Source File
	lookup.go

Belonging Package
	go/types

// Copyright 2013 The Go Authors. All rights reserved.
// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style
// license that can be found in the LICENSE file.

// This file implements various field and method lookup functions.

package types

import (
	"bytes"
	"strings"
)

// Internal use of LookupFieldOrMethod: If the obj result is a method
// associated with a concrete (non-interface) type, the method's signature
// may not be fully set up. Call Checker.objDecl(obj, nil) before accessing
// the method's type.

// LookupFieldOrMethod looks up a field or method with given package and name
// in T and returns the corresponding *Var or *Func, an index sequence, and a
// bool indicating if there were any pointer indirections on the path to the
// field or method. If addressable is set, T is the type of an addressable
// variable (only matters for method lookups). T must not be nil.
//
// The last index entry is the field or method index in the (possibly embedded)
// type where the entry was found, either:
//
//  1. the list of declared methods of a named type; or
//  2. the list of all methods (method set) of an interface type; or
//  3. the list of fields of a struct type.
//
// The earlier index entries are the indices of the embedded struct fields
// traversed to get to the found entry, starting at depth 0.
//
// If no entry is found, a nil object is returned. In this case, the returned
// index and indirect values have the following meaning:
//
//   - If index != nil, the index sequence points to an ambiguous entry
//     (the same name appeared more than once at the same embedding level).
//
//   - If indirect is set, a method with a pointer receiver type was found
//     but there was no pointer on the path from the actual receiver type to
//     the method's formal receiver base type, nor was the receiver addressable.
func LookupFieldOrMethod(T Type, addressable bool, pkg *Package, name string) (obj Object, index []int, indirect bool) {
	if T == nil {
		panic("LookupFieldOrMethod on nil type")
	}

	// Methods cannot be associated to a named pointer type.
	// (spec: "The type denoted by T is called the receiver base type;
	// it must not be a pointer or interface type and it must be declared
	// in the same package as the method.").
	// Thus, if we have a named pointer type, proceed with the underlying
	// pointer type but discard the result if it is a method since we would
	// not have found it for T (see also issue 8590).
	if t, _ := T.(*Named); t != nil {
		if p, _ := t.Underlying().(*Pointer); p != nil {
			obj, index, indirect = lookupFieldOrMethod(p, false, pkg, name, false)
			if _, ok := obj.(*Func); ok {
				return nil, nil, false
			}
			return
		}
	}

	obj, index, indirect = lookupFieldOrMethod(T, addressable, pkg, name, false)

	// If we didn't find anything and if we have a type parameter with a core type,
	// see if there is a matching field (but not a method, those need to be declared
	// explicitly in the constraint). If the constraint is a named pointer type (see
	// above), we are ok here because only fields are accepted as results.
	const enableTParamFieldLookup = false // see issue #51576
	if enableTParamFieldLookup && obj == nil && isTypeParam(T) {
		if t := coreType(T); t != nil {
			obj, index, indirect = lookupFieldOrMethod(t, addressable, pkg, name, false)
			if _, ok := obj.(*Var); !ok {
				obj, index, indirect = nil, nil, false // accept fields (variables) only
			}
		}
	}
	return
}

// lookupFieldOrMethod should only be called by LookupFieldOrMethod and missingMethod.
// If foldCase is true, the lookup for methods will include looking for any method
// which case-folds to the same as 'name' (used for giving helpful error messages).
//
// The resulting object may not be fully type-checked.
func lookupFieldOrMethod(T Type, addressable bool, pkg *Package, name string, foldCase bool) (obj Object, index []int, indirect bool) {
	// WARNING: The code in this function is extremely subtle - do not modify casually!

	if name == "_" {
		return // blank fields/methods are never found
	}

	typ, isPtr := deref(T)

	// *typ where typ is an interface (incl. a type parameter) has no methods.
	if isPtr {
		if _, ok := under(typ).(*Interface); ok {
			return
		}
	}

	// Start with typ as single entry at shallowest depth.
	current := []embeddedType{{typ, nil, isPtr, false}}

	// seen tracks named types that we have seen already, allocated lazily.
	// Used to avoid endless searches in case of recursive types.
	//
	// We must use a lookup on identity rather than a simple map[*Named]bool as
	// instantiated types may be identical but not equal.
	var seen instanceLookup

