Proposal: code navigation (WIP)

Possible functionalities

• Context aware definition search
  • use|alias awareness​ for types
  • With cursor on a method call it should return the nearest definition (same class|closest parent) - in progress
    • If the cursor is on a local method definition it should return next higher definition (parent class|interface)
  • with cursor on usage of property it should return the nearest definition (same class|closest parent)
    • Cursor on local definition of property returns type information of property
• List closest implementing/extending classes|interfaces of current class|interface - in progress
• List missing implementations if extending abstract class | implementing interface(s)

API

There should be a generic response format so different applications like vim/sublime/xyz can process the response.

Minimum viable response format for closest definition:

Candidate:

• path to file relative to project root
• line number

For implementing/extending classes:

• List of candidates (file and line no)

Missing abstract|interface methods:

• Method signature