[api-extractor] Fix error for export star from ambient module #3528
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Summary
Handle
export * from '<ambient module>'
when rollup.d.ts
.For example, there has
export * from 'fs'
statement in the@types/fs-extra
, and thefs
is an ambient module of@types/node
, we will get the following error when running api-extractor:Ref issue: #3335
Ref PR: #3339
Details
The solutions is, catch the resolve error and fallback to append a fake external
AstModule
, then handle it in the_collectAllExportsRecursive
method.Why use
try...catch
? TheTypeScriptHelpers.isAmbient
cannot working for this, is there a more precise way thantry...catch
?How it was tested
Add
export * from 'fs'
intobuild-tests/api-extractor-scenarios/src/exportStar2/index.ts
, and make sure it can be rollup successfully.