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# Source code for sphinx.addnodes

    # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
    """
        sphinx.addnodes
        ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

        Additional docutils nodes.

        :copyright: Copyright 2007-2016 by the Sphinx team, see AUTHORS.
        :license: BSD, see LICENSE for details.
    """

    import warnings

    from docutils import nodes

    class toctree(nodes.General, nodes.Element):
        """Node for inserting a "TOC tree"."""

    # domain-specific object descriptions (class, function etc.)

    class desc(nodes.Admonition, nodes.Element):
        """Node for object descriptions.

        This node is similar to a "definition list" with one definition.  It
        contains one or more ``desc_signature`` and a ``desc_content``.
        """

    class desc_signature(nodes.Part, nodes.Inline, nodes.TextElement):
        """Node for object signatures.

        The "term" part of the custom Sphinx definition list.
        """

    # nodes to use within a desc_signature

    class desc_addname(nodes.Part, nodes.Inline, nodes.TextElement):
        """Node for additional name parts (module name, class name)."""
    # compatibility alias
    desc_classname = desc_addname

    class desc_type(nodes.Part, nodes.Inline, nodes.TextElement):
        """Node for return types or object type names."""

    class desc_returns(desc_type):
        """Node for a "returns" annotation (a la -> in Python)."""
        def astext(self):
            return ' -> ' + nodes.TextElement.astext(self)

    class desc_name(nodes.Part, nodes.Inline, nodes.TextElement):
        """Node for the main object name."""

    class desc_parameterlist(nodes.Part, nodes.Inline, nodes.TextElement):
        """Node for a general parameter list."""
        child_text_separator = ', '

    class desc_parameter(nodes.Part, nodes.Inline, nodes.TextElement):
        """Node for a single parameter."""

    class desc_optional(nodes.Part, nodes.Inline, nodes.TextElement):
        """Node for marking optional parts of the parameter list."""
        child_text_separator = ', '

        def astext(self):
            return '[' + nodes.TextElement.astext(self) + ']'

    class desc_annotation(nodes.Part, nodes.Inline, nodes.TextElement):
        """Node for signature annotations (not Python 3-style annotations)."""

    class desc_content(nodes.General, nodes.Element):
        """Node for object description content.

        This is the "definition" part of the custom Sphinx definition list.
        """

    # new admonition-like constructs

    class versionmodified(nodes.Admonition, nodes.TextElement):
        """Node for version change entries.

        Currently used for "versionadded", "versionchanged" and "deprecated"
        directives.
        """

    class seealso(nodes.Admonition, nodes.Element):
        """Custom "see also" admonition."""

    class productionlist(nodes.Admonition, nodes.Element):
        """Node for grammar production lists.

        Contains ``production`` nodes.
        """

    class production(nodes.Part, nodes.Inline, nodes.TextElement):
        """Node for a single grammar production rule."""

    # other directive-level nodes

    class index(nodes.Invisible, nodes.Inline, nodes.TextElement):
        """Node for index entries.

        This node is created by the ``index`` directive and has one attribute,
        ``entries``.  Its value is a list of 4-tuples of ``(entrytype, entryname,
        target, ignored)``.

        *entrytype* is one of "single", "pair", "double", "triple".
        """

    class centered(nodes.Part, nodes.TextElement):
        """Deprecated."""

    class acks(nodes.Element):
        """Special node for "acks" lists."""

    class hlist(nodes.Element):
        """Node for "horizontal lists", i.e. lists that should be compressed to
        take up less vertical space.
        """

    class hlistcol(nodes.Element):
        """Node for one column in a horizontal list."""

    class compact_paragraph(nodes.paragraph):
        """Node for a compact paragraph (which never makes a <p> node)."""

    class glossary(nodes.Element):
        """Node to insert a glossary."""

    class only(nodes.Element):
        """Node for "only" directives (conditional inclusion based on tags)."""

    # meta-information nodes

    class start_of_file(nodes.Element):
        """Node to mark start of a new file, used in the LaTeX builder only."""

    class highlightlang(nodes.Element):
        """Inserted to set the highlight language and line number options for
        subsequent code blocks.
        """

    class tabular_col_spec(nodes.Element):
        """Node for specifying tabular columns, used for LaTeX output."""

    class meta(nodes.Special, nodes.PreBibliographic, nodes.Element):
        """Node for meta directive -- same as docutils' standard meta node,
        but pickleable.
        """

    # inline nodes

    class pending_xref(nodes.Inline, nodes.Element):
        """Node for cross-references that cannot be resolved without complete
        information about all documents.

        These nodes are resolved before writing output, in
        BuildEnvironment.resolve_references.
        """

    class number_reference(nodes.reference):
        """Node for number references, similar to pending_xref."""

    class download_reference(nodes.reference):
        """Node for download references, similar to pending_xref."""

    class literal_emphasis(nodes.emphasis):
        """Node that behaves like `emphasis`, but further text processors are not
        applied (e.g. smartypants for HTML output).
        """

    class literal_strong(nodes.strong):
        """Node that behaves like `strong`, but further text processors are not
        applied (e.g. smartypants for HTML output).
        """

    class abbreviation(nodes.Inline, nodes.TextElement):
        """Node for abbreviations with explanations."""

    class termsep(nodes.Structural, nodes.Element):
        """Separates two terms within a <term> node.

        .. versionchanged:: 1.4
           sphinx.addnodes.termsep is deprecated. It will be removed at Sphinx-1.5.
        """

        def __init__(self, *args, **kw):
            warnings.warn('sphinx.addnodes.termsep will be removed at Sphinx-1.5',
                          DeprecationWarning, stacklevel=2)
            super(termsep, self).__init__(*args, **kw)

    class manpage(nodes.Inline, nodes.TextElement):
        """Node for references to manpages."""

    # make the new nodes known to docutils; needed because the HTML writer will
    # choke at some point if these are not added
    nodes._add_node_class_names(k for k in globals().keys()
                                if k != 'nodes' and k[0] != '_')