More control delegated for external link resolvers

src/index.ts

@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ export {
     type ComponentPath,
     type Meaning,
     type MeaningKeyword,
+    type ExternalResolveResult,
 } from "./lib/converter";
 
 export {

src/lib/converter/comments/linkResolver.ts

@@ -16,12 +16,19 @@ import { resolveDeclarationReference } from "./declarationReferenceResolver";
 const urlPrefix = /^(http|ftp)s?:\/\//;
 const brackets = /\[\[(?!include:)([^\]]+)\]\]/g;
 
+export type ExternalResolveResult = { target: string; caption?: string };
+export type ExternalSymbolResolver = (
+    ref: DeclarationReference,
+    refl: Reflection,
+    part: Readonly<CommentDisplayPart> | undefined
+) => ExternalResolveResult | string | undefined;
+
 export function resolveLinks(
     comment: Comment,
     reflection: Reflection,
     validation: ValidationOptions,
     logger: Logger,
-    attemptExternalResolve: (ref: DeclarationReference) => string | undefined
+    externalResolver: ExternalSymbolResolver
 ) {
     let warned = false;
     const warn = () => {
@@ -39,7 +46,7 @@ export function resolveLinks(
         warn,
         validation,
         logger,
-        attemptExternalResolve
+        externalResolver
     );
     for (const tag of comment.blockTags) {
         tag.content = resolvePartLinks(
@@ -48,7 +55,7 @@ export function resolveLinks(
             warn,
             validation,
             logger,
-            attemptExternalResolve
+            externalResolver
         );
     }
 
@@ -59,7 +66,7 @@ export function resolveLinks(
             warn,
             validation,
             logger,
-            attemptExternalResolve
+            externalResolver
         );
     }
 }
@@ -70,7 +77,7 @@ export function resolvePartLinks(
     warn: () => void,
     validation: ValidationOptions,
     logger: Logger,
-    attemptExternalResolve: (ref: DeclarationReference) => string | undefined
+    externalResolver: ExternalSymbolResolver
 ): CommentDisplayPart[] {
     return parts.flatMap((part) =>
         processPart(
@@ -79,7 +86,7 @@ export function resolvePartLinks(
             warn,
             validation,
             logger,
-            attemptExternalResolve
+            externalResolver
         )
     );
 }
@@ -90,7 +97,7 @@ function processPart(
     warn: () => void,
     validation: ValidationOptions,
     logger: Logger,
-    attemptExternalResolve: (ref: DeclarationReference) => string | undefined
+    externalResolver: ExternalSymbolResolver
 ): CommentDisplayPart | CommentDisplayPart[] {
     if (part.kind === "text" && brackets.test(part.text)) {
         warn();
@@ -106,7 +113,7 @@ function processPart(
             return resolveLinkTag(
                 reflection,
                 part,
-                attemptExternalResolve,
+                externalResolver,
                 (msg: string) => {
                     if (validation.invalidLink) {
                         logger.warn(msg);
@@ -122,7 +129,7 @@ function processPart(
 function resolveLinkTag(
     reflection: Reflection,
     part: InlineTagDisplayPart,
-    attemptExternalResolve: (ref: DeclarationReference) => string | undefined,
+    externalResolver: ExternalSymbolResolver,
     warn: (message: string) => void
 ) {
     let pos = 0;
@@ -146,9 +153,22 @@ function resolveLinkTag(
             defaultDisplayText = target.name;
         } else {
             // If we didn't find a link, it might be a @link tag to an external symbol, check that next.
-            target = attemptExternalResolve(declRef[0]);
-            if (target) {
-                defaultDisplayText = part.text.substring(0, pos);
+            const externalResolveResult = externalResolver(
+                declRef[0],
+                reflection,
+                part
+            );
+
+            defaultDisplayText = part.text.substring(0, pos);
+
+            switch (typeof externalResolveResult) {
+                case "string":
+                    target = externalResolveResult;
+                    break;
+                case "object":
+                    target = externalResolveResult.target;
+                    defaultDisplayText =
+                        externalResolveResult.caption || defaultDisplayText;
             }
         }
     }

src/lib/converter/converter.ts

@@ -27,7 +27,12 @@ import type {
 } from "../utils/options/declaration";
 import { parseComment } from "./comments/parser";
 import { lexCommentString } from "./comments/rawLexer";
-import { resolvePartLinks, resolveLinks } from "./comments/linkResolver";
+import {
+    resolvePartLinks,
+    resolveLinks,
+    ExternalSymbolResolver,
+    ExternalResolveResult,
+} from "./comments/linkResolver";
 import type { DeclarationReference } from "./comments/declarationReference";
 
