ErrorFixer interface

Methods to modify the original source to fix errors.

insertTextBefore method

Inserts text at just before location.

Syntax

insertTextBefore(location, insert);

Return value

This method has no return value.

Parameters

• location: Location: The location where text will be inserted at.
• insert: string: The text to insert.

Example

/* inserts "before" to just before given location */
fixer.insertTextBefore(location, "before");

If location refers to the word "ipsum", the following change would be applied:

-lorem ipsum dolor sit amet
+lorem beforeipsum dolor sit amet

insertTextAfter method

Inserts text at just after location.

Syntax

insertTextAfter(location, insert);

Return value

This method has no return value.

Parameters

• location: Location: The location where text will be inserted at.
• insert: string: The text to insert.

Example

/* inserts "after" to just after given location */
fixer.insertTextAfter(location, "after");

If location refers to the word "ipsum", the following change would be applied:

-lorem ipsum dolor sit amet
+lorem ipsumafter dolor sit amet

replaceText method

Replaces the text at location.

Syntax

replaceText(location, replacement);

Return value

This method has no return value.

Parameters

• location: Location: The location of text to replace.
• replacement: string: The text to replace current text with.

Example

/* replace the text at given location with "lorem ipsum" */
fixer.replaceText(location, "lorem ipsum");

removeText method

Removes the text at location, optionally trimming whitespace before or after.

Syntax

removeText(location, [options]);

Return value

This method has no return value.

Parameters

• location: Location: The location of text to remove.
• options.trimStart: boolean (optional): Remove whitespace characters before the specified location, up to and including a single newline if present. Defaults to false.
• options.trimEnd: boolean (optional): Remove whitespace characters after the specified location, up to and including a single newline if present. Defaults to false.

Example

Given an element with the foo attribute:

<div foo="bar"></div>

To remove the attribute:

fixer.removeText(attr.location);

After removal the result would be:

<div ></div>

The whitespace before the attribute can be trimmed:

fixer.removeText(attr.location, { trimStart: true });

Resulting in <div> instead of <div >:

<div></div>