Custom Formatters

Just like custom rules, additional formatters can also be supplied to TSLint via --formatters-dir on the CLI or formattersDirectory option on the library or grunt-tslint. Writing a new formatter is simpler than writing a new rule, as shown in the JSON formatter’s code.

import * as ts from "typescript";
import * as Lint from "tslint";

export class Formatter extends Lint.Formatters.AbstractFormatter {
    public format(failures: Lint.RuleFailure[]): string {
        var failuresJSON = failures.map((failure: Lint.RuleFailure) => failure.toJson());
        return JSON.stringify(failuresJSON);
    }
}

Such custom formatters can also be written in Javascript. Additionally, formatter files are always named with the suffix Formatter, and referenced from TSLint without its suffix.

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