1 files changed, 36 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/packages/sol-compiler/src/utils/types.ts b/packages/sol-compiler/src/utils/types.ts
index 4321a2235..e2e7a4e53 100644
--- a/packages/sol-compiler/src/utils/types.ts
+++ b/packages/sol-compiler/src/utils/types.ts
@@ -7,22 +7,39 @@ export enum AbiType {
     Fallback = 'fallback',
 }
 
+/**
+ * This type defines the schema of the artifact.json file generated by Sol-compiler
+ * schemaVersion: The version of the artifact schema
+ * contractName: The contract name it represents
+ * networks: Network specific information by network (address, id, constructor args, etc...)
+ * compilerOutput: The Solidity compiler output generated from the specified compiler input
+ * description (http://solidity.readthedocs.io/en/v0.4.24/using-the-compiler.html#compiler-input-and-output-json-description)
+ * compiler: The compiler settings used
+ * sourceCodes: The source code of the contract and all it's dependencies
+ * sources: A mapping from source filePath to sourceMap id
+ * sourceTreeHashHex: A unique hash generated from the contract source and that of it's dependencies.
+ * If any of the sources change, the hash would change notifying us that a re-compilation is necessary
+ */
 export interface ContractArtifact extends ContractVersionData {
     schemaVersion: string;
     contractName: string;
     networks: ContractNetworks;
 }
 
+export interface GeneratedCompilerOptions {
+    name: 'solc';
+    version: string;
+    settings: solc.CompilerSettings;
+}
+
+export interface Source {
+    id: number;
+}
+
 export interface ContractVersionData {
-    compiler: {
-        name: 'solc';
-        version: string;
-        settings: solc.CompilerSettings;
-    };
+    compiler: GeneratedCompilerOptions;
     sources: {
-        [sourceName: string]: {
-            id: number;
-        };
+        [sourceName: string]: Source;
     };
     sourceCodes: {
         [sourceName: string]: string;
@@ -47,6 +64,17 @@ export interface SolcErrors {
     [key: string]: boolean;
 }
 
+/**
+ * Options you can specify (as flags or in a compiler.json file) when invoking sol-compiler
+ * contractsDir: Directory containing your project's Solidity contracts. Can contain nested directories.
+ * artifactsDir: Directory where you want the generated artifacts.json written to
+ * compilerSettings: Desired settings to pass to the Solidity compiler during compilation.
+ * (http://solidity.readthedocs.io/en/v0.4.24/using-the-compiler.html#compiler-input-and-output-json-description)
+ * contracts: List of contract names you wish to compile, or alternatively ['*'] to compile all contracts in the
+ * specified directory.
+ * solcVersion: If you don't want to compile each contract with the Solidity version specified in-file, you can force all
+ * contracts to compile with the the version specified here.
+ */
 export interface CompilerOptions {
     contractsDir?: string;
     artifactsDir?: string;