/** * @fileoverview Rule to enforce var declarations are only at the top of a function. * @author Danny Fritz * @author Gyandeep Singh */ "use strict"; //------------------------------------------------------------------------------ // Rule Definition //------------------------------------------------------------------------------ module.exports = { meta: { docs: { description: "require `var` declarations be placed at the top of their containing scope", category: "Best Practices", recommended: false, url: "https://eslint.org/docs/rules/vars-on-top" }, schema: [] }, create(context) { const errorMessage = "All 'var' declarations must be at the top of the function scope."; //-------------------------------------------------------------------------- // Helpers //-------------------------------------------------------------------------- /** * @param {ASTNode} node - any node * @returns {boolean} whether the given node structurally represents a directive */ function looksLikeDirective(node) { return node.type === "ExpressionStatement" && node.expression.type === "Literal" && typeof node.expression.value === "string"; } /** * Check to see if its a ES6 import declaration * @param {ASTNode} node - any node * @returns {boolean} whether the given node represents a import declaration */ function looksLikeImport(node) { return node.type === "ImportDeclaration" || node.type === "ImportSpecifier" || node.type === "ImportDefaultSpecifier" || node.type === "ImportNamespaceSpecifier"; } /** * Checks whether a given node is a variable declaration or not. * * @param {ASTNode} node - any node * @returns {boolean} `true` if the node is a variable declaration. */ function isVariableDeclaration(node) { return ( node.type === "VariableDeclaration" || ( node.type === "ExportNamedDeclaration" && node.declaration && node.declaration.type === "VariableDeclaration" ) ); } /** * Checks whether this variable is on top of the block body * @param {ASTNode} node - The node to check * @param {ASTNode[]} statements - collection of ASTNodes for the parent node block * @returns {boolean} True if var is on top otherwise false */ function isVarOnTop(node, statements) { const l = statements.length; let i = 0; // skip over directives for (; i < l; ++i) { if (!looksLikeDirective(statements[i]) && !looksLikeImport(statements[i])) { break; } } for (; i < l; ++i) { if (!isVariableDeclaration(statements[i])) { return false; } if (statements[i] === node) { return true; } } return false; } /** * Checks whether variable is on top at the global level * @param {ASTNode} node - The node to check * @param {ASTNode} parent - Parent of the node * @returns {void} */ function globalVarCheck(node, parent) { if (!isVarOnTop(node, parent.body)) { context.report({ node, message: errorMessage }); } } /** * Checks whether variable is on top at functional block scope level * @param {ASTNode} node - The node to check * @param {ASTNode} parent - Parent of the node * @param {ASTNode} grandParent - Parent of the node's parent * @returns {void} */ function blockScopeVarCheck(node, parent, grandParent) { if (!(/Function/.test(grandParent.type) && parent.type === "BlockStatement" && isVarOnTop(node, parent.body))) { context.report({ node, message: errorMessage }); } } //-------------------------------------------------------------------------- // Public API //-------------------------------------------------------------------------- return { "VariableDeclaration[kind='var']"(node) { if (node.parent.type === "ExportNamedDeclaration") { globalVarCheck(node.parent, node.parent.parent); } else if (node.parent.type === "Program") { globalVarCheck(node, node.parent); } else { blockScopeVarCheck(node, node.parent, node.parent.parent); } } }; } };