fix(api-extractor): preserve export keyword for namespace re-exports #5517
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When a namespace contains `export { Foo, Bar };` re-export declarations,
api-extractor was incorrectly stripping the `export` keyword, producing
`{ Foo, Bar, };` which is syntactically invalid TypeScript (TS1109).
This fix checks if an ExportKeyword is part of an ExportDeclaration that
is inside a ModuleBlock (namespace body), and if so, preserves it instead
of stripping it.
Fixes microsoft#5516
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Can you deduplicate this and the other instance of this same code in the API report generator?
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Does the default need to be retained in these cases as well?
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Summary
Fixes #5516
When a namespace contains
export { Foo, Bar };re-export declarations, api-extractor was incorrectly stripping theexportkeyword, producing{ Foo, Bar, };which is syntactically invalid TypeScript.Input:
Before (invalid):
After (valid):
Details
The issue is in
DtsRollupGenerator.tsandApiReportGenerator.ts. Both files unconditionally skip allExportKeywordtokens (lines ~272-276), then re-add them for declaration types (interface, class, enum, namespace, function, type). However,ExportDeclarationnodes (likeexport { Foo }) were not handled, so theexportkeyword was stripped but never restored.The fix checks if an
ExportKeywordis part of anExportDeclarationthat is inside aModuleBlock(namespace body), and if so, preserves it.How it was tested
export { }declarations