Move InterfaceHandler from string to JSON

6 files changed, 37 insertions, 39 deletions

diff --git a/libsolidity/ast/AST.cpp b/libsolidity/ast/AST.cpp
index 695d9881..305668e7 100644
--- a/libsolidity/ast/AST.cpp
+++ b/libsolidity/ast/AST.cpp
@@ -160,22 +160,22 @@ vector<pair<FixedHash<4>, FunctionTypePointer>> const& ContractDefinition::inter
 	return *m_interfaceFunctionList;
 }
 
-string const& ContractDefinition::devDocumentation() const
+Json::Value const& ContractDefinition::devDocumentation() const
 {
 	return m_devDocumentation;
 }
 
-string const& ContractDefinition::userDocumentation() const
+Json::Value const& ContractDefinition::userDocumentation() const
 {
 	return m_userDocumentation;
 }
 
-void ContractDefinition::setDevDocumentation(string const& _devDocumentation)
+void ContractDefinition::setDevDocumentation(Json::Value const& _devDocumentation)
 {
 	m_devDocumentation = _devDocumentation;
 }
 
-void ContractDefinition::setUserDocumentation(string const& _userDocumentation)
+void ContractDefinition::setUserDocumentation(Json::Value const& _userDocumentation)
 {
 	m_userDocumentation = _userDocumentation;
 }
diff --git a/libsolidity/ast/AST.h b/libsolidity/ast/AST.h
index 6c3f52bc..1b42c499 100644
--- a/libsolidity/ast/AST.h
+++ b/libsolidity/ast/AST.h
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@
 #include <libsolidity/ast/Types.h>
 #include <libsolidity/interface/Exceptions.h>
 #include <libsolidity/ast/ASTAnnotations.h>
+#include <json/json.h>
 
 namespace dev
 {
@@ -343,11 +344,11 @@ public:
 	/// Returns the fallback function or nullptr if no fallback function was specified.
 	FunctionDefinition const* fallbackFunction() const;
 
-	std::string const& userDocumentation() const;
-	void setUserDocumentation(std::string const& _userDocumentation);
+	Json::Value const& userDocumentation() const;
+	void setUserDocumentation(Json::Value const& _userDocumentation);
 
-	std::string const& devDocumentation() const;
-	void setDevDocumentation(std::string const& _devDocumentation);
+	Json::Value const& devDocumentation() const;
+	void setDevDocumentation(Json::Value const& _devDocumentation);
 
 	virtual TypePointer type() const override;
 
@@ -359,8 +360,8 @@ private:
 	bool m_isLibrary;
 
 	// parsed Natspec documentation of the contract.
-	std::string m_userDocumentation;
-	std::string m_devDocumentation;
+	Json::Value m_userDocumentation;
+	Json::Value m_devDocumentation;
 
 	std::vector<ContractDefinition const*> m_linearizedBaseContracts;
 	mutable std::unique_ptr<std::vector<std::pair<FixedHash<4>, FunctionTypePointer>>> m_interfaceFunctionList;
diff --git a/libsolidity/interface/CompilerStack.cpp b/libsolidity/interface/CompilerStack.cpp
index efbbd237..519027bc 100644
--- a/libsolidity/interface/CompilerStack.cpp
+++ b/libsolidity/interface/CompilerStack.cpp
@@ -345,17 +345,17 @@ map<string, unsigned> CompilerStack::sourceIndices() const
 	return indices;
 }
 
-string const& CompilerStack::interface(string const& _contractName) const
+Json::Value const& CompilerStack::interface(string const& _contractName) const
 {
 	return metadata(_contractName, DocumentationType::ABIInterface);
 }
 
-string const& CompilerStack::metadata(string const& _contractName, DocumentationType _type) const
+Json::Value const& CompilerStack::metadata(string const& _contractName, DocumentationType _type) const
 {
 	if (!m_parseSuccessful)
 		BOOST_THROW_EXCEPTION(CompilerError() << errinfo_comment("Parsing was not successful."));
 
-	std::unique_ptr<string const>* doc;
+	std::unique_ptr<Json::Value const>* doc;
 	Contract const& currentContract = contract(_contractName);
 
 	// checks wheather we already have the documentation
@@ -376,7 +376,7 @@ string const& CompilerStack::metadata(string const& _contractName, Documentation
 
 	// caches the result
 	if (!*doc)
-		doc->reset(new string(InterfaceHandler::documentation(*currentContract.contract, _type)));
+		doc->reset(new Json::Value(InterfaceHandler::documentation(*currentContract.contract, _type)));
 
 	return *(*doc);
 }
diff --git a/libsolidity/interface/CompilerStack.h b/libsolidity/interface/CompilerStack.h
index da479638..1fd30c4d 100644
--- a/libsolidity/interface/CompilerStack.h
+++ b/libsolidity/interface/CompilerStack.h
@@ -162,14 +162,14 @@ public:
 	/// @returns a mapping assigning each source name its index inside the vector returned
 	/// by sourceNames().
 	std::map<std::string, unsigned> sourceIndices() const;
-	/// @returns a string representing the contract interface in JSON.
+	/// @returns a JSON representing the contract interface.
 	/// Prerequisite: Successful call to parse or compile.
-	std::string const& interface(std::string const& _contractName = "") const;
-	/// @returns a string representing the contract's documentation in JSON.
+	Json::Value const& interface(std::string const& _contractName = "") const;
+	/// @returns a JSON representing the contract's documentation.
 	/// Prerequisite: Successful call to parse or compile.
 	/// @param type The type of the documentation to get.
 	/// Can be one of 4 types defined at @c DocumentationType
-	std::string const& metadata(std::string const& _contractName, DocumentationType _type) const;
+	Json::Value const& metadata(std::string const& _contractName, DocumentationType _type) const;
 
