TypeScript/src/compiler/types.ts

/// <reference path="core.ts"/>
/// <reference path="scanner.ts"/>

module ts {

    export interface TextRange {
        pos: number;
        end: number;
    }

    // token > SyntaxKind.Identifer => token is a keyword
    export enum SyntaxKind {
        Unknown,
        EndOfFileToken,
        // Literals
        NumericLiteral,
        StringLiteral,
        RegularExpressionLiteral,
        // Punctuation
        OpenBraceToken,
        CloseBraceToken,
        OpenParenToken,
        CloseParenToken,
        OpenBracketToken,
        CloseBracketToken,
        DotToken,
        DotDotDotToken,
        SemicolonToken,
        CommaToken,
        LessThanToken,
        GreaterThanToken,
        LessThanEqualsToken,
        GreaterThanEqualsToken,
        EqualsEqualsToken,
        ExclamationEqualsToken,
        EqualsEqualsEqualsToken,
        ExclamationEqualsEqualsToken,
        EqualsGreaterThanToken,
        PlusToken,
        MinusToken,
        AsteriskToken,
        SlashToken,
        PercentToken,
        PlusPlusToken,
        MinusMinusToken,
        LessThanLessThanToken,
        GreaterThanGreaterThanToken,
        GreaterThanGreaterThanGreaterThanToken,
        AmpersandToken,
        BarToken,
        CaretToken,
        ExclamationToken,
        TildeToken,
        AmpersandAmpersandToken,
        BarBarToken,
        QuestionToken,
        ColonToken,
        // Assignments
        EqualsToken,
        PlusEqualsToken,
        MinusEqualsToken,
        AsteriskEqualsToken,
        SlashEqualsToken,
        PercentEqualsToken,
        LessThanLessThanEqualsToken,
        GreaterThanGreaterThanEqualsToken,
        GreaterThanGreaterThanGreaterThanEqualsToken,
        AmpersandEqualsToken,
        BarEqualsToken,
        CaretEqualsToken,
        // Identifiers
        Identifier,
        // Reserved words
        BreakKeyword,
        CaseKeyword,
        CatchKeyword,
        ClassKeyword,
        ConstKeyword,
        ContinueKeyword,
        DebuggerKeyword,
        DefaultKeyword,
        DeleteKeyword,
        DoKeyword,
        ElseKeyword,
        EnumKeyword,
        ExportKeyword,
        ExtendsKeyword,
        FalseKeyword,
        FinallyKeyword,
        ForKeyword,
        FunctionKeyword,
        IfKeyword,
        ImportKeyword,
        InKeyword,
        InstanceOfKeyword,
        NewKeyword,
        NullKeyword,
        ReturnKeyword,
        SuperKeyword,
        SwitchKeyword,
        ThisKeyword,
        ThrowKeyword,
        TrueKeyword,
        TryKeyword,
        TypeOfKeyword,
        VarKeyword,
        VoidKeyword,
        WhileKeyword,
        WithKeyword,
        // Strict mode reserved words
        ImplementsKeyword,
        InterfaceKeyword,
        LetKeyword,
        PackageKeyword,
        PrivateKeyword,
        ProtectedKeyword,
        PublicKeyword,
        StaticKeyword,
        YieldKeyword,
        // TypeScript keywords
        AnyKeyword,
        BooleanKeyword,
        ConstructorKeyword,
        DeclareKeyword,
        GetKeyword,
        ModuleKeyword,
        RequireKeyword,
        NumberKeyword,
        SetKeyword,
        StringKeyword,
        // Parse tree nodes
        Missing,
        // Names
        QualifiedName,
        // Signature elements
        TypeParameter,
        Parameter,
        // TypeMember
        Property,
        Method,
        Constructor,
        GetAccessor,
        SetAccessor,
        CallSignature,
        ConstructSignature,
        IndexSignature,
        // Type
        TypeReference,
        TypeQuery,
        TypeLiteral,
        ArrayType,
        // Expression
        ArrayLiteral,
        ObjectLiteral,
        PropertyAssignment,
        PropertyAccess,
        IndexedAccess,
        CallExpression,
        NewExpression,
        TypeAssertion,
        ParenExpression,
        FunctionExpression,
        ArrowFunction,
        PrefixOperator,
        PostfixOperator,
        BinaryExpression,
        ConditionalExpression,
        OmittedExpression,
        // Element
        Block,
        VariableStatement,
        EmptyStatement,
        ExpressionStatement,
        IfStatement,
        DoStatement,
        WhileStatement,
        ForStatement,
        ForInStatement,
        ContinueStatement,
        BreakStatement,
        ReturnStatement,
        WithStatement,
        SwitchStatement,
        CaseClause,
        DefaultClause,
        LabelledStatement,
        ThrowStatement,
        TryStatement,
        TryBlock,
        CatchBlock,
        FinallyBlock,
        DebuggerStatement,
        VariableDeclaration,
        FunctionDeclaration,
        FunctionBlock,
        ClassDeclaration,
        InterfaceDeclaration,
        EnumDeclaration,
        ModuleDeclaration,
        ModuleBlock,
        ImportDeclaration,
        ExportAssignment,
        // Enum
        EnumMember,
        // Top-level nodes
        SourceFile,
        Program,
        // Synthesized list
        SyntaxList,
        // Enum value count
        Count,
        // Markers
        FirstAssignment = EqualsToken,
        LastAssignment = CaretEqualsToken,
        FirstReservedWord = BreakKeyword,
        LastReservedWord = WithKeyword,
        FirstKeyword = BreakKeyword,
        LastKeyword = StringKeyword
    }

