1# Definitions related to run-time type checking. Used in particular
2# to type-check NixOS configurations.
3{ lib }:
4with lib.lists;
5with lib.attrsets;
6with lib.options;
7with lib.trivial;
8with lib.strings;
9let
10
11 inherit (lib.modules) mergeDefinitions;
12 outer_types =
13rec {
14 isType = type: x: (x._type or "") == type;
15
16 setType = typeName: value: value // {
17 _type = typeName;
18 };
19
20
21 # Default type merging function
22 # takes two type functors and return the merged type
23 defaultTypeMerge = f: f':
24 let wrapped = f.wrapped.typeMerge f'.wrapped.functor;
25 payload = f.binOp f.payload f'.payload;
26 in
27 # cannot merge different types
28 if f.name != f'.name
29 then null
30 # simple types
31 else if (f.wrapped == null && f'.wrapped == null)
32 && (f.payload == null && f'.payload == null)
33 then f.type
34 # composed types
35 else if (f.wrapped != null && f'.wrapped != null) && (wrapped != null)
36 then f.type wrapped
37 # value types
38 else if (f.payload != null && f'.payload != null) && (payload != null)
39 then f.type payload
40 else null;
41
42 # Default type functor
43 defaultFunctor = name: {
44 inherit name;
45 type = types."${name}" or null;
46 wrapped = null;
47 payload = null;
48 binOp = a: b: null;
49 };
50
51 isOptionType = isType "option-type";
52 mkOptionType =
53 { # Human-readable representation of the type, should be equivalent to
54 # the type function name.
55 name
56 , # Description of the type, defined recursively by embedding the wrapped type if any.
57 description ? null
58 , # Function applied to each definition that should return true if
59 # its type-correct, false otherwise.
60 check ? (x: true)
61 , # Merge a list of definitions together into a single value.
62 # This function is called with two arguments: the location of
63 # the option in the configuration as a list of strings
64 # (e.g. ["boot" "loader "grub" "enable"]), and a list of
65 # definition values and locations (e.g. [ { file = "/foo.nix";
66 # value = 1; } { file = "/bar.nix"; value = 2 } ]).
67 merge ? mergeDefaultOption
68 , # Return a flat list of sub-options. Used to generate
69 # documentation.
70 getSubOptions ? prefix: {}
71 , # List of modules if any, or null if none.
72 getSubModules ? null
73 , # Function for building the same option type with a different list of
74 # modules.
75 substSubModules ? m: null
76 , # Function that merge type declarations.
77 # internal, takes a functor as argument and returns the merged type.
78 # returning null means the type is not mergeable
79 typeMerge ? defaultTypeMerge functor
80 , # The type functor.
81 # internal, representation of the type as an attribute set.
82 # name: name of the type
83 # type: type function.
84 # wrapped: the type wrapped in case of compound types.
85 # payload: values of the type, two payloads of the same type must be
86 # combinable with the binOp binary operation.
87 # binOp: binary operation that merge two payloads of the same type.
88 functor ? defaultFunctor name
89 }:
90 { _type = "option-type";
91 inherit name check merge getSubOptions getSubModules substSubModules typeMerge functor;
92 description = if description == null then name else description;
93 };
94
95
96 # When adding new types don't forget to document them in
97 # nixos/doc/manual/development/option-types.xml!
98 types = rec {
99 unspecified = mkOptionType {
100 name = "unspecified";
101 };
102
103 bool = mkOptionType {
104 name = "bool";
105 description = "boolean";
106 check = isBool;
107 merge = mergeEqualOption;
108 };
109
110 int = mkOptionType rec {
111 name = "int";
112 description = "signed integer";
113 check = isInt;
114 merge = mergeOneOption;
115 };
116
117 # Specialized subdomains of int
118 ints =
119 let
120 betweenDesc = lowest: highest:
121 "${toString lowest} and ${toString highest} (both inclusive)";
122 between = lowest: highest: assert lowest <= highest;
123 addCheck int (x: x >= lowest && x <= highest) // {
124 name = "intBetween";
125 description = "integer between ${betweenDesc lowest highest}";
126 };
127 ign = lowest: highest: name: docStart:
128 between lowest highest // {
129 inherit name;
130 description = docStart + "; between ${betweenDesc lowest highest}";
131 };
132 unsign = bit: range: ign 0 (range - 1)
133 "unsignedInt${toString bit}" "${toString bit} bit unsigned integer";
134 sign = bit: range: ign (0 - (range / 2)) (range / 2 - 1)
135 "signedInt${toString bit}" "${toString bit} bit signed integer";
136
137 in rec {
138 /* An int with a fixed range.
