remove native collection types

Author: margaretjgu

validator/README.md

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ It is configured [in the specification directory](../specification/eslint.config
 |---------------------------------------| - |
 | `single-key-dictionary-key-is-string` | `SingleKeyDictionary` keys must be strings. |
 | `dictionary-key-is-string`            | `Dictionary` keys must be strings. |
-| `no-native-types`                     | `Typescript native types not allowed, use aliases. |
+| `no-native-types`                     | TypeScript native utility types (`Record`, `Partial`, etc.) and collection types (`Map`, `Set`, etc.) are not allowed. Use spec-defined aliases like `Dictionary` instead. |
 | `invalid-node-types`                  | The spec uses a subset of TypeScript, so some types, clauses and expressions are not allowed. |
 
 ## Usage

validator/rules/no-native-types.js

@@ -20,25 +20,45 @@ import { ESLintUtils } from '@typescript-eslint/utils';
 
 const createRule = ESLintUtils.RuleCreator(name => `https://example.com/rule/${name}`)
 
-const TYPES_TO_AVOID = ['Record', 'Partial', 'Required', 'Pick', 'Omit'];
+const UTILITY_TYPES = ['Record', 'Partial', 'Required', 'Pick', 'Omit'];
+
+const COLLECTION_TYPES = ['Map', 'Set', 'WeakMap', 'WeakSet'];
+
+const TYPES_TO_AVOID = [...UTILITY_TYPES, ...COLLECTION_TYPES];
+
+const TYPE_SUGGESTIONS = {
+  'Record': 'Use Dictionary instead',
+  'Map': 'Use Dictionary instead',
+  'Set': 'Use an array type instead (e.g., string[])',
+  'WeakMap': 'Use Dictionary instead',
+  'WeakSet': 'Use an array type instead',
+};
 
 export default createRule({
   name: 'no-native-types',
   create(context) {
     return {
       TSTypeReference(node) {
-        if (TYPES_TO_AVOID.includes(node.typeName.name)) {
-          context.report({ node, messageId: 'stringKey' })
+        const typeName = node.typeName.name;
+        if (TYPES_TO_AVOID.includes(typeName)) {
+          context.report({ 
+            node, 
+            messageId: 'noNativeType',
+            data: {
+              type: typeName,
+              suggestion: TYPE_SUGGESTIONS[typeName] || 'Use spec-defined aliases instead'
+            }
+          })
         }
       },
     }
   },
   meta: {
     docs: {
-      description: 'Typescript native types not allowed, use aliases',
+      description: 'TypeScript native utility and collection types not allowed, use spec-defined aliases',
     },
     messages: {
-      stringKey: "Typescript native types not allowed, use aliases"
+      noNativeType: 'Native TypeScript type "{{type}}" is not allowed. {{suggestion}}.'
     },
     type: 'suggestion',
   },

validator/test/no-native-types.test.js

@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
  * under the License.
  */
 import { RuleTester } from '@typescript-eslint/rule-tester'
-import rule from '../rules/dictionary-key-is-string.js'
+import rule from '../rules/no-native-types.js'
 
 const ruleTester = new RuleTester({
   languageOptions: {
@@ -32,32 +32,53 @@ const ruleTester = new RuleTester({
 
 ruleTester.run('no-native-types', rule, {
   valid: [
-    `type MyRecord = Record<string, object>`,
-    `type MyPart = Partial<Record>`,
-    `type MyReq = Required<string>`,
-    `type MyPick Pick<integer,"something">`,
-    `type MyOmit = Omit<Record, "something">`,
+    `type MyDict = Dictionary<string, object>`,
+    `type MyMapping = Dictionary<string, any>`,
+    `type MyArray = string[]`,
+    `type MyList = Array<integer>`,
+    `type MyType = { field: string }`,
+    `class MyClass { prop: integer }`,
   ],
   invalid: [
     {
       code: `type MyRecord = Record<string, object>`,
-      errors: [{ messageId: 'stringKey' }]
+      errors: [{ messageId: 'noNativeType' }]
     },
     {
-      code: `type MyPart = Partial<Record>`,
-      errors: [{ messageId: 'stringKey' }]
+      code: `type MyPart = Partial<SomeType>`,
+      errors: [{ messageId: 'noNativeType' }]
     },
     {
-      code:  `type MyReq = Required<string>`,
-      errors: [{ messageId: 'stringKey' }]
+      code:  `type MyReq = Required<SomeType>`,
+      errors: [{ messageId: 'noNativeType' }]
     },
     {
-      code: `type MyPick Pick<integer,"something">`,
-      errors: [{ messageId: 'stringKey' }]
+      code: `type MyPick = Pick<SomeType, "field">`,
+      errors: [{ messageId: 'noNativeType' }]
     },
     {
-      code: `type MyOmit = Omit<Record, "something">`,
-      errors: [{ messageId: 'stringKey' }]
-    }
+      code: `type MyOmit = Omit<SomeType, "field">`,
+      errors: [{ messageId: 'noNativeType' }]
+    },
+    {
+      code: `type MyMap = Map<string, object>`,
+      errors: [{ messageId: 'noNativeType' }]
+    },
+    {
+      code: `type MySet = Set<string>`,
+      errors: [{ messageId: 'noNativeType' }]
+    },
+    {
+      code: `type MyWeakMap = WeakMap<object, string>`,
+      errors: [{ messageId: 'noNativeType' }]
+    },
+    {
+      code: `type MyWeakSet = WeakSet<object>`,
+      errors: [{ messageId: 'noNativeType' }]
+    },
+    {
+      code: `class MyClass { items: Map<string, number> }`,
+      errors: [{ messageId: 'noNativeType' }]
+    },
   ],
 })