    export enum NodeFlags {
        Export           = 0x00000001,  // Declarations
        Ambient          = 0x00000002,  // Declarations
        QuestionMark     = 0x00000004,  // Parameter/Property/Method
        Rest             = 0x00000008,  // Parameter
        Public           = 0x00000010,  // Property/Method
        Private          = 0x00000020,  // Property/Method
        Static           = 0x00000040,  // Property/Method
        MultiLine        = 0x00000080,  // Multi-line array or object literal
        Synthetic        = 0x00000100,  // Synthetic node (for full fidelity)
        DeclarationFile  = 0x00000200,  // Node is a .d.ts file

        Modifier = Export | Ambient | Public | Private | Static
    }

    export interface Node extends TextRange {
        kind: SyntaxKind;
        flags: NodeFlags;
        id?: number;                  // Unique id (used to look up NodeLinks)
        parent?: Node;                // Parent node (initialized by binding)
        symbol?: Symbol;              // Symbol declared by node (initialized by binding)
        locals?: SymbolTable;         // Locals associated with node (initialized by binding)
        nextContainer?: Node;         // Next container in declaration order (initialized by binding)
    }

    export interface NodeArray<T> extends Array<T>, TextRange { }

    export interface Identifier extends Node {
        text: string;                 // Text of identifier (with escapes converted to characters)
    }

    export interface QualifiedName extends Node {
        // Must have same layout as PropertyAccess
        left: EntityName;
        right: Identifier;
    }

    export interface EntityName extends Node {
        // Identifier, QualifiedName, or Missing
    }

    export interface ParsedSignature {
        typeParameters?: NodeArray<TypeParameterDeclaration>;
        parameters: NodeArray<ParameterDeclaration>;
        type?: TypeNode;
    }

    export interface Declaration extends Node {
        name?: Identifier;
    }

    export interface TypeParameterDeclaration extends Declaration {
        constraint?: TypeNode;
    }

    export interface SignatureDeclaration extends Declaration, ParsedSignature { }

    export interface VariableDeclaration extends Declaration {
        type?: TypeNode;
        initializer?: Expression;
    }

    export interface PropertyDeclaration extends VariableDeclaration { }

    export interface ParameterDeclaration extends VariableDeclaration { }

    export interface FunctionDeclaration extends Declaration, ParsedSignature {
        body?: Node;  // Block or Expression
    }

    export interface MethodDeclaration extends FunctionDeclaration { }

    export interface ConstructorDeclaration extends FunctionDeclaration { }

    export interface AccessorDeclaration extends FunctionDeclaration { }

    export interface TypeNode extends Node { }

    export interface TypeReferenceNode extends TypeNode {
        typeName: EntityName;
        typeArguments?: NodeArray<TypeNode>;
    }

    export interface TypeQueryNode extends TypeNode {
        exprName: EntityName;
    }

    export interface TypeLiteralNode extends TypeNode {
        members: NodeArray<Node>;
    }

    export interface ArrayTypeNode extends TypeNode {
        elementType: TypeNode;
    }

    export interface StringLiteralTypeNode extends TypeNode {
        text: string;
    }

    export interface Expression extends Node { }

    export interface UnaryExpression extends Expression {
        operator: SyntaxKind;
        operand: Expression;
    }

    export interface BinaryExpression extends Expression {
        left: Expression;
        operator: SyntaxKind;
        right: Expression;
    }

    export interface ConditionalExpression extends Expression {
        condition: Expression;
        whenTrue: Expression;
        whenFalse: Expression;
    }

    export interface FunctionExpression extends Expression, FunctionDeclaration {
        body: Node; // Required, whereas the member inherited from FunctionDeclaration is optional
    }

