URLHelper missing in sap.m types

[BenReim]

sap.m.URLHelper.redirect(sUrl)

When using the URLHelper, which exists as a global on the sap.m library, typescript shows an error message:

Property 'URLHelper' does not exist on type 'typeof m'.

[bd82]

Looks like it is being automatically converted to an interface and not treated as a namespace, this is probably done as URLHelper is used as a type name somewhere and a namespace in TypeScript cannot be used as a Type.

• https://github.com/SAP/ui5-typescript/blob/be34da9da8f3cc631d41cdd00d348e312abcbb43/packages/ts-types/scripts/directives/namespaces-to-interfaces.js#L4

Maybe this is should be solved similarly to #48 where multiple TypeScript artifacts should be generated from a single api.json entity.

[bd82]

Need to consult on this with UI5 Colleagues, basically is this API considered legacy or modern? Does it have a module alternative (instead of globals?)

[bd82]

This was fixed in #208 and will be released in the next version of the dts-generator.

However the directives passed to the DTS-generator in the UI5 build will also have to be adjusted.

• https://github.com/SAP/ui5-typescript/pull/208/files#diff-03cedc85309eb37b05bfb3335f5a362c93766cd5629e09ce05cbef9b30891f5fR1-R6

[bd82]

@petermuessig @codeworrior @RandomByte FYI

[HappyHepo]

This seems to be an issue again as of 1.115 as the previous way of

import { URLHelper } from "sap/m/library";
URLHelper.redirect(...);

does not work anymore, as URLHelper is not exported in sap/m/library anymore and does not exist on type 'typeof m'. Missing line in the .d.ts:

export const URLHelper: URLHelper;

[akudev]

Thanks for reporting. Seems like fallout of the recent bigger changes. In 1.114 it was export interface URLHelper, now just interface URLHelper (also with no later export). @petermuessig ?

[petermuessig]

Seems that the URLHelper isn't exported anymore. I'll have to check...

[petermuessig]

@akudev: it is as @HappyHepo describes - just export interface doesn't work, the following line needs to be added after the interface has been defined: export const URLHelper: URLHelper; - otherwise is cannot be used as a type!

[akudev]

@petermuessig As value, you mean, but yes. Both are needed, as in 1.114 and before.

[petermuessig]

Issue has been found an will be addressed with the next release of the types. Not sure yet, whether we have it as part of 1.115.1 or 1.116.0

[petermuessig]

@akudev : export interface is wrong as it produces an error!

the interface must not be exported but the const value!

[akudev]

@HappyHepo This is fixed with version 1.115.1 (@types/openui5 is already available, @openui5/types and @sapui5/types will follow next week).

[akudev]

Also with the ts-types ("globals"), the bug is fixed in the meantime. Closing.