139 *
140 * Example:
141 * (ints.between 0 100).check (-1)
142 * => false
143 * (ints.between 0 100).check (101)
144 * => false
145 * (ints.between 0 0).check 0
146 * => true
147 */
148 inherit between;
149
150 unsigned = addCheck types.int (x: x >= 0) // {
151 name = "unsignedInt";
152 description = "unsigned integer, meaning >=0";
153 };
154 positive = addCheck types.int (x: x > 0) // {
155 name = "positiveInt";
156 description = "positive integer, meaning >0";
157 };
158 u8 = unsign 8 256;
159 u16 = unsign 16 65536;
160 # the biggest int a 64-bit Nix accepts is 2^63 - 1 (9223372036854775808), for a 32-bit Nix it is 2^31 - 1 (2147483647)
161 # the smallest int a 64-bit Nix accepts is -2^63 (-9223372036854775807), for a 32-bit Nix it is -2^31 (-2147483648)
162 # u32 = unsign 32 4294967296;
163 # u64 = unsign 64 18446744073709551616;
164
165 s8 = sign 8 256;
166 s16 = sign 16 65536;
167 # s32 = sign 32 4294967296;
168 };
169
170 float = mkOptionType rec {
171 name = "float";
172 description = "floating point number";
173 check = isFloat;
174 merge = mergeOneOption;
175 };
176
177 str = mkOptionType {
178 name = "str";
179 description = "string";
180 check = isString;
181 merge = mergeOneOption;
182 };
183
184 strMatching = pattern: mkOptionType {
185 name = "strMatching ${escapeNixString pattern}";
186 description = "string matching the pattern ${pattern}";
187 check = x: str.check x && builtins.match pattern x != null;
188 inherit (str) merge;
189 };
190
191 # Merge multiple definitions by concatenating them (with the given
192 # separator between the values).
193 separatedString = sep: mkOptionType rec {
194 name = "separatedString";
195 description = "string";
196 check = isString;
197 merge = loc: defs: concatStringsSep sep (getValues defs);
198 functor = (defaultFunctor name) // {
199 payload = sep;
200 binOp = sepLhs: sepRhs:
201 if sepLhs == sepRhs then sepLhs
202 else null;
203 };
204 };
205
206 lines = separatedString "\n";
207 commas = separatedString ",";
208 envVar = separatedString ":";
209
210 # Deprecated; should not be used because it quietly concatenates
211 # strings, which is usually not what you want.
212 string = separatedString "";
213
214 attrs = mkOptionType {
215 name = "attrs";
216 description = "attribute set";
217 check = isAttrs;
218 merge = loc: foldl' (res: def: mergeAttrs res def.value) {};
219 };
220
221 # derivation is a reserved keyword.
222 package = mkOptionType {
223 name = "package";
224 check = x: isDerivation x || isStorePath x;
225 merge = loc: defs:
226 let res = mergeOneOption loc defs;
227 in if isDerivation res then res else toDerivation res;
228 };
229
230 shellPackage = package // {
231 check = x: (package.check x) && (hasAttr "shellPath" x);
232 };
233
234 path = mkOptionType {
235 name = "path";
236 # Hacky: there is no ‘isPath’ primop.
237 check = x: builtins.substring 0 1 (toString x) == "/";
238 merge = mergeOneOption;
239 };
240
241 # drop this in the future:
242 list = builtins.trace "`types.list` is deprecated; use `types.listOf` instead" types.listOf;
243
244 listOf = elemType: mkOptionType rec {
245 name = "listOf";
246 description = "list of ${elemType.description}s";
247 check = isList;
248 merge = loc: defs:
249 map (x: x.value) (filter (x: x ? value) (concatLists (imap1 (n: def:
250 if isList def.value then
251 imap1 (m: def':
252 (mergeDefinitions
253 (loc ++ ["[definition ${toString n}-entry ${toString m}]"])
254 elemType
255 [{ inherit (def) file; value = def'; }]
256 ).optionalValue
257 ) def.value
258 else
259 throw "The option value `${showOption loc}` in `${def.file}` is not a list.") defs)));
260 getSubOptions = prefix: elemType.getSubOptions (prefix ++ ["*"]);
261 getSubModules = elemType.getSubModules;
262 substSubModules = m: listOf (elemType.substSubModules m);
263 functor = (defaultFunctor name) // { wrapped = elemType; };
264 };
265
266 nonEmptyListOf = elemType:
267 let list = addCheck (types.listOf elemType) (l: l != []);
268 in list // { description = "non-empty " + list.description; };
269
270 attrsOf = elemType: mkOptionType rec {
271 name = "attrsOf";
272 description = "attribute set of ${elemType.description}s";
273 check = isAttrs;
274 merge = loc: defs:
275 mapAttrs (n: v: v.value) (filterAttrs (n: v: v ? value) (zipAttrsWith (name: defs:
276 (mergeDefinitions (loc ++ [name]) elemType defs).optionalValue
277 )
278 # Push down position info.
