--- /dev/null
+/**
+ * @fileoverview Rule to flag use of an empty block statement
+ * @author Nicholas C. Zakas
+ */
+"use strict";
+
+//------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// Requirements
+//------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+const astUtils = require("./utils/ast-utils");
+
+//------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// Rule Definition
+//------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+module.exports = {
+ meta: {
+ type: "suggestion",
+
+ docs: {
+ description: "disallow empty block statements",
+ category: "Possible Errors",
+ recommended: true,
+ url: "https://eslint.org/docs/rules/no-empty"
+ },
+
+ schema: [
+ {
+ type: "object",
+ properties: {
+ allowEmptyCatch: {
+ type: "boolean",
+ default: false
+ }
+ },
+ additionalProperties: false
+ }
+ ],
+
+ messages: {
+ unexpected: "Empty {{type}} statement."
+ }
+ },
+
+ create(context) {
+ const options = context.options[0] || {},
+ allowEmptyCatch = options.allowEmptyCatch || false;
+
+ const sourceCode = context.getSourceCode();
+
+ return {
+ BlockStatement(node) {
+
+ // if the body is not empty, we can just return immediately
+ if (node.body.length !== 0) {
+ return;
+ }
+
+ // a function is generally allowed to be empty
+ if (astUtils.isFunction(node.parent)) {
+ return;
+ }
+
+ if (allowEmptyCatch && node.parent.type === "CatchClause") {
+ return;
+ }
+
+ // any other block is only allowed to be empty, if it contains a comment
+ if (sourceCode.getCommentsInside(node).length > 0) {
+ return;
+ }
+
+ context.report({ node, messageId: "unexpected", data: { type: "block" } });
+ },
+
+ SwitchStatement(node) {
+
+ if (typeof node.cases === "undefined" || node.cases.length === 0) {
+ context.report({ node, messageId: "unexpected", data: { type: "switch" } });
+ }
+ }
+ };
+
+ }
+};