Merge pull request #2745 from conficient/master

Valerie: added new interfaces; Knockout: fixed .register overloads

knockout/knockout.d.ts

@@ -557,7 +557,13 @@ interface KnockoutBindingProvider {
 }
 
 interface KnockoutComponents {
-	register(componentName: string, definition: KnockoutComponentDefinition): void;
+    // overloads for register method:
+    register(componentName: string, config: KnockoutComponentRegister): void;
+    register(componentName: string, config: KnockoutComponentRegisterStringTemplate): void;
+    register(componentName: string, config: KnockoutComponentRegisterFnViewModel): void;
+    register(componentName: string, config: KnockoutComponentRegisterStringTemplateFnViewModel): void;
+    register(componentName: string, config: KnockoutComponentRegisterAMD): void;
+
 	isRegistered(componentName: string): boolean;
 	unregister(componentName: string): void;
 	get(componentName: string, callback: (definition: KnockoutComponentDefinition) => void): void;
@@ -567,6 +573,50 @@ interface KnockoutComponents {
 	getComponentNameForNode(node: Node): string;
 }
 
+/* interfaces for register overloads*/
+
+interface KnockoutComponentRegister {
+    template: KnockoutComponentTemplate;
+    viewModel?: KnockoutComponentConfigViewModel;
+}
+
+interface KnockoutComponentRegisterAMD {
+    // load self-describing module using AMD module name
+    require: string;
+}
+
+interface KnockoutComponentRegisterFnViewModel {
+    template: KnockoutComponentTemplate;
+    viewModel?: (params: any) => any;
+}
+
+interface KnockoutComponentRegisterStringTemplate {
+    template: string;
+    viewModel?: KnockoutComponentConfigViewModel;
+}
+
+interface KnockoutComponentRegisterStringTemplateFnViewModel {
+    template: string;
+    viewModel?: (params: any) => any;
+}
+
+interface KnockoutComponentConfigViewModel {
+    instance?: any;
+    createViewModel? (params?: any, componentInfo?: KnockoutComponentInfo): any;
+    require?: string;
+}
+
+interface KnockoutComponentTemplate {
+    // specify element id (string) or a node
+    element?: any;
+    // AMD module load
+    require?: string;
+}
+
+interface KnockoutComponentInfo {
+    element: any;
+}
+/* end register overloads */
 interface KnockoutComponentDefinition {
 	template: Node[];
 	createViewModel?(params: any, options: { element: Node; }): any;