Produce warnings if links cannot be resolved

Ref: #2808

.config/typedoc.json

@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@
     ],
     "name": "TypeDoc API",
 
+    // Don't document the debug entry point
+    "entryPoints": ["../src/index.ts"],
     "outputs": [
         {
             "name": "html",

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -6,6 +6,16 @@ title: Changelog
 
 ### Bug Fixes
 
+-   Possibly Breaking: TypeDoc will no longer render anchors within the page for
+    deeply nested properties. This only affects links to properties of
+    properties of types, which did not have a clickable link exposed so are
+    unlikely to have been linked to. Furthermore, these links were not always
+    created by TypeDoc, only being created if all parent properties contained
+    comments, #2808.
+-   TypeDoc will now warn if a property which does not have a URL within the
+    rendered document and the parent property/page will be linked to instead,
+    #2808. These warnings can be disabled with the `validation.rewrittenLink`
+    option.
 -   Fix restoration of groups/categories including documents, #2801.
 -   Fixed missed relative paths within markdown link references in documents.
 -   Improved handling of incomplete inline code blocks within markdown.

package.json

@@ -7,7 +7,8 @@
   "exports": {
     ".": "./dist/index.js",
     "./tsdoc.json": "./tsdoc.json",
-    "./package.json": "./package.json"
+    "./package.json": "./package.json",
+    "./debug": "./dist/lib/debug/index.js"
   },
   "types": "./dist/index.d.ts",
   "bin": {

scripts/capture_screenshots.mjs

@@ -93,6 +93,9 @@ export async function captureScreenshots(
     headless,
     theme,
 ) {
+    await fs.promises.rm(outputDirectory, { force: true, recursive: true });
+    await fs.promises.mkdir(outputDirectory, { recursive: true });
+
     const browser = await puppeteer.launch({
         args:
             platform() === "win32"

site/development/plugins.md

@@ -13,7 +13,8 @@ to. Plugins should assume that they may be loaded multiple times for different
 applications, and that a single load of an application class may be used to
 convert multiple projects.
 
-Plugins may be either ESM or CommonJS.
+Plugins may be either ESM or CommonJS, but TypeDoc ships with ESM, so they should
+generally published as ESM to avoid `require(esm)` experimental warnings.
 
 ```js
 // @ts-check

site/options/validation.md

@@ -20,13 +20,32 @@ typedoc.json (defaults):
     "validation": {
         "notExported": true,
         "invalidLink": true,
+        "rewrittenLink": true,
         "notDocumented": false,
         "unusedMergeModuleWith": true
     }
 }
 ```
 
-Specifies validation steps TypeDoc should perform on your generated documentation.
+Specifies validation steps TypeDoc should perform on your generated
+documentation. Most validation occurs before rendering, but `rewrittenLink` is
+done during HTML rendering as links have not been generated before rendering
+begins.
+
+-   **notExported** - Produce warnings if a type is referenced by the
+    documentation but the type isn't exported and therefore included in the
+    documentation.
+-   **invalidLink** - Produce warnings for `@link` tags which cannot be resolved.
+-   **rewrittenLink** - Produce warnings for `@link` tags which are resolved,
+    but whose target does not have a unique URL in the documentation. TypeDoc
+    will rewrite these links to point to the first parent with a URL.
+-   **notDocumented** - Produce warnings for reflections which do not have a
+    documentation comment. This is also controlled by the
+    [requiredToBeDocumented](#requiredtobedocumented) option.
+-   **unusedMergeModuleWith** - Produce warnings for
+    [`@mergeModuleWith`](../tags/mergeModuleWith.md) tags which are not
+    resolved. This option should generally be disabled if generating JSON which
+    will be combined with another document later.
 
 ## treatWarningsAsErrors
 

src/index.ts

@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
 /**
  * @module TypeDoc API
+ *
+ * In addition to the members documented here, TypeDoc exports a `typedoc/debug`
+ * entry point which exports some functions which may be useful during plugin
+ * development or debugging. Exports from that entry point are **not stable**
+ * and may change or be removed at any time.
  */
 export { Application, type ApplicationEvents } from "./lib/application.js";
 

src/lib/converter/comments/declarationReferenceResolver.ts

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import { ok } from "assert";
 import {
     ContainerReflection,
     DeclarationReflection,
+    type DocumentReflection,
     type ProjectReflection,
     ReferenceReflection,
     type Reflection,
@@ -225,10 +226,18 @@ function resolveSymbolReferencePart(
     let high: Reflection[] = [];
     let low: Reflection[] = [];
 
-    if (
-        !(refl instanceof ContainerReflection) ||
-        !refl.childrenIncludingDocuments
-    ) {
+    let children:
+        | ReadonlyArray<DocumentReflection | DeclarationReflection>
+        | undefined;
+
+    if (refl instanceof ContainerReflection) {
+        children = refl.childrenIncludingDocuments;
+    }
+    if (!children && refl.isDeclaration() && refl.type?.type === "reflection") {
+        children = refl.type.declaration.childrenIncludingDocuments;
+    }
+
+    if (!children) {
         return { high, low };
     }
 
@@ -238,12 +247,12 @@ function resolveSymbolReferencePart(
         // so that resolution doesn't behave very poorly with projects using JSDoc style resolution.
         // Also is more consistent with how TypeScript resolves link tags.
         case ".":
-            high = refl.childrenIncludingDocuments.filter(
+            high = children.filter(
                 (r) =>
                     r.name === path.path &&
                     (r.kindOf(ReflectionKind.SomeExport) || r.flags.isStatic),
             );
-            low = refl.childrenIncludingDocuments.filter(
+            low = children.filter(
                 (r) =>
                     r.name === path.path &&
                     (!r.kindOf(ReflectionKind.SomeExport) || !r.flags.isStatic),
@@ -254,7 +263,7 @@ function resolveSymbolReferencePart(
         // enum members, type literal properties
         case "#":
             high =
-                refl.children?.filter((r) => {
+                children?.filter((r) => {
                     return (
                         r.name === path.path &&
                         r.kindOf(ReflectionKind.SomeMember) &&
@@ -269,7 +278,7 @@ function resolveSymbolReferencePart(
             if (
                 refl.kindOf(ReflectionKind.SomeModule | ReflectionKind.Project)
             ) {
-                high = refl.children?.filter((r) => r.name === path.path) || [];
+                high = children?.filter((r) => r.name === path.path) || [];
             }
             break;
     }

src/lib/converter/comments/linkResolver.ts

@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import {
     DeclarationReflection,
     type InlineTagDisplayPart,
     Reflection,
+    ReflectionKind,
     ReflectionSymbolId,
 } from "../../models/index.js";
 import {
@@ -131,12 +132,20 @@ function resolveLinkTag(
 
     // Might already know where it should go if useTsLinkResolution is turned on
     if (part.target instanceof ReflectionSymbolId) {
-        const tsTarget = reflection.project.getReflectionFromSymbolId(
+        const tsTargets = reflection.project.getReflectionsFromSymbolId(
             part.target,
         );
 
-        if (tsTarget) {
-            target = tsTarget;
+        if (tsTargets.length) {
+            // Find the target most likely to have a real url in the generated documentation
+            target =
+                tsTargets.find((r) => r.kindOf(ReflectionKind.SomeExport)) ||
+                tsTargets.find(
+                    (r) =>
+                        r.kindOf(ReflectionKind.SomeMember) &&
+                        r.parent?.kindOf(ReflectionKind.SomeExport),
+                ) ||
+                tsTargets[0];
             pos = end;
             defaultDisplayText =
                 part.tsLinkText ||

src/lib/debug/debugReflectionLifetimes.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+/* eslint-disable no-console */
+import type { Application } from "../application.js";
+import { ConverterEvents } from "../converter/converter-events.js";
+import type { Reflection } from "../models/index.js";
+
+export function debugReflectionLifetimes(app: Application) {
+    app.converter.on(ConverterEvents.CREATE_PROJECT, logCreate);
+    app.converter.on(ConverterEvents.CREATE_SIGNATURE, logCreate);
+    app.converter.on(ConverterEvents.CREATE_TYPE_PARAMETER, logCreate);
+    app.converter.on(ConverterEvents.CREATE_DECLARATION, logCreate);
+    app.converter.on(ConverterEvents.CREATE_DOCUMENT, logCreate);
+    app.converter.on(ConverterEvents.CREATE_PARAMETER, logCreate);
+
+    app.converter.on(ConverterEvents.CREATE_PROJECT, (_context, project) => {
+        const oldRemove = project["_removeReflection"];
+        project["_removeReflection"] = function (reflection) {
+            console.log("Remove", reflection.id, reflection.getFullName());
+            return oldRemove.call(this, reflection);
+        };
+    });
+}
+
+function logCreate(_context: unknown, refl: Reflection) {
+    console.log("Create", refl.variant, refl.id, refl.getFullName());
+}

