/** * @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. `[gimuy]*`: optional regexp flags * 5. `$`: fix the match at the end of the string */ const regex = /^\/([^\\[]|\\.|\[([^\\\]]|\\.)+])*\/[gimuys]*$/; //------------------------------------------------------------------------------ // Rule Definition //------------------------------------------------------------------------------ module.exports = { meta: { docs: { description: "disallow empty character classes in regular expressions", category: "Possible Errors", recommended: true, url: "https://eslint.org/docs/rules/no-empty-character-class" }, schema: [], messages: { unexpected: "Empty class." } }, create(context) { const sourceCode = context.getSourceCode(); return { Literal(node) { const token = sourceCode.getFirstToken(node); if (token.type === "RegularExpression" && !regex.test(token.value)) { context.report({ node, messageId: "unexpected" }); } } }; } };