Enonic XP global TS types

TypeScript definitions for global variables of Enonic XP

Install

npm i --save-dev @enonic-types/global

Use

Add the corresponding types to your tsconfig.json file that is used for application's server-side TypeScript code:

{
  "compilerOptions": {
    "types": [
      "@enonic-types/global"
    ]
  }
}

After that, all the global XP variables will be typed.

Import functions, such as require, will return typed objects if the corresponding types for imported libraries are also added to your tsconfig.json.

Configuration

Require

To add support for type resolution for the custom libraries via require, you can redeclare the XpLibraries interface in global scope, which will lead to declaration merging:

declare global {
    interface XpLibraries {
        '/lib/custom/mylib': typeof import('./mylib');
    }
}

Other imports

If you want to use custom import functions, like __non_webpack_require__ with Webpack, just use global XpRequire type for this:

declare const __non_webpack_require__: XpRequire;

Beans

To create a new bean, a __.newBean() function must be used. Making it return a proper type can be done in two ways. Say you have created an interface for that been somewhere in your project:

interface SomeHelper {
    help(text: string): void;
}

Option 1

You can pass the type argument explicitly. This option is a bit cleaner.

const helper = __.newBean<SomeHelper>('com.me.project.SomeHelper');

Option 2

Or you can map the bean name to bean interface. It may be a preferable way to do it, if the bean is used across multiple files:

declare global {
    interface XpBeans {
        'com.me.project.SomeHelper': SomeHelper;
    }
}

const helper = __.newBean('com.me.project.SomeHelper');