Azure/azure-functions-durable-js v3.0.0-alpha.4

Durable Functions for NodeJS 3.0.0-alpha.4

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This is the first version of the Durable Functions SDK with official support for public preview of V4 of the Node.js programming model! 🎉 This changelog is meant as a detailed list of changes in this new version. We are working on a less detailed, more user-friendly upgrade guide for Durable Functions, and will include that link here when it's ready! Learn more about the v4 programming model.

Added

• APIs to register Durable functions (orchestrations, activities, and entities) using code, under the app namespace (#453 and #384)
• APIs to obtain trigger options for Durable triggers (orchestrations, activities, and entities) under the trigger namespace (#453 and #384)
• API to obtain a Durable Client input options under the input namespace (#453 and #384)

Removed

• The old orchestrator() and entity() APIs (#453)

Changed

• Update minimum version of Node.js to 18.x
• Update minimum version of TypeScript to 4.x
• Update minimum version of core tools required for local testing to 4.0.5085
• Update @azure/functions dependency to 4.x (See v4.0.0-alpha.9 changelog for a more detailed list of changes to @azure/functions)
• Improve exported types
  • Rename the IOrchestrationFunctionContext interface to OrchestrationContext, and export it from the root of the package (#455)
  • Rename the IEntityFunctionContext<T> interface to EntityContext<T> and export it from the root of the package (#455)
  • Rename the DurableOrchestrationClient class to DurableClient and export it from the root of the package (#154)
  • Export new type definitions
    • OrchestrationHandler, OrchestrationTrigger, and OrchestrationOptions for orchestrations
    • EntityHandler, EntityTrigger, and EntityOptions for entities
    • ActivityHandler, ActivityTrigger, and ActivityOptions for activities
    • DurableClientInput for client functions
  • Switch to manual declaration of type definitions (#458)
    • Remove private fields from exported class definitions
    • Remove @hidden fields from exported class definitions
    • Remove non-user facing classes/interfaces from public type definitions (#352)
• Where applicable, switch DurableClient APIs from using discrete optional arguments to using an options object (#441 and #415)
  • getStatus()
  • getStatusBy()
  • purgeInstanceHistoryBy()
  • raiseEvent()
  • readEntityState()
  • rewind()
  • signalEntity()
  • startNew()
  • waitForCompletionOrCreateCheckStatusResponse()
• Update the callHttp() API under the DurableOrchestrationContext class (#456 and #439)
  • Switch to using one options object for all arguments
  • Rename uri argument to url
  • Rename content argument to body
  • Deprecate asynchronousPatternEnabled flag in favor of enablePolling
• Remove the Durable-specific IHTTPRequest, IHttpResponse, DurableHttpRequest and DurableHttpResponse classes, in favor of HttpRequest and HttpResponse from @azure/functions, which represent a subset of the fetch standard based on the undici npm package. See Changelog here for more details.
• Breaking bug-fixes
  • Fixed a bug where input to sub-orchestrations would get serialized twice (#436)
  • Stopped supporting the creation of compound tasks (Task.any and Task.all) with no children, as it lead to ambiguous state (#424)