Error Prone

AvoidTrailingComma

Since: PMD 5.1

Priority: High (1)

This rule helps improve code portability due to differences in browser treatment of trailing commas in object or array literals.

//ObjectLiteral[$allowObjectLiteral = "false" and @TrailingComma = 'true']
|
//ArrayLiteral[$allowArrayLiteral = "false" and @TrailingComma = 'true']

Example(s):

function(arg) {
    var obj1 = { a : 1 };   // Ok
    var arr1 = [ 1, 2 ];    // Ok

    var obj2 = { a : 1, };  // Syntax error in some browsers!
    var arr2 = [ 1, 2, ];   // Length 2 or 3 depending on the browser!
}

This rule has the following properties:

Use this rule by referencing it:

<rule ref="category/ecmascript/errorprone.xml/AvoidTrailingComma" />

EqualComparison

Since: PMD 5.0

Priority: Medium (3)

Using == in condition may lead to unexpected results, as the variables are automatically casted to be of the same type. The === operator avoids the casting.

//InfixExpression[(@Image = "==" or @Image = "!=")
  and
 (child::KeywordLiteral[@Image = "true" or @Image = "false"]
 or
 child::NumberLiteral)
]

Example(s):

// Ok
if (someVar === true) {
  ...
}
// Ok
if (someVar !== 3) {
  ...
}
// Bad
if (someVar == true) {
  ...
}
// Bad
if (someVar != 3) {
  ...
}

Use this rule by referencing it:

<rule ref="category/ecmascript/errorprone.xml/EqualComparison" />

InnaccurateNumericLiteral

Since: PMD 5.0

Priority: Medium High (2)

The numeric literal will have a different value at runtime, which can happen if you provide too much precision in a floating point number. This may result in numeric calculations being in error.

//NumberLiteral[
    @Image != @Number
    and translate(@Image, "e", "E") != @Number
    and concat(@Image, ".0") != @Number
    and @Image != substring-before(translate(@Number, ".", ""), "E")]

Example(s):

var a = 9; // Ok
var b = 999999999999999; // Ok
var c = 999999999999999999999; // Not good
var w = 1.12e-4; // Ok
var x = 1.12; // Ok
var y = 1.1234567890123; // Ok
var z = 1.12345678901234567; // Not good

Use this rule by referencing it:

<rule ref="category/ecmascript/errorprone.xml/InnaccurateNumericLiteral" />