Add warning diagnostic when a configSection exists but is not connected to a plugin. Closes #173

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 - Diagnostics: Ensure at least one plugin is enabled
 - Diagnostics: Information added to pluginName value when plugin can be configured with a configSection
+- Diagnostics: Warning added to config sections not connected to a plugin
 
 ### Changed:
 

README.md

@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ The following sections describe the features that the extension contributes to V
 - Check that reporters are placed after plugins
 - Check that at least one plugin is enabled
 - Check that a plugin can be configured with a configSection
+- Check for configSections that are not used in plugins
 
 ### Editor Actions
 

src/diagnostics.ts

@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ export const updateConfigFileDiagnostics = (
 
   checkSchemaCompatibility(documentNode, devProxyInstall, diagnostics);
   checkPlugins(pluginsNode, diagnostics, documentNode);
+  checkConfigSection(documentNode, diagnostics);
 
   collection.set(document.uri, diagnostics);
 };
@@ -41,6 +42,40 @@ export const updateFileDiagnostics = (
   collection.set(document.uri, diagnostics);
 };
 
+const checkConfigSection = (documentNode: parse.ObjectNode, diagnostics: vscode.Diagnostic[]) => {
+  const objects = documentNode.children.filter((node) => node.type === 'Property' && (node as parse.PropertyNode).value.type === 'Object');
+
+  objects.forEach((object) => {
+    const objectNode = object as parse.PropertyNode;
+    const objectName = objectNode.key.value as string;
+    const pluginNodes = getPluginsNode(documentNode);
+
+    if (pluginNodes && pluginNodes.value.type === 'Array') {
+      const plugins = (pluginNodes.value as parse.ArrayNode).children as parse.ObjectNode[];
+      const matchFound = plugins.some((plugin) => {
+        const configSectionNode = getASTNode(
+          plugin.children,
+          'Identifier',
+          'configSection'
+        );
+        return configSectionNode && (configSectionNode.value as parse.LiteralNode).value === objectName;
+      });
+
+      if (matchFound) {
+        return;
+      }
+    }
+
+    const diagnostic = new vscode.Diagnostic(
+      getRangeFromASTNode(objectNode),
+      `Config section '${objectName}' does not correspond to any plugin. Remove it or add a plugin with a matching configSection.`,
+      vscode.DiagnosticSeverity.Warning
+    );
+    diagnostic.code = 'invalidConfigSection';
+    diagnostics.push(diagnostic);
+  });
+};
+
 const checkSchemaCompatibility = (documentNode: parse.ObjectNode, devProxyInstall: DevProxyInstall, diagnostics: vscode.Diagnostic[]) => {
   const schemaNode = getASTNode(documentNode.children, 'Identifier', '$schema');
   if (schemaNode) {