279 (map (def: listToAttrs (mapAttrsToList (n: def':
280 { name = n; value = { inherit (def) file; value = def'; }; }) def.value)) defs)));
281 getSubOptions = prefix: elemType.getSubOptions (prefix ++ ["<name>"]);
282 getSubModules = elemType.getSubModules;
283 substSubModules = m: attrsOf (elemType.substSubModules m);
284 functor = (defaultFunctor name) // { wrapped = elemType; };
285 };
286
287 # List or attribute set of ...
288 loaOf = elemType:
289 let
290 convertAllLists = defs:
291 let
292 padWidth = stringLength (toString (length defs));
293 unnamedPrefix = i: "unnamed-" + fixedWidthNumber padWidth i + ".";
294 in
295 imap1 (i: convertIfList (unnamedPrefix i)) defs;
296
297 convertIfList = unnamedPrefix: def:
298 if isList def.value then
299 let
300 padWidth = stringLength (toString (length def.value));
301 unnamed = i: unnamedPrefix + fixedWidthNumber padWidth i;
302 in
303 { inherit (def) file;
304 value = listToAttrs (
305 imap1 (elemIdx: elem:
306 { name = elem.name or (unnamed elemIdx);
307 value = elem;
308 }) def.value);
309 }
310 else
311 def;
312 attrOnly = attrsOf elemType;
313 in mkOptionType rec {
314 name = "loaOf";
315 description = "list or attribute set of ${elemType.description}s";
316 check = x: isList x || isAttrs x;
317 merge = loc: defs: attrOnly.merge loc (convertAllLists defs);
318 getSubOptions = prefix: elemType.getSubOptions (prefix ++ ["<name?>"]);
319 getSubModules = elemType.getSubModules;
320 substSubModules = m: loaOf (elemType.substSubModules m);
321 functor = (defaultFunctor name) // { wrapped = elemType; };
322 };
323
324 # Value of given type but with no merging (i.e. `uniq list`s are not concatenated).
325 uniq = elemType: mkOptionType rec {
326 name = "uniq";
327 inherit (elemType) description check;
328 merge = mergeOneOption;
329 getSubOptions = elemType.getSubOptions;
330 getSubModules = elemType.getSubModules;
331 substSubModules = m: uniq (elemType.substSubModules m);
332 functor = (defaultFunctor name) // { wrapped = elemType; };
333 };
334
335 # Null or value of ...
336 nullOr = elemType: mkOptionType rec {
337 name = "nullOr";
338 description = "null or ${elemType.description}";
339 check = x: x == null || elemType.check x;
340 merge = loc: defs:
341 let nrNulls = count (def: def.value == null) defs; in
342 if nrNulls == length defs then null
343 else if nrNulls != 0 then
344 throw "The option `${showOption loc}` is defined both null and not null, in ${showFiles (getFiles defs)}."
345 else elemType.merge loc defs;
346 getSubOptions = elemType.getSubOptions;
347 getSubModules = elemType.getSubModules;
348 substSubModules = m: nullOr (elemType.substSubModules m);
349 functor = (defaultFunctor name) // { wrapped = elemType; };
350 };
351
352 # A submodule (like typed attribute set). See NixOS manual.
