Complex Types in Emi

In Emi modules, you can define complexes as reusable types. Each complex requires a class name and a location where it should be imported from. Instead of using primitive types like number or string, you can specify complex: ClassName inside the action field definition.

• If you prefix the complex with "+", like +ClassName, Emi will automatically instantiate the value when parsing the response.
• Built-in types such as Date can be used directly as complexes.
• User-defined types such as Money need to be registered in the complexes array of your module.

Sample module

Here you can see based on defining 2 complex fields, we are generating them as class instances

Example schema:

name: emiComplexFields
complexes:
  - name: Money
    location: ../some/directory/Money
actions:
  - name: sample
    url: http://localhost:8081 (for test we use override)
    method: post
    description: Demo action that shows how complex types can be used in an action
    out:
      envelope: GResponse
      fields:
        - name: date
          complex: +Date
          description: Use javascript Date class as complex type
        - name: money
          complex: +Money
          description: External money type

Example Generated Code

import {
  FetchxContext,
  fetchx,
  handleFetchResponse,
  type TypedRequestInit,
} from "./sdk/common/fetchx";
import { GResponse } from "./sdk/envelopes/index";
import { Money } from "../some/directory/Money";
import { buildUrl } from "./sdk/common/buildUrl";
/**
 * Action to communicate with the action sample
 */
export type SampleActionOptions = {
  queryKey?: unknown[];
  qs?: URLSearchParams;
};
/**
 * SampleAction
 */
export class SampleAction {
  static URL = "http://localhost:8081 (for test we use override)";
  static NewUrl = (qs?: URLSearchParams) =>
    buildUrl(SampleAction.URL, undefined, qs);
  static Method = "post";
  static Fetch$ = async (
    qs?: URLSearchParams,
    ctx?: FetchxContext,
    init?: TypedRequestInit<unknown, unknown>,
    overrideUrl?: string,
  ) => {
    return fetchx<GResponse<SampleActionRes>, unknown, unknown>(
      overrideUrl ?? SampleAction.NewUrl(qs),
      {
        method: SampleAction.Method,
        ...(init || {}),
      },
      ctx,
    );
  };
  static Fetch = async (
    init?: TypedRequestInit<unknown, unknown>,
    {
      creatorFn,
      qs,
      ctx,
      onMessage,
      overrideUrl,
    }: {
      creatorFn?: ((item: unknown) => SampleActionRes) | undefined;
      qs?: URLSearchParams;
      ctx?: FetchxContext;
      onMessage?: (ev: MessageEvent) => void;
      overrideUrl?: string;
    } = {
      creatorFn: (item) => new SampleActionRes(item),
    },
  ) => {
    creatorFn = creatorFn || ((item) => new SampleActionRes(item));
    const res = await SampleAction.Fetch$(qs, ctx, init, overrideUrl);
    return handleFetchResponse(
      res,
      (data) => {
        const resp = new GResponse<SampleActionRes>();
        if (creatorFn) {
          resp.setCreator(creatorFn);
        }
        resp.inject(data);
        return resp;
      },
      onMessage,
      init?.signal,
    );
  };
  static Definition = {
    name: "sample",
    url: "http://localhost:8081 (for test we use override)",
    method: "post",
    description:
      "Demo action that shows how complex types can be used in an action",
    out: {
      envelope: "GResponse",
      fields: [
        {
          name: "date",
          description: "Use javascript Date class as complex type",
          complex: "+Date",
        },
        {
          name: "money",
          description: "External money type",
          complex: "+Money",
        },
      ],
    },
  };
}
/**
 * The base class definition for sampleActionRes
 **/
export class SampleActionRes {
  /**
   * Use javascript Date class as complex type
   * @type {Date}
   **/
  #date!: Date;
  /**
   * Use javascript Date class as complex type
   * @returns {Date}
   **/
  get date() {
    return this.#date;
  }
  /**
   * Use javascript Date class as complex type
   * @type {Date}
