[http-server-javascript] Implement scalar encoding

.chronus/changes/witemple-msft-hsj-scalars-2025-0-30-13-29-18.md

@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+---
+changeKind: feature
+packages:
+  - "@typespec/http-server-javascript"
+---
+
+Support encoding/decoding scalar types.

packages/http-server-javascript/generated-defs/helpers/datetime.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,263 @@
+// Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation
+// Licensed under the MIT license.
+
+import { Module } from "../../src/ctx.js";
+
+export let module: Module = undefined as any;
+
+// prettier-ignore
+const lines = [
+  "// Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation",
+  "// Licensed under the MIT license.",
+  "",
+  "// #region Duration",
+  "",
+  "/**",
+  " * Regular expression for matching ISO8601 duration strings.",
+  " *",
+  " * Yields:",
+  " * - 0: the full match",
+  " * - 1: the sign (optional)",
+  " * - 2: years (optional)",
+  " * - 3: months (optional)",
+  " * - 4: weeks (optional)",
+  " * - 5: days (optional)",
+  " * - 6: hours (optional)",
+  " * - 7: minutes (optional)",
+  " * - 8: seconds (optional)",
+  " */",
+  "const ISO8601_DURATION_REGEX =",
+  "  /^(-)?P(?:((?:\\d*[.,])?\\d+)Y)?(?:((?:\\d*[.,])?\\d+)M)?(?:((?:\\d*[.,])?\\d+)W)?(?:((?:\\d*[.,])?\\d+)D)?(?:T(?:((?:\\d*[.,])?\\d+)H)?(?:((?:\\d*[.,])?\\d+)M)?(?:((?:\\d*[.,])?\\d+)S)?)?$/;",
+  "",
+  "/**",
+  " * A duration of time, measured in years, months, weeks, days, hours, minutes, and seconds.",
+  " *",
+  " * The values may be fractional and are not normalized (e.g. 36 hours is not the same duration as 1 day and 12 hours",
+  " * when accounting for Daylight Saving Time changes or leap seconds).",
+  " *",
+  " * @see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_8601#Durations",
+  " */",
+  "export interface Duration {",
+  "  /**",
+  "   * \"+\" if the duration is positive, \"-\" if the duration is negative.",
+  "   */",
+  "  sign: \"+\" | \"-\";",
+  "  /**",
+  "   * The number of years in the duration.",
+  "   */",
+  "  years: number;",
+  "  /**",
+  "   * The number of months in the duration.",
+  "   */",
+  "  months: number;",
+  "  /**",
+  "   * The number of weeks in the duration.",
+  "   */",
+  "  weeks: number;",
+  "  /**",
+  "   * The number of days in the duration.",
+  "   */",
+  "  days: number;",
+  "  /**",
+  "   * The number of hours in the duration.",
+  "   */",
+  "  hours: number;",
+  "  /**",
+  "   * The number of minutes in the duration.",
+  "   */",
+  "  minutes: number;",
+  "  /**",
+  "   * The number of seconds in the duration.",
+  "   */",
+  "  seconds: number;",
+  "}",
+  "",
+  "export const Duration = Object.freeze({",
+  "  /**",
+  "   * Parses an ISO8601 duration string into an object.",
+  "   *",
+  "   * @see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_8601#Durations",
+  "   *",
+  "   * @param duration - the duration string to parse",
+  "   * @returns an object containing the parsed duration",
+  "   */",
+  "  parseISO8601(duration: string, maxLength: number = 100): Duration {",
+  "    duration = duration.trim();",
+  "    if (duration.length > maxLength)",
+  "      throw new Error(`ISO8601 duration string is too long: ${duration}`);",
+  "",
+  "    const match = duration.match(ISO8601_DURATION_REGEX);",
+  "",
+  "    if (!match) throw new Error(`Invalid ISO8601 duration: ${duration}`);",
+  "",
+  "    return {",
+  "      sign: match[1] === undefined ? \"+\" : (match[1] as Duration[\"sign\"]),",
+  "      years: parseFloatNormal(match[2]),",
+  "      months: parseFloatNormal(match[3]),",
