esm support for handlebarhelpers

index.d.ts

@@ -1,3 +1,26 @@
-// index.d.ts
-import * as Handlebars from 'handlebars';
-export = Handlebars;
+// Import necessary types from the Handlebars library
+import { HelperDelegate, HandlebarsLib as HandlebarsNamespace } from 'handlebars';
+
+// Define a type for the Handlebars instance
+export interface HandlebarsInstance extends HandlebarsNamespace {
+  create: () => HandlebarsInstance;
+  registerHelper: (name: string, fn: HelperDelegate) => void;
+}
+
+// Define the type for the parameters of the helpers function
+interface HelpersParams {
+  handlebars: HandlebarsInstance;
+}
+
+// Define the type for the helpers function
+declare function helpers(params: HelpersParams): void;
+
+// Declare the variable to hold the helpers function, which may be undefined initially
+declare let handlebarHelpers: typeof helpers | undefined;
+
+// Declare the Handlebars instance as a HandlebarsInstance and export it as the default export
+declare const handlebars: HandlebarsInstance;
+export default handlebars;
+
+// Export the helpers function as a named export
+export { handlebarHelpers };

index.mjs

@@ -2,10 +2,15 @@ import HandlebarsLib from 'handlebars';
 
 const handlebars = HandlebarsLib.create();
 
+// Variable to hold the helpers function
+let handlebarHelpers;
+
 import('./helpers.js').then((module) => {
-    const helpers = module.default;
-    helpers({ handlebars: handlebars });
-    });
+    handlebarHelpers = module.default;
+    handlebarHelpers({ handlebars: handlebars });
+});
 
 // Exporting for ESM
 export default handlebars;
+export { handlebarHelpers };
+