APIs

The principal application programming interfaces (APIs) within Lichen are described below.

Modules

When inspecting and translating modules, common abstractions are used so that elements of the program are handled in similar ways. Various useful attributes and methods are provided by the CommonModule abstraction for use within InspectedModule and TranslatedModule methods:

Attribute or Method	Purpose
`name`	An attribute providing the module name.
`get_global_path(name)`	A method returning the qualified name of the given global name within the module being processed.
`get_namespace_path()`	A method returning the qualified name of the namespace being processed. For modules, this is the module name For classes, functions and methods, the path incorporates the module name and namespaces leading to the current namespace itself
`get_object_path(name)`	A method returning the qualified name of the given local name within the namespace being processed.