@jpoly1219/context-extractor 0.1.2 → 0.2.1

package/dist/codeql.js

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+"use strict";
+var __createBinding = (this && this.__createBinding) || (Object.create ? (function(o, m, k, k2) {
+    if (k2 === undefined) k2 = k;
+    var desc = Object.getOwnPropertyDescriptor(m, k);
+    if (!desc || ("get" in desc ? !m.__esModule : desc.writable || desc.configurable)) {
+      desc = { enumerable: true, get: function() { return m[k]; } };
+    }
+    Object.defineProperty(o, k2, desc);
+}) : (function(o, m, k, k2) {
+    if (k2 === undefined) k2 = k;
+    o[k2] = m[k];
+}));
+var __setModuleDefault = (this && this.__setModuleDefault) || (Object.create ? (function(o, v) {
+    Object.defineProperty(o, "default", { enumerable: true, value: v });
+}) : function(o, v) {
+    o["default"] = v;
+});
+var __importStar = (this && this.__importStar) || function (mod) {
+    if (mod && mod.__esModule) return mod;
+    var result = {};
+    if (mod != null) for (var k in mod) if (k !== "default" && Object.prototype.hasOwnProperty.call(mod, k)) __createBinding(result, mod, k);
+    __setModuleDefault(result, mod);
+    return result;
+};
+Object.defineProperty(exports, "__esModule", { value: true });
+exports.getRelevantHeaders4 = exports.getRelevantHeaders3 = exports.getRelevantHeaders = exports.extractTypesAndLocations = exports.extractRelevantContextWithCodeQL = exports.extractHeadersWithCodeQL = exports.extractRelevantTypesWithCodeQL = exports.extractHoleType = exports.createDatabaseWithCodeQL = void 0;
+const fs = __importStar(require("fs"));
+const path = __importStar(require("path"));
+const child_process_1 = require("child_process");
+const utils_1 = require("./utils");
+const constants_1 = require("./constants");
+// import { CODEQL_PATH, ROOT_DIR, QUERY_DIR, BOOKING_DIR } from "./constants";
+const createDatabaseWithCodeQL = (pathToCodeQL, targetPath) => {
+    const databaseName = path.basename(targetPath).concat("db");
+    const pathToDatabase = path.join(targetPath, databaseName);
+    try {
+        (0, child_process_1.execSync)(`${pathToCodeQL} database create ${pathToDatabase} --source-root=${targetPath} --overwrite --language=javascript-typescript 1> ${path.join(constants_1.ROOT_DIR, "codeql-out", `${path.basename(targetPath)}-codeql-out.txt`)} 2> ${path.join(constants_1.ROOT_DIR, "codeql-out", `${path.basename(targetPath)}-codeql-err.txt`)}`);
+        return pathToDatabase;
+    }
+    catch (err) {
+        console.error(`error while creating database: ${err}`);
+        throw err;
+    }
+};
+exports.createDatabaseWithCodeQL = createDatabaseWithCodeQL;
+const extractHoleType = (pathToCodeQL, pathToQuery, pathToDatabase, outDir) => {
+    const q = createHoleTypeQuery();
+    fs.writeFileSync(pathToQuery, q);
+    const queryRes = extractTypes(pathToCodeQL, pathToQuery, pathToDatabase, outDir);
+    // console.log("extractHoleType q res: ", queryRes)
+    return queryRes[0];
+};
+exports.extractHoleType = extractHoleType;
+const extractRelevantTypesWithCodeQL = (pathToCodeQL, pathToQuery, pathToDatabase, outDir) => {
+    const pathToBqrs = path.join(outDir, "relevant-types.bqrs");
+    const pathToDecodedJSON = path.join(outDir, "relevant-types.json");
+    // run CodeQL query relevant-types.ql
+    try {
+        (0, child_process_1.execSync)(`${pathToCodeQL} query run ${pathToQuery} --database=${pathToDatabase} --output=${pathToBqrs}`);
+    }
+    catch (err) {
+        console.error(`error while running query ${pathToQuery}: ${err}`);
+    }
+    try {
+        (0, child_process_1.execSync)(`${pathToCodeQL} bqrs decode ${pathToBqrs} --format=json --output=${pathToDecodedJSON} --no-titles`);
+    }
+    catch (err) {
+        console.error(`error while trying to decode ${outDir}/relevant-types.bqrs: ${err}`);
+    }
+    const relevantTypesContent = fs.readFileSync(pathToDecodedJSON);
+    const relevantTypes = (0, utils_1.parseCodeQLRelevantTypes)(JSON.parse(relevantTypesContent.toString()));
+    // return relevantTypes;
+    // return Array.from(relevantTypes, ([_, v]) => { return v.typeAliasDeclaration });
+    return relevantTypes;
+};
+exports.extractRelevantTypesWithCodeQL = extractRelevantTypesWithCodeQL;
+const extractHeadersWithCodeQL = (pathToCodeQL, pathToQuery, pathToDatabase, outDir) => {
+    const pathToBqrs = path.join(outDir, "vars.bqrs");
+    const pathToDecodedJSON = path.join(outDir, "vars.json");
+    // run CodeQL query vars.ql
+    try {
+        (0, child_process_1.execSync)(`${pathToCodeQL} query run ${pathToQuery} --database=${pathToDatabase} --output=${pathToBqrs}`);
+    }
+    catch (err) {
+        console.error(`error while running query ${pathToQuery}: ${err}`);
+    }
+    try {
+        (0, child_process_1.execSync)(`${pathToCodeQL} bqrs decode ${pathToBqrs} --format=json --output=${pathToDecodedJSON} --no-titles`);
+    }
+    catch (err) {
+        console.error(`error while trying to decode ${outDir}/vars.bqrs: ${err}`);
+    }
+    const varsContent = fs.readFileSync(pathToDecodedJSON);
+    const vars = (0, utils_1.parseCodeQLVars)(JSON.parse(varsContent.toString()));
+    return vars;
+};
+exports.extractHeadersWithCodeQL = extractHeadersWithCodeQL;
+const extractTypes = (pathToCodeQL, pathToQuery, pathToDatabase, outDir) => {
+    // console.log("==extractTypes==")
+    const pathToBqrs = path.join(outDir, "types.bqrs");
+    const pathToDecodedJSON = path.join(outDir, "types.json");
+    // run CodeQL query types.ql
+    try {
+        (0, child_process_1.execSync)(`${pathToCodeQL} query run ${pathToQuery} --database=${pathToDatabase} --output=${pathToBqrs}`);
+    }
+    catch (err) {
+        console.error(`error while running query ${pathToQuery}: ${err}`);
+    }
+    try {
+        (0, child_process_1.execSync)(`${pathToCodeQL} bqrs decode ${pathToBqrs} --format=json --output=${pathToDecodedJSON} --no-titles`);
+    }
+    catch (err) {
+        console.error(`error while trying to decode ${outDir}/types.bqrs: ${err}`);
+    }
+    const typesContent = fs.readFileSync(pathToDecodedJSON);
+    const types = (0, utils_1.parseCodeQLTypes)(JSON.parse(typesContent.toString()));
+    // console.log("extractTypes result: ", types, "\n\n")
+    return types;
+};
+const extractTypesAndLocations = (pathToCodeQL, pathToQuery, pathToDatabase, outDir) => {
+    const pathToBqrs = path.join(outDir, "imports.bqrs");
+    const pathToDecodedJSON = path.join(outDir, "imports.json");
+    try {
+        (0, child_process_1.execSync)(`${pathToCodeQL} query run ${pathToQuery} --database=${pathToDatabase} --output=${pathToBqrs}`);
+    }
+    catch (err) {
+        console.error(`error while running query ${pathToQuery}: ${err}`);
+    }
+    try {
+        (0, child_process_1.execSync)(`${pathToCodeQL} bqrs decode ${pathToBqrs} --format=json --output=${pathToDecodedJSON} --no-titles`);
+    }
+    catch (err) {
+        console.error(`error while trying to decode ${outDir}/imports.bqrs: ${err}`);
+    }
+    const typesAndLocationsContent = fs.readFileSync(pathToDecodedJSON);
+    const locationsAndTypes = (0, utils_1.parseCodeQLLocationsAndTypes)(JSON.parse(typesAndLocationsContent.toString()));
+    const typesAndLocations = (0, utils_1.parseCodeQLTypesAndLocations)(JSON.parse(typesAndLocationsContent.toString()));
+    return { locationToType: locationsAndTypes, typeToLocation: typesAndLocations };
+};
+exports.extractTypesAndLocations = extractTypesAndLocations;
+const extractRelevantContextWithCodeQL = (pathToCodeQL, pathToQuery, pathToDatabase, outDir, headers, relevantTypes) => {
+    // console.log("==entry==")
+    // console.log(Date.now())
+    // console.log("extractRelevantContextWithCodeQL start: ", Date.now())
+    const relevantContext = new Set();
+    const knownNormalForms = new Map();
+    // for each var in vars, check if its type is equivalent to any of relevantTypes
+    headers.forEach((header) => {
+        // console.log("\n\nheader: ", header, "\n\n")
+        const typeOfHeader = { typeName: header.typeAnnotation, typeQLClass: header.typeQLClass };
+        const isEquivalent = extractRelevantContextHelper(pathToCodeQL, pathToQuery, pathToDatabase, outDir, typeOfHeader, relevantTypes, knownNormalForms);
+        if (isEquivalent) {
+            relevantContext.add(header.constDeclaration);
+        }
+    });
+    // console.log("knownNormalForms: ", knownNormalForms)
+    // console.log("extractRelevantContextWithCodeQL end: ", Date.now())
+    return relevantContext;
+};
+exports.extractRelevantContextWithCodeQL = extractRelevantContextWithCodeQL;
+const extractRelevantContextHelper = (pathToCodeQL, pathToQuery, pathToDatabase, outDir, headerType, relevantTypes, knownNormalForms) => {
+    // console.log("\n\n==recurse==")
+    // console.log("headerType: ", headerType)
+    // NOTE:
+    // extract types that are consistent to any of the target types
+    // extract functions whose return types are equivalent to any of the target types
+    // extract products whose component types are equivalent to any of the target types
+    for (const [key, typ] of relevantTypes.entries()) {
+        const typObj = { typeName: typ.typeDefinition, typeQLClass: typ.typeQLClass };
+        // console.log("typ: ", typ)
+        if (isTypeEquivalent(pathToCodeQL, pathToQuery, pathToDatabase, outDir, headerType, typObj, relevantTypes, knownNormalForms)) {
+            // console.log("isTypeEquivalent!")
