auto merge of #9636 : alexcrichton/rust/rustdoc, r=huonw

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Import thing to note in this pull request is that `rustdoc html crate.rs` becomes `rustdoc crate.rs`

5 files changed, 294 insertions, 113 deletions

diff --git a/man/rustdoc.1 b/man/rustdoc.1
index 93a8f49898c..c7cdb832887 100644
--- a/man/rustdoc.1
+++ b/man/rustdoc.1
@@ -3,49 +3,84 @@
 rustdoc \- generate documentation from Rust source code
 .SH SYNOPSIS
 .B rustdoc
-[\fIOPTIONS\fR] \fICRATEFILE\fR
+[\fIOPTIONS\fR] \fIINPUT\fR
 
 .SH DESCRIPTION
 This tool generates API reference documentation by extracting comments from
-source code written in the Rust language, available at <\fBhttps://www.rust-
-lang.org\fR>. It provides several output formats for the generated
-documentation.
+source code written in the Rust language, available at
+<\fBhttps://www.rust-lang.org\fR>. It accepts several input formats and provides
+several output formats for the generated documentation.
 
-.SH COMMANDS
+.SH OPTIONS
 
 .TP
---output-dir <val>
-Put documents here (default: .)
+-r --input-format <val>
+html or json (default: inferred)
 .TP
---output-format <val>
-markdown or html (default: html)
+-w --output-format <val>
+html or json (default: html)
 .TP
---output-style <val>
-doc-per-crate or doc-per-mod (default: doc-per-mod)
+-o --output <val>
+where to place the output (default: doc/ for html, doc.json for json)
 .TP
---pandoc-cmd <val>
-Command for running pandoc
+--passes <val>
+space-separated list of passes to run (default: '')
+.TP
+--no-defaults
+don't run the default passes
+.TP
+--plugins <val>
+space-separated list of plugins to run (default: '')
+.TP
+--plugin-path <val>
+directory to load plugins from (default: /tmp/rustdoc_ng/plugins)
+.TP
+-L --library-path <val>
+directory to add to crate search path
 .TP
 -h, --help
 Print help
 
 .SH "OUTPUT FORMATS"
 
-The rustdoc tool can generate documentation in either the Markdown
-or HTML formats. It requires the pandoc tool
-<\fBhttp://johnmacfarlane.net/pandoc/\fR> for conversion features.
+The rustdoc tool can generate output in either an HTML or JSON format.
+
+If using an HTML format, then the specified output destination will be the root
+directory of an HTML structure for all the documentation. Pages will be placed
+into this directory, and source files will also possibly be rendered into it as
+well.
+
+If using a JSON format, then the specified output destination will have the
+rustdoc output serialized as JSON into it. This output format exists to
+pre-compile documentation for crates, and for usage in non-rustdoc tools. The
+JSON output is the following hash:
+
+    {
+        "schema": VERSION,
+        "crate": ...,
+        "plugins": ...,
+    }
+
+The schema version indicates what the structure of crate/plugins will look
+like. Within a schema version the structure will remain the same. The `crate`
+field will contain all relevant documentation for the source being documented,
+and the `plugins` field will contain the output of the plugins run over the
+crate.
 
 .SH "EXAMPLES"
 
 To generate documentation for the source in the current directory:
     $ rustdoc hello.rs
 
-To build documentation into a subdirectory named 'doc' in the Markdown
-format:
-    $ rustdoc --output-dir doc --output-format markdown hello.rs
+List all available passes that rustdoc has, along with default passes:
+    $ rustdoc --passes list
+
+To precompile the documentation for a crate, and then use it to render html at
+a later date:
+    $ rustdoc -w json hello.rs
+    $ rustdoc doc.json
 
-The generated HTML can be viewed with any standard web browser, while
-the Markdown version is well-suited for conversion into other formats.
+The generated HTML can be viewed with any standard web browser.
 
