access class in same module but in different file

Question

Suppose I have the following code in the following two files:

ClassA.ts

module App {
    class ClassA{
    }
}

ClassB.ts

module App {
    export class ClassB{
        constructor(public ClassA) {}
    }
}

Is there any way to make ClassA accessible to classB without adding an export to ClassA? In other words, I want ClassA to only be accessible within the App module, but I also want to keep my classes in separate files.

Even when the compilation is output to a single file ClassA cannot access ClassB without the export.

Answer 1

There isn't a way to do this. Non-exported variables in modules are generated as locals in the module closure, so they're not visible at all outside the module block itself.