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Yang Guo4fd355c2019-09-19 10:59:03 +02001/**
2 * @fileoverview Rule to flag the use of empty character classes in regular expressions
3 * @author Ian Christian Myers
4 */
5
6"use strict";
7
8//------------------------------------------------------------------------------
9// Helpers
10//------------------------------------------------------------------------------
11
12/*
13 * plain-English description of the following regexp:
14 * 0. `^` fix the match at the beginning of the string
Tim van der Lippe0fb47802021-11-08 16:23:10 +000015 * 1. `([^\\[]|\\.|\[([^\\\]]|\\.)+\])*`: regexp contents; 0 or more of the following
16 * 1.0. `[^\\[]`: any character that's not a `\` or a `[` (anything but escape sequences and character classes)
17 * 1.1. `\\.`: an escape sequence
18 * 1.2. `\[([^\\\]]|\\.)+\]`: a character class that isn't empty
19 * 2. `$`: fix the match at the end of the string
Yang Guo4fd355c2019-09-19 10:59:03 +020020 */
Tim van der Lippe0fb47802021-11-08 16:23:10 +000021const regex = /^([^\\[]|\\.|\[([^\\\]]|\\.)+\])*$/u;
Yang Guo4fd355c2019-09-19 10:59:03 +020022
23//------------------------------------------------------------------------------
24// Rule Definition
25//------------------------------------------------------------------------------
26
27module.exports = {
28 meta: {
29 type: "problem",
30
31 docs: {
32 description: "disallow empty character classes in regular expressions",
Yang Guo4fd355c2019-09-19 10:59:03 +020033 recommended: true,
34 url: "https://eslint.org/docs/rules/no-empty-character-class"
35 },
36
37 schema: [],
38
39 messages: {
40 unexpected: "Empty class."
41 }
42 },
43
44 create(context) {
Yang Guo4fd355c2019-09-19 10:59:03 +020045 return {
Tim van der Lippe0fb47802021-11-08 16:23:10 +000046 "Literal[regex]"(node) {
47 if (!regex.test(node.regex.pattern)) {
Yang Guo4fd355c2019-09-19 10:59:03 +020048 context.report({ node, messageId: "unexpected" });
49 }
50 }
Yang Guo4fd355c2019-09-19 10:59:03 +020051 };
52
53 }
54};