    // The text property of a LiteralExpression stores the interpreted value of the literal in text form. For a StringLiteral
    // this means quotes have been removed and escapes have been converted to actual characters. For a NumericLiteral, the
    // stored value is the toString() representation of the number. For example 1, 1.00, and 1e0 are all stored as just "1".
    export interface LiteralExpression extends Expression {
        text: string;
    }

    export interface ParenExpression extends Expression {
        expression: Expression;
    }

    export interface ArrayLiteral extends Expression {
        elements: NodeArray<Expression>;
    }

    export interface ObjectLiteral extends Expression {
        properties: NodeArray<Node>;
    }

    export interface PropertyAccess extends Expression {
        left: Expression;
        right: Identifier;
    }

    export interface IndexedAccess extends Expression {
        object: Expression;
        index: Expression;
    }

    export interface CallExpression extends Expression {
        func: Expression;
        typeArguments?: NodeArray<TypeNode>;
        arguments: NodeArray<Expression>;
    }

    export interface NewExpression extends CallExpression { }

    export interface TypeAssertion extends Expression {
        type: TypeNode;
        operand: Expression;
    }

    export interface Statement extends Node { }

    export interface Block extends Statement {
        statements: NodeArray<Statement>;
    }

    export interface VariableStatement extends Statement {
        declarations: NodeArray<VariableDeclaration>;
    }

    export interface ExpressionStatement extends Statement {
        expression: Expression;
    }

    export interface IfStatement extends Statement {
        expression: Expression;
        thenStatement: Statement;
        elseStatement?: Statement;
    }

    export interface DoStatement extends Statement {
        statement: Statement;
        expression: Expression;
    }

    export interface WhileStatement extends Statement {
        statement: Statement;
        expression: Expression;
    }

    export interface ForStatement extends Statement {
        declarations?: NodeArray<VariableDeclaration>;
        initializer?: Expression;
        condition?: Expression;
        iterator?: Expression;
        statement: Statement;
    }

    export interface ForInStatement extends Statement {
        declaration?: VariableDeclaration;
        variable?: Expression;
        expression: Expression;
        statement: Statement;
    }

    export interface BreakOrContinueStatement extends Statement {
        label?: Identifier;
    }

    export interface ReturnStatement extends Statement {
        expression?: Expression;
    }

    export interface WithStatement extends Statement {
        expression: Expression;
        statement: Statement;
    }

    export interface SwitchStatement extends Statement {
        expression: Expression;
        clauses: NodeArray<CaseOrDefaultClause>;
    }

    export interface CaseOrDefaultClause extends Node {
        expression?: Expression;
        statements: NodeArray<Statement>;
    }

    export interface LabelledStatement extends Statement {
        label: Identifier;
        statement: Statement;
    }

    export interface ThrowStatement extends Statement {
        expression: Expression;
    }

    export interface TryStatement extends Statement {
        tryBlock: Block;
        catchBlock?: CatchBlock;
        finallyBlock?: Block;
    }

    export interface CatchBlock extends Block {
        variable: Identifier;
    }

    export interface ClassDeclaration extends Declaration {
        typeParameters?: NodeArray<TypeParameterDeclaration>;
        baseType?: TypeReferenceNode;
        implementedTypes?: NodeArray<TypeReferenceNode>;
        members: NodeArray<Node>;
    }

    export interface InterfaceDeclaration extends Declaration {
        typeParameters?: NodeArray<TypeParameterDeclaration>;
        baseTypes?: NodeArray<TypeReferenceNode>;
        members: NodeArray<Node>;
    }

    export interface EnumMember extends Declaration {
        initializer?: Expression;
    }

    export interface EnumDeclaration extends Declaration {
        members: NodeArray<EnumMember>;
    }

    export interface ModuleDeclaration extends Declaration {
        body: Node;  // Block or ModuleDeclaration
    }

    export interface ImportDeclaration extends Declaration {
        entityName?: EntityName;
        externalModuleName?: LiteralExpression;
    }