 .SH "SEE ALSO"
 
diff --git a/mk/docs.mk b/mk/docs.mk
index 2839106ab80..4663f9c9532 100644
--- a/mk/docs.mk
+++ b/mk/docs.mk
@@ -227,7 +227,7 @@ RUSTDOC = $(HBIN2_H_$(CFG_BUILD_TRIPLE))/rustdoc$(X_$(CFG_BUILD_TRIPLE))
 define libdoc
 doc/$(1)/index.html: $$(RUSTDOC) $$(TLIB2_T_$(3)_H_$(3))/$(CFG_STDLIB_$(3))
 	@$$(call E, rustdoc: $$@)
-	$(Q)$(RUSTDOC) html $(2)
+	$(Q)$(RUSTDOC) $(2)
 
 DOCS += doc/$(1)/index.html
 endef
diff --git a/src/librustdoc/html/render.rs b/src/librustdoc/html/render.rs
index 441f25f33e6..1dde7bd80d4 100644
--- a/src/librustdoc/html/render.rs
+++ b/src/librustdoc/html/render.rs
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ use std::vec;
 use extra::arc::RWArc;
 use extra::json::ToJson;
 use extra::sort;
+use extra::time;
 
 use syntax::ast;
 use syntax::ast_util::is_local;
@@ -60,7 +61,7 @@ struct Cache {
     // typaram id => name of that typaram
     typarams: HashMap<ast::NodeId, ~str>,
     // type id => all implementations for that type
-    impls: HashMap<ast::NodeId, ~[clean::Impl]>,
+    impls: HashMap<ast::NodeId, ~[(clean::Impl, Option<~str>)]>,
     // path id => (full qualified path, shortty) -- used to generate urls
     paths: HashMap<ast::NodeId, (~[~str], &'static str)>,
     // trait id => method name => dox
@@ -76,7 +77,7 @@ struct Cache {
 struct SourceCollector<'self> {
     seen: HashSet<~str>,
     dst: Path,
-    cx: &'self Context,
+    cx: &'self mut Context,
 }
 
 struct Item<'self> { cx: &'self Context, item: &'self clean::Item, }
@@ -179,7 +180,9 @@ pub fn run(mut crate: clean::Crate, dst: Path) {
         w.flush();
     }
 
-    if cx.include_sources {
+    info2!("emitting source files");
+    let started = time::precise_time_ns();
+    {
         let dst = cx.dst.push("src");
         mkdir(&dst);
         let dst = dst.push(crate.name);
@@ -187,13 +190,18 @@ pub fn run(mut crate: clean::Crate, dst: Path) {
         let mut folder = SourceCollector {
             dst: dst,
             seen: HashSet::new(),
-            cx: &cx,
+            cx: &mut cx,
         };
         crate = folder.fold_crate(crate);
     }
+    let ended = time::precise_time_ns();
+    info2!("Took {:.03f}s", (ended as f64 - started as f64) / 1e9f64);
 
-    // Now render the whole crate.
+    info2!("rendering the whole crate");
+    let started = time::precise_time_ns();
     cx.crate(crate, cache);
+    let ended = time::precise_time_ns();
+    info2!("Took {:.03f}s", (ended as f64 - started as f64) / 1e9f64);
 }
 
 fn write(dst: Path, contents: &str) {
@@ -229,16 +237,28 @@ fn clean_srcpath(src: &str, f: &fn(&str)) {
 
 impl<'self> DocFolder for SourceCollector<'self> {
     fn fold_item(&mut self, item: clean::Item) -> Option<clean::Item> {
-        if !self.seen.contains(&item.source.filename) {
-            self.emit_source(item.source.filename);
+        if self.cx.include_sources && !self.seen.contains(&item.source.filename) {
+            // If it turns out that we couldn't read this file, then we probably
+            // can't read any of the files (generating html output from json or
+            // something like that), so just don't include sources for the
+            // entire crate. The other option is maintaining this mapping on a
+            // per-file basis, but that's probably not worth it...
+            self.cx.include_sources = self.emit_source(item.source.filename);
             self.seen.insert(item.source.filename.clone());
+
+            if !self.cx.include_sources {
+                println!("warning: source code was requested to be rendered, \
+                          but `{}` is a missing source file.",
+                         item.source.filename);
+                println!("         skipping rendering of source code");
+            }
         }
         self.fold_item_recur(item)
     }
 }
 
 impl<'self> SourceCollector<'self> {
-    fn emit_source(&self, filename: &str) {
+    fn emit_source(&mut self, filename: &str) -> bool {
         let p = Path(filename);
 
