TSComment

Abstract representation of typescript comments

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Inherits from

Comment, Statement, Expression, Editable

Attributes

comment_type

TSCommentType

Determines the type of comment in a TypeScript source code.

extended

SymbolGroup

Returns a SymbolGroup of all extended nodes associated with this element.

extended_source

str

Returns the source text representation of all extended nodes.

file

SourceFile

The file object that this Editable instance belongs to.

file_node_id

NodeId

filepath

str

The file path of the file that this Editable instance belongs to.

function_calls

list[ FunctionCall ]

Returns a list of all function calls contained within this expression.

index

int

The 0-based index of the statement in the parent code block.

nested_code_blocks

list[ CodeBlock ]

Returns a list of nested code blocks within the statement.

nested_statements

list[ MultiLineCollection [ Statement [ TSComment ], Editable ]]

Returns a list of statement collections within nested code blocks.

node_type

NodeType

parent

Editable

parent_class

Class | None

Find the class this node is contained in

parent_function

Function | None

Find the function this node is contained in

parent_statement

Statement | None

Find the statement this node is contained in

resolved_value

Expression | list[ Expression ]

Returns the resolved type of an Expression.

source

str

Text representation of the Editable instance.

statement_type

text

str

Returns the text content of the comment.

ts_node

TSNode

variable_usages

list[ Editable ]

Returns Editables for all TreeSitter node instances of variable usages within this node's

Methods

ancestors

Find all ancestors of the node of the given type. Does not return itself

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Returns

list[ Editable ]

clean_comment

Cleans comment markers and whitespace from a comment string.

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Parameters

comment

str

required

The raw comment string to be cleaned.

Returns

str

The cleaned comment text with comment markers and excess whitespace removed.

edit

Replace the source of this Editable with new_src.

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Parameters

new_src

str

required

The new source text to replace the current text with.

fix_indentation

bool

default:False

If True, adjusts the indentation of `new_src` to match the current text's indentation level. Defaults to False.

priority

int

default:0

The priority of the edit transaction. Higher priority edits are applied first. Defaults to 0.

dedupe

bool

default:True

If True, deduplicates identical transactions. Defaults to True.

Returns

None

edit_text

Replace the text of a comment with new text.

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Parameters

new_text

str

required

The new text content to replace the existing comment text.

Returns

None

find

Find and return matching nodes or substrings within an Editable instance.

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Parameters

strings_to_match

Union[list[str], str]

required

One or more strings to search for.

exact

bool

default:False

If True, only return nodes whose source exactly matches one of the strings_to_match.

Returns

list[ Editable ]

A list of Editable instances that match the search criteria.

find_string_literals

Returns a list of string literals within this node’s source that match any of the given

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Parameters

strings_to_match

list[str]

required

A list of strings to search for in string literals.

fuzzy_match

bool

default:False

If True, matches substrings within string literals. If False, only matches exact strings. Defaults to False.

Returns

list[ Editable ]

A list of Editable objects representing the matching string literals.

flag

Adds a visual flag comment to the end of this Editable’s source text.

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Returns

CodeFlag[ TSComment ]

generate_comment

Generates a TypeScript comment block from the given text content.

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Parameters

new_src

str

required

The text content to be converted into a comment.

comment_type

TSCommentType

required

The type of comment to generate (DOUBLE_SLASH or SLASH_STAR).

leading_star

bool, optional

required

Whether to add leading "*" to each line in multi-line comments. Defaults to True.

force_multiline

bool, optional

required

Whether to force multi-line format for single-line content. Defaults to False.

Returns

str

The formatted comment block as a string.

get_variable_usages

Returns Editables for all TreeSitter nodes corresponding to instances of variable usage

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Parameters

var_name

str

required

The variable name to search for.

fuzzy_match

bool

default:False

If True, matches variables where var_name is a substring. If False, requires exact match. Defaults to False.

Returns

list[ Editable ]

List of Editable objects representing variable usage nodes matching the given name.

insert_after

Inserts code after this node.

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Parameters

new_src

str

required

The source code to insert after this node.

fix_indentation

bool, optional

default:False

Whether to adjust the indentation of new_src to match the current node. Defaults to False.

newline

bool, optional

default:True

Whether to add a newline before the new_src. Defaults to True.

priority

int, optional

default:0

Priority of the insertion transaction. Defaults to 0.

dedupe

bool, optional

default:True

Whether to deduplicate identical transactions. Defaults to True.

Returns

None

insert_before

Inserts text before this node’s source with optional indentation and newline handling.

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Parameters

new_src

str

required

The text to insert before this node.

fix_indentation

bool

default:False

Whether to fix the indentation of new_src to match the current node. Defaults to False.

newline

bool

default:True

Whether to add a newline after new_src. Defaults to True.

priority

int

default:0

Transaction priority for managing multiple edits. Defaults to 0.

dedupe

bool

default:True

Whether to deduplicate identical transactions. Defaults to True.

Returns

None

is_wrapped_in

Check if this node is contained another node of the given class

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Returns

bool

parent_of_type

Find the first ancestor of the node of the given type. Does not return itself

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Returns

Editable | None

reduce_condition

Reduces an editable to the following condition

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Returns

None

remove

Deletes this Node and its related extended nodes (e.g. decorators, comments).

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Parameters

delete_formatting

bool

default:True

Whether to delete surrounding whitespace and formatting. Defaults to True.

priority

int

default:0

Priority of the removal transaction. Higher priority transactions are executed first. Defaults to 0.

dedupe

bool

default:True

Whether to deduplicate removal transactions at the same location. Defaults to True.

Returns

None

replace

Search and replace occurrences of text within this node’s source and its extended nodes.

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Parameters

old

str

required

The text or pattern to search for.

new

str

required

The text to replace matches with.

count

int, optional

default:-1

Maximum number of replacements to make. Defaults to -1 (replace all).

is_regex

bool, optional

default:False

Whether to treat 'old' as a regex pattern. Defaults to False.

priority

int, optional

default:0

Priority of the replacement operation. Defaults to 0.

Returns

int

The total number of replacements made.

search

Returns a list of all regex match of regex_pattern, similar to python’s re.search().

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Parameters

regex_pattern

str

required

The regular expression pattern to search for.

include_strings

bool

default:True

When False, excludes the contents of string literals from the search. Defaults to True.

include_comments

bool

default:True

When False, excludes the contents of comments from the search. Defaults to True.

Returns

list[ Editable ]

A list of Editable objects corresponding to the matches found.