@ui5/webcomponents-tools 0.0.0-453158269 → 0.0.0-47cc17a26

package/lib/dev-server/virtual-index-html-plugin.js

@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+const virtualIndexPlugin = () => {
+	return {
+		name: 'virtual-index-html',
+		async config() {
+			const path = (await import("path")).default;
+			const globby = (await import("globby")).globby;
+			const files = await globby(["test/pages/**/*.html", "packages/*/test/pages/**/*.html"]);
+
+			const rollupInput = {};
+
+			files.forEach(file => {
+				rollupInput[file] = path.resolve(process.cwd(), file);
+			});
+
+			return {
+				build: {
+					rollupOptions: {
+						input: rollupInput
+					}
+				}
+			}
+		},
+		async configureServer(server) {
+			const path = (await import("path")).default;
+			const globby = (await import("globby")).globby;
+			const files = await globby(["test/pages/**/*.html", "packages/*/test/pages/**/*.html"]);
+
+			const pagesPerFolder = {};
+			files.forEach(file => {
+				let folder = pagesPerFolder[path.dirname(file)] = pagesPerFolder[path.dirname(file)] || [];
+				folder.push(path.basename(file));
+			});
+
+			server.middlewares.use((req, res, next) => {
+				if (req.url === "/") {
+					const folders = Object.keys(pagesPerFolder);
+
+					res.statusCode = 200;
+					res.setHeader("Content-Type", "text/html; charset=utf-8");
+					res.end(`${folders.map(folder => {
+						const pages = pagesPerFolder[folder];
+						return `<h1>${folder}</h1>
+							${pages.map(page => {
+							return `<li><a href='${folder}/${page}'>${page}</a></li>`
+						}).join("")}
+						`
+					}).join("")}`);
+				} else {
+					next();
+				}
+			})
+		},
+	}
+};
+
+module.exports = virtualIndexPlugin;

package/lib/generate-js-imports/illustrations.js

@@ -0,0 +1,85 @@
+const fs = require("fs").promises;
+const path = require("path");
+
+const generateDynamicImportLines = async (fileNames, location, exclusionPatterns = []) => {
+	const packageName = JSON.parse(await fs.readFile("package.json")).name;
+	return fileNames
+		.filter((fileName) => !exclusionPatterns.some((pattern) => fileName.startsWith(pattern)))
+		.map((fileName) => {
+			const illustrationName = fileName.replace(".svg", "");
+			const illustrationPath = `${location}/${illustrationName}`;
+			return `\t\tcase "${fileName.replace('.js', '')}": return (await import(/* webpackChunkName: "${packageName.replace("@", "").replace("/", "-")}-${illustrationName.toLowerCase()}" */ "${illustrationPath}.js")).default;`;
+		})
+		.join("\n");
+};
+
+const generateDynamicImportsFileContent = (dynamicImports, availableIllustrations, collection, set, prefix = "") => {
+	return `// @ts-nocheck
+import { registerIllustrationLoader } from "@ui5/webcomponents-base/dist/asset-registries/Illustrations.js";
+
+export const loadIllustration = async (illustrationName) => {
+	const collectionAndPrefix = "${set}/${collection}/${prefix}";
+	const cleanIllustrationName = illustrationName.startsWith(collectionAndPrefix) ? illustrationName.replace(collectionAndPrefix, "") : illustrationName;
+	switch (cleanIllustrationName) {
+${dynamicImports}
+		default:
+			throw new Error("[Illustrations] Illustration not found: " + illustrationName);
+	}
+};
+
+const loadAndCheck = async (illustrationName) => {
+	const data = await loadIllustration(illustrationName);
+	return data;
+};
+
+${availableIllustrations}.forEach((illustrationName) =>
+	registerIllustrationLoader(\`${set}/${collection}/${prefix}\${illustrationName}\`, loadAndCheck)
+);
+`;
+};
+
+const getMatchingFiles = async (folder, pattern) => {
+	const dir = await fs.readdir(folder);
+	return dir.filter((fileName) => fileName.match(pattern));
+};
+
+const generateIllustrations = async (argv) => {
+	const config = {
+		inputFolder: argv[2],
+		outputFile: argv[3],
+		set: argv[4],
+		collection: argv[5],
+		location: argv[6],
+		filterOut: argv[7].slice().split(","),
+	};
+
+
+	const { inputFolder, outputFile, collection, location, prefix, filterOut, set } = config;
+
+	const normalizedInputFolder = path.normalize(inputFolder);
+	const normalizedOutputFile = path.normalize(outputFile);
+
+	const svgFiles = await getMatchingFiles(normalizedInputFolder, /\.svg$/);
+
+	const illustrations = [
+		...new Set(
+			svgFiles
+				.filter(name => !name.includes("sapIllus-Patterns"))
+				.map(name => name.split("-").pop().replace(".svg", ""))
+		),
+	];
+
+	const dynamicImports = await generateDynamicImportLines(illustrations, location, filterOut);
+	const contentDynamic = generateDynamicImportsFileContent(dynamicImports, JSON.stringify(illustrations), collection, set, prefix);
+
+	await fs.mkdir(path.dirname(normalizedOutputFile), { recursive: true });
+	await fs.writeFile(normalizedOutputFile, contentDynamic);
+
+	console.log("Generated illustration imports.");
+};
+
+if (require.main === module) {
+	generateIllustrations(process.argv)
+}
+
+exports._ui5mainFn = generateIllustrations;

