Webpack 2 Module not found when using URL

Question

I just updated my Angular 2 project to work with Webpack 2 which is working just fine. However, i'm facing a new problem when using the resolve: { alias: {...} } key.

When i used webpack 1, this code just worked fine:

webpack.config.js

    resolve: {
    // http://webpack.github.io/docs/configuration.html#resolve-extensions
    extensions: ['.ts', '.js', '.json', '.css', '.html'],
    alias: {
        "orion/editor/edit": "http://www.eclipse.org/orion/editor/releases/current/built-editor.min.js"
    }
},

angular component:

ngOnInit() {
    Promise.all([
        require('http://www.eclipse.org/orion/editor/releases/current/built-editor.min.js'),
        require('http://eclipse.org/orion/editor/releases/current/built-editor.css')
    ]).then(function () {
        requirejs(['orion/editor/edit'], function (edit: any) {
            this.orionEditor = edit({className: 'editor', parent: 'xml'})[0];
            this.receiveXmlData();
        }.bind(this));
    }.bind(this));
}

Now when using webpack 2, i always get an error that both files cannot be resolved. Does anyone have an idea?

Module not found: Error: Can't resolve 'http://eclipse.org/orion/editor/releases/current/built-editor.css' in [Angular-component file]

Module not found: Error: Can't resolve 'http://www.eclipse.org/orion/editor/releases/current/built-editor.min.js' in 'C:\Applications\winery\enpro-winery\org.eclipse.winery.ui\src\app\instance\editXML'

My try up till now:

in the webpack.common.js for webpack2 i tried:

    const path = require('path');

    resolve: {
        extensions: ['.ts', '.js', '.json', '.css', '.html'],
        alias: {
            "orion/editor/edit": path.resolve("http://www.eclipse.org/orion/editor/releases/current/built-editor.min.js")
    }

and

    resolve: {
        extensions: ['.ts', '.js', '.json', '.css', '.html'],
        modules: [
            path.join(__dirname, "src"),
            "node_modules",
            path.resolve("http://www.eclipse.org/orion/editor/releases/current/built-editor.min.js"),
            path.resolve("http://eclipse.org/orion/editor/releases/current/built-editor.css")
    ]
},

Answer 1

Actually, I found the solution: I accidentally removed the resolve-url-loader dependency from my package.json.

I further found that I don't even need to include the alias or path.resolve in the resolve object.