+            return true;
+        }
+    }
+    // if (isQLPredefined(headerType.typeQLClass) || isQLLiteral(headerType.typeQLClass) || isQLKeyword(headerType.typeQLClass)) {
+    //   return;
+    //
+    // }
+    if ((0, utils_1.isQLFunction)(headerType.typeQLClass)) {
+        const q = createReturnTypeQuery(headerType.typeName);
+        // console.log("extractor fq: ", q)
+        fs.writeFileSync(pathToQuery, q);
+        // could use extractVars
+        const queryRes = extractTypes(pathToCodeQL, pathToQuery, pathToDatabase, outDir);
+        // console.log("extractor fq res: ", queryRes)
+        return extractRelevantContextHelper(pathToCodeQL, pathToQuery, pathToDatabase, outDir, queryRes[0], relevantTypes, knownNormalForms);
+    }
+    else if ((0, utils_1.isQLInterface)(headerType.typeQLClass)) {
+        const q = createInterfaceComponentsTypeQuery(headerType.typeName);
+        // console.log("extractor iq", q)
+        fs.writeFileSync(pathToQuery, q);
+        const queryRes = extractTypes(pathToCodeQL, pathToQuery, pathToDatabase, outDir);
+        // console.log("extractor iq res", queryRes)
+        queryRes.forEach(obj => {
+            const val = obj.typeName.split(":")[1];
+            const typObj = { typeName: val, typeQLClass: obj.typeQLClass };
+            return extractRelevantContextHelper(pathToCodeQL, pathToQuery, pathToDatabase, outDir, typObj, relevantTypes, knownNormalForms);
+        });
+    }
+    else if ((0, utils_1.isQLTuple)(headerType.typeQLClass)) {
+        const q = createTupleComponentsTypeQuery(headerType.typeName);
+        // console.log("extractor tq", q)
+        fs.writeFileSync(pathToQuery, q);
+        const queryRes = extractTypes(pathToCodeQL, pathToQuery, pathToDatabase, outDir);
+        // console.log("extractor tq res", queryRes)
+        let res = true;
+        queryRes.forEach(obj => {
+            res && (res = extractRelevantContextHelper(pathToCodeQL, pathToQuery, pathToDatabase, outDir, obj, relevantTypes, knownNormalForms));
+        });
+        return res;
+    }
+    else if ((0, utils_1.isQLUnion)(headerType.typeQLClass)) {
+        const q = createUnionComponentsTypeQuery(headerType.typeName);
+        // console.log("extractor uq", q)
+        fs.writeFileSync(pathToQuery, q);
+        const queryRes = extractTypes(pathToCodeQL, pathToQuery, pathToDatabase, outDir);
+        // console.log("extractor uq res", queryRes)
+        let res = true;
+        queryRes.forEach(obj => {
+            res && (res = extractRelevantContextHelper(pathToCodeQL, pathToQuery, pathToDatabase, outDir, obj, relevantTypes, knownNormalForms));
+        });
+        return res;
+    }
+    else if ((0, utils_1.isQLArray)(headerType.typeQLClass)) {
+        const q = createArrayTypeQuery(headerType.typeName);
+        // console.log("extractor aq", q)
+        fs.writeFileSync(pathToQuery, q);
+        const queryRes = extractTypes(pathToCodeQL, pathToQuery, pathToDatabase, outDir);
+        // console.log("extractor aq res", queryRes)
+        return extractRelevantContextHelper(pathToCodeQL, pathToQuery, pathToDatabase, outDir, queryRes[0], relevantTypes, knownNormalForms);
+        // if (isTypeEquivalent(pathToCodeQL, pathToQuery, pathToDatabase, outDir, queryRes[0], typObj, relevantTypes)) {
+        //   extractRelevantContextHelper(pathToCodeQL, pathToQuery, pathToDatabase, outDir, queryRes[0], relevantTypes, relevantContext);
+        // }
+    }
+    else if ((0, utils_1.isQLLocalTypeAccess)(headerType.typeQLClass)) {
+        const q = createLocalTypeAccessTypeQuery(headerType.typeName);
+        // console.log("extractor ltaq", q)
+        fs.writeFileSync(pathToQuery, q);
+        const queryRes = extractTypes(pathToCodeQL, pathToQuery, pathToDatabase, outDir);
+        // console.log("extractor ltaq res", queryRes)
+        return extractRelevantContextHelper(pathToCodeQL, pathToQuery, pathToDatabase, outDir, queryRes[0], relevantTypes, knownNormalForms);
+    }
+    else {
+        // console.log(`extractRelevantContextHelper: this doesn't exist: ${JSON.stringify(headerType)}`);
+        // console.error(`extractRelevantContextHelper: this doesn't exist: ${JSON.stringify(headerType)}`);
+        // throw Error(`extractRelevantContextHelper: this doesn't exist: ${JSON.stringify(headerType)}`);
+    }
+    // console.log("not found for header: ", headerType)
+    return false;
+};
+const isTypeEquivalent = (pathToCodeQL, pathToQuery, pathToDatabase, outDir, t1, t2, relevantTypes, knownNormalForms) => {
+    // console.log("\n\n==isTypeEquivalent==")
+    // TODO: the headerType.typeName will include all the arg names too, for example (model: Model, user: User) => Booking[]
+    if (knownNormalForms.has(t1.typeName) && knownNormalForms.has(t2.typeName)) {
+        const normT1 = knownNormalForms.get(t1.typeName);
+        const normT2 = knownNormalForms.get(t2.typeName);
+        // console.log("\n\nnormal forms:\n", t1, " -> ", normT1, ", ", t2, " -> ", normT2, "\n\n")
+        return normT1 === normT2;
+    }
+    else if (knownNormalForms.has(t1.typeName)) {
+        const normT1 = knownNormalForms.get(t1.typeName);
+        const normT2 = normalize(pathToCodeQL, pathToQuery, pathToDatabase, outDir, t2, relevantTypes, knownNormalForms);
+        knownNormalForms.set(t2.typeName, normT2);
+        // console.log("\n\nnormal forms:\n", t1, " -> ", normT1, ", ", t2, " -> ", normT2, "\n\n")
+        return normT1 === normT2;
+    }
+    else if (knownNormalForms.has(t2.typeName)) {
+        const normT1 = normalize(pathToCodeQL, pathToQuery, pathToDatabase, outDir, t1, relevantTypes, knownNormalForms);
+        knownNormalForms.set(t1.typeName, normT1);
+        const normT2 = knownNormalForms.get(t2.typeName);
+        // console.log("\n\nnormal forms:\n", t1, " -> ", normT1, ", ", t2, " -> ", normT2, "\n\n")
+        return normT1 === normT2;
+    }
+    else {
+        const normT1 = normalize(pathToCodeQL, pathToQuery, pathToDatabase, outDir, t1, relevantTypes, knownNormalForms);
+        const normT2 = normalize(pathToCodeQL, pathToQuery, pathToDatabase, outDir, t2, relevantTypes, knownNormalForms);
+        knownNormalForms.set(t1.typeName, normT1);
+        knownNormalForms.set(t2.typeName, normT1);
+        // console.log("\n\nnormal forms:\n", t1, " -> ", normT1, ", ", t2, " -> ", normT2, "\n\n")
+        return normT1 === normT2;
+    }
+    // TODO: speed this up by saving known normal forms
+};
+const normalize = (pathToCodeQL, pathToQuery, pathToDatabase, outDir, typeSpan, relevantTypes, knownNormalForms) => {
+    // console.log("==normalize==")
+    // console.log("typespan: ", typeSpan)
+    // if the type is in relevant types, use that instead
+    // if (relevantTypes.has(typeSpan.typeName)) {
+    // const obj: typesObject = { typeName: relevantTypes.get(typeSpan.typeName)!.typeDefinition, typeQLClass: relevantTypes.get(typeSpan.typeName)!.typeQLClass };
+    // return normalize(pathToCodeQL, pathToQuery, pathToDatabase, outDir, obj, relevantTypes);
+    // return typeSpan.typeName;
+    // }
+    // if not, run a query to find the type definition
+    if ((0, utils_1.isQLPredefined)(typeSpan.typeQLClass) || (0, utils_1.isQLLiteral)(typeSpan.typeQLClass) || (0, utils_1.isQLKeyword)(typeSpan.typeQLClass)) {
+        knownNormalForms.set(typeSpan.typeName, typeSpan.typeName);
+        return typeSpan.typeName;
+    }
+    else if ((0, utils_1.isQLFunction)(typeSpan.typeQLClass)) {
