ui5ts

A simple adapter to develop SAPUI5 and OpenUI5 applications using TypeScript and ES2015 modules/classes

Release Notes

0.3.2 - Handle some UI5 API errors in the Docs, when method with names like getSomething has void as return type. It is being replaced by any now.

0.3.1 - Just fixed an error in this README instructions.

0.3.0 - Create definitions for more than one version of UI5 (just 1.46 and 1.48 for now). Published in https://github.com/lmcarreiro/ui5-typescript-definitions too. Be carefull, now that there is these definitions inside the package and I have plans to make these definitions better (normally replacing an any type with a more specific one), almost all new versions from now on may be a breaking change.

0.2.0 - Create my own UI5 definitions generator, because the available ones didn't fit my needs (you can still use another, just set it up in your tsconfig.json).

0.1.* - Generated exports files for all namespace sap.* objects, to make possible import these objects without creating a single <object>.d.ts for each imported object.

0.0.* - Just a draft.

How to use

It is very simple, make it work with only 4 steps:

1. Install ui5ts, typescript and @types/jquery npm packages
2. Add a reference to the "library" in your index.html
3. Add the required TypeScript options in the tsconfig.json
4. Change your <class-name>.js to a <class-name>.ts

Check this Master-Detail example app https://github.com/lmcarreiro/ui5-typescript-example that is already working with ui5+typescript.

1) Install ui5ts, typescript and @types/jquery npm packages

npm install @types/jquery --save-dev
npm install typescript --save-dev
npm install ui5ts --save

2) Add a reference to the library in your index.html

Put a reference to the ui5ts.js script in your index.html file using a script tag <script src="node_modules/ui5ts/ui5ts.js" type="text/javascript"></script> between the sap-ui-core.js script tag and the sap.ui.getCore().attachInit() call:

...
<!-- Bootstrapping UI5 -->
<script id="sap-ui-bootstrap" src="https://openui5.hana.ondemand.com/resources/sap-ui-core.js" ... ></script>
 
+ <!-- Convert typescript generated modules/classes into ui5 modules/classes -->
+ <script type="text/javascript" src="node_modules/ui5ts/ui5ts.js"></script>
 
<script>
    sap.ui.getCore().attachInit(function () { ... });
</script>
...

3) Add the required TypeScript options in the tsconfig.json

• compilerOptions.module = "amd"
• compilerOptions.experimentalDecorators = true (just to avoid typescript warning/error)
• compilerOptions.baseUrl = "./" (your project root, if you change this value, you need to change the paths too)
• compilerOptions.paths = { ... } (your paths, relative to your baseUrl, check the example bellow)
• files = ["node_modules/ui5ts/ui5ts.d.ts", "node_modules/ui5ts/ui5-types/1.48/sap.d.ts", "node_modules/ui5ts/ui5-types/1.48/jQuery.d.ts", ...]

Example of tsconfig.json file:

{
    "compilerOptions": {
        "target": "es5",
        "module": "amd",
        "experimentalDecorators": true,
        "alwaysStrict": true,
        "noImplicitAny": true,
        "strictNullChecks": true,
        "noImplicitReturns": true,
        "noImplicitThis": true,
        "sourceMap": true,
        "baseUrl": "./",
        "paths": {
            "your/app/namespace/*": [ "./src/*" ],
            "sap/*": [ "./node_modules/ui5ts/exports/sap/*" ]
        }
    },
    "files": [
        "node_modules/ui5ts/ui5ts.d.ts",
        "node_modules/ui5ts/ui5-types/1.48/sap.d.ts",
        "node_modules/ui5ts/ui5-types/1.48/jQuery.d.ts"
    ],
    "include": [
        "src/**/*",
        "node_modules/@types"
    ],
    "exclude": [
        "node_modules",
        "**/*.spec.ts"
    ]
}

