Add ArrayType rule to enforce 'T[]' or 'Array<T>'

src/language/walker/syntaxWalker.ts

@@ -30,6 +30,10 @@ export class SyntaxWalker {
         this.walkChildren(node);
     }
 
+    protected visitArrayType(node: ts.ArrayTypeNode) {
+        this.walkChildren(node);
+    }
+
     protected visitArrowFunction(node: ts.FunctionLikeDeclaration) {
         this.walkChildren(node);
     }
@@ -328,6 +332,10 @@ export class SyntaxWalker {
                 this.visitArrayLiteralExpression(<ts.ArrayLiteralExpression> node);
                 break;
 
+            case ts.SyntaxKind.ArrayType:
+                this.visitArrayType(<ts.ArrayTypeNode> node);
+                break;
+
             case ts.SyntaxKind.ArrowFunction:
                 this.visitArrowFunction(<ts.FunctionLikeDeclaration> node);
                 break;

src/rules/arrayTypeRule.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,76 @@
+import * as ts from "typescript";
+
+import * as Lint from "../lint";
+
+const OPTION_ARRAY = "array";
+const OPTION_GENERIC = "generic";
+
+export class Rule extends Lint.Rules.AbstractRule {
+    /* tslint:disable:object-literal-sort-keys */
+    public static metadata: Lint.IRuleMetadata = {
+        ruleName: "array-type",
+        description: "Requires using either 'T[]' or 'Array<T>' for arrays.",
+        optionsDescription: Lint.Utils.dedent`
+            One of the following arguments must be provided:
+
+            * \`"${OPTION_ARRAY}"\` enforces use of 'T[]'.
+            * \`"${OPTION_GENERIC}"\` enforces use of 'Array<T>'.`,
+        options: {
+            type: "string",
+            enum: [OPTION_ARRAY, OPTION_GENERIC],
+        },
+        optionExamples: ["[true, array]", "[true, generic]"],
+        type: "style",
+    };
+    /* tslint:enable:object-literal-sort-keys */
+
+    public static FAILURE_STRING_ARRAY = "Array type using 'Array<T>' is forbidden. Use 'T[]' instead.";
+    public static FAILURE_STRING_GENERIC = "Array type using 'T[]' is forbidden. Use 'Array<T>' instead.";
+
+    public apply(sourceFile: ts.SourceFile): Lint.RuleFailure[] {
+        const alignWalker = new ArrayTypeWalker(sourceFile, this.getOptions());
+        return this.applyWithWalker(alignWalker);
+    }
+}
+
+class ArrayTypeWalker extends Lint.RuleWalker {
+    public visitArrayType(node: ts.ArrayTypeNode) {
+        if (this.hasOption(OPTION_GENERIC)) {
+            const typeName = node.elementType;
+            const fix = new Lint.Fix(Rule.metadata.ruleName, [
+                this.appendText(typeName.getStart(), "Array<"),
+                // Delete the square brackets and replace with an angle bracket
+                this.createReplacement(typeName.getEnd(), node.getEnd() - typeName.getEnd(), ">"),
+            ]);
+            this.addFailure(this.createFailure(node.getStart(), node.getWidth(), Rule.FAILURE_STRING_GENERIC, fix));
+        }
+
+        super.visitArrayType(node);
+    }
+
+    public visitTypeReference(node: ts.TypeReferenceNode) {
+        const typeName = node.typeName.getText();
+        if (this.hasOption(OPTION_ARRAY) && typeName === "Array") {
+            const typeArgs = node.typeArguments;
+            let fix: Lint.Fix;
+            if (!typeArgs || typeArgs.length === 0) {
+                // Create an 'any' array
+                fix = new Lint.Fix(Rule.metadata.ruleName, [
+                    this.createReplacement(node.getStart(), node.getWidth(), "any[]"),
+                ]);
+            } else if (typeArgs && typeArgs.length === 1) {
+                const typeStart = typeArgs[0].getStart();
+                const typeEnd = typeArgs[0].getEnd();
+                fix = new Lint.Fix(Rule.metadata.ruleName, [
+                    // Delete Array and the first angle bracket
+                    this.deleteText(node.getStart(), typeStart - node.getStart()),
+                    // Delete the last angle bracket and replace with square brackets
+                    this.createReplacement(typeEnd, node.getEnd() - typeEnd, "[]"),
+                ]);
+            }
+            this.addFailure(this.createFailure(node.getStart(), node.getWidth(), Rule.FAILURE_STRING_ARRAY, fix));
+        }
+
+        super.visitTypeReference(node);
+    }
+}

src/tsconfig.json

@@ -71,6 +71,7 @@
         "language/walker/syntaxWalker.ts",
         "rules/adjacentOverloadSignaturesRule.ts",
         "rules/alignRule.ts",
+        "rules/arrayTypeRule.ts",
         "rules/arrowParensRule.ts",
         "rules/banRule.ts",
         "rules/classNameRule.ts",

test/rules/array-type/array/test.ts.fix

@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+let x: number[] = [1] as number[];
+let y: string[] = <string[]>["2"];
+let z: any[] = [3, "4"];
+
+let xx: number[][] = [[1, 2], [3]];
+let yy: number[][] = [[4, 5], [6]];
+
+type Arr<T> = T[];
+
+// Ignore user defined aliases
+let yyyy: Arr<Arr<string>[][]> = [[[["2"]]]];
+
+interface ArrayClass<T> {
+    foo: T[];
+    bar: T[];
+    baz: Arr<T>;
+}
+
+function fooFunction(foo: ArrayClass<string>[]) {
+    return foo.map(e => e.foo);
+}
+
+function barFunction(bar: ArrayClass<String>[]) {
+    return bar.map(e => e.bar);
+}
+
+function bazFunction(baz: Arr<ArrayClass<String>>) {
+    return baz.map(e => e.baz);
+}