+        // TODO: the headerType.typeName will include all the arg names too, for example (model: Model, user: User) => Booking[]
+        // the normal form will only include (Model, User) => Booking[]
+        // query for argument types and return types
+        // then concat them using "(" + normalize(argType) + ... + ") => " + normalize(returnType)
+        // adding a normal form may suffer from this phenomenon, as two functions of same arg types and return type with different arg names will fail to check for existance
+        // make a check if it's a function
+        const aq = createArgTypeQuery(typeSpan.typeName);
+        fs.writeFileSync(pathToQuery, aq);
+        const aqQueryRes = extractTypes(pathToCodeQL, pathToQuery, pathToDatabase, outDir);
+        // console.log("normalize faq res: ", aqQueryRes)
+        const rq = createReturnTypeQuery(typeSpan.typeName);
+        fs.writeFileSync(pathToQuery, rq);
+        const rqQueryRes = extractTypes(pathToCodeQL, pathToQuery, pathToDatabase, outDir);
+        // console.log("normalize frq res: ", rqQueryRes)
+        const normalFormBuilder = [];
+        normalFormBuilder.push("(");
+        aqQueryRes.forEach((obj, i) => {
+            normalFormBuilder.push(normalize(pathToCodeQL, pathToQuery, pathToDatabase, outDir, obj, relevantTypes, knownNormalForms));
+            if (i < aqQueryRes.length - 1) {
+                normalFormBuilder.push(", ");
+            }
+        });
+        normalFormBuilder.push(") => ");
+        normalFormBuilder.push(normalize(pathToCodeQL, pathToQuery, pathToDatabase, outDir, rqQueryRes[0], relevantTypes, knownNormalForms));
+        const normalForm = normalFormBuilder.join("");
+        knownNormalForms.set(typeSpan.typeName, normalForm);
+        return normalForm;
+    }
+    else if ((0, utils_1.isQLInterface)(typeSpan.typeQLClass)) {
+        const q = createInterfaceComponentsTypeQuery(typeSpan.typeName);
+        // console.log("normalize iq: ", q)
+        fs.writeFileSync(pathToQuery, q);
+        const queryRes = extractTypes(pathToCodeQL, pathToQuery, pathToDatabase, outDir);
+        // console.log("normalize iq res: ", queryRes)
+        const normalFormBuilder = [];
+        normalFormBuilder.push("{");
+        queryRes.forEach((obj, i) => {
+            const key = obj.typeName.split(": ")[0];
+            const val = obj.typeName.split(": ")[1];
+            normalFormBuilder.push("".concat(key, ": ", normalize(pathToCodeQL, pathToQuery, pathToDatabase, outDir, { typeName: val, typeQLClass: obj.typeQLClass }, relevantTypes, knownNormalForms)));
+            if (i < queryRes.length - 1) {
+                normalFormBuilder.push("; ");
+            }
+            else {
+                normalFormBuilder.push(" ");
+            }
+        });
+        normalFormBuilder.push("}");
+        const normalForm = normalFormBuilder.join("");
+        knownNormalForms.set(typeSpan.typeName, normalForm);
+        return normalForm;
+    }
+    else if ((0, utils_1.isQLTuple)(typeSpan.typeQLClass)) {
+        const q = createTupleComponentsTypeQuery(typeSpan.typeName);
+        // console.log("normalize tq: ", q)
+        fs.writeFileSync(pathToQuery, q);
+        const queryRes = extractTypes(pathToCodeQL, pathToQuery, pathToDatabase, outDir);
+        // console.log("normalize tq res: ", queryRes)
+        const normalFormBuilder = [];
+        normalFormBuilder.push("[");
+        queryRes.forEach((obj, i) => {
+            normalFormBuilder.push(normalize(pathToCodeQL, pathToQuery, pathToDatabase, outDir, obj, relevantTypes, knownNormalForms));
+            if (i < queryRes.length - 1) {
+                normalFormBuilder.push(", ");
+            }
+        });
+        normalFormBuilder.push("]");
+        const normalForm = normalFormBuilder.join("");
+        knownNormalForms.set(typeSpan.typeName, normalForm);
+        return normalForm;
+    }
+    else if ((0, utils_1.isQLUnion)(typeSpan.typeQLClass)) {
+        const q = createUnionComponentsTypeQuery(typeSpan.typeName);
+        // console.log("normalize uq: ", q)
+        fs.writeFileSync(pathToQuery, q);
+        const queryRes = extractTypes(pathToCodeQL, pathToQuery, pathToDatabase, outDir);
+        // console.log("normalize uq res: ", queryRes)
+        const normalFormBuilder = [];
+        queryRes.forEach((obj, i) => {
+            normalFormBuilder.push("".concat(normalize(pathToCodeQL, pathToQuery, pathToDatabase, outDir, obj, relevantTypes, knownNormalForms)));
+            if (i < queryRes.length - 1) {
+                normalFormBuilder.push(" | ");
+            }
+        });
+        const normalForm = normalFormBuilder.join("");
+        knownNormalForms.set(typeSpan.typeName, normalForm);
+        return normalForm;
+    }
+    else if ((0, utils_1.isQLArray)(typeSpan.typeQLClass)) {
+        const q = createArrayTypeQuery(typeSpan.typeName);
+        // console.log("normalize aq: ", q)
+        fs.writeFileSync(pathToQuery, q);
+        const queryRes = extractTypes(pathToCodeQL, pathToQuery, pathToDatabase, outDir);
+        // console.log("normalize aq res: ", queryRes)
+        const normalForm = "".concat(normalize(pathToCodeQL, pathToQuery, pathToDatabase, outDir, queryRes[0], relevantTypes, knownNormalForms), "[]");
+        knownNormalForms.set(typeSpan.typeName, normalForm);
+        return normalForm;
+    }
+    else if ((0, utils_1.isQLLocalTypeAccess)(typeSpan.typeQLClass)) {
+        const q = createLocalTypeAccessTypeQuery(typeSpan.typeName);
+        // console.log("normalize ltaq: ", q)
+        fs.writeFileSync(pathToQuery, q);
+        const queryRes = extractTypes(pathToCodeQL, pathToQuery, pathToDatabase, outDir);
+        // console.log("normalize ltaq res: ", queryRes)
+        const normalForm = normalize(pathToCodeQL, pathToQuery, pathToDatabase, outDir, queryRes[0], relevantTypes, knownNormalForms);
+        knownNormalForms.set(typeSpan.typeName, normalForm);
+        return normalForm;
+    }
+    else {
+        // console.log(`normalize: this doesn't exist: ${JSON.stringify(typeSpan)}`)
+        console.error(`normalize: this doesn't exist: ${JSON.stringify(typeSpan)}`);
+        throw Error(`normalize: this doesn't exist: ${JSON.stringify(typeSpan)}`);
+    }
+};
+// TODO:
+// make a target type generator.
+// the below method works, but it could be very inefficient.
+// get the hole function type
+// get the argument type
+// get the return type
+// keep the skeleton (...) => ...
+// use codeql to recurse into each argument type and return type
+// most normal form: (normalize(arg1), normalize(arg2), ...) => normalize(ret)
+// save normalize(arg1), normalize(arg2), ..., normalize(ret), and every recursive layer
+// each could be saved in an array, where the array holds all forms arg1 could take.
+// type of the hole itself: (norm(a1), ...) => norm(ret)
+// type of the return: norm(ret)
+// type of the product: (norm(a1), ...)
+// type of the components: norm(a1), norm(a2), ...
+// TODO:
+// given a list of recursively looked up target types, for each header,
+// is the header type in the list?
+// if header is a function, is the return type in the list?
+//   else, is norm(ret) in the list?
+// if header is a product, are any of the components in the list?
+//   else, are any of the norm(components) in the list?
+// TODO:
+// could there be a way to keep track of the layers of recursion?
