How to merge several object methods declared using generics in TypeScript?
THE SCOPE:
Here is what I love about TypeScript:
interface CommandBus {
emit(type: 'execute', payload: { command: string }) : number;
emit(type: 'stop', payload: { pid: number }) : bool;
}
… and then, while I'm writing this commandBus.emit('stop', IntelliSense will tell me that the next function argument is payload: { pid: number }. This is priceless!
It is also possible to split it into several interfaces and TypeScript will merge it and the result will be the same:
interface CommandBus {
emit(type: 'execute', payload: { command: string }) : number;
}
interface CommandBus {
emit(type: 'stop', payload: { pid: number }) : bool;
}
This is what I use for my application. In different packages, I extend an interface with methods specific to that package. But the method signature is more complicated than the one above, and it has more common things, so I've created the generic:
interface IEmit<TType, TPayload> {
(type: TType, id: string, options: { payload: TPayload }) : void
}
And I've tried to use it with my interface:
interface CommandBus {
emit: IEmit<'execute', { command: string }>;
emit: IEmit<'stop', { pid: number }>;
}
THE PROBLEM: TypeScript cannot handle this syntax, it only applies the first emit declaration and ignoring others.
THE QUESTION: How do I manage to overload a method in an interface using function types or interfaces?
typescript
asked Nov 21 '18 at 11:56
termosatermosa
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THE SCOPE:
Here is what I love about TypeScript:
interface CommandBus {
emit(type: 'execute', payload: { command: string }) : number;
emit(type: 'stop', payload: { pid: number }) : bool;
}
… and then, while I'm writing this commandBus.emit('stop', IntelliSense will tell me that the next function argument is payload: { pid: number }. This is priceless!
It is also possible to split it into several interfaces and TypeScript will merge it and the result will be the same:
interface CommandBus {
emit(type: 'execute', payload: { command: string }) : number;
}
interface CommandBus {
emit(type: 'stop', payload: { pid: number }) : bool;
}
This is what I use for my application. In different packages, I extend an interface with methods specific to that package. But the method signature is more complicated than the one above, and it has more common things, so I've created the generic:
interface IEmit<TType, TPayload> {
(type: TType, id: string, options: { payload: TPayload }) : void
}
And I've tried to use it with my interface:
interface CommandBus {
emit: IEmit<'execute', { command: string }>;
emit: IEmit<'stop', { pid: number }>;
}
THE PROBLEM: TypeScript cannot handle this syntax, it only applies the first emit declaration and ignoring others.
THE QUESTION: How do I manage to overload a method in an interface using function types or interfaces?
typescript
asked Nov 21 '18 at 11:56
termosatermosa
1367
add a comment |
THE SCOPE:
Here is what I love about TypeScript:
interface CommandBus {
emit(type: 'execute', payload: { command: string }) : number;
emit(type: 'stop', payload: { pid: number }) : bool;
}
… and then, while I'm writing this commandBus.emit('stop', IntelliSense will tell me that the next function argument is payload: { pid: number }. This is priceless!
It is also possible to split it into several interfaces and TypeScript will merge it and the result will be the same:
interface CommandBus {
emit(type: 'execute', payload: { command: string }) : number;
}
interface CommandBus {
emit(type: 'stop', payload: { pid: number }) : bool;
}
This is what I use for my application. In different packages, I extend an interface with methods specific to that package. But the method signature is more complicated than the one above, and it has more common things, so I've created the generic:
interface IEmit<TType, TPayload> {
(type: TType, id: string, options: { payload: TPayload }) : void
}
And I've tried to use it with my interface:
interface CommandBus {
emit: IEmit<'execute', { command: string }>;
emit: IEmit<'stop', { pid: number }>;
}
THE PROBLEM: TypeScript cannot handle this syntax, it only applies the first emit declaration and ignoring others.
THE QUESTION: How do I manage to overload a method in an interface using function types or interfaces?
typescript
asked Nov 21 '18 at 11:56
termosatermosa
1367
THE SCOPE:
Here is what I love about TypeScript:
interface CommandBus {
emit(type: 'execute', payload: { command: string }) : number;
emit(type: 'stop', payload: { pid: number }) : bool;
}
… and then, while I'm writing this commandBus.emit('stop', IntelliSense will tell me that the next function argument is payload: { pid: number }. This is priceless!
It is also possible to split it into several interfaces and TypeScript will merge it and the result will be the same:
interface CommandBus {
emit(type: 'execute', payload: { command: string }) : number;
}
interface CommandBus {
emit(type: 'stop', payload: { pid: number }) : bool;
}
This is what I use for my application. In different packages, I extend an interface with methods specific to that package. But the method signature is more complicated than the one above, and it has more common things, so I've created the generic:
interface IEmit<TType, TPayload> {
(type: TType, id: string, options: { payload: TPayload }) : void
}
And I've tried to use it with my interface:
interface CommandBus {
emit: IEmit<'execute', { command: string }>;
emit: IEmit<'stop', { pid: number }>;
}
THE PROBLEM: TypeScript cannot handle this syntax, it only applies the first emit declaration and ignoring others.
