is there a way to turn Kotlin enums into JS string...

# javascript

[Bernhard]

is there a way to turn Kotlin enums into JS string enums for interop? basically emulate TypeScript's string enums like:

type Role = "Admin" | "User"

[Edoardo Luppi]

https://github.com/turansky/seskar#as-is

[Edoardo Luppi]

If you mean exporting a TS type with generateTypeScriptDefinitions(), than nope unfortunately.

[Edoardo Luppi]

But it's a fair choice, Kotlin's enums are complex objects compared to other languages' enums, so there is no direct translation without losing functionalities.

[Bernhard]

I see, yeah, I just want to create better external type definitions for a JS API

[Edoardo Luppi]

Using enums is still straightforward from a TS consumer POV tho

[elaborate tissue]

I don't know if this is exactly what you meant but there has been discussions around having inline enum classes that might have the functionality you describe https://youtrack.jetbrains.com/issue/KT-23823/Support-inline-enum-classes

[Bernhard]

yeah, that's sorta what I want, but I want to define that for an external function

[Bernhard]

you'd probably need to define that parameter as an inline enum in that case