src/core/Dispatcher.ts

@@ -102,6 +102,10 @@ type Implementations<
    Specs extends Specifications<Signatures, NeedKeys, NeedList>
 > = {[K in NeedKeys]: ImpType<Signatures, K, Specs[K]>}
 
+export interface ReflectedTypeInfo {
+   reflectedType5: string
+}
+
 // The builder interface that lets us assemble narrowly-typed Implementations:
 interface ImplementationBuilder<
    Signatures extends GenSigs,
@@ -135,7 +139,7 @@ interface ImplementationBuilder<
       Specs & {[K in NewKeys]: DepCheck<RD, Signatures>}
    >
 
-   ship(): Implementations<Signatures, NeedKeys, NeedList, Specs> & { reflectedType5: string }
+   ship(info?: ReflectedTypeInfo): Implementations<Signatures, NeedKeys, NeedList, Specs> & ReflectedTypeInfo
 }
 
 // And a function that actually provides the builder interface:
@@ -187,9 +191,8 @@ function impBuilder<
              Specs & {[K in NewKeys]: DepCheck<RD, Signatures, DepKeys>}
           >
       },
-      ship() {
+      ship(info?: ReflectedTypeInfo) {
-         return (sofar as
+         return { ...sofar, ...info }
-            Implementations<Signatures, NeedKeys, NeedList, Specs> & { reflectedType5: string })
       }
    }
 }

tools/reflectTypes.mjs

@@ -11,44 +11,38 @@ const files = (await readdirSync(buildDir, { recursive: true }))
   .map(file => join(buildDir, file))
 
 for (const file of files) {
-  reflectType(file, { debug: true })
+  reflectType5(file, { debug: true })
 }
 
-function reflectType(srcFile, options = { debug: false }) {
+function reflectType5(srcFile, options = { debug: false }) {
   log(`Reflecting file "${relative(__dirname, srcFile)}"`)
 
   const defFile = srcFile.replace(/.js$/, '.d.ts')
   const src = String(readFileSync(srcFile))
   const defs = String(readFileSync(defFile))
 
-  if (src.includes('.reflectedType5')) {
+  const typeDefMatches = defs.matchAll(/: ({(?:(?!\n}).)+\n}) & (?:(?!ReflectedTypeInfo).)+ReflectedTypeInfo/gs)
-    log('  Source file already contains reflected types and will be ignored')
+  if (!typeDefMatches) {
+    log('No ReflectedTypeInfo found.')
     return
   }
 
-  const matches = Array.from(src.matchAll(/[^\n](export +)?const +([\w$]+) += +implementations\b/g))
+  const typeDefs = Array.from(typeDefMatches).map(def => def[1])
+  log(`  ${typeDefs.length} ReflectedTypeInfo found`)
 
-  if (matches.length === 0) {
+  let index = 0
-    log(`  No implementations found`)
+  const srcReflected = src.replaceAll(/(\s*)\.ship\(\)/g, () => {
-    return
+    const def = typeDefs[index]
+    index++
+    return `.ship({ reflectedType5: \`${def}\` })`
+  })
+  log(`  ReflectedTypeInfo injected in ${index} occurrences of .ship()`)
+
+  if (index !== typeDefs.length) {
+    log('  WARNING: not all ReflectedTypeInfo occurrences could be injected')
   }
 
-  for (const match of matches) {
+  writeFileSync(srcFile, srcReflected)
-    const name = match[2]
-    log(`  Found an implementations definition: "${name}"`)
-
-    const def = new RegExp(`export declare const ${name}: {(?:(?!\n}).)+\n}`, 's').exec(defs)
-
-    if (def) {
-      log(`  Injected type definitions for "${name}"`)
-
-      const srcReflected = `${src}\n${name}.reflectedType5 = \`${def}\`\n`
-
-      writeFileSync(srcFile, srcReflected)
-    } else {
-      log(`  No type definitions found for "${name}"`)
-    }
-  }
 
   function log(...args) {
     if (options.debug) {