/** * @fileoverview Rule to flag assignment in a conditional statement's test expression * @author Stephen Murray */ "use strict"; const astUtils = require("../ast-utils"); const NODE_DESCRIPTIONS = { DoWhileStatement: "a 'do...while' statement", ForStatement: "a 'for' statement", IfStatement: "an 'if' statement", WhileStatement: "a 'while' statement" }; //------------------------------------------------------------------------------ // Rule Definition //------------------------------------------------------------------------------ module.exports = { meta: { docs: { description: "disallow assignment operators in conditional expressions", category: "Possible Errors", recommended: true }, schema: [ { enum: ["except-parens", "always"] } ] }, create(context) { const prohibitAssign = (context.options[0] || "except-parens"); const sourceCode = context.getSourceCode(); /** * Check whether an AST node is the test expression for a conditional statement. * @param {!Object} node The node to test. * @returns {boolean} `true` if the node is the text expression for a conditional statement; otherwise, `false`. */ function isConditionalTestExpression(node) { return node.parent && node.parent.test && node === node.parent.test; } /** * Given an AST node, perform a bottom-up search for the first ancestor that represents a conditional statement. * @param {!Object} node The node to use at the start of the search. * @returns {?Object} The closest ancestor node that represents a conditional statement. */ function findConditionalAncestor(node) { let currentAncestor = node; do { if (isConditionalTestExpression(currentAncestor)) { return currentAncestor.parent; } } while ((currentAncestor = currentAncestor.parent) && !astUtils.isFunction(currentAncestor)); return null; } /** * Check whether the code represented by an AST node is enclosed in two sets of parentheses. * @param {!Object} node The node to test. * @returns {boolean} `true` if the code is enclosed in two sets of parentheses; otherwise, `false`. */ function isParenthesisedTwice(node) { const previousToken = sourceCode.getTokenBefore(node, 1), nextToken = sourceCode.getTokenAfter(node, 1); return astUtils.isParenthesised(sourceCode, node) && astUtils.isOpeningParenToken(previousToken) && previousToken.range[1] <= node.range[0] && astUtils.isClosingParenToken(nextToken) && nextToken.range[0] >= node.range[1]; } /** * Check a conditional statement's test expression for top-level assignments that are not enclosed in parentheses. * @param {!Object} node The node for the conditional statement. * @returns {void} */ function testForAssign(node) { if (node.test && (node.test.type === "AssignmentExpression") && (node.type === "ForStatement" ? !astUtils.isParenthesised(sourceCode, node.test) : !isParenthesisedTwice(node.test) ) ) { // must match JSHint's error message context.report({ node, loc: node.test.loc.start, message: "Expected a conditional expression and instead saw an assignment." }); } } /** * Check whether an assignment expression is descended from a conditional statement's test expression. * @param {!Object} node The node for the assignment expression. * @returns {void} */ function testForConditionalAncestor(node) { const ancestor = findConditionalAncestor(node); if (ancestor) { context.report({ node: ancestor, message: "Unexpected assignment within {{type}}.", data: { type: NODE_DESCRIPTIONS[ancestor.type] || ancestor.type } }); } } if (prohibitAssign === "always") { return { AssignmentExpression: testForConditionalAncestor }; } return { DoWhileStatement: testForAssign, ForStatement: testForAssign, IfStatement: testForAssign, WhileStatement: testForAssign }; } };