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The spec library specifies the structure of data or functions and provides
  operations to validate, conform, explain, describe, and generate data based on
  the specs.

  Rationale: https://clojure.org/about/spec
  Guide: https://clojure.org/guides/spec
Vars in clojure.spec.alpha

*^%

&
takes a regex op re, and predicates. Returns a regex-op that consumes input as per re but subjects the resulting value to the conjunction of the predicates, and any conforming they might perform.
*
Returns a regex op that matches zero or more values matching pred. Produces a vector of matches iff there is at least one match
*coll-check-limit*
The number of elements validated in a collection spec'ed with 'every'
*coll-error-limit*
The number of errors reported by explain in a collection spec'ed with 'every'
*compile-asserts*
If true, compiler will enable spec asserts, which are then subject to runtime control via check-asserts? If false, compiler will eliminate all spec assert overhead. See 'assert'. Initially set to boolean value of clojure.spec.compile-asserts system property. Defaults to true.
*fspec-iterations*
The number of times an anonymous fn specified by fspec will be (generatively) tested during conform
*recursion-limit*
A soft limit on how many times a branching spec (or/alt/*/opt-keys/multi-spec) can be recursed through during generation. After this a non-recursive branch will be chosen.
+
Returns a regex op that matches one or more values matching pred. Produces a vector of matches
?
Returns a regex op that matches zero or one value matching pred. Produces a single value (not a collection) if matched.

a

abbrev
no doc
alt
Takes key+pred pairs, e.g. (s/alt :even even? :small #(< % 42)) Returns a regex op that returns a map entry containing the key of the first matching pred and the corresponding value. Thus the 'key' and 'val' functions can be used to refer generically to the components of the tagged return
alt-impl
Do not call this directly, use 'alt'
amp-impl
Do not call this directly, use '&'
and
Takes predicate/spec-forms, e.g. (s/and even? #(< % 42)) Returns a spec that returns the conformed value. Successive conformed values propagate through rest of predicates.
and-spec-impl
Do not call this directly, use 'and'
assert
spec-checking assert expression. Returns x if x is valid? according to spec, else throws an ex-info with explain-data plus ::failure of :assertion-failed. Can be disabled at either compile time or runtime: If *compile-asserts* is false at compile time, compiles to x. Defaults to value of 'clojure.spec.compile-asserts' system property, or true if not set. If (check-asserts?) is false at runtime, always returns x. Defaults to value of 'clojure.spec.check-asserts' system property, or false if not set. You can toggle check-asserts? with (check-asserts bool).
assert*
Do not call this directly, use 'assert'.

c

cat
Takes key+pred pairs, e.g. (s/cat :e even? :o odd?) Returns a regex op that matches (all) values in sequence, returning a map containing the keys of each pred and the corresponding value.
cat-impl
Do not call this directly, use 'cat'
check-asserts
Enable or disable spec asserts that have been compiled with '*compile-asserts*' true. See 'assert'. Initially set to boolean value of clojure.spec.check-asserts system property. Defaults to false.
check-asserts?
Returns the value set by check-asserts.
coll-of
Returns a spec for a collection of items satisfying pred. Unlike 'every', coll-of will exhaustively conform every value. Same options as 'every'. conform will produce a collection corresponding to :into if supplied, else will match the input collection, avoiding rebuilding when possible. See also - every, map-of
conform
Given a spec and a value, returns :clojure.spec.alpha/invalid if value does not match spec, else the (possibly destructured) value.
conform*
no doc
conformer
takes a predicate function with the semantics of conform i.e. it should return either a (possibly converted) value or :clojure.spec.alpha/invalid, and returns a spec that uses it as a predicate/conformer. Optionally takes a second fn that does unform of result of first

d

def
Given a namespace-qualified keyword or resolvable symbol k, and a spec, spec-name, predicate or regex-op makes an entry in the registry mapping k to the spec. Use nil to remove an entry in the registry for k.
def-impl
Do not call this directly, use 'def'
describe
returns an abbreviated description of the spec as data
describe*
no doc
double-in
Specs a 64-bit floating point number. Options: :infinite? - whether +/- infinity allowed (default true) :NaN? - whether NaN allowed (default true) :min - minimum value (inclusive, default none) :max - maximum value (inclusive, default none)

