createUtilitySignatureCache() — tailwindcss Function Reference
Architecture documentation for the createUtilitySignatureCache() function in canonicalize-candidates.ts from the tailwindcss codebase.
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graph TD 6bc468c3_f692_fb93_b3e2_cf2a6051b874["createUtilitySignatureCache()"] 207ada18_60f2_10b9_7c9e_99bdb32f4ed7["prepareDesignSystemStorage()"] 207ada18_60f2_10b9_7c9e_99bdb32f4ed7 -->|calls| 6bc468c3_f692_fb93_b3e2_cf2a6051b874 9db2a11b_4852_e036_e394_622c7a90dd1f["styleRule()"] 6bc468c3_f692_fb93_b3e2_cf2a6051b874 -->|calls| 9db2a11b_4852_e036_e394_622c7a90dd1f c35acfc6_964d_737e_6ecc_275e6f10293a["atRule()"] 6bc468c3_f692_fb93_b3e2_cf2a6051b874 -->|calls| c35acfc6_964d_737e_6ecc_275e6f10293a affaaffb_bbfa_d683_8871_14297c28e46f["temporarilyDisableThemeInline()"] 6bc468c3_f692_fb93_b3e2_cf2a6051b874 -->|calls| affaaffb_bbfa_d683_8871_14297c28e46f c98bf5b0_e31e_f92d_3810_96d1e1308d34["parseCandidate()"] 6bc468c3_f692_fb93_b3e2_cf2a6051b874 -->|calls| c98bf5b0_e31e_f92d_3810_96d1e1308d34 556f6ab2_af7d_ed90_84f0_6b49e632571a["substituteAtApply()"] 6bc468c3_f692_fb93_b3e2_cf2a6051b874 -->|calls| 556f6ab2_af7d_ed90_84f0_6b49e632571a 3c29a5ca_8e68_4fa2_4e91_392cf24c5a01["canonicalizeAst()"] 6bc468c3_f692_fb93_b3e2_cf2a6051b874 -->|calls| 3c29a5ca_8e68_4fa2_4e91_392cf24c5a01 e7a34553_0273_6202_4792_07409e33d8f0["toCss()"] 6bc468c3_f692_fb93_b3e2_cf2a6051b874 -->|calls| e7a34553_0273_6202_4792_07409e33d8f0 style 6bc468c3_f692_fb93_b3e2_cf2a6051b874 fill:#6366f1,stroke:#818cf8,color:#fff
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packages/tailwindcss/src/canonicalize-candidates.ts lines 2026–2066
function createUtilitySignatureCache(
designSystem: DesignSystem,
): DesignSystem['storage'][typeof UTILITY_SIGNATURE_KEY] {
return new DefaultMap((options: SignatureOptions) => {
return new DefaultMap<string, string | Symbol>((utility) => {
try {
// Ensure the prefix is added to the utility if it is not already present.
utility =
designSystem.theme.prefix && !utility.startsWith(designSystem.theme.prefix)
? `${designSystem.theme.prefix}:${utility}`
: utility
// Use `@apply` to normalize the selector to `.x`
let ast: AstNode[] = [styleRule('.x', [atRule('@apply', utility)])]
temporarilyDisableThemeInline(designSystem, () => {
// There's separate utility caches for respect important vs not
// so we want to compile them both with `@theme inline` disabled
for (let candidate of designSystem.parseCandidate(utility)) {
designSystem.compileAstNodes(candidate, CompileAstFlags.RespectImportant)
}
substituteAtApply(ast, designSystem)
})
// Optimize the AST. This is needed such that any internal intermediate
// nodes are gone. This will also cleanup declaration nodes with undefined
// values or `--tw-sort` declarations.
canonicalizeAst(designSystem, ast, options)
// Compute the final signature, by generating the CSS for the utility
let signature = toCss(ast)
return signature
} catch {
// A unique symbol is returned to ensure that 2 signatures resulting in
// `null` are not considered equal.
return Symbol()
}
})
})
}
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Frequently Asked Questions
What does createUtilitySignatureCache() do?
createUtilitySignatureCache() is a function in the tailwindcss codebase.
What does createUtilitySignatureCache() call?
createUtilitySignatureCache() calls 7 function(s): atRule, canonicalizeAst, parseCandidate, styleRule, substituteAtApply, temporarilyDisableThemeInline, toCss.
What calls createUtilitySignatureCache()?
createUtilitySignatureCache() is called by 1 function(s): prepareDesignSystemStorage.
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