# encoding: utf-8 require 'rails_best_practices/reviews/review' module RailsBestPractices module Reviews # Make sure to use query attribute instead of nil?, blank? and present?. # # See the best practice details here http://rails-bestpractices.com/posts/56-use-query-attribute. # # Implementation: # # Review process: # check all method calls within conditional statements, like @user.login.nil? # if their subjects are one of the model names # and their messages of first call are not pluralize and not in any of the association names # and their messages of second call are one of nil?, blank?, present?, or they are == "" # then you can use query attribute instead. class UseQueryAttributeReview < Review QUERY_METHODS = %w(nil? blank? present?) def url "http://rails-bestpractices.com/posts/56-use-query-attribute" end def interesting_nodes [:if, :unless, :elsif] end # check if node to see whose conditional statement nodes contain nodes that can use query attribute instead. # # it will check every call nodes in the if nodes. If the call node is # # 1. two method calls, like @user.login.nil? # 2. the subject is one of the model names # 3. the message of first call is the model's attribute, # the message is not in any of associations name and is not pluralize # 4. the message of second call is one of nil?, blank? or present? or # the message is == and the argument is "" # # then the call node can use query attribute instead. def start_if(node) all_conditions = node.conditional_statement == node.conditional_statement.all_conditions ? [node.conditional_statement] : node.conditional_statement.all_conditions all_conditions.each do |condition_node| if query_attribute_node = query_attribute_node(condition_node) subject_node = query_attribute_node.subject add_error "use query attribute (#{subject_node.subject}.#{subject_node.message}?)", node.file, query_attribute_node.line end end end alias_method :start_unless, :start_if alias_method :start_elsif, :start_if private # recursively check conditional statement nodes to see if there is a call node that may be possible query attribute. def query_attribute_node(conditional_statement_node) case conditional_statement_node.sexp_type when :and, :or node = query_attribute_node(conditional_statement_node[1]) || query_attribute_node(conditional_statement_node[2]) node.file = conditional_statement_code.file return node when :not node = query_attribute_node(conditional_statement_node[1]) node.file = conditional_statement_node.file when :call return conditional_statement_node if possible_query_attribute?(conditional_statement_node) when :binary return conditional_statement_node if possible_query_attribute?(conditional_statement_node) end nil end # check if the node may use query attribute instead. # # if the node contains two method calls, e.g. @user.login.nil? # # for the first call, the subject should be one of the class names and # the message should be one of the attribute name. # # for the second call, the message should be one of nil?, blank? or present? or # it is compared with an empty string. # # the node that may use query attribute. def possible_query_attribute?(node) return false unless :call == node.subject.sexp_type variable_node = variable(node) message_node = node.grep_node(:subject => variable_node.to_s).message is_model?(variable_node) && model_attribute?(variable_node, message_node.to_s) && (QUERY_METHODS.include?(node.message.to_s) || compare_with_empty_string?(node)) end # check if the subject is one of the models. def is_model?(variable_node) return false if variable_node.const? class_name = variable_node.to_s.sub(/^@/, '').classify models.include?(class_name) end # check if the subject and message is one of the model's attribute. # the subject should match one of the class model name, and the message should match one of attribute name. def model_attribute?(variable_node, message) class_name = variable_node.to_s.sub(/^@/, '').classify attribute_type = model_attributes.get_attribute_type(class_name, message) attribute_type && !["integer", "float"].include?(attribute_type) end # check if the node is with node type :binary, node message :== and node argument is empty string. def compare_with_empty_string?(node) :binary == node.sexp_type && ["==", "!="].include?(node.message.to_s) && s(:string_literal, s(:string_content)) == node.argument end end end end