Auto JavaScript Documentaion

This extension generates a reference documentation from a JavaScript source file. A JavaScript source code should follow the style that is suggested by jDoctest.

Installation

Enter the sphinxcontrib-autojs directory and run:

$ python setup.py install

Usage

Here is an example JavaScript source.

var ImageFile = function( url ) {
    /**class:ImageFile( url )

    A container for an image file.
        >>> var img = new ImageFile( "_static/jdoctest.png" );
        >>> img.url;
        '_static/jdoctest.png'
    */
    this.url = String( url );
};
ImageFile.prototype = {
    fetchData: function() {
        /**:ImageFile.prototype.fetchData()

        Request to the server to get data of this image file. When the
        request done we can get ``size`` or ``modified`` attribute.

            >>> img.fetchData();
            >>> wait(function() { return img.data; });
            >>> img.size;
            21618
            >>> img.modified; //doctest: +SKIP
            Sat Sep 25 2010 19:57:47 GMT+0900 (KST)
        */
        $.get( this.url, function( data ) {
            this.data = data;
            this.size = data.length;
            this.modified = new Date(); // Not Implemented Yet
        });
    }
};

The file that has this source named imagefile.js. It is in _examples directory of the current Sphinx document directory. Then this source:

.. autojs:: _examples/imagefile.js

is rendered as:

JavaScript Docstring

Here is the documentation of jDoctest which explains a JavaScript comment block for docstring.

A docstring is a multiline comment but it starts with /**.

But this extension examines only named docstrings. A name of a docstring is after /** and starts with ::

/**:SomeClass.prototype.someMethod( reqArg[, optArg1[, optArg2 ] ] )

The description for ``someMethod``.
*/

Then the example docstring's name is SomeClass.prototype.someMethod( reqArg[, optArg1[, optArg2 ] ] ).

JavaScript Doctest

You might know doctest module for Python. This module examines interactive Python sessions such as:

>>> [factorial(n) for n in range(6)]
[1, 1, 2, 6, 24, 120]
>>> [factorial(long(n)) for n in range(6)]
[1, 1, 2, 6, 24, 120]
>>> factorial(30)
265252859812191058636308480000000L

The interactive JavaScript sessions are similar to the Python's:

>>> var title = $( "h1" );
>>> title.click(function() {
...     alert( this.innerText );
... });
[object Object]
>>> Math.round( 1.11111111 );
1

Options

:members::

The member list in the source code. Each members are separated by a comma(,). A member is such as ImageFile or ImageFile.prototype.fetchData. If you want to make a documentation of only ImageFile.prototype.fetchData then:

.. autojs:: _examples/imagefile.js
   :members: ImageFile.prototype.fetchData