fix: handle empty list items and nested objects in list items (#65)

* fix: support quoted keys with array syntax

Fixes parsing of quoted keys followed by array syntax like:
"x-codeSamples"[1]{lang,label,source}:

Previously, parseArrayHeaderLine would skip any line starting with
a quoted key. This caused large OpenAPI specs (like Hetzner Cloud API)
to fail decoding.

Changes:
- Modified parseArrayHeaderLine to handle quoted keys
- Added logic to find bracket start after closing quote
- Unescape quoted keys properly
- Added 3 test cases for the new functionality

Closes #62

* fix: handle empty list items and nested objects in list items

This commit fixes two critical decoder bugs that prevented complex
OpenAPI specs (like DigitalOcean's 638 schemas) from being decoded:

1. Empty list items: Items encoded as just `-` (without space) were
   not recognized. The decoder only checked for `LIST_ITEM_PREFIX = '- '`.
   Fixed by adding check for both `- ` and `-` patterns.

2. Nested objects in list items: When a list item contains an object
   with nested properties (e.g., `allOf[2]: - properties: state: ...`),
   the decoder was looking for nested content at the wrong depth level.
   List items add one level of indentation, so nested content should be
   at baseDepth + 2, not baseDepth + 1.

   Fixed by creating `decodeKeyValueForListItem()` that correctly handles
   the extra nesting while maintaining proper followDepth for siblings.

Changes:
- Added `decodeKeyValueForListItem()` function to handle list item nesting
- Updated `decodeObjectFromListItem()` to use new function
- Added empty item detection in `decodeListArray()`
- Added comprehensive unit tests for both bugs
- Added integration test with real DigitalOcean OpenAPI spec (638 schemas)
- Gitignored large fixture files, added README with download instructions

Tests:
- 5 new unit tests in list-item-bugs.test.ts
- 1 integration test in digitalocean-decode.test.ts (skips if fixture missing)
- All 309 existing tests still pass

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Co-Authored-By: Claude <noreply@anthropic.com>

* perf: calculate depth on demand

* chore: move tests to test suite

* chore: test against new tests

---------

Co-authored-by: Claude <noreply@anthropic.com>
Co-authored-by: Johann Schopplich <mail@johannschopplich.com>

.gitignore

@@ -2,3 +2,5 @@ dist
 node_modules
 .DS_Store
 .env
+packages/toon/test/fixtures/*.json
+packages/toon/test/fixtures/*.toon

packages/toon/package.json

@@ -38,6 +38,6 @@
     "test": "vitest"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
-    "@toon-format/spec": "^1.3.0"
+    "@toon-format/spec": "^1.3.3"
   }
 }

packages/toon/src/decode/decoders.ts

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import type { ArrayHeaderInfo, Delimiter, Depth, JsonArray, JsonObject, JsonPrimitive, JsonValue, ParsedLine, ResolvedDecodeOptions } from '../types'
+import type { ArrayHeaderInfo, Depth, JsonArray, JsonObject, JsonPrimitive, JsonValue, ParsedLine, ResolvedDecodeOptions } from '../types'
 import type { LineCursor } from './scanner'
 import { COLON, DEFAULT_DELIMITER, LIST_ITEM_PREFIX } from '../constants'
 import { findClosingQuote } from '../shared/string-utils'
@@ -40,8 +40,8 @@ function isKeyValueLine(line: ParsedLine): boolean {
     if (closingQuoteIndex === -1) {
       return false
     }
-    // Check if there's a colon after the quoted key
+    // Check if colon exists after quoted key (may have array/brace syntax between)
-    return closingQuoteIndex + 1 < content.length && content[closingQuoteIndex + 1] === COLON
+    return content.slice(closingQuoteIndex + 1).includes(COLON)
   }
   else {
     // Unquoted key - look for first colon not inside quotes
@@ -56,17 +56,25 @@ function isKeyValueLine(line: ParsedLine): boolean {
 function decodeObject(cursor: LineCursor, baseDepth: Depth, options: ResolvedDecodeOptions): JsonObject {
   const obj: JsonObject = {}
 
+  // Detect the actual depth of the first field (may differ from baseDepth in nested structures)
+  let computedDepth: Depth | undefined
+
   while (!cursor.atEnd()) {
     const line = cursor.peek()
     if (!line || line.depth < baseDepth) {
       break
     }
 
-    if (line.depth === baseDepth) {
+    if (computedDepth === undefined && line.depth >= baseDepth) {
-      const [key, value] = decodeKeyValuePair(line, cursor, baseDepth, options)
+      computedDepth = line.depth
+    }
+
+    if (line.depth === computedDepth) {
+      const [key, value] = decodeKeyValuePair(line, cursor, computedDepth, options)
       obj[key] = value
     }
     else {
+      // Different depth (shallower or deeper) - stop object parsing
       break
     }
   }
@@ -189,14 +197,17 @@ function decodeListArray(
       break
     }
 
-    if (line.depth === itemDepth && line.content.startsWith(LIST_ITEM_PREFIX)) {
+    // Check for list item (with or without space after hyphen)
+    const isListItem = line.content.startsWith(LIST_ITEM_PREFIX) || line.content === '-'
+
+    if (line.depth === itemDepth && isListItem) {
       // Track first and last item line numbers
       if (startLine === undefined) {
         startLine = line.lineNumber
       }
       endLine = line.lineNumber
 