package/lib/generate-json-imports/i18n.js

@@ -1,98 +1,91 @@
 const fs = require("fs").promises;
 const path = require('path');
 
-const generate = async () => {
+const isTypeScript = process.env.UI5_TS;
+const ext = isTypeScript ? 'ts' : 'js';
 
-	const packageName = JSON.parse(await fs.readFile("package.json")).name;
-
-	const inputFolder = path.normalize(process.argv[2]);
-	const outputFile = path.normalize(`${process.argv[3]}/i18n-static.js`);
-	const outputFileDynamic = path.normalize(`${process.argv[3]}/i18n.js`);
 
-// All languages present in the file system
-	const files = await fs.readdir(inputFolder);
-	const languages = files.map(file => {
-		const matches = file.match(/messagebundle_(.+?).json$/);
-		return matches ? matches[1] : undefined;
-	}).filter(key => !!key);
+const getContent = function(caseLines, languagesKeysStringArray, packageName) {
+	return `// @ts-nocheck
+import { registerI18nLoader } from "@ui5/webcomponents-base/dist/asset-registries/i18n.js";
 
-	let contentStatic, contentDynamic;
-
-// No i18n - just import dependencies, if any
-	if (languages.length === 0) {
-		contentStatic = "";
-		contentDynamic = "";
-// There is i18n - generate the full file
-	} else {
-		// Keys for the array
-		const languagesKeysString = languages.map(key => `"${key}": _${key},`).join("\n\t");
-		const languagesKeysStringArray = languages.map(key => `"${key}",`).join("\n\t");
-
-		// Actual imports for json assets
-		const assetsImportsString = languages.map(key => `import _${key} from "../assets/i18n/messagebundle_${key}.json";`).join("\n");
-
-		// static imports
-		contentStatic = `import { registerI18nLoader } from "@ui5/webcomponents-base/dist/asset-registries/i18n.js";
-
-${assetsImportsString}
-
-const bundleMap = {
-	${languagesKeysString}
-};
+const importMessageBundle = async (localeId) => {
+	switch (localeId) {
+		${caseLines}
+		default: throw "unknown locale"
+	}
+}
 
-const fetchMessageBundle = async (localeId) => {
-	if (typeof bundleMap[localeId] === "object") {
-		// inlined from build
-		throw new Error("[i18n] Inlined JSON not supported with static imports of assets. Use dynamic imports of assets or configure JSON imports as URLs")
+const importAndCheck = async (localeId) => {
+	const data = await importMessageBundle(localeId);
+	if (typeof data === "string" && data.endsWith(".json")) {
+		throw new Error(\`[i18n] Invalid bundling detected - dynamic JSON imports bundled as URLs. Switch to inlining JSON files from the build. Check the \"Assets\" documentation for more information.\`);
 	}
-	return (await fetch(bundleMap[localeId])).json()
+	return data;
 }
 
 const localeIds = [${languagesKeysStringArray}];
 
 localeIds.forEach(localeId => {
-	registerI18nLoader("${packageName}", localeId, fetchMessageBundle);
+	registerI18nLoader(${ packageName.split("").map(c => `"${c}"`).join (" + ") }, localeId, importAndCheck);
 });
 `;
+}
 
