Microsoft/TypeScript

Unable to access ServiceWorkerGlobalScope via `self.`

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#14,877 opened on Mar 27, 2017

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Description

Since ServiceWorker related types sit in lib.webworker.d.ts, webworker lib need to be added to tsconfig.json.

{
  "compilerOptions": {
    "lib": [
      "es2017",
      "webworker"
    ]
  }
}

But in current lib.webworker.d.ts, it declare var self: WorkerGlobalScope;, so we can't access ServiceWorkerGlobalScope via self.

TypeScript Version: 2.2.1

Expected behavior:

Can access ServiceWorkerGlobalScope via self.(like self.clients)

Actual behavior:

Access with error.

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Inspect lib.webworker.d.ts and change the `declare var self: WorkerGlobalScope;` to include ServiceWorkerGlobalScope via a union type like `WorkerGlobalScope | ServiceWorkerGlobalScope`.
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