I stumbled across a very strange name issue. I'm trying to use a TypeScript library (TypeORM) in an Ionic App which uses webpack to build and compile the app.
TypeORM has decorators for Entities called Entity
, AbstractEntity
and others. When I import and use the Entity
decorator is does not get marked as used by webpack. When I switch to the AbstractEntity
it is marked as used. Every other decorator gets marked as used.
This Typescript class
import { Entity, Column, PrimaryGeneratedColumn } from 'typeorm';
@Entity()
export class User {
@PrimaryGeneratedColumn()
user_id_internal: number;
@Column({unique: true})
user_id: string;
@Column()
first_name: string;
@Column()
last_name: string;
}
Is translated into
var User = (function () {
function User() {
}
return User;
}());
__decorate([
Object(__WEBPACK_IMPORTED_MODULE_0_typeorm__["f" /* PrimaryGeneratedColumn */])(),
__metadata("design:type", Number)
], User.prototype, "user_id_internal", void 0);
__decorate([
Object(__WEBPACK_IMPORTED_MODULE_0_typeorm__["a" /* Column */])({ unique: true }),
__metadata("design:type", String)
], User.prototype, "user_id", void 0);
__decorate([
Object(__WEBPACK_IMPORTED_MODULE_0_typeorm__["a" /* Column */])(),
__metadata("design:type", String)
], User.prototype, "first_name", void 0);
__decorate([
Object(__WEBPACK_IMPORTED_MODULE_0_typeorm__["a" /* Column */])(),
__metadata("design:type", String)
], User.prototype, "last_name", void 0);
User = __decorate([
Object(__WEBPACK_IMPORTED_MODULE_0_typeorm__["b" /* Entity */])()
], User);
but Entity
is marked as unused
// index.ts imports
/* unused harmony namespace reexport */
/* harmony import */ var __WEBPACK_IMPORTED_MODULE_31__decorator_entities_Entity__ = __webpack_require__(382);
// Entity.ts exports
/* harmony import */ var __WEBPACK_IMPORTED_MODULE_0__index__ = __webpack_require__(4);
/* unused harmony export Entity */
but when I change Entity
to AbstractEntity
gets marked as used
// index.ts
/* harmony import */ var __WEBPACK_IMPORTED_MODULE_32__decorator_entities_AbstractEntity__ = __webpack_require__(555);
/* harmony namespace reexport (by used) */ __webpack_require__.d(__webpack_exports__, "a", function() { return __WEBPACK_IMPORTED_MODULE_32__decorator_entities_AbstractEntity__["a"]; });
// AbstractEntity.ts
/* harmony export (immutable) */ __webpack_exports__["a"] = AbstractEntity;
/* harmony import */ var __WEBPACK_IMPORTED_MODULE_0__index__ = __webpack_require__(4);
Any ideas as to why?