turn your typescript modules into functions

FunctionalModuleExample.ts

/*
 * This is an example of how to turn your typescript modules into functions. 
 */
function Example(command: string, ...params: any[]): void;
function Example(command: string, ...params: any[]): any {
  var isConstructor = false;
  if (this instanceof Example && !this.__previouslyConstructedByExample) {
    isConstructor = true;
    this.__previouslyConstructedByExample = true;
  }
  switch (typeof (Example[command])) {
    case "function":
      if (isConstructor) {
        return (function(cls, args){
          function F(): void {
            return cls.apply(this, args);
          }
          F.prototype = cls.prototype;
          return new F();
        })(Example[command], params);			
      } 
      return Example[command].apply(Example, params);
    case "undefined": throw "unknown command call";
    default: 
      if (isConstructor) throw "unknown command call";
      return Example[command];
    }
}
 
module Example {
  export function Func0(parm1:string): string {
    var ret = "Func0 was called: parm1 = " + parm1;
    console.debug(ret);
    return ret;
  }
  export function Func1(parm1:string, parm2: string): string {
    var ret = "Func1 was called: parm1 = " + parm1 + ", parm2 = " + parm2;
    console.debug(ret);
    return ret;
  }
  
  export class Test {
    public ret: string;
    constructor(parm1: string, parm2: string){
      this.ret = Func1(parm1, parm2);
    }
  }
}

var func0 = Example.Func0("hello world");
var func0_fn = <any>Example("Func0", "hello world");
console.assert(func0 == func0_fn, "single param example")


var func1 = Example.Func1("hello", "world");
var func1_fn = <any>Example("Func1", "hello", "world");
console.assert(func1 == func1_fn, "multi param example")

var test = new Example.Test("hello", "world");
var test_fn = new Example("Test", "hello", "world");

console.assert(test instanceof Example.Test, "class example");
console.assert(test_fn instanceof Example.Test, "function class example");