         // Read the contents of the file
@@ -251,7 +271,11 @@ impl<'self> SourceCollector<'self> {
             // If we couldn't open this file, then just returns because it
             // probably means that it's some standard library macro thing and we
             // can't have the source to it anyway.
-            let mut r = match r { Some(r) => r, None => return };
+            let mut r = match r {
+                Some(r) => r,
+                // eew macro hacks
+                None => return filename == "<std-macros>"
+            };
 
             // read everything
             loop {
@@ -273,7 +297,8 @@ impl<'self> SourceCollector<'self> {
         }
 
         let dst = cur.push(*p.components.last() + ".html");
-        let mut w = dst.open_writer(io::CreateOrTruncate);
+        let w = dst.open_writer(io::CreateOrTruncate);
+        let mut w = BufferedWriter::new(w);
 
         let title = format!("{} -- source", *dst.components.last());
         let page = layout::Page {
@@ -283,6 +308,8 @@ impl<'self> SourceCollector<'self> {
         };
         layout::render(&mut w as &mut io::Writer, &self.cx.layout,
                        &page, &(""), &Source(contents.as_slice()));
+        w.flush();
+        return true;
     }
 }
 
@@ -427,21 +454,34 @@ impl DocFolder for Cache {
         // implementations elsewhere
         let ret = match self.fold_item_recur(item) {
             Some(item) => {
-                match item.inner {
-                    clean::ImplItem(i) => {
+                match item {
+                    clean::Item{ attrs, inner: clean::ImplItem(i), _ } => {
                         match i.for_ {
                             clean::ResolvedPath { did, _ } if is_local(did) => {
                                 let id = did.node;
                                 let v = do self.impls.find_or_insert_with(id) |_| {
                                     ~[]
                                 };
-                                v.push(i);
+                                // extract relevant documentation for this impl
+                                match attrs.move_iter().find(|a| {
+                                    match *a {
+                                        clean::NameValue(~"doc", _) => true,
+                                        _ => false
+                                    }
+                                }) {
+                                    Some(clean::NameValue(_, dox)) => {
+                                        v.push((i, Some(dox)));
+                                    }
+                                    Some(*) | None => {
+                                        v.push((i, None));
+                                    }
+                                }
                             }
                             _ => {}
                         }
                         None
                     }
-                    _ => Some(item),
+                    i => Some(i),
                 }
             }
             i => i,
@@ -1050,10 +1090,24 @@ fn render_method(w: &mut io::Writer, meth: &clean::Item, withlink: bool) {
 
 fn item_struct(w: &mut io::Writer, it: &clean::Item, s: &clean::Struct) {
     write!(w, "<pre class='struct'>");
-    render_struct(w, it, Some(&s.generics), s.struct_type, s.fields, "");
+    render_struct(w, it, Some(&s.generics), s.struct_type, s.fields, "", true);
     write!(w, "</pre>");
 
     document(w, it);
+    match s.struct_type {
+        doctree::Plain => {
+            write!(w, "<h2 class='fields'>Fields</h2>\n<table>");
+            for field in s.fields.iter() {
+                write!(w, "<tr><td id='structfield.{name}'>\
+                                <code>{name}</code></td><td>",
+                       name = field.name.get_ref().as_slice());
+                document(w, field);
+                write!(w, "</td></tr>");
+            }
+            write!(w, "</table>");
+        }
+        _ => {}
+    }
     render_methods(w, it);
 }
 