-		// Actual imports for json assets
-		const dynamicImportsString = languages.map(key => `		case "${key}": return (await import("../assets/i18n/messagebundle_${key}.json")).default;`).join("\n");
+const generate = async (argv) => {
 
-		// Resulting file content
-		contentDynamic = `import { registerI18nLoader } from "@ui5/webcomponents-base/dist/asset-registries/i18n.js";
+	const packageName = JSON.parse(await fs.readFile("package.json")).name;
 
-	const importMessageBundle = async (localeId) => {
-		switch (localeId) {
-	${dynamicImportsString}
-			default: throw "unknown locale"
-		}
-	}
+	const inputFolder = path.normalize(argv[2]);
+	const outputFileDynamic = path.normalize(`${argv[3]}/i18n.${ext}`);
+	const outputFileFetchMetaResolve = path.normalize(`${argv[3]}/i18n-fetch.${ext}`);
+	const outputFileDynamicImportJSONImport = path.normalize(`${argv[3]}/i18n-node.${ext}`);
 
-	const importAndCheck = async (localeId) => {
-		const data = await importMessageBundle(localeId);
-		if (typeof data === "string" && data.endsWith(".json")) {
-			throw new Error(\`[i18n] Invalid bundling detected - dynamic JSON imports bundled as URLs. Switch to inlining JSON files from the build or use 'import ".../Assets-static.js"'. Check the \"Assets\" documentation for more information.\`);
-		}
-		return data;
-	}
+	// All languages present in the file system
+	const files = await fs.readdir(inputFolder);
+	const languages = files.map(file => {
+		const matches = file.match(/messagebundle_(.+?).properties$/);
+		return matches ? matches[1] : undefined;
+	}).filter(key => !!key);
 
-	const localeIds = [${languagesKeysStringArray}];
+	let contentDynamic;
+	let contentFetchMetaResolve;
+	let contentDynamicImportJSONAttr;
 
-	localeIds.forEach(localeId => {
-		registerI18nLoader("${packageName}", localeId, importAndCheck);
-	});
-	`;
+	// No i18n - just import dependencies, if any
+	if (languages.length === 0) {
+		contentDynamic = "";
+		contentFetchMetaResolve = "";
+		contentDynamicImportJSONAttr = "";
+	// There is i18n - generate the full file
+	} else {
+		// Keys for the array
+		const languagesKeysStringArray = languages.map(key => `"${key}",`).join("\n\t");
+
+		// Actual imports for json assets
+		const dynamicImportsString = languages.map(key => `		case "${key}": return (await import(/* webpackChunkName: "${packageName.replace("@", "").replace("/", "-")}-messagebundle-${key}" */ "../assets/i18n/messagebundle_${key}.json")).default;`).join("\n");
+		const fetchMetaResolveString = languages.map(key => `		case "${key}": return (await fetch(new URL("../assets/i18n/messagebundle_${key}.json", import.meta.url))).json();`).join("\n");
+		const dynamicImportJSONAttrString = languages.map(key => `		case "${key}": return (await import(/* webpackChunkName: "${packageName.replace("@", "").replace("/", "-")}-messagebundle-${key}" */ "../assets/i18n/messagebundle_${key}.json", {with: { type: 'json'}})).default;`).join("\n");
 
+		// Resulting file content
 
+		contentDynamic = getContent(dynamicImportsString, languagesKeysStringArray, packageName);
+		contentFetchMetaResolve = getContent(fetchMetaResolveString, languagesKeysStringArray, packageName);
+		contentDynamicImportJSONAttr = getContent(dynamicImportJSONAttrString, languagesKeysStringArray, packageName);
 	}
 
-	await fs.mkdir(path.dirname(outputFile), { recursive: true });
+	await fs.mkdir(path.dirname(outputFileDynamic), { recursive: true });
 	return Promise.all([
-		fs.writeFile(outputFile, contentStatic),
 		fs.writeFile(outputFileDynamic, contentDynamic),
-	]);
+		fs.writeFile(outputFileFetchMetaResolve, contentFetchMetaResolve),
+		fs.writeFile(outputFileDynamicImportJSONImport, contentDynamicImportJSONAttr),
+	]).then(() => {
+		console.log("Generated i18n JSON imports.");
+	});
 }
 
