refactor: const Module = require('module') as NodeJS.ModuleInternal; (#38757)

Co-authored-by: Milan Burda <miburda@microsoft.com>

lib/asar/fs-wrapper.ts

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import type * as Crypto from 'crypto';
 
 const asar = process._linkedBinding('electron_common_asar');
 
-const Module = require('module');
+const Module = require('module') as NodeJS.ModuleInternal;
 
 const Promise: PromiseConstructor = global.Promise;
 

lib/browser/init.ts

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import * as path from 'path';
 
 import type * as defaultMenuModule from '@electron/internal/browser/default-menu';
 
-const Module = require('module');
+const Module = require('module') as NodeJS.ModuleInternal;
 
 // We modified the original process.argv to let node.js load the init.js,
 // we need to restore it here.

lib/common/reset-search-paths.ts

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import * as path from 'path';
 
-const Module = require('module');
+const Module = require('module') as NodeJS.ModuleInternal;
 
 // We do not want to allow use of the VM module in the renderer process as
 // it conflicts with Blink's V8::Context internal logic.
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ if (process.type === 'renderer') {
     if (request === 'vm') {
       console.warn('The vm module of Node.js is deprecated in the renderer process and will be removed.');
     }
-    return _load.apply(this, arguments);
+    return _load.apply(this, arguments as any);
   };
 }
 
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ const originalResolveFilename = Module._resolveFilename;
 // renderer process regardless of the names, they're superficial for TypeScript
 // only.
 const electronModuleNames = new Set(['electron', 'electron/main', 'electron/renderer', 'electron/common']);
-Module._resolveFilename = function (request: string, parent: NodeModule, isMain: boolean, options?: { paths: Array<string>}) {
+Module._resolveFilename = function (request, parent, isMain, options) {
   if (electronModuleNames.has(request)) {
     return 'electron';
   } else {

lib/renderer/init.ts

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import { IPC_MESSAGES } from '@electron/internal/common/ipc-messages';
 import type * as ipcRendererInternalModule from '@electron/internal/renderer/ipc-renderer-internal';
 import type * as ipcRendererUtilsModule from '@electron/internal/renderer/ipc-renderer-internal-utils';
 
-const Module = require('module');
+const Module = require('module') as NodeJS.ModuleInternal;
 
 // Make sure globals like "process" and "global" are always available in preload
 // scripts even after they are deleted in "loaded" script.

lib/utility/init.ts

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { ParentPort } from '@electron/internal/utility/parent-port';
-const Module = require('module');
+const Module = require('module') as NodeJS.ModuleInternal;
 const v8Util = process._linkedBinding('electron_common_v8_util');
 
 const entryScript: string = v8Util.getHiddenValue(process, '_serviceStartupScript');

lib/worker/init.ts

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import * as path from 'path';
 
-const Module = require('module');
+const Module = require('module') as NodeJS.ModuleInternal;
 
 // We modified the original process.argv to let node.js load the
 // init.js, we need to restore it here.

spec/modules-spec.ts

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import { closeAllWindows } from './lib/window-helpers';
 import * as childProcess from 'node:child_process';
 import { once } from 'node:events';
 
-const Module = require('node:module');
+const Module = require('node:module') as NodeJS.ModuleInternal;
 
 const nativeModulesEnabled = !process.env.ELECTRON_SKIP_NATIVE_MODULE_TESTS;
 

typings/internal-ambient.d.ts

@@ -3,6 +3,17 @@ declare const BUILDFLAG: (flag: boolean) => boolean;
 declare const ENABLE_VIEWS_API: boolean;
 
 declare namespace NodeJS {
+  interface ModuleInternal extends NodeJS.Module {
+    new(id: string, parent?: NodeJS.Module | null): NodeJS.Module;
+    _load(request: string, parent?: NodeJS.Module | null, isMain?: boolean): any;
+    _resolveFilename(request: string, parent?: NodeJS.Module | null, isMain?: boolean, options?: { paths: string[] }): string;
+    _preloadModules(requests: string[]): void;
+    _nodeModulePaths(from: string): string[];
+    _extensions: Record<string, (module: NodeJS.Module, filename: string) => any>;
+    _cache: Record<string, NodeJS.Module>;
+    wrapper: [string, string];
+  }
+
   interface FeaturesBinding {
     isBuiltinSpellCheckerEnabled(): boolean;
     isPDFViewerEnabled(): boolean;