function validate()

in pontoon/base/static/js/lib/showdown.js [464:564]
89 lines of code
26 McCabe index (conditional complexity)

function validate (extension, name) {
  'use strict';

  var errMsg = (name) ? 'Error in ' + name + ' extension->' : 'Error in unnamed extension',
      ret = {
        valid: true,
        error: ''
      };

  if (!showdown.helper.isArray(extension)) {
    extension = [extension];
  }

  for (var i = 0; i < extension.length; ++i) {
    var baseMsg = errMsg + ' sub-extension ' + i + ': ',
        ext = extension[i];
    if (typeof ext !== 'object') {
      ret.valid = false;
      ret.error = baseMsg + 'must be an object, but ' + typeof ext + ' given';
      return ret;
    }

    if (!showdown.helper.isString(ext.type)) {
      ret.valid = false;
      ret.error = baseMsg + 'property "type" must be a string, but ' + typeof ext.type + ' given';
      return ret;
    }

    var type = ext.type = ext.type.toLowerCase();

    // normalize extension type
    if (type === 'language') {
      type = ext.type = 'lang';
    }

    if (type === 'html') {
      type = ext.type = 'output';
    }

    if (type !== 'lang' && type !== 'output' && type !== 'listener') {
      ret.valid = false;
      ret.error = baseMsg + 'type ' + type + ' is not recognized. Valid values: "lang/language", "output/html" or "listener"';
      return ret;
    }

    if (type === 'listener') {
      if (showdown.helper.isUndefined(ext.listeners)) {
        ret.valid = false;
        ret.error = baseMsg + '. Extensions of type "listener" must have a property called "listeners"';
        return ret;
      }
    } else {
      if (showdown.helper.isUndefined(ext.filter) && showdown.helper.isUndefined(ext.regex)) {
        ret.valid = false;
        ret.error = baseMsg + type + ' extensions must define either a "regex" property or a "filter" method';
        return ret;
      }
    }

    if (ext.listeners) {
      if (typeof ext.listeners !== 'object') {
        ret.valid = false;
        ret.error = baseMsg + '"listeners" property must be an object but ' + typeof ext.listeners + ' given';
        return ret;
      }
      for (var ln in ext.listeners) {
        if (ext.listeners.hasOwnProperty(ln)) {
          if (typeof ext.listeners[ln] !== 'function') {
            ret.valid = false;
            ret.error = baseMsg + '"listeners" property must be an hash of [event name]: [callback]. listeners.' + ln +
              ' must be a function but ' + typeof ext.listeners[ln] + ' given';
            return ret;
          }
        }
      }
    }

    if (ext.filter) {
      if (typeof ext.filter !== 'function') {
        ret.valid = false;
        ret.error = baseMsg + '"filter" must be a function, but ' + typeof ext.filter + ' given';
        return ret;
      }
    } else if (ext.regex) {
      if (showdown.helper.isString(ext.regex)) {
        ext.regex = new RegExp(ext.regex, 'g');
      }
      if (!(ext.regex instanceof RegExp)) {
        ret.valid = false;
        ret.error = baseMsg + '"regex" property must either be a string or a RegExp object, but ' + typeof ext.regex + ' given';
        return ret;
      }
      if (showdown.helper.isUndefined(ext.replace)) {
        ret.valid = false;
        ret.error = baseMsg + '"regex" extensions must implement a replace string or function';
        return ret;
      }
    }
  }
  return ret;
}