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# Adding a new tool
Tools are a way to execute something on your code or the output of a compilation.
Adding tools requires adding configuration to a properties file for a specific language:
```yaml
tools=rewritecpp
tools.rewritecpp.name=rewritecpp
tools.rewritecpp.exe=/opt/compiler-explorer/rewritertool/bin/rewritecpp
tools.rewritecpp.type=independent
tools.rewritecpp.exclude=
tools.rewritecpp.class=base-tool
tools.rewritecpp.stdinHint=disabled
tools.rewritecpp.languageId=cppp
```
The `name` and `exe` are what they say they are, this is the display name for within CE and the tool executable that will be used.
The `type` of the tool represents the stage in which the tool will run:
* independent - when running a tool on sourcecode
* postcompilation - when running a tool on the assembly or a binary
The `exclude` property is to indicate which compilers are proven to be incompatible with the tool.
You can supply the full id of the compiler or a partial id (for example 'arm' to exclude all arm compilers).
The `class` of the tool says which javascript class is needed to run the tool and process its output. The folder _lib/tooling_ is used for these classes.
Should you want to deviate from the standard behaviour of `base-tool`, which runs the tool on the sourcecode filename,
you should add a new class that extends from `base-tool`.
The `stdinHint` is there to show the user a hint as to what the stdin field is used for in the tool. To disable stdin you can use _disabled_ here.
The `languageId` can be used to highlight the output of the tool according to a language known within CE. For example `cppp` will highlight c++ output. Leaving `languageId` empty will use the terminal-like output.
# compilationInfo
When writing a special class for a tool, you will probably need the `compilationInfo` parameter to pass the correct parameters to the tool.
The contents of `compilationInfo` varies slightly between the different `type`s of tools.
## compilationInfo for independent tools
```json
{
"backendOptions": {"produceGccDump": {}, "produceCfg": false},
"compiler": {"id": "clang_trunk", "exe": "clang++", ...},
"filters": {"binary": false, "commentOnly": true, "demangle": true, ... },
"inputFilename": "/tmp/ce-tmp/example.cpp",
"dirPath": "/tmp/ce-tmp",
"libraries": [{"id": "ctre", "version": "v2"}],
"options": ["-O3"],
"source": "int main() {\nreturn 1;\n}\n"
}
```
The `filters` can be used to assert boundary conditions or adjust the tooling process based on the filters the user checked on or off.
The `inputFilename` contains the path to the sourcecode stored on disk. The `source` contains the sourcecode as text.
The `dirPath` can be used to write extra files to disk which the tool might need.
The `options` are the arguments the user gave for the compilation.
## compilationInfo for postcompilation tools
```json
{
... everything from the compilationInfo for independent tools
"compilationOptions": ["-O3", "-S", "/tmp/ce-tmp/example.cpp", ...],
"code": 0,
"asm": [
{"text": "main:", "source": null},
{"text": " mov eax, 1", "source": {"file": null, "line": 2}}
{"text": " ret", "source": {"file": null, "line": 3}}
],
"asmSize": 123,
"stderr": [
{"text": "warning: 'x' is used uninitialized in this function [-Wuninitialized]", "tag": {"line": 4, "column": 16}}
],
"stdout": [],
"outputFilename": "/tmp/ce-tmp/example.o",
"executableFilename": "/tmp/ce-tmp/a.out"
}
```
`code` indicates the exitcode of the compilation. Usually, 0 means everything's ok.
`asm` contains the returned assembly. This is the same assembly that is shown within compiler-explorer, including extra information like for which sourcecode line the assembly was generated.
`stderr` and `stdout` contain the different outputs from the compilation process.
The `outputFilename` is always filled, but not guaranteed to exist, for example when the compilation has failed.
The `executableFilename` is always filled, but does not guarantee the existance of an executable.