feat(events): make target optional in onXxx() methods

packages/@aws-cdk/aws-cloudtrail/lib/index.ts

@@ -234,7 +234,7 @@ export class Trail extends Resource {
    *
    * Be sure to filter the event further down using an event pattern.
    */
-  public onCloudTrailEvent(id: string, options: events.OnEventOptions): events.Rule {
+  public onCloudTrailEvent(id: string, options: events.OnEventOptions = {}): events.Rule {
     const rule = new events.Rule(this, id, options);
     rule.addTarget(options.target);
     rule.addEventPattern({

packages/@aws-cdk/aws-codebuild/lib/project.ts

@@ -202,7 +202,7 @@ abstract class ProjectBase extends Resource implements IProject {
    *
    * @see https://docs.aws.amazon.com/codebuild/latest/userguide/sample-build-notifications.html
    */
-  public onEvent(id: string, options: events.OnEventOptions): events.Rule {
+  public onEvent(id: string, options: events.OnEventOptions = {}): events.Rule {
     const rule = new events.Rule(this, id, options);
     rule.addTarget(options.target);
     rule.addEventPattern({
@@ -239,7 +239,7 @@ abstract class ProjectBase extends Resource implements IProject {
    *
    * @see https://docs.aws.amazon.com/codebuild/latest/userguide/sample-build-notifications.html
    */
-  public onStateChange(id: string, options: events.OnEventOptions) {
+  public onStateChange(id: string, options: events.OnEventOptions = {}) {
     const rule = this.onEvent(id, options);
     rule.addEventPattern({
       detailType: ['CodeBuild Build State Change'],
@@ -253,7 +253,7 @@ abstract class ProjectBase extends Resource implements IProject {
    *
    * @see https://docs.aws.amazon.com/codebuild/latest/userguide/sample-build-notifications.html
    */
-  public onPhaseChange(id: string, options: events.OnEventOptions) {
+  public onPhaseChange(id: string, options: events.OnEventOptions = {}) {
     const rule = this.onEvent(id, options);
     rule.addEventPattern({
       detailType: ['CodeBuild Build Phase Change'],
@@ -267,7 +267,7 @@ abstract class ProjectBase extends Resource implements IProject {
    * To access fields from the event in the event target input,
    * use the static fields on the `StateChangeEvent` class.
    */
-  public onBuildStarted(id: string, options: events.OnEventOptions) {
+  public onBuildStarted(id: string, options: events.OnEventOptions = {}) {
     const rule = this.onStateChange(id, options);
     rule.addEventPattern({
       detail: {
@@ -283,7 +283,7 @@ abstract class ProjectBase extends Resource implements IProject {
    * To access fields from the event in the event target input,
    * use the static fields on the `StateChangeEvent` class.
    */
-  public onBuildFailed(id: string, options: events.OnEventOptions) {
+  public onBuildFailed(id: string, options: events.OnEventOptions = {}) {
     const rule = this.onStateChange(id, options);
     rule.addEventPattern({
       detail: {
@@ -299,7 +299,7 @@ abstract class ProjectBase extends Resource implements IProject {
    * To access fields from the event in the event target input,
    * use the static fields on the `StateChangeEvent` class.
    */
-  public onBuildSucceeded(id: string, options: events.OnEventOptions) {
+  public onBuildSucceeded(id: string, options: events.OnEventOptions = {}) {
     const rule = this.onStateChange(id, options);
     rule.addEventPattern({
       detail: {

