
Private API
Name | Privacy | Type | Default | Description | Inherited From |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
foo | private | string |
'bar' |
description goes here | |
mixinProp | protected | number |
1 |
Mixin |
Name | Type | Default | Description |
---|---|---|---|
klass | * |
This is the description | |
foo | string |
Description goes here |
Name | Type | Default | Description |
---|---|---|---|
klass | * |
This is the description |
Private API
Name | Privacy | Type | Default | Description | Inherited From |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
mixinProp | protected | number |
1 |
Name | Description | Type |
---|---|---|
variableExport | this is a var export | boolean |
stringVariableExport | this is a string var export | string |
Name | Description | Parameters | Return |
---|---|---|---|
functionExport | This is a function export | a: string, b: boolean |
boolean |
Kind | Name | Declaration | Module | Package |
---|---|---|---|---|
js | SuperClass | SuperClass | ./fixtures/-TEST/package/my-element.js | |
custom-element-definition | my-element | MyElement | ./fixtures/-TEST/package/my-element.js | |
js | variableExport | variableExport | ./fixtures/-TEST/package/my-element.js | |
js | stringVariableExport | stringVariableExport | ./fixtures/-TEST/package/my-element.js | |
js | functionExport | functionExport | ./fixtures/-TEST/package/my-element.js |