+const getRelevantHeaders = (pathToCodeQL, pathToQuery, pathToDatabase, outDir, headers, holeType) => {
+    // console.log("getRelevantHeaders start: ", Date.now())
+    const obj = generateTargetTypes(pathToCodeQL, pathToQuery, pathToDatabase, outDir, holeType);
+    const targetTypes = obj.targetTypes;
+    const knownNormalForms = obj.knownNormalForms;
+    const relevantHeaders = new Set();
+    headers.forEach(header => {
+        // console.log("header: ", header)
+        if (targetTypes.has(header.typeAnnotation)) {
+            relevantHeaders.add(header.constDeclaration);
+        }
+        else if ((0, utils_1.isQLFunction)(header.typeQLClass)) {
+            const q = createReturnTypeQuery(header.typeAnnotation);
+            fs.writeFileSync(pathToQuery, q);
+            const queryRes = extractTypes(pathToCodeQL, pathToQuery, pathToDatabase, outDir);
+            // console.log("header fq res: ", queryRes)
+            // NOTE: would be nice if we could "step" recursion into normalize2
+            // maybe make normalize2 a higher order function that returns a function that we can call
+            if (targetTypes.has(queryRes[0].typeName)) {
+                relevantHeaders.add(header.constDeclaration);
+            }
+            else if (targetTypes.has(normalize2(pathToCodeQL, pathToQuery, pathToDatabase, outDir, queryRes[0], targetTypes, knownNormalForms))) {
+                relevantHeaders.add(header.constDeclaration);
+            }
+        }
+        else if ((0, utils_1.isQLTuple)(header.typeQLClass)) {
+            const q = createTupleComponentsTypeQuery(header.typeAnnotation);
+            // console.log("header tq", q)
+            fs.writeFileSync(pathToQuery, q);
+            const queryRes = extractTypes(pathToCodeQL, pathToQuery, pathToDatabase, outDir);
+            // console.log("header tq res", queryRes)
+            queryRes.forEach(obj => {
+                if (targetTypes.has(obj.typeName)) {
+                    relevantHeaders.add(header.constDeclaration);
+                }
+                else if (targetTypes.has(normalize2(pathToCodeQL, pathToQuery, pathToDatabase, outDir, obj, targetTypes, knownNormalForms))) {
+                    relevantHeaders.add(header.constDeclaration);
+                }
+            });
+        }
+    });
+    // console.log("getRelevantHeaders end: ", Date.now())
+    return relevantHeaders;
+};
+exports.getRelevantHeaders = getRelevantHeaders;
+const generateTargetTypes = (pathToCodeQL, pathToQuery, pathToDatabase, outDir, holeType) => {
+    const targetTypes = new Set();
+    const knownNormalForms = new Map();
+    // console.log("generateTargetTypes start: ", Date.now())
+    normalize2(pathToCodeQL, pathToQuery, pathToDatabase, outDir, holeType, targetTypes, knownNormalForms);
+    // console.log("generateTargetTypes end: ", Date.now())
+    // console.log("targetTypes: ", targetTypes)
+    // console.log("knownNormalForms: ", knownNormalForms)
+    return { targetTypes: targetTypes, knownNormalForms: knownNormalForms };
+};
+const normalize2 = (pathToCodeQL, pathToQuery, pathToDatabase, outDir, typeSpan, targetTypes, knownNormalForms) => {
+    // console.log("==normalize2==")
+    // console.log("typespan: ", typeSpan)
+    if (knownNormalForms.has(typeSpan.typeName)) {
+        return knownNormalForms.get(typeSpan.typeName);
+    }
+    targetTypes.add(typeSpan.typeName);
+    if ((0, utils_1.isQLPredefined)(typeSpan.typeQLClass) || (0, utils_1.isQLLiteral)(typeSpan.typeQLClass) || (0, utils_1.isQLKeyword)(typeSpan.typeQLClass)) {
+        targetTypes.add(typeSpan.typeName);
+        return typeSpan.typeName;
+    }
+    else if ((0, utils_1.isQLFunction)(typeSpan.typeQLClass)) {
+        const aq = createArgTypeQuery(typeSpan.typeName);
+        fs.writeFileSync(pathToQuery, aq);
+        const aqQueryRes = extractTypes(pathToCodeQL, pathToQuery, pathToDatabase, outDir);
+        // console.log("normalize faq res: ", aqQueryRes)
+        const rq = createReturnTypeQuery(typeSpan.typeName);
+        fs.writeFileSync(pathToQuery, rq);
+        const rqQueryRes = extractTypes(pathToCodeQL, pathToQuery, pathToDatabase, outDir);
+        // console.log("normalize frq res: ", rqQueryRes)
+        const normalFormBuilder = [];
+        normalFormBuilder.push("(");
+        aqQueryRes.forEach((obj, i) => {
+            normalFormBuilder.push(normalize2(pathToCodeQL, pathToQuery, pathToDatabase, outDir, obj, targetTypes, knownNormalForms));
+            if (i < aqQueryRes.length - 1) {
+                normalFormBuilder.push(", ");
+            }
+        });
+        normalFormBuilder.push(") => ");
+        normalFormBuilder.push(normalize2(pathToCodeQL, pathToQuery, pathToDatabase, outDir, rqQueryRes[0], targetTypes, knownNormalForms));
+        const normalForm = normalFormBuilder.join("");
+        targetTypes.add(normalForm);
+        knownNormalForms.set(typeSpan.typeName, normalForm);
+        return normalForm;
+    }
+    else if ((0, utils_1.isQLInterface)(typeSpan.typeQLClass)) {
+        const q = createInterfaceComponentsTypeQuery(typeSpan.typeName);
+        // console.log("normalize iq: ", q)
+        fs.writeFileSync(pathToQuery, q);
+        const queryRes = extractTypes(pathToCodeQL, pathToQuery, pathToDatabase, outDir);
+        // console.log("normalize iq res: ", queryRes)
+        const normalFormBuilder = [];
+        normalFormBuilder.push("{");
+        queryRes.forEach((obj, i) => {
+            const key = obj.typeName.split(": ")[0];
+            const val = obj.typeName.split(": ")[1];
+            normalFormBuilder.push("".concat(" ", key, ": ", normalize2(pathToCodeQL, pathToQuery, pathToDatabase, outDir, { typeName: val, typeQLClass: obj.typeQLClass }, targetTypes, knownNormalForms)));
+            if (i < queryRes.length - 1) {
+                normalFormBuilder.push("; ");
+            }
+            else {
+                normalFormBuilder.push(" ");
+            }
+        });
+        normalFormBuilder.push("}");
+        const normalForm = normalFormBuilder.join("");
+        targetTypes.add(normalForm);
+        knownNormalForms.set(typeSpan.typeName, normalForm);
+        return normalForm;
+    }
+    else if ((0, utils_1.isQLTuple)(typeSpan.typeQLClass)) {
+        const q = createTupleComponentsTypeQuery(typeSpan.typeName);
+        // console.log("normalize tq: ", q)
+        fs.writeFileSync(pathToQuery, q);
+        const queryRes = extractTypes(pathToCodeQL, pathToQuery, pathToDatabase, outDir);
+        // console.log("normalize tq res: ", queryRes)
+        const normalFormBuilder = [];
+        normalFormBuilder.push("[");
+        queryRes.forEach((obj, i) => {
+            normalFormBuilder.push(normalize2(pathToCodeQL, pathToQuery, pathToDatabase, outDir, obj, targetTypes, knownNormalForms));
+            if (i < queryRes.length - 1) {
+                normalFormBuilder.push(", ");
+            }
+        });
+        normalFormBuilder.push("]");
+        const normalForm = normalFormBuilder.join("");
+        targetTypes.add(normalForm);
+        knownNormalForms.set(typeSpan.typeName, normalForm);
+        return normalForm;
+    }
+    else if ((0, utils_1.isQLUnion)(typeSpan.typeQLClass)) {
+        const q = createUnionComponentsTypeQuery(typeSpan.typeName);
+        // console.log("normalize uq: ", q)
+        fs.writeFileSync(pathToQuery, q);
+        const queryRes = extractTypes(pathToCodeQL, pathToQuery, pathToDatabase, outDir);
+        // console.log("normalize uq res: ", queryRes)
+        const normalFormBuilder = [];
+        queryRes.forEach((obj, i) => {
+            normalFormBuilder.push(normalize2(pathToCodeQL, pathToQuery, pathToDatabase, outDir, obj, targetTypes, knownNormalForms));
+            if (i < queryRes.length - 1) {
+                normalFormBuilder.push(" | ");
+            }
+        });
+        const normalForm = normalFormBuilder.join("");
+        targetTypes.add(normalForm);
+        knownNormalForms.set(typeSpan.typeName, normalForm);
+        return normalForm;
+    }
+    else if ((0, utils_1.isQLArray)(typeSpan.typeQLClass)) {
+        const q = createArrayTypeQuery(typeSpan.typeName);
+        // console.log("normalize aq: ", q)
+        fs.writeFileSync(pathToQuery, q);
+        const queryRes = extractTypes(pathToCodeQL, pathToQuery, pathToDatabase, outDir);
+        // console.log("normalize aq res: ", queryRes)
+        const normalForm = "".concat(normalize2(pathToCodeQL, pathToQuery, pathToDatabase, outDir, queryRes[0], targetTypes, knownNormalForms), "[]");
+        targetTypes.add(normalForm);
+        knownNormalForms.set(typeSpan.typeName, normalForm);
+        return normalForm;
+    }
+    else if ((0, utils_1.isQLLocalTypeAccess)(typeSpan.typeQLClass)) {
+        const q = createLocalTypeAccessTypeQuery(typeSpan.typeName);