test/rules/array-type/array/test.ts.lint

@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+let x: Array<number> = [1] as number[];
+       ~~~~~~~~~~~~~                    [Array type using 'Array<T>' is forbidden. Use 'T[]' instead.]
+let y: string[] = <Array<string>>["2"];
+                   ~~~~~~~~~~~~~        [Array type using 'Array<T>' is forbidden. Use 'T[]' instead.]
+let z: Array = [3, "4"];
+       ~~~~~             [Array type using 'Array<T>' is forbidden. Use 'T[]' instead.]
+
+let xx: Array<Array<number>> = [[1, 2], [3]];
+        ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~                  [Array type using 'Array<T>' is forbidden. Use 'T[]' instead.]
+              ~~~~~~~~~~~~~                   [Array type using 'Array<T>' is forbidden. Use 'T[]' instead.]
+let yy: number[][] = [[4, 5], [6]];
+
+type Arr<T> = Array<T>;
+              ~~~~~~~~  [Array type using 'Array<T>' is forbidden. Use 'T[]' instead.]
+
+// Ignore user defined aliases
+let yyyy: Arr<Array<Arr<string>>[]> = [[[["2"]]]];
+              ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~                   [Array type using 'Array<T>' is forbidden. Use 'T[]' instead.]
+
+interface ArrayClass<T> {
+    foo: Array<T>;
+         ~~~~~~~~  [Array type using 'Array<T>' is forbidden. Use 'T[]' instead.]
+    bar: T[];
+    baz: Arr<T>;
+}
+
+function fooFunction(foo: Array<ArrayClass<string>>) {
+                          ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~    [Array type using 'Array<T>' is forbidden. Use 'T[]' instead.]
+    return foo.map(e => e.foo);
+}
+
+function barFunction(bar: ArrayClass<String>[]) {
+    return bar.map(e => e.bar);
+}
+
+function bazFunction(baz: Arr<ArrayClass<String>>) {
+    return baz.map(e => e.baz);
+}

test/rules/array-type/array/tslint.json

@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+{
+  "rules": {
+    "array-type": [true, "array"]
+  }
+}

test/rules/array-type/generic/test.ts.fix

@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+let x: Array<number> = [1] as Array<number>;
+let y: Array<string> = <Array<string>>["2"];
+let z: Array = [3, "4"];
+
+let xx: Array<Array<number>> = [[1, 2], [3]];
+let yy: Array<Array<number>> = [[4, 5], [6]];
+
+type Arr<T> = Array<T>;
+
+// Ignore user defined aliases
+let yyyy: Arr<Array<Array<Arr<string>>>> = [[[["2"]]]];
+
+interface ArrayClass<T> {
+    foo: Array<T>;
+    bar: Array<T>;
+    baz: Arr<T>;
+}
+
+function fooFunction(foo: Array<ArrayClass<string>>) {
+    return foo.map(e => e.foo);
+}
+
+function barFunction(bar: Array<ArrayClass<String>>) {
+    return bar.map(e => e.bar);
+}
+
+function bazFunction(baz: Arr<ArrayClass<String>>) {
+    return baz.map(e => e.baz);
+}

test/rules/array-type/generic/test.ts.lint

@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+let x: Array<number> = [1] as number[];
+                              ~~~~~~~~  [Array type using 'T[]' is forbidden. Use 'Array<T>' instead.]
+let y: string[] = <Array<string>>["2"];
+       ~~~~~~~~                         [Array type using 'T[]' is forbidden. Use 'Array<T>' instead.]
+let z: Array = [3, "4"];
+
+let xx: Array<Array<number>> = [[1, 2], [3]];
+let yy: number[][] = [[4, 5], [6]];
+        ~~~~~~~~~~                  [Array type using 'T[]' is forbidden. Use 'Array<T>' instead.]
+        ~~~~~~~~                    [Array type using 'T[]' is forbidden. Use 'Array<T>' instead.]
+
+type Arr<T> = Array<T>;
+
+// Ignore user defined aliases
+let yyyy: Arr<Array<Arr<string>>[]> = [[[["2"]]]];
+              ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~                 [Array type using 'T[]' is forbidden. Use 'Array<T>' instead.]
+
+interface ArrayClass<T> {
+    foo: Array<T>;
+    bar: T[];
+         ~~~  [Array type using 'T[]' is forbidden. Use 'Array<T>' instead.]
+    baz: Arr<T>;
+}
+
+function fooFunction(foo: Array<ArrayClass<string>>) {
+    return foo.map(e => e.foo);
+}
+
+function barFunction(bar: ArrayClass<String>[]) {
+                          ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~    [Array type using 'T[]' is forbidden. Use 'Array<T>' instead.]
+    return bar.map(e => e.bar);
+}
+
+function bazFunction(baz: Arr<ArrayClass<String>>) {
+    return baz.map(e => e.baz);
+}

test/rules/array-type/generic/tslint.json

@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+{
+  "rules": {
+    "array-type": [true, "generic"]
+  }
+}

test/tsconfig.json

@@ -67,6 +67,7 @@
         "../src/rules.ts",
         "../src/rules/adjacentOverloadSignaturesRule.ts",
         "../src/rules/alignRule.ts",
+        "../src/rules/arrayTypeRule.ts",
         "../src/rules/arrowParensRule.ts",
         "../src/rules/banRule.ts",
         "../src/rules/classNameRule.ts",