function formatTypeColumn()

in sync-api-docs/propFormatter.js [20:198]

• 144 lines of code
• 43 McCabe index (conditional complexity)

function formatTypeColumn(prop) {
  // Checks for @type pragma comment
  if (prop.rnTags && prop.rnTags.type) {
    let tableRows = '';
    const typeTags = prop.rnTags.type;

    typeTags.forEach(tag => {
      let url, text;
      // Checks for @platform pragma in @type string
      const isMatch = tag.match(/{@platform [a-z ,]*}/);
      if (isMatch) {
        // Extracts platforms from matched regex
        const platform = isMatch[0].match(/ [a-z ,]*/);

        // Replaces @platform strings with empty string
        // and appends type with formatted platform
        tag = tag.replace(/{@platform [a-z ,]*}/g, '');
        if (Object.hasOwnProperty.call(magic.linkableTypeAliases, tag)) {
          ({url, text} = magic.linkableTypeAliases[tag]);
          if (url) tag = `[${text}](${url})`;
        }
        tag = tag + formatMultiplePlatform(platform[0].split(','));
      } else {
        // Check if there are multiple comma separated types in a single line
        if (tag.match(/, /)) {
          let newTag = '';
          const tags = tag.split(', ');
          tags.forEach(item => {
            if (Object.hasOwnProperty.call(magic.linkableTypeAliases, item)) {
              ({url, text} = magic.linkableTypeAliases[item]);
              if (url) newTag += ', ' + `[${text}](${url})`;
            } else newTag += ', ' + item;
          });
          //Trim comma from beginning
          tag = newTag.replace(/^, /, '');
        }
        // If there is no comma separated types in rnTags
        else if (Object.hasOwnProperty.call(magic.linkableTypeAliases, tag)) {
          ({url, text} = magic.linkableTypeAliases[tag]);
          if (url) tag = `[${text}](${url})`;
        }
      }
      tableRows = tableRows + tag + '<hr/>';
    });
    tableRows = tableRows.replace(/<hr\/>$/, '');
    return tableRows;
  }

  // To extract type from prop flowType
  else if (prop.flowType && Object.keys(prop.flowType).length >= 1) {
    let text, url;

    // Handles flowtype name for signatures
    if (prop.flowType.name === 'signature') {
      // Handles flowtype for function signature
      if (prop.flowType.type === 'function') {
        // Extracts EventType from the raw value
        const isMatch = prop.flowType.raw.match(/: [a-zA-Z]*/);
        if (isMatch) {
          // Formats EventType
          const eventType = isMatch[0].slice(2);
          // Checks for aliases in magic and generates md url
          if (
            Object.hasOwnProperty.call(magic.linkableTypeAliases, eventType)
          ) {
            ({url, text} = magic.linkableTypeAliases[eventType]);
            if (url) {
              return `${prop.flowType.type}([${text}](${url}))`;
            }
          }
          // TODO: Handling unknown function params
          return `${prop.flowType.type}`;
        } else {
          return prop.flowType.type;
        }
      } else if (prop.flowType.type === 'object') {
        return prop.flowType.type;
      }
    } else if (prop.flowType.name.includes('$ReadOnlyArray')) {
      prop?.flowType?.elements[0]?.elements &&
        prop?.flowType?.elements[0]?.elements.forEach(elem => {
          if (
            Object.hasOwnProperty.call(magic.linkableTypeAliases, elem.name)
          ) {
            ({url, text} = magic.linkableTypeAliases[elem.name]);
          }
        });
      if (url) return `array of [${text}](${url})`;
      else if (prop?.flowType?.elements[0].name === 'union') {
        const unionTypes = prop?.flowType?.elements[0]?.elements.reduce(
          (acc, curr) => {
            acc.push(curr.value);
            return acc;
          },
          []
        );
        return `array of enum(${unionTypes.join(', ')})`;
      } else if (prop?.flowType?.elements[0]?.name) {
        const typeName = prop.flowType.elements[0].name;
        //array of number
        if (typeName === 'number') return `array of ${typeName}`;
        else if (
          Object.hasOwnProperty.call(magic.linkableTypeAliases, typeName)
        ) {
          ({url, text} = magic.linkableTypeAliases[typeName]);
          if (url) return `array of [${text}](${url})`;
        }
        //default array for all other types
        else return 'array';
      }
    } else if (prop.flowType.name === '$ReadOnly') {
      // Special Case: switch#trackcolor
      let markdown = '';
      if (prop.flowType.elements[0]?.type === 'object') {
        prop?.flowType?.elements[0]?.signature?.properties.forEach(
          ({key, value}) => {
            value?.elements?.forEach(elem => {
              if (
                Object.hasOwnProperty.call(magic.linkableTypeAliases, elem.name)
              ) {
                ({url, text} = magic.linkableTypeAliases[elem.name]);
                markdown += `${key}: [${text}](${url})` + ', ';
              }
            });
            if (!url) markdown += `${key}: ${value.name}` + ', ';
          }
        );
        if (markdown.match(/, $/)) markdown = markdown.replace(/, $/, '');
        return `${prop.flowType.elements[0]?.type}: {${markdown}}`;
      }
    } else if (prop.flowType.name === 'union') {
      let unionTypes = prop.flowType.raw.split('|');

      // Trim whitespaces and remove any leftover `|` (to avoid table split)
      unionTypes = unionTypes
        .map(elem => {
          return elem.trim().replace(/|/g, '');
        })
        .filter(item => {
          if (item) return item;
        });

      // Get text and url from magic aliases
      prop?.flowType?.elements?.forEach(elem => {
        if (Object.hasOwnProperty.call(magic.linkableTypeAliases, elem.name)) {
          ({url, text} = magic.linkableTypeAliases[elem.name]);
        }
      });

      if (url) return `[${text}](${url})`;

      return `enum(${unionTypes.join(', ')})`;
    } else if (prop.flowType.name === 'ReactElement') {
      return 'element';
    } else {
      // Get text and url from magic aliases
      prop?.flowType?.elements?.forEach(elem => {
        if (Object.hasOwnProperty.call(magic.linkableTypeAliases, elem.name)) {
          ({url, text} = magic.linkableTypeAliases[elem.name]);
        }
      });
    }

    // If no text is found, get raw values as text
    if (!text) {
      // TO BE FIXED
      text =
        (prop.flowType.raw && stringToInlineCodeForTable(prop.flowType.raw)) ||
        formatType(prop.flowType.name);
    }

    // If URL is found, return text and link in markdown format
    if (url) {
      return `[${text}](${url})`;
    }

    return text;
  }
}