JSDoc does not generate documentation for functions and classes exported as default ES module export

[l0ner]

Input code

File functions.js

/**
 * Example function, default export.
 * @param {string} arg - String to print.
 */
export default function foo(arg) {}

File classes.js

/**
 * Exported as default class.
 */
export default class FooClass {
	/**
	 * FooClass constructor.
	 *
	 * @param {string} message - Additional message.
	 */
	constructor(message) {
		super();

		/** Some class member */
		this.message = message;
	}

	/**
	 * This is a class method.
	 *
	 * @param {any} someArg - An arg you need to pass.
	 */
	classMethod(someArg) {
		this.fooAClassMethod(this.message);
	}
}

JSDoc configuration

{
	"source": {
		"include": [
			"src",
			"README.md"
		],
		"includePattern": ".+\\.js(doc|x)?$",
		"excludePattern": "(^|\\/|\\\\)_"
	},
	"sourceType": "module",
	"opts": {
		"private": false,
		"recurse": true
	}
}

Expected behavior

In the generated documentation I get FooClass under Classes and foo under Global.

Current behavior

Instead of the expected FooClass i get exports under Classes, and in Global classMethod which is a method of the FooClass.

Instead of getting foo in global I get nothing.

These are the doclets that get passed to the template (warning, wide table is wide):

(index)	id	name	kind	type	scope	memberof	undocumented	desc	longname	params	filename	lineno	columnno
0	'astnode100000002'	'exports' (should be FooClass)	'class'	'ClassDeclaration'	'static'	'module'	true	undefined	'module.exports'	undefined	'classes.js'	4	1
1	'astnode100000003'	'exports' (should be FooClass)	'class'	'ClassDeclaration'	'static'	'module'	true	'Exported as default class.'	'module.exports'	undefined	'classes.js'	4	16
2	'astnode100000006'	'exports' (should be FooClass)	'class'	'MethodDefinition'	'static'	'module.exports#module' (should be FooClass)	true	'FooClass constructor.'	'module.exports#module.exports'	1	'classes.js'	10	1
3	'astnode100000003'	'exports' (should be FooClass)	'class'	'ClassDeclaration'	'static'	'module'	undefined	'Exported as default class.'	'module.exports'	1	'classes.js'	4	16
4	'astnode100000015'	'message'	'member'	'Identifier'	'instance'	'module.exports' (should be FooClass)	undefined	'Some class member'	'module.exports#message'	undefined	'classes.js'	14	2
5	'astnode100000020'	'classMethod'	'function'	'MethodDefinition'	'global'	undefined (should be FooClass)	undefined	'This is a class method.'	'classMethod'	1	'classes.js'	22	1
6	'astnode100000035'	'exports' (should be foo)	'function'	'FunctionDeclaration'	'static'	'module'	undefined	'Example function, default export.'	'module.exports'	1	'functions.js'	5	1
7	'astnode100000036'	'foo'	'function'	'FunctionDeclaration'	'global'	undefined	true	undefined	'foo'	0	'functions.js'	5	16
8	undefined	undefined	'package'	undefined	undefined	undefined	undefined	undefined	'package:undefined'	undefined	undefined	undefined	undefined

Notice:

• Index 0, 1, 3: FooClass declaration, but with wrong name (exports instead of FooClass)
• Index 2: FooClass constructor, but with wrong name (exports instead of FooClass) and memberof (module.exports#module instead of FooClass) and marked as undocumented despite having a documentation.
• Index 4: FooClass member, but with wrong memberof (module.exports instead of FooClass)
• Index 5: FooClass metod, with wrong memberof (undefined instead of FooClass)
• Index 6: foo function, with wrong name (exports instead of foo)
• Index 7: foo function, but marked as undocumented and with no description or params.

Your environment

Software	Version
JSDoc	JSDoc 4.0.0 (Thu, 03 Nov 2022 18:37:15 GMT)
Node.js	v18.13.0
npm	8.19.3
Operating system	Ubuntu 20.04.5 LTS running in WSL under window 11

[Higgs1]

Relatedly, jsdoc also doesn't generate documentation for non-default exports (as brought up in #1517)

[z3dev]

Something definitely changed... This use to work with JSDOC V3

It seems that adding @function corrects this behavior in JSDOC V4, but adding another decorator is painful.

Maybe #2023 has the same issue.

[l0ner]

CKEditor has in theri jsdoc plugins a hacky way that fixes this by replacing all export default* and export class in the source before it gets parsed:

https://github.com/ckeditor/ckeditor5-dev/blob/master/packages/jsdoc-plugins/lib/export-fixer/export-fixer.js

[robozb]

Very annoying, the problem is still exists: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/41311557/jsdoc-not-recognizing-exported-function

JSDoc 4.0.2

[jweird]

I was able to get it to work with the @method

[z3dev]

I was able to get it to work with the @method

So what! This is still a BUG. A BIG FAT BUG!

It seems that adding https://github.com/function corrects this behavior in JSDOC V4, but adding another decorator is painful.

[gsouf]

seems to be duplicate with #1132

Also note that it does not work with objects too:

/**
 * @type {Something} 
 */
export default {
  something: ""
};

while this is working:

/**
 * @type {Something} 
 */
const something = {
  something: ""
};
export default something;