/** * @fileoverview Rule to disallow useless backreferences in regular expressions * @author Milos Djermanovic */ "use strict"; //------------------------------------------------------------------------------ // Requirements //------------------------------------------------------------------------------ const { CALL, CONSTRUCT, ReferenceTracker, getStringIfConstant } = require("eslint-utils"); const { RegExpParser, visitRegExpAST } = require("regexpp"); //------------------------------------------------------------------------------ // Helpers //------------------------------------------------------------------------------ const parser = new RegExpParser(); /** * Finds the path from the given `regexpp` AST node to the root node. * @param {regexpp.Node} node Node. * @returns {regexpp.Node[]} Array that starts with the given node and ends with the root node. */ function getPathToRoot(node) { const path = []; let current = node; do { path.push(current); current = current.parent; } while (current); return path; } /** * Determines whether the given `regexpp` AST node is a lookaround node. * @param {regexpp.Node} node Node. * @returns {boolean} `true` if it is a lookaround node. */ function isLookaround(node) { return node.type === "Assertion" && (node.kind === "lookahead" || node.kind === "lookbehind"); } /** * Determines whether the given `regexpp` AST node is a negative lookaround node. * @param {regexpp.Node} node Node. * @returns {boolean} `true` if it is a negative lookaround node. */ function isNegativeLookaround(node) { return isLookaround(node) && node.negate; } //------------------------------------------------------------------------------ // Rule Definition //------------------------------------------------------------------------------ module.exports = { meta: { type: "problem", docs: { description: "disallow useless backreferences in regular expressions", category: "Possible Errors", recommended: false, url: "https://eslint.org/docs/rules/no-useless-backreference" }, schema: [], messages: { nested: "Backreference '{{ bref }}' will be ignored. It references group '{{ group }}' from within that group.", forward: "Backreference '{{ bref }}' will be ignored. It references group '{{ group }}' which appears later in the pattern.", backward: "Backreference '{{ bref }}' will be ignored. It references group '{{ group }}' which appears before in the same lookbehind.", disjunctive: "Backreference '{{ bref }}' will be ignored. It references group '{{ group }}' which is in another alternative.", intoNegativeLookaround: "Backreference '{{ bref }}' will be ignored. It references group '{{ group }}' which is in a negative lookaround." } }, create(context) { /** * Checks and reports useless backreferences in the given regular expression. * @param {ASTNode} node Node that represents regular expression. A regex literal or RegExp constructor call. * @param {string} pattern Regular expression pattern. * @param {string} flags Regular expression flags. * @returns {void} */ function checkRegex(node, pattern, flags) { let regExpAST; try { regExpAST = parser.parsePattern(pattern, 0, pattern.length, flags.includes("u")); } catch { // Ignore regular expressions with syntax errors return; } visitRegExpAST(regExpAST, { onBackreferenceEnter(bref) { const group = bref.resolved, brefPath = getPathToRoot(bref), groupPath = getPathToRoot(group); let messageId = null; if (brefPath.includes(group)) { // group is bref's ancestor => bref is nested ('nested reference') => group hasn't matched yet when bref starts to match. messageId = "nested"; } else { // Start from the root to find the lowest common ancestor. let i = brefPath.length - 1, j = groupPath.length - 1; do { i--; j--; } while (brefPath[i] === groupPath[j]); const indexOfLowestCommonAncestor = j + 1, groupCut = groupPath.slice(0, indexOfLowestCommonAncestor), commonPath = groupPath.slice(indexOfLowestCommonAncestor), lowestCommonLookaround = commonPath.find(isLookaround), isMatchingBackward = lowestCommonLookaround && lowestCommonLookaround.kind === "lookbehind"; if (!isMatchingBackward && bref.end <= group.start) { // bref is left, group is right ('forward reference') => group hasn't matched yet when bref starts to match. messageId = "forward"; } else if (isMatchingBackward && group.end <= bref.start) { // the opposite of the previous when the regex is matching backward in a lookbehind context. messageId = "backward"; } else if (groupCut[groupCut.length - 1].type === "Alternative") { // group's and bref's ancestor nodes below the lowest common ancestor are sibling alternatives => they're disjunctive. messageId = "disjunctive"; } else if (groupCut.some(isNegativeLookaround)) { // group is in a negative lookaround which isn't bref's ancestor => group has already failed when bref starts to match. messageId = "intoNegativeLookaround"; } } if (messageId) { context.report({ node, messageId, data: { bref: bref.raw, group: group.raw } }); } } }); } return { "Literal[regex]"(node) { const { pattern, flags } = node.regex; checkRegex(node, pattern, flags); }, Program() { const scope = context.getScope(), tracker = new ReferenceTracker(scope), traceMap = { RegExp: { [CALL]: true, [CONSTRUCT]: true } }; for (const { node } of tracker.iterateGlobalReferences(traceMap)) { const [patternNode, flagsNode] = node.arguments, pattern = getStringIfConstant(patternNode, scope), flags = getStringIfConstant(flagsNode, scope); if (typeof pattern === "string") { checkRegex(node, pattern, flags || ""); } } } }; } };