Expose serializers from TypeScript transformer (ts.ts)

With the introduction of the Transform API some of the logic in transformers/ts.ts needs to be exposed. (and maybe from other places...)

I'll explain by example:

@SomeDecorator()
export class MyClass {
  constructor(public myInterface: MyInterface, public myClass: MyOtherClass) {}
}

If I want to transform the code so all parameter type metadata will be on a static property of the class. (this is angular DI)

@SomeDecorator()
export class MyClass {
  constructor(public myInterface: MyInterface, public myClass: MyOtherClass) { }

  static ctorParams: [Object, MyOtherClass];
}

This operation is currently impossible.

To get the right identifier for each type I need to serialize the type with some logic so MyInterface will become Object since it's not really a value.

The native TypeScript transformer has a lot of code for handling the logic of type serialization and it's not something one will want to copy, its huge.

Even if someone decided to replicate the logic, there's not access to the EmitResolver which is the "type checker" used by the native transformer to serialize the types.

TransformationContext.getEmitResolver() is @internal

The workaround is to actually run another Program process to get access to a TypeChecker.
It's not even possible to get a hold of the current running Program instance since TransformerFactory does not get access to it.

Is it possible to expose the serializatoin logic in the TypeScript transformer? I know it's complex, recursing and state dependant (scope) but it seems like not being able to serialize a type to create a literal is something basic

Start with src/compiler/transformers/ts.ts and the Transform API, then inspect TransformationContext.getEmitResolver() and the EmitResolver usage described in the issue. Determine the public API boundary needed to reuse type serialization for custom transformers, and verify that parameter types such as MyInterface serialize to Object without requiring a second Program.