TypeScript Cannot find namespace despite Variable being in same Class - node.js

Question

I'm trying to define Callbackdefinitions to make it easier to work with many callbacks in my Node.js project.
My database.ts file looks like that:
export default class Database {
//Export the enums
public static LoadObjectResponse = LoadObjectResponse;
//Export Callback definitions
public static loadObjectCallback: (resultCode: Database.LoadObjectResponse) => void;//ERROR
...
}
enum LoadObjectResponse {
ERROR_ON_LOADING, //"Error on Loading Object.",
OBJECT_NOT_FOUND //"Object not found."
}
So I want a loadObjectCallback defined, that says that the parameter has to be of the enum Type LoadObjectResponse. But when I try to do it like that, the compiler always gives the error
Cannot find namespace "Database"
I don't understand why it gives me the error, the variable itself is in the definition of Database, why doesn't it work?
It gives me the same error when I try to use it in Classfunction definitions:
public static loadObject(MongoModel, searchObject, callback: Database.LoadObjectResponse) {//ERROR namespace Database not found
Again Error:
Cannot find namespace "Database"
Inside of functions in the Database class calling
Database.LoadObjectResponse
works flawlessly, why doesn't it work in variable definitions?

Answer 1

Cannot find namespace "Database"
This is a common learning curve issue. You need to understand and be comfortable with the intutive concept of declaration spaces : https://basarat.gitbook.io/typescript/project/declarationspaces
Things are distinct in the type declaration space or in the variable declaration space.
In your case public static LoadObjectResponse is a variable hence cannot be used as a type (error on annotation usage : Database.LoadObjectResponse).
Fix
Please don't treat a class as a namespace. The file is a module.
export class Database {
//Export Callback definitions
public static loadObjectCallback: (resultCode: LoadObjectResponse) => void;//ERROR
}
export enum LoadObjectResponse {
ERROR_ON_LOADING, //"Error on Loading Object.",
OBJECT_NOT_FOUND //"Object not found."
}
Also beware of export default : https://basarat.gitbook.io/typescript/main-1/defaultisbad

Answer 2

It's because Database.LoadObjectResponse is a property and not a type. You can't use properties as types.
To make this work, change it to use the type of the property:
static loadObjectCallback: (resultCode: typeof Database.LoadObjectResponse) => void;
Or refer directly to the enum type of LoadObjectResponse:
static loadObjectCallback: (resultCode: LoadObjectResponse) => void