/**
 * @fileoverview Rule to flag the use of empty character classes in regular expressions
 * @author Ian Christian Myers
 */

"use strict";

//------------------------------------------------------------------------------
// Helpers
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/*
 * plain-English description of the following regexp:
 * 0. `^` fix the match at the beginning of the string
 * 1. `\/`: the `/` that begins the regexp
 * 2. `([^\\[]|\\.|\[([^\\\]]|\\.)+\])*`: regexp contents; 0 or more of the following
 * 2.0. `[^\\[]`: any character that's not a `\` or a `[` (anything but escape sequences and character classes)
 * 2.1. `\\.`: an escape sequence
 * 2.2. `\[([^\\\]]|\\.)+\]`: a character class that isn't empty
 * 3. `\/` the `/` that ends the regexp
 * 4. `[gimuy]*`: optional regexp flags
 * 5. `$`: fix the match at the end of the string
 */
const regex = /^\/([^\\[]|\\.|\[([^\\\]]|\\.)+\])*\/[gimuys]*$/u;

//------------------------------------------------------------------------------
// Rule Definition
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module.exports = {
    meta: {
        type: "problem",

        docs: {
            description: "disallow empty character classes in regular expressions",
            category: "Possible Errors",
            recommended: true,
            url: "https://eslint.org/docs/rules/no-empty-character-class"
        },

        schema: [],

        messages: {
            unexpected: "Empty class."
        }
    },

    create(context) {
        const sourceCode = context.getSourceCode();

        return {

            Literal(node) {
                const token = sourceCode.getFirstToken(node);

                if (token.type === "RegularExpression" && !regex.test(token.value)) {
                    context.report({ node, messageId: "unexpected" });
                }
            }

        };

    }
};