    export interface ExportAssignment extends Statement {
        exportName: Identifier;
    }

    export interface FileReference extends TextRange {
        filename: string;
    }

    export interface SourceFile extends Block {
        filename: string;
        text: string;
        getLineAndCharacterFromPosition(position: number): { line: number; character: number };
        amdDependencies: string[];
        referencedFiles: FileReference[];
        syntacticErrors: Diagnostic[];
        semanticErrors: Diagnostic[];
        hasNoDefaultLib: boolean;
        externalModuleIndicator: Node; // The first node that causes this file to be an external module
        nodeCount: number;
        identifierCount: number;
        symbolCount: number;
    }

    export interface Program {
        getSourceFile(filename: string): SourceFile;
        getSourceFiles(): SourceFile[];
        getCompilerOptions(): CompilerOptions;
        getCompilerHost(): CompilerHost;
        getDiagnostics(sourceFile?: SourceFile): Diagnostic[];
        getGlobalDiagnostics(): Diagnostic[];
        getTypeChecker(): TypeChecker;
        getCommonSourceDirectory(): string;
    }

    export interface SourceMapSpan {
        /** Line number in the js file*/
        emittedLine: number;
        /** Column number in the js file */
        emittedColumn: number;
        /** Line number in the ts file */
        sourceLine: number;
        /** Column number in the ts file */
        sourceColumn: number;
        /** Optional name (index into names array) associated with this span */
        nameIndex?: number;
        /** ts file (index into sources array) associated with this span*/
        sourceIndex: number;
    }

    export interface SourceMapData {
        /** Where the sourcemap file is written */
        sourceMapFilePath: string;
        /** source map url written in the js file */
        jsSourceMappingURL: string;
        /** Source map's file field - js file name*/
        sourceMapFile: string;
        /** Source map's sourceRoot field - location where the sources will be present if not "" */
        sourceMapSourceRoot: string;
        /** Source map's sources field - list of sources that can be indexed in this source map*/
        sourceMapSources: string[];
        /** input source file (which one can use on program to get the file)
            this is one to one mapping with the sourceMapSources list*/
        inputSourceFileNames: string[];
        /** Source map's names field - list of names that can be indexed in this source map*/
        sourceMapNames?: string[];
        /** Source map's mapping field - encoded source map spans*/
        sourceMapMappings: string;
        /** Raw source map spans that were encoded into the sourceMapMappings*/
        sourceMapDecodedMappings: SourceMapSpan[];
    }

    export interface EmitResult {
        errors: Diagnostic[];
        sourceMaps: SourceMapData[];  // Array of sourceMapData if compiler emitted sourcemaps
    }

    export interface TypeChecker {
        getProgram(): Program;
        getDiagnostics(sourceFile?: SourceFile): Diagnostic[];
        getGlobalDiagnostics(): Diagnostic[];
        getNodeCount(): number;
        getIdentifierCount(): number;
        getSymbolCount(): number;
        getTypeCount(): number;
        checkProgram(): void;
        emitFiles(): EmitResult;
        getSymbolOfNode(node: Node): Symbol;
        getParentOfSymbol(symbol: Symbol): Symbol;
        getTypeOfSymbol(symbol: Symbol): Type;
        getDeclaredTypeOfSymbol(symbol: Symbol): Type;
        getPropertiesOfType(type: Type): Symbol[];
        getSignaturesOfType(type: Type, kind: SignatureKind): Signature[];
        getIndexTypeOfType(type: Type, kind: IndexKind): Type;
        getReturnTypeOfSignature(signature: Signature): Type;
        resolveEntityName(location: Node, name: EntityName, meaning: SymbolFlags): Symbol;
        getSymbolsInScope(location: Node, meaning: SymbolFlags): Symbol[];
        getSymbolOfIdentifier(identifier: Identifier): Symbol;
    }

    export interface TextWriter {
        write(s: string): void;
        writeLine(): void;
        increaseIndent(): void;
        decreaseIndent(): void;
        getText(): string;
    }

    export enum TypeFormatFlags {
        None                        = 0x00000000, 

        /** writes Array<T> instead T[]  */
        WriteArrayAsGenericType     = 0x00000001,  // Declarations
    }