@@ -1067,34 +1121,46 @@ fn item_enum(w: &mut io::Writer, it: &clean::Item, e: &clean::Enum) {
     } else {
         write!(w, " \\{\n");
         for v in e.variants.iter() {
-            let name = format!("<a name='variant.{0}'>{0}</a>",
-                               v.name.get_ref().as_slice());
+            write!(w, "    ");
+            let name = v.name.get_ref().as_slice();
             match v.inner {
                 clean::VariantItem(ref var) => {
                     match var.kind {
-                        clean::CLikeVariant => write!(w, "    {},\n", name),
+                        clean::CLikeVariant => write!(w, "{}", name),
                         clean::TupleVariant(ref tys) => {
-                            write!(w, "    {}(", name);
+                            write!(w, "{}(", name);
                             for (i, ty) in tys.iter().enumerate() {
                                 if i > 0 { write!(w, ", ") }
                                 write!(w, "{}", *ty);
                             }
-                            write!(w, "),\n");
+                            write!(w, ")");
                         }
                         clean::StructVariant(ref s) => {
                             render_struct(w, v, None, s.struct_type, s.fields,
-                                          "    ");
+                                          "    ", false);
                         }
                     }
                 }
                 _ => unreachable!()
             }
+            write!(w, ",\n");
         }
         write!(w, "\\}");
     }
     write!(w, "</pre>");
 
     document(w, it);
+    if e.variants.len() > 0 {
+        write!(w, "<h2 class='variants'>Variants</h2>\n<table>");
+        for variant in e.variants.iter() {
+            write!(w, "<tr><td id='variant.{name}'><code>{name}</code></td><td>",
+                   name = variant.name.get_ref().as_slice());
+            document(w, variant);
+            write!(w, "</td></tr>");
+        }
+        write!(w, "</table>");
+
+    }
     render_methods(w, it);
 }
 
@@ -1102,9 +1168,11 @@ fn render_struct(w: &mut io::Writer, it: &clean::Item,
                  g: Option<&clean::Generics>,
                  ty: doctree::StructType,
                  fields: &[clean::Item],
-                 tab: &str) {
-    write!(w, "{}struct {}",
+                 tab: &str,
+                 structhead: bool) {
+    write!(w, "{}{}{}",
            VisSpace(it.visibility),
+           if structhead {"struct "} else {""},
            it.name.get_ref().as_slice());
     match g {
         Some(g) => write!(w, "{}", *g),
@@ -1112,16 +1180,15 @@ fn render_struct(w: &mut io::Writer, it: &clean::Item,
     }
     match ty {
         doctree::Plain => {
-            write!(w, " \\{\n");
+            write!(w, " \\{\n{}", tab);
             for field in fields.iter() {
                 match field.inner {
                     clean::StructFieldItem(ref ty) => {
-                        write!(w, "    {}<a name='structfield.{name}'>{name}</a>: \
-                                   {},\n{}",
+                        write!(w, "    {}{}: {},\n{}",
                                VisSpace(field.visibility),
+                               field.name.get_ref().as_slice(),
                                ty.type_,
-                               tab,
-                               name = field.name.get_ref().as_slice());
+                               tab);
                     }
                     _ => unreachable!()
                 }
@@ -1151,22 +1218,26 @@ fn render_methods(w: &mut io::Writer, it: &clean::Item) {
         do cache.read |c| {
             match c.impls.find(&it.id) {
                 Some(v) => {
-                    let mut non_trait = v.iter().filter(|i| i.trait_.is_none());
+                    let mut non_trait = v.iter().filter(|p| {
+                        p.n0_ref().trait_.is_none()
+                    });
                     let non_trait = non_trait.to_owned_vec();
-                    let mut traits = v.iter().filter(|i| i.trait_.is_some());
+                    let mut traits = v.iter().filter(|p| {
+                        p.n0_ref().trait_.is_some()
+                    });
                     let traits = traits.to_owned_vec();
 
                     if non_trait.len() > 0 {
                         write!(w, "<h2 id='methods'>Methods</h2>");
-                        for &i in non_trait.iter() {
-                            render_impl(w, i);
+                        for &(ref i, ref dox) in non_trait.move_iter() {
+                            render_impl(w, i, dox);
                         }
                     }
                     if traits.len() > 0 {
                         write!(w, "<h2 id='implementations'>Trait \
                                    Implementations</h2>");
-                        for &i in traits.iter() {
-                            render_impl(w, i);
+                        for &(ref i, ref dox) in traits.move_iter() {
+                            render_impl(w, i, dox);
                         }
                     }
                 }
@@ -1176,7 +1247,7 @@ fn render_methods(w: &mut io::Writer, it: &clean::Item) {
     }
 }
 
