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Get Detection Patterns for a Language

Source: R/detection_patterns.R
get_detection_patterns.Rd

Returns the detection patterns for identifying inputs, outputs, and dependencies in source code files for a specific programming language.

Usage

get_detection_patterns(language = "r", type = NULL)

Arguments

language

Character string specifying the language. Options: "r", "python", "sql", "shell", "julia", "javascript", "typescript", "go", "rust", "java", "c", "cpp", "matlab", "ruby", "lua", "wgsl"

type

Optional character string to filter by detection type. Options: "input", "output", "dependency". If NULL (default), returns all.

Value

A list of patterns with the following structure:

  • input: List of patterns for detecting file inputs

  • output: List of patterns for detecting file outputs

  • dependency: List of patterns for detecting script dependencies

Each pattern contains:

  • regex: Regular expression to match the function call

  • arg_position: Position of the file path argument (1-indexed)

  • arg_name: Named argument for file path (alternative to position)

  • description: Human-readable description

Examples

# Get all R patterns
patterns <- get_detection_patterns("r")

# Get only input patterns for Python
input_patterns <- get_detection_patterns("python", type = "input")

# Get dependency patterns for R
dep_patterns <- get_detection_patterns("r", type = "dependency")