dont use internal types/classes in public API

HISTORY.md

@@ -6,6 +6,16 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 
 <!-- add unreleased items here -->
 
+* Added
+  * New type `Models.Copyright` and class `Models.CopyrightRepository` (via [#1202])
+  * New type `Models.AttachmentContent` (via [#1202])
+* Changed
+  * Replace usage of internals `Stringable` &`SortableStringables` with public aliases API ([#1192] via [#1202])
+    This is considered a non-breaking change, as the types are not changed, but made publicly available.
+
+[#1192]: https://github.com/CycloneDX/cyclonedx-javascript-library/issues/1192
+[#1202]: https://github.com/CycloneDX/cyclonedx-javascript-library/pull/1202
+
 ## 7.0.0 -- 2024-11-26
 
 * BREAKING changes

src/models/attachment.ts

@@ -25,9 +25,11 @@ export interface OptionalAttachmentProperties {
   encoding?: Attachment['encoding']
 }
 
+export type AttachmentContent = Stringable
+
 export class Attachment {
   contentType?: string
-  content: Stringable
+  content: AttachmentContent
   encoding?: AttachmentEncoding
 
   constructor (content: Attachment['content'], op: OptionalAttachmentProperties = {}) {

src/models/component.ts

@@ -20,13 +20,14 @@ Copyright (c) OWASP Foundation. All Rights Reserved.
 import type { PackageURL } from 'packageurl-js'
 
 import type { Comparable } from '../_helpers/sortable'
-import { SortableComparables, SortableStringables } from '../_helpers/sortable'
-import type { Stringable } from '../_helpers/stringable'
+import { SortableComparables } from '../_helpers/sortable'
 import { treeIteratorSymbol } from '../_helpers/tree'
 import type { ComponentScope, ComponentType } from '../enums'
 import type { CPE } from '../types/cpe'
 import { isCPE } from '../types/cpe'
 import { BomRef, BomRefRepository } from './bomRef'
+import type { Copyright } from './copyright'
+import { CopyrightRepository} from './copyright'
 import { ExternalReferenceRepository } from './externalReference'
 import { HashDictionary } from './hash'
 import { LicenseRepository } from './license'
@@ -61,7 +62,7 @@ export class Component implements Comparable<Component> {
   type: ComponentType
   name: string
   author?: string
-  copyright?: Stringable
+  copyright?: Copyright
   description?: string
   externalReferences: ExternalReferenceRepository
   group?: string
@@ -167,10 +168,10 @@ export interface OptionalComponentEvidenceProperties {
 
 export class ComponentEvidence {
   licenses: LicenseRepository
-  copyright: SortableStringables
+  copyright: CopyrightRepository
 
   constructor (op: OptionalComponentEvidenceProperties = {}) {
     this.licenses = op.licenses ?? new LicenseRepository()
-    this.copyright = op.copyright ?? new SortableStringables()
+    this.copyright = op.copyright ?? new CopyrightRepository()
   }
 }

src/models/copyright.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+/*!
+This file is part of CycloneDX JavaScript Library.
+
+Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+limitations under the License.
+
+SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+Copyright (c) OWASP Foundation. All Rights Reserved.
+*/
+
+import { SortableStringables } from '../_helpers/sortable'
+import type { Stringable } from '../_helpers/stringable'
+
+export type Copyright = Stringable
+
+/* eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-unnecessary-type-arguments -- for docs reasons */
+export class CopyrightRepository extends SortableStringables<Copyright> {}

src/models/index.ts

@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ export * from './bom'
 export * from './bomLink'
 export * from './bomRef'
 export * from './component'
+export * from './copyright'
 export * from './externalReference'
 export * from './hash'
 export * from './license'