Tree-Shaking Enhancements / Recommendations

As part of changes introduced in version 2.6.0 we are deprecating and removing the internal usages of the static helper classes CoreUtils, EventHelper, Util, UrlHelper, DateTimeUtils and ConnectionStringParser to provide better support for tree-shaking algorithms so that unused code can be safely dropped when using NPM packages.

As part of these changes we are now exporting the functions as top level root (direct) from the modules so that you can simply refactor your code to achieve better tree-shaking.

To further assist with some tree-shakers, we have also changed these from static classes to const objects that reference the new exported functions (mostly). Future changes are required to continue refactoring out further the references below that have no currently available replacement or are not listed.

Why?

Simplistically, any reference to any property or function that was defined in these static classes would require that ALL of the properties and functions must be included in the resulting code as this code becomes unshakable (using static analysis).

Note: While we have tagged the classes as deprecated, they will continue to be exported and we are not currently planning on removing them from the current packages that they are exported from.

Deprecated functions and replacements

Existing	Replacement
CoreUtils	@microsoft/applicationinsights-core-js
CoreUtils._canUseCookies	None - Do not use as this will cause all of CoreUtils reference to be included in your final code. Refactor your cookie handling to use the appInsights.getCookieMgr().setEnabled(true/false) to set the value and appInsights.getCookieMgr().isEnabled() to check the value.
CoreUtils.isTypeof	isTypeof
CoreUtils.isUndefined	isUndefined
CoreUtils.isNullOrUndefined	isNullOrUndefined
CoreUtils.hasOwnProperty	hasOwnProperty
CoreUtils.isFunction	isFunction
CoreUtils.isObject	isObject
CoreUtils.isDate	isDate
CoreUtils.isArray	isArray
CoreUtils.isError	isError
CoreUtils.isString	isString
CoreUtils.isNumber	isNumber
CoreUtils.isBoolean	isBoolean
CoreUtils.toISOString	toISOString or getISOString
CoreUtils.arrForEach	arrForEach
CoreUtils.arrIndexOf	arrIndexOf
CoreUtils.arrMap	arrMap
CoreUtils.arrReduce	arrReduce
CoreUtils.strTrim	strTrim
CoreUtils.objCreate	objCreateFn
CoreUtils.objKeys	objKeys
CoreUtils.objDefineAccessors	objDefineAccessors
CoreUtils.addEventHandler	addEventHandler
CoreUtils.dateNow	dateNow
CoreUtils.isIE	isIE
CoreUtils.disableCookies	disableCookies Referencing either will cause CoreUtils to be referenced for backward compatibility. Refactor your cookie handling to use the appInsights.getCookieMgr().setEnabled(false)
CoreUtils.newGuid	newGuid
CoreUtils.perfNow	perfNow
CoreUtils.newId	newId
CoreUtils.randomValue	randomValue
CoreUtils.random32	random32
CoreUtils.mwcRandomSeed	mwcRandomSeed
CoreUtils.mwcRandom32	mwcRandom32
CoreUtils.generateW3CId	generateW3CId
EventHelper	@microsoft/applicationinsights-core-js
EventHelper.Attach	attachEvent
EventHelper.AttachEvent	attachEvent
EventHelper.Detach	detachEvent
EventHelper.DetachEvent	detachEvent
Util	@microsoft/applicationinsights-common-js
Util.NotSpecified	strNotSpecified
Util.createDomEvent	createDomEvent
Util.disableStorage	utlDisableStorage
Util.isInternalApplicationInsightsEndpoint	isInternalApplicationInsightsEndpoint
Util.canUseLocalStorage	utlCanUseLocalStorage
Util.getStorage	utlGetLocalStorage
Util.setStorage	utlSetLocalStorage
Util.removeStorage	utlRemoveStorage
Util.canUseSessionStorage	utlCanUseSessionStorage
Util.getSessionStorageKeys	utlGetSessionStorageKeys
Util.getSessionStorage	utlGetSessionStorage
Util.setSessionStorage	utlSetSessionStorage
Util.removeSessionStorage	utlRemoveSessionStorage
Util.disableCookies	disableCookies Referencing either will cause CoreUtils to be referenced for backward compatibility. Refactor your cookie handling to use the appInsights.getCookieMgr().setEnabled(false)
Util.canUseCookies	canUseCookies Referencing either will cause CoreUtils to be referenced for backward compatibility. Refactor your cookie handling to use the appInsights.getCookieMgr().isEnabled()
Util.disallowsSameSiteNone	uaDisallowsSameSiteNone
Util.setCookie	coreSetCookie Referencing will cause CoreUtils to be referenced for backward compatibility. Refactor your cookie handling to use the appInsights.getCookieMgr().set(name: string, value: string)
Util.stringToBoolOrDefault	stringToBoolOrDefault
Util.getCookie	coreGetCookie Referencing will cause CoreUtils to be referenced for backward compatibility. Refactor your cookie handling to use the appInsights.getCookieMgr().get(name: string)
Util.deleteCookie	coreDeleteCookie Referencing will cause CoreUtils to be referenced for backward compatibility. Refactor your cookie handling to use the appInsights.getCookieMgr().del(name: string, path?: string)
Util.trim	strTrim
Util.newId	newId
Util.random32	--- No replacement, refactor your code to use the core random32(true)
Util.generateW3CId	generateW3CId
Util.isArray	isArray
Util.isError	isError
Util.isDate	isDate
Util.toISOStringForIE8	toISOString
Util.getIEVersion	getIEVersion
Util.msToTimeSpan	msToTimeSpan
Util.isCrossOriginError	isCrossOriginError
Util.dump	dumpObj
Util.getExceptionName	getExceptionName
Util.addEventHandler	attachEvent
Util.IsBeaconApiSupported	isBeaconApiSupported
Util.getExtension	getExtensionByName
UrlHelper	@microsoft/applicationinsights-common-js
UrlHelper.parseUrl	urlParseUrl
UrlHelper.getAbsoluteUrl	urlGetAbsoluteUrl
UrlHelper.getPathName	urlGetPathName
UrlHelper.getCompeteUrl	urlGetCompleteUrl
UrlHelper.parseHost	urlParseHost
UrlHelper.parseFullHost	urlParseFullHost
DateTimeUtils	@microsoft/applicationinsights-common-js
DateTimeUtils.Now	dateTimeUtilsNow
DateTimeUtils.GetDuration	dateTimeUtilsDuration
ConnectionStringParser	@microsoft/applicationinsights-common-js
ConnectionStringParser.parse	parseConnectionString