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Alexey Vagarenko
Alexey Vagarenko

Reputation: 1196

Is there a way to require function parameter to be a constructor of type parameter?

Is there a way to write this:

foo<T>(bar: ConstructorOf<T>): T

so this code would be legal:

class Baz {}

foo(Baz); // type param T infered to be Baz

?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 90

Answers (1)

artem
artem

Reputation: 51629

Is this what you are looking for? 

class Baz {
  isBaz = true;
}

function foo<T>(c : {new(): T;}): T {
  return new c;
}

console.log(foo(Baz).isBaz); // ok
console.log(foo(String).length); // ok
// console.log(foo(String).isBaz); // error: property isBaz does not exist in type String

This code is a simplified example from the last topic in https://www.typescriptlang.org/docs/handbook/generics.html.

Upvotes: 2

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