TypeScript Compiler API: How to get type with resolved type arguments?

Question

I want to merge class declarations in a .dt.s file to generate a cleaner public API. I am stuck on how to make this work with generic type arguments. Let's say I have:

class A1<T> { // Non-exported class I want to hide
  data?: T;
}

export class B1 extends A1<string> {
}

Ideally, I want to turn this into:

export class B1 {
  data?: string;
}

I can get the type of A1 and then copy its members. But how do get a resolved version of A1 that uses string instead of T?

For reference, this is my current code:

for (const heritageClause of node.heritageClauses) {
  for (const type of heritageClause.types) {
    if (isExported(type.modifiers)) {
      exportedTypes.push(type);
    } else {
      const privateType = typeChecker.getTypeAtLocation(type);
      if (privateType?.symbol?.members) {
        privateType.symbol.members.forEach((definition, memberName) => {
          if (!currentMembers || !currentMembers.has(memberName)) {
            additionalMembers.push(...definition.declarations);
           }
         }
      });
    }
  }
}

David Sherret · Accepted Answer · 2020-09-17 18:51:52Z

4

I believe the method you are looking for is TypeChecker#getTypeOfSymbolAtLocation(symbol, node).

The following should get the resolved type of string | undefined:

// by the way, recommend renaming `type` to `typeNode` to avoid confusion
typeChecker.getTypeOfSymbolAtLocation(privateType.getProperties()[0], type);

answered Sep 17, 2020 at 18:51

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