1.0.47

package-lock.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@apiglobal/typedrequest",
-  "version": "1.0.45",
+  "version": "1.0.47",
   "lockfileVersion": 1,
   "requires": true,
   "dependencies": {

package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@apiglobal/typedrequest",
-  "version": "1.0.45",
+  "version": "1.0.47",
   "private": false,
   "description": "make typed requests towards apis",
   "main": "dist_ts/index.js",

ts/typedrequest.classes.typedrequest.ts

@@ -4,9 +4,16 @@ import { TypedRouter } from './typedrequest.classes.typedrouter';
 
 export type IPostMethod = (
   typedRequestPostObject: plugins.typedRequestInterfaces.ITypedRequest
-) => void | Promise<plugins.typedRequestInterfaces.ITypedRequest>;
+) => Promise<plugins.typedRequestInterfaces.ITypedRequest>;
+
+export type IPostMethodWithTypedRouter = (
+  typedRequestPostObject: plugins.typedRequestInterfaces.ITypedRequest
+) => Promise<void> | Promise<plugins.typedRequestInterfaces.ITypedRequest>;
 
 export class TypedRequest<T extends plugins.typedRequestInterfaces.ITypedRequest> {
+  /**
+   * this typedrouter allows us to have easy async request response cycles
+   */
   public typedRouterRef: TypedRouter;
   public webrequest = new plugins.webrequest.WebRequest();
 
@@ -18,15 +25,19 @@ export class TypedRequest<T extends plugins.typedRequestInterfaces.ITypedRequest
   /**
    * in case we post with some other method, ec ipc communication
    */
-  public postMethod?: IPostMethod;
+  public postMethod?: IPostMethod | IPostMethodWithTypedRouter;
   public method: string;
 
   // STATIC
   constructor(
     postEndPointArg: string | IPostMethod,
+    methodArg: T['method']
+  )
+  constructor(
+    postEndPointArg: string | IPostMethodWithTypedRouter,
     methodArg: T['method'],
-    typedrouterRefArg?: TypedRouter
-  ) {
+    typedrouterRefArg?: TypedRouter)
+  {
     if (typeof postEndPointArg === 'string') {
       this.urlEndPoint = postEndPointArg;
     } else {
@@ -59,6 +70,7 @@ export class TypedRequest<T extends plugins.typedRequestInterfaces.ITypedRequest
           string,
           plugins.typedRequestInterfaces.ITypedRequest
       >;
+      // having a typedrouter allows us to work with async request response cycles.
       if (this.typedRouterRef) {
         responseInterest = await this.typedRouterRef.fireEventInterestMap.addInterest(
           payload.correlation.id,