packages/@aws-cdk/aws-codecommit/lib/repository.ts

@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ abstract class RepositoryBase extends Resource implements IRepository {
    * Defines a CloudWatch event rule which triggers for repository events. Use
    * `rule.addEventPattern(pattern)` to specify a filter.
    */
-  public onEvent(id: string, options: events.OnEventOptions) {
+  public onEvent(id: string, options: events.OnEventOptions = {}) {
     const rule = new events.Rule(this, id, options);
     rule.addEventPattern({
       source: [ 'aws.codecommit' ],
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ abstract class RepositoryBase extends Resource implements IRepository {
    * Defines a CloudWatch event rule which triggers when a "CodeCommit
    * Repository State Change" event occurs.
    */
-  public onStateChange(id: string, options: events.OnEventOptions) {
+  public onStateChange(id: string, options: events.OnEventOptions = {}) {
     const rule = this.onEvent(id, options);
     rule.addEventPattern({
       detailType: [ 'CodeCommit Repository State Change' ],
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ abstract class RepositoryBase extends Resource implements IRepository {
    * Defines a CloudWatch event rule which triggers when a reference is
    * created (i.e. a new branch/tag is created) to the repository.
    */
-  public onReferenceCreated(id: string, options: events.OnEventOptions) {
+  public onReferenceCreated(id: string, options: events.OnEventOptions = {}) {
     const rule = this.onStateChange(id, options);
     rule.addEventPattern({ detail: { event: [ 'referenceCreated' ] } });
     return rule;
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ abstract class RepositoryBase extends Resource implements IRepository {
    * Defines a CloudWatch event rule which triggers when a reference is
    * updated (i.e. a commit is pushed to an existing or new branch) from the repository.
    */
-  public onReferenceUpdated(id: string, options: events.OnEventOptions) {
+  public onReferenceUpdated(id: string, options: events.OnEventOptions = {}) {
     const rule = this.onStateChange(id, options);
     rule.addEventPattern({ detail: { event: [ 'referenceCreated', 'referenceUpdated' ] } });
     return rule;
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ abstract class RepositoryBase extends Resource implements IRepository {
    * Defines a CloudWatch event rule which triggers when a reference is
    * delete (i.e. a branch/tag is deleted) from the repository.
    */
-  public onReferenceDeleted(id: string, options: events.OnEventOptions) {
+  public onReferenceDeleted(id: string, options: events.OnEventOptions = {}) {
     const rule = this.onStateChange(id, options);
     rule.addEventPattern({ detail: { event: [ 'referenceDeleted' ] } });
     return rule;
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ abstract class RepositoryBase extends Resource implements IRepository {
   /**
    * Defines a CloudWatch event rule which triggers when a pull request state is changed.
    */
-  public onPullRequestStateChange(id: string, options: events.OnEventOptions) {
+  public onPullRequestStateChange(id: string, options: events.OnEventOptions = {}) {
     const rule = this.onEvent(id, options);
     rule.addEventPattern({ detailType: [ 'CodeCommit Pull Request State Change' ] });
     return rule;
@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ abstract class RepositoryBase extends Resource implements IRepository {
   /**
    * Defines a CloudWatch event rule which triggers when a comment is made on a pull request.
    */
-  public onCommentOnPullRequest(id: string, options: events.OnEventOptions) {
+  public onCommentOnPullRequest(id: string, options: events.OnEventOptions = {}) {
     const rule = this.onEvent(id, options);
     rule.addEventPattern({ detailType: [ 'CodeCommit Comment on Pull Request' ] });
     return rule;
@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@ abstract class RepositoryBase extends Resource implements IRepository {
   /**
    * Defines a CloudWatch event rule which triggers when a comment is made on a commit.
    */
-  public onCommentOnCommit(id: string, options: events.OnEventOptions) {
+  public onCommentOnCommit(id: string, options: events.OnEventOptions = {}) {
     const rule = this.onEvent(id, options);
     rule.addEventPattern({ detailType: [ 'CodeCommit Comment on Commit' ] });
     return rule;
@@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ abstract class RepositoryBase extends Resource implements IRepository {
   /**
    * Defines a CloudWatch event rule which triggers when a commit is pushed to a branch.
    */
-  public onCommit(id: string, options: OnCommitOptions) {
+  public onCommit(id: string, options: OnCommitOptions = {}) {
     const rule = this.onReferenceUpdated(id, options);
     if (options.branches) {
       rule.addEventPattern({ detail: { referenceName: options.branches }});

packages/@aws-cdk/aws-codepipeline/lib/pipeline.ts

@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ abstract class PipelineBase extends Resource implements IPipeline {
    * @param id Identifier for this event handler.
    * @param options Additional options to pass to the event rule.
    */
-  public onEvent(id: string, options: events.OnEventOptions): events.Rule {
+  public onEvent(id: string, options: events.OnEventOptions = {}): events.Rule {
     const rule = new events.Rule(this, id, options);
     rule.addTarget(options.target);
     rule.addEventPattern({
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ abstract class PipelineBase extends Resource implements IPipeline {
    * @param id Identifier for this event handler.
    * @param options Additional options to pass to the event rule.
    */
-  public onStateChange(id: string, options: events.OnEventOptions): events.Rule {
+  public onStateChange(id: string, options: events.OnEventOptions = {}): events.Rule {
     const rule = this.onEvent(id, options);
     rule.addEventPattern({
       detailType: [ 'CodePipeline Pipeline Execution State Change' ],

