From 19d4abf72c9e35b5c7ffde16fd94cb026312afad Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Brian Fletcher <brian@roadie.io>
Date: Thu, 2 Feb 2023 11:45:01 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 1/3] make `EventParams` typed for tidier event handling

Signed-off-by: Brian Fletcher <brian@roadie.io>
---
 .changeset/thick-tables-travel.md          | 5 +++++
 plugins/events-node/src/api/EventParams.ts | 4 ++--
 2 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 .changeset/thick-tables-travel.md

diff --git a/.changeset/thick-tables-travel.md b/.changeset/thick-tables-travel.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d74ed18b8a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/thick-tables-travel.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'@backstage/plugin-events-node': patch
+---
+
+Make `EventParams` typed for implementing tidier event handling.
diff --git a/plugins/events-node/src/api/EventParams.ts b/plugins/events-node/src/api/EventParams.ts
index 6912827281..80a81fc495 100644
--- a/plugins/events-node/src/api/EventParams.ts
+++ b/plugins/events-node/src/api/EventParams.ts
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 /**
  * @public
  */
-export interface EventParams {
+export interface EventParams<PayloadType = unknown> {
   /**
    * Topic for which this event should be published.
    */
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ export interface EventParams {
   /**
    * Event payload.
    */
-  eventPayload: unknown;
+  eventPayload: PayloadType;
   /**
    * Metadata (e.g., HTTP headers and similar for events received from external).
    */

From 0d2336696d6beefb5cff7de2b7d352863bb60b33 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Brian Fletcher <brian@roadie.io>
Date: Thu, 2 Feb 2023 12:14:37 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 2/3] api-report

Signed-off-by: Brian Fletcher <brian@roadie.io>
---
 plugins/events-node/api-report.md | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/plugins/events-node/api-report.md b/plugins/events-node/api-report.md
index 51136fd301..21d2926570 100644
--- a/plugins/events-node/api-report.md
+++ b/plugins/events-node/api-report.md
@@ -14,8 +14,8 @@ export interface EventBroker {
 }
 
 // @public (undocumented)
-export interface EventParams {
-  eventPayload: unknown;
+export interface EventParams<PayloadType = unknown> {
+  eventPayload: PayloadType;
   metadata?: Record<string, string | string[] | undefined>;
   topic: string;
 }

From 02ac6ed2dbd4fd07e3e558a13b81729dd2ad62db Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Brian Fletcher <brian@roadie.io>
Date: Thu, 2 Feb 2023 13:20:27 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 3/3] rename type to TPayload

Signed-off-by: Brian Fletcher <brian@roadie.io>
---
 plugins/events-node/api-report.md          | 4 ++--
 plugins/events-node/src/api/EventParams.ts | 4 ++--
 2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/plugins/events-node/api-report.md b/plugins/events-node/api-report.md
index 21d2926570..8428003b85 100644
--- a/plugins/events-node/api-report.md
+++ b/plugins/events-node/api-report.md
@@ -14,8 +14,8 @@ export interface EventBroker {
 }
 
 // @public (undocumented)
-export interface EventParams<PayloadType = unknown> {
-  eventPayload: PayloadType;
+export interface EventParams<TPayload = unknown> {
+  eventPayload: TPayload;
   metadata?: Record<string, string | string[] | undefined>;
   topic: string;
 }
diff --git a/plugins/events-node/src/api/EventParams.ts b/plugins/events-node/src/api/EventParams.ts
index 80a81fc495..19a562aee0 100644
--- a/plugins/events-node/src/api/EventParams.ts
+++ b/plugins/events-node/src/api/EventParams.ts
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 /**
  * @public
  */
-export interface EventParams<PayloadType = unknown> {
+export interface EventParams<TPayload = unknown> {
   /**
    * Topic for which this event should be published.
    */
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ export interface EventParams<PayloadType = unknown> {
   /**
    * Event payload.
    */
-  eventPayload: PayloadType;
+  eventPayload: TPayload;
   /**
    * Metadata (e.g., HTTP headers and similar for events received from external).
    */