fix: 🐛 loosen pre typings to allow for better programability

lib/types/route.d.ts

@@ -339,12 +339,12 @@ export interface RouteOptionsPayload {
 /**
  * For context [See docs](https://github.com/hapijs/hapi/blob/master/API.md#-routeoptionspre)
  */
-export type RouteOptionsPreArray<Refs extends ReqRef = ReqRefDefaults> = RouteOptionsPreAllOptions<Refs>[];
+export type RouteOptionsPreArray = RouteOptionsPreAllOptions[];
 
 /**
  * For context [See docs](https://github.com/hapijs/hapi/blob/master/API.md#-routeoptionspre)
  */
-export type RouteOptionsPreAllOptions<Refs extends ReqRef = ReqRefDefaults> = RouteOptionsPreObject<Refs> | RouteOptionsPreObject<Refs>[] | Lifecycle.Method<Refs>;
+export type RouteOptionsPreAllOptions = RouteOptionsPreObject<any> | RouteOptionsPreObject<any>[] | Lifecycle.Method<any>;
 
 /**
  * An object with:
@@ -817,7 +817,7 @@ export interface CommonRouteProperties<Refs extends ReqRef = ReqRefDefaults> {
      * lifecycle methods.
      * [See docs](https://github.com/hapijs/hapi/blob/master/API.md#-routeoptionspre)
      */
-    pre?: RouteOptionsPreArray<Refs> | undefined;
+    pre?: RouteOptionsPreArray | undefined;
 
     /**
      * Processing rules for the outgoing response.

test/types/index.ts

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import { types as lab } from '@hapi/lab';
 import { expect } from '@hapi/code';
 
 import {
+    Lifecycle,
     Plugin,
     Request,
     ResponseToolkit,
@@ -77,7 +78,7 @@ const plugin: Plugin<TestPluginOptions, TestPluginDecorations> = {
     register: function (srv: MyServer, options) {
 
         check.type<TestPluginOptions>(options);
-        
+
         srv.expose({
             add: function (a: number, b: number) {
 
@@ -92,3 +93,31 @@ const loadedServer = await server.register({ plugin, options: { x: 10 } });
 const sum = loadedServer.plugins.test.add(1, 2);
 expect(sum).to.equal(130);
 check.type<number>(sum);
+
+const typedHandler: Lifecycle.Method<{ Payload: { q: string; p: string } }> = (request, h) => {
+
+    check.type<{ q: string; p: string }>(request.payload);
+    return new URLSearchParams(request.payload).toString();
+};
+
+const typedPre: Lifecycle.Method<{ Payload: { q: string; } }> = (request, h) => {
+
+    return h.continue;
+};
+
+const untypePre: Lifecycle.Method = (request, h) => {
+
+    return h.continue;
+}
+
+const typedRoute = {
+    method: 'POST',
+    path: '/',
+    options: {
+        handler: typedHandler,
+        pre: [
+            typedPre,
+            untypePre
+        ]
+    }
+} satisfies ServerRoute;