Assumption for array error types (#47)

Author: Antonboom

pkg/analyzer/analyzer.go

@@ -61,10 +61,10 @@ func run(pass *analysis.Pass) (interface{}, error) {
 			name := v.Name.Name
 			if _, ok := v.Type.(*ast.ArrayType); ok {
 				if !isValidErrorArrayTypeName(name) {
-					reportAboutErrorType(pass, v.Pos(), name, true)
+					reportAboutArrayErrorType(pass, v.Pos(), name)
 				}
 			} else if !isValidErrorTypeName(name) {
-				reportAboutErrorType(pass, v.Pos(), name, false)
+				reportAboutErrorType(pass, v.Pos(), name)
 			}
 			return false
 		}
@@ -75,20 +75,28 @@ func run(pass *analysis.Pass) (interface{}, error) {
 	return nil, nil //nolint:nilnil
 }
 
-func reportAboutErrorType(pass *analysis.Pass, typePos token.Pos, typeName string, isArrayType bool) {
+func reportAboutErrorType(pass *analysis.Pass, typePos token.Pos, typeName string) {
 	var form string
 	if unicode.IsLower([]rune(typeName)[0]) {
 		form = "xxxError"
 	} else {
 		form = "XxxError"
 	}
 
-	if isArrayType {
-		form += "s"
-	}
 	pass.Reportf(typePos, "the error type name `%s` should conform to the `%s` format", typeName, form)
 }
 
+func reportAboutArrayErrorType(pass *analysis.Pass, typePos token.Pos, typeName string) {
+	var forms string
+	if unicode.IsLower([]rune(typeName)[0]) {
+		forms = "`xxxErrors` or `xxxError`"
+	} else {
+		forms = "`XxxErrors` or `XxxError`"
+	}
+
+	pass.Reportf(typePos, "the error type name `%s` should conform to the %s format", typeName, forms)
+}
+
 func reportAboutSentinelError(pass *analysis.Pass, pos token.Pos, varName string) {
 	var form string
 	if unicode.IsLower([]rune(varName)[0]) {

pkg/analyzer/facts.go

@@ -41,10 +41,12 @@ func isValidErrorArrayTypeName(s string) bool {
 	words := split(s)
 	wordsCnt := wordsCount(words)
 
-	if wordsCnt["errors"] != 1 {
+	if wordsCnt["errors"] != 1 && wordsCnt["error"] != 1 {
 		return false
 	}
-	return words[len(words)-1] == "errors"
+
+	lastWord := words[len(words)-1]
+	return lastWord == "errors" || lastWord == "error"
 }
 
 func isValidErrorVarName(s string) bool {

pkg/analyzer/facts_test.go

@@ -188,6 +188,8 @@ func Test_isValidErrorArrayTypeName(t *testing.T) {
 		"validationErrors",
 		"ERRORS",
 		"errors",
+		"IncompatiblePairError",
+		"multiError",
 	} {
 		if !isValidErrorArrayTypeName(tt) {
 			t.Errorf("%q must be valid error array type name", tt)
@@ -197,6 +199,10 @@ func Test_isValidErrorArrayTypeName(t *testing.T) {
 	for _, tt := range []string{
 		"ErrorsFromValidation",
 		"errorsFromValidation",
+		"ErrorMulti",
+		"ErrorsOfProcessing",
+		"processingErrs",
+		"ValidationErr",
 	} {
 		if isValidErrorArrayTypeName(tt) {
 			t.Errorf("%q must be invalid error array type name", tt)

pkg/analyzer/testdata/src/regular/error_types_exceptions.go

@@ -18,14 +18,30 @@ type tenErrors [10]string
 
 func (te tenErrors) Error() string { return strings.Join(te[:], "\n") }
 
-type MultiError []error             // want "the error type name `MultiError` should conform to the `XxxErrors` format"
+type MultiErr []error             // want "the error type name `MultiErr` should conform to the `XxxErrors` or `XxxError` format"
+func (me MultiErr) Error() string { return "" }
+
+type multiErr []error             // want "the error type name `multiErr` should conform to the `xxxErrors` or `xxxError` format"
+func (me multiErr) Error() string { return "" }
+
+type Twoerr [2]error            // want "the error type name `Twoerr` should conform to the `XxxErrors` or `XxxError` format"
+func (te Twoerr) Error() string { return te[0].Error() + "\n" + te[1].Error() }
+
+type twoErrorss [2]error            // want "the error type name `twoErrorss` should conform to the `xxxErrors` or `xxxError` format"
+func (te twoErrorss) Error() string { return te[0].Error() + "\n" + te[1].Error() }
+
+type MultiError []error
+
 func (me MultiError) Error() string { return "" }
 
-type multiError []error             // want "the error type name `multiError` should conform to the `xxxErrors` format"
+type multiError []error
+
 func (me multiError) Error() string { return "" }
 
-type TwoError [2]error            // want "the error type name `TwoError` should conform to the `XxxErrors` format"
+type TwoError [2]error
+
 func (te TwoError) Error() string { return te[0].Error() + "\n" + te[1].Error() }
 
-type twoError [2]error            // want "the error type name `twoError` should conform to the `xxxErrors` format"
+type twoError [2]error
+
 func (te twoError) Error() string { return te[0].Error() + "\n" + te[1].Error() }