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/**
* @fileoverview Rule to flag `else` after a `return` in `if`
* @author Ian Christian Myers
*/
"use strict";
//------------------------------------------------------------------------------
// Requirements
//------------------------------------------------------------------------------
const astUtils = require("../ast-utils");
const FixTracker = require("../util/fix-tracker");
//------------------------------------------------------------------------------
// Rule Definition
//------------------------------------------------------------------------------
module.exports = {
meta: {
docs: {
description: "disallow `else` blocks after `return` statements in `if` statements",
category: "Best Practices",
recommended: false,
url: "https://eslint.org/docs/rules/no-else-return"
},
schema: [{
type: "object",
properties: {
allowElseIf: {
type: "boolean"
}
},
additionalProperties: false
}],
fixable: "code",
messages: {
unexpected: "Unnecessary 'else' after 'return'."
}
},
create(context) {
//--------------------------------------------------------------------------
// Helpers
//--------------------------------------------------------------------------
/**
* Display the context report if rule is violated
*
* @param {Node} node The 'else' node
* @returns {void}
*/
function displayReport(node) {
context.report({
node,
messageId: "unexpected",
fix: fixer => {
const sourceCode = context.getSourceCode();
const startToken = sourceCode.getFirstToken(node);
const elseToken = sourceCode.getTokenBefore(startToken);
const source = sourceCode.getText(node);
const lastIfToken = sourceCode.getTokenBefore(elseToken);
let fixedSource, firstTokenOfElseBlock;
if (startToken.type === "Punctuator" && startToken.value === "{") {
firstTokenOfElseBlock = sourceCode.getTokenAfter(startToken);
} else {
firstTokenOfElseBlock = startToken;
}
/*
* If the if block does not have curly braces and does not end in a semicolon
* and the else block starts with (, [, /, +, ` or -, then it is not
* safe to remove the else keyword, because ASI will not add a semicolon
* after the if block
*/
const ifBlockMaybeUnsafe = node.parent.consequent.type !== "BlockStatement" && lastIfToken.value !== ";";
const elseBlockUnsafe = /^[([/+`-]/.test(firstTokenOfElseBlock.value);
if (ifBlockMaybeUnsafe && elseBlockUnsafe) {
return null;
}
const endToken = sourceCode.getLastToken(node);
const lastTokenOfElseBlock = sourceCode.getTokenBefore(endToken);
if (lastTokenOfElseBlock.value !== ";") {
const nextToken = sourceCode.getTokenAfter(endToken);
const nextTokenUnsafe = nextToken && /^[([/+`-]/.test(nextToken.value);
const nextTokenOnSameLine = nextToken && nextToken.loc.start.line === lastTokenOfElseBlock.loc.start.line;
/*
* If the else block contents does not end in a semicolon,
* and the else block starts with (, [, /, +, ` or -, then it is not
* safe to remove the else block, because ASI will not add a semicolon
* after the remaining else block contents
*/
if (nextTokenUnsafe || (nextTokenOnSameLine && nextToken.value !== "}")) {
return null;
}
}
if (startToken.type === "Punctuator" && startToken.value === "{") {
fixedSource = source.slice(1, -1);
} else {
fixedSource = source;
}
/*
* Extend the replacement range to include the entire
* function to avoid conflicting with no-useless-return.
* https://github.com/eslint/eslint/issues/8026
*/
return new FixTracker(fixer, sourceCode)
.retainEnclosingFunction(node)
.replaceTextRange([elseToken.range[0], node.range[1]], fixedSource);
}
});
}
/**
* Check to see if the node is a ReturnStatement
*
* @param {Node} node The node being evaluated
* @returns {boolean} True if node is a return
*/
function checkForReturn(node) {
return node.type === "ReturnStatement";
}
/**
* Naive return checking, does not iterate through the whole
* BlockStatement because we make the assumption that the ReturnStatement
* will be the last node in the body of the BlockStatement.
*
* @param {Node} node The consequent/alternate node
* @returns {boolean} True if it has a return
*/
function naiveHasReturn(node) {
if (node.type === "BlockStatement") {
const body = node.body,
lastChildNode = body[body.length - 1];
return lastChildNode && checkForReturn(lastChildNode);
}
return checkForReturn(node);
}
/**
* Check to see if the node is valid for evaluation,
* meaning it has an else.
*
* @param {Node} node The node being evaluated
* @returns {boolean} True if the node is valid
*/
function hasElse(node) {
return node.alternate && node.consequent;
}
/**
* If the consequent is an IfStatement, check to see if it has an else
* and both its consequent and alternate path return, meaning this is
* a nested case of rule violation. If-Else not considered currently.
*
* @param {Node} node The consequent node
* @returns {boolean} True if this is a nested rule violation
*/
function checkForIf(node) {
return node.type === "IfStatement" && hasElse(node) &&
naiveHasReturn(node.alternate) && naiveHasReturn(node.consequent);
}
/**
* Check the consequent/body node to make sure it is not
* a ReturnStatement or an IfStatement that returns on both
* code paths.
*
* @param {Node} node The consequent or body node
* @param {Node} alternate The alternate node
* @returns {boolean} `true` if it is a Return/If node that always returns.
*/
function checkForReturnOrIf(node) {
return checkForReturn(node) || checkForIf(node);
}
/**
* Check whether a node returns in every codepath.
* @param {Node} node The node to be checked
* @returns {boolean} `true` if it returns on every codepath.
*/
function alwaysReturns(node) {
if (node.type === "BlockStatement") {
// If we have a BlockStatement, check each consequent body node.
return node.body.some(checkForReturnOrIf);
}
/*
* If not a block statement, make sure the consequent isn't a
* ReturnStatement or an IfStatement with returns on both paths.
*/
return checkForReturnOrIf(node);
}
/**
* Check the if statement, but don't catch else-if blocks.
* @returns {void}
* @param {Node} node The node for the if statement to check
* @private
*/
function checkIfWithoutElse(node) {
const parent = node.parent;
/*
* Fixing this would require splitting one statement into two, so no error should
* be reported if this node is in a position where only one statement is allowed.
*/
if (!astUtils.STATEMENT_LIST_PARENTS.has(parent.type)) {
return;
}
const consequents = [];
let alternate;
for (let currentNode = node; currentNode.type === "IfStatement"; currentNode = currentNode.alternate) {
if (!currentNode.alternate) {
return;
}
consequents.push(currentNode.consequent);
alternate = currentNode.alternate;
}
if (consequents.every(alwaysReturns)) {
displayReport(alternate);
}
}
/**
* Check the if statement
* @returns {void}
* @param {Node} node The node for the if statement to check
* @private
*/
function checkIfWithElse(node) {
const parent = node.parent;
/*
* Fixing this would require splitting one statement into two, so no error should
* be reported if this node is in a position where only one statement is allowed.
*/
if (!astUtils.STATEMENT_LIST_PARENTS.has(parent.type)) {
return;
}
const alternate = node.alternate;
if (alternate && alwaysReturns(node.consequent)) {
displayReport(alternate);
}
}
const allowElseIf = !(context.options[0] && context.options[0].allowElseIf === false);
//--------------------------------------------------------------------------
// Public API
//--------------------------------------------------------------------------
return {
"IfStatement:exit": allowElseIf ? checkIfWithoutElse : checkIfWithElse
};
}
};