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Run ruling integration tests and update expected results for SonarJS rules. Use when running ruling tests or syncing expected ruling output.

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Overview

Ruling tests analyze large third-party codebases (JS/TS and CSS) and compare issues against expected output. Run them when adding or modifying rules to verify real-world behavior.

Warning: Running ruling tests removes node_modules from the project root. Run npm ci afterward.

Running Ruling

# Prerequisites: init submodules, install dependencies, build JS/TS, then rebuild the jar
git submodule update --init --recursive
npm install
npm run bbf
mvn install -DskipTests

# Run ruling (JS/TS and CSS)
npm run ruling

# Sync actual → expected (after reviewing output)
npm run ruling-sync

# Debug differences
sh tools/ruling-debug-script.sh

Results:

  • Actual: packages/ruling/actual/
  • Expected: its/ruling/src/test/expected/

Java Ruling (Old Way)

cd its/ruling
mvn verify -Dtest=RulingTest -Dmaven.test.redirectTestOutputToFile=false

Copy actual to expected:

cp -R target/actual/ src/test/expected/

Review diff:

diff -rq src/test/expected target/actual

Custom Source Files for New Rules

If a new rule raises no issues on existing sources, add test code:

  • its/sources/custom/jsts/S1234.js — regular code
  • its/sources/custom/jsts/tests/S1234.js — test code

Copy from RSPEC HTML description (compliant/non-compliant examples).

Debugging with Node Process

To debug the Node.js bridge during ruling:

  1. Start your Node.js process manually
  2. Set SONARJS_EXISTING_NODE_PROCESS_PORT=<port>
  3. Remove @Execution(ExecutionMode.CONCURRENT) from the ruling test class (for serial execution)

Submodule Setup

If submodules aren't checked out:

git submodule init
git submodule update