From 5c5db0e871616699ae0dd99d60facee96541e17a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Christian Bromann <git@bromann.dev>
Date: Thu, 14 Mar 2024 10:51:00 -0700
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] fix(compiler): don't validate references for @Prop,
 @Method and @Event decorator

STENCIL-980
---
 .../decorators-to-static/event-decorator.ts        |  2 --
 .../decorators-to-static/method-decorator.ts       |  2 --
 .../decorators-to-static/prop-decorator.ts         |  2 --
 src/compiler/transformers/transform-utils.ts       | 14 --------------
 4 files changed, 20 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/compiler/transformers/decorators-to-static/event-decorator.ts b/src/compiler/transformers/decorators-to-static/event-decorator.ts
index 4e3ad523d2a..598682c1c98 100644
--- a/src/compiler/transformers/decorators-to-static/event-decorator.ts
+++ b/src/compiler/transformers/decorators-to-static/event-decorator.ts
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ import {
   resolveType,
   retrieveTsDecorators,
   serializeSymbol,
-  validateReferences,
 } from '../transform-utils';
 import { getDecoratorParameters, isDecoratorNamed } from './decorator-utils';
 
@@ -76,7 +75,6 @@ const parseEventDecorator = (
     docs: serializeSymbol(typeChecker, symbol),
     complexType: getComplexType(typeChecker, program, prop),
   };
-  validateReferences(diagnostics, eventMeta.complexType.references, prop.type);
   return eventMeta;
 };
 
diff --git a/src/compiler/transformers/decorators-to-static/method-decorator.ts b/src/compiler/transformers/decorators-to-static/method-decorator.ts
index 02f2ff9fce6..b12c39194e9 100644
--- a/src/compiler/transformers/decorators-to-static/method-decorator.ts
+++ b/src/compiler/transformers/decorators-to-static/method-decorator.ts
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ import {
   retrieveTsDecorators,
   retrieveTsModifiers,
   typeToString,
-  validateReferences,
 } from '../transform-utils';
 import { isDecoratorNamed } from './decorator-utils';
 
@@ -111,7 +110,6 @@ const parseMethodDecorator = (
       tags: mapJSDocTagInfo(signature.getJsDocTags()),
     },
   };
-  validateReferences(diagnostics, methodMeta.complexType.references, method.type || method.name);
 
   const staticProp = ts.factory.createPropertyAssignment(
     ts.factory.createStringLiteral(methodName),
diff --git a/src/compiler/transformers/decorators-to-static/prop-decorator.ts b/src/compiler/transformers/decorators-to-static/prop-decorator.ts
index 20bc7fda990..9924785ce99 100644
--- a/src/compiler/transformers/decorators-to-static/prop-decorator.ts
+++ b/src/compiler/transformers/decorators-to-static/prop-decorator.ts
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ import {
   serializeSymbol,
   tsPropDeclNameAsString,
   typeToString,
-  validateReferences,
 } from '../transform-utils';
 import { getDecoratorParameters, isDecoratorNamed } from './decorator-utils';
 
@@ -102,7 +101,6 @@ const parsePropDecorator = (
     optional: prop.questionToken !== undefined,
     docs: serializeSymbol(typeChecker, symbol),
   };
-  validateReferences(diagnostics, propMeta.complexType.references, prop.type);
 
   // prop can have an attribute if type is NOT "unknown"
   if (typeStr !== 'unknown') {
diff --git a/src/compiler/transformers/transform-utils.ts b/src/compiler/transformers/transform-utils.ts
index 4e7be7440ef..3e543e702bd 100644
--- a/src/compiler/transformers/transform-utils.ts
+++ b/src/compiler/transformers/transform-utils.ts
@@ -457,20 +457,6 @@ export const getAllTypeReferences = (checker: ts.TypeChecker, node: ts.Node): Re
   return referencedTypes;
 };
 
-export const validateReferences = (
-  diagnostics: d.Diagnostic[],
-  references: d.ComponentCompilerTypeReferences,
-  node: ts.Node,
-) => {
-  Object.keys(references).forEach((refName) => {
-    const ref = references[refName];
-    if (ref.path === '@stencil/core' && readOnlyArrayHasStringMember(MEMBER_DECORATORS_TO_REMOVE, refName)) {
-      const err = buildError(diagnostics);
-      augmentDiagnosticWithNode(err, node);
-    }
-  });
-};
-
 /**
  * Determine where a TypeScript type reference originates from. This is accomplished by interrogating the AST node in
  * which the type's name appears

From a6da43ed2363f660a4bc4be2a9ca6b027a453a0d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Christian Bromann <git@bromann.dev>
Date: Thu, 14 Mar 2024 11:06:19 -0700
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] remove imports

---
 src/compiler/transformers/transform-utils.ts | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/compiler/transformers/transform-utils.ts b/src/compiler/transformers/transform-utils.ts
index 3e543e702bd..8672b3cc7c2 100644
--- a/src/compiler/transformers/transform-utils.ts
+++ b/src/compiler/transformers/transform-utils.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
-import { augmentDiagnosticWithNode, buildError, normalizePath, readOnlyArrayHasStringMember } from '@utils';
+import { normalizePath } from '@utils';
 import ts from 'typescript';
 
 import type * as d from '../../declarations';
-import { MEMBER_DECORATORS_TO_REMOVE, StencilStaticGetter } from './decorators-to-static/decorators-constants';
+import { StencilStaticGetter } from './decorators-to-static/decorators-constants';
 import { addToLibrary, findTypeWithName, getHomeModule, getOriginalTypeName } from './type-library';
 
 export const getScriptTarget = () => {