feat: add defineMiddleware and defineNamedMiddleware helpers

Author: thetutlage

index.ts

@@ -22,3 +22,4 @@ export { HttpException } from './src/exceptions/http_exception.js'
 export { AbortException } from './src/exceptions/abort_exception.js'
 export { RouteNotFoundException } from './src/exceptions/route_not_found.js'
 export { CannotLookupRouteException } from './src/exceptions/cannot_lookup_route.js'
+export { defineMiddleware, defineNamedMiddleware } from './src/define_middleware.js'

src/define_middleware.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+/*
+ * @adonisjs/http-server
+ *
+ * (c) AdonisJS
+ *
+ * For the full copyright and license information, please view the LICENSE
+ * file that was distributed with this source code.
+ */
+
+import type { LazyImport } from './types/base.js'
+import type { MiddlewareAsClass } from './types/middleware.js'
+
+/**
+ * Define an array of midldeware to be used either by the server
+ * or the router
+ */
+export function defineMiddleware(list: LazyImport<MiddlewareAsClass>[]) {
+  return list
+}
+
+/**
+ * Define an collection of named middleware. The name can be later be
+ * referenced on the routes
+ */
+export function defineNamedMiddleware<
+  NamedMiddleware extends Record<string, LazyImport<MiddlewareAsClass>>
+>(collection: NamedMiddleware) {
+  return collection
+}