node/tools/doc/README.md
Derek Lewis e2d3230565 doc: normalize Markdown code block info strings
Prior to this commit, Markdown fenced code blocks in Markdown
files had inconsistent info strings. This has been corrected to
standardize on the one shown in the CommonMark spec.

Refs: 1103710025/spec.txt (L131)

PR-URL: https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/33542
Reviewed-By: Ruben Bridgewater <ruben@bridgewater.de>
Reviewed-By: Benjamin Gruenbaum <benjamingr@gmail.com>
Reviewed-By: Luigi Pinca <luigipinca@gmail.com>
Reviewed-By: James M Snell <jasnell@gmail.com>
2020-05-30 04:27:31 +02:00

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Here's how the node docs work.
1:1 relationship from `lib/<module>.js` to `doc/api/<module>.md`.
Each type of heading has a description block.
```markdown
# module
<!--introduced_in=v0.10.0-->
> Stability: 2 - Stable
A description and examples.
## module.property
<!-- YAML
added: v0.10.0
-->
* {type}
A description of the property.
## module.someFunction(x, y, [z=100])
<!-- YAML
added: v0.10.0
-->
* `x` {string} The description of the string.
* `y` {boolean} Should I stay or should I go?
* `z` {number} How many zebras to bring. **Default:** `100`.
A description of the function.
## module.someNewFunction(x)
<!-- YAML
added: REPLACEME
-->
* `x` {string} The description of the string.
This feature is not in a release yet.
## Event: 'blerg'
<!-- YAML
added: v0.10.0
-->
* `anArg` {type} A description of the listener argument.
Modules don't usually raise events on themselves. `cluster` is the
only exception.
## Class: SomeClass
<!-- YAML
added: v0.10.0
-->
A description of the class.
### SomeClass.classMethod(anArg)
<!-- YAML
added: v0.10.0
-->
* `anArg` {Object} Just an argument.
* `field` {string} `anArg` can have this field.
* `field2` {boolean} Another field. **Default:** `false`.
* Returns: {boolean} `true` if it worked.
A description of the method for humans.
### SomeClass.nextSibling()
<!-- YAML
added: v0.10.0
-->
* Returns: {SomeClass | null} The next `SomeClass` in line.
`SomeClass` must be registered in `tools/doc/type-parser.js`
to be properly parsed in `{type}` fields.
### SomeClass.someProperty
<!-- YAML
added: v0.10.0
-->
* {string}
The indication of what `someProperty` is.
### Event: 'grelb'
<!-- YAML
added: v0.10.0
-->
* `isBlerg` {boolean}
This event is emitted on instances of `SomeClass`, not on the module itself.
```
* Classes have (description, Properties, Methods, Events).
* Events have (list of listener arguments, description).
* Functions have (list of arguments, returned value if defined, description).
* Methods have (list of arguments, returned value if defined, description).
* Modules have (description, Properties, Functions, Classes, Examples).
* Properties have (type, description).