I have a question on namespaces/naming/etc. Say I ...

# javascript

[Vladyslav Sitalo]

I have a question on namespaces/naming/etc.
Say I have a js module moduleName

module.exports = {
    foo:  { /* some code here */ },
    C:  { /* some code here */ }
}

I can import it to kotlin like this:

@file:JsModule("moduleName")
package ext.jspackage.name

external fun foo()

external class C

The problem with this is that if I want to use that functionality elsewhere in kotlin code - I’ll have to import the functions/objects directly. I.e. like import ext.jspackage.name.foo. Which is not great, as that name can be generic/etc.

What I want is to recreate experience where I’d call the foo function with module name prefix - moduleName.foo()

I can’t import modules in Kotlin though, and external things can’t be defined within non external ones, so I can’t do something like

object moduleName {
    external fun foo()
}

Is there a way to accomplish this?

[Svyatoslav Kuzmich [JB]]

Use @JsModule on external object:

@JsModule("moduleName")
external object moduleName  {
    fun foo()
}

[Svyatoslav Kuzmich [JB]]

Also, you don’t have to import packages. You can use foo from your snippet as ext.jspackage.name.foo()

[Vladyslav Sitalo]

ah, nice, I somehow missed that you can do something like that (re option 1)

[Vladyslav Sitalo]

thanks!