openidea/wit/services.wit

package openidea:[email protected];

/// What the pane beside the Services tree shows for a plugin's node.
interface service-types {
    /// A switch above a log; when on, `args` are appended and the program
    /// starts again.
    record log-toggle {
        id: string,
        label: string,
        args: list<string>,
    }

    /// A program the IDE runs, its output followed in a log (ANSI stripped,
    /// the last 5000 lines) until it exits or the pane closes. Needs the
    /// plugin's `process:<program>` grant; runs in the project root.
    record process-log {
        program: string,
        args: list<string>,
        toggles: list<log-toggle>,
    }

    /// The body of a tab.
    variant pane {
        /// A centred message: an empty state or why there is nothing to show.
        message(string),
        /// Read-only text the user can select and copy, at most 1 MiB.
        text(string),
        log(process-log),
    }

    /// A tab of a node's pane; the IDE switches tabs without calling the plugin.
    record tab {
        id: string,
        label: string,
        body: pane,
    }
}

/// The detail pane of the nodes of a plugin's `location = "services"` views.
/// The nodes themselves, the toolbar and their events come from
/// `view-provider` (`render` / `handle` of the view).
interface service-provider {
    use types.{error};
    use invocation.{invocation};
    use service-types.{tab};

    /// The tabs of node `key` of view `view` (at most 8), rendered when the
    /// node is selected and again after `views.refresh(view)`.
    detail: func(view: string, key: string, ctx: borrow<invocation>) -> result<list<tab>, error>;
}