Incorporated the feedback.

Signed-off-by: bnechyporenko <bnechyporenko@bol.com>

packages/core-plugin-api/src/plugin-options/usePluginOptions.tsx

@@ -19,13 +19,13 @@ import {
   createVersionedValueMap,
   useVersionedContext,
 } from '@backstage/version-bridge';
-import { BackstagePlugin, AnyPluginOptions } from '../plugin';
+import { BackstagePlugin } from '../plugin';
 import React, { ReactNode } from 'react';
 
 const contextKey: string = 'plugin-context';
 
 /**
- * Properties for the AsyncEntityProvider component.
+ * Properties for the PluginProvider component.
  *
  * @public
  */
@@ -38,14 +38,15 @@ export const PluginProvider = ({
   children,
   plugin,
 }: PluginOptionsProviderProps): JSX.Element => {
-  const { Provider } = createVersionedContext<{ 1: AnyPluginOptions }>(
-    contextKey,
-  );
+  const { Provider } = createVersionedContext<{
+    1: { plugin: BackstagePlugin<any, any, any> | undefined };
+  }>(contextKey);
+
   return (
     <Provider
       value={createVersionedValueMap({
-        1: plugin as unknown as {
-          getPluginOptions(): AnyPluginOptions;
+        1: {
+          plugin,
         },
       })}
     >
@@ -61,7 +62,7 @@ export const PluginProvider = ({
  * @alpha
  */
 export function usePluginOptions<
-  TPluginOptions extends AnyPluginOptions = AnyPluginOptions,
+  TPluginOptions extends {} = {},
 >(): TPluginOptions {
   const versionedHolder = useVersionedContext<{ 1: TPluginOptions }>(
     contextKey,
@@ -78,7 +79,9 @@ export function usePluginOptions<
 
   return (
     value as unknown as {
-      getPluginOptions(): AnyPluginOptions;
+      plugin: {
+        getPluginOptions(): {};
+      };
     }
-  ).getPluginOptions() as TPluginOptions;
+  ).plugin.getPluginOptions() as TPluginOptions;
 }

packages/core-plugin-api/src/plugin/Plugin.tsx

@@ -20,8 +20,6 @@ import {
   Extension,
   AnyRoutes,
   AnyExternalRoutes,
-  AnyPluginOptions,
-  AnyPluginInputOptions,
   PluginFeatureFlagConfig,
 } from './types';
 import { AnyApiFactory } from '../apis';
@@ -30,8 +28,8 @@ import { AnyApiFactory } from '../apis';
  * @internal
  */
 export class PluginImpl<
-  PluginInputOptions extends AnyPluginInputOptions,
-  PluginOptions extends AnyPluginOptions,
+  PluginInputOptions extends {},
+  PluginOptions extends {},
   Routes extends AnyRoutes,
   ExternalRoutes extends AnyExternalRoutes,
 > implements BackstagePlugin<PluginInputOptions, Routes, ExternalRoutes>
@@ -45,7 +43,7 @@ export class PluginImpl<
     >,
   ) {}
 
-  options: AnyPluginOptions | undefined = undefined;
+  options: {} | undefined = undefined;
 
   getId(): string {
     return this.config.id;
@@ -77,11 +75,11 @@ export class PluginImpl<
     }
   }
 
-  getPluginOptions(): AnyPluginOptions {
+  getPluginOptions(): {} {
     if (this.config.__experimentalConfigure && !this.options) {
       this.options = this.config.__experimentalConfigure();
     }
-    return this.options ?? ({} as AnyPluginOptions);
+    return this.options ?? {};
   }
 
   toString() {
@@ -96,8 +94,8 @@ export class PluginImpl<
  * @public
  */
 export function createPlugin<
-  PluginInputOptions extends AnyPluginInputOptions = {},
-  PluginOptions extends AnyPluginInputOptions = {},
+  PluginInputOptions extends {},
+  PluginOptions extends {},
   Routes extends AnyRoutes = {},
   ExternalRoutes extends AnyExternalRoutes = {},
 >(

packages/core-plugin-api/src/plugin/index.ts

@@ -18,8 +18,6 @@ export { createPlugin } from './Plugin';
 
 export type {
   AnyExternalRoutes,
-  AnyPluginOptions,
-  AnyPluginInputOptions,
   AnyRoutes,
   BackstagePlugin,
   Extension,

packages/core-plugin-api/src/plugin/types.ts

@@ -44,21 +44,13 @@ export type AnyRoutes = { [name: string]: RouteRef | SubRouteRef };
  */
 export type AnyExternalRoutes = { [name: string]: ExternalRouteRef };
 
-/**
- * Catch-all metadata type.
- *
- * @public
- */
-export type AnyPluginOptions = { [name: string]: unknown };
-export type AnyPluginInputOptions = { [name: string]: unknown };
-
 /**
  * Plugin type.
  *
  * @public
  */
 export type BackstagePlugin<
-  PluginInputOptions extends AnyPluginInputOptions = {},
+  PluginInputOptions extends {} = {},
   Routes extends AnyRoutes = {},
   ExternalRoutes extends AnyExternalRoutes = {},
 > = {
@@ -90,8 +82,8 @@ export type PluginFeatureFlagConfig = {
  * @public
  */
 export type PluginConfig<
-  PluginInputOptions extends AnyPluginInputOptions,
-  PluginOptions extends AnyPluginOptions,
+  PluginInputOptions extends {},
+  PluginOptions extends {},
   Routes extends AnyRoutes,
   ExternalRoutes extends AnyExternalRoutes,
 > = {