How does that let you use something like this window.cep.fs.makedir(myPath)?
Defining the type definitions is not the issue. On Nov 8, 2016, at 12:03 AM, Alex Harui <[email protected]> wrote: > > > On 11/7/16, 1:54 PM, "Harbs" <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I described CEP in my response which I just sent. >> >> CEP adds a number of global “classes" (such as CSInterface, CSEvent, >> Vulcan, etc.) It also has a built in Node environment, so you can use >> require(), Buffer, etc. >> >> These features are all easily handled by typedefs. >> >> The only sticky one is the “cep” object which is attached to window >> automatically by Adobe. This prompted my question. > > Why can't you do roughly what JQuery's typedefs do? Jquery looks like: > > /** > * @constructor > */ > function jQuery(arg1, arg2) {} > > /** > * @const > * @type {!jQuery} > */ > var $ = jQuery; > > /** > */ > jQuery.prototype.add = function(arg1, context) {}; > > So wouldn't CEP look like: > > > /** > * @constructor > */ > function CEP(arg1, arg2) {} > > /** > * @const > * @type {!CEP} > */ > var cep = CEP; > > /** > */ > CEP.prototype.add = function(arg1, context) {}; > > -Alex > > > >> >> On Nov 7, 2016, at 11:47 PM, Alex Harui <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> >>> >>> On 11/7/16, 1:37 PM, "Josh Tynjala" <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> As far as I know, there's no way to do it without compiling a new SWC >>>> using >>>> the sources from js.swc and including your additional APIs. >>>> >>>> That's not necessarily a bad thing. In fact, I'd say it's a best >>>> practice. >>>> Ideally, I would have built node.swc to also include a subset of >>>> what's in >>>> js.swc, instead of also including js.swc. Using js.swc for Node.js apps >>>> exposes a bunch of classes that don't actually exist in Node.js. I >>>> hope to >>>> clean that up eventually. This Adobe CEP sounds like a similar >>>> situation. >>>> It's a different environment, even if there's a lot of overlap. >>> >>> Is CEP a different environment, or just a new feature? I agree about >>> Node >>> being a different environment. On the other hand, Cordova is a new >>> feature added to a browser, so there is a separate cordova.swc that you >>> use along with js.swc. >>> >>> I think the first decision is what you want the API to look like. Is >>> cep >>> a singleton? Or an instance of something? >>> >>> -Alex >>> >> >