-generate().then(() => {
-	console.log("Generated i18n JSON imports.");
-});
+if (require.main === module) {
+	generate(process.argv)
+}
+
+exports._ui5mainFn = generate;

package/lib/generate-json-imports/themes.js

@@ -2,15 +2,19 @@ const fs = require("fs").promises;
 const path = require('path');
 const assets = require("../../assets-meta.js");
 
-const generate = async () => {
-	const inputFolder = path.normalize(process.argv[2]);
-	const outputFile = path.normalize(`${process.argv[3]}/Themes-static.js`);
-	const outputFileDynamic = path.normalize(`${process.argv[3]}/Themes.js`);
+const isTypeScript = process.env.UI5_TS;
+const ext = isTypeScript ? 'ts' : 'js';
 
-// All supported optional themes
+const generate = async (argv) => {
+	const inputFolder = path.normalize(argv[2]);
+	const outputFileDynamic = path.normalize(`${argv[3]}/Themes.${ext}`);
+	const outputFileDynamicImportJSONAttr = path.normalize(`${argv[3]}/Themes-node.${ext}`);
+	const outputFileFetchMetaResolve = path.normalize(`${argv[3]}/Themes-fetch.${ext}`);
+
+	// All supported optional themes
 	const allThemes = assets.themes.all;
 
-// All themes present in the file system
+	// All themes present in the file system
 	const dirs = await fs.readdir(inputFolder);
 	const themesOnFileSystem = dirs.map(dir => {
 		const matches = dir.match(/sap_.*$/);
@@ -19,39 +23,19 @@ const generate = async () => {
 
 	const packageName = JSON.parse(await fs.readFile("package.json")).name;
 
-	const importLines = themesOnFileSystem.map(theme => `import ${theme} from "../assets/themes/${theme}/parameters-bundle.css.json";`).join("\n");
-	const themeUrlsByName = "{\n" + themesOnFileSystem.join(",\n") + "\n}";
 	const availableThemesArray = `[${themesOnFileSystem.map(theme => `"${theme}"`).join(", ")}]`;
-	const dynamicImportLines = themesOnFileSystem.map(theme => `\t\tcase "${theme}": return (await import("../assets/themes/${theme}/parameters-bundle.css.json")).default;`).join("\n");
-
-
-// static imports file content
-	const contentStatic = `import { registerThemePropertiesLoader } from "@ui5/webcomponents-base/dist/asset-registries/Themes.js";
-
-${importLines}
+	const dynamicImportLines = themesOnFileSystem.map(theme => `\t\tcase "${theme}": return (await import(/* webpackChunkName: "${packageName.replace("@", "").replace("/", "-")}-${theme.replace("_", "-")}-parameters-bundle" */"../assets/themes/${theme}/parameters-bundle.css.json")).default;`).join("\n");
+	const dynamicImportJSONAttrLines = themesOnFileSystem.map(theme => `\t\tcase "${theme}": return (await import(/* webpackChunkName: "${packageName.replace("@", "").replace("/", "-")}-${theme.replace("_", "-")}-parameters-bundle" */"../assets/themes/${theme}/parameters-bundle.css.json", {with: { type: 'json'}})).default;`).join("\n");
+	const fetchMetaResolveLines = themesOnFileSystem.map(theme => `\t\tcase "${theme}": return (await fetch(new URL("../assets/themes/${theme}/parameters-bundle.css.json", import.meta.url))).json();`).join("\n");
 
-const themeUrlsByName = ${themeUrlsByName};
-const isInlined = obj => typeof (obj) === "object";
-
-const loadThemeProperties = async (themeName) => {
-	if (typeof themeUrlsByName[themeName] === "object") {
-		// inlined from build
-		throw new Error("[themes] Inlined JSON not supported with static imports of assets. Use dynamic imports of assets or configure JSON imports as URLs");
-	}
-	return (await fetch(themeUrlsByName[themeName])).json();
-};
-
-${availableThemesArray}
-  .forEach(themeName => registerThemePropertiesLoader("${packageName}", themeName, loadThemeProperties));
-`;
-
-
-// dynamic imports file content
-	const contentDynamic = `import { registerThemePropertiesLoader } from "@ui5/webcomponents-base/dist/asset-registries/Themes.js";
+	// dynamic imports file content
+	const contentDynamic = function (lines) {
+		return `// @ts-nocheck
+import { registerThemePropertiesLoader } from "@ui5/webcomponents-base/dist/asset-registries/Themes.js";
 
