Add options to allow HTML entities and/or punctuation to be excluded from translation check

README.md

@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ The built-in configuration preset you get with `"extends": "tslint-react"` is se
   - Rule options: _none_
 - `jsx-use-translation-function` (since v2.4.0)
    - Enforces use of a translation function. Plain string literals are disallowed in JSX when enabled.
-   - Rule options: _none_
+   - Rule options: `["allow-punctuation", "allow-htmlentities"]`
    - Off by default
 - `jsx-self-close` (since v0.4.0)
   - Enforces that JSX elements with no children are self-closing.

src/rules/jsxUseTranslationFunctionRule.ts

@@ -16,42 +16,100 @@
  */
 
 import * as Lint from "tslint";
-import { isJsxAttribute, isJsxElement, isJsxExpression, isJsxText, isStringLiteral } from "tsutils";
+import { isJsxAttribute, isJsxElement, isJsxExpression, isJsxText, isTextualLiteral } from "tsutils";
 import * as ts from "typescript";
 
+interface IOptions {
+    allowPunctuation: boolean;
+    allowHtmlEntities: boolean;
+}
+
 export class Rule extends Lint.Rules.AbstractRule {
+    /* tslint:disable:object-literal-sort-keys */
+    public static metadata: Lint.IRuleMetadata = {
+        ruleName: "jsx-use-translation-function",
+        description: Lint.Utils.dedent`
+            Enforces use of a translation function. Most plain string literals are disallowed in JSX when enabled.`,
+        options: {
+            type: "array",
+            items: {
+                type: "string",
+                enum: ["allow-punctuation", "allow-htmlentities"],
+            },
+        },
+        optionsDescription: Lint.Utils.dedent`
+            Whether to allow punctuation and or HTML entities`,
+        type: "functionality",
+        typescriptOnly: false,
+    };
+    /* tslint:enable:object-literal-sort-keys */
+
     public static TRANSLATABLE_ATTRIBUTES = new Set(["placeholder", "title", "alt"]);
     public static FAILURE_STRING = "String literals are disallowed as JSX. Use a translation function";
     public static FAILURE_STRING_FACTORY = (text: string) =>
         `String literal is not allowed for value of ${text}. Use a translation function`
 
     public apply(sourceFile: ts.SourceFile): Lint.RuleFailure[] {
-        return this.applyWithFunction(sourceFile, walk);
+        return this.applyWithFunction(sourceFile, walk, {
+            allowHtmlEntities: this.ruleArguments.indexOf("allow-htmlentities") !== -1,
+            allowPunctuation: this.ruleArguments.indexOf("allow-punctuation") !== -1,
+        });
     }
 }
 
-function walk(ctx: Lint.WalkContext<void>) {
+function walk(ctx: Lint.WalkContext<IOptions>) {
     return ts.forEachChild(ctx.sourceFile, function cb(node: ts.Node): void {
         if (isJsxElement(node)) {
+
             for (const child of node.children) {
-                if (isJsxText(child) && child.getText().trim() !== "") {
+                if (isJsxText(child) && isInvalidText(child.getText(), ctx.options)) {
                     ctx.addFailureAtNode(child, Rule.FAILURE_STRING);
                 }
+
                 if (isJsxExpression(child)
                     && child.expression !== undefined
-                    && (isStringLiteral(child.expression)
-                        || child.expression.kind === ts.SyntaxKind.FirstTemplateToken)) {
-                    ctx.addFailureAtNode(child, Rule.FAILURE_STRING);
+                    && isTextualLiteral(child.expression)) {
+                    if (isInvalidText(child.expression.text, ctx.options)) {
+                        ctx.addFailureAtNode(child, Rule.FAILURE_STRING);
+                    }
                 }
             }
+
         } else if (isJsxAttribute(node)) {
             if (Rule.TRANSLATABLE_ATTRIBUTES.has(node.name.text) && node.initializer !== undefined) {
-                if (isStringLiteral(node.initializer)
-                    || (isJsxExpression(node.initializer) && isStringLiteral(node.initializer.expression!))) {
+                if (isTextualLiteral(node.initializer) && isInvalidText(node.initializer.text, ctx.options)) {
                     ctx.addFailureAtNode(node.initializer, Rule.FAILURE_STRING_FACTORY(node.name.text));
                 }
+
+                if (isJsxExpression(node.initializer) && isTextualLiteral(node.initializer.expression!)) {
+                    if (isInvalidText((node.initializer.expression as ts.LiteralExpression).text, ctx.options)) {
+                        ctx.addFailureAtNode(node.initializer, Rule.FAILURE_STRING_FACTORY(node.name.text));
+                    }
+                }
             }
         }
         return ts.forEachChild(node, cb);
     });
 }
+
+function isInvalidText(text: string, options: Readonly<IOptions>) {
+    const t = text.trim();
+
+    if (t === "") {
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    let invalid = true;
+
+    if (options.allowPunctuation) {
+        invalid = /\w/.test(t);
+    }
+
+    if (options.allowHtmlEntities && t.indexOf("&") !== -1) {
+        invalid = t.split("&")
+            .filter((entity) => entity !== "")
+            .some((entity) => /^&(?:#[0-9]+|[a-zA-Z]+);$/.test(`&${entity}`) !== true);
+    }
+
+    return invalid;
+}

test/rules/jsx-use-translation-function/test.tsx.lint → test/rules/jsx-use-translation-function/allow-htmlentities/test.tsx.lint

