How can i get the type of a property that does not have its type explicitly specified? ie `val prope...

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[Alex Styl]

How can i get the type of a property that does not have its type explicitly specified? ie val property = "value"

Current code:

val environment = KotlinCoreEnvironment.createForProduction(
        projectDisposable = Disposer.newDisposable(),
        configuration = CompilerConfiguration(),
        configFiles = EnvironmentConfigFiles.JS_CONFIG_FILES
    )

    val fileWithProperty = PsiManager.getInstance(environment.project)
        .findFile(LightVirtualFile("FileWithProperty.kt", INSTANCE, "val property = \"value\"")) as KtFile

    val myVal = fileWithProperty.declarations.first() as KtProperty

when i inspect myVal there is nothing that hints towards the type (string) of the property.

Reading this channel I think I need a binding context, but I don't understand how to create one. For context, I am building a CLI app (not a plugin)

[hfhbd]

Well, you basically need to setup the whole compiler and run it until type resolution stage to get type interference.
I would take a look at the new Analytics api instead, that does all the setup and FIR analysis. Detect (and ksp) uses the standalone api with a cli entrypoint.

[Alex Styl]

I would take a look at the new Analytics api instead

where can i find that? so far I have been searching in this slack and via chatgpt.

unless you mean to have a look at detect and ksp sources

[hfhbd]

It’s very new so I would just look at detekt sources directly.

[Alex Styl]

alright. thanks for the pointer