	// search current depth
	for len(current) > 0 {
		var next []embeddedType // embedded types found at current depth

		// look for (pkg, name) in all types at current depth
		for _, e := range current {
			typ := e.typ

			// If we have a named type, we may have associated methods.
			// Look for those first.
			if named, _ := typ.(*Named); named != nil {
				if alt := seen.lookup(named); alt != nil {
					// We have seen this type before, at a more shallow depth
					// (note that multiples of this type at the current depth
					// were consolidated before). The type at that depth shadows
					// this same type at the current depth, so we can ignore
					// this one.
					continue
				}
				seen.add(named)

				// look for a matching attached method
				named.resolve(nil)
				if i, m := named.lookupMethod(pkg, name, foldCase); m != nil {
					// potential match
					// caution: method may not have a proper signature yet
					index = concat(e.index, i)
					if obj != nil || e.multiples {
						return nil, index, false // collision
					}
					obj = m
					indirect = e.indirect
					continue // we can't have a matching field or interface method
				}
			}

			switch t := under(typ).(type) {
			case *Struct:
				// look for a matching field and collect embedded types
				for i, f := range t.fields {
					if f.sameId(pkg, name) {
						assert(f.typ != nil)
						index = concat(e.index, i)
						if obj != nil || e.multiples {
							return nil, index, false // collision
						}
						obj = f
						indirect = e.indirect
						continue // we can't have a matching interface method
					}
					// Collect embedded struct fields for searching the next
					// lower depth, but only if we have not seen a match yet
					// (if we have a match it is either the desired field or
					// we have a name collision on the same depth; in either
					// case we don't need to look further).
					// Embedded fields are always of the form T or *T where
					// T is a type name. If e.typ appeared multiple times at
					// this depth, f.typ appears multiple times at the next
					// depth.
					if obj == nil && f.embedded {
						typ, isPtr := deref(f.typ)
						// TODO(gri) optimization: ignore types that can't
						// have fields or methods (only Named, Struct, and
						// Interface types need to be considered).
						next = append(next, embeddedType{typ, concat(e.index, i), e.indirect || isPtr, e.multiples})
					}
				}

			case *Interface:
				// look for a matching method (interface may be a type parameter)
				if i, m := t.typeSet().LookupMethod(pkg, name, foldCase); m != nil {
					assert(m.typ != nil)
					index = concat(e.index, i)
					if obj != nil || e.multiples {
						return nil, index, false // collision
					}
					obj = m
					indirect = e.indirect
				}
			}
		}

		if obj != nil {
			// found a potential match
			// spec: "A method call x.m() is valid if the method set of (the type of) x
			//        contains m and the argument list can be assigned to the parameter
			//        list of m. If x is addressable and &x's method set contains m, x.m()
			//        is shorthand for (&x).m()".
			if f, _ := obj.(*Func); f != nil {
				// determine if method has a pointer receiver
				if f.hasPtrRecv() && !indirect && !addressable {
					return nil, nil, true // pointer/addressable receiver required
				}
			}
			return
		}

		current = consolidateMultiples(next)
	}

	return nil, nil, false // not found
}

// embeddedType represents an embedded type
type embeddedType struct {
	typ       Type
	index     []int // embedded field indices, starting with index at depth 0
	indirect  bool  // if set, there was a pointer indirection on the path to this field
	multiples bool  // if set, typ appears multiple times at this depth
}

// consolidateMultiples collects multiple list entries with the same type
// into a single entry marked as containing multiples. The result is the
// consolidated list.
func consolidateMultiples(list []embeddedType) []embeddedType {
	if len(list) <= 1 {
		return list // at most one entry - nothing to do
	}

	n := 0                     // number of entries w/ unique type
	prev := make(map[Type]int) // index at which type was previously seen
	for _, e := range list {
		if i, found := lookupType(prev, e.typ); found {
			list[i].multiples = true
			// ignore this entry
		} else {
			prev[e.typ] = n
			list[n] = e
			n++
		}
	}
	return list[:n]
}

func lookupType(m map[Type]int, typ Type) (int, bool) {
	// fast path: maybe the types are equal
	if i, found := m[typ]; found {
		return i, true
	}

	for t, i := range m {
		if Identical(t, typ) {
			return i, true
		}
	}

	return 0, false
}

type instanceLookup struct {
	m map[*Named][]*Named
}

func (l *instanceLookup) lookup(inst *Named) *Named {
	for _, t := range l.m[inst.Origin()] {
		if Identical(inst, t) {
			return t
		}
	}
	return nil
}

func (l *instanceLookup) add(inst *Named) {
	if l.m == nil {
		l.m = make(map[*Named][]*Named)
	}
	insts := l.m[inst.Origin()]
	l.m[inst.Origin()] = append(insts, inst)
}