+  "      weeks: parseFloatNormal(match[4]),",
+  "      days: parseFloatNormal(match[5]),",
+  "      hours: parseFloatNormal(match[6]),",
+  "      minutes: parseFloatNormal(match[7]),",
+  "      seconds: parseFloatNormal(match[8]),",
+  "    };",
+  "",
+  "    function parseFloatNormal(match: string | undefined): number {",
+  "      if (match === undefined) return 0;",
+  "",
+  "      const normalized = match.replace(\",\", \".\");",
+  "",
+  "      const parsed = parseFloat(normalized);",
+  "",
+  "      if (isNaN(parsed))",
+  "        throw new Error(`Unreachable: Invalid number in ISO8601 duration string: ${match}`);",
+  "",
+  "      return parsed;",
+  "    }",
+  "  },",
+  "  /**",
+  "   * Writes a Duration to an ISO8601 duration string.",
+  "   *",
+  "   * @see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_8601#Durations",
+  "   *",
+  "   * @param duration - the duration to write to a string",
+  "   * @returns a string in ISO8601 duration format",
+  "   */",
+  "  toISO8601(duration: Duration): string {",
+  "    const sign = duration.sign === \"+\" ? \"\" : \"-\";",
+  "",
+  "    const years =",
+  "      duration.years !== 0 && !isNaN(Number(duration.years)) ? `${duration.years}Y` : \"\";",
+  "    const months =",
+  "      duration.months !== 0 && !isNaN(Number(duration.months)) ? `${duration.months}M` : \"\";",
+  "    const weeks =",
+  "      duration.weeks !== 0 && !isNaN(Number(duration.weeks)) ? `${duration.weeks}W` : \"\";",
+  "    const days = duration.days !== 0 && !isNaN(Number(duration.days)) ? `${duration.days}D` : \"\";",
+  "",
+  "    let time = \"\";",
+  "",
+  "    const _hours = duration.hours !== 0 && !isNaN(Number(duration.hours));",
+  "    const _minutes = duration.minutes !== 0 && !isNaN(Number(duration.minutes));",
+  "    const _seconds = duration.seconds !== 0 && !isNaN(Number(duration.seconds));",
+  "",
+  "    if (_hours || _minutes || _seconds) {",
+  "      const hours = _hours ? `${duration.hours}H` : \"\";",
+  "      const minutes = _minutes ? `${duration.minutes}M` : \"\";",
+  "      const seconds = _seconds ? `${duration.seconds}S` : \"\";",
+  "",
+  "      time = `T${hours}${minutes}${seconds}`;",
+  "    }",
+  "",
+  "    return `${sign}P${years}${months}${weeks}${days}${time}`;",
+  "  },",
+  "",
+  "  /**",
+  "   * Gets the total number of seconds in a duration.",
+  "   *",
+  "   * This method will throw an Error if the duration contains any years, months, weeks, or days, as those require a reference",
+  "   * point to calculate the total number of seconds.",
+  "   *",
+  "   * WARNING: If the total number of seconds is larger than the maximum safe integer in JavaScript, this method will",
+  "   * lose precision. @see Duration.totalSecondsBigInt for a BigInt alternative.",
+  "   *",
+  "   * @param duration - the duration to calculate the total number of seconds for",
+  "   * @returns the total number of seconds in the duration",
+  "   */",
+  "  totalSeconds(duration: Duration): number {",
+  "    if (",
+  "      duration.years !== 0 ||",
+  "      duration.months !== 0 ||",
+  "      duration.weeks !== 0 ||",
+  "      duration.days !== 0",
+  "    ) {",
+  "      throw new Error(",
+  "        \"Cannot calculate total seconds for a duration with years, months, weeks, or days.\",",
+  "      );",
+  "    }",
+  "",
+  "    return (",
+  "      duration.seconds +",
+  "      duration.minutes * 60 +",
+  "      duration.hours * 60 * 60 +",
+  "      duration.weeks * 7 * 24 * 60 * 60",
+  "    );",
+  "  },",
+  "",
+  "  /**",
+  "   * Gets the total number of seconds in a duration.",
