json-writer: add docstrings to jw_* functions

Add a docstring for each function that manipulates json_writers.

Helped-by: Junio C Hamano <[email protected]>
Helped-by: Patrick Steinhardt <[email protected]>
Helped-by: Karthik Nayak <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Lucas Seiki Oshiro <[email protected]>
Acked-by: Karthik Nayak <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <[email protected]>

Author: lucasoshiro

json-writer.c

@@ -268,10 +268,6 @@ static void append_sub_jw(struct json_writer *jw,
 	strbuf_addbuf(&jw->json, &value->json);
 }
 
-/*
- * Append existing (properly terminated) JSON sub-data (object or array)
- * as-is onto the given JSON data.
- */
 void jw_object_sub_jw(struct json_writer *jw, const char *key,
 		      const struct json_writer *value)
 {

json-writer.h

@@ -69,42 +69,185 @@ struct json_writer
 	.open_stack = STRBUF_INIT, \
 }
 
+/*
+ * Initialize a json_writer with empty values.
+ */
 void jw_init(struct json_writer *jw);
+
+/*
+ * Release the internal buffers of a json_writer.
+ */
 void jw_release(struct json_writer *jw);
 
+/*
+ * Begin the json_writer using an object as the top-level data structure. If
+ * pretty is set to 1, the result will be a human-readable and indented JSON,
+ * and if it is set to 0 the result will be minified single-line JSON.
+ */
 void jw_object_begin(struct json_writer *jw, int pretty);
+
+/*
+ * Begin the json_writer using an array as the top-level data structure. If
+ * pretty is set to 1, the result will be a human-readable and indented JSON,
+ * and if it is set to 0 the result will be minified single-line JSON.
+ */
 void jw_array_begin(struct json_writer *jw, int pretty);
 
+/*
+ * Append a string field to the current object of the json_writer, given its key
+ * and its value. Trigger a BUG when not in an object.
+ */
 void jw_object_string(struct json_writer *jw, const char *key,
 		      const char *value);
+
+/*
+ * Append an int field to the current object of the json_writer, given its key
+ * and its value. Trigger a BUG when not in an object.
+ */
 void jw_object_intmax(struct json_writer *jw, const char *key, intmax_t value);
+
+/*
+ * Append a double field to the current object of the json_writer, given its key
+ * and its value. The precision parameter defines the number of significant
+ * digits, where -1 can be used for maximum precision. Trigger a BUG when not in
+ * an object.
+ */
 void jw_object_double(struct json_writer *jw, const char *key, int precision,
 		      double value);
+
+/*
+ * Append a boolean field set to true to the current object of the json_writer,
+ * given its key. Trigger a BUG when not in an object.
+ */
 void jw_object_true(struct json_writer *jw, const char *key);
+
+/*
+ * Append a boolean field set to false to the current object of the json_writer,
+ * given its key. Trigger a BUG when not in an object.
+ */
 void jw_object_false(struct json_writer *jw, const char *key);
+
+/*
+ * Append a boolean field to the current object of the json_writer, given its
+ * key and its value. Trigger a BUG when not in an object.
+ */
 void jw_object_bool(struct json_writer *jw, const char *key, int value);
+
+/*
+ * Append a null field to the current object of the json_writer, given its key.
+ * Trigger a BUG when not in an object.
+ */
 void jw_object_null(struct json_writer *jw, const char *key);
+
+/*
+ * Append a field to the current object of the json_writer, given its key and
+ * another json_writer that represents its content. Trigger a BUG when not in
+ * an object.
+ */
 void jw_object_sub_jw(struct json_writer *jw, const char *key,
 		      const struct json_writer *value);
 
+/*
+ * Start an object as the value of a field in the current object of the
+ * json_writer. Trigger a BUG when not in an object.
+ */
 void jw_object_inline_begin_object(struct json_writer *jw, const char *key);
+
+/*
+ * Start an array as the value of a field in the current object of the
+ * json_writer. Trigger a BUG when not in an object.
+ */
 void jw_object_inline_begin_array(struct json_writer *jw, const char *key);
 
+/*
+ * Append a string value to the current array of the json_writer. Trigger a BUG
+ * when not in an array.
+ */
 void jw_array_string(struct json_writer *jw, const char *value);
+
+/*
+ * Append an int value to the current array of the json_writer. Trigger a BUG
+ * when not in an array.
+ */
 void jw_array_intmax(struct json_writer *jw, intmax_t value);
+
+/*
+ * Append a double value to the current array of the json_writer. The precision
+ * parameter defines the number of significant digits, where -1 can be used for
+ * maximum precision. Trigger a BUG when not in an array.
+ */
 void jw_array_double(struct json_writer *jw, int precision, double value);
+
+/*
+ * Append a true value to the current array of the json_writer. Trigger a BUG
+ * when not in an array.
+ */
 void jw_array_true(struct json_writer *jw);
+
+/*
+ * Append a false value to the current array of the json_writer. Trigger a BUG
+ * when not in an array.
+ */
 void jw_array_false(struct json_writer *jw);
+
+/*
+ * Append a boolean value to the current array of the json_writer. Trigger a BUG
+ * when not in an array.
+ */
 void jw_array_bool(struct json_writer *jw, int value);
+
+/*
+ * Append a null value to the current array of the json_writer. Trigger a BUG
+ * when not in an array.
+ */
 void jw_array_null(struct json_writer *jw);
+
+/*
+ * Append a json_writer as a value to the current array of the
+ * json_writer. Trigger a BUG when not in an array.
+ */
 void jw_array_sub_jw(struct json_writer *jw, const struct json_writer *value);
+
+/*
+ * Append the first argc values from the argv array of strings to the current
+ * array of the json_writer. Trigger a BUG when not in an array.
+ *
+ * This function does not provide safety for cases where the array has less than
+ * argc values.
+ */
 void jw_array_argc_argv(struct json_writer *jw, int argc, const char **argv);
+
+/*
+ * Append a null-terminated array of strings to the current array of the
+ * json_writer. Trigger a BUG when not in an array.
+ */
 void jw_array_argv(struct json_writer *jw, const char **argv);
 
+/*
+ * Start an object as a value in the current array of the json_writer. Trigger a
+ * BUG when not in an array.
+ */
 void jw_array_inline_begin_object(struct json_writer *jw);
+
+/*
+ * Start an array as a value in the current array. Trigger a BUG when not in an
+ * array.
+ */
 void jw_array_inline_begin_array(struct json_writer *jw);
 
+/*
+ * Return whether the json_writer is terminated. In other words, if the all the
+ * objects and arrays are already closed.
+ */
 int jw_is_terminated(const struct json_writer *jw);
+
+/*
+ * Terminates the current object or array of the json_writer. In other words,
+ * append a ] if the current array is not closed or } if the current object
+ * is not closed.
+ *
+ * Abort the execution if there's no object or array that can be terminated.
+ */
 void jw_end(struct json_writer *jw);
 
 #endif /* JSON_WRITER_H */