A convenience module for importing Renderer classes when developing with TypeScript. For example, rather than importing renderers one at a time like this:

import ClassBreaksRenderer = require("esri/renderers/ClassBreaksRenderer");
import HeatmapRenderer = require("esri/renderers/HeatmapRenderer");
import SimpleRenderer = require("esri/renderers/SimpleRenderer");
import UniqueValueRenderer = require("esri/renderers/UniqueValueRenderer");

You can use this module to import them on a single line:

import { ClassBreaksRenderer, HeatmapRenderer, SimpleRenderer, UniqueValueRenderer } from "esri/renderers";

This module also allows you to implement type guards on geometries, making your code smarter.

import { Renderer } from "esri/renderers";

function logRenderer(renderer: Renderer): void {
  if (renderer.type === "simple") {
    // new at 4.8, the compiler knows the renderer is a SimpleRenderer
    console.log("renderer symbol: ", renderer.symbol);
  }
  else {
    if (renderer.type !== "heatmap") {
      // the compiler knows the renderer must be a `ClassBreaksRenderer | UniqueValueRenderer`
      console.log("renderer background symbol: ", renderer.backgroundFillSymbol);
    }
  }
}