feat: implement @hideconstructor (#898)

Per usejsdoc.org, this tag goes either in a comment attached to a
function that has declared that function to be a class, or in a comment
on an ES6 class constructor.

__tests__/lib/infer/params.js

@@ -163,4 +163,28 @@ test('inferParams', function() {
   expect(
     evaluate('/** Test */ export default function f(x) {}').params
   ).toEqual([{ lineNumber: 1, name: 'x', title: 'param' }]);
+
+  expect(
+    evaluate(function() {
+      /**
+       * @class
+       * @hideconstructor
+       */
+      function SomeClass(foo, bar) {}
+    }).params
+  ).toEqual([]);
+
+  expect(
+    evaluate(`
+      /**
+       * Test
+       */
+      class SomeClass {
+        /**
+         * @hideconstructor
+         */
+        constructor(foo, bar) {}
+      }
+    `).params
+  ).toEqual([]);
 });

__tests__/lib/parse.js

@@ -444,6 +444,14 @@ test('parse - @global', function() {
   ).toBe('global');
 });
 
+test('parse - @hideconstructor', function() {
+  expect(
+    evaluate(function() {
+      /** @hideconstructor */
+    })[0].hideconstructor
+  ).toBe(true);
+});
+
 test('parse - @host', function() {});
 
 test('parse - @ignore', function() {

declarations/comment.js

@@ -84,6 +84,7 @@ type Comment = {
   classdesc?: Remark,
 
   members: CommentMembers,
+  constructorComment?: Comment,
 
   name?: string,
   kind?: Kind,
@@ -100,6 +101,7 @@ type Comment = {
   since?: string,
   lends?: string,
   override?: boolean,
+  hideconstructor?: true,
 
   type?: DoctrineType,
 

src/infer/params.js

@@ -23,7 +23,10 @@ function inferParams(comment: Comment) {
 
   // If this is an ES6 class with a constructor method, infer
   // parameters from that constructor method.
-  if (t.isClassDeclaration(path)) {
+  if (
+    t.isClassDeclaration(path) &&
+    !(comment.constructorComment && comment.constructorComment.hideconstructor)
+  ) {
     let constructor = path.node.body.body.find(item => {
       // https://github.com/babel/babylon/blob/master/ast/spec.md#classbody
       return t.isClassMethod(item) && item.kind === 'constructor';
@@ -37,6 +40,10 @@ function inferParams(comment: Comment) {
     return comment;
   }
 
+  if (comment.kind === 'class' && comment.hideconstructor) {
+    return comment;
+  }
+
   return inferAndCombineParams(path.node.params, comment);
 }
 
@@ -277,7 +284,9 @@ function mergeTopNodes(inferred, explicit) {
 
   var errors = explicitTagsWithoutInference.map(tag => {
     return {
-      message: `An explicit parameter named ${tag.name || ''} was specified but didn't match ` +
+      message:
+        `An explicit parameter named ${tag.name ||
+          ''} was specified but didn't match ` +
         `inferred information ${Array.from(inferredNames).join(', ')}`,
       commentLineNumber: tag.lineNumber
     };

src/parse.js

@@ -168,6 +168,7 @@ var flatteners = {
   global(result) {
     result.scope = 'global';
   },
+  hideconstructor: flattenBoolean,
   host: synonym('external'),
   ignore: flattenBoolean,
   implements: todo,

src/parsers/javascript.js

@@ -36,9 +36,10 @@ function leftPad(str, width) {
  */
 function parseJavaScript(data: Object, config: DocumentationConfig) {
   var visited = new Set();
+  const commentsByNode = new Map();
 
   var ast = parseToAst(data.source);
-  var addComment = _addComment.bind(null, visited);
+  var addComment = _addComment.bind(null, visited, commentsByNode);
 
   return _.flatMap(
     config.documentExported
@@ -54,6 +55,7 @@ function parseJavaScript(data: Object, config: DocumentationConfig) {
 
 function _addComment(
   visited,
+  commentsByNode,
   data,
   commentValue,
   commentLoc,
@@ -89,19 +91,33 @@ function _addComment(
         value: path
       });
 
-      // #689
-      if (t.isClassMethod(path) && path.node.kind === 'constructor') {
-        debuglog(
-          'A constructor was documented explicitly: document along with the class instead'
-        );
-      }
-
       if (path.parentPath && path.parentPath.node) {
         var parentNode = path.parentPath.node;
         context.code = data.source.substring(parentNode.start, parentNode.end);
       }
     }
-    return parse(commentValue, commentLoc, context);
+    const comment = parse(commentValue, commentLoc, context);
+    if (includeContext) {
+      commentsByNode.set(path.node, comment);
+
+      if (t.isClassMethod(path) && path.node.kind === 'constructor') {
+        // #689
+        if (!comment.hideconstructor) {
+          debuglog(
+            'A constructor was documented explicitly: document along with the class instead'
+          );
+        }
+
+        const parentComment = commentsByNode.get(
+          path.parentPath.parentPath.node
+        );
+        if (parentComment) {
+          parentComment.constructorComment = comment;
+          return;
+        }
+      }
+    }
+    return comment;
   }
 }