THE QUESTION: How do I manage to overload a method in an interface using function types or interfaces?
typescript
typescript
asked Nov 21 '18 at 11:56
termosatermosa
1367
asked Nov 21 '18 at 11:56
termosatermosa
1367
asked Nov 21 '18 at 11:56
termosatermosa
1367
asked Nov 21 '18 at 11:56
termosatermosa
1367
asked Nov 21 '18 at 11:56
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Declaration merging can't change the type of an existing field (this is a design limitation). An alternate solution would be to declare a type for the emit field and extend that:
interface IEmit<TType, TPayload> {
(type: TType, id: string, options: { payload: TPayload }) : void
}
interface CommandBus {
emit: CommandBusEmit;
}
//default type for the emit field
interface CommandBusEmit { }
//extensions to it
interface CommandBusEmit extends IEmit<'execute', { command: string }> { }
interface CommandBusEmit extends IEmit<'stop', { pid: number }> { }
declare let cb: CommandBus;
cb.emit('execute', "", { payload : { command: ""}})
cb.emit('stop', "", { payload: { command: "" } }) // error
cb.emit('stop', "", { payload : { pid: 1}}) // ok
answered Nov 21 '18 at 12:08
Titian Cernicova-DragomirTitian Cernicova-Dragomir
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Declaration merging can't change the type of an existing field (this is a design limitation). An alternate solution would be to declare a type for the emit field and extend that:
interface IEmit<TType, TPayload> {
(type: TType, id: string, options: { payload: TPayload }) : void
}
interface CommandBus {
emit: CommandBusEmit;
}
//default type for the emit field
interface CommandBusEmit { }
//extensions to it
interface CommandBusEmit extends IEmit<'execute', { command: string }> { }
interface CommandBusEmit extends IEmit<'stop', { pid: number }> { }
declare let cb: CommandBus;
cb.emit('execute', "", { payload : { command: ""}})
cb.emit('stop', "", { payload: { command: "" } }) // error
cb.emit('stop', "", { payload : { pid: 1}}) // ok
answered Nov 21 '18 at 12:08
Titian Cernicova-DragomirTitian Cernicova-Dragomir
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Declaration merging can't change the type of an existing field (this is a design limitation). An alternate solution would be to declare a type for the emit field and extend that:
interface IEmit<TType, TPayload> {
(type: TType, id: string, options: { payload: TPayload }) : void
}
interface CommandBus {
emit: CommandBusEmit;
}
//default type for the emit field
interface CommandBusEmit { }
//extensions to it
interface CommandBusEmit extends IEmit<'execute', { command: string }> { }
interface CommandBusEmit extends IEmit<'stop', { pid: number }> { }
declare let cb: CommandBus;
cb.emit('execute', "", { payload : { command: ""}})
cb.emit('stop', "", { payload: { command: "" } }) // error
cb.emit('stop', "", { payload : { pid: 1}}) // ok
answered Nov 21 '18 at 12:08
Titian Cernicova-DragomirTitian Cernicova-Dragomir
69.3k34765
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Declaration merging can't change the type of an existing field (this is a design limitation). An alternate solution would be to declare a type for the emit field and extend that:
interface IEmit<TType, TPayload> {
(type: TType, id: string, options: { payload: TPayload }) : void
}
interface CommandBus {
emit: CommandBusEmit;
}
//default type for the emit field
interface CommandBusEmit { }
//extensions to it
interface CommandBusEmit extends IEmit<'execute', { command: string }> { }
interface CommandBusEmit extends IEmit<'stop', { pid: number }> { }
declare let cb: CommandBus;
cb.emit('execute', "", { payload : { command: ""}})
cb.emit('stop', "", { payload: { command: "" } }) // error
cb.emit('stop', "", { payload : { pid: 1}}) // ok
answered Nov 21 '18 at 12:08
Titian Cernicova-DragomirTitian Cernicova-Dragomir
69.3k34765
Declaration merging can't change the type of an existing field (this is a design limitation). An alternate solution would be to declare a type for the emit field and extend that:
interface IEmit<TType, TPayload> {
(type: TType, id: string, options: { payload: TPayload }) : void
}
interface CommandBus {
emit: CommandBusEmit;
}
//default type for the emit field
interface CommandBusEmit { }
//extensions to it
interface CommandBusEmit extends IEmit<'execute', { command: string }> { }
interface CommandBusEmit extends IEmit<'stop', { pid: number }> { }
declare let cb: CommandBus;
cb.emit('execute', "", { payload : { command: ""}})
cb.emit('stop', "", { payload: { command: "" } }) // error
cb.emit('stop', "", { payload : { pid: 1}}) // ok
answered Nov 21 '18 at 12:08
Titian Cernicova-DragomirTitian Cernicova-Dragomir
69.3k34765
answered Nov 21 '18 at 12:08
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