From f8f0f12128533dae21f5cd0e62194689ab6754ed Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: JGerla <jgerla61@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 13 Jan 2026 09:24:57 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] style: added documentation to the InferredBelief Node

ref: N25B-433
---
 .../nodes/InferredBeliefNode.tsx              | 48 +++++++++++++------
 1 file changed, 34 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/pages/VisProgPage/visualProgrammingUI/nodes/InferredBeliefNode.tsx b/src/pages/VisProgPage/visualProgrammingUI/nodes/InferredBeliefNode.tsx
index 87e20c9..7ad723a 100644
--- a/src/pages/VisProgPage/visualProgrammingUI/nodes/InferredBeliefNode.tsx
+++ b/src/pages/VisProgPage/visualProgrammingUI/nodes/InferredBeliefNode.tsx
@@ -6,13 +6,14 @@ import {
 } from '@xyflow/react';
 import {useState} from "react";
 import { Toolbar } from '../components/NodeComponents.tsx';
-import styles from '../../VisProg.module.css';
 import {type HandleRule, type RuleResult, ruleResult} from "../HandleRuleLogic.ts";
 import {BeliefReduce} from "./BeliefReduce.ts";
-import switchStyles from './InferredBeliefNode.module.css';
 import {MultiConnectionHandle, SingleConnectionHandle} from "../components/RuleBasedHandle.tsx";
 import {allowOnlyConnectionsFromType} from "../HandleRules.ts";
 import useFlowStore from "../VisProgStores.tsx";
+import styles from '../../VisProg.module.css';
+import switchStyles from './InferredBeliefNode.module.css';
+
 
 /**
  * The default data structure for an InferredBelief node
@@ -24,6 +25,11 @@ export type InferredBeliefNodeData = {
   hasReduce: boolean;
 };
 
+/**
+ * stores a boolean to represent the operator
+ * and a left and right BeliefNode (can be both an inferred and a basic belief)
+ * in the form of their corresponding id's
+ */
 type InferredBelief = {
   left: string | undefined,
   operator: boolean,
@@ -82,17 +88,28 @@ export function InferredBeliefDisconnectionSource(_thisNode: Node, _targetNodeId
 }
 
 /**
- * This rule makes it impossible to connect Inferred belief nodes
- * if the connection would create a looping connection between inferred beliefs
+ * makes it impossible to connect Inferred belief nodes
+ * if the connection would create a cyclical connection between inferred beliefs
  */
 const noBeliefCycles : HandleRule = (connection, _): RuleResult => {
   const { nodes, edges }  = useFlowStore.getState();
+  const defaultErrorMessage = "Cyclical connection exists between inferred beliefs";
 
-  function checkForCycle(targetNodeId: string, current: string) : RuleResult {
-    const outgoingBeliefs = getOutgoers({id: current}, nodes, edges).filter(node => node.type === 'inferred_belief');
+  /**
+   * recursively checks for cyclical connections between InferredBelief nodes
+   *
+   * to check for a cycle provide the source of an attempted connection as the targetNode for the cycle check,
+   * the currentNodeId should be initialised with the id of the targetNode of the attempted connection.
+   *
+   * @param {string} targetNodeId - the id of the node we are looking for as the endpoint of a cyclical connection
+   * @param {string} currentNodeId - the id of the node we are checking for outgoing connections to the provided target node
+   * @returns {RuleResult}
+   */
+  function checkForCycle(targetNodeId: string, currentNodeId: string) : RuleResult {
+    const outgoingBeliefs = getOutgoers({id: currentNodeId}, nodes, edges).filter(node => node.type === 'inferred_belief');
     if (outgoingBeliefs.length === 0) return ruleResult.satisfied;
     if (outgoingBeliefs.some(node => node.id === targetNodeId)) return ruleResult
-      .notSatisfied("Cyclical connection exists between inferred beliefs");
+      .notSatisfied(defaultErrorMessage);
 
     const next = outgoingBeliefs.map(node => checkForCycle(targetNodeId, node.id)).find(result => !result.isSatisfied);
     return next
@@ -101,15 +118,15 @@ const noBeliefCycles : HandleRule = (connection, _): RuleResult => {
   }
 
   return connection.source === connection.target
-    ? ruleResult.notSatisfied("Cyclical connection exists between inferred beliefs")
+    ? ruleResult.notSatisfied(defaultErrorMessage)
     : checkForCycle(connection.source, connection.target);
 }
 
 
 /**
- * Defines how a BasicBelief node should be rendered
- * @param props - Node properties provided by React Flow, including `id` and `data`.
- * @returns The rendered BasicBeliefNode React element (React.JSX.Element).
+ * Defines how an InferredBelief node should be rendered
+ * @param {NodeProps<InferredBeliefNode>} props - Node properties provided by React Flow, including `id` and `data`.
+ * @returns The rendered InferredBeliefNode React element. (React.JSX.Element)
  */
 export default function InferredBeliefNode(props: NodeProps<InferredBeliefNode>) {
   const data = props.data;
@@ -117,6 +134,7 @@ export default function InferredBeliefNode(props: NodeProps<InferredBeliefNode>)
   // start of as an AND operator, true: "AND", false: "OR"
   const [enforceAllBeliefs, setEnforceAllBeliefs] = useState(true);
 
+  // used to toggle operator
   function onToggle() {
     setEnforceAllBeliefs(!enforceAllBeliefs);
 
@@ -128,11 +146,12 @@ export default function InferredBeliefNode(props: NodeProps<InferredBeliefNode>)
       }
     });
   }
+
   return (
     <>
       <Toolbar nodeId={props.id} allowDelete={true}/>
       <div className={`${styles.defaultNode} ${styles.nodeInferredBelief}`}>
-
+        {/* The checkbox used to toggle the operator between 'AND' and 'OR' */}
         <label className={switchStyles.operatorSwitch}>
           <input
             type="checkbox"
@@ -169,8 +188,8 @@ export default function InferredBeliefNode(props: NodeProps<InferredBeliefNode>)
 
 /**
  * Reduces each BasicBelief, including its children down into its core data.
- * @param node - The BasicBelief node to reduce.
- * @param nodes - The list of all nodes in the current flow graph.
+ * @param {Node} node - The BasicBelief node to reduce.
+ * @param {Node[]} nodes - The list of all nodes in the current flow graph.
  * @returns A simplified object containing the node label and its list of BasicBeliefs.
  */
 export function InferredBeliefReduce(node: Node, nodes: Node[]) {
@@ -187,5 +206,6 @@ export function InferredBeliefReduce(node: Node, nodes: Node[]) {
     operator: data.inferredBelief.operator ? "AND" : "OR",
     right: BeliefReduce(rightBelief, nodes),
   };
+
   return result
 }
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