 const loadThemeProperties = async (themeName) => {
 	switch (themeName) {
-${dynamicImportLines}
+${lines}
 		default: throw "unknown theme"
 	}
 };
@@ -59,22 +43,29 @@ ${dynamicImportLines}
 const loadAndCheck = async (themeName) => {
 	const data = await loadThemeProperties(themeName);
 	if (typeof data === "string" && data.endsWith(".json")) {
-		throw new Error(\`[themes] Invalid bundling detected - dynamic JSON imports bundled as URLs. Switch to inlining JSON files from the build or use 'import ".../Assets-static.js"'. Check the \"Assets\" documentation for more information.\`);
+		throw new Error(\`[themes] Invalid bundling detected - dynamic JSON imports bundled as URLs. Switch to inlining JSON files from the build. Check the \"Assets\" documentation for more information.\`);
 	}
 	return data;
 };
 
 ${availableThemesArray}
-  .forEach(themeName => registerThemePropertiesLoader("${packageName}", themeName, loadAndCheck));
+  .forEach(themeName => registerThemePropertiesLoader(${packageName.split("").map(c => `"${c}"`).join(" + ")}, themeName, loadAndCheck));
 `;
+	}
 
-	await fs.mkdir(path.dirname(outputFile), { recursive: true });
+	await fs.mkdir(path.dirname(outputFileDynamic), { recursive: true });
 	return Promise.all([
-		fs.writeFile(outputFile, contentStatic),
-		fs.writeFile(outputFileDynamic, contentDynamic)
-	]);
+		fs.writeFile(outputFileDynamic, contentDynamic(dynamicImportLines)),
+		fs.writeFile(outputFileDynamicImportJSONAttr, contentDynamic(dynamicImportJSONAttrLines)),
+		fs.writeFile(outputFileFetchMetaResolve, contentDynamic(fetchMetaResolveLines)),
+	]).
+		then(() => {
+			console.log("Generated themes JSON imports.");
+		})
 };
 
-generate().then(() => {
-	console.log("Generated themes JSON imports.");
-});
+if (require.main === module) {
+	generate(process.argv)
+}
+
+exports._ui5mainFn = generate;

package/lib/hbs2lit/src/compiler.js

@@ -12,15 +12,25 @@ const removeWhiteSpaces = (source) => {
 		.replace(/}}\s+{{/g, "}}{{"); // Remove whitespace between }} and {{
 };
 
-const hbs2lit = async (file) => {
+const hbs2lit = async (file, componentName) => {
 	let sPreprocessed = await includesReplacer.replace(file);
 
 	sPreprocessed = removeWhiteSpaces(sPreprocessed);
 
+	const blockSignature = process.env.UI5_TS ? `this: ${componentName}` : ""
+
+	// icons hack
+	if (sPreprocessed.startsWith("<g ") || sPreprocessed.startsWith("<g>")) {
+		return `
+		function block0 (${blockSignature}) {
+			return svg\`${sPreprocessed}\`
+		}`;
+	}
+
 	const ast = Handlebars.parse(sPreprocessed);
 
 	const pv = new PartialsVisitor();
-	const lv = new HTMLLitVisitor();
+	const lv = new HTMLLitVisitor(componentName);
 
 	let result = "";
 
@@ -33,10 +43,11 @@ const hbs2lit = async (file) => {
 		let block = lv.blocks[key];
 
 		if (block.match(/scopeTag/)) {
-			const matches = block.match(/^(.*?)( => )(.*?);$/);
-			const scopedCode = matches[3];
+			// const matches = block.match(/^(.*?)( => )(.*?);$/);
+			const matches = block.match(/^(function .*? \{ return )(.*?);\}$/);
+			const scopedCode = matches[2];
 			const normalCode = scopedCode.replace(/\${scopeTag\("/g, "").replace(/", tags, suffix\)}/g, "");
-			block = `${matches[1]}${matches[2]}suffix ? ${scopedCode} : ${normalCode};`;
+			block = `${matches[1]}suffix ? ${scopedCode} : ${normalCode};}`;
 		}
 
 		result += block + "\n";

