jinja2.visitor

API for traversing the AST nodes. Implemented by the compiler and meta introspection.

 1"""API for traversing the AST nodes. Implemented by the compiler and
 2meta introspection.
 3"""
 4
 5import typing as t
 6
 7from .nodes import Node
 8
 9if t.TYPE_CHECKING:
10    import typing_extensions as te
11
12    class VisitCallable(te.Protocol):
13        def __call__(self, node: Node, *args: t.Any, **kwargs: t.Any) -> t.Any: ...
14
15
16class NodeVisitor:
17    """Walks the abstract syntax tree and call visitor functions for every
18    node found.  The visitor functions may return values which will be
19    forwarded by the `visit` method.
20
21    Per default the visitor functions for the nodes are ``'visit_'`` +
22    class name of the node.  So a `TryFinally` node visit function would
23    be `visit_TryFinally`.  This behavior can be changed by overriding
24    the `get_visitor` function.  If no visitor function exists for a node
25    (return value `None`) the `generic_visit` visitor is used instead.
26    """
27
28    def get_visitor(self, node: Node) -> "t.Optional[VisitCallable]":
29        """Return the visitor function for this node or `None` if no visitor
30        exists for this node.  In that case the generic visit function is
31        used instead.
32        """
33        return getattr(self, f"visit_{type(node).__name__}", None)
34
35    def visit(self, node: Node, *args: t.Any, **kwargs: t.Any) -> t.Any:
36        """Visit a node."""
37        f = self.get_visitor(node)
38
39        if f is not None:
40            return f(node, *args, **kwargs)
41
42        return self.generic_visit(node, *args, **kwargs)
43
44    def generic_visit(self, node: Node, *args: t.Any, **kwargs: t.Any) -> t.Any:
45        """Called if no explicit visitor function exists for a node."""
46        for child_node in node.iter_child_nodes():
47            self.visit(child_node, *args, **kwargs)
48
49
50class NodeTransformer(NodeVisitor):
51    """Walks the abstract syntax tree and allows modifications of nodes.
52
53    The `NodeTransformer` will walk the AST and use the return value of the
54    visitor functions to replace or remove the old node.  If the return
55    value of the visitor function is `None` the node will be removed
56    from the previous location otherwise it's replaced with the return
57    value.  The return value may be the original node in which case no
58    replacement takes place.
59    """
60
61    def generic_visit(self, node: Node, *args: t.Any, **kwargs: t.Any) -> Node:
62        for field, old_value in node.iter_fields():
63            if isinstance(old_value, list):
64                new_values = []
65                for value in old_value:
66                    if isinstance(value, Node):
67                        value = self.visit(value, *args, **kwargs)
68                        if value is None:
69                            continue
70                        elif not isinstance(value, Node):
71                            new_values.extend(value)
72                            continue
73                    new_values.append(value)
74                old_value[:] = new_values
75            elif isinstance(old_value, Node):
76                new_node = self.visit(old_value, *args, **kwargs)
77                if new_node is None:
78                    delattr(node, field)
79                else:
80                    setattr(node, field, new_node)
81        return node
82
83    def visit_list(self, node: Node, *args: t.Any, **kwargs: t.Any) -> t.List[Node]:
84        """As transformers may return lists in some places this method
85        can be used to enforce a list as return value.
86        """
87        rv = self.visit(node, *args, **kwargs)
88
89        if not isinstance(rv, list):
90            return [rv]
91
92        return rv
class NodeVisitor:
17class NodeVisitor:
18    """Walks the abstract syntax tree and call visitor functions for every
19    node found.  The visitor functions may return values which will be
20    forwarded by the `visit` method.
21
22    Per default the visitor functions for the nodes are ``'visit_'`` +
23    class name of the node.  So a `TryFinally` node visit function would
24    be `visit_TryFinally`.  This behavior can be changed by overriding
25    the `get_visitor` function.  If no visitor function exists for a node
26    (return value `None`) the `generic_visit` visitor is used instead.
27    """
28
29    def get_visitor(self, node: Node) -> "t.Optional[VisitCallable]":
30        """Return the visitor function for this node or `None` if no visitor
31        exists for this node.  In that case the generic visit function is
32        used instead.
33        """
34        return getattr(self, f"visit_{type(node).__name__}", None)
35
36    def visit(self, node: Node, *args: t.Any, **kwargs: t.Any) -> t.Any:
37        """Visit a node."""
38        f = self.get_visitor(node)
39
40        if f is not None:
41            return f(node, *args, **kwargs)
42
43        return self.generic_visit(node, *args, **kwargs)
44
45    def generic_visit(self, node: Node, *args: t.Any, **kwargs: t.Any) -> t.Any:
46        """Called if no explicit visitor function exists for a node."""
47        for child_node in node.iter_child_nodes():
48            self.visit(child_node, *args, **kwargs)

Walks the abstract syntax tree and call visitor functions for every node found. The visitor functions may return values which will be forwarded by the visit method.

