gulp-transform-interface v1.0.1

gulp-transform-interface

A plugin for gulp that will compile Java-style interfaces to Javascript.

Installation

$ npm install gulp-transform-interface --save-dev

Use case

This plugin will extend the Javascript language with interface declarations like you know them from Java.

Here's the syntax you can now use:

interface FooBar {
    isFoo = Boolean;
    barCollection = Map;
    sayFoo(arg1, arg2);
    doBar();
}

This compiles down to the following ES2015 code:

const FooBar = {
    isFoo: Boolean,
    barCollection: Map,
    sayFoo(arg1, arg2){},
    doBar(){}
}

Combining this with the npm package gulp-class-implements-polymerjs gives the possibility for declaratively implementing interfaces by supporting the Java-inspired class <subclass> extends <class> implements <interface> syntax.

interfaces are NOT part of the official ES2015 module spec. Be aware that the syntax this plugin expects isn't and probably never will be officially supported.

Usage

Simply add it to your gulpfile.js:

const INTERFACE_EXTENSION = require('gulp-transform-interface');

    gulp.src("./components/**/*.*")
        .pipe(INTERFACE_EXTENSION())
        .pipe(gulp.dest(COMPILED_DIRECTORY + "/components"));

License

Copyright (c) 2016 Dlmma IVS. Released under the MIT license.