Argument of type 'typeof globalThis' is not assignable to parameter of type 'EntryService' - node.js

Question

I'm trying to pass my service to an instance of a class that I pass to a method decorator.
Here's the service:
#Injectable()
export class EntryService {
constructor(
#InjectRepository(EntryEntity)
private readonly entryRepository: Repository<EntryEntity>,
#InjectRepository(ImageEntity)
private readonly imageRepository: Repository<ImageEntity>,
private readonly awsService: AwsService,
private readonly connection: Connection,
private readonly categoriesService: CategoriesService,
private readonly cacheService: CacheService,
private readonly usersService: UserService,
private readonly imagesService: ImagesService,
private readonly notificationService: NotificationsService,
) {}
#RecordEntryOperation(new CreateOperation(this))
public async create(createEntryDto: CreateEntryBodyDto): Promise<Entry> {
const queryRunner = this.connection.createQueryRunner();
await queryRunner.connect();
await queryRunner.startTransaction();
try {
await queryRunner.commitTransaction();
// more code
} catch (err) {
await queryRunner.rollbackTransaction();
} finally {
await queryRunner.release();
}
}
}
The thing here is that I need to use EntryService inside that class I pass to the RecordEntryOperation decorator.
The decorator (not fully implemented yet):
export const RecordEntryOperation = (operation: Operation) => {
return (target: object, key: string | symbol, descriptor: PropertyDescriptor) => {
const original = descriptor.value;
descriptor.value = async function(...args: any[]) {
const response = await original.apply(this, args);
console.log(`operation.execute()`, await operation.execute());
return response;
};
};
};
The CreateOperation class looks like this (not fully implemented yet):
export class CreateOperation extends Operation {
constructor(public entryService: EntryService) { super(); }
public async execute(): Promise<any> {
return this.entryService.someEntryServiceOperation();
}
}
The error I'm getting reads as follows:
Argument of type 'typeof globalThis' is not assignable to parameter of type 'EntryService'.
Type 'typeof globalThis' is missing the following properties from type 'EntryService': entryRepository, imageRepository, awsService, and 53 more.
I don't fully understand what this error is about. I suspect that it means that the this passed to the CreateOperation class does not have all these dependencies injected into the service by the dependency injector.
I tried different things, but to no avail. Seems like I don't completely understand what is going on.
Any ideas?
What would be the right way to structure the code then?

Answer 1

The problem is the following line:
#RecordEntryOperation(new CreateOperation(this))
this does not refer to the instance of EntryService as you might expect, instead it refers to the globalThis (that this actually refers to the current module), thus the error. What you could do is to change your Operation-class a bit and pass the entryService to the execute method.
export class CreateOperation extends Operation {
constructor() { super(); }
public async execute(entryService: EntryService): Promise<any> {
return entryService.someEntryServiceOperation();
}
}
Then you can do the following in your decorator:
export const RecordEntryOperation = (OperationType: typeof CreateOperation) => {
return (target: object, key: string | symbol, descriptor: PropertyDescriptor) => {
const operation = new OperationType();
const original = descriptor.value;
descriptor.value = async function(...args: any[]) {
const response = await original.apply(this, args);
console.log(`operation.execute()`, await operation.execute(this));
return response;
};
};
};
Then use it with:
#RecordEntryOperation(CreateOperation)
public async create(createEntryDto: CreateEntryBodyDto): Promise<Entry> { .. }