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# Emitter

There are two `emitters` provided with the TypeScript compiler:

* `emitter.ts`: this is the emitter you are most likely to be interested in. Its the TS -> JavaScript emitter.
* `declarationEmitter.ts`: this is the emitter used to create a *declaration file* (a `.d.ts`) for a *TypeScript source file* (a `.ts` file).

We will look at `emitter.ts` in this section.

## Usage by `program`

Program provides an `emit` function. This function primarily delegates to `emitFiles` function in `emitter.ts`. Here is the call stack:

```
Program.emit ->
    `emitWorker` (local in program.ts createProgram) ->
        `emitFiles` (function in emitter.ts)
```

One thing that the `emitWorker` provides to the emitter (via an argument to `emitFiles`) is an `EmitResolver`. `EmitResolver` is provided by the program's TypeChecker, basically it is a subset of *local* functions from `createChecker`.