go/gcexportdata: a new simpler API for the deprecated go/gcimporter15

Fixes golang/go#15651

Change-Id: I7dc7ba731a22c677e3c01bf13e91ecfff9e46765
Reviewed-on: https://go-review.googlesource.com/30612
Reviewed-by: Robert Griesemer <gri@golang.org>
diff --git a/go/gcexportdata/example_test.go b/go/gcexportdata/example_test.go
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@@ -0,0 +1,111 @@
+// Copyright 2016 The Go Authors. All rights reserved.
+// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style
+// license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
+
+package gcexportdata_test
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"go/ast"
+	"go/parser"
+	"go/token"
+	"go/types"
+	"log"
+	"os"
+	"path/filepath"
+
+	"golang.org/x/tools/go/gcexportdata"
+)
+
+// ExampleRead uses gcexportdata.Read to load type information for the
+// "fmt" package from the fmt.a file produced by the gc compiler.
+func ExampleRead() {
+	// Find the export data file.
+	filename, path := gcexportdata.Find("fmt", "")
+	if filename == "" {
+		log.Fatalf("can't find export data for fmt")
+	}
+	fmt.Printf("Package path:       %s\n", path)
+	fmt.Printf("Export data:        %s\n", filepath.Base(filename))
+
+	// Open and read the file.
+	f, err := os.Open(filename)
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	defer f.Close()
+	r, err := gcexportdata.NewReader(f)
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Fatalf("reading export data %s: %v", filename, err)
+	}
+
+	// Decode the export data.
+	fset := token.NewFileSet()
+	imports := make(map[string]*types.Package)
+	pkg, err := gcexportdata.Read(r, fset, imports, path)
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Fatal(err)
+	}
+
+	// Print package information.
+	fmt.Printf("Package members:    %s...\n", pkg.Scope().Names()[:5])
+	println := pkg.Scope().Lookup("Println")
+	posn := fset.Position(println.Pos())
+	posn.Line = 123 // make example deterministic
+	fmt.Printf("Println type:       %s\n", println.Type())
+	fmt.Printf("Println location:   %s\n", posn)
+
+	// Output:
+	//
+	// Package path:       fmt
+	// Export data:        fmt.a
+	// Package members:    [Errorf Formatter Fprint Fprintf Fprintln]...
+	// Println type:       func(a ...interface{}) (n int, err error)
+	// Println location:   $GOROOT/src/fmt/print.go:123:1
+}
+
+// ExampleNewImporter demonstrates usage of NewImporter to provide type
+// information for dependencies when type-checking Go source code.
+func ExampleNewImporter() {
+	const src = `package twopi
+
+import "math"
+
+const TwoPi = 2 * math.Pi
+`
+	fset := token.NewFileSet()
+	f, err := parser.ParseFile(fset, "twopi.go", src, 0)
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Fatal(err)
+	}
+
+	packages := make(map[string]*types.Package)
+	imp := gcexportdata.NewImporter(fset, packages)
+	conf := types.Config{Importer: imp}
+	pkg, err := conf.Check("twopi", fset, []*ast.File{f}, nil)
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Fatal(err)
+	}
+
+	// object from imported package
+	pi := packages["math"].Scope().Lookup("Pi")
+	fmt.Printf("const %s.%s %s = %s // %s\n",
+		pi.Pkg().Path(),
+		pi.Name(),
+		pi.Type(),
+		pi.(*types.Const).Val(),
+		fset.Position(pi.Pos()))
+
+	// object in source package
+	twopi := pkg.Scope().Lookup("TwoPi")
+	fmt.Printf("const %s %s = %s // %s\n",
+		twopi.Name(),
+		twopi.Type(),
+		twopi.(*types.Const).Val(),
+		fset.Position(twopi.Pos()))
+
+	// Output:
+	//
+	// const math.Pi untyped float = 3.14159 // $GOROOT/src/math/const.go:11:1
+	// const TwoPi untyped float = 6.28319 // twopi.go:5:7
+}
diff --git a/go/gcexportdata/gcexportdata.go b/go/gcexportdata/gcexportdata.go
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+++ b/go/gcexportdata/gcexportdata.go
@@ -0,0 +1,88 @@
+// Copyright 2016 The Go Authors. All rights reserved.
+// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style
+// license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
+
+// Package gcexportdata provides functions for locating, reading, and
+// writing export data files containing type information produced by the
+// gc compiler.  This package supports go1.7 export data format and all
+// later versions.
+//
+// This package replaces the deprecated golang.org/x/tools/go/gcimporter15
+// package, which will be deleted in October 2017.
+//
+// Although it might seem convenient for this package to live alongside
+// go/types in the standard library, this would cause version skew
+// problems for developer tools that use it, since they must be able to
+// consume the outputs of the gc compiler both before and after a Go
+// update such as from Go 1.7 to Go 1.8.  Because this package lives in
+// golang.org/x/tools, sites can update their version of this repo some
+// time before the Go 1.8 release and rebuild and redeploy their
+// developer tools, which will then be able to consume both Go 1.7 and
+// Go 1.8 export data files, so they will work before and after the
+// Go update. (See discussion at https://github.com/golang/go/issues/15651.)
+//
+package gcexportdata // import "golang.org/x/tools/go/gcexportdata"
+
+import (
+	"bufio"
+	"fmt"
+	"go/token"
+	"go/types"
+	"io"
+	"io/ioutil"
+
+	gcimporter "golang.org/x/tools/go/gcimporter15"
+)
+