e

every
takes a pred and validates collection elements against that pred. Note that 'every' does not do exhaustive checking, rather it samples *coll-check-limit* elements. Nor (as a result) does it do any conforming of elements. 'explain' will report at most *coll-error-limit* problems. Thus 'every' should be suitable for potentially large collections. Takes several kwargs options that further constrain the collection: :kind - a pred that the collection type must satisfy, e.g. vector? (default nil) Note that if :kind is specified and :into is not, this pred must generate in order for every to generate. :count - specifies coll has exactly this count (default nil) :min-count, :max-count - coll has count (<= min-count count max-count) (defaults nil) :distinct - all the elements are distinct (default nil) And additional args that control gen :gen-max - the maximum coll size to generate (default 20) :into - one of [], (), {}, #{} - the default collection to generate into (default: empty coll as generated by :kind pred if supplied, else []) Optionally takes :gen generator-fn, which must be a fn of no args that returns a test.check generator See also - coll-of, every-kv
every-impl
Do not call this directly, use 'every', 'every-kv', 'coll-of' or 'map-of'
every-kv
like 'every' but takes separate key and val preds and works on associative collections. Same options as 'every', :into defaults to {} See also - map-of
exercise
generates a number (default 10) of values compatible with spec and maps conform over them, returning a sequence of [val conformed-val] tuples. Optionally takes a generator overrides map as per gen
exercise-fn
exercises the fn named by sym (a symbol) by applying it to n (default 10) generated samples of its args spec. When fspec is supplied its arg spec is used, and sym-or-f can be a fn. Returns a sequence of tuples of [args ret].
explain
Given a spec and a value that fails to conform, prints an explanation to *out*.
explain*
no doc
explain-data
Given a spec and a value x which ought to conform, returns nil if x conforms, else a map with at least the key ::problems whose value is a collection of problem-maps, where problem-map has at least :path :pred and :val keys describing the predicate and the value that failed at that path.
explain-out
Prints explanation data (per 'explain-data') to *out* using the printer in *explain-out*, by default explain-printer.
explain-printer
Default printer for explain-data. nil indicates a successful validation.
explain-str
Given a spec and a value that fails to conform, returns an explanation as a string.

f

fdef
Takes a symbol naming a function, and one or more of the following: :args A regex spec for the function arguments as they were a list to be passed to apply - in this way, a single spec can handle functions with multiple arities :ret A spec for the function's return value :fn A spec of the relationship between args and ret - the value passed is {:args conformed-args :ret conformed-ret} and is expected to contain predicates that relate those values Qualifies fn-sym with resolve, or using *ns* if no resolution found. Registers an fspec in the global registry, where it can be retrieved by calling get-spec with the var or fully-qualified symbol. Once registered, function specs are included in doc, checked by instrument, tested by the runner clojure.spec.test.alpha/check, and (if a macro) used to explain errors during macroexpansion. Note that :fn specs require the presence of :args and :ret specs to conform values, and so :fn specs will be ignored if :args or :ret are missing. Returns the qualified fn-sym. For example, to register function specs for the symbol function: (s/fdef clojure.core/symbol :args (s/alt :separate (s/cat :ns string? :n string?) :str string? :sym symbol?) :ret symbol?)
form
returns the spec as data
fspec
takes :args :ret and (optional) :fn kwargs whose values are preds and returns a spec whose conform/explain take a fn and validates it using generative testing. The conformed value is always the fn itself. See 'fdef' for a single operation that creates an fspec and registers it, as well as a full description of :args, :ret and :fn fspecs can generate functions that validate the arguments and fabricate a return value compliant with the :ret spec, ignoring the :fn spec if present. Optionally takes :gen generator-fn, which must be a fn of no args that returns a test.check generator.
fspec-impl
Do not call this directly, use 'fspec'

g

gen
Given a spec, returns the generator for it, or throws if none can be constructed. Optionally an overrides map can be provided which should map spec names or paths (vectors of keywords) to no-arg generator-creating fns. These will be used instead of the generators at those names/paths. Note that parent generator (in the spec or overrides map) will supersede those of any subtrees. A generator for a regex op must always return a sequential collection (i.e. a generator for s/? should return either an empty sequence/vector or a sequence/vector with one item in it)
gen*
no doc
get-spec
Returns spec registered for keyword/symbol/var k, or nil.

i

inst-in
Returns a spec that validates insts in the range from start (inclusive) to end (exclusive).
inst-in-range?
Return true if inst at or after start and before end
int-in
Returns a spec that validates fixed precision integers in the range from start (inclusive) to end (exclusive).
int-in-range?
Return true if start <= val, val < end and val is a fixed precision integer.
invalid?
tests the validity of a conform return value