package/lib/hbs2lit/src/litVisitor2.js

@@ -28,14 +28,18 @@ if (!String.prototype.replaceAll) {
 	};
 }
 
-function HTMLLitVisitor(debug) {
+function HTMLLitVisitor(componentName, debug) {
 	this.blockCounter = 0;
 	this.keys = [];
 	this.blocks = {};
 	this.result = "";
 	this.mainBlock = "";
-	this.blockPath = "context";
-	this.blockParameters = ["context", "tags", "suffix"];
+	this.blockLevel = 0;
+	this.componentName = componentName
+	const blockParametersDefinitionTS = [`this: ${componentName}`, "context: UI5Element", "tags: string[]", "suffix: string | undefined"];
+	const blockParametersDefinitionJS = ["context", "tags", "suffix"];
+	this.blockParametersDefinition = process.env.UI5_TS ? blockParametersDefinitionTS : blockParametersDefinitionJS;
+	this.blockParametersUsage = ["this", "context", "tags", "suffix"];
 	this.paths = []; //contains all normalized relative paths
 	this.debug = debug;
 	if (this.debug) {
@@ -51,18 +55,18 @@ HTMLLitVisitor.prototype.Program = function(program) {
 	this.keys.push(key);
 	this.debug && this.blockByNumber.push(key);
 
-	this.blocks[this.currentKey()] = "const " + this.currentKey() + " = (" + this.blockParameters.join(", ") + ") => ";
+	// this.blocks[this.currentKey()] = "function " + this.currentKey() + ` (this: any, ` + this.blockParametersDefinition.join(", ") + ") { ";
+	this.blocks[this.currentKey()] = `function ${this.currentKey()} (${this.blockParametersDefinition.join(", ")}) { `;
 
 	if (this.keys.length > 1) { //it's a nested block
-		this.blocks[this.prevKey()] += this.currentKey() + "(" + this.blockParameters.join(", ") + ")";
+		this.blocks[this.prevKey()] += this.currentKey() + ".call(" + this.blockParametersUsage.join(", ") + ")";
 	} else {
 		this.mainBlock = this.currentKey();
-		this.paths.push(this.blockPath);
 	}
 
-	this.blocks[this.currentKey()] += "html`";
+	this.blocks[this.currentKey()] += "return html`";
 	Visitor.prototype.Program.call(this, program);
-	this.blocks[this.currentKey()] += "`;";
+	this.blocks[this.currentKey()] += "`;}";
 
 	this.keys.pop(key);
 };
@@ -99,14 +103,18 @@ HTMLLitVisitor.prototype.MustacheStatement = function(mustache) {
 		this.blocks[this.currentKey()] += "${index}";
 	} else {
 		const path = normalizePath.call(this, mustache.path.original);
-		const hasCalculatingClasses = path.includes("context.classes");
+		const hasCalculatingClasses = path.includes("this.classes");
 
 		let parsedCode = "";
 
 		if (isNodeValue && !mustache.escaped) {
 			parsedCode = `\${unsafeHTML(${path})}`;
 		} else if (hasCalculatingClasses) {
-			parsedCode = `\${classMap(${path})}`;
+			if (process.env.UI5_TS) {
+				parsedCode = `\${classMap(${path} as ClassMapValue)}`;
+			} else {
+				parsedCode = `\${classMap(${path})}`;
+			}
 		} else if (isStyleAttribute) {
 			parsedCode = `\${styleMap(${path})}`;
 		} else if (skipIfDefined){
@@ -171,22 +179,37 @@ function visitEachBlock(block) {
 	var bParamAdded = false;
 	visitSubExpression.call(this, block);
 
-	this.blocks[this.currentKey()] += "${ repeat(" + normalizePath.call(this, block.params[0].original) + ", (item, index) => item._id || index, (item, index) => ";
+	const reapeatDirectiveParamsTS = "(item, index) => (item as typeof item & {_id?: any})._id || index, (item, index: number)";
+	const reapeatDirectiveParamsJS = "(item, index) => item._id || index, (item, index)";
+	const repleatDirectiveParams = process.env.UI5_TS ? reapeatDirectiveParamsTS : reapeatDirectiveParamsJS;
+	this.blocks[this.currentKey()] += "${ repeat(" + normalizePath.call(this, block.params[0].original) + ", " + repleatDirectiveParams + " => ";
 	this.paths.push(normalizePath.call(this, block.params[0].original));
-	this.blockPath = "item";
+	this.blockLevel++;
 