+        // console.log("normalize ltaq: ", q)
+        fs.writeFileSync(pathToQuery, q);
+        const queryRes = extractTypes(pathToCodeQL, pathToQuery, pathToDatabase, outDir);
+        // console.log("normalize ltaq res: ", queryRes)
+        const normalForm = normalize2(pathToCodeQL, pathToQuery, pathToDatabase, outDir, queryRes[0], targetTypes, knownNormalForms);
+        targetTypes.add(normalForm);
+        knownNormalForms.set(typeSpan.typeName, normalForm);
+        return normalForm;
+    }
+    else {
+        // console.log(`normalize2: this doesn't exist: ${JSON.stringify(typeSpan)}`)
+        console.error(`normalize2: this doesn't exist: ${JSON.stringify(typeSpan)}`);
+        throw Error(`normalize2: this doesn't exist: ${JSON.stringify(typeSpan)}`);
+    }
+};
+const getRelevantHeaders3 = (pathToCodeQL, pathToQuery, pathToDatabase, outDir, headers, holeType, relevantTypes) => {
+    // console.log("getRelevantHeaders3 start: ", Date.now())
+    const obj = generateTargetTypes3(pathToCodeQL, pathToQuery, pathToDatabase, outDir, holeType, relevantTypes);
+    const targetTypes = obj.targetTypes;
+    const knownNormalForms = obj.knownNormalForms;
+    const relevantHeaders = new Set();
+    headers.forEach(header => {
+        if (targetTypes.has(header.typeAnnotation)) {
+            relevantHeaders.add(header.constDeclaration);
+        }
+        else if ((0, utils_1.isQLFunction)(header.typeQLClass)) {
+            // const q = createReturnTypeQuery(header.typeAnnotation);
+            // fs.writeFileSync(pathToQuery, q);
+            // const queryRes = extractTypes(pathToCodeQL, pathToQuery, pathToDatabase, outDir);
+            // console.log("header fq res: ", queryRes)
+            const returnType = header.components[0];
+            if (targetTypes.has(returnType.typeName)) {
+                relevantHeaders.add(header.constDeclaration);
+            }
+            else if (targetTypes.has(normalize3(pathToCodeQL, pathToQuery, pathToDatabase, outDir, { typeName: returnType.typeName, typeQLClass: returnType.typeQLClass }, relevantTypes, targetTypes, knownNormalForms))) {
+                relevantHeaders.add(header.constDeclaration);
+            }
+        }
+        else if ((0, utils_1.isQLTuple)(header.typeQLClass)) {
+            // const q = createTupleComponentsTypeQuery(header.typeAnnotation);
+            // console.log("header tq", q)
+            // fs.writeFileSync(pathToQuery, q);
+            // const queryRes = extractTypes(pathToCodeQL, pathToQuery, pathToDatabase, outDir);
+            // console.log("header tq res", queryRes)
+            const components = header.components;
+            components.forEach(obj => {
+                if (targetTypes.has(obj.typeName)) {
+                    relevantHeaders.add(header.constDeclaration);
+                }
+                else if (targetTypes.has(normalize3(pathToCodeQL, pathToQuery, pathToDatabase, outDir, { typeName: obj.typeName, typeQLClass: obj.typeQLClass }, relevantTypes, targetTypes, knownNormalForms))) {
+                    relevantHeaders.add(header.constDeclaration);
+                }
+            });
+        }
+    });
+    // console.log("getRelevantHeaders3 end: ", Date.now())
+    return relevantHeaders;
+};
+exports.getRelevantHeaders3 = getRelevantHeaders3;
+const generateTargetTypes3 = (pathToCodeQL, pathToQuery, pathToDatabase, outDir, holeType, relevantTypes) => {
+    const targetTypes = new Set();
+    const knownNormalForms = new Map();
+    // console.log("generateTargetTypes3 start: ", Date.now())
+    normalize3(pathToCodeQL, pathToQuery, pathToDatabase, outDir, holeType, relevantTypes, targetTypes, knownNormalForms);
+    // console.log("generateTargetTypes3 end: ", Date.now())
+    // console.log("targetTypes: ", targetTypes)
+    // console.log("knownNormalForms: ", knownNormalForms)
+    return { targetTypes: targetTypes, knownNormalForms: knownNormalForms };
+};
+const normalize3 = (pathToCodeQL, pathToQuery, pathToDatabase, outDir, typ, knownTypes, targetTypes, knownNormalForms) => {
+    // console.log("current: ", typ)
+    // check if exists in known types
+    // if so, access and check its class
+    // depending on the class, build a normal form using recursion
+    if ((0, utils_1.isQLPredefined)(typ.typeQLClass) || (0, utils_1.isQLLiteral)(typ.typeQLClass) || (0, utils_1.isQLKeyword)(typ.typeQLClass)) {
+        targetTypes.add(typ.typeName);
+        return typ.typeName;
+    }
+    else if ((0, utils_1.isQLFunction)(typ.typeQLClass)) {
+        // NOTE: optimize for different arg name but same type
+        if (knownTypes.has(typ.typeName)) {
+            const definition = knownTypes.get(typ.typeName);
+            const components = definition.components;
+            const returnType = components[0];
+            const argumentTypes = components.slice(1, components.length);
+            const normalFormBuilder = [];
+            normalFormBuilder.push("(");
+            argumentTypes.forEach((argTyp, i) => {
+                normalFormBuilder.push(normalize3(pathToCodeQL, pathToQuery, pathToDatabase, outDir, argTyp, knownTypes, targetTypes, knownNormalForms));
+                if (i < argumentTypes.length - 1) {
+                    normalFormBuilder.push(", ");
+                }
+            });
+            normalFormBuilder.push(") => ");
+            normalFormBuilder.push(normalize3(pathToCodeQL, pathToQuery, pathToDatabase, outDir, returnType, knownTypes, targetTypes, knownNormalForms));
+            const normalForm = normalFormBuilder.join("");
+            targetTypes.add(normalForm);
+            knownNormalForms.set(typ.typeName, normalForm);
+            return normalForm;
+        }
+        else {
+            const aq = createArgTypeQuery(typ.typeName);
+            fs.writeFileSync(pathToQuery, aq);
+            const aqQueryRes = extractTypes(pathToCodeQL, pathToQuery, pathToDatabase, outDir);
+            // console.log("normalize3 faq res: ", aqQueryRes)
+            const rq = createReturnTypeQuery(typ.typeName);
+            fs.writeFileSync(pathToQuery, rq);
+            const rqQueryRes = extractTypes(pathToCodeQL, pathToQuery, pathToDatabase, outDir);
+            // console.log("normalize3 frq res: ", rqQueryRes)
+            const normalFormBuilder = [];
+            normalFormBuilder.push("(");
+            aqQueryRes.forEach((obj, i) => {
+                normalFormBuilder.push(normalize3(pathToCodeQL, pathToQuery, pathToDatabase, outDir, obj, knownTypes, targetTypes, knownNormalForms));
+                if (i < aqQueryRes.length - 1) {
+                    normalFormBuilder.push(", ");
+                }
+            });
+            normalFormBuilder.push(") => ");
+            normalFormBuilder.push(normalize3(pathToCodeQL, pathToQuery, pathToDatabase, outDir, rqQueryRes[0], knownTypes, targetTypes, knownNormalForms));
+            const normalForm = normalFormBuilder.join("");
+            targetTypes.add(normalForm);
+            knownNormalForms.set(typ.typeName, normalForm);
+            return normalForm;
+        }
+    }
+    else if ((0, utils_1.isQLInterface)(typ.typeQLClass)) {
+        if (knownTypes.has(typ.typeName)) {
+            const definition = knownTypes.get(typ.typeName);
+            const components = definition.components;
+            const normalFormBuilder = [];
+            normalFormBuilder.push("{");
+            components.forEach((obj, i) => {
+                if ((0, utils_1.isQLLabel)(obj.typeQLClass)) {
+                    normalFormBuilder.push("".concat(" ", obj.typeName, ": "));
+                }
+                else {
+                    normalFormBuilder.push("".concat(normalize3(pathToCodeQL, pathToQuery, pathToDatabase, outDir, obj, knownTypes, targetTypes, knownNormalForms)));
+                    if (i < components.length - 1) {
+                        normalFormBuilder.push("; ");
+                    }
+                    else {
+                        normalFormBuilder.push(" ");
+                    }
+                }
+            });
+            normalFormBuilder.push("}");
+            const normalForm = normalFormBuilder.join("");
+            targetTypes.add(normalForm);
+            knownNormalForms.set(typ.typeName, normalForm);
+            return normalForm;
+        }
+        else {
+            const q = createInterfaceComponentsTypeQuery(typ.typeName);
+            // console.log("normalize3 iq: ", q)
+            fs.writeFileSync(pathToQuery, q);
+            const queryRes = extractTypes(pathToCodeQL, pathToQuery, pathToDatabase, outDir);
+            // console.log("normalize3 iq res: ", queryRes)
+            const normalFormBuilder = [];
+            normalFormBuilder.push("{");
+            queryRes.forEach((obj, i) => {
