package rule import ( "fmt" "go/ast" "go/types" "github.com/mgechev/revive/lint" ) // UnexportedReturnRule lints given else constructs. type UnexportedReturnRule struct{} // Apply applies the rule to given file. func (r *UnexportedReturnRule) Apply(file *lint.File, _ lint.Arguments) []lint.Failure { var failures []lint.Failure fileAst := file.AST walker := lintUnexportedReturn{ file: file, fileAst: fileAst, onFailure: func(failure lint.Failure) { failures = append(failures, failure) }, } file.Pkg.TypeCheck() ast.Walk(walker, fileAst) return failures } // Name returns the rule name. func (r *UnexportedReturnRule) Name() string { return "unexported-return" } type lintUnexportedReturn struct { file *lint.File fileAst *ast.File onFailure func(lint.Failure) } func (w lintUnexportedReturn) Visit(n ast.Node) ast.Visitor { fn, ok := n.(*ast.FuncDecl) if !ok { return w } if fn.Type.Results == nil { return nil } if !fn.Name.IsExported() { return nil } thing := "func" if fn.Recv != nil && len(fn.Recv.List) > 0 { thing = "method" if !ast.IsExported(receiverType(fn)) { // Don't report exported methods of unexported types, // such as private implementations of sort.Interface. return nil } } for _, ret := range fn.Type.Results.List { typ := w.file.Pkg.TypeOf(ret.Type) if exportedType(typ) { continue } w.onFailure(lint.Failure{ Category: "unexported-type-in-api", Node: ret.Type, Confidence: 0.8, Failure: fmt.Sprintf("exported %s %s returns unexported type %s, which can be annoying to use", thing, fn.Name.Name, typ), }) break // only flag one } return nil } // exportedType reports whether typ is an exported type. // It is imprecise, and will err on the side of returning true, // such as for composite types. func exportedType(typ types.Type) bool { switch T := typ.(type) { case *types.Named: obj := T.Obj() switch { // Builtin types have no package. case obj.Pkg() == nil: case obj.Exported(): default: _, ok := T.Underlying().(*types.Interface) return ok } return true case *types.Map: return exportedType(T.Key()) && exportedType(T.Elem()) case interface { Elem() types.Type }: // array, slice, pointer, chan return exportedType(T.Elem()) } // Be conservative about other types, such as struct, interface, etc. return true }