/** * @fileoverview Look for useless escapes in strings and regexes * @author Onur Temizkan */ 'use strict'; const astUtils = require('./utils/ast-utils'); const { RegExpParser, visitRegExpAST } = require('@eslint-community/regexpp'); /** * @typedef {import('@eslint-community/regexpp').AST.CharacterClass} CharacterClass * @typedef {import('@eslint-community/regexpp').AST.ExpressionCharacterClass} ExpressionCharacterClass */ //------------------------------------------------------------------------------ // Rule Definition //------------------------------------------------------------------------------ /** * Returns the union of two sets. * @param {Set} setA The first set * @param {Set} setB The second set * @returns {Set} The union of the two sets */ function union(setA, setB) { return new Set( (function* () { yield* setA; yield* setB; })() ); } const VALID_STRING_ESCAPES = union(new Set('\\nrvtbfux'), astUtils.LINEBREAKS); const REGEX_GENERAL_ESCAPES = new Set('\\bcdDfnpPrsStvwWxu0123456789]'); const REGEX_NON_CHARCLASS_ESCAPES = union( REGEX_GENERAL_ESCAPES, new Set('^/.$*+?[{}|()Bk') ); /* * Set of characters that require escaping in character classes in `unicodeSets` mode. * ( ) [ ] { } / - \ | are ClassSetSyntaxCharacter */ const REGEX_CLASSSET_CHARACTER_ESCAPES = union( REGEX_GENERAL_ESCAPES, new Set('q/[{}|()-') ); /* * A single character set of ClassSetReservedDoublePunctuator. * && !! ## $$ %% ** ++ ,, .. :: ;; << == >> ?? @@ ^^ `` ~~ are ClassSetReservedDoublePunctuator */ const REGEX_CLASS_SET_RESERVED_DOUBLE_PUNCTUATOR = new Set( '!#$%&*+,.:;<=>?@^`~' ); /** @type {import('../types').Rule.RuleModule} */ module.exports = { meta: { type: 'suggestion', docs: { description: 'Disallow unnecessary escape characters', recommended: true, url: 'https://eslint.org/docs/latest/rules/no-useless-escape', }, hasSuggestions: true, messages: { unnecessaryEscape: 'Unnecessary escape character: \\{{character}}.', removeEscape: 'Remove the `\\`. This maintains the current functionality.', removeEscapeDoNotKeepSemantics: 'Remove the `\\` if it was inserted by mistake.', escapeBackslash: 'Replace the `\\` with `\\\\` to include the actual backslash character.', }, schema: [], }, create(context) { const sourceCode = context.sourceCode; const parser = new RegExpParser(); /** * Reports a node * @param {ASTNode} node The node to report * @param {number} startOffset The backslash's offset from the start of the node * @param {string} character The uselessly escaped character (not including the backslash) * @param {boolean} [disableEscapeBackslashSuggest] `true` if escapeBackslash suggestion should be turned off. * @returns {void} */ function report( node, startOffset, character, disableEscapeBackslashSuggest ) { const rangeStart = node.range[0] + startOffset; const range = [rangeStart, rangeStart + 1]; const start = sourceCode.getLocFromIndex(rangeStart); context.report({ node, loc: { start, end: { line: start.line, column: start.column + 1 }, }, messageId: 'unnecessaryEscape', data: { character }, suggest: [ { // Removing unnecessary `\` characters in a directive is not guaranteed to maintain functionality. messageId: astUtils.isDirective(node.parent) ? 'removeEscapeDoNotKeepSemantics' : 'removeEscape', fix(fixer) { return fixer.removeRange(range); }, }, ...(disableEscapeBackslashSuggest ? [] : [ { messageId: 'escapeBackslash', fix(fixer) { return fixer.insertTextBeforeRange(range, '\\'); }, }, ]), ], }); } /** * Checks if the escape character in given string slice is unnecessary. * @private * @param {ASTNode} node node to validate. * @param {string} match string slice to validate. * @returns {void} */ function validateString(node, match) { const isTemplateElement = node.type === 'TemplateElement'; const escapedChar = match[0][1]; let isUnnecessaryEscape = !VALID_STRING_ESCAPES.has(escapedChar); let isQuoteEscape; if (isTemplateElement) { isQuoteEscape = escapedChar === '`'; if (escapedChar === '$') { // Warn if `\$` is not followed by `{` isUnnecessaryEscape = match.input[match.index + 2] !== '{'; } else if (escapedChar === '{') { /* * Warn if `\{` is not preceded by `$`. If preceded by `$`, escaping * is necessary and the rule should not warn. If preceded by `/$`, the rule * will warn for the `/$` instead, as it is the first unnecessarily escaped character. */ isUnnecessaryEscape = match.input[match.index - 1] !== '$'; } } else { isQuoteEscape = escapedChar === node.raw[0]; } if (isUnnecessaryEscape && !isQuoteEscape) { report(node, match.index, match[0].slice(1)); } } /** * Checks if the escape character in given regexp is unnecessary. * @private * @param {ASTNode} node node to validate. * @returns {void} */ function validateRegExp(node) { const { pattern, flags } = node.regex; let patternNode; const unicode = flags.includes('u'); const unicodeSets = flags.includes('v'); try { patternNode = parser.parsePattern(pattern, 0, pattern.length, { unicode, unicodeSets, }); } catch { // Ignore regular expressions with syntax errors return; } /** @type {(CharacterClass | ExpressionCharacterClass)[]} */ const characterClassStack = []; visitRegExpAST(patternNode, { onCharacterClassEnter: (characterClassNode) => characterClassStack.unshift(characterClassNode), onCharacterClassLeave: () => characterClassStack.shift(), onExpressionCharacterClassEnter: (characterClassNode) => characterClassStack.unshift(characterClassNode), onExpressionCharacterClassLeave: () => characterClassStack.shift(), onCharacterEnter(characterNode) { if (!characterNode.raw.startsWith('\\')) { // It's not an escaped character. return; } const escapedChar = characterNode.raw.slice(1); if (escapedChar !== String.fromCodePoint(characterNode.value)) { // It's a valid escape. return; } let allowedEscapes; if (characterClassStack.length) { allowedEscapes = unicodeSets ? REGEX_CLASSSET_CHARACTER_ESCAPES : REGEX_GENERAL_ESCAPES; } else { allowedEscapes = REGEX_NON_CHARCLASS_ESCAPES; } if (allowedEscapes.has(escapedChar)) { return; } const reportedIndex = characterNode.start + 1; let disableEscapeBackslashSuggest = false; if (characterClassStack.length) { const characterClassNode = characterClassStack[0]; if (escapedChar === '^') { /* * The '^' character is also a special case; it must always be escaped outside of character classes, but * it only needs to be escaped in character classes if it's at the beginning of the character class. To * account for this, consider it to be a valid escape character outside of character classes, and filter * out '^' characters that appear at the start of a character class. */ if (characterClassNode.start + 1 === characterNode.start) { return; } } if (!unicodeSets) { if (escapedChar === '-') { /* * The '-' character is a special case, because it's only valid to escape it if it's in a character * class, and is not at either edge of the character class. To account for this, don't consider '-' * characters to be valid in general, and filter out '-' characters that appear in the middle of a * character class. */ if ( characterClassNode.start + 1 !== characterNode.start && characterNode.end !== characterClassNode.end - 1 ) { return; } } } else { // unicodeSets mode if (REGEX_CLASS_SET_RESERVED_DOUBLE_PUNCTUATOR.has(escapedChar)) { // Escaping is valid if it is a ClassSetReservedDoublePunctuator. if (pattern[characterNode.end] === escapedChar) { return; } if (pattern[characterNode.start - 1] === escapedChar) { if (escapedChar !== '^') { return; } // If the previous character is a `negate` caret(`^`), escape to caret is unnecessary. if (!characterClassNode.negate) { return; } const negateCaretIndex = characterClassNode.start + 1; if (negateCaretIndex < characterNode.start - 1) { return; } } } if ( characterNode.parent.type === 'ClassIntersection' || characterNode.parent.type === 'ClassSubtraction' ) { disableEscapeBackslashSuggest = true; } } } report( node, reportedIndex, escapedChar, disableEscapeBackslashSuggest ); }, }); } /** * Checks if a node has an escape. * @param {ASTNode} node node to check. * @returns {void} */ function check(node) { const isTemplateElement = node.type === 'TemplateElement'; if ( isTemplateElement && node.parent && node.parent.parent && node.parent.parent.type === 'TaggedTemplateExpression' && node.parent === node.parent.parent.quasi ) { // Don't report tagged template literals, because the backslash character is accessible to the tag function. return; } if (typeof node.value === 'string' || isTemplateElement) { /* * JSXAttribute doesn't have any escape sequence: https://facebook.github.io/jsx/. * In addition, backticks are not supported by JSX yet: https://github.com/facebook/jsx/issues/25. */ if ( node.parent.type === 'JSXAttribute' || node.parent.type === 'JSXElement' || node.parent.type === 'JSXFragment' ) { return; } const value = isTemplateElement ? sourceCode.getText(node) : node.raw; const pattern = /\\[^\d]/gu; let match; while ((match = pattern.exec(value))) { validateString(node, match); } } else if (node.regex) { validateRegExp(node); } } return { Literal: check, TemplateElement: check, }; }, };