Doc Tools

Documenting Fusion

Summary and Description

prototype(Neos.DocTools:Example.Description) {
    @doc.summary = "A short summary of the prototype"
    @doc.description = "
        A longer description. Often with some example code or further information.
        The description gets rendered below the summary and properties
    "
}

@doc can be used as a shorthand for @doc.summary

Simple @doc

To throw in a few sentences to document the prototype just @doc can be used.

prototype(Neos.DocTools:Example.Simple) {
    @doc = "This prototype does things."
}

Properties

Properties get documented with @doc in the @propType definition. Whereas the name, type and its requirement get parsed from the @propType definition and the description text from @doc. Per default only @doc.summary gets rendered into the documentation files. So just @doc can be used.

prototype(Neos.DocTools:Example.Properties) {
    @propTypes {
        titles = ${PropTypes.arrayOf(PropTypes.string).isRequired}
        titles.@doc = "The array of titles"
    }
}

To document meta-properties (like @glue in Neos.Fusion:Join) the @meta property is used:

prototype(Neos.DocTools:Example.MetaProperties) {
    @propTypes {
        @meta.glue = ${PropTypes.string}
        @meta.glue.@doc = "The glue used to join the items together"

        @meta.superGlue = ${PropTypes.string}
        @meta.superGlue.@doc = "The superGlue used to join the items together more strongly"
    }
}

Deprecations

Deprecated prototypes can be declared with the @deprecated meta-property:

prototype(Neos.DocTools:Example.Deprecated) {
    @doc = "A short summary of the prototype"
    @deprecated = "This prototype is deprecated. Use Neos.DocTools:Example.NewAndShiny instead."
}

Properties can also be declared as deprecated. Even though they can currently not be rendered as such in the reference:

prototype(Neos.DocTools:Example.MinorPropertyChange) {
    @doc = "A short summary of the prototype"
    @propTypes {
        title = ${PropTypes.string}
        title.@doc = "The Title"
        title.@deprecated = "`Title` should no longer be used. Use `name` instead"

        name = ${PropTypes.string}
        name.@doc = "The Name"
    }
}