I am writing a typescript to JSON schema converter and use the typescript compiler to find out the types and comments of a typescript program. I am using getJsDocTags to get annotations and would like to read the @type annotation.

TypeScript Version: 2.1.1

Code

/** @TJStype integer */
const integer: number = 1;

and

/** @type integer */
const integer: number = 1;

For the symbol integer, I am calling symbol.getJsDocTags().

Expected behavior:

I'd expect to the type jsdoc annotation. In other words, I expect the call to return [{ name: 'type', text: 'integer' }].

I understand that integer is not a valid js type but this behavior is surprising nonetheless.

Actual behavior:

It is missing. I get am empty array [].