fix: improve types and allow augmentation

src/js/component.js

@@ -23,6 +23,12 @@ import {merge} from './utils/obj.js';
  * @returns  {void}
  */
 
+/**
+ * @typedef {Object} ComponentOptions
+ * @property {Object[]} children
+ * @property {string} classname
+ */
+
 /**
  * Base class for all UI Components.
  * Components are UI objects which represent both a javascript object and an element
@@ -39,17 +45,9 @@ class Component {
    * @param {Player} player
    *        The `Player` that this class should be attached to.
    *
-   * @param {Object} [options]
+   * @param {ComponentOptions} [options]
    *        The key/value store of component options.
    *
-   * @param {Object[]} [options.children]
-   *        An array of children objects to initialize this component with. Children objects have
-   *        a name property that will be used if more than one component of the same type needs to be
-   *        added.
-   *
-   * @param  {string} [options.className]
-   *         A class or space separated list of classes to add the component
-   *
    * @param {ReadyCallback} [ready]
    *        Function that gets called when the `Component` is ready.
    */
@@ -1978,7 +1976,6 @@ class Component {
    *
    * @param {string} name
    *        The name of the `Component` to register.
-   *
    * @param {Component} ComponentToRegister
    *        The `Component` class to register.
    *

src/js/player.js

@@ -4674,6 +4674,57 @@
     });
   }
 
+  // The following empty getters are defined below the class. They are declared here
+  // for `tsc` to pick them up in type definitions.
+
+  /**
+   * Get the {@link VideoTrackList}
+   *
+   * @link https://html.spec.whatwg.org/multipage/embedded-content.html#videotracklist
+   *
+   * @return {VideoTrackList}
+   *         the current video track list
+   *
+   * @method Player.prototype.videoTracks
+   */
+  videoTracks() {}
+
+  /**
+   * Get the {@link AudioTrackList}
+   *
+   * @link https://html.spec.whatwg.org/multipage/embedded-content.html#audiotracklist
+   *
+   * @return {AudioTrackList}
+   *         the current audio track list
+   */
+  audioTracks() {}
+
+  /**
+   * Get the {@link TextTrackList}
+   *
+   * @link http://www.w3.org/html/wg/drafts/html/master/embedded-content-0.html#dom-media-texttracks
+   *
+   * @return {TextTrackList}
+   *         the current text track list
+   */
+  textTracks() {}
+
+  /**
+   * Get the remote {@link TextTrackList}
+   *
+   * @return {TextTrackList}
+   *         The current remote text track list
+   */
+  remoteTextTracks() {}
+
+  /**
+   * Get the remote {@link HtmlTrackElementList} tracks.
+   *
+   * @return {HtmlTrackElementList}
+   *         The current remote text track element list
+   */
+  remoteTextTrackEls() {}
+
   /**
    * A helper method for adding a {@link TextTrack} to our
    * {@link TextTrackList}.
@@ -5363,57 +5414,6 @@
   /* end-delete-from-build */
 }
 
-/**
- * Get the {@link VideoTrackList}
- *
- * @link https://html.spec.whatwg.org/multipage/embedded-content.html#videotracklist
- *
- * @return {VideoTrackList}
- *         the current video track list
- *
- * @method Player.prototype.videoTracks
- */
-
-/**
- * Get the {@link AudioTrackList}
- *
- * @link https://html.spec.whatwg.org/multipage/embedded-content.html#audiotracklist
- *
- * @return {AudioTrackList}
- *         the current audio track list
- *
- * @method Player.prototype.audioTracks
- */
-
-/**
- * Get the {@link TextTrackList}
- *
- * @link http://www.w3.org/html/wg/drafts/html/master/embedded-content-0.html#dom-media-texttracks
- *
- * @return {TextTrackList}
- *         the current text track list
- *
- * @method Player.prototype.textTracks
- */
-
-/**
- * Get the remote {@link TextTrackList}
- *
- * @return {TextTrackList}
- *         The current remote text track list
- *
- * @method Player.prototype.remoteTextTracks
- */
-
-/**
- * Get the remote {@link HtmlTrackElementList} tracks.
- *
- * @return {HtmlTrackElementList}
- *         The current remote text track element list
- *
- * @method Player.prototype.remoteTextTrackEls
- */
-
 TRACK_TYPES.names.forEach(function(name) {
   const props = TRACK_TYPES[name];
 