// MissingMethod returns (nil, false) if V implements T, otherwise it
// returns a missing method required by T and whether it is missing or
// just has the wrong type.
//
// For non-interface types V, or if static is set, V implements T if all
// methods of T are present in V. Otherwise (V is an interface and static
// is not set), MissingMethod only checks that methods of T which are also
// present in V have matching types (e.g., for a type assertion x.(T) where
// x is of interface type V).
func MissingMethod(V Type, T *Interface, static bool) (method *Func, wrongType bool) {
	m, alt := (*Checker)(nil).missingMethod(V, T, static)
	// Only report a wrong type if the alternative method has the same name as m.
	return m, alt != nil && alt.name == m.name // alt != nil implies m != nil
}

// missingMethod is like MissingMethod but accepts a *Checker as receiver.
// The receiver may be nil if missingMethod is invoked through an exported
// API call (such as MissingMethod), i.e., when all methods have been type-
// checked.
//
// If a method is missing on T but is found on *T, or if a method is found
// on T when looked up with case-folding, this alternative method is returned
// as the second result.
func (check *Checker) missingMethod(V Type, T *Interface, static bool) (method, alt *Func) {
	if T.NumMethods() == 0 {
		return
	}

	// V is an interface
	if u, _ := under(V).(*Interface); u != nil {
		tset := u.typeSet()
		for _, m := range T.typeSet().methods {
			_, f := tset.LookupMethod(m.pkg, m.name, false)

			if f == nil {
				if !static {
					continue
				}
				return m, nil
			}

			if !Identical(f.typ, m.typ) {
				return m, f
			}
		}

		return
	}

	// V is not an interface
	for _, m := range T.typeSet().methods {
		// TODO(gri) should this be calling LookupFieldOrMethod instead (and why not)?
		obj, _, _ := lookupFieldOrMethod(V, false, m.pkg, m.name, false)

		// check if m is on *V, or on V with case-folding
		found := obj != nil
		if !found {
			// TODO(gri) Instead of NewPointer(V) below, can we just set the "addressable" argument?
			obj, _, _ = lookupFieldOrMethod(NewPointer(V), false, m.pkg, m.name, false)
			if obj == nil {
				obj, _, _ = lookupFieldOrMethod(V, false, m.pkg, m.name, true /* fold case */)
			}
		}

		// we must have a method (not a struct field)
		f, _ := obj.(*Func)
		if f == nil {
			return m, nil
		}

		// methods may not have a fully set up signature yet
		if check != nil {
			check.objDecl(f, nil)
		}

		if !found || !Identical(f.typ, m.typ) {
			return m, f
		}
	}

	return
}

// missingMethodReason returns a string giving the detailed reason for a missing method m,
// where m is missing from V, but required by T. It puts the reason in parentheses,
// and may include more have/want info after that. If non-nil, alt is a relevant
// method that matches in some way. It may have the correct name, but wrong type, or
// it may have a pointer receiver, or it may have the correct name except wrong case.
// check may be nil.
func (check *Checker) missingMethodReason(V, T Type, m, alt *Func) string {
	var mname string
	if check != nil && compilerErrorMessages {
		mname = m.Name() + " method"
	} else {
		mname = "method " + m.Name()
	}

	if alt != nil {
		if m.Name() != alt.Name() {
			return check.sprintf("(missing %s)\n\t\thave %s\n\t\twant %s",
				mname, check.funcString(alt), check.funcString(m))
		}

		if Identical(m.typ, alt.typ) {
			return check.sprintf("(%s has pointer receiver)", mname)
		}

		return check.sprintf("(wrong type for %s)\n\t\thave %s\n\t\twant %s",
			mname, check.funcString(alt), check.funcString(m))
	}

	if isInterfacePtr(V) {
		return "(" + check.interfacePtrError(V) + ")"
	}

	if isInterfacePtr(T) {
		return "(" + check.interfacePtrError(T) + ")"
	}

	return check.sprintf("(missing %s)", mname)
}

func isInterfacePtr(T Type) bool {
	p, _ := under(T).(*Pointer)
	return p != nil && IsInterface(p.base)
}

