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react_auditor/rules/react/
no_set_state_in_effect.rs

1use oxc_ast::ast::Program;
2use oxc_ast_visit::Visit;
3use oxc_semantic::Semantic;
4
5use crate::rules::{Rule, RuleFinding, RuleMeta, Severity};
6
7pub struct NoSetStateInEffect;
8
9const RULE_META: RuleMeta = RuleMeta {
10    id: "no-set-state-in-effect",
11    default_severity: Severity::Warning,
12    category: "react",
13    description: "Avoid calling setState in useEffect without conditions",
14};
15
16impl Rule for NoSetStateInEffect {
17    fn meta(&self) -> &RuleMeta {
18        &RULE_META
19    }
20
21    fn run(&self, program: &Program, _semantic: &Semantic, source_text: &str) -> Vec<RuleFinding> {
22        let mut collector = SetStateEffectCollector {
23            findings: Vec::new(),
24            source: source_text,
25            in_effect: false,
26        };
27        collector.visit_program(program);
28        collector.findings
29    }
30}
31
32struct SetStateEffectCollector<'a> {
33    findings: Vec<RuleFinding>,
34    source: &'a str,
35    in_effect: bool,
36}
37
38impl<'a> SetStateEffectCollector<'a> {
39    fn add_finding(&mut self, start: usize, msg: String) {
40        let line = self.source[..start].lines().count().max(1);
41        let col = start - self.source[..start].rfind('\n').map(|i| i + 1).unwrap_or(0);
42        self.findings.push(RuleFinding {
43            line,
44            column: col + 1,
45            message: msg,
46        });
47    }
48}
49
50impl<'a> Visit<'a> for SetStateEffectCollector<'a> {
51    fn visit_call_expression(&mut self, expr: &oxc_ast::ast::CallExpression<'a>) {
52        let name = if let oxc_ast::ast::Expression::Identifier(ident) = &expr.callee {
53            ident.name.as_str()
54        } else {
55            return;
56        };
57
58        if name == "useEffect" || name == "useLayoutEffect" {
59            self.in_effect = true;
60            oxc_ast_visit::walk::walk_call_expression(self, expr);
61            self.in_effect = false;
62            return;
63        }
64
65        if self.in_effect
66            && (name.starts_with("set")
67                && name.len() > 3
68                && name.as_bytes()[3].is_ascii_uppercase())
69        {
70            self.add_finding(expr.span.start as usize,
71                format!("`{name}` called inside useEffect without dependencies — may cause infinite loop"));
72        }
73
74        if self.in_effect && name == "dispatch" {
75            self.add_finding(
76                expr.span.start as usize,
77                "Store dispatch in useEffect without dependencies — may cause infinite loop"
78                    .to_string(),
79            );
80        }
81    }
82}