 	/// @returns the previously used scanner, useful for counting lines during error reporting.
 	Scanner const& scanner(std::string const& _sourceName = "") const;
@@ -213,9 +213,9 @@ private:
 		eth::LinkerObject object;
 		eth::LinkerObject runtimeObject;
 		eth::LinkerObject cloneObject;
-		mutable std::unique_ptr<std::string const> interface;
-		mutable std::unique_ptr<std::string const> userDocumentation;
-		mutable std::unique_ptr<std::string const> devDocumentation;
+		mutable std::unique_ptr<Json::Value const> interface;
+		mutable std::unique_ptr<Json::Value const> userDocumentation;
+		mutable std::unique_ptr<Json::Value const> devDocumentation;
 		mutable std::unique_ptr<std::string const> sourceMapping;
 		mutable std::unique_ptr<std::string const> runtimeSourceMapping;
 	};
diff --git a/libsolidity/interface/InterfaceHandler.cpp b/libsolidity/interface/InterfaceHandler.cpp
index 1686f9ea..5705856c 100644
--- a/libsolidity/interface/InterfaceHandler.cpp
+++ b/libsolidity/interface/InterfaceHandler.cpp
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ using namespace std;
 using namespace dev;
 using namespace dev::solidity;
 
-string InterfaceHandler::documentation(
+Json::Value InterfaceHandler::documentation(
 	ContractDefinition const& _contractDef,
 	DocumentationType _type
 )
@@ -24,10 +24,9 @@ string InterfaceHandler::documentation(
 	}
 
 	BOOST_THROW_EXCEPTION(InternalCompilerError() << errinfo_comment("Unknown documentation type"));
-	return "";
 }
 
-string InterfaceHandler::abiInterface(ContractDefinition const& _contractDef)
+Json::Value InterfaceHandler::abiInterface(ContractDefinition const& _contractDef)
 {
 	Json::Value abi(Json::arrayValue);
 
@@ -104,12 +103,10 @@ string InterfaceHandler::abiInterface(ContractDefinition const& _contractDef)
 		abi.append(event);
 	}
 
-	Json::FastWriter writer;
-	writer.omitEndingLineFeed();
-	return writer.write(abi);
+	return abi;
 }
 
-string InterfaceHandler::userDocumentation(ContractDefinition const& _contractDef)
+Json::Value InterfaceHandler::userDocumentation(ContractDefinition const& _contractDef)
 {
 	Json::Value doc;
 	Json::Value methods(Json::objectValue);
@@ -129,10 +126,10 @@ string InterfaceHandler::userDocumentation(ContractDefinition const& _contractDe
 			}
 	doc["methods"] = methods;
 
-	return Json::StyledWriter().write(doc);
+	return doc;
 }
 
-string InterfaceHandler::devDocumentation(ContractDefinition const& _contractDef)
+Json::Value InterfaceHandler::devDocumentation(ContractDefinition const& _contractDef)
 {
 	Json::Value doc;
 	Json::Value methods(Json::objectValue);
@@ -178,7 +175,7 @@ string InterfaceHandler::devDocumentation(ContractDefinition const& _contractDef
 	}
 	doc["methods"] = methods;
 
-	return Json::StyledWriter().write(doc);
+	return doc;
 }
 
 string InterfaceHandler::extractDoc(multimap<string, DocTag> const& _tags, string const& _name)
diff --git a/libsolidity/interface/InterfaceHandler.h b/libsolidity/interface/InterfaceHandler.h
index 54199e4e..d4f2eaf4 100644
--- a/libsolidity/interface/InterfaceHandler.h
+++ b/libsolidity/interface/InterfaceHandler.h
@@ -64,24 +64,24 @@ public:
 	/// @param _contractDef The contract definition
 	/// @param _type        The type of the documentation. Can be one of the
 	///                     types provided by @c DocumentationType
-	/// @return             A string with the json representation of provided type
-	static std::string documentation(
+	/// @return             A JSON representation of provided type
+	static Json::Value documentation(
 		ContractDefinition const& _contractDef,
 		DocumentationType _type
 	);
 	/// Get the ABI Interface of the contract
 	/// @param _contractDef The contract definition
-	/// @return             A string with the json representation of the contract's ABI Interface
-	static std::string abiInterface(ContractDefinition const& _contractDef);
+	/// @return             A JSONrepresentation of the contract's ABI Interface
+	static Json::Value abiInterface(ContractDefinition const& _contractDef);
 	/// Get the User documentation of the contract
 	/// @param _contractDef The contract definition
-	/// @return             A string with the json representation of the contract's user documentation
-	static std::string userDocumentation(ContractDefinition const& _contractDef);
+	/// @return             A JSON representation of the contract's user documentation
+	static Json::Value userDocumentation(ContractDefinition const& _contractDef);
 	/// Genereates the Developer's documentation of the contract
 	/// @param _contractDef The contract definition
-	/// @return             A string with the json representation
+	/// @return             A JSON representation
 	///                     of the contract's developer documentation
-	static std::string devDocumentation(ContractDefinition const& _contractDef);
+	static Json::Value devDocumentation(ContractDefinition const& _contractDef);
 
 private:
 	/// @returns concatenation of all content under the given tag name.