4) Change your <class-name>.js to a <class-name>.ts

UI5 JavaScript way:

sap.ui.define([
    "sap/ui/core/UIComponent",
    "typescript/example/ui5app/model/models"
], function (UIComponent, models) {
    "use strict";
    
    return UIComponent.extend("typescript.example.ui5app.Component", {
        metadata: {
            manifest: "json"
        },
        
        init: function () {
            // set the device model
            this.setModel(models.createDeviceModel(), "device");
            // call the base component's init function and create the App view
            UIComponent.prototype.init.call(this);
            // create the views based on the url/hash
            this.getRouter().initialize();
        }
    });
});

ES2015 TypeScript way:

import UIComponent  from "sap/ui/core/UIComponent";
import models       from "typescript/example/ui5app/model/models";
 
@UI5("typescript.example.ui5app.Component")
export default class Component extends UIComponent
{
    public static metadata: any = {
        manifest : "json"
    };
 
    public init(): void {
        // set the device model
        this.setModel(models.createDeviceModel(), "device");
        // call the base component's init function and create the App view
        super.init();
        // create the views based on the url/hash
        this.getRouter().initialize();
    }
}

Don't forget

• You need to decorate your class with @UI5("your.full.namespace.ClassName"), this decorator parameter will be passed to BaseClass.extend("your.full.namespace.ClassName", { ... }); call at runtime.
• You need to export your class as default export.
• If your class has the ui5 metadata object, define it as static
• The paths in the import statements must be the same as it would be if you were using sap.ui.define() function. The TypeScript compiler will generate an AMD module with a define() call with these paths, and the define() function that ui5ts overrides will call the real sap.ui.define() function. This is the way that ui5ts works.
• If your/app/namespace/is/too/big, you don't need to have all this levels of directories in your physical project structure, you can create a virtual mapping using the tsconfig.json configuration option paths (see it in the common problems bellow).

Resolving common typescript errors and module resolution problems

Problem: Doesn't find the @UI5 decorator:

...
// error TS2304: Cannot find name 'UI5'.
@UI5("your.full.namespace.ClassName")
export default class Component extends UIComponent {
...

Solution: Make sure you have the ui5ts.d.ts referenced in your tsconfig.json

...
"files": [
    ...,
+   "node_modules/ui5ts/ui5ts.d.ts"
],
...

Problem: Doesn't find your own *.ts class:

...
// error TS2307: Cannot find module 'your/app/namespace/folder/ClassName'.
import ClassName from "your/app/namespace/folder/ClassName";
...

Solution: Make sure you have the path of your namespace root in the tsconfig.json and if it match with your application startup in the index.html

...
"compilerOptions": {
    ...
    "baseUrl": "./",
    "paths": {
        ...
+       "your/app/namespace/*": [ "./src/*" ]
    }
...

...
sap.ui.getCore().attachInit(function () {
    sap.ui.require(["sap/m/Shell", "sap/ui/core/ComponentContainer"], function (Shell, ComponentContainer) {
        new Shell({
            app: new ComponentContainer({
                height : "100%",
+               name : "your.app.namespace"
            })
        }).placeAt("content");
    });
});
...

Problem: Doesn't find your own *.js class:

...
// error TS2307: Cannot find module 'your/app/namespace/folder/ClassName'.
import ClassName from "your/app/namespace/folder/ClassName";
...

Solution: Create a corresponding *.d.ts of your *.js class or forget about it. You can live with this error and the app will still work. Even if you allow the TypeScript compiler to accept *.js modules, it will not recognize it as a AMD module, since you declare it using sap.ui.define() instead of define().

Problem: Doesn't find a class in sap.* namespace:

...
// error TS2307: Cannot find module 'sap/ui/core/UIComponent'.
import UIComponent from "sap/ui/core/UIComponent";
...

Solution: Make sure you have mapped the ui5ts exports folder in your paths of the tsconfig.json:

...
"compilerOptions": {
    ...
    "baseUrl": "./",
    "paths": {
        ...
+       "sap/*": [ "./node_modules/ui5ts/exports/sap/*" ]
    }
...

If the problem still remains, please, create an issue in the github project:

https://github.com/lmcarreiro/ui5ts/issues