[THRIFT-4809] Javascript episodic code generation

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 0.12.0
• Fix Version/s: 0.13.0
• Component/s: Node.js - Compiler
• Assignee: James E. King III
• Reporter: Mustafa Şenol Coşar
• Created: 22/Feb/19 13:42
• Updated: 16/Oct/19 22:27
• Resolved: 21/Jun/19 10:39

Description

We can generate code without `-recurse` flag but the imports are not structured in a way to support episodic code generation, i.e., generated code imports the required modules from the current directory.

We can specify a node module path during compilation to use so we can import the modules that are generated from an included .thrift file from that module.

Example:

`A.thrift` has struct `A`

`B.thrift` includes `A.thrift` and uses struct `A`

`A.thrift` is compiled separately and packaged into `packageA`

When we compile `B.thrift` we specify path/to/packageA

`B_types.js` has the following import:

    `var A = require("packageA/A_types");`

Issue Links

• links to: GitHub Pull Request #1757