Fixed

• TypeScript 5 decorators do not work.
• Circular loop when using multiple inheritance through the decorator type options.

Added

• Support for polymorphic serialization based on interface types.

Fixed

• Extraction of type extension metadata when it was not defined.
• Extraction of property extension metadata when it was not defined.

Added

• Type extension metadata.
• Property extension metadata.

Fixed

• Invalid ES5 lazy type resolvers.

Added

• Strongly typed custom options.
• Performance improvements when using custom options.

Removed

• Old custom data option.

Migrating from previous version

• Replace old custom data configurations with newly introduced strongly typed custom options.

Added

• Fluent api for declarative configuration.
• Property metadata sorters.
• Inject metadata sorters.
• Stable json stringify and parse functions.
• Any and unknown type serializers.
• Modules support.
• Performance improvements.

Changed

• If property type argument is not configured then no error will be thrown and property will be serialized as unknown.
• Weak reference maps changed to regular maps to allow more extension points.
• Reference handler names to be more self descriptive.

Migrating from previous version

• Replace old declarative configuration calls with newly introduced fluent api.
• You can still use raw declarative api through the options by adapting method calls.

Added

• Preserve null option.
• Performance improvements.

Changed

• Simplify handling of object references inside serializers.
• Separate modules are now merged into one to reduce final application bundle size and simplify usage.

Removed

• Helper decorators as they silently increase final application bundle size and reduce performance on startup for the end user.

Migrating from previous version

• Replace all separate module imports to @dipscope/type-manager.
• Remove all helper decorators and use configure options with the same names from the main Type, Property and Inject decorators.

Changed

• Moved source maps into separate file and reduced production bundle size.

Added

• Getters for serialized and deserialized default value in metadata.
• Decorators and options to define serialized and deserialized default value explicitly.