Per default the visitor functions for the nodes are 'visit_' + class name of the node. So a TryFinally node visit function would be visit_TryFinally. This behavior can be changed by overriding the get_visitor function. If no visitor function exists for a node (return value None) the generic_visit visitor is used instead.

def get_visitor(self, node: jinja2.nodes.Node) -> Optional[jinja2.visitor.VisitCallable]:
29    def get_visitor(self, node: Node) -> "t.Optional[VisitCallable]":
30        """Return the visitor function for this node or `None` if no visitor
31        exists for this node.  In that case the generic visit function is
32        used instead.
33        """
34        return getattr(self, f"visit_{type(node).__name__}", None)

Return the visitor function for this node or None if no visitor exists for this node. In that case the generic visit function is used instead.

def visit(self, node: jinja2.nodes.Node, *args: Any, **kwargs: Any) -> Any:
36    def visit(self, node: Node, *args: t.Any, **kwargs: t.Any) -> t.Any:
37        """Visit a node."""
38        f = self.get_visitor(node)
39
40        if f is not None:
41            return f(node, *args, **kwargs)
42
43        return self.generic_visit(node, *args, **kwargs)

Visit a node.

def generic_visit(self, node: jinja2.nodes.Node, *args: Any, **kwargs: Any) -> Any:
45    def generic_visit(self, node: Node, *args: t.Any, **kwargs: t.Any) -> t.Any:
46        """Called if no explicit visitor function exists for a node."""
47        for child_node in node.iter_child_nodes():
48            self.visit(child_node, *args, **kwargs)

Called if no explicit visitor function exists for a node.

class NodeTransformer(NodeVisitor):
51class NodeTransformer(NodeVisitor):
52    """Walks the abstract syntax tree and allows modifications of nodes.
53
54    The `NodeTransformer` will walk the AST and use the return value of the
55    visitor functions to replace or remove the old node.  If the return
56    value of the visitor function is `None` the node will be removed
57    from the previous location otherwise it's replaced with the return
58    value.  The return value may be the original node in which case no
59    replacement takes place.
60    """
61
62    def generic_visit(self, node: Node, *args: t.Any, **kwargs: t.Any) -> Node:
63        for field, old_value in node.iter_fields():
64            if isinstance(old_value, list):
65                new_values = []
66                for value in old_value:
67                    if isinstance(value, Node):
68                        value = self.visit(value, *args, **kwargs)
69                        if value is None:
70                            continue
71                        elif not isinstance(value, Node):
72                            new_values.extend(value)
73                            continue
74                    new_values.append(value)
75                old_value[:] = new_values
76            elif isinstance(old_value, Node):
77                new_node = self.visit(old_value, *args, **kwargs)
78                if new_node is None:
79                    delattr(node, field)
80                else:
81                    setattr(node, field, new_node)
82        return node
83
84    def visit_list(self, node: Node, *args: t.Any, **kwargs: t.Any) -> t.List[Node]:
85        """As transformers may return lists in some places this method
86        can be used to enforce a list as return value.
87        """
88        rv = self.visit(node, *args, **kwargs)
89
90        if not isinstance(rv, list):
91            return [rv]
92
93        return rv

Walks the abstract syntax tree and allows modifications of nodes.

The NodeTransformer will walk the AST and use the return value of the visitor functions to replace or remove the old node. If the return value of the visitor function is None the node will be removed from the previous location otherwise it's replaced with the return value. The return value may be the original node in which case no replacement takes place.

def generic_visit( self, node: jinja2.nodes.Node, *args: Any, **kwargs: Any) -> jinja2.nodes.Node:
62    def generic_visit(self, node: Node, *args: t.Any, **kwargs: t.Any) -> Node:
63        for field, old_value in node.iter_fields():
64            if isinstance(old_value, list):
65                new_values = []
66                for value in old_value:
67                    if isinstance(value, Node):
68                        value = self.visit(value, *args, **kwargs)
69                        if value is None:
70                            continue
71                        elif not isinstance(value, Node):
72                            new_values.extend(value)
73                            continue
74                    new_values.append(value)
75                old_value[:] = new_values
76            elif isinstance(old_value, Node):
77                new_node = self.visit(old_value, *args, **kwargs)
78                if new_node is None:
79                    delattr(node, field)
80                else:
81                    setattr(node, field, new_node)
82        return node

Called if no explicit visitor function exists for a node.

def visit_list( self, node: jinja2.nodes.Node, *args: Any, **kwargs: Any) -> List[jinja2.nodes.Node]:
84    def visit_list(self, node: Node, *args: t.Any, **kwargs: t.Any) -> t.List[Node]:
85        """As transformers may return lists in some places this method
86        can be used to enforce a list as return value.
87        """
88        rv = self.visit(node, *args, **kwargs)
89
90        if not isinstance(rv, list):
91            return [rv]
92
93        return rv

As transformers may return lists in some places this method can be used to enforce a list as return value.

Inherited Members
NodeVisitor
get_visitor
visit