@@ -37,5 +37,20 @@
         ~~~~~      [0]
 </ul>
 
+<div> - </div>
+      ~~         [0]
+
+<div>{' - '}</div>
+     ~~~~~~~       [0]
+
+<input placeholder="-" />
+                   ~~~ [1]
+
+<div>&nbsp;</div>
+
+<div>{'&nbsp;'}</div>
+
+<input placeholder="&nbsp;" />
+
 [0]: String literals are disallowed as JSX. Use a translation function
 [1]: String literal is not allowed for value of placeholder. Use a translation function

test/rules/jsx-use-translation-function/allow-htmlentities/tslint.json

@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+{
+    "rules": {
+        "jsx-use-translation-function": {
+            "options": ["allow-htmlentities"]
+        }
+    }
+}

test/rules/jsx-use-translation-function/allow-punctuation/test.tsx.lint

@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+<div>Hello world!</div>
+     ~~~~~~~~~~~~         [0]
+
+<div>{'Hello world!'}</div>
+     ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~       [0]
+
+<div>{translate('hello-world')}</div>
+
+<input placeholder={translate('name')} />
+<input placeholder="Name" />
+                   ~~~~~~ [1]
+
+<input placeholder={translate('name')} />
+<input placeholder={"Name"} />
+                   ~~~~~~~~  [1]
+
+<div>
+    <div>{translate('hi')}</div>
+</div>
+
+<div>
+    <span>{translate('this')}</span>is bad<span>
+                                    ~~~~~~       [0]
+</div>
+
+<div>{`foo`}</div>
+     ~~~~~~~       [0]
+
+<div>{`foo ${1}`}</div>
+
+<ul>
+    <li>{translate('one')}</li>
+    Two
+    ~~~
+    <li>Three</li>
+~~~~               [0]
+        ~~~~~      [0]
+</ul>
+
+<div> - </div>
+
+<div>{' - '}</div>
+
+<input placeholder="-" />
+
+<div>&nbsp;</div>
+     ~~~~~~         [0]
+
+<div>{'&nbsp;'}</div>
+     ~~~~~~~~~~       [0]
+
+<input placeholder="&nbsp;" />
+                   ~~~~~~~~ [1]
+
+[0]: String literals are disallowed as JSX. Use a translation function
+[1]: String literal is not allowed for value of placeholder. Use a translation function

test/rules/jsx-use-translation-function/allow-punctuation/tslint.json

@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+{
+    "rules": {
+        "jsx-use-translation-function": {
+            "options": ["allow-punctuation"]
+        }
+    }
+}

test/rules/jsx-use-translation-function/default/test.tsx.lint

@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+<div>Hello world!</div>
+     ~~~~~~~~~~~~         [0]
+
+<div>{'Hello world!'}</div>
+     ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~       [0]
+
+<div>{translate('hello-world')}</div>
+
+<input placeholder={translate('name')} />
+<input placeholder="Name" />
+                   ~~~~~~ [1]
+
+<input placeholder={translate('name')} />
+<input placeholder={"Name"} />
+                   ~~~~~~~~  [1]
+
+<div>
+    <div>{translate('hi')}</div>
+</div>
+
+<div>
+    <span>{translate('this')}</span>is bad<span>
+                                    ~~~~~~       [0]
+</div>
+
+<div>{`foo`}</div>
+     ~~~~~~~       [0]
+
+<div>{`foo ${1}`}</div>
+
+<ul>
+    <li>{translate('one')}</li>
+    Two
+    ~~~
+    <li>Three</li>
+~~~~               [0]
+        ~~~~~      [0]
+</ul>
+
+<div> - </div>
+      ~~         [0]
+
+<div>{' - '}</div>
+     ~~~~~~~       [0]
+
+<input placeholder="-" />
+                   ~~~ [1]
+
+<div>&nbsp;</div>
+     ~~~~~~         [0]
+
+<div>{'&nbsp;'}</div>
+     ~~~~~~~~~~       [0]
+
+<input placeholder="&nbsp;" />
+                   ~~~~~~~~ [1]
+
+[0]: String literals are disallowed as JSX. Use a translation function
+[1]: String literal is not allowed for value of placeholder. Use a translation function