Superstruct cannot be imported in a TypeScript project that uses a
`moduleResolution` of `node16` or `nodenext`. Any attempt to do so will result
in type errors such as the following:
```
node_modules/superstruct/dist/index.d.ts:1:15 - error TS2834: Relative import paths need explicit file extensions in ECMAScript imports when '--moduleResolution' is 'node16' or 'nodenext'. Consider adding an extension to the import path.
1 export * from './error';
~~~~~~~~~
node_modules/superstruct/dist/index.d.ts:2:15 - error TS2834: Relative import paths need explicit file extensions in ECMAScript imports when '--moduleResolution' is 'node16' or 'nodenext'. Consider adding an extension to the import path.
2 export * from './struct';
~~~~~~~~~~
node_modules/superstruct/dist/index.d.ts:3:15 - error TS2834: Relative import paths need explicit file extensions in ECMAScript imports when '--moduleResolution' is 'node16' or 'nodenext'. Consider adding an extension to the import path.
3 export * from './structs/coercions';
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
...
```
This is happening because although Superstruct is defined as an ESM library —
the `module` field in `package.json` is set to `true` — its published TypeScript
declaration files aren't ESM-compatible. This is due to the fact that imports
are missing extensions, which is a requirement for ESM.
At the same time, although Rollup is supposedly configured to emit both ESM- and
CJS-compatible files, TypeScript does not know how to use the CJS variants. The
`exports` field is the way to instruct TypeScript on how to do this, but
`package.json` is missing this field. This makes it impossible to use
Superstruct in a non-ESM library.
This commit fixes both of these issues by making the following changes:
- All imports in TypeScript files now use an extension of `.js`. This may seem
like an odd choice, as there are no JavaScript files in the `src/` directory,
but TypeScript doesn't resolve a module by trying to find a file with the
given extension; it tries to find a declaration file that maps to the module
path, based on a set of rules. Therefore, the file extension is really just a
formality. In the end, Rollup is consolidating implementation files into one,
so all of the imports will go away.
- Type declaration files have been split into ESM and CJS variants. Since Rollup
generates ESM variants with an `.mjs` extension and CJS variants with a `.cjs`
extension, imports in declaration files also use either `.mjs` or `.cjs`
depending on the variant.
- `package.json` now has an `exports` field which instructs TypeScript how to
resolve modules from either an ESM or CJS perspective.
In addition, the tests have been updated to use Vitest instead of Babel so that
they can read directly from the TypeScript configuration instead of having to
use an explicit transform step.
In conjunction with this change, the minimum Node version has been bumped to
16.x and the GitHub workflows have been updated to stop testing on Node 14.x.
14.x has reached EOL, the version of Vitest we're using isn't compatible with
this version, and a `target` of `esnext` is being used in the TypeScript config,
which require a JavaScript runtime that supports newer ES features such as
`??=`, so the minimum Node version is effectively 16.x anyway.
This commit is derived from the following PR on the Superstruct repo:
<ianstormtaylor#1211>
For more information on how TypeScript resolves modules, the "Modules Reference"
section of the TypeScript handbook is quite helpful, and in particular these
sections:
- <https://www.typescriptlang.org/docs/handbook/modules/theory.html#the-role-of-declaration-files>
- <https://www.typescriptlang.org/docs/handbook/modules/reference.html#node16-nodenext>