+                const key = obj.typeName.split(": ")[0];
+                const val = obj.typeName.split(": ")[1];
+                normalFormBuilder.push("".concat(" ", key, ": ", normalize3(pathToCodeQL, pathToQuery, pathToDatabase, outDir, { typeName: val, typeQLClass: obj.typeQLClass }, knownTypes, targetTypes, knownNormalForms)));
+                if (i < queryRes.length - 1) {
+                    normalFormBuilder.push("; ");
+                }
+                else {
+                    normalFormBuilder.push(" ");
+                }
+            });
+            normalFormBuilder.push("}");
+            const normalForm = normalFormBuilder.join("");
+            targetTypes.add(normalForm);
+            knownNormalForms.set(typ.typeName, normalForm);
+            return normalForm;
+        }
+    }
+    else if ((0, utils_1.isQLTuple)(typ.typeQLClass)) {
+        // NOTE: some tuples have identifiers
+        if (knownTypes.has(typ.typeName)) {
+            const definition = knownTypes.get(typ.typeName);
+            const components = definition.components;
+            const normalFormBuilder = [];
+            normalFormBuilder.push("[");
+            components.forEach((obj, i) => {
+                if (!(0, utils_1.isQLIdentifier)(obj.typeQLClass)) {
+                    normalFormBuilder.push(normalize3(pathToCodeQL, pathToQuery, pathToDatabase, outDir, obj, knownTypes, targetTypes, knownNormalForms));
+                    if (i < components.length - 1) {
+                        normalFormBuilder.push(", ");
+                    }
+                }
+            });
+            normalFormBuilder.push("]");
+            const normalForm = normalFormBuilder.join("");
+            targetTypes.add(normalForm);
+            knownNormalForms.set(typ.typeName, normalForm);
+            return normalForm;
+        }
+        else {
+            const q = createTupleComponentsTypeQuery(typ.typeName);
+            // console.log("normalize3 tq: ", q)
+            fs.writeFileSync(pathToQuery, q);
+            const queryRes = extractTypes(pathToCodeQL, pathToQuery, pathToDatabase, outDir);
+            // console.log("normalize3 tq res: ", queryRes)
+            const normalFormBuilder = [];
+            normalFormBuilder.push("[");
+            queryRes.forEach((obj, i) => {
+                if (!(0, utils_1.isQLIdentifier)(obj.typeQLClass)) {
+                    normalFormBuilder.push(normalize3(pathToCodeQL, pathToQuery, pathToDatabase, outDir, obj, knownTypes, targetTypes, knownNormalForms));
+                    if (i < queryRes.length - 1) {
+                        normalFormBuilder.push(", ");
+                    }
+                }
+            });
+            normalFormBuilder.push("]");
+            const normalForm = normalFormBuilder.join("");
+            targetTypes.add(normalForm);
+            knownNormalForms.set(typ.typeName, normalForm);
+            return normalForm;
+        }
+    }
+    else if ((0, utils_1.isQLUnion)(typ.typeQLClass)) {
+        if (knownTypes.has(typ.typeName)) {
+            const definition = knownTypes.get(typ.typeName);
+            const components = definition.components;
+            const normalFormBuilder = [];
+            components.forEach((obj, i) => {
+                normalFormBuilder.push(normalize3(pathToCodeQL, pathToQuery, pathToDatabase, outDir, obj, knownTypes, targetTypes, knownNormalForms));
+                if (i < components.length - 1) {
+                    normalFormBuilder.push(" | ");
+                }
+            });
+            const normalForm = normalFormBuilder.join("");
+            targetTypes.add(normalForm);
+            knownNormalForms.set(typ.typeName, normalForm);
+            return normalForm;
+        }
+        else {
+            const q = createUnionComponentsTypeQuery(typ.typeName);
+            // console.log("normalize3 uq: ", q)
+            fs.writeFileSync(pathToQuery, q);
+            const queryRes = extractTypes(pathToCodeQL, pathToQuery, pathToDatabase, outDir);
+            // console.log("normalize3 uq res: ", queryRes)
+            const normalFormBuilder = [];
+            queryRes.forEach((obj, i) => {
+                normalFormBuilder.push(normalize3(pathToCodeQL, pathToQuery, pathToDatabase, outDir, obj, knownTypes, targetTypes, knownNormalForms));
+                if (i < queryRes.length - 1) {
+                    normalFormBuilder.push(" | ");
+                }
+            });
+            const normalForm = normalFormBuilder.join("");
+            targetTypes.add(normalForm);
+            knownNormalForms.set(typ.typeName, normalForm);
+            return normalForm;
+        }
+    }
+    else if ((0, utils_1.isQLArray)(typ.typeQLClass)) {
+        if (knownTypes.has(typ.typeName)) {
+            const definition = knownTypes.get(typ.typeName);
+            const components = definition.components;
+            const elementType = components[0];
+            const normalForm = "".concat(normalize3(pathToCodeQL, pathToQuery, pathToDatabase, outDir, elementType, knownTypes, targetTypes, knownNormalForms), "[]");
+            targetTypes.add(normalForm);
+            knownNormalForms.set(typ.typeName, normalForm);
+            return normalForm;
+        }
+        else if (knownTypes.has(typ.typeName.replace("[]", ""))) {
+            const definition = knownTypes.get(typ.typeName.replace("[]", ""));
+            const normalForm = "".concat(normalize3(pathToCodeQL, pathToQuery, pathToDatabase, outDir, definition, knownTypes, targetTypes, knownNormalForms), "[]");
+            targetTypes.add(normalForm);
+            knownNormalForms.set(typ.typeName, normalForm);
+            return normalForm;
+        }
+        else {
+            const q = createArrayTypeQuery(typ.typeName);
+            // console.log("normalize3 aq: ", q)
+            fs.writeFileSync(pathToQuery, q);
+            const queryRes = extractTypes(pathToCodeQL, pathToQuery, pathToDatabase, outDir);
+            // console.log("normalize3 aq res: ", queryRes)
+            const normalForm = "".concat(normalize3(pathToCodeQL, pathToQuery, pathToDatabase, outDir, queryRes[0], knownTypes, targetTypes, knownNormalForms), "[]");
+            targetTypes.add(normalForm);
+            knownNormalForms.set(typ.typeName, normalForm);
+            return normalForm;
+        }
+    }
+    else if ((0, utils_1.isQLLocalTypeAccess)(typ.typeQLClass)) {
+        if (knownTypes.has(typ.typeName)) {
+            const definition = knownTypes.get(typ.typeName);
+            const normalForm = normalize3(pathToCodeQL, pathToQuery, pathToDatabase, outDir, { typeName: definition.typeName, typeQLClass: definition.typeQLClass }, knownTypes, targetTypes, knownNormalForms);
+            targetTypes.add(normalForm);
+            knownNormalForms.set(typ.typeName, normalForm);
+            return normalForm;
+        }
+        else {
+            const q = createLocalTypeAccessTypeQuery(typ.typeName);
+            // console.log("normalize3 ltaq: ", q)
+            fs.writeFileSync(pathToQuery, q);
+            const queryRes = extractTypes(pathToCodeQL, pathToQuery, pathToDatabase, outDir);
+            // console.log("normalize3 ltaq res: ", queryRes)
+            const normalForm = normalize3(pathToCodeQL, pathToQuery, pathToDatabase, outDir, queryRes[0], knownTypes, targetTypes, knownNormalForms);
+            targetTypes.add(normalForm);
+            knownNormalForms.set(typ.typeName, normalForm);
+            return normalForm;
+        }
+    }
+    else {
+        console.log(`normalize3: this doesn't exist: ${JSON.stringify(typ)}`);
+        console.error(`normalize3: this doesn't exist: ${JSON.stringify(typ)}`);
+        throw Error(`normalize3: this doesn't exist: ${JSON.stringify(typ)}`);
+    }
+};
+const getRelevantHeaders4 = (pathToCodeQL, pathToQueryDir, pathToDatabase, outDir, headers, holeType, relevantTypes, knownTypeLocations) => {
+    // TODO:
+    // take a type and the header it belongs to.
+    // check if that type is directly in relevant types. If so, the header with that type is relevant.
+    // if not, then try running a consistency check with all the relevant types.
+    // if there's a consistent type, then the header with that type is relevant.
+    // if not, then we need to split that type.
+    // if it's an arrow type, recurse on the return type.
+    // if it's a tuple type, recurse on the components.
+    const relevantHeaders = new Set();
+    const targetTypes = getTargetTypes(pathToCodeQL, pathToQueryDir, pathToDatabase, outDir, relevantTypes, holeType);
+    headers.forEach(header => {
+        if (isRelevantHeader(pathToCodeQL, pathToQueryDir, pathToDatabase, outDir, header, targetTypes, relevantTypes, knownTypeLocations)) {
+            // TODO: need to strip identifiers from functions, interfaces, tuples, ...
