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Are strongly-typed functions as parameters possible in TypeScript?
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Problem
In TypeScript, I can declare a parameter of a function as a type Function. Is there a "type-safe" way of doing this that I am missing? For example, consider this:
The save callback is not type safe, I am giving it a callback function where the function's parameter is a string but I am passing it a number, and compiles with no errors. Can I make the result parameter in save a type-safe function?
TL;DR version: is there an equivalent of a .NET delegate in TypeScript?
class Foo {
save(callback: Function) : void {
//Do the save
var result : number = 42; //We get a number from the save operation
//Can I at compile-time ensure the callback accepts a single parameter of type number somehow?
callback(result);
}
}
var foo = new Foo();
var callback = (result: string) : void => {
alert(result);
}
foo.save(callback);The save callback is not type safe, I am giving it a callback function where the function's parameter is a string but I am passing it a number, and compiles with no errors. Can I make the result parameter in save a type-safe function?
TL;DR version: is there an equivalent of a .NET delegate in TypeScript?
Solution
Sure. A function's type consists of the types of its argument and its return type. Here we specify that the
If you want, you can define a type alias to encapsulate this:
callback parameter's type must be "function that accepts a number and returns type any":class Foo {
save(callback: (n: number) => any) : void {
callback(42);
}
}
var foo = new Foo();
var strCallback = (result: string) : void => {
alert(result);
}
var numCallback = (result: number) : void => {
alert(result.toString());
}
foo.save(strCallback); // not OK
foo.save(numCallback); // OKIf you want, you can define a type alias to encapsulate this:
type NumberCallback = (n: number) => any;
class Foo {
// Equivalent
save(callback: NumberCallback) : void {
callback(42);
}
}Code Snippets
class Foo {
save(callback: (n: number) => any) : void {
callback(42);
}
}
var foo = new Foo();
var strCallback = (result: string) : void => {
alert(result);
}
var numCallback = (result: number) : void => {
alert(result.toString());
}
foo.save(strCallback); // not OK
foo.save(numCallback); // OKtype NumberCallback = (n: number) => any;
class Foo {
// Equivalent
save(callback: NumberCallback) : void {
callback(42);
}
}Context
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