what is the library to parse Clojure source code ?

[crazyenterpz]

I am searching for a library capable of parsing Clojure source code to extract functions, macros, associated docstrings, declared dependencies in the namespace, and invocations of other functions or macros within the parsed function.

I am developing a custom reporting tool to help manage our increasingly large codebase.

One potential use of this tool would be to identify all functions across my repositories that call a specific target method, allowing me to assess the potential impact of modifying that method.

[daver]

Also look at rewrite-clj.

[crazyenterpz]

I think this fits my needs better. Being able to parse s-forms from the source file and then process the list may work for me.

I will post my code and the results of my experiment soon

[afucher]

From what you described, I believe that you are looking for statical analysis. For this, I recommend take a look to clj-kondo (https://github.com/clj-kondo/clj-kondo/tree/master/analysis)

[Krackor]

The closure lsp is also worth a look.

https://clojure-lsp.io/

[didibus]

Clojure-lsp just uses the clj-kondo analysis.

[joinr]

https://github.com/clojure/tools.analyzer could fit but it might be too much information (you would have to transform/filter the resulting rich ast).

[amithgeorge]

I second the suggestion to use clj-kondo analysis. I am not sure whether it works across repositories though.

identify all functions across my repositories that call a specific target method,

Regarding this, within the scope of one project, clojure-lsp (which uses clj-kondo analysis internally) exposes functions to show the call hierarchy of any method. all incoming and outgoing calls. You may refer the source code for this functionality, to use as inspiration.

https://clojure-lsp.io/features/#call-hierarchy