+            relevantHeaders.add(header.constDeclaration);
+        }
+    });
+    return relevantHeaders;
+};
+exports.getRelevantHeaders4 = getRelevantHeaders4;
+const getTargetTypes = (pathToCodeQL, pathToQueryDir, pathToDatabase, outDir, relevantTypes, holeType) => {
+    const targetTypes = new Map();
+    targetTypes.set(holeType.typeName, holeType);
+    getTargetTypesHelper(pathToCodeQL, pathToQueryDir, pathToDatabase, outDir, relevantTypes, holeType, targetTypes);
+    return targetTypes;
+};
+const getTargetTypesHelper = (pathToCodeQL, pathToQueryDir, pathToDatabase, outDir, relevantTypes, currType, targetTypes) => {
+    // console.log("===Helper===")
+    // console.log("currType: ", currType)
+    // console.log("targetTypes: ", targetTypes)
+    if ((0, utils_1.isQLFunction)(currType.typeQLClass)) {
+        if (relevantTypes.has(currType.typeName)) {
+            const definition = relevantTypes.get(currType.typeName);
+            const components = definition.components;
+            const returnType = components[0];
+            targetTypes.set(returnType.typeName, returnType);
+            getTargetTypesHelper(pathToCodeQL, pathToQueryDir, pathToDatabase, outDir, relevantTypes, returnType, targetTypes);
+        }
+        else {
+            const q = createReturnTypeQuery(currType.typeName);
+            const qPath = path.join(pathToQueryDir, "types.ql");
+            fs.writeFileSync(qPath, q);
+            const queryRes = extractTypes(pathToCodeQL, qPath, pathToDatabase, outDir);
+            // console.log("fqr: ", queryRes)
+            const returnType = queryRes[0];
+            targetTypes.set(returnType.typeName, returnType);
+            getTargetTypesHelper(pathToCodeQL, pathToQueryDir, pathToDatabase, outDir, relevantTypes, returnType, targetTypes);
+        }
+    }
+    else if ((0, utils_1.isQLTuple)(currType.typeQLClass)) {
+        if (relevantTypes.has(currType.typeName)) {
+            const definition = relevantTypes.get(currType.typeName);
+            const components = definition.components;
+            for (const comp of components) {
+                targetTypes.set(comp.typeName, comp);
+                getTargetTypesHelper(pathToCodeQL, pathToQueryDir, pathToDatabase, outDir, relevantTypes, comp, targetTypes);
+            }
+        }
+        else {
+            const q = createTupleComponentsTypeQuery(currType.typeName);
+            const qPath = path.join(pathToQueryDir, "types.ql");
+            fs.writeFileSync(qPath, q);
+            const queryRes = extractTypes(pathToCodeQL, qPath, pathToDatabase, outDir);
+            // console.log("tqr: ", queryRes)
+            for (const comp of queryRes) {
+                targetTypes.set(comp.typeName, comp);
+                getTargetTypesHelper(pathToCodeQL, pathToQueryDir, pathToDatabase, outDir, relevantTypes, comp, targetTypes);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+    else if ((0, utils_1.isQLLocalTypeAccess)(currType.typeQLClass)) {
+        if (relevantTypes.has(currType.typeName)) {
+            const definition = relevantTypes.get(currType.typeName);
+            const nextType = { typeName: definition.typeName, typeQLClass: definition.typeQLClass };
+            getTargetTypesHelper(pathToCodeQL, pathToQueryDir, pathToDatabase, outDir, relevantTypes, nextType, targetTypes);
+        }
+    }
+};
+const isRelevantHeader = (pathToCodeQL, pathToQueryDir, pathToDatabase, outDir, header, targetTypes, relevantTypes, knownTypeLocations) => {
+    // console.log("===isRelevantHeader===")
+    const currType = { typeName: header.typeAnnotation, typeQLClass: header.typeQLClass };
+    return isRelevantHeaderHelper(pathToCodeQL, pathToQueryDir, pathToDatabase, outDir, currType, targetTypes, relevantTypes, knownTypeLocations);
+    // console.log("currType: ", currType)
+    // if (isRelevantHeaderHelper(pathToCodeQL, pathToQueryDir, pathToDatabase, outDir, currType, relevantTypes, knownTypeLocations)) {
+    //   return true;
+    // } else {
+    //   if (isQLFunction(header.typeQLClass)) {
+    //     // console.log("isQLFunction")
+    //     // if function, recurse on return type
+    //     const returnType: typesObject = header.components[0];
+    //     return isRelevantHeaderHelper(pathToCodeQL, pathToQueryDir, pathToDatabase, outDir, returnType, relevantTypes, knownTypeLocations);
+    //
+    //   } else if (isQLTuple(header.typeQLClass)) {
+    //     // console.log("isQLTuple")
+    //     // if tuple, recurse on component types
+    //     const components = header.components;
+    //     for (const comp of components) {
+    //       if (isRelevantHeaderHelper(pathToCodeQL, pathToQueryDir, pathToDatabase, outDir, comp, relevantTypes, knownTypeLocations)) return true;
+    //     }
+    //   }
+    //   return false;
+    // };
+};
+const isRelevantHeaderHelper = (pathToCodeQL, pathToQueryDir, pathToDatabase, outDir, typ, targetTypes, relevantTypes, knownTypeLocations) => {
+    if (targetTypes.has(typ.typeName)) {
+        return true;
+    }
+    // this can be a big file that compiles once.
+    const scrutineeType = typ.typeName;
+    const comparisonTypes = Array.from(targetTypes.keys());
+    if (isConsistent(pathToCodeQL, pathToQueryDir, pathToDatabase, outDir, scrutineeType, comparisonTypes, knownTypeLocations)) {
+        return true;
+    }
+    else if ((0, utils_1.isQLFunction)(typ.typeQLClass)) {
+        // if (isQLFunction(typ.typeQLClass)) {
+        if (relevantTypes.has(typ.typeName)) {
+            const definition = relevantTypes.get(typ.typeName);
+            const components = definition.components;
+            const returnType = components[0];
+            return isRelevantHeaderHelper(pathToCodeQL, pathToQueryDir, pathToDatabase, outDir, returnType, targetTypes, relevantTypes, knownTypeLocations);
+        }
+        else {
+            console.log("fquery");
+            const q = createReturnTypeQuery(typ.typeName);
+            const qPath = path.join(pathToQueryDir, "types.ql");
+            fs.writeFileSync(qPath, q);
+            const queryRes = extractTypes(pathToCodeQL, qPath, pathToDatabase, outDir);
+            return isRelevantHeaderHelper(pathToCodeQL, pathToQueryDir, pathToDatabase, outDir, queryRes[0], targetTypes, relevantTypes, knownTypeLocations);
+        }
+    }
+    else if ((0, utils_1.isQLTuple)(typ.typeQLClass)) {
+        if (relevantTypes.has(typ.typeName)) {
+            const definition = relevantTypes.get(typ.typeName);
+            const components = definition.components;
+            for (const comp of components) {
+                if (isRelevantHeaderHelper(pathToCodeQL, pathToQueryDir, pathToDatabase, outDir, comp, targetTypes, relevantTypes, knownTypeLocations))
+                    return true;
+            }
+        }
+        else {
+            console.log("tquery");
+            const q = createTupleComponentsTypeQuery(typ.typeName);
+            const qPath = path.join(pathToQueryDir, "types.ql");
+            fs.writeFileSync(qPath, q);
+            const queryRes = extractTypes(pathToCodeQL, qPath, pathToDatabase, outDir);
+            for (const comp of queryRes) {
+                if (isRelevantHeaderHelper(pathToCodeQL, pathToQueryDir, pathToDatabase, outDir, comp, targetTypes, relevantTypes, knownTypeLocations))
+                    return true;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+    return false;
+};
+// checks if two types are consistent
+// take in two types and write a consistency checker function to a file
+// run the typescript compiler on it to invoke static errors
+// if there are no errors, then the two types are consistent
+const isConsistent = (pathToCodeQL, pathtoQueryDir, pathToDatabase, outDir, scrutineeType, comparisonTypes, knownTypeLocations) => {
+    // TODO: this is still too slow. let's just import everything and compile everything
+    // TODO: abstract this
+    const builder = [];
+    for (const [file, dependencies] of knownTypeLocations.locationToType.entries()) {
+        builder.push(`import {${dependencies.join(", ")}} from "${file}"`);
+    }
+    for (const comp of comparisonTypes) {
+        builder.push(`function check(a: ${scrutineeType}): ${comp} { return a; }`);
+    }
+    const checkFunction = builder.join("\n");
+    const checkPath = path.join(outDir, "checkConsistency.ts");
+    fs.writeFileSync(checkPath, checkFunction);
+    const numChecks = comparisonTypes.length;
+    try {
+        (0, child_process_1.execSync)(`tsc ${checkPath}`);
+    }
+    catch (err) {
+        const numErrors = err.stdout.toString().split("\n").length;
+        return numErrors < numChecks;
+    }
+    return false;
+    /*
+    // extract necessary dependencies by invoking static dependency error
+    const dependencyErrorInvoker = createDependencyErrorInvoker([scrutineeType, ...comparisonTypes]);
+    const invokerPath = path.join(outDir, "invokeDependencyError.ts");
+    fs.writeFileSync(invokerPath, dependencyErrorInvoker);
+   
+    const dependencies: string[] = [];
+   
+    try {
+      execSync(`tsc ${invokerPath}`);
+    } catch (err: any) {
+      dependencies.push(...extractDependencies(err.stdout.toString()));
+    }
+   
+    // TODO: this is slow. we should just use a global map to find the locations.
+    // use CodeQL to find their locations
+    // we could do this for each comparisonType, but lots of individual queries are expensive.
+    // const filesAndDependencies = resolveDependencies(pathToCodeQL, pathtoQueryDir, pathToDatabase, outDir, dependencies);
+   
+    // loop over dependencies. for each dep, check in knownTypes.typeToLocation to see the location.
