feat: improve monorepo dev experience

packages/api-plugin/package.json

@@ -34,7 +34,6 @@
   "dependencies": {
     "@openstapps/api": "workspace:*",
     "@openstapps/core": "workspace:*",
-    "@openstapps/core-tools": "workspace:*",
     "@openstapps/logger": "workspace:*",
     "@types/body-parser": "1.19.2",
     "@types/express": "4.17.17",

packages/api-plugin/src/plugin.ts

@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@
  * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with
  * this program. If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
  */
-import {Converter} from '@openstapps/core-tools';
 import {Logger} from '@openstapps/logger';
 import bodyParser from 'body-parser';
 import express from 'express';
@@ -63,12 +62,12 @@ export abstract class Plugin {
   /**
    * The schema of the request interfaces defined by the user
    */
-  public readonly requestSchema: JSONSchema7 = {};
+  abstract readonly requestSchema: JSONSchema7;
 
   /**
    * The schema of the response interfaces defined by the user
    */
-  public readonly responseSchema: JSONSchema7 = {};
+  abstract readonly responseSchema: JSONSchema7;
 
   /**
    * Normalize a port into a number, string, or false.
@@ -104,10 +103,6 @@ export abstract class Plugin {
    * @param url The url of the plugin without the port or anything else, for example `http://localhost`
    * @param route The desired route that will be registered in the backend
    * @param backendUrl The url of the backend
-   * @param converter If you want to use an already existing converter, you can pass it here
-   * @param requestName the name of the request schema
-   * @param responseName the name of the response schema
-   * @param version the version. You should retrieve it from the package.json
    */
   constructor(
     port: number,
@@ -115,10 +110,6 @@ export abstract class Plugin {
     public url: string,
     public route: string,
     protected backendUrl: string,
-    converter: Converter,
-    requestName: string,
-    responseName: string,
-    version: string,
   ) {
     this.app.use(bodyParser.json());
     this.port = Plugin.normalizePort(
@@ -139,9 +130,6 @@ export abstract class Plugin {
       this.onListening();
     });
 
-    this.requestSchema = converter.getSchema(requestName, version);
-    this.responseSchema = converter.getSchema(responseName, version);
-
     this.app.use(morgan('dev'));
 
     this.app.set('env', process.env.NODE_ENV);
@@ -212,7 +200,7 @@ export abstract class Plugin {
    * Closes the server
    *
    * This will stop the plugin from listening to any requests at all, and is currently an irreversible process.
-   * This means, that the instantiated plugin is basically useless afterwards.
+   * This means that the instantiated plugin is basically useless afterward.
    */
   public async close() {
     return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {