Improve types for Blot

README.md

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ Parchment is [Quill](https://quilljs.com)'s document model. It is a parallel tre
 
 **Note:** You should never instantiate a Blot yourself with `new`. This may prevent necessary lifecycle functionality of a Blot. Use the [Registry](#registry)'s `create()` method instead.
 
-`npm install --save parchment`
+`npm install parchment`
 
 See [Cloning Medium with Parchment](https://quilljs.com/guides/cloning-medium-with-parchment/) for a guide on how Quill uses Parchment its document model.
 
@@ -48,14 +48,13 @@ class Blot {
   // Called after update cycle completes. Cannot change the value or length
   // of the document, and any DOM operation must reduce complexity of the DOM
   // tree. A shared context object is passed through all blots.
-  optimize(context: {[key: string]: any}): void;
+  optimize(context: { [key: string]: any }): void;
 
   // Called when blot changes, with the mutation records of its change.
-  // Internal records of the blot values can be updated, and modifcations of
+  // Internal records of the blot values can be updated, and modifications of
   // the blot itself is permitted. Can be trigger from user change or API call.
   // A shared context object is passed through all blots.
-  update(mutations: MutationRecord[], context: {[key: string]: any});
-
+  update(mutations: MutationRecord[], context: { [key: string]: any });
 
   /** Leaf Blots only **/
 
@@ -77,11 +76,10 @@ class Blot {
   // user change detectable by update()
   value(): any;
 
-
   /** Parent blots only **/
 
   // Whitelist array of Blots that can be direct children.
-  static allowedChildren: Blot[];
+  static allowedChildren: Registry.BlotConstructor[];
 
   // Default child blot to be inserted if this blot becomes empty.
   static defaultChild: Registry.BlotConstructor;
@@ -92,10 +90,9 @@ class Blot {
   build();
 
   // Useful search functions for descendant(s), should not modify
-  descendant(type: BlotClass, index: number, inclusive): Blot
+  descendant(type: BlotClass, index: number, inclusive): Blot;
   descendants(type: BlotClass, index: number, length: number): Blot[];
 
-
   /** Formattable blots only **/
 
   // Returns format values represented by domNode if it is this Blot's type
@@ -118,6 +115,9 @@ Implementation for a Blot representing a link, which is a parent, inline scoped,
 import Parchment from 'parchment';
 
 class LinkBlot extends Parchment.Inline {
+  static blotName = 'link';
+  static tagName = 'A';
+
   static create(url) {
     let node = super.create();
     node.setAttribute('href', url);
@@ -144,21 +144,19 @@ class LinkBlot extends Parchment.Inline {
     return formats;
   }
 }
-LinkBlot.blotName = 'link';
-LinkBlot.tagName = 'A';
 
 Parchment.register(LinkBlot);
 ```
 
-Quill also provides many great example implementions in its [source code](https://github.com/quilljs/quill/tree/develop/formats).
+Quill also provides many great example implementations in its [source code](https://github.com/quilljs/quill/tree/develop/formats).
 
 ### Block Blot
 
 Basic implementation of a block scoped formattable parent Blot. Formatting a block blot by default will replace the appropriate subsection of the blot.
 
 ### Inline Blot
 
-Basic implementation of an inline scoped formattable parent Blot. Formatting an inline blot by default either wraps itself with another blot or passes the call to the approprate child.
+Basic implementation of an inline scoped formattable parent Blot. Formatting an inline blot by default either wraps itself with another blot or passes the call to the appropriate child.
 
 ### Embed Blot
 
@@ -168,7 +166,6 @@ Basic implementation of a non-text leaf blot, that is formattable. Its correspon
 
 The root parent blot of a Parchment document. It is not formattable.
 
-
 ## Attributors
 
 Attributors are the alternative, more lightweight, way to represent formats. Their DOM counterpart is an [Attribute](https://www.w3.org/TR/html5/syntax.html#attributes-0). Like a DOM attribute's relationship to a node, Attributors are meant to belong to Blots. Calling `formats()` on an [Inline](#inline-blot) or [Block](#block-blot) blot will return both the format of the corresponding DOM node represents (if any) and the formats the DOM node's attributes represent (if any).
@@ -207,10 +204,10 @@ Parchment.register(Width);
 let imageNode = document.createElement('img');
 
 Width.add(imageNode, '10px');
-console.log(imageNode.outerHTML);   // Will print <img width="10px">
-Width.value(imageNode);	                // Will return 10px
+console.log(imageNode.outerHTML); // Will print <img width="10px">
+Width.value(imageNode); // Will return 10px
 Width.remove(imageNode);
-console.log(imageNode.outerHTML);   // Will print <img>
+console.log(imageNode.outerHTML); // Will print <img>
 ```
 
 ### Class Attributor
@@ -225,7 +222,7 @@ Parchment.register(Align);
 
 let node = document.createElement('div');
 Align.add(node, 'right');
-console.log(node.outerHTML);  // Will print <div class="blot-align-right"></div>
+console.log(node.outerHTML); // Will print <div class="blot-align-right"></div>
 ```
 
 ### Style Attributor
@@ -236,13 +233,13 @@ Uses inline styles to represent formats.
 import Parchment from 'parchment';
 
 let Align = new Parchment.Attributor.Style('align', 'text-align', {
-  whitelist: ['right', 'center', 'justify']   // Having no value implies left align
+  whitelist: ['right', 'center', 'justify'], // Having no value implies left align
 });
 Parchment.register(Align);
 
 let node = document.createElement('div');
 Align.add(node, 'right');
-console.log(node.outerHTML);  // Will print <div style="text-align: right;"></div>
+console.log(node.outerHTML); // Will print <div style="text-align: right;"></div>
 ```
 
