closure-ts

Generates TypeScript declaration files (.d.ts) from Closure Library JSDoc annotations.

The result is closure-library.d.ts.

Example

From this JavaScript code with annotations,

/**
 * Truncates a string to a certain length.
 * @param {string} str
 * @param {number} chars
 * @param {boolean=} opt_protectEscapedCharacters
 * @return {string}
 */
goog.string.truncate = function(str, chars, opt_protectEscapedCharacters) {
  // ...
};

closure-ts generates this declaration file (.d.ts).

declare module goog.string {
    /**
     * Truncates a string to a certain length.
     * @param {string} str
     * @param {number} chars
     * @param {boolean=} opt_protectEscapedCharacters
     * @return {string}
     */
    function truncate(str: string, chars: number, opt_protectEscapedCharacters?: boolean): string;
}

Usage

$ closurets some-jsdoced-code.js
$ ls
some-jsdoced-code.d.ts
some-jsdoced-code.js

Project status

Just PoC

Implemented

• Variable with @type
• Function with @param and @return
• Namespace to TypeScript module
• Classes (@constructor and @extends)
• Enum with @enum to TypeScrip type alias and variables
• Convert * and ? to any
• Generic type like Array<number>
• Generic classes and function with @template
• Union type
• Record type
• Rest parameters in @param and FunctionType
• Optional parameters
• Exclude @private definitions
• Convert @typedef to type
• Convert @record to interface
• Convert Object<string, Foo> to {[index: string]: Foo}
• Ignore features TypeScript doesn't have
  • @this, this: and new: of function type
  • Nullable, Non-Nullable

TODO

• @lends
• Dependencies of Closure Library files
• One stop build system with Grunt or Gulp