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CHANGELOG.md

@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning].
 
 ## Added
 
+- Add support for comments in generated TypeScript interfaces ([@envek])
 - Add TypeScript verbatim module syntax support through `verbatim_module_syntax` config option ([@patvice])
 - Add `typelizer:generate:refresh` command to clean output directory and regenerate all interfaces ([@patvice])
 - Allow disabling Typelizer in Rails development with `DISABLE_TYPELIZER` environment variable to `true` ([@okuramasafumi])
@@ -69,6 +70,7 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning].
 - Initial release ([@skryukov])
 
 [@davidrunger]: https://github.com/davidrunger
+[@envek]: https://github.com/envek
 [@okuramasafumi]: https://github.com/okuramasafumi
 [@patvice]: https://github.com/patvice
 [@skryukov]: https://github.com/skryukov

README.md

@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ Typelizer is a Ruby gem that automatically generates TypeScript interfaces from
   - [TypeScript Integration](#typescript-integration)
   - [Manual Generation](#manual-generation)
   - [Automatic Generation in Development](#automatic-generation-in-development)
+  - [Disabling Typelizer](#disabling-typelizer)
 - [Configuration](#configuration)
   - [Global Configuration](#global-configuration)
   - [Config Options](#config-options)
@@ -79,6 +80,11 @@ class PostResource < ApplicationResource
   attribute :author_name do |post|
     post.author.name
   end
+
+  typelize :string, nullable: true, comment: "Author's avatar URL"
+  attribute :avatar do
+    "https://example.com/avatar.png" if active?
+  end
 end
 ```
 
@@ -259,6 +265,10 @@ Typelizer.configure do |config|
   # Support TypeScript's Verbatim module syntax option (default: false)
   # Will change imports and exports of types from default to support this syntax option
   config.verbatim_module_syntax = false
+
+  # Support comments in generated TypeScript interfaces (default: false)
+  # Will add comments to the generated interfaces
+  config.comments = false
 end
 ```
 

lib/typelizer/templates/interface.ts.erb

@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ type <%= interface.name %> = {
 <%- else -%>
 type <%= interface.name %> = {
 <%- interface.properties.each do |property| -%>
-<%= indent("// #{property.comment.tr("\n", '\n')}\n") if interface.config.comments && property.comment -%>
+<%= indent("/** #{property.comment.split("\n").map(&:strip).join("\n * ")} */\n") if interface.config.comments && property.comment -%>
 <%= indent(property) %>;
 <%- end -%>
 }

spec/__snapshots__/AlbaUserAuthor.ts.snap

@@ -1,14 +1,16 @@
-// Typelizer digest 5853f063c6c19b98aeeee99e9c29980a
+// Typelizer digest 6a70418b072c53d25848cea380599d44
 //
 // DO NOT MODIFY: This file was automatically generated by Typelizer.
 import type {AlbaPost} from '@/types'
 
 type AlbaUserAuthor = {
   id: number;
-  // Author login handle
+  /** Author login handle */
   username: string | null;
   posts?: Array<AlbaPost>;
   avatar: unknown;
+  /** Typed avatar URL
+   * Active user only */
   typed_avatar: string | null;
 }
 

spec/__snapshots__/AlbaUserEmptyNested.ts.snap

@@ -1,14 +1,16 @@
-// Typelizer digest 3bf7801f630edffea7eefdcb86e3fb74
+// Typelizer digest 149809de5e88dc7e93c61dd1c8df854d
 //
 // DO NOT MODIFY: This file was automatically generated by Typelizer.
 import type {AlbaPost} from '@/types'
 
 type AlbaUserEmptyNested = {
   id: number;
-  // Author login handle
+  /** Author login handle */
   username: string | null;
   posts?: Array<AlbaPost>;
   avatar: unknown;
+  /** Typed avatar URL
+   * Active user only */
   typed_avatar: string | null;
 }
 

spec/__snapshots__/AmsUserAuthor.ts.snap

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import type {AmsPost} from '@/types'
 
 type AmsUserAuthor = {
   id: number;
-  // Author login handle
+  /** Author login handle */
   username: string | null;
   avatar: unknown;
   typed_avatar: string | null;

spec/__snapshots__/AmsUserEmptyNested.ts.snap

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import type {AmsPost} from '@/types'
 
 type AmsUserEmptyNested = {
   id: number;
-  // Author login handle
+  /** Author login handle */
   username: string | null;
   avatar: unknown;
   typed_avatar: string | null;

spec/__snapshots__/OjSerializersUserAuthor.ts.snap

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import type {OjSerializersPost} from '@/types'
 
 type OjSerializersUserAuthor = {
   id: number;
-  // Author login handle
+  /** Author login handle */
   username: string | null;
   posts?: Array<OjSerializersPost>;
   avatar: unknown;

spec/__snapshots__/OjSerializersUserEmptyNested.ts.snap

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import type {OjSerializersPost} from '@/types'
 
 type OjSerializersUserEmptyNested = {
   id: number;
-  // Author login handle
+  /** Author login handle */
   username: string | null;
   posts?: Array<OjSerializersPost>;
   avatar: unknown;

spec/app/app/serializers/alba/user/author_serializer.rb

@@ -15,7 +15,10 @@ class AuthorSerializer < BaseSerializer
       # typelize typed_avatar: [:string, nullable: true]
       # typelize ["string", "null"]
       # typelize "string | null"
-      typelize :string, nullable: true
+      typelize :string, nullable: true, comment: <<~TXT
+        Typed avatar URL
+        Active user only
+      TXT
       attribute :typed_avatar do
         "https://example.com/avatar.png" if active?
       end