k

keys
Creates and returns a map validating spec. :req and :opt are both vectors of namespaced-qualified keywords. The validator will ensure the :req keys are present. The :opt keys serve as documentation and may be used by the generator. The :req key vector supports 'and' and 'or' for key groups: (s/keys :req [::x ::y (or ::secret (and ::user ::pwd))] :opt [::z]) There are also -un versions of :req and :opt. These allow you to connect unqualified keys to specs. In each case, fully qualfied keywords are passed, which name the specs, but unqualified keys (with the same name component) are expected and checked at conform-time, and generated during gen: (s/keys :req-un [:my.ns/x :my.ns/y]) The above says keys :x and :y are required, and will be validated and generated by specs (if they exist) named :my.ns/x :my.ns/y respectively. In addition, the values of *all* namespace-qualified keys will be validated (and possibly destructured) by any registered specs. Note: there is no support for inline value specification, by design. Optionally takes :gen generator-fn, which must be a fn of no args that returns a test.check generator.
keys*
takes the same arguments as spec/keys and returns a regex op that matches sequences of key/values, converts them into a map, and conforms that map with a corresponding spec/keys call: user=> (s/conform (s/keys :req-un [::a ::c]) {:a 1 :c 2}) {:a 1, :c 2} user=> (s/conform (s/keys* :req-un [::a ::c]) [:a 1 :c 2]) {:a 1, :c 2} the resulting regex op can be composed into a larger regex: user=> (s/conform (s/cat :i1 integer? :m (s/keys* :req-un [::a ::c]) :i2 integer?) [42 :a 1 :c 2 :d 4 99]) {:i1 42, :m {:a 1, :c 2, :d 4}, :i2 99}

m

map-of
Returns a spec for a map whose keys satisfy kpred and vals satisfy vpred. Unlike 'every-kv', map-of will exhaustively conform every value. Same options as 'every', :kind defaults to map?, with the addition of: :conform-keys - conform keys as well as values (default false) See also - every-kv
map-spec-impl
Do not call this directly, use 'spec' with a map argument
maybe-impl
Do not call this directly, use '?'
merge
Takes map-validating specs (e.g. 'keys' specs) and returns a spec that returns a conformed map satisfying all of the specs. Unlike 'and', merge can generate maps satisfying the union of the predicates.
merge-spec-impl
Do not call this directly, use 'merge'
multi-spec
Takes the name of a spec/predicate-returning multimethod and a tag-restoring keyword or fn (retag). Returns a spec that when conforming or explaining data will pass it to the multimethod to get an appropriate spec. You can e.g. use multi-spec to dynamically and extensibly associate specs with 'tagged' data (i.e. data where one of the fields indicates the shape of the rest of the structure). (defmulti mspec :tag) The methods should ignore their argument and return a predicate/spec: (defmethod mspec :int [_] (s/keys :req-un [::tag ::i])) retag is used during generation to retag generated values with matching tags. retag can either be a keyword, at which key the dispatch-tag will be assoc'ed, or a fn of generated value and dispatch-tag that should return an appropriately retagged value. Note that because the tags themselves comprise an open set, the tag key spec cannot enumerate the values, but can e.g. test for keyword?. Note also that the dispatch values of the multimethod will be included in the path, i.e. in reporting and gen overrides, even though those values are not evident in the spec.
multi-spec-impl
Do not call this directly, use 'multi-spec'

n

nilable
returns a spec that accepts nil and values satisfying pred
nilable-impl
Do not call this directly, use 'nilable'
nonconforming
takes a spec and returns a spec that has the same properties except 'conform' returns the original (not the conformed) value. Note, will specize regex ops.

o

or
Takes key+pred pairs, e.g. (s/or :even even? :small #(< % 42)) Returns a destructuring spec that returns a map entry containing the key of the first matching pred and the corresponding value. Thus the 'key' and 'val' functions can be used to refer generically to the components of the tagged return.
or-spec-impl
Do not call this directly, use 'or'

r

regex-spec-impl
Do not call this directly, use 'spec' with a regex op argument
regex?
returns x if x is a (clojure.spec) regex op, else logical false
registry
returns the registry map, prefer 'get-spec' to lookup a spec by name
rep+impl
Do not call this directly, use '+'
rep-impl
Do not call this directly, use '*'

s

Spec
no doc
spec
Takes a single predicate form, e.g. can be the name of a predicate, like even?, or a fn literal like #(< % 42). Note that it is not generally necessary to wrap predicates in spec when using the rest of the spec macros, only to attach a unique generator Can also be passed the result of one of the regex ops - cat, alt, *, +, ?, in which case it will return a regex-conforming spec, useful when nesting an independent regex. --- Optionally takes :gen generator-fn, which must be a fn of no args that returns a test.check generator. Returns a spec.
spec-impl
Do not call this directly, use 'spec'
spec?
returns x if x is a spec object, else logical false
Specize
no doc
specize*
no doc

t

tuple
takes one or more preds and returns a spec for a tuple, a vector where each element conforms to the corresponding pred. Each element will be referred to in paths using its ordinal.
tuple-impl
Do not call this directly, use 'tuple'

u

unform
Given a spec and a value created by or compliant with a call to 'conform' with the same spec, returns a value with all conform destructuring undone.
unform*
no doc

v

valid?
Helper function that returns true when x is valid for spec.

w

with-gen
Takes a spec and a no-arg, generator-returning fn and returns a version of that spec that uses that generator
with-gen*
no doc