/** * @fileoverview Rule to disallow use of the `RegExp` constructor in favor of regular expression literals * @author Milos Djermanovic */ "use strict"; //------------------------------------------------------------------------------ // Requirements //------------------------------------------------------------------------------ const astUtils = require("./utils/ast-utils"); const { CALL, CONSTRUCT, ReferenceTracker, findVariable } = require("eslint-utils"); //------------------------------------------------------------------------------ // Helpers //------------------------------------------------------------------------------ /** * Determines whether the given node is a string literal. * @param {ASTNode} node Node to check. * @returns {boolean} True if the node is a string literal. */ function isStringLiteral(node) { return node.type === "Literal" && typeof node.value === "string"; } /** * Determines whether the given node is a regex literal. * @param {ASTNode} node Node to check. * @returns {boolean} True if the node is a regex literal. */ function isRegexLiteral(node) { return node.type === "Literal" && Object.prototype.hasOwnProperty.call(node, "regex"); } /** * Determines whether the given node is a template literal without expressions. * @param {ASTNode} node Node to check. * @returns {boolean} True if the node is a template literal without expressions. */ function isStaticTemplateLiteral(node) { return node.type === "TemplateLiteral" && node.expressions.length === 0; } //------------------------------------------------------------------------------ // Rule Definition //------------------------------------------------------------------------------ module.exports = { meta: { type: "suggestion", docs: { description: "disallow use of the `RegExp` constructor in favor of regular expression literals", category: "Best Practices", recommended: false, url: "https://eslint.org/docs/rules/prefer-regex-literals" }, schema: [ { type: "object", properties: { disallowRedundantWrapping: { type: "boolean", default: false } }, additionalProperties: false } ], messages: { unexpectedRegExp: "Use a regular expression literal instead of the 'RegExp' constructor.", unexpectedRedundantRegExp: "Regular expression literal is unnecessarily wrapped within a 'RegExp' constructor.", unexpectedRedundantRegExpWithFlags: "Use regular expression literal with flags instead of the 'RegExp' constructor." } }, create(context) { const [{ disallowRedundantWrapping = false } = {}] = context.options; /** * Determines whether the given identifier node is a reference to a global variable. * @param {ASTNode} node `Identifier` node to check. * @returns {boolean} True if the identifier is a reference to a global variable. */ function isGlobalReference(node) { const scope = context.getScope(); const variable = findVariable(scope, node); return variable !== null && variable.scope.type === "global" && variable.defs.length === 0; } /** * Determines whether the given node is a String.raw`` tagged template expression * with a static template literal. * @param {ASTNode} node Node to check. * @returns {boolean} True if the node is String.raw`` with a static template. */ function isStringRawTaggedStaticTemplateLiteral(node) { return node.type === "TaggedTemplateExpression" && astUtils.isSpecificMemberAccess(node.tag, "String", "raw") && isGlobalReference(astUtils.skipChainExpression(node.tag).object) && isStaticTemplateLiteral(node.quasi); } /** * Determines whether the given node is considered to be a static string by the logic of this rule. * @param {ASTNode} node Node to check. * @returns {boolean} True if the node is a static string. */ function isStaticString(node) { return isStringLiteral(node) || isStaticTemplateLiteral(node) || isStringRawTaggedStaticTemplateLiteral(node); } /** * Determines whether the relevant arguments of the given are all static string literals. * @param {ASTNode} node Node to check. * @returns {boolean} True if all arguments are static strings. */ function hasOnlyStaticStringArguments(node) { const args = node.arguments; if ((args.length === 1 || args.length === 2) && args.every(isStaticString)) { return true; } return false; } /** * Determines whether the arguments of the given node indicate that a regex literal is unnecessarily wrapped. * @param {ASTNode} node Node to check. * @returns {boolean} True if the node already contains a regex literal argument. */ function isUnnecessarilyWrappedRegexLiteral(node) { const args = node.arguments; if (args.length === 1 && isRegexLiteral(args[0])) { return true; } if (args.length === 2 && isRegexLiteral(args[0]) && isStaticString(args[1])) { return true; } return false; } return { Program() { const scope = context.getScope(); const tracker = new ReferenceTracker(scope); const traceMap = { RegExp: { [CALL]: true, [CONSTRUCT]: true } }; for (const { node } of tracker.iterateGlobalReferences(traceMap)) { if (disallowRedundantWrapping && isUnnecessarilyWrappedRegexLiteral(node)) { if (node.arguments.length === 2) { context.report({ node, messageId: "unexpectedRedundantRegExpWithFlags" }); } else { context.report({ node, messageId: "unexpectedRedundantRegExp" }); } } else if (hasOnlyStaticStringArguments(node)) { context.report({ node, messageId: "unexpectedRegExp" }); } } } }; } };