-      const item = decodeListItem(cursor, itemDepth, header.delimiter, options)
+      const item = decodeListItem(cursor, itemDepth, options)
       items.push(item)
 
       // Update endLine to the current cursor position (after item was decoded)
@@ -303,7 +314,6 @@ function decodeTabularArray(
 function decodeListItem(
   cursor: LineCursor,
   baseDepth: Depth,
-  activeDelimiter: Delimiter,
   options: ResolvedDecodeOptions,
 ): JsonValue {
   const line = cursor.next()
@@ -311,7 +321,24 @@ function decodeListItem(
     throw new ReferenceError('Expected list item')
   }
 
-  const afterHyphen = line.content.slice(LIST_ITEM_PREFIX.length)
+  // Check for list item (with or without space after hyphen)
+  let afterHyphen: string
+
+  // Empty list item should be an empty object
+  if (line.content === '-') {
+    return {}
+  }
+  else if (line.content.startsWith(LIST_ITEM_PREFIX)) {
+    afterHyphen = line.content.slice(LIST_ITEM_PREFIX.length)
+  }
+  else {
+    throw new SyntaxError(`Expected list item to start with "${LIST_ITEM_PREFIX}"`)
+  }
+
+  // Empty content after list item should also be an empty object
+  if (!afterHyphen.trim()) {
+    return {}
+  }
 
   // Check for array header after hyphen
   if (isArrayHeaderAfterHyphen(afterHyphen)) {

packages/toon/src/decode/parser.ts

@@ -9,13 +9,33 @@ export function parseArrayHeaderLine(
   content: string,
   defaultDelimiter: Delimiter,
 ): { header: ArrayHeaderInfo, inlineValues?: string } | undefined {
-  // Don't match if the line starts with a quote (it's a quoted key, not an array)
+  const trimmed = content.trimStart()
-  if (content.trimStart().startsWith(DOUBLE_QUOTE)) {
+
-    return
+  // Find the bracket segment, accounting for quoted keys that may contain brackets
+  let bracketStart = -1
+
+  // For quoted keys, find bracket after closing quote (not inside the quoted string)
+  if (trimmed.startsWith(DOUBLE_QUOTE)) {
+    const closingQuoteIndex = findClosingQuote(trimmed, 0)
+    if (closingQuoteIndex === -1) {
+      return
+    }
+
+    const afterQuote = trimmed.slice(closingQuoteIndex + 1)
+    if (!afterQuote.startsWith(OPEN_BRACKET)) {
+      return
+    }
+
+    // Calculate position in original content and find bracket after the quoted key
+    const leadingWhitespace = content.length - trimmed.length
+    const keyEndIndex = leadingWhitespace + closingQuoteIndex + 1
+    bracketStart = content.indexOf(OPEN_BRACKET, keyEndIndex)
+  }
+  else {
+    // Unquoted key - find first bracket
+    bracketStart = content.indexOf(OPEN_BRACKET)
   }
 
-  // Find the bracket segment first
-  const bracketStart = content.indexOf(OPEN_BRACKET)
   if (bracketStart === -1) {
     return
   }
@@ -44,7 +64,13 @@ export function parseArrayHeaderLine(
     return
   }
 
-  const key = bracketStart > 0 ? content.slice(0, bracketStart) : undefined
+  // Extract and parse the key (might be quoted)
+  let key: string | undefined
+  if (bracketStart > 0) {
+    const rawKey = content.slice(0, bracketStart).trim()
+    key = rawKey.startsWith(DOUBLE_QUOTE) ? parseStringLiteral(rawKey) : rawKey
+  }
+
   const afterColon = content.slice(colonIndex + 1).trim()
 
   const bracketContent = content.slice(bracketStart + 1, bracketEnd)

pnpm-lock.yaml

@@ -102,8 +102,8 @@ importers:
   packages/toon:
     devDependencies:
       '@toon-format/spec':
-        specifier: ^1.3.0
+        specifier: ^1.3.3
-        version: 1.3.0
+        version: 1.3.3
 
 packages:
 
@@ -833,8 +833,8 @@ packages:
     peerDependencies:
       eslint: '>=9.0.0'
 
-  '@toon-format/spec@1.3.0':
+  '@toon-format/spec@1.3.3':
-    resolution: {integrity: sha512-uZrR+aML7i6K1Lt8pedx24rxLKZbg2NjcDO/jVuBqjfQ/Is1kKHpyMMwCg88zQuXGQIgjogh7MbsNkmD5WNlxQ==}
+    resolution: {integrity: sha512-AgOQGwv6EJUGj1zWjaSXMfFn3imsvwC3NHdaXLFmI6zF3dJ3LtrBzU4sg5meVJMO6bxgl4Wrl3/U/b53aDRSPA==}
 
   '@tybys/wasm-util@0.10.1':
     resolution: {integrity: sha512-9tTaPJLSiejZKx+Bmog4uSubteqTvFrVrURwkmHixBo0G4seD0zUxp98E1DzUBJxLQ3NPwXrGKDiVjwx/DpPsg==}
@@ -3042,7 +3042,7 @@ snapshots:
       estraverse: 5.3.0
       picomatch: 4.0.3
 
-  '@toon-format/spec@1.3.0': {}
+  '@toon-format/spec@1.3.3': {}
 
   '@tybys/wasm-util@0.10.1':
     dependencies: