/** * @fileoverview Rule to flag unnecessary double negation in Boolean contexts * @author Brandon Mills */ "use strict"; //------------------------------------------------------------------------------ // Rule Definition //------------------------------------------------------------------------------ module.exports = { meta: { docs: { description: "disallow unnecessary boolean casts", category: "Possible Errors", recommended: true }, schema: [] }, create: function(context) { // Node types which have a test which will coerce values to booleans. var BOOLEAN_NODE_TYPES = [ "IfStatement", "DoWhileStatement", "WhileStatement", "ConditionalExpression", "ForStatement" ]; /** * Check if a node is in a context where its value would be coerced to a boolean at runtime. * * @param {Object} node The node * @param {Object} parent Its parent * @returns {Boolean} If it is in a boolean context */ function isInBooleanContext(node, parent) { return ( (BOOLEAN_NODE_TYPES.indexOf(parent.type) !== -1 && node === parent.test) || // ! (parent.type === "UnaryExpression" && parent.operator === "!") ); } return { UnaryExpression: function(node) { var ancestors = context.getAncestors(), parent = ancestors.pop(), grandparent = ancestors.pop(); // Exit early if it's guaranteed not to match if (node.operator !== "!" || parent.type !== "UnaryExpression" || parent.operator !== "!") { return; } if (isInBooleanContext(parent, grandparent) || // Boolean() and new Boolean() ((grandparent.type === "CallExpression" || grandparent.type === "NewExpression") && grandparent.callee.type === "Identifier" && grandparent.callee.name === "Boolean") ) { context.report(node, "Redundant double negation."); } }, CallExpression: function(node) { var parent = node.parent; if (node.callee.type !== "Identifier" || node.callee.name !== "Boolean") { return; } if (isInBooleanContext(node, parent)) { context.report(node, "Redundant Boolean call."); } } }; } };