-fn render_impl(w: &mut io::Writer, i: &clean::Impl) {
+fn render_impl(w: &mut io::Writer, i: &clean::Impl, dox: &Option<~str>) {
     write!(w, "<h3 class='impl'><code>impl{} ", i.generics);
     let trait_id = match i.trait_ {
         Some(ref ty) => {
@@ -1189,6 +1260,13 @@ fn render_impl(w: &mut io::Writer, i: &clean::Impl) {
         None => None
     };
     write!(w, "{}</code></h3>", i.for_);
+    match *dox {
+        Some(ref dox) => {
+            write!(w, "<div class='docblock'>{}</div>",
+                   Markdown(dox.as_slice()));
+        }
+        None => {}
+    }
     write!(w, "<div class='methods'>");
     for meth in i.methods.iter() {
         write!(w, "<h4 id='method.{}' class='method'><code>",
diff --git a/src/librustdoc/html/static/main.js b/src/librustdoc/html/static/main.js
index bf9e9ac8027..bf40261e765 100644
--- a/src/librustdoc/html/static/main.js
+++ b/src/librustdoc/html/static/main.js
@@ -224,8 +224,8 @@
                 }, 20);
             });
 
-            $(document).off('keyup.searchnav');
-            $(document).on('keyup.searchnav', function (e) {
+            $(document).off('keypress.searchnav');
+            $(document).on('keypress.searchnav', function (e) {
                 var $active = $results.filter('.highlighted');
 
                 if (e.keyCode === 38) { // up
@@ -321,8 +321,8 @@
             output += "</p>";
             $('#main.content').addClass('hidden');
             $('#search.content').removeClass('hidden').html(output);
-            $('.search-results .desc').width($('.content').width() - 40 -
-                    $('.content td:first-child').first().width());
+            $('#search .desc').width($('#search').width() - 40 -
+                    $('#search td:first-child').first().width());
             initSearchNav();
         }
 
diff --git a/src/librustdoc/rustdoc.rs b/src/librustdoc/rustdoc.rs
index 57aa62d313c..a7eac9f268d 100644
--- a/src/librustdoc/rustdoc.rs
+++ b/src/librustdoc/rustdoc.rs
@@ -21,13 +21,15 @@ extern mod syntax;
 extern mod rustc;
 extern mod extra;
 
-use extra::serialize::Encodable;
-use extra::time;
-use extra::getopts::groups;
 use std::cell::Cell;
-use std::rt::io;
 use std::rt::io::Writer;
 use std::rt::io::file::FileInfo;
+use std::rt::io;
+use extra::getopts;
+use extra::getopts::groups;
+use extra::json;
+use extra::serialize::{Decodable, Encodable};
+use extra::time;
 
 pub mod clean;
 pub mod core;
@@ -70,9 +72,7 @@ static DEFAULT_PASSES: &'static [&'static str] = &[
 
 local_data_key!(pub ctxtkey: @core::DocContext)
 
-enum OutputFormat {
-    HTML, JSON
-}
+type Output = (clean::Crate, ~[plugins::PluginJson]);
 
 pub fn main() {
     std::os::set_exit_status(main_args(std::os::args()));
@@ -81,6 +81,12 @@ pub fn main() {
 pub fn opts() -> ~[groups::OptGroup] {
     use extra::getopts::groups::*;
     ~[
+        optflag("h", "help", "show this help message"),
+        optopt("r", "input-format", "the input type of the specified file",
+               "[rust|json]"),
+        optopt("w", "output-format", "the output type to write",
+               "[html|json]"),
+        optopt("o", "output", "where to place the output", "PATH"),
         optmulti("L", "library-path", "directory to add to crate search path",
                  "DIR"),
         optmulti("", "plugin-path", "directory to load plugins from", "DIR"),
@@ -89,32 +95,22 @@ pub fn opts() -> ~[groups::OptGroup] {
                  "PASSES"),
         optmulti("", "plugins", "space separated list of plugins to also load",
                  "PLUGINS"),
-        optflag("h", "help", "show this help message"),
-        optflag("", "nodefaults", "don't run the default passes"),
-        optopt("o", "output", "where to place the output", "PATH"),
+        optflag("", "no-defaults", "don't run the default passes"),
     ]
 }
 
 pub fn usage(argv0: &str) {
-    println(groups::usage(format!("{} [options] [html|json] <crate>",
-                                  argv0), opts()));
+    println(groups::usage(format!("{} [options] <input>", argv0), opts()));
 }
 
 pub fn main_args(args: &[~str]) -> int {
-    //use extra::getopts::groups::*;
-
     let matches = groups::getopts(args.tail(), opts()).unwrap();
-
     if matches.opt_present("h") || matches.opt_present("help") {
         usage(args[0]);
         return 0;
     }
 
