generate_source_docs.sh

Generate mkdocs source code references documentation for bash scripts

Synopsis

./generate_source_docs.sh [options]

Description

THIS SCRIPT WILL ONLY WORK IF DIRECTORY ENVIRONMENT IS ACTIVATED !

From the list of nodes stored in ${NODE_LIST[@]} array in the script, parse every scripts in nodes and folder nodes to generate their corresponding references source code documentation for mkdocs and output this documentation in their corresponding file in the docs folder.

Options

• -d,--dry-run
  Specify the generation of the documentation is only for test purpose.

parse_main_doc()

Process the content of the main part of the docstring

Render the mkdocs documentation of the main part of the docstring.

Output

• Render content of the main parts of the docstring on stdout

parse_globals_doc()

Process the content of the globals part of the docstring

If Globals part of the docstring is not None, render the mkdocs documentation.

Output

• Render content of the globals parts of the docstring on stdout

parse_arguments_doc()

Process the content of the arguments part of the docstring

If Arguments part of the docstring is not None, render the mkdocs documentation.

Output

• Render content of the arguments parts of the docstring on stdout

parse_output_doc()

Process the content of the output part of the docstring

If Output part of the docstring is not None, render the mkdocs documentation.

Output

• Render content of the return parts of the docstring on stdout

parse_returns_doc()

Process the content of the return part of the docstring

If Returns part of the docstring is not None, render the mkdocs documentation.

Output

• Rendered content of the return parts of the docstring on stdout

parse_method_doc_line()

Process current line of the method documentation

For the current line of the method docstring (value of ${i_line} sets in the parent method), add its content to the variable storing part of the documentation to later be processed.

Globals

• DIRENV_ROOT

Output

• Render content of the header of the docstring on stdout
• Warning log if optional part of the docstring are missing on stderr
• Error log if required part of the docstring are missing on stderr

Returns

• 1 if required part of the docstring are missing

generate_method_docs()

Generate mkdocs documentation from a method docstring

For the method name with its docstring passed as first argument, parse it content and add it to the script documentation.

Arguments

Output

• Rendered documentation on stdout
• Error log if required part of the docstring are missing on stderr

Returns

• 1 if required part of the docstring are missing

generate_doc()

Generate mkdocs documentation of the current node

For the current node (value of ${i_node} set in parent method), extract the main script documentation, then extract every method name and for every method name, call the method to parse their documentation. Finally, print the generate documentation in it corresponding file in docs folder.

Globals

• DIRENV_ROOT

Output

• Error log if script does not have main documentation

Returns

• 1 if script does not have main documentation

build_doc()

Recursive method that call the documentation builder for every file

For every node provided as arguments, if node is a file, then process its documentation build. Else, if node is a folder, add all *.sh file in this folder to a temporary array which later is passed recursively as arguments to this method.

Globals

• DIRENV_ROOT

Arguments

Output

• Information log to tell which node is currently computed.
• Warning log to when node does not exist.

main()

Main method that build source documentat for every files

First ensure that directory environment is activated first, then load libraries script and finally call the building doc methods.

Globals

• DIRENV_ROOT
• NODE_LIST

Output

• Error log if directory environment is not activated yet

Returns

• 1 if directory environment is not activated yet