+  "   *",
+  "   * This method will throw an Error if the duration contains any years, months, weeks, or days, as those require a reference",
+  "   * point to calculate the total number of seconds. It will also throw an error if any of the components are not integers.",
+  "   *",
+  "   * @param duration - the duration to calculate the total number of seconds for",
+  "   * @returns the total number of seconds in the duration",
+  "   */",
+  "  totalSecondsBigInt(duration: Duration): bigint {",
+  "    if (",
+  "      duration.years !== 0 ||",
+  "      duration.months !== 0 ||",
+  "      duration.weeks !== 0 ||",
+  "      duration.days !== 0",
+  "    ) {",
+  "      throw new Error(",
+  "        \"Cannot calculate total seconds for a duration with years, months, weeks, or days.\",",
+  "      );",
+  "    }",
+  "",
+  "    if (",
+  "      !Number.isInteger(duration.seconds) ||",
+  "      !Number.isInteger(duration.minutes) ||",
+  "      !Number.isInteger(duration.hours) ||",
+  "      !Number.isInteger(duration.weeks)",
+  "    ) {",
+  "      throw new Error(",
+  "        \"Cannot calculate total seconds as a BigInt for a duration with non-integer components.\",",
+  "      );",
+  "    }",
+  "",
+  "    return (",
+  "      BigInt(duration.seconds) +",
+  "      BigInt(duration.minutes) * 60n +",
+  "      BigInt(duration.hours) * 60n * 60n +",
+  "      BigInt(duration.weeks) * 7n * 24n * 60n * 60n",
+  "    );",
+  "  },",
+  "",
+  "  /**",
+  "   * Creates a duration from a total number of seconds.",
+  "   *",
+  "   * The result is not normalized, so it will only contain a seconds field.",
+  "   */",
+  "  fromTotalSeconds(seconds: number): Duration {",
+  "    return {",
+  "      sign: seconds < 0 ? \"-\" : \"+\",",
+  "      years: 0,",
+  "      months: 0,",
+  "      weeks: 0,",
+  "      days: 0,",
+  "      hours: 0,",
+  "      minutes: 0,",
+  "      seconds: Math.abs(seconds),",
+  "    };",
+  "  },",
+  "});",
+  "",
+  "// #endregion",
+  "",
+];
+
+export async function createModule(parent: Module): Promise<Module> {
+  if (module) return module;
+
+  module = {
+    name: "datetime",
+    cursor: parent.cursor.enter("datetime"),
+    imports: [],
+    declarations: [],
+  };
+
+  module.declarations.push(lines);
+
+  parent.declarations.push(module);
+
+  return module;
+}

packages/http-server-javascript/generated-defs/helpers/index.ts

@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ export async function createModule(parent: Module): Promise<Module> {
   };
 
   // Child modules
+  await import("./datetime.js").then((m) => m.createModule(module));
   await import("./header.js").then((m) => m.createModule(module));
   await import("./multipart.js").then((m) => m.createModule(module));
   await import("./router.js").then((m) => m.createModule(module));

packages/http-server-javascript/src/common/declaration.ts

@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ export function* emitDeclaration(
       break;
     }
     case "Scalar": {
-      yield emitScalar(ctx, type);
+      yield emitScalar(ctx, type, module);
       break;
     }
     default: {

packages/http-server-javascript/src/common/reference.ts

@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ export function emitTypeReference(
   switch (type.kind) {
     case "Scalar":
       // Get the scalar and return it directly, as it is a primitive.
-      return getJsScalar(ctx.program, type, position);
+      return getJsScalar(ctx, module, type, position).type;
     case "Model": {
       // First handle arrays.
       if (isArrayModelType(ctx.program, type)) {