Typescript. How to export two classes (in separate files) in one module?

Question

I have two classes declared in two separate files.

a.ts

export class AClass {

  public constructor () {
    console.log('AClass');
  }

}

b.ts

export class BClass {

  public constructor () {
    console.log('BClass');
  }

}

I want to merge them in one module. How I can realise it?

///<reference path='a.ts' />
///<reference path='b.ts' />

module Common {

  export class A extends AClass {}
  export class B extends BClass {}

}

says:

Cannot find name 'AClass'.

and

Cannot find name 'BClass'.

I can import classes

import AClass = require('a');
import BClass = require('b');

module Common {

}

But how I can correctly export them?

Cannot find any information in documentation. Please, tell me the best way to realise declarations in one module? Thank you in advance

Answer 1

I do it like this:

m/a.ts

export class A {
}

m/b.ts

export class B {
}

m/index.ts

export { A } from './a.ts';
export { B } from './b.ts';

And then I do: consumer.ts

import { A, B } from './m';

Answer 2

If you declare class like you showed you include it in the 'global' namespace. To declare class inside a module just wrap it in module declaration:

module Common{
    export class ClassA{}
}

you can redeclare module in multiple files only one javascript object will be created for the module.

Answer 3

You have export in front of your class declarations:

export class AClass {

This turns that source file into an external module. This means that you will need to use import/require from another module:

import a = require("a");

module Common {
    export class A extends a.AClass {}
}

Note that AClass appears to be a member of a because that's what I imported its containing module as.

Alternatively you could rename a module after a single class that it contains, e.g.

AClass.ts

class AClass {
  public constructor () {
    console.log('AClass');
  }    
}

export = AClass;

By "assigning" to export we make that class be the entire single output of module. Hence in another module:

import AClass = require("AClass");

var a = new AClass(); // no prefix needed

This can be tidier if your module only exports a single class (or function).