VariableVisibilityAnalysis.java

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package com.google.javascript.jscomp;

import static com.google.common.base.Preconditions.checkArgument;

import com.google.javascript.rhino.Node;
import java.util.HashMap;
import java.util.Map;

/**
 * An analysis pass that determines the visibility of variables -- that is,
 * whether a variable is truly local, a local captured by an inner scope, a
 * parameter, or a global variable.
 *
 * SideEffectsAnalysis uses this class to partition a potentially infinite
 * number of concrete storage locations into a (small) finite number of
 * abstract storage locations based on a variable's storage visibility.
 *
 * @author dcc@google.com (Devin Coughlin)
 */
class VariableVisibilityAnalysis implements CompilerPass {

  enum VariableVisibility {

    /** Local variable, not captured by closure */
    LOCAL,

    /** Local variable captured by a closure */
    CAPTURED_LOCAL,

    /**
     * Formal parameter declaration variable
     *
     * Parameters are different than local variables because they can be
     * aliased by elements of the arguments object.
     */
    PARAMETER,

    /** A global variable */
    GLOBAL
  }

  private final AbstractCompiler compiler;

  /** Maps the declaring name node for a variable to that variable's visibility. */
  private final Map<Node, VariableVisibility> visibilityByDeclaringNameNode;

  public VariableVisibilityAnalysis(AbstractCompiler compiler) {
    this.compiler = compiler;

    visibilityByDeclaringNameNode = new HashMap<>();
  }

  /**
   * Returns the visibility of of a variable, given that variable's declaring
   * name node.
   *
   * The name node's parent must be one of:
   * <pre>
   *    Token.VAR (for a variable declaration)
   *    Token.FUNCTION (for a function declaration)
   *    Token.PARAM_LIST (for a function formal parameter)
   * </pre>
   *
   * The returned visibility will be one of:
   * <pre>
   *    LOCAL_VARIABLE : the variable is a local variable used only in its
   *        declared scope
   *    CAPTURED_LOCAL_VARIABLE : A local variable that is used in a capturing
   *        closure
   *     PARAMETER_VARIABLE : the variable is a formal parameter
   *     GLOBAL_VARIABLE : the variable is declared in the global scope
   *  </pre>
   *
   * @param declaringNameNode The name node for a declaration.
   */
  public VariableVisibility getVariableVisibility(Node declaringNameNode) {
    Node parent = declaringNameNode.getParent();

    checkArgument(parent.isVar() || parent.isFunction() || parent.isParamList());

    return visibilityByDeclaringNameNode.get(declaringNameNode);
  }

  /**
   * Determines the visibility class for each variable in root.
   */
  @Override
  public void process(Node externs, Node root) {
    ReferenceCollectingCallback callback =
      new ReferenceCollectingCallback(compiler,
          ReferenceCollectingCallback.DO_NOTHING_BEHAVIOR, new Es6SyntacticScopeCreator(compiler));

    callback.process(root);

    for (Var variable : callback.getAllSymbols()) {
      ReferenceCollection referenceCollection =
          callback.getReferences(variable);

      VariableVisibility visibility;

      if (variableIsParameter(variable)) {
        visibility = VariableVisibility.PARAMETER;
      } else if (variable.isLocal()) {
        if (referenceCollection.isEscaped()) {
          visibility = VariableVisibility.CAPTURED_LOCAL;
        } else {
          visibility = VariableVisibility.LOCAL;
        }
      } else if (variable.isGlobal()) {
        visibility = VariableVisibility.GLOBAL;
      } else {
        throw new IllegalStateException("Un-handled variable visibility for " + variable);
      }

      visibilityByDeclaringNameNode.put(variable.getNameNode(), visibility);
    }
  }

  /**
   * Returns true if the variable is a formal parameter.
   */
  private static boolean variableIsParameter(Var variable) {
    Node variableParent = variable.getParentNode();

    return variableParent != null && variableParent.isParamList();
  }
}