packages/@aws-cdk/aws-config/lib/rule.ts

@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ abstract class RuleBase extends Resource implements IRule {
    * Defines a CloudWatch event rule which triggers for rule events. Use
    * `rule.addEventPattern(pattern)` to specify a filter.
    */
-  public onEvent(id: string, options: events.OnEventOptions) {
+  public onEvent(id: string, options: events.OnEventOptions = {}) {
     const rule = new events.Rule(this, id, options);
     rule.addEventPattern({
       source: ['aws.config'],
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ abstract class RuleBase extends Resource implements IRule {
   /**
    * Defines a CloudWatch event rule which triggers for rule compliance events.
    */
-  public onComplianceChange(id: string, options: events.OnEventOptions): events.Rule {
+  public onComplianceChange(id: string, options: events.OnEventOptions = {}): events.Rule {
     const rule = this.onEvent(id, options);
     rule.addEventPattern({
       detailType: [ 'Config Rules Compliance Change' ],
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ abstract class RuleBase extends Resource implements IRule {
   /**
    * Defines a CloudWatch event rule which triggers for rule re-evaluation status events.
    */
-  public onReEvaluationStatus(id: string, options: events.OnEventOptions): events.Rule {
+  public onReEvaluationStatus(id: string, options: events.OnEventOptions = {}): events.Rule {
     const rule = this.onEvent(id, options);
     rule.addEventPattern({
       detailType: [ 'Config Rules Re-evaluation Status' ],

packages/@aws-cdk/aws-ecr/lib/repository.ts

@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ export abstract class RepositoryBase extends Resource implements IRepository {
    * @param id The id of the rule
    * @param options Options for adding the rule
    */
-  public onCloudTrailEvent(id: string, options: events.OnEventOptions): events.Rule {
+  public onCloudTrailEvent(id: string, options: events.OnEventOptions = {}): events.Rule {
     const rule = new events.Rule(this, id, options);
     rule.addTarget(options.target);
     rule.addEventPattern({
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ export abstract class RepositoryBase extends Resource implements IRepository {
    * @param id The id of the rule
    * @param options Options for adding the rule
    */
-  public onCloudTrailImagePushed(id: string, options: OnCloudTrailImagePushedOptions): events.Rule {
+  public onCloudTrailImagePushed(id: string, options: OnCloudTrailImagePushedOptions = {}): events.Rule {
     const rule = this.onCloudTrailEvent(id, options);
     rule.addEventPattern({
       detail: {

packages/@aws-cdk/aws-events/lib/on-event-options.ts

@@ -7,11 +7,15 @@ import { IRuleTarget } from "./target";
 export interface OnEventOptions {
   /**
    * The target to register for the event
+   *
+   * @default - No target is added to the rule. Use `addTarget()` to add a target.
    */
-  readonly target: IRuleTarget;
+  readonly target?: IRuleTarget;
 
   /**
    * A description of the rule's purpose.
+   *
+   * @default - No description
    */
   readonly description?: string;
 
@@ -29,8 +33,10 @@ export interface OnEventOptions {
    * filtering. The filtering implied by what you pass here is added
    * on top of that filtering.
    *
+   * @default - No additional filtering based on an event pattern.
+   *
    * @see
    * http://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonCloudWatch/latest/DeveloperGuide/CloudWatchEventsandEventPatterns.html
    */
   readonly eventPattern?: EventPattern;
-}
+}

packages/@aws-cdk/aws-rds/lib/instance.ts

@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ export abstract class DatabaseInstanceBase extends Resource implements IDatabase
    * Defines a CloudWatch event rule which triggers for instance events. Use
    * `rule.addEventPattern(pattern)` to specify a filter.
    */
-  public onEvent(id: string, options: events.OnEventOptions) {
+  public onEvent(id: string, options: events.OnEventOptions = {}) {
     const rule = new events.Rule(this, id, options);
     rule.addEventPattern({
       source: ['aws.rds'],

packages/@aws-cdk/aws-rds/test/test.instance.ts

@@ -316,6 +316,68 @@ export = {
     // WHEN
     instance.onEvent('InstanceEvent', { target: new targets.LambdaFunction(fn) });
 