-    let mut default_passes = !matches.opt_present("nodefaults");
-    let mut passes = matches.opt_strs("passes");
-    let mut plugins = matches.opt_strs("plugins");
-
-    if passes == ~[~"list"] {
+    if matches.opt_strs("passes") == ~[~"list"] {
         println("Available passes for running rustdoc:");
         for &(name, _, description) in PASSES.iter() {
             println!("{:>20s} - {}", name, description);
@@ -126,25 +122,68 @@ pub fn main_args(args: &[~str]) -> int {
         return 0;
     }
 
-    let (format, cratefile) = match matches.free.clone() {
-        [~"json", crate] => (JSON, crate),
-        [~"html", crate] => (HTML, crate),
-        [s, _] => {
-            println!("Unknown output format: `{}`", s);
-            usage(args[0]);
+    let (crate, res) = match acquire_input(&matches) {
+        Ok(pair) => pair,
+        Err(s) => {
+            println!("input error: {}", s);
             return 1;
         }
-        [_, .._] => {
-            println!("Expected exactly one crate to process");
-            usage(args[0]);
-            return 1;
+    };
+
+    info2!("going to format");
+    let started = time::precise_time_ns();
+    let output = matches.opt_str("o").map(|s| Path(*s));
+    match matches.opt_str("w") {
+        Some(~"html") | None => {
+            html::render::run(crate, output.unwrap_or(Path("doc")))
+        }
+        Some(~"json") => {
+            json_output(crate, res, output.unwrap_or(Path("doc.json")))
         }
-        _ => {
-            println!("Expected an output format and then one crate");
-            usage(args[0]);
+        Some(s) => {
+            println!("unknown output format: {}", s);
             return 1;
         }
-    };
+    }
+    let ended = time::precise_time_ns();
+    info2!("Took {:.03f}s", (ended as f64 - started as f64) / 1e9f64);
+
+    return 0;
+}
+
+/// Looks inside the command line arguments to extract the relevant input format
+/// and files and then generates the necessary rustdoc output for formatting.
+fn acquire_input(matches: &getopts::Matches) -> Result<Output, ~str> {
+    if matches.free.len() == 0 {
+        return Err(~"expected an input file to act on");
+    } if matches.free.len() > 1 {
+        return Err(~"only one input file may be specified");
+    }
+
+    let input = matches.free[0].as_slice();
+    match matches.opt_str("r") {
+        Some(~"rust") => Ok(rust_input(input, matches)),
+        Some(~"json") => json_input(input),
+        Some(s) => Err("unknown input format: " + s),
+        None => {
+            if input.ends_with(".json") {
+                json_input(input)
+            } else {
+                Ok(rust_input(input, matches))
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+/// Interprets the input file as a rust source file, passing it through the
+/// compiler all the way through the analysis passes. The rustdoc output is then
+/// generated from the cleaned AST of the crate.
+///
+/// This form of input will run all of the plug/cleaning passes
+fn rust_input(cratefile: &str, matches: &getopts::Matches) -> Output {
+    let mut default_passes = !matches.opt_present("no-defaults");
+    let mut passes = matches.opt_strs("passes");
+    let mut plugins = matches.opt_strs("plugins");
 
     // First, parse the crate and extract all relevant information.
     let libs = Cell::new(matches.opt_strs("L").map(|s| Path(*s)));
@@ -188,7 +227,8 @@ pub fn main_args(args: &[~str]) -> int {
     }
 
