convert validate

convert-validate

Parses and validates a conversion-rules file (a reFind-superset DSL), checking its #link/#default paths against the real property trees. Reach for it before running convert-scaffold or convert-apply, to confirm a hand-edited or generated rules file is well-formed.

Running it from the CLI

drag-lint convert-validate --rules <file> [--from <FromType>] [--to <ToType>] [--print-parsed] [--db PATH ...]

--rules <file> is the conversion-rules file to validate. --from/--to name the source and target types (optional). --print-parsed prints the parsed rules. --db PATH ... is optional and may be repeated.

A #link may carry a glyph expression after its FromPath -- #link OptionsImage.Glyph <- Picture G[*/4], G[1/5]G[2/5]G[3/5]G[4/5] : AssignGraphic (G[I/N] slot I of N, G[I], G[*/N], G[count]; terms side by side stitch, commas separate per-N alternatives). It is checked even without --from/--to: malformed terms, I or N out of range, two alternatives for one N, and a G[count] without exactly one image link are errors that name the column inside the expression. line N: warning: ... lines (a straight NumGlyphs carry beside a G-link) never change the exit code. convert-apply refuses a G-linked book until the extraction build lands. Full grammar: docs\CONVERSION-RULES.md.

Reaching it in the IDE

No IDE surface -- this is a CLI-only feature.

What it needs

Optional, per the feature map's Index column.

Example

Illustrative only:

drag-lint convert-validate --rules C:\Projects\MyApp\convert-rules\OvcTable-to-cxGrid.rules --from TOvcTable --to TcxGrid --print-parsed

This would parse the rules file and report whether its #link/#default paths resolve against the real TOvcTable and TcxGrid property trees.