Problem
Consider the code:
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);
Can you make the result parameter in save
a type-safe function? Rewrite the code to demonstrate.
In TypeScript you can declare your callback type like:
type NumberCallback = (n: number) => any;
class Foo {
// Equivalent
save(callback: NumberCallback): void {
console.log(1)
callback(42);
}
}
var