353 submodule = opts:
354 let
355 opts' = toList opts;
356 inherit (lib.modules) evalModules;
357 in
358 mkOptionType rec {
359 name = "submodule";
360 check = x: isAttrs x || isFunction x;
361 merge = loc: defs:
362 let
363 coerce = def: if isFunction def then def else { config = def; };
364 modules = opts' ++ map (def: { _file = def.file; imports = [(coerce def.value)]; }) defs;
365 in (evalModules {
366 inherit modules;
367 args.name = last loc;
368 prefix = loc;
369 }).config;
370 getSubOptions = prefix: (evalModules
371 { modules = opts'; inherit prefix;
372 # This is a work-around due to the fact that some sub-modules,
373 # such as the one included in an attribute set, expects a "args"
374 # attribute to be given to the sub-module. As the option
375 # evaluation does not have any specific attribute name, we
376 # provide a default one for the documentation.
377 #
378 # This is mandatory as some option declaration might use the
379 # "name" attribute given as argument of the submodule and use it
380 # as the default of option declarations.
381 #
382 # Using lookalike unicode single angle quotation marks because
383 # of the docbook transformation the options receive. In all uses
384 # > and < wouldn't be encoded correctly so the encoded values
385 # would be used, and use of `<` and `>` would break the XML document.
386 # It shouldn't cause an issue since this is cosmetic for the manual.
387 args.name = "‹name›";
388 }).options;
389 getSubModules = opts';
390 substSubModules = m: submodule m;
391 functor = (defaultFunctor name) // {
392 # Merging of submodules is done as part of mergeOptionDecls, as we have to annotate
393 # each submodule with its location.
394 payload = [];
395 binOp = lhs: rhs: [];
396 };
397 };
398
399 # A value from a set of allowed ones.
400 enum = values:
401 let
402 show = v:
403 if builtins.isString v then ''"${v}"''
404 else if builtins.isInt v then builtins.toString v
405 else ''<${builtins.typeOf v}>'';
406 in
407 mkOptionType rec {
408 name = "enum";
409 description = "one of ${concatMapStringsSep ", " show values}";
410 check = flip elem values;
411 merge = mergeOneOption;
412 functor = (defaultFunctor name) // { payload = values; binOp = a: b: unique (a ++ b); };
413 };
414
415 # Either value of type `t1` or `t2`.
416 either = t1: t2: mkOptionType rec {
417 name = "either";
418 description = "${t1.description} or ${t2.description}";
419 check = x: t1.check x || t2.check x;
420 merge = loc: defs:
421 let
422 defList = map (d: d.value) defs;
423 in
424 if all (x: t1.check x) defList
425 then t1.merge loc defs
426 else if all (x: t2.check x) defList
427 then t2.merge loc defs
428 else mergeOneOption loc defs;
429 typeMerge = f':
430 let mt1 = t1.typeMerge (elemAt f'.wrapped 0).functor;
431 mt2 = t2.typeMerge (elemAt f'.wrapped 1).functor;
432 in
433 if (name == f'.name) && (mt1 != null) && (mt2 != null)
434 then functor.type mt1 mt2
435 else null;
436 functor = (defaultFunctor name) // { wrapped = [ t1 t2 ]; };
437 };
438
439 # Either value of type `finalType` or `coercedType`, the latter is
440 # converted to `finalType` using `coerceFunc`.
441 coercedTo = coercedType: coerceFunc: finalType:
442 assert coercedType.getSubModules == null;
443 mkOptionType rec {
444 name = "coercedTo";
445 description = "${finalType.description} or ${coercedType.description} convertible to it";
446 check = x: finalType.check x || (coercedType.check x && finalType.check (coerceFunc x));
447 merge = loc: defs:
448 let
449 coerceVal = val:
450 if finalType.check val then val
451 else coerceFunc val;
452 in finalType.merge loc (map (def: def // { value = coerceVal def.value; }) defs);
453 getSubOptions = finalType.getSubOptions;
454 getSubModules = finalType.getSubModules;
455 substSubModules = m: coercedTo coercedType coerceFunc (finalType.substSubModules m);
456 typeMerge = t1: t2: null;
457 functor = (defaultFunctor name) // { wrapped = finalType; };
458 };
459
460 # Obsolete alternative to configOf. It takes its option
461 # declarations from the ‘options’ attribute of containing option
462 # declaration.
463 optionSet = mkOptionType {
464 name = builtins.trace "types.optionSet is deprecated; use types.submodule instead" "optionSet";
465 description = "option set";
466 };
467
468 # Augment the given type with an additional type check function.
469 addCheck = elemType: check: elemType // { check = x: elemType.check x && check x; };
470
471 };
472};
473
474in outer_types // outer_types.types