@@ -5565,3 +5565,5 @@
 
 Component.registerComponent('Player', Player);
 export default Player;
+// Including a named export so Typescript can use module augmentation with plugins
+export { Player };

src/js/plugin.js

@@ -206,6 +206,12 @@
       this.log = this.player.log.createLogger(this.name);
     }
 
+    // Remove the placeholder event methods. If the component is evented, the
+    // real methods are added next
+    ['on', 'off', 'one', 'any', 'trigger'].forEach(fn => {
+      this[fn] = undefined;
+    });
+
     // Make this object evented, but remove the added `trigger` method so we
     // use the prototype version instead.
     evented(this);
@@ -248,6 +254,61 @@
     return hash;
   }
 
+  // `on`, `off`, `one`, and `any` are here so tsc includes them in definitions.
+  // They are replaced or removed in the constructor
+
+  /**
+   * Adds an `event listener` to an instance of an `EventTarget`. An `event listener` is a
+   * function that will get called when an event with a certain name gets triggered.
+   *
+   * @param {string|string[]} type
+   *        An event name or an array of event names.
+   *
+   * @param {Function} fn
+   *        The function to call with `EventTarget`s
+   */
+  on(type, fn) {}
+
+  /**
+   * Removes an `event listener` for a specific event from an instance of `EventTarget`.
+   * This makes it so that the `event listener` will no longer get called when the
+   * named event happens.
+   *
+   * @param {string|string[]} type
+   *        An event name or an array of event names.
+   *
+   * @param {Function} [fn]
+   *        The function to remove. If not specified, all listeners managed by Video.js will be removed.
+   */
+  off(type, fn) {}
+
+  /**
+   * This function will add an `event listener` that gets triggered only once. After the
+   * first trigger it will get removed. This is like adding an `event listener`
+   * with {@link EventTarget#on} that calls {@link EventTarget#off} on itself.
+   *
+   * @param {string|string[]} type
+   *        An event name or an array of event names.
+   *
+   * @param {Function} fn
+   *        The function to be called once for each event name.
+   */
+  one(type, fn) {}
+
+  /**
+   * This function will add an `event listener` that gets triggered only once and is
+   * removed from all events. This is like adding an array of `event listener`s
+   * with {@link EventTarget#on} that calls {@link EventTarget#off} on all events the
+   * first time it is triggered.
+   *
+   * @param {string|string[]} type
+   *        An event name or an array of event names.
+   *
+   * @param {Function} fn
+   *        The function to be called once for each event name.
+   */
+  any(type, fn) {}
+
   /**
    * Triggers an event on the plugin object and overrides
    * {@link module:evented~EventedMixin.trigger|EventedMixin.trigger}.
@@ -478,6 +539,9 @@
 
 export default Plugin;
 
+// Including a named export so Typescript can use module augmentation with plugins
+export { Plugin };
+
 /**
  * Signals that a plugin is about to be set up on a player.
  *

src/js/video.js

@@ -316,10 +316,11 @@ videojs.getComponent = Component.getComponent;
  * @param {string} name
  *        The class name of the component
  *
- * @param {typeof Component} comp
- *        The component class
+ * @template {typeof Component} C
+ * @param {C} comp
+ *        The `Component` class to register.
  *
- * @return {typeof Component}
+ * @return {C}
  *         The newly registered component
  */
 videojs.registerComponent = (name, comp) => {