// check may be nil.
func (check *Checker) interfacePtrError(T Type) string {
	assert(isInterfacePtr(T))
	if p, _ := under(T).(*Pointer); isTypeParam(p.base) {
		return check.sprintf("type %s is pointer to type parameter, not type parameter", T)
	}
	return check.sprintf("type %s is pointer to interface, not interface", T)
}

// check may be nil.
func (check *Checker) funcString(f *Func) string {
	buf := bytes.NewBufferString(f.name)
	var qf Qualifier
	if check != nil {
		qf = check.qualifier
	}
	WriteSignature(buf, f.typ.(*Signature), qf)
	return buf.String()
}

// assertableTo reports whether a value of type V can be asserted to have type T.
// It returns (nil, false) as affirmative answer. Otherwise it returns a missing
// method required by V and whether it is missing or just has the wrong type.
// The receiver may be nil if assertableTo is invoked through an exported API call
// (such as AssertableTo), i.e., when all methods have been type-checked.
// TODO(gri) replace calls to this function with calls to newAssertableTo.
func (check *Checker) assertableTo(V *Interface, T Type) (method, wrongType *Func) {
	// no static check is required if T is an interface
	// spec: "If T is an interface type, x.(T) asserts that the
	//        dynamic type of x implements the interface T."
	if IsInterface(T) {
		return
	}
	// TODO(gri) fix this for generalized interfaces
	return check.missingMethod(T, V, false)
}

// newAssertableTo reports whether a value of type V can be asserted to have type T.
// It also implements behavior for interfaces that currently are only permitted
// in constraint position (we have not yet defined that behavior in the spec).
func (check *Checker) newAssertableTo(V *Interface, T Type) error {
	// no static check is required if T is an interface
	// spec: "If T is an interface type, x.(T) asserts that the
	//        dynamic type of x implements the interface T."
	if IsInterface(T) {
		return nil
	}
	return check.implements(T, V)
}

// deref dereferences typ if it is a *Pointer and returns its base and true.
// Otherwise it returns (typ, false).
func deref(typ Type) (Type, bool) {
	if p, _ := typ.(*Pointer); p != nil {
		// p.base should never be nil, but be conservative
		if p.base == nil {
			if debug {
				panic("pointer with nil base type (possibly due to an invalid cyclic declaration)")
			}
			return Typ[Invalid], true
		}
		return p.base, true
	}
	return typ, false
}

// derefStructPtr dereferences typ if it is a (named or unnamed) pointer to a
// (named or unnamed) struct and returns its base. Otherwise it returns typ.
func derefStructPtr(typ Type) Type {
	if p, _ := under(typ).(*Pointer); p != nil {
		if _, ok := under(p.base).(*Struct); ok {
			return p.base
		}
	}
	return typ
}

// concat returns the result of concatenating list and i.
// The result does not share its underlying array with list.
func concat(list []int, i int) []int {
	var t []int
	t = append(t, list...)
	return append(t, i)
}

// fieldIndex returns the index for the field with matching package and name, or a value < 0.
func fieldIndex(fields []*Var, pkg *Package, name string) int {
	if name != "_" {
		for i, f := range fields {
			if f.sameId(pkg, name) {
				return i
			}
		}
	}
	return -1
}

// lookupMethod returns the index of and method with matching package and name, or (-1, nil).
// If foldCase is true, method names are considered equal if they are equal with case folding.
func lookupMethod(methods []*Func, pkg *Package, name string, foldCase bool) (int, *Func) {
	if name != "_" {
		for i, m := range methods {
			if (m.name == name || foldCase && strings.EqualFold(m.name, name)) && m.sameId(pkg, m.name) {
				return i, m
			}
		}
	}
	return -1, nil
}

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