/** * @fileoverview Rule to flag the use of empty character classes in regular expressions * @author Ian Christian Myers */ "use strict"; //------------------------------------------------------------------------------ // Helpers //------------------------------------------------------------------------------ /* plain-English description of the following regexp: 0. `^` fix the match at the beginning of the string 1. `\/`: the `/` that begins the regexp 2. `([^\\[]|\\.|\[([^\\\]]|\\.)+\])*`: regexp contents; 0 or more of the following 2.0. `[^\\[]`: any character that's not a `\` or a `[` (anything but escape sequences and character classes) 2.1. `\\.`: an escape sequence 2.2. `\[([^\\\]]|\\.)+\]`: a character class that isn't empty 3. `\/` the `/` that ends the regexp 4. `[gimy]*`: optional regexp flags 5. `$`: fix the match at the end of the string */ var regex = /^\/([^\\[]|\\.|\[([^\\\]]|\\.)+\])*\/[gimy]*$/; //------------------------------------------------------------------------------ // Rule Definition //------------------------------------------------------------------------------ module.exports = function(context) { return { "Literal": function(node) { var token = context.getFirstToken(node); if (token.type === "RegularExpression" && !regex.test(token.value)) { context.report(node, "Empty class."); } } }; };