Referencing requirejs optimized typescript classes

Question

I am switing to using AMD compilation rather than typescript internal modules.

I have a project full of typescript classes and interfaces that I have successfully optimized into a requirejs file full of requirejs defines.

for example

class A { ... } export A;

Other classes reference the file and import the class fine.

In another project I pull in the R.js optimized file using bower and reference it in require_config.js and load the file ok.

Within this other project I want Class B to reference class A but class B is not in the file path.

What do I need to do? I guess I need to generate d.ts files that I reference in Class B but how do I do import ClassA = require("ClassA") when ClassA is not in the file path of the second project.

James

I don't see where your example shows that you're using requireJS. Anyway you should be able to access classB using its relative path from the site root. — xlecoustillier
if I compiled Class A with -m AMD I would get a js file that looked like this:define(["require", "exports", dependencies], function (require, exports, dependencies) { return ClassA }); — jmc42
sorry my mistake. I edited the question - Class B does not have Class A in the file path. — jmc42

Paleo Paleo · Accepted Answer · 2015-04-14T12:17:01

Yes, the second project can use a definition file .d.ts:

// ---------- projectA.d.ts ----------
declare module "projectA" {
    export class A {
        // ...
    }
}

// ---------- ClassB.ts ----------
import projectA = require("projectA"); // Use the definition in projectA.d.ts
var a = new projectA.A();

See the section "Ambient External Modules" in the Handbook.

You can automatically generate a single definition file bundle from your projectA using dts-generator.

Referencing requirejs optimized typescript classes

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