lib/credo/check/readability/module_doc.ex

defmodule Credo.Check.Readability.ModuleDoc do
  use Credo.Check,
    id: "EX3009",
    param_defaults: [
      ignore_names: [
        ~r/(\.\w+Controller|\.Endpoint|\.\w+Live(\.\w+)?|\.Repo|\.Router|\.\w+Socket|\.\w+View|\.\w+HTML|\.\w+JSON|\.Telemetry|\.Layouts|\.Mailer)$/
      ]
    ],
    explanations: [
      check: """
      Every module should contain comprehensive documentation.

          # preferred

          defmodule MyApp.Web.Search do
            @moduledoc \"\"\"
            This module provides a public API for all search queries originating
            in the web layer.
            \"\"\"
          end

          # also okay: explicitly say there is no documentation

          defmodule MyApp.Web.Search do
            @moduledoc false
          end

      Many times a sentence or two in plain english, explaining why the module
      exists, will suffice. Documenting your train of thought this way will help
      both your co-workers and your future-self.

      Other times you will want to elaborate even further and show some
      examples of how the module's functions can and should be used.

      In some cases however, you might not want to document things about a module,
      e.g. it is part of a private API inside your project. Since Elixir prefers
      explicitness over implicit behaviour, you should "tag" these modules with

          @moduledoc false

      to make it clear that there is no intention in documenting it.
      """,
      params: [
        ignore_names: "All modules matching this regex (or list of regexes) will be ignored."
      ]
    ]

  alias Credo.Code.Module

  @doc false
  def run(%SourceFile{filename: filename} = source_file, params \\ []) do
    if Path.extname(filename) == ".exs" do
      []
    else
      issue_meta = IssueMeta.for(source_file, params)
      ignore_names = Params.get(params, :ignore_names, __MODULE__)

      {_continue, issues} =
        Credo.Code.prewalk(
          source_file,
          &traverse(&1, &2, issue_meta, ignore_names),
          {true, []}
        )

      issues
    end
  end

  defp traverse(
         {:defmodule, meta, _arguments} = ast,
         {true, issues},
         issue_meta,
         ignore_names
       ) do
    mod_name = Module.name(ast)

    if matches_any?(mod_name, ignore_names) do
      {ast, {false, issues}}
    else
      exception? = Module.exception?(ast)

      case Module.attribute(ast, :moduledoc) do
        {:error, _} when not exception? ->
          {
            ast,
            {true,
             [
               issue_for(
                 "Modules should have a @moduledoc tag.",
                 issue_meta,
                 meta[:line],
                 mod_name
               )
             ] ++ issues}
          }

        string when is_binary(string) ->
          if String.trim(string) == "" do
            {
              ast,
              {true,
               [
                 issue_for(
                   "Use `@moduledoc false` if a module will not be documented.",
                   issue_meta,
                   meta[:line],
                   mod_name
                 )
               ] ++ issues}
            }
          else
            {ast, {true, issues}}
          end

        _ ->
          {ast, {true, issues}}
      end
    end
  end

  defp traverse(ast, {continue, issues}, _issue_meta, _ignore_names) do
    {ast, {continue, issues}}
  end

  defp matches_any?(name, list) when is_list(list) do
    Enum.any?(list, &matches_any?(name, &1))
  end

  defp matches_any?(name, string) when is_binary(string) do
    String.contains?(name, string)
  end

  defp matches_any?(name, regex) do
    String.match?(name, regex)
  end

  defp issue_for(message, issue_meta, line_no, trigger) do
    format_issue(
      issue_meta,
      message: message,
      trigger: trigger,
      line_no: line_no
    )
  end
end