TheLadder/test/validate.test.js

import { test } from 'node:test';
import assert from 'node:assert/strict';
import { validatePack, assertValidPack } from '../src/engine/validate.js';
import { testPack } from './fixtures/test-pack.js';

/** A copy of the fixture with one thing broken. */
function broken(mutate) {
  const pack = structuredClone(testPack);
  mutate(pack);
  return validatePack(pack);
}

const messages = (result) => result.errors.join('\n');

test('the fixture pack is valid and warning-free', () => {
  const result = validatePack(testPack);
  assert.deepEqual(result.errors, []);
  assert.deepEqual(result.warnings, []);
});

test('an effect writing an undeclared path is caught', () => {
  const result = broken((pack) => {
    pack.events[0].options[0].effects.push({ path: 'skills.wleding', op: 'add', value: 1 });
  });
  assert.match(messages(result), /skills\.wleding.*not declared/s);
});

test('a relationship effect naming a character who does not exist is caught', () => {
  const result = broken((pack) => {
    pack.events[0].options[0].effects.push({ path: 'relationships.dave.likes_you', op: 'add', value: 1 });
  });
  assert.match(messages(result), /relationships\.dave\.likes_you.*not declared/s);
});

test('a condition reading an undeclared path is caught', () => {
  const result = broken((pack) => {
    pack.events[0].options[1].requires = [{ path: 'skills.charisma', op: '>=', value: 1 }];
  });
  assert.match(messages(result), /skills\.charisma.*not declared/s);
});

test('content may read engine bookkeeping but not write it', () => {
  const readsTurn = broken((pack) => {
    // Not the floor event — see the fallback rule below.
    pack.events.find((e) => e.id === 'audit').requires = [{ path: 'turn', op: '>=', value: 3 }];
  });
  assert.deepEqual(readsTurn.errors, []);

  const writesTurn = broken((pack) => {
    pack.events[0].options[0].effects.push({ path: 'turn', op: 'add', value: 5 });
  });
  assert.match(messages(writesTurn), /engine-owned state/);
});

test('declaring a reserved root as pack state is caught', () => {
  const result = broken((pack) => { pack.state['history'] = { initial: [] }; });
  assert.match(messages(result), /reserved root/);
});

test('unknown operators are caught before they reach the engine', () => {
  const badCondition = broken((pack) => {
    pack.events[0].options[0].requires = [{ path: 'money', op: 'exceeds', value: 1 }];
  });
  assert.match(messages(badCondition), /unknown condition operator/);

  const badEffect = broken((pack) => {
    pack.events[0].options[0].effects[0].op = 'multiply';
  });
  assert.match(messages(badEffect), /unknown effect operation/);
});

test('add with a non-numeric value is caught', () => {
  const result = broken((pack) => { pack.events[0].options[0].effects[0].value = 'ten'; });
  assert.match(messages(result), /non-numeric/);
});

test('duplicate ids are caught', () => {
  assert.match(messages(broken((pack) => { pack.events[1].id = 'routine'; })), /duplicate id/);
  assert.match(messages(broken((pack) => { pack.characters[1].id = 'chief'; })), /duplicate id/);
  assert.match(messages(broken((pack) => { pack.events[0].options[1].id = 'work'; })), /duplicate id/);
});

test('an id that cannot be a path segment is caught, because ids become state paths', () => {
  const result = broken((pack) => { pack.events[0].id = 'routine day'; });
  assert.match(messages(result), /must match/);
});

test('an event with no options is caught', () => {
  const result = broken((pack) => { pack.events[0].options = []; });
  assert.match(messages(result), /no options/);
});

test('a zero weight is caught, since the event could never fire', () => {
  const result = broken((pack) => { pack.events[0].weight = 0; });
  assert.match(messages(result), /greater than zero/);
});

test('a stage with no unconditional event is caught, since the pool can run dry', () => {
  const result = broken((pack) => {
    pack.events[0].requires = [{ path: 'money', op: '>', value: 0 }];
  });
  assert.match(messages(result), /no unconditional event/);
});

test('a starting stage with no events at all is caught', () => {
  const result = broken((pack) => { pack.startingStage = 'penthouse'; });
  assert.match(messages(result), /startingStage "penthouse" has no events/);
});

test('a character with no role_type warns but still plays', () => {
  const result = broken((pack) => { delete pack.characters[0].role_type; });
  assert.deepEqual(result.errors, []);
  assert.match(result.warnings.join('\n'), /role_type/);
});

test('assertValidPack throws with every error listed', () => {
  const pack = structuredClone(testPack);
  pack.events[0].options[0].effects.push({ path: 'nope', op: 'add', value: 1 });
  assert.throws(() => assertValidPack(pack), /is invalid/);
  assert.doesNotThrow(() => assertValidPack(testPack));
});

test('upkeep is validated like any other effect list', () => {
  const badPath = broken((pack) => {
    pack.upkeep = [{ label: 'wage', effects: [{ path: 'monie', op: 'add', value: 20 }] }];
  });
  assert.match(messages(badPath), /monie.*not declared/s);

  const empty = broken((pack) => { pack.upkeep = [{ label: 'wage', effects: [] }]; });
  assert.match(messages(empty), /has no effects/);

  const writesReserved = broken((pack) => {
    pack.upkeep = [{ effects: [{ path: 'turn', op: 'add', value: 1 }] }];
  });
  assert.match(messages(writesReserved), /engine-owned state/);
});

test('a starting relationship for a stat that does not exist is caught', () => {
  const result = broken((pack) => {
    pack.characters[0].startingRelationship = { respects_you: 10 };
  });
  assert.match(messages(result), /unknown stat "respects_you"/);
});