+    // THEN
+    expect(stack).to(haveResource('AWS::Events::Rule', {
+      EventPattern: {
+        source: [
+          'aws.rds'
+        ],
+        resources: [
+          {
+            'Fn::Join': [
+              '',
+              [
+                'arn:',
+                {
+                  Ref: 'AWS::Partition'
+                },
+                ':rds:',
+                {
+                  Ref: 'AWS::Region'
+                },
+                ':',
+                {
+                  Ref: 'AWS::AccountId'
+                },
+                ':db:',
+                {
+                  Ref: 'InstanceC1063A87'
+                }
+              ]
+            ]
+          }
+        ]
+      },
+      Targets: [
+        {
+          Arn: {
+            'Fn::GetAtt': [
+              'Function76856677',
+              'Arn'
+            ],
+          },
+          Id: 'Function'
+        }
+      ]
+    }));
+
+    test.done();
+  },
+
+  'on event without target'(test: Test) {
+    // GIVEN
+    const stack = new cdk.Stack();
+    const vpc = new ec2.Vpc(stack, 'VPC');
+    const instance = new rds.DatabaseInstance(stack, 'Instance', {
+      engine: rds.DatabaseInstanceEngine.Mysql,
+      instanceClass: new ec2.InstanceTypePair(ec2.InstanceClass.Burstable2, ec2.InstanceSize.Small),
+      masterUsername: 'admin',
+      vpc
+    });
+
+    // WHEN
+    instance.onEvent('InstanceEvent');
+
     // THEN
     expect(stack).to(haveResource('AWS::Events::Rule', {
       EventPattern: {

packages/@aws-cdk/aws-s3/lib/bucket.ts

@@ -301,7 +301,7 @@ abstract class BucketBase extends Resource implements IBucket {
    * @param id The id of the rule
    * @param options Options for adding the rule
    */
-  public onCloudTrailEvent(id: string, options: OnCloudTrailBucketEventOptions): events.Rule {
+  public onCloudTrailEvent(id: string, options: OnCloudTrailBucketEventOptions = {}): events.Rule {
     const rule = new events.Rule(this, id, options);
     rule.addTarget(options.target);
     rule.addEventPattern({
@@ -326,7 +326,7 @@ abstract class BucketBase extends Resource implements IBucket {
    * @param id The id of the rule
    * @param options Options for adding the rule
    */
-  public onCloudTrailPutObject(id: string, options: OnCloudTrailBucketEventOptions): events.Rule {
+  public onCloudTrailPutObject(id: string, options: OnCloudTrailBucketEventOptions = {}): events.Rule {
     const rule = this.onCloudTrailEvent(id, options);
     rule.addEventPattern({
       detail: {
@@ -1399,4 +1399,4 @@ function mapOrUndefined<T, U>(list: T[] | undefined, callback: (element: T) => U
   }
 
   return list.map(callback);
-}
+}

tools/awslint/lib/linter.ts

@@ -172,6 +172,10 @@ export class Evaluation<T> {
     return this.assert(a.toString() === e.toString() || (a.fqn && e.fqn && a.type!.extends(e.type!)), scope, ` ("${a}" not assignable to "${e}")`);
   }
 
+  public assertParameterOptional(actual: boolean, expected: boolean, scope: string) {
+    return this.assert(actual === expected, scope, ` (${scope} should be ${expected ? 'optional' : 'mandatory'})`);
+  }
+
   public assertSignature(method: reflect.Callable, expectations: MethodSignatureExpectations) {
     const scope = method.parentType.fqn + '.' + method.name;
     if (expectations.returns && reflect.Method.isMethod(method)) {
@@ -198,6 +202,9 @@ export class Evaluation<T> {
               this.assertTypesEqual(method.system, actual.type, expect.type, pscope);
             }
           }
+          if (expect.optional !== undefined) {
+            this.assertParameterOptional(actual.optional, expect.optional, pscope);
+          }
         }
       }
     }
@@ -315,4 +322,4 @@ function typeReferenceFrom(ts: reflect.TypeSystem, x: TypeSpecifier): reflect.Ty
 
 function isTypeReference(x: any): x is reflect.TypeReference {
   return x instanceof reflect.TypeReference;
-}
+}

tools/awslint/lib/rules/cloudwatch-events.ts

@@ -48,13 +48,13 @@ eventsLinter.add({
 
 eventsLinter.add({
   code: 'events-method-signature',
-  message: `all 'onXxx()' methods should have the CloudWatch Events signature (id: string, options: events.OnEventOptions) => events.Rule`,
+  message: `all 'onXxx()' methods should have the CloudWatch Events signature (id: string, options: events.OnEventOptions = {}) => events.Rule`,
   eval: e => {
     for (const method of e.ctx.directEventMethods) {
       e.assertSignature(method, {
         parameters: [
           { type: 'string' },
-          { type: ON_EVENT_OPTIONS_FQN, subtypeAllowed: true },
+          { type: ON_EVENT_OPTIONS_FQN, subtypeAllowed: true, optional: true },
         ],
         returns: EVENT_RULE_FQN
       });
@@ -68,4 +68,4 @@ function isDirectEventMethod(m: reflect.Method) {
 
 function isCloudTrailEventMethod(m: reflect.Method) {
   return m.name.startsWith('onCloudTrail');
-}
+}