    export interface EmitResolver {
        getProgram(): Program;
        getLocalNameOfContainer(container: Declaration): string;
        getExpressionNamePrefix(node: Identifier): string;
        getPropertyAccessSubstitution(node: PropertyAccess): string;
        getExportAssignmentName(node: SourceFile): string;
        isReferencedImportDeclaration(node: ImportDeclaration): boolean;
        isTopLevelValueImportedViaEntityName(node: ImportDeclaration): boolean;
        getNodeCheckFlags(node: Node): NodeCheckFlags;
        getEnumMemberValue(node: EnumMember): number;
        shouldEmitDeclarations(): boolean;
        isDeclarationVisible(node: Declaration): boolean;
        isImplementationOfOverload(node: FunctionDeclaration): boolean;
        writeTypeAtLocation(location: Node, enclosingDeclaration: Node, flags: TypeFormatFlags, writer: TextWriter): void;
        writeReturnTypeOfSignatureDeclaration(signatureDeclaration: SignatureDeclaration, enclosingDeclaration: Node, flags: TypeFormatFlags, writer: TextWriter): void;
    }

    export enum SymbolFlags {
        Variable           = 0x00000001,  // Variable or parameter
        Property           = 0x00000002,  // Property or enum member
        EnumMember         = 0x00000004,  // Enum member
        Function           = 0x00000008,  // Function
        Class              = 0x00000010,  // Class
        Interface          = 0x00000020,  // Interface
        Enum               = 0x00000040,  // Enum
        ValueModule        = 0x00000080,  // Instantiated module
        NamespaceModule    = 0x00000100,  // Uninstantiated module
        TypeLiteral        = 0x00000200,  // Type Literal
        ObjectLiteral      = 0x00000400,  // Object Literal
        Method             = 0x00000800,  // Method
        Constructor        = 0x00001000,  // Constructor
        GetAccessor        = 0x00002000,  // Get accessor
        SetAccessor        = 0x00004000,  // Set accessor
        CallSignature      = 0x00008000,  // Call signature
        ConstructSignature = 0x00010000,  // Construct signature
        IndexSignature     = 0x00020000,  // Index signature
        TypeParameter      = 0x00040000,  // Type parameter

        // Export markers (see comment in declareModuleMember in binder)
        ExportValue        = 0x00080000,  // Exported value marker
        ExportType         = 0x00100000,  // Exported type marker
        ExportNamespace    = 0x00200000,  // Exported namespace marker

        Import             = 0x00400000,  // Import
        Instantiated       = 0x00800000,  // Instantiated symbol
        Merged             = 0x01000000,  // Merged symbol (created during program binding)
        Transient          = 0x02000000,  // Transient symbol (created during type check)
        Prototype          = 0x04000000,  // Symbol for the prototype property (without source code representation)

        Value     = Variable | Property | EnumMember | Function | Class | Enum | ValueModule | Method | GetAccessor | SetAccessor,
        Type      = Class | Interface | Enum | TypeLiteral | ObjectLiteral | TypeParameter,
        Namespace = ValueModule | NamespaceModule,
        Module    = ValueModule | NamespaceModule,
        Accessor  = GetAccessor | SetAccessor,
        Signature = CallSignature | ConstructSignature | IndexSignature,

        ParameterExcludes       = Value,
        VariableExcludes        = Value & ~Variable,
        PropertyExcludes        = Value,
        EnumMemberExcludes      = Value,
        FunctionExcludes        = Value & ~(Function | ValueModule),
        ClassExcludes           = (Value | Type) & ~ValueModule,
        InterfaceExcludes       = Type & ~Interface,
        EnumExcludes            = (Value | Type) & ~(Enum | ValueModule),
        ValueModuleExcludes     = Value & ~(Function | Class | Enum | ValueModule),
        NamespaceModuleExcludes = 0,
        MethodExcludes          = Value & ~Method,
        GetAccessorExcludes     = Value & ~SetAccessor,
        SetAccessorExcludes     = Value & ~GetAccessor,
        TypeParameterExcludes   = Type & ~TypeParameter,

        // Imports collide with all other imports with the same name.
        ImportExcludes          = Import,

        ModuleMember = Variable | Function | Class | Interface | Enum | Module | Import,

        ExportHasLocal = Function | Class | Enum | ValueModule,

        HasLocals  = Function | Module | Method | Constructor | Accessor | Signature,
        HasExports = Class | Enum | Module,
        HasMembers = Class | Interface | TypeLiteral | ObjectLiteral,