 ## Registry

src/blot/abstract/blot.ts

@@ -4,11 +4,20 @@ import type { RegistryDefinition } from '../../registry.js';
 import Scope from '../../scope.js';
 
 export interface BlotConstructor {
-  blotName: string;
-  className?: string;
-  tagName: string | string[];
   new (...args: any[]): Blot;
+  /**
+   * Creates corresponding DOM node
+   */
   create(value?: any): Node;
+
+  blotName: string;
+  tagName: string | string[];
+  scope: Scope;
+  className?: string;
+
+  requiredContainer?: BlotConstructor;
+  allowedChildren?: BlotConstructor[];
+  defaultChild?: BlotConstructor;
 }
 
 export interface Blot extends LinkedNode {
@@ -18,21 +27,22 @@ export interface Blot extends LinkedNode {
   next: Blot | null;
   domNode: Node;
 
-  statics: {
-    allowedChildren?: BlotConstructor[];
-    blotName: string;
-    className?: string;
-    defaultChild?: BlotConstructor;
-    requiredContainer?: BlotConstructor;
-    scope: Scope;
-    tagName: string | string[];
-  };
+  statics: BlotConstructor;
 
   attach(): void;
   clone(): Blot;
   detach(): void;
   isolate(index: number, length: number): Blot;
+
+  /**
+   * For leaves, length of blot's value()
+   * For parents, sum of children's values
+   */
   length(): number;
+
+  /**
+   * Returns offset between this blot and an ancestor's
+   */
   offset(root?: Blot): number;
   remove(): void;
   replaceWith(name: string, value: any): Blot;
@@ -44,8 +54,21 @@ export interface Blot extends LinkedNode {
   deleteAt(index: number, length: number): void;
   formatAt(index: number, length: number, name: string, value: any): void;
   insertAt(index: number, value: string, def?: any): void;
+
+  /**
+   * Called after update cycle completes. Cannot change the value or length
+   * of the document, and any DOM operation must reduce complexity of the DOM
+   * tree. A shared context object is passed through all blots.
+   */
   optimize(context: { [key: string]: any }): void;
   optimize(mutations: MutationRecord[], context: { [key: string]: any }): void;
+
+  /**
+   * Called when blot changes, with the mutation records of its change.
+   * Internal records of the blot values can be updated, and modifications of
+   * the blot itself is permitted. Can be trigger from user change or API call.
+   * A shared context object is passed through all blots.
+   */
   update(mutations: MutationRecord[], context: { [key: string]: any }): void;
 }
 
@@ -76,7 +99,14 @@ export interface Root extends Parent {
 }
 
 export interface Formattable extends Blot {
+  /**
+   * Apply format to blot. Should not pass onto child or other blot.
+   */
   format(name: string, value: any): void;
+
+  /**
+   * Return formats represented by blot, including from Attributors.
+   */
   formats(): { [index: string]: any };
 }
 

src/blot/abstract/leaf.ts

@@ -5,10 +5,19 @@ import ShadowBlot from './shadow.js';
 class LeafBlot extends ShadowBlot implements Leaf {
   public static scope = Scope.INLINE_BLOT;
 
+  /**
+   * Returns the value represented by domNode if it is this Blot's type
+   * No checking that domNode can represent this Blot type is required so
+   * applications needing it should check externally before calling.
+   */
   public static value(_domNode: Node): any {
     return true;
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Given location represented by node and offset from DOM Selection Range,
+   * return index to that location.
+   */
   public index(node: Node, offset: number): number {
     if (
       this.domNode === node ||
@@ -20,6 +29,10 @@ class LeafBlot extends ShadowBlot implements Leaf {
     return -1;
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Given index to location within blot, return node and offset representing
+   * that location, consumable by DOM Selection Range
+   */
   public position(index: number, _inclusive?: boolean): [Node, number] {
     const childNodes: Node[] = Array.from(this.parent.domNode.childNodes);
     let offset = childNodes.indexOf(this.domNode);
@@ -29,6 +42,11 @@ class LeafBlot extends ShadowBlot implements Leaf {
     return [this.parent.domNode, offset];
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Return value represented by this blot
+   * Should not change without interaction from API or
+   * user change detectable by update()
+   */
   public value(): any {
     return {
       [this.statics.blotName]: this.statics.value(this.domNode) || true,

src/blot/abstract/parent.ts

@@ -23,7 +23,14 @@ function makeAttachedBlot(node: Node, scroll: Root): Blot {
 }
 
 class ParentBlot extends ShadowBlot implements Parent {
-  public static allowedChildren: BlotConstructor[] | null;
+  /**
+   * Whitelist array of Blots that can be direct children.
+   */
+  public static allowedChildren?: BlotConstructor[];
+
+  /**
+   * Default child blot to be inserted if this blot becomes empty.
+   */
   public static defaultChild?: BlotConstructor;
   public static uiClass = '';
 
@@ -59,6 +66,9 @@ class ParentBlot extends ShadowBlot implements Parent {
     this.domNode.insertBefore(this.uiNode, this.domNode.firstChild);
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Called during construction, should fill its own children LinkedList.
+   */
   public build(): void {
     this.children = new LinkedList<Blot>();
     // Need to be reversed for if DOM nodes already in order