src/lib/debug/debugRendererUrls.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,88 @@
+/* eslint-disable no-console */
+import { join } from "node:path";
+import type { Application } from "../application.js";
+import { Reflection, type SomeReflection } from "../models/index.js";
+import type { SerializerComponent } from "../serialization/components.js";
+import type { JSONOutput } from "../serialization/index.js";
+
+const serializer: SerializerComponent<SomeReflection> = {
+    priority: 0,
+    supports(x) {
+        return x instanceof Reflection;
+    },
+    toObject(item, obj: any) {
+        obj.url = item.url;
+        obj.hasOwnDocument = item.hasOwnDocument;
+        // obj.anchor = item.anchor;
+        delete obj.sources;
+        delete obj.groups;
+        delete obj.categories;
+        delete obj.readme;
+        delete obj.content;
+        delete obj.kind;
+        delete obj.flags;
+        delete obj.defaultValue;
+        delete obj.symbolIdMap;
+        delete obj.files;
+        delete obj.packageName;
+        delete obj.variant;
+        delete obj.extendedTypes;
+        delete obj.inheritedFrom;
+        if (!["reflection", "reference"].includes(obj.type?.type)) {
+            delete obj.type;
+        }
+
+        if (obj.comment) {
+            obj.comment.summary = obj.comment.summary.filter(
+                (part: JSONOutput.CommentDisplayPart) =>
+                    part.kind === "inline-tag",
+            );
+            obj.comment.blockTags = obj.comment.blockTags?.filter(
+                (tag: JSONOutput.CommentTag) => {
+                    tag.content = tag.content.filter(
+                        (part) => part.kind === "inline-tag",
+                    );
+                    return tag.content.length;
+                },
+            );
+
+            if (
+                !obj.comment.summary.length &&
+                !obj.comment.blockTags?.length &&
+                !obj.comment.modifierTags
+            ) {
+                delete obj.comment;
+            }
+        }
+
+        return obj;
+    },
+};
+
+export function debugRendererUrls(
+    app: Application,
+    { json = false, logs = false } = { logs: true },
+) {
+    app.renderer.postRenderAsyncJobs.push(async (evt) => {
+        if (json) {
+            app.serializer.addSerializer(serializer);
+            await app.generateJson(
+                evt.project,
+                join(evt.outputDirectory, "url_debug.json"),
+            );
+            app.serializer.removeSerializer(serializer);
+        }
+
+        if (logs) {
+            for (const id in evt.project.reflections) {
+                const refl = evt.project.reflections[id];
+                console.log(
+                    refl.id,
+                    refl.getFullName(),
+                    refl.url,
+                    refl.hasOwnDocument,
+                );
+            }
+        }
+    });
+}

src/lib/debug/index.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+export { debugRendererUrls } from "./debugRendererUrls.js";
+export { debugReflectionLifetimes } from "./debugReflectionLifetimes.js";

src/lib/internationalization/internationalization.ts

@@ -108,13 +108,13 @@ export class Internationalization {
      * Get the translation of the specified key, replacing placeholders
      * with the arguments specified.
      */
-    translate<T extends keyof typeof translatable>(
+    translate<T extends keyof TranslatableStrings>(
         key: T,
         ...args: TranslatableStrings[T]
     ): TranslatedString {
         return (
             this.allTranslations.get(this.application?.lang ?? "en").get(key) ??
-            translatable[key]
+            translatable[key as keyof typeof translatable]
         ).replace(/\{(\d+)\}/g, (_, index) => {
             return args[+index] ?? "(no placeholder)";
         }) as TranslatedString;

src/lib/internationalization/locales/en.cts

@@ -95,6 +95,7 @@ export = {
         "The following symbols were marked as intentionally not exported, but were either not referenced in the documentation, or were exported:\n\t{0}",
     reflection_0_has_unused_mergeModuleWith_tag:
         "{0} has a @mergeModuleWith tag which could not be resolved",
+    reflection_0_links_to_1_with_text_2_but_resolved_to_3: `"{0}" links to "{1}" with text "{2}" which exists but does not have a link in the documentation, will link to "{3}" instead.`,
 
     // conversion plugins
     not_all_search_category_boosts_used_0: `Not all categories specified in searchCategoryBoosts were used in the documentation. The unused categories were:\n\t{0}`,

src/lib/models/reflections/project.ts

@@ -391,6 +391,7 @@ export class ProjectReflection extends ContainerReflection {
 
     /** @internal */
     registerSymbolId(reflection: Reflection, id: ReflectionSymbolId) {
+        this.removedSymbolIds.delete(id);
         this.reflectionIdToSymbolIdMap.set(reflection.id, id);
 
         const previous = this.symbolToReflectionIdMap.get(id);

src/lib/models/types.ts

@@ -833,7 +833,13 @@ export class ReferenceType extends Type {
         const resolved =
             resolvePotential.find((refl) => refl.kindOf(kind)) ||
             resolvePotential.find((refl) => refl.kindOf(~kind))!;
-        this._target = resolved.id;
+
+        // Do not mark the type as resolved at this point so that if it
+        // points to a member which is removed (e.g. by typedoc-plugin-zod)
+        // and then replaced it still ends up pointing at the right reflection.
+        // We will lock type reference resolution when serializing to JSON.
+        // this._target = resolved.id;
+
         return resolved;
     }
 
@@ -1002,6 +1008,8 @@ export class ReferenceType extends Type {
             target = this._target;
         } else if (this._project?.symbolIdHasBeenRemoved(this._target)) {
             target = -1;
+        } else if (this.reflection) {
+            target = this.reflection.id;
         } else {
             target = this._target.toObject(serializer);
         }
@@ -1023,7 +1031,7 @@ export class ReferenceType extends Type {
             result.refersToTypeParameter = true;
         }
 
-        if (typeof this._target !== "number" && this.preferValues) {
+        if (typeof target !== "number" && this.preferValues) {
             result.preferValues = true;
         }