-	if (this.blockParameters.indexOf("item") === -1) {
+	// block params is [this, context, tags, suffix] for top level blocks
+	// blcok params is [this, context, tags, suffix, item, index] for nested blocks
+	if (!this.blockParametersUsage.includes("index")) {
+		// last item is not index, but an each block is processed, add the paramters for further nested blocks
 		bParamAdded = true;
-		this.blockParameters.unshift("index");
-		this.blockParameters.unshift("item");
+		if (process.env.UI5_TS) {
+			this.blockParametersDefinition.push("item: any");
+			this.blockParametersDefinition.push("index: number");
+		} else {
+			this.blockParametersDefinition.push("item");
+			this.blockParametersDefinition.push("index");
+		}
+		this.blockParametersUsage.push("item");
+		this.blockParametersUsage.push("index");
 	}
 	this.acceptKey(block, "program");
 	if (bParamAdded) {
-		this.blockParameters.shift("item");
-		this.blockParameters.shift("index");
+		// if parameters were added at this step, remove the last two
+		this.blockParametersDefinition.pop();
+		this.blockParametersDefinition.pop();
+		this.blockParametersUsage.pop();
+		this.blockParametersUsage.pop();
 	}
-	this.blockPath = "context";
-
+	this.blockLevel--;
 	this.blocks[this.currentKey()] += ") }";
 }
 
@@ -195,12 +218,52 @@ function normalizePath(sPath) {
 
 	//read carefully - https://github.com/wycats/handlebars.js/issues/1028
 	//kpdecker commented on May 20, 2015
-	if (result.indexOf("../") === 0) {
-		let absolutePath = replaceAll(this.paths[this.paths.length - 1], ".", "/") + "/" + result;
+
+	if (result.indexOf("@root") === 0) {
+		// Trying to access root context via the HBS "@root" variable.
+		// Example: {{@root.property}} compiles to "context.property" - called from anywhere within the template.
+		result = result.replace("@root", "this");
+
+	} else if (result.indexOf("../") === 0) {
+		let absolutePath;
+		const levelsUp = (result.match(/..\//g) || []).length;
+
+		if (this.blockLevel <= levelsUp) {
+			// Trying to access root context from nested loops.
+			// Example: {{../../property}} compiles to "context.property" - when currently in a nested level loop.
+			// Example: {{../../../property}} compile to "context.property" - when requested levels are not present. fallback to root context.
+			absolutePath = `this.${replaceAll(result,"../", "")}`;
+		} else {
+			// Trying to access upper context (one-level-up) and based on the current lelev, that could be "context" or "item".
+			// Example: {{../property}} compiles to "context.property" - when called in a top level loop.
+			// Example: {{../property}} compiles to "item.property" - when called in a nested level loop.
+			// TODO: the second example, although correctly generated to "item.property", "item" will point to the current object within the nested loop,
+			// not the upper level loop as intended. So accessing the upper loop from nested loop is currently not working.
+			absolutePath = replaceAll(this.paths[this.paths.length - 1 - levelsUp], ".", "/") + "/" + result;
+		}
+
 		result = replaceAll(path.normalize(absolutePath), path.sep, ".");
+
 	} else {
-		result = result ? replaceAll(this.blockPath + "/" + result, "/", ".") : this.blockPath;
+		// When neither "@root", nor "../" are used, use the following contexts:
+		// - use "context" - for the top level of execution, e.g "this.blockLevel = 0".
+		// - use "item" - for any nested level, e.g "this.blockLevel > 0".
+		// Example:
+		//
+		// {{text}} -> compiles to "context.text"
+		// {{#each items}}
+				// Item text: {{text}}</div> -> compiles to "item.text"
+				// 	{{#each words}}
+				// 			 Word text: {{text}}</div> -> compiles to "item.text"
+				// 	{{/each}}
+				// 	Item text: {{text}}</div> -> compiles to "item.text"
+		// {{/each}}
+		// {{text}} -> compiles to "context.text"
+
+		const blockPath = this.blockLevel > 0 ? "item" : "this";
+		result = result ? replaceAll(blockPath + "/" + result, "/", ".") : blockPath;
 	}
+
 	return result;
 }