        IsContainer = HasLocals | HasExports | HasMembers,
        PropertyOrAccessor      = Property | Accessor,
    }

    export interface Symbol {
        flags: SymbolFlags;            // Symbol flags
        name: string;                  // Name of symbol
        id?: number;                   // Unique id (used to look up SymbolLinks)
        mergeId?: number;              // Merge id (used to look up merged symbol)
        declarations?: Declaration[];  // Declarations associated with this symbol
        parent?: Symbol;               // Parent symbol
        members?: SymbolTable;         // Class, interface or literal instance members
        exports?: SymbolTable;         // Module exports
        exportSymbol?: Symbol;         // Exported symbol associated with this symbol
        exportAssignSymbol?: Symbol;   // Symbol exported from external module
        valueDeclaration?: Declaration // First value declaration of the symbol
    }

    export interface SymbolLinks {
        target?: Symbol;               // Resolved (non-alias) target of an alias
        type?: Type;                   // Type of value symbol
        declaredType?: Type;           // Type of class, interface, enum, or type parameter
        mapper?: TypeMapper;           // Type mapper for instantiation alias
        referenced?: boolean;          // True if alias symbol has been referenced as a value
    }

    export interface TransientSymbol extends Symbol, SymbolLinks { }

    export interface SymbolTable {
        [index: string]: Symbol;
    }

    export enum NodeCheckFlags {
        TypeChecked   = 0x00000001,  // Node has been type checked
        LexicalThis   = 0x00000002,  // Lexical 'this' reference
        CaptureThis   = 0x00000004,  // Lexical 'this' used in body
        EmitExtends   = 0x00000008,  // Emit __extends
        SuperInstance = 0x00000010,  // Instance 'super' reference
        SuperStatic   = 0x00000020,  // Static 'super' reference
    }

    export interface NodeLinks {
        resolvedType?: Type;            // Cached type of type node
        resolvedSignature?: Signature;  // Cached signature of signature node
        resolvedSymbol?: Symbol;        // Cached name resolution result
        flags?: NodeCheckFlags;         // Set of flags specific to Node
        enumMemberValue?: number;       // Constant value of enum member
        isIllegalTypeReferenceInConstraint?: boolean; // Is type reference in constraint refers to the type parameter from the same list
        isVisible?: boolean;            // Is this node visible
        localModuleName?: string;       // Local name for module instance
    }

    export enum TypeFlags {
        Any                = 0x00000001,
        String             = 0x00000002,
        Number             = 0x00000004,
        Boolean            = 0x00000008,
        Void               = 0x00000010,
        Undefined          = 0x00000020,
        Null               = 0x00000040,
        Enum               = 0x00000080,  // Enum type
        StringLiteral      = 0x00000100,  // String literal type
        TypeParameter      = 0x00000200,  // Type parameter
        Class              = 0x00000400,  // Class
        Interface          = 0x00000800,  // Interface
        Reference          = 0x00001000,  // Generic type reference
        Anonymous          = 0x00002000,  // Anonymous
        FromSignature      = 0x00004000,  // Created for signature assignment check

        Intrinsic = Any | String | Number | Boolean | Void | Undefined | Null,
        StringLike = String | StringLiteral,
        NumberLike = Number | Enum,
        ObjectType = Class | Interface | Reference | Anonymous
    }

    // Properties common to all types
    export interface Type {
        flags: TypeFlags;  // Flags
        id: number;        // Unique ID
        symbol?: Symbol;   // Symbol associated with type (if any)
    }

    // Intrinsic types (TypeFlags.Intrinsic)
    export interface IntrinsicType extends Type {
        intrinsicName: string;  // Name of intrinsic type
    }

    // String literal types (TypeFlags.StringLiteral)
    export interface StringLiteralType extends Type {
        text: string;  // Text of string literal
    }

    // Object types (TypeFlags.ObjectType)
    export interface ObjectType extends Type { }

    export interface ApparentType extends Type {
        // This property is not used. It is just to make the type system think ApparentType
        // is a strict subtype of Type.
        _apparentTypeBrand: any;
    }

    // Class and interface types (TypeFlags.Class and TypeFlags.Interface)
    export interface InterfaceType extends ObjectType {
        typeParameters: TypeParameter[];           // Type parameters (undefined if non-generic)
        baseTypes: ObjectType[];                   // Base types
        declaredProperties: Symbol[];              // Declared members
        declaredCallSignatures: Signature[];       // Declared call signatures
        declaredConstructSignatures: Signature[];  // Declared construct signatures
        declaredStringIndexType: Type;             // Declared string index type
        declaredNumberIndexType: Type;             // Declared numeric index type
    }

