Make it possible for language plugins to provide additional custom help for 'type lookup'

llvm-svn: 264356

1 files changed, 28 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/lldb/source/Commands/CommandObjectType.cpp b/lldb/source/Commands/CommandObjectType.cpp
index 23e3c0e9075..ac714538a36 100644
--- a/lldb/source/Commands/CommandObjectType.cpp
+++ b/lldb/source/Commands/CommandObjectType.cpp
@@ -3265,8 +3265,8 @@ public:
     CommandObjectTypeLookup (CommandInterpreter &interpreter) :
     CommandObjectRaw (interpreter,
                       "type lookup",
-                      "Lookup a type by name in the select target.",
-                      "type lookup <typename>",
+                      "Lookup types and declarations in the current target, following language-specific naming conventions.",
+                      "type lookup <type-specifier>",
                       eCommandRequiresTarget),
     m_option_group(interpreter),
     m_command_options()
@@ -3283,6 +3283,32 @@ public:
         return &m_option_group;
     }
     
+    const char*
+    GetHelpLong () override
+    {
+        if (m_cmd_help_long.empty())
+        {
+            StreamString stream;
+            // FIXME: hardcoding languages is not good
+            lldb::LanguageType languages[] = {eLanguageTypeObjC,eLanguageTypeC_plus_plus};
+            
+            for(const auto lang_type : languages)
+            {
+                if (auto language = Language::FindPlugin(lang_type))
+                {
+                    if (const char* help = language->GetLanguageSpecificTypeLookupHelp())
+                    {
+                        stream.Printf("%s\n", help);
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+            
+            if (stream.GetData())
+                m_cmd_help_long.assign(stream.GetString());
+        }
+        return this->CommandObject::GetHelpLong();
+    }
+    
     bool
     DoExecute (const char *raw_command_line, CommandReturnObject &result) override
     {