Generate metadata about Modules

Proposed Changes

1. Create new class Module

class Module {
    // Pointer to "native" module; created by system; assigned to all native types such as number, string, Array etc..
    static readonly Native: Module;

    // Name of the module?? File name maybe..
    readonly name: string;

    // Relative path to the module
    readonly path: string;

    // List of Types exported from the module
    getExports(): Type[];

    static find(filter: (module: Module) => boolean): Module | undefined;
    static getModules(): Module[];
}

1. add property module into Type

class Type{
    readonly module: Module;
    // ...
}

1. add new config option reflection.metadata.modules: boolean = false.

Notes

This can be very handy for server usage, but somebody might find this useful on client too so it should be optional. Disabled by default.

[Hookyns]

Wow, I think it is simple but I didn’t think about it that much,…

Transformer visit all the project files. It has to. So…

1. Grab includes and excludes from config and create list of RegExps from those glob patterns. (It’s a must,… performance; no need for globing etc. to work with FS).
2. In index.ts check if (!includeRegexes.some(regex => regex.test(node.fileName) || ...exluded ...) return;
3. ts.isDeclaration(node) => add to metadata // typeChecker.getTypeAtLocation(node)
4. Done!

[iDevelopThings]

I like this idea… this would probably be a better solution to my idea for include/exclude to find types, since types are just an easy way to find a module(with the problem I’m trying to solve atleast)