    // Type references (TypeFlags.Reference)
    export interface TypeReference extends ObjectType {
        target: GenericType;    // Type reference target
        typeArguments: Type[];  // Type reference type arguments
    }

    // Generic class and interface types
    export interface GenericType extends InterfaceType, TypeReference {
        instantiations: Map<TypeReference>;   // Generic instantiation cache
        openReferenceTargets: GenericType[];  // Open type reference targets
        openReferenceChecks: Map<boolean>;    // Open type reference check cache
    }

    // Resolved object type
    export interface ResolvedObjectType extends ObjectType {
        members: SymbolTable;              // Properties by name
        properties: Symbol[];              // Properties
        callSignatures: Signature[];       // Call signatures of type
        constructSignatures: Signature[];  // Construct signatures of type
        stringIndexType: Type;             // String index type
        numberIndexType: Type;             // Numeric index type
    }

    // Type parameters (TypeFlags.TypeParameter)
    export interface TypeParameter extends Type {
        constraint: Type;        // Constraint
        target?: TypeParameter;  // Instantiation target
        mapper?: TypeMapper;     // Instantiation mapper
    }

    export enum SignatureKind {
        Call,
        Construct,
    }

    export interface Signature {
        declaration: SignatureDeclaration;  // Originating declaration
        typeParameters: TypeParameter[];    // Type parameters (undefined if non-generic)
        parameters: Symbol[];               // Parameters
        resolvedReturnType: Type;           // Resolved return type
        minArgumentCount: number;           // Number of non-optional parameters
        hasRestParameter: boolean;          // True if last parameter is rest parameter
        hasStringLiterals: boolean;         // True if instantiated
        target?: Signature;                 // Instantiation target
        mapper?: TypeMapper;                // Instantiation mapper
        erasedSignatureCache?: Signature;   // Erased version of signature (deferred)
        isolatedSignatureType?: ObjectType; // A manufactured type that just contains the signature for purposes of signature comparison
    }

    export enum IndexKind {
        String,
        Number,
    }

    export interface TypeMapper {
        (t: Type): Type;
    }

    export interface InferenceContext {
        typeParameters: TypeParameter[];
        inferences: Type[][];
        inferredTypes: Type[];
    }

    export interface DiagnosticMessage {
        key: string;
        category: DiagnosticCategory;
        code: number;
    }

    // A linked list of formatted diagnostic messages to be used as part of a multiline message.
    // It is built from the bottom up, leaving the head to be the "main" diagnostic.
    // While it seems that DiagnosticMessageChain is structurally similar to DiagnosticMessage,
    // the difference is that messages are all preformatted in DMC.
    export interface DiagnosticMessageChain {
        messageText: string;
        category: DiagnosticCategory;
        code: number;
        next?: DiagnosticMessageChain;
    }

    export interface Diagnostic {
        file: SourceFile;
        start: number;
        length: number;
        messageText: string;
        category: DiagnosticCategory;
        code: number;
    }

    export enum DiagnosticCategory {
        Warning,
        Error,
        Message,
        NoPrefix
    }

    export interface CompilerOptions {
        charset?: string;
        codepage?: number;
        declaration?: boolean;
        diagnostics?: boolean;
        help?: boolean;
        locale?: string;
        mapRoot?: string;
        module?: ModuleKind;
        noImplicitAny?: boolean;
        noLib?: boolean;
        noLibCheck?: boolean;
        noResolve?: boolean;
        out?: string;
        outDir?: string;
        removeComments?: boolean;
        sourceMap?: boolean;
        sourceRoot?: string;
        target?: ScriptTarget;
        version?: boolean;

        [option: string]: any;
    }

    export enum ModuleKind {
        None,
        CommonJS,
        AMD,
    }

    export enum ScriptTarget {
        ES3,
        ES5,
    }

    export interface ParsedCommandLine {
        options: CompilerOptions;
        filenames: string[];
        errors: Diagnostic[];
    }

    export interface CommandLineOption {
        name: string;
        type: any;
        error?: DiagnosticMessage;
    }

    export enum CharacterCodes {
        nullCharacter = 0,
        maxAsciiCharacter = 0x7F,

        lineFeed = 0x0A,              // \n
        carriageReturn = 0x0D,        // \r
        lineSeparator = 0x2028,
        paragraphSeparator = 0x2029,