+    // const filesAndDependencies = dependencies.reduce((m, dep) => {
+    //   const location = knownTypeLocations.typeToLocation.get(dep);
+    //   if (location) {
+    //     if (!m.has(location)) {
+    //       m.set(location, [dep]);
+    //     } else {
+    //       const pair = m.get(location)!;
+    //       pair.push(dep);
+    //       m.set(location, pair);
+    //     }
+    //   }
+    //   return m;
+    // }, new Map<string, string[]>);
+    const filesAndDependencies = resolveDependencies(pathToCodeQL, pathtoQueryDir, pathToDatabase, outDir, dependencies, knownTypeLocations);
+    console.log("filesAndDependencies: ", filesAndDependencies)
+   
+    // inject those dependencies into the checker
+    for (const comparisonType of comparisonTypes) {
+      const checkFunction = createConsistencyCheckFunction(scrutineeType, comparisonType, filesAndDependencies);
+      const checkPath = path.join(outDir, "checkConsistency.ts");
+      fs.writeFileSync(checkPath, checkFunction);
+   
+      try {
+        execSync(`tsc ${checkPath}`);
+        return true;
+      } catch (err: any) {
+        console.log(`types are not consistent: ${err}`);
+      }
+    }
+    return false;
+    */
+};
+// tsc will print an error "Cannot find name <name>" if it encounters a dependency error.
+// extract the dependency from that message.
+const extractDependencies = (errorMsg) => {
+    // TODO: this should be done once at the beginning to establish a global import map
+    const dependencies = [];
+    const lines = errorMsg.split("\n");
+    lines.forEach(line => {
+        const matches = line.match(/(.*Cannot find name \')(.*)(\'.)/);
+        if (matches) {
+            dependencies.push(matches[2]);
+        }
+    });
+    return dependencies;
+};
+// run a query to get the dependencies and their file locations.
+const resolveDependencies = (pathToCodeQL, pathToQueryDir, pathToDatabase, outDir, dependencies, knownTypeLocations) => {
+    return dependencies.reduce((m, dep) => {
+        const location = knownTypeLocations.typeToLocation.get(dep);
+        if (location) {
+            if (!m.has(location)) {
+                m.set(location, [dep]);
+            }
+            else {
+                const pair = m.get(location);
+                pair.push(dep);
+                m.set(location, pair);
+            }
+        }
+        return m;
+    }, new Map);
+    // const q = createImportQuery(dependencies);
+    // fs.writeFileSync(path.join(pathToQueryDir, "imports.ql"), q);
+    //
+    // return extractTypesAndLocations(pathToCodeQL, path.join(pathToQueryDir, "imports.ql"), pathToDatabase, outDir);
+};
+const createDependencyErrorInvoker = (possibleDependencies) => {
+    const builder = [];
+    for (const pdep of possibleDependencies) {
+        builder.push(`let x: ${pdep};`);
+    }
+    return builder.join("\n");
+};
+const createConsistencyCheckFunction = (scrutineeType, comparisonType, filesAndDependencies) => {
+    const builder = [];
+    for (const [file, dependencies] of filesAndDependencies.entries()) {
+        builder.push(`import {${dependencies.join(", ")}} from "${file}"`);
+    }
+    builder.push(`function check(a: ${scrutineeType}): ${comparisonType} { return a; }`);
+    return builder.join("\n");
+};
+const createImportQuery = (dependencies) => {
+    const dependencyDisjunction = dependencies.reduce((acc, curr, i) => {
+        if (i < dependencies.length - 1) {
+            return acc + `t.getIdentifier().toString() = "${curr}" or `;
+        }
+        return acc + `t.getIdentifier().toString() = "${curr}"`;
+    }, "");
+    return [
+        "/**",
+        " * @id imports",
+        " * @name Imports",
+        " * @description Resolve dependencies during consistency check.",
+        " */",
+        "",
+        "import javascript",
+        "",
+        "from File f, TypeAliasDeclaration t",
+        `where(${dependencyDisjunction}) and t.getFile() = f`,
+        "select t.getIdentifier().toString(), f.toString()"
+    ].join("\n");
+};
+const createHoleTypeQuery = () => {
+    return [
+        "/**",
+        " * @id types",
+        " * @name Types",
+        " * @description Find the specified type.",
+        " */",
+        "",
+        "import javascript",
+        "",
+        "from VariableDeclarator d",
+        `where d.getAChild().toString() = "_()"`,
+        "select d.getTypeAnnotation().toString(), d.getTypeAnnotation().getAPrimaryQlClass()"
+    ].join("\n");
+};
+const createArgTypeQuery = (typeToQuery) => {
+    return [
+        "/**",
+        " * @id types",
+        " * @name Types",
+        " * @description Find the specified type.",
+        " */",
+        "",
+        "import javascript",
+        "",
+        "from FunctionTypeExpr t, TypeExpr e",
+        `where t.toString() = "${(0, utils_1.escapeQuotes)(typeToQuery)}" and e = t.getAParameter().getTypeAnnotation()`,
+        "select e.toString(), e.getAPrimaryQlClass()"
+    ].join("\n");
+};
+const createReturnTypeQuery = (typeToQuery) => {
+    return [
+        "/**",
+        " * @id types",
+        " * @name Types",
+        " * @description Find the specified type.",
+        " */",
+        "",
+        "import javascript",
+        "",
+        "from FunctionTypeExpr t, TypeExpr e",
+        `where t.toString() = "${(0, utils_1.escapeQuotes)(typeToQuery)}" and e = t.getReturnTypeAnnotation()`,
+        "select e.toString(), e.getAPrimaryQlClass()"
+    ].join("\n");
+};
+const createInterfaceComponentsTypeQuery = (typeToQuery) => {
+    return [
+        "/**",
+        " * @id types",
+        " * @name Types",
+        " * @description Find the specified type.",
+        " */",
+        "",
+        "import javascript",
+        "",
+        "from InterfaceTypeExpr t, FieldDeclaration e, int i",
+        `where t.toString() = "${(0, utils_1.escapeQuotes)(typeToQuery)}" and i = [0..t.getNumChild()] and e = t.getChild(i)`,
+        // "select e.toString(), e.getName(), e.getTypeAnnotation(), e.getTypeAnnotation().getAPrimaryQlClass(), i",
+        `select concat(string a, string b | a = e.getName() and b = e.getTypeAnnotation().toString() | a + ": " + b), e.getTypeAnnotation().getAPrimaryQlClass(), i`,
+        "order by i"
+    ].join("\n");
+};
+const createTupleComponentsTypeQuery = (typeToQuery) => {
+    return [
+        "/**",
+        " * @id types",
+        " * @name Types",
+        " * @description Find the specified type.",
+        " */",
+        "",
+        "import javascript",
+        "",
+        "from TupleTypeExpr t, TypeExpr e, int i",
+        `where t.toString() = "${(0, utils_1.escapeQuotes)(typeToQuery)}" and i = [0..t.getNumElementType()] and e = t.getElementType(i)`,
+        "select e.toString(), e.getAPrimaryQlClass(), i",
+        "order by i"
+    ].join("\n");
+};
+const createUnionComponentsTypeQuery = (typeToQuery) => {
+    return [
+        "/**",
+        " * @id types",
+        " * @name Types",
+        " * @description Find the specified type.",
+        " */",
+        "",
+        "import javascript",
+        "",
+        "from UnionTypeExpr t, TypeExpr e, int i",
+        `where t.toString() = "${(0, utils_1.escapeQuotes)(typeToQuery)}" and i = [0..t.getNumElementType()] and e = t.getElementType(i)`,
+        "select e.toString(), e.getAPrimaryQlClass(), i",
+        "order by i"
+    ].join("\n");
+};
+const createArrayTypeQuery = (typeToQuery) => {
+    return [
+        "/**",
+        " * @id types",
+        " * @name Types",
+        " * @description Find the specified type.",
+        " */",
+        "",
+        "import javascript",
+        "",
+        "from ArrayTypeExpr t, TypeExpr e",
+        `where t.toString() = "${(0, utils_1.escapeQuotes)(typeToQuery)}" and e = t.getElementType()`,
+        "select e.toString(), e.getAPrimaryQlClass()"
+    ].join("\n");
+};
+const createLocalTypeAccessTypeQuery = (typeToQuery) => {
+    return [
+        "/**",
+        " * @id types",
+        " * @name Types",
+        " * @description Find the specified type.",
+        " */",
+        "",
+        "import javascript",
+        "",
+        "from LocalTypeAccess t, TypeExpr e, TypeAliasDeclaration td",
+        `where(t.toString() = "${(0, utils_1.escapeQuotes)(typeToQuery)}" and e = t.getLocalTypeName().getADeclaration().getEnclosingStmt().(TypeAliasDeclaration).getDefinition()) or`,
+        `(t.toString() = "${(0, utils_1.escapeQuotes)(typeToQuery)}" and td.getName() = "${(0, utils_1.escapeQuotes)(typeToQuery)}" and td.getFile().toString() = t.getLocalTypeName().getADeclaration().getEnclosingStmt().(Import).resolveImportedPath().getPath() and e = td.getDefinition())`,
+        "select e.toString(), e.getAPrimaryQlClass()"
+    ].join("\n");
+};