Refactoring; Removed the need for triple-slash references in .d.ts by…

… providing a minimal Long interface, see #527, see #530

.zuul.yml

@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ browsers:
   - name: iphone
     version: [8.1, 9.0, latest]
 scripts:
-  - scripts/polyfill.js
+  - lib/polyfill.js
   - node_modules/long/dist/long.js
 tunnel:
   type: ngrok

README.md

@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@ message HelloReply {
 ```js
 ...
 var Greeter = root.lookup("Greeter");
-var greeter = Greeter.create(rpcImpl);
+var greeter = Greeter.create(rpcImpl, false, false); // rpcImpl (see below), requestDelimited?, responseDelimited?
 
 greeter.sayHello({ name: 'you' }, function(err, response) {
     console.log('Greeting:', response.message);

runtime.js

@@ -1,16 +1,6 @@
-"use strict";
-
-/**
- * Minimal static codegen runtime.
- * @namespace
- */
-var runtime = exports;
-
-/** @alias Reader */
-runtime.Reader = require("./src/reader");
-
-/** @alias Writer */
-runtime.Writer = require("./src/writer");
-
-/** @alias util */
-runtime.util = require("./src/util/runtime");
+// This file exports just the bare minimum required to work with statically generated code.
+// Can be used as a drop-in replacement for the full library as it has the same general structure.
+var protobuf_rt = exports;
+protobuf_rt.Reader = require("./src/reader");
+protobuf_rt.Writer = require("./src/writer");
+protobuf_rt.util   = require("./src/util/runtime");

scripts/types.js

@@ -4,9 +4,8 @@ var fs = require("fs"),
 var dir = path.join(__dirname, "..", "types");
 
 var header = [
-    '/// <reference types="node" />',
-    '/// <reference types="long" />',
-    "",
+    // '/// <reference types="long" />',
+    // "",
     "/*",
     " * protobuf.js v" + pkg.version + " TypeScript definitions",
     " * Generated " + (new Date()).toUTCString().replace(/GMT/, "UTC"),

src/util/longbits.js

@@ -4,6 +4,15 @@ module.exports = LongBits;
 
 var util = require("../util");
 
+/**
+ * Any compatible Long instance.
+ * @typedef Long
+ * @type {Object}
+ * @property {number} low Low bits
+ * @property {number} high High bits
+ * @property {boolean} unsigned Whether unsigned or not
+ */
+
 /**
  * Constructs new long bits.
  * @classdesc Helper class for working with the low and high bits of a 64 bit value.

types/protobuf.js.d.ts

@@ -1,9 +1,6 @@
-/// <reference types="node" />
-/// <reference types="long" />
-
 /*
  * protobuf.js v6.1.0 TypeScript definitions
- * Generated Wed, 07 Dec 2016 22:34:16 UTC
+ * Generated Thu, 08 Dec 2016 13:22:46 UTC
  */
 declare module "protobufjs" {
 
@@ -826,7 +823,7 @@ declare module "protobufjs" {
 
       /**
        * Field names that belong to this oneof.
-       * @type {Array.<string>}
+       * @type {string[]}
        */
       oneof: string[];
 
@@ -1497,6 +1494,21 @@ declare module "protobufjs" {
 
    }
 
+   /**
+    * Any compatible Long instance.
+    * @typedef Long
+    * @type {Object}
+    * @property {number} low Low bits
+    * @property {number} high High bits
+    * @property {boolean} unsigned Whether unsigned or not
+    */
+   interface Long {
+      low: number;
+      high: number;
+      unsigned: boolean;
+   }
+
+
    /**
     * Utility functions.
     * @namespace