   **/
  set date(value: Date) {
    if (value instanceof Date) {
      this.#date = value;
    } else {
      this.#date = new Date(value);
    }
  }
  setDate(value: Date) {
    this.date = value;
    return this;
  }
  /**
   * External money type
   * @type {Money}
   **/
  #money!: Money;
  /**
   * External money type
   * @returns {Money}
   **/
  get money() {
    return this.#money;
  }
  /**
   * External money type
   * @type {Money}
   **/
  set money(value: Money) {
    if (value instanceof Money) {
      this.#money = value;
    } else {
      this.#money = new Money(value);
    }
  }
  setMoney(value: Money) {
    this.money = value;
    return this;
  }
  constructor(data: unknown = undefined) {
    if (data === null || data === undefined) {
      return;
    }
    if (typeof data === "string") {
      this.applyFromObject(JSON.parse(data));
    } else if (this.#isJsonAppliable(data)) {
      this.applyFromObject(data);
    } else {
      throw new Error(
        "Instance cannot be created on an unknown value, check the content being passed. got: " +
          typeof data,
      );
    }
  }
  #isJsonAppliable(obj: unknown) {
    const g = globalThis as unknown as { Buffer: any; Blob: any };
    const isBuffer =
      typeof g.Buffer !== "undefined" &&
      typeof g.Buffer.isBuffer === "function" &&
      g.Buffer.isBuffer(obj);
    const isBlob = typeof g.Blob !== "undefined" && obj instanceof g.Blob;
    return (
      obj &&
      typeof obj === "object" &&
      !Array.isArray(obj) &&
      !isBuffer &&
      !(obj instanceof ArrayBuffer) &&
      !isBlob
    );
  }
  /**
   * casts the fields of a javascript object into the class properties one by one
   **/
  applyFromObject(data = {}) {
    const d = data as Partial<SampleActionRes>;
    if (d.date !== undefined) {
      this.date = d.date;
    }
    if (d.money !== undefined) {
      this.money = d.money;
    }
  }
  /**
   *	Special toJSON override, since the field are private,
   *	Json stringify won't see them unless we mention it explicitly.
   **/
  toJSON() {
    return {
      date: this.#date,
      money: this.#money,
    };
  }
  toString() {
    return JSON.stringify(this);
  }
  static get Fields() {
    return {
      date: "date",
      money: "money",
    };
  }
  /**
   * Creates an instance of SampleActionRes, and possibleDtoObject
   * needs to satisfy the type requirement fully, otherwise typescript compile would
   * be complaining.
   **/
  static from(possibleDtoObject: SampleActionResType) {
    return new SampleActionRes(possibleDtoObject);
  }
  /**
   * Creates an instance of SampleActionRes, and partialDtoObject
   * needs to satisfy the type, but partially, and rest of the content would
   * be constructed according to data types and nullability.
   **/
  static with(partialDtoObject: PartialDeep<SampleActionResType>) {
    return new SampleActionRes(partialDtoObject);
  }
  copyWith(
    partial: PartialDeep<SampleActionResType>,
  ): InstanceType<typeof SampleActionRes> {
    return new SampleActionRes({ ...this.toJSON(), ...partial });
  }
  clone(): InstanceType<typeof SampleActionRes> {
    return new SampleActionRes(this.toJSON());
  }
}
export abstract class SampleActionResFactory {
  abstract create(data: unknown): SampleActionRes;
}
type PartialDeep<T> = {
  [P in keyof T]?: T[P] extends Array<infer U>
    ? Array<PartialDeep<U>>
    : T[P] extends object
      ? PartialDeep<T[P]>
      : T[P];
};
/**
 * The base type definition for sampleActionRes
 **/
export type SampleActionResType = {
  /**
   * Use javascript Date class as complex type
   * @type {Date}
   **/
  date: Date;
  /**
   * External money type
   * @type {Money}
   **/
  money: Money;
};
// eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-namespace
export namespace SampleActionResType {}

Notes

• Date is treated as a built-in complex and is not imported.
• Money is imported from the given location and instantiated when assigned.
• The generated setters (setDate, setMoney) return this so you can chain assignments.