+// Find returns the name of an object (.o) or archive (.a) file
+// containing type information for the specified import path,
+// using the workspace layout conventions of go/build.
+// If no file was found, an empty filename is returned.
+//
+// A relative srcDir is interpreted relative to the current working directory.
+//
+// Find also returns the package's resolved (canonical) import path,
+// reflecting the effects of srcDir and vendoring on importPath.
+func Find(importPath string, srcDir string) (filename, path string) {
+	return gcimporter.FindPkg(importPath, srcDir)
+}
+
+// NewReader returns a reader for the export data section of an object
+// (.o) or archive (.a) file read from r.  The new reader may provide
+// additional trailing data beyond the end of the export data.
+func NewReader(r io.Reader) (io.Reader, error) {
+	buf := bufio.NewReader(r)
+	_, err := gcimporter.FindExportData(buf)
+	// If we ever switch to a zip-like archive format with the ToC
+	// at the end, we can return the correct portion of export data,
+	// but for now we must return the entire rest of the file.
+	return buf, err
+}
+
+// Read reads export data from in, decodes it, and returns type
+// information for the package.
+// The package name is specified by path.
+// File position information is added to fset.
+//
+// Read may inspect and add to the imports map to ensure that references
+// within the export data to other packages are consistent.  The caller
+// must ensure that imports[path] does not exist, or exists but is
+// incomplete (see types.Package.Complete), and Read inserts the
+// resulting package into this map entry.
+//
+// On return, the state of the reader is undefined.
+func Read(in io.Reader, fset *token.FileSet, imports map[string]*types.Package, path string) (*types.Package, error) {
+	data, err := ioutil.ReadAll(in)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("reading export data for %q: %v", path, err)
+	}
+	_, pkg, err := gcimporter.BImportData(fset, imports, data, path)
+	return pkg, err
+}
+
+// Write writes encoded type information for the specified package to out.
+// The FileSet provides file position information for named objects.
+func Write(out io.Writer, fset *token.FileSet, pkg *types.Package) error {
+	_, err := out.Write(gcimporter.BExportData(fset, pkg))
+	return err
+}
diff --git a/go/gcexportdata/importer.go b/go/gcexportdata/importer.go
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index 0000000..efe221e
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+++ b/go/gcexportdata/importer.go
@@ -0,0 +1,73 @@
+// Copyright 2016 The Go Authors. All rights reserved.
+// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style
+// license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
+
+package gcexportdata
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"go/token"
+	"go/types"
+	"os"
+)
+
+// NewImporter returns a new instance of the types.Importer interface
+// that reads type information from export data files written by gc.
+// The Importer also satisfies types.ImporterFrom.
+//
+// Export data files are located using "go build" workspace conventions
+// and the build.Default context.
+//
+// Use this importer instead of go/importer.For("gc", ...) to avoid the
+// version-skew problems described in the documentation of this package,
+// or to control the FileSet or access the imports map populated during
+// package loading.
+//
+func NewImporter(fset *token.FileSet, imports map[string]*types.Package) types.ImporterFrom {
+	return importer{fset, imports}
+}
+
+type importer struct {
+	fset    *token.FileSet
+	imports map[string]*types.Package
+}
+
+func (imp importer) Import(importPath string) (*types.Package, error) {
+	return imp.ImportFrom(importPath, "", 0)
+}
+
+func (imp importer) ImportFrom(importPath, srcDir string, mode types.ImportMode) (_ *types.Package, err error) {
+	filename, path := Find(importPath, srcDir)
+	if filename == "" {
+		if importPath == "unsafe" {
+			// Even for unsafe, call Find first in case
+			// the package was vendored.
+			return types.Unsafe, nil
+		}
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("can't find import: %s", importPath)
+	}
+
+	if pkg, ok := imp.imports[path]; ok && pkg.Complete() {
+		return pkg, nil // cache hit
+	}
+
+	// open file
+	f, err := os.Open(filename)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	defer func() {
+		f.Close()
+		if err != nil {
+			// add file name to error
+			err = fmt.Errorf("reading export data: %s: %v", filename, err)
+		}
+	}()
+
+	r, err := NewReader(f)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	return Read(r, imp.fset, imp.imports, path)
+}
diff --git a/go/gcimporter15/gcimporter.go b/go/gcimporter15/gcimporter.go
index 7725b3e..4f445f7 100644
--- a/go/gcimporter15/gcimporter.go
+++ b/go/gcimporter15/gcimporter.go
@@ -15,6 +15,10 @@
 // standard library's go/importer package, specifically customizable
 // package data lookup. This package should be deleted once that
 // functionality becomes available in the standard library.
+//
+// Deprecated: this package will be deleted in October 2017.
+// New code should use golang.org/x/tools/go/gcexportdata.
+//
 package gcimporter // import "golang.org/x/tools/go/gcimporter15"
 
 import (