Framework with intellisense?

[Galicate (Gal)]

I’m writing my own framework based off of how the roblox engine does their framework. Basically game is a Roblox Global that is a table that contains Libraries and functions such as :GetService() or time().

I want mine to function similarly, where I can do something along the lines of Framework.time() or Framework:GetService(), however i’ve run into a problem and that’s intellisense. I can’t figure out how to get my properties, functions, and variables to show up when writing.

I don’t want to have to require every module I’ll need to use, rather just require the main framework module and reference from there. Is there a way to do this or am I doomed to require every module I need?

local RunService = game:GetService("RunService")

local Framework = {}

local SERVICES = {}
local PACKAGE = script.Parent
local CLASSES: Folder = PACKAGE:FindFirstChild("Classes")
local DATA_TYPES: Folder = PACKAGE:FindFirstChild("DataTypes")
local ENUMS: Folder = PACKAGE:FindFirstChild("Enums")
local LIBRARIES: Folder = PACKAGE:FindFirstChild("Libraries")

Framework.Started = false

function Framework:Init()
	
	-- Init DataTypes
	for _, dataType in pairs(DATA_TYPES:GetChildren()) do
		Framework[dataType.Name] = require(dataType)
	end
	
	-- Init Enums
	for _, enum in pairs(ENUMS:GetChildren()) do
		Framework[enum.Name] = require(enum)
	end
	
	-- Init Libraries
	for _, library in pairs(LIBRARIES:GetChildren()) do
		Framework[library.Name] = require(library)
	end
	
	-- Init Classes
	for _, class in pairs(CLASSES:GetChildren()) do
		local _class = require(class)
		if table.find(_class.Tags, "Service") then
			SERVICES[class.Name] = _class
		end
	end
end

function Framework:GetService(serviceName: string): {any}
	assert(Framework.Started, "Cannot call GetService until framework has been started")
	assert(type(serviceName) == "string", `ServiceName must be a string; got {type(serviceName)}`)
	return assert(SERVICES[serviceName], `Could not find service "{serviceName}"`)
end

function Framework:GetServices(): {any}
	assert(Framework.Started, "Cannot call GetServices until framework has been started")
	return SERVICES
end

return Framework

[Galicate (Gal)]

I’m just gonna mark this as solved, as there currently is no solution possible with the current engine.

If you are looking to create a framework that uses some form of :GetService() or :GetModule(), you won’t be able to have intellisense period. Just use require, I know it sucks but it’s what we have right now.