 /**
@@ -77,9 +82,7 @@ export class Converter extends ChildableComponent<
     externalSymbolLinkMappings!: Record<string, Record<string, string>>;
 
     private _config?: CommentParserConfig;
-    private _externalSymbolResolvers: Array<
-        (ref: DeclarationReference) => string | undefined
-    > = [];
+    private _externalSymbolResolvers: Array<ExternalSymbolResolver> = [];
 
     get config(): CommentParserConfig {
         return this._config || this._buildCommentParserConfig();
@@ -268,19 +271,22 @@ export class Converter extends ChildableComponent<
      *
      * Note: This will be used for both references to types declared in node_modules (in which case the
      * reference passed will have the `moduleSource` set and the `symbolReference` will navigate via `.`)
-     * and user defined \{\@link\} tags which cannot be resolved.
+     * and user defined \{\@link\} tags which cannot be resolved. If the link being resolved is inferred
+     * from a type, then no `part` will be passed to the resolver function.
      * @since 0.22.14
      */
-    addUnknownSymbolResolver(
-        resolver: (ref: DeclarationReference) => string | undefined
-    ): void {
+    addUnknownSymbolResolver(resolver: ExternalSymbolResolver): void {
         this._externalSymbolResolvers.push(resolver);
     }
 
     /** @internal */
-    resolveExternalLink(ref: DeclarationReference): string | undefined {
+    resolveExternalLink(
+        ref: DeclarationReference,
+        refl: Reflection,
+        part?: CommentDisplayPart
+    ): ExternalResolveResult | string | undefined {
         for (const resolver of this._externalSymbolResolvers) {
-            const resolved = resolver(ref);
+            const resolved = resolver(ref, refl, part);
             if (resolved) return resolved;
         }
     }
@@ -300,7 +306,7 @@ export class Converter extends ChildableComponent<
                 owner,
                 this.validation,
                 this.owner.logger,
-                (ref) => this.resolveExternalLink(ref)
+                (ref, part, refl) => this.resolveExternalLink(ref, part, refl)
             );
         } else {
             let warned = false;
@@ -319,7 +325,7 @@ export class Converter extends ChildableComponent<
                 warn,
                 this.validation,
                 this.owner.logger,
-                (ref) => this.resolveExternalLink(ref)
+                (ref, part, refl) => this.resolveExternalLink(ref, part, refl)
             );
         }
     }

src/lib/converter/index.ts

@@ -9,5 +9,9 @@ export type {
     Meaning,
     MeaningKeyword,
 } from "./comments/declarationReference";
+export type {
+    ExternalSymbolResolver,
+    ExternalResolveResult,
+} from "./comments/linkResolver";
 
 import "./plugins/index";

src/lib/converter/plugins/LinkResolverPlugin.ts

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { Component, ConverterComponent } from "../components";
-import type { Context } from "../../converter";
+import type { Context, ExternalResolveResult } from "../../converter";
 import { ConverterEvents } from "../converter-events";
 import { BindOption, ValidationOptions } from "../../utils";
 import { DeclarationReflection } from "../../models";
@@ -45,14 +45,25 @@ export class LinkResolverPlugin extends ConverterComponent {
             );
         }
 
-        for (const { type } of discoverAllReferenceTypes(
+        for (const { type, owner } of discoverAllReferenceTypes(
             context.project,
             false
         )) {
             if (!type.reflection) {
-                type.externalUrl = context.converter.resolveExternalLink(
-                    type.toDeclarationReference()
+                const resolveResult = context.converter.resolveExternalLink(
+                    type.toDeclarationReference(),
+                    owner
                 );
+                switch (typeof resolveResult) {
+                    case "string":
+                        type.externalUrl = resolveResult as string;
+                        break;
+                    case "object":
+                        type.externalUrl = (
+                            resolveResult as ExternalResolveResult
+                        ).target;
+                        break;
+                }
             }
         }
     }