        // REVIEW: do we need to support this?  The scanner doesn't, but our IText does.  This seems 
        // like an odd disparity?  (Or maybe it's completely fine for them to be different).
        nextLine = 0x0085,

        // Unicode 3.0 space characters
        space = 0x0020,   // " "
        nonBreakingSpace = 0x00A0,   //
        enQuad = 0x2000,
        emQuad = 0x2001,
        enSpace = 0x2002,
        emSpace = 0x2003,
        threePerEmSpace = 0x2004,
        fourPerEmSpace = 0x2005,
        sixPerEmSpace = 0x2006,
        figureSpace = 0x2007,
        punctuationSpace = 0x2008,
        thinSpace = 0x2009,
        hairSpace = 0x200A,
        zeroWidthSpace = 0x200B,
        narrowNoBreakSpace = 0x202F,
        ideographicSpace = 0x3000,
        mathematicalSpace = 0x205F,
        ogham = 0x1680, 

        _ = 0x5F,
        $ = 0x24,

        _0 = 0x30,
        _1 = 0x31,
        _2 = 0x32,
        _3 = 0x33,
        _4 = 0x34,
        _5 = 0x35,
        _6 = 0x36,
        _7 = 0x37,
        _8 = 0x38,
        _9 = 0x39,

        a = 0x61,
        b = 0x62,
        c = 0x63,
        d = 0x64,
        e = 0x65,
        f = 0x66,
        g = 0x67,
        h = 0x68,
        i = 0x69,
        j = 0x6A,
        k = 0x6B,
        l = 0x6C,
        m = 0x6D,
        n = 0x6E,
        o = 0x6F,
        p = 0x70,
        q = 0x71,
        r = 0x72,
        s = 0x73,
        t = 0x74,
        u = 0x75,
        v = 0x76,
        w = 0x77,
        x = 0x78,
        y = 0x79,
        z = 0x7A,

        A = 0x41,
        B = 0x42,
        C = 0x43,
        D = 0x44,
        E = 0x45,
        F = 0x46,
        G = 0x47,
        H = 0x48,
        I = 0x49,
        J = 0x4A,
        K = 0x4B,
        L = 0x4C,
        M = 0x4D,
        N = 0x4E,
        O = 0x4F,
        P = 0x50,
        Q = 0x51,
        R = 0x52,
        S = 0x53,
        T = 0x54,
        U = 0x55,
        V = 0x56,
        W = 0x57,
        X = 0x58,
        Y = 0x59,
        Z = 0x5a,

        ampersand = 0x26,             // &
        asterisk = 0x2A,              // *
        at = 0x40,                    // @
        backslash = 0x5C,             // \
        bar = 0x7C,                   // |
        caret = 0x5E,                 // ^
        closeBrace = 0x7D,            // }
        closeBracket = 0x5D,          // ]
        closeParen = 0x29,            // )
        colon = 0x3A,                 // :
        comma = 0x2C,                 // ,
        dot = 0x2E,                   // .
        doubleQuote = 0x22,           // "
        equals = 0x3D,                // =
        exclamation = 0x21,           // !
        greaterThan = 0x3E,           // >
        lessThan = 0x3C,              // <
        minus = 0x2D,                 // -
        openBrace = 0x7B,             // {
        openBracket = 0x5B,           // [
        openParen = 0x28,             // (
        percent = 0x25,               // %
        plus = 0x2B,                  // +
        question = 0x3F,              // ?
        semicolon = 0x3B,             // ;
        singleQuote = 0x27,           // '
        slash = 0x2F,                 // /
        tilde = 0x7E,                 // ~

        backspace = 0x08,             // \b
        formFeed = 0x0C,              // \f
        byteOrderMark = 0xFEFF,
        tab = 0x09,                   // \t
        verticalTab = 0x0B,           // \v
    }

    export interface CancellationToken {
        isCancellationRequested(): boolean;
    }

    export interface CompilerHost {
        getSourceFile(filename: string, languageVersion: ScriptTarget, onError?: (message: string) => void): SourceFile;
        getDefaultLibFilename(): string;
        getCancellationToken? (): CancellationToken;
        writeFile(filename: string, data: string, onError?: (message: string) => void): void;
        getCurrentDirectory(): string;
        getCanonicalFileName(fileName: string): string;
        useCaseSensitiveFileNames(): boolean;
    }
}