/** * @fileoverview Rule to forbid control charactes from regular expressions. * @author Nicholas C. Zakas */ "use strict"; //------------------------------------------------------------------------------ // Rule Definition //------------------------------------------------------------------------------ module.exports = function(context) { function getRegExp(node) { if (node.value instanceof RegExp) { return node.value; } else if (typeof node.value === "string") { var parent = context.getAncestors().pop(); if ((parent.type === "NewExpression" || parent.type === "CallExpression") && parent.callee.type === "Identifier" && parent.callee.name === "RegExp") { // there could be an invalid regular expression string try { return new RegExp(node.value); } catch (ex) { return null; } } } else { return null; } } return { "Literal": function(node) { var computedValue, regex = getRegExp(node); if (regex) { computedValue = regex.toString(); if (/[\x00-\x1f]/.test(computedValue)) { context.report(node, "Unexpected control character in regular expression."); } } } }; }; module.exports.schema = [];