     // Load all plugins/passes into a PluginManager
-    let mut pm = plugins::PluginManager::new(Path("/tmp/rustdoc_ng/plugins"));
+    let path = matches.opt_str("plugin-path").unwrap_or(~"/tmp/rustdoc_ng/plugins");
+    let mut pm = plugins::PluginManager::new(Path(path));
     for pass in passes.iter() {
         let plugin = match PASSES.iter().position(|&(p, _, _)| p == *pass) {
             Some(i) => PASSES[i].n1(),
@@ -206,45 +246,73 @@ pub fn main_args(args: &[~str]) -> int {
 
     // Run everything!
     info2!("Executing passes/plugins");
-    let (crate, res) = pm.run_plugins(crate);
+    return pm.run_plugins(crate);
+}
 
-    info2!("going to format");
-    let started = time::precise_time_ns();
-    let output = matches.opt_str("o").map(|s| Path(*s));
-    match format {
-        HTML => { html::render::run(crate, output.unwrap_or(Path("doc"))) }
-        JSON => { jsonify(crate, res, output.unwrap_or(Path("doc.json"))) }
+/// This input format purely deserializes the json output file. No passes are
+/// run over the deserialized output.
+fn json_input(input: &str) -> Result<Output, ~str> {
+    let input = match ::std::io::file_reader(&Path(input)) {
+        Ok(i) => i,
+        Err(s) => return Err(s),
+    };
+    match json::from_reader(input) {
+        Err(s) => Err(s.to_str()),
+        Ok(json::Object(obj)) => {
+            let mut obj = obj;
+            // Make sure the schema is what we expect
+            match obj.pop(&~"schema") {
+                Some(json::String(version)) => {
+                    if version.as_slice() != SCHEMA_VERSION {
+                        return Err(format!("sorry, but I only understand \
+                                            version {}", SCHEMA_VERSION))
+                    }
+                }
+                Some(*) => return Err(~"malformed json"),
+                None => return Err(~"expected a schema version"),
+            }
+            let crate = match obj.pop(&~"crate") {
+                Some(json) => {
+                    let mut d = json::Decoder(json);
+                    Decodable::decode(&mut d)
+                }
+                None => return Err(~"malformed json"),
+            };
+            // XXX: this should read from the "plugins" field, but currently
+            //      Json doesn't implement decodable...
+            let plugin_output = ~[];
+            Ok((crate, plugin_output))
+        }
+        Ok(*) => Err(~"malformed json input: expected an object at the top"),
     }
-    let ended = time::precise_time_ns();
-    info2!("Took {:.03f}s", (ended as f64 - started as f64) / 1000000000f64);
-
-    return 0;
 }
 
-fn jsonify(crate: clean::Crate, res: ~[plugins::PluginJson], dst: Path) {
+/// Outputs the crate/plugin json as a giant json blob at the specified
+/// destination.
+fn json_output(crate: clean::Crate, res: ~[plugins::PluginJson], dst: Path) {
     // {
     //   "schema": version,
     //   "crate": { parsed crate ... },
     //   "plugins": { output of plugins ... }
     // }
     let mut json = ~extra::treemap::TreeMap::new();
-    json.insert(~"schema", extra::json::String(SCHEMA_VERSION.to_owned()));
+    json.insert(~"schema", json::String(SCHEMA_VERSION.to_owned()));
     let plugins_json = ~res.move_iter().filter_map(|opt| opt).collect();
 
     // FIXME #8335: yuck, Rust -> str -> JSON round trip! No way to .encode
     // straight to the Rust JSON representation.
     let crate_json_str = do std::io::with_str_writer |w| {
-        crate.encode(&mut extra::json::Encoder(w));
+        crate.encode(&mut json::Encoder(w));
     };
-    let crate_json = match extra::json::from_str(crate_json_str) {
+    let crate_json = match json::from_str(crate_json_str) {
         Ok(j) => j,
         Err(_) => fail2!("Rust generated JSON is invalid??")
     };
 
     json.insert(~"crate", crate_json);
-    json.insert(~"plugins", extra::json::Object(plugins_json));
+    json.insert(~"plugins", json::Object(plugins_json));
 
     let mut file = dst.open_writer(io::Create).unwrap();
-    let output = extra::json::Object(json).to_str();
+    let output = json::Object(json).to_str();
     file.write(output.as_bytes());
 }