CycloneDX / CycloneDX/cyclonedx-javascript-library

[IDEA] distribute as all module types {`CJS`,`ESM`,`UMD`,`AMD`}

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build process enhancement help wanted javascript
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Description

currently, the package is a CommonJS module type.
I would love to make it a native module type (ESM).

Goal: have the dist available in multiple flavors
* ESM for browser
* commonJS for browser
* esm for node
* commonjs for node
* umd ...
* amd ...
* ... etc ...

**Important to READ:**
* https://nodejs.org/api/packages.html#dual-commonjses-module-packages
* maybe helps with the missing file extensions when importing: import aliases - https://nodejs.org/api/packages.html#subpath-patterns

implementation:
* use https://nodejs.org/api/packages.html#package-entry-points
* use https://nodejs.org/api/packages.html#dual-commonjses-module-packages
* have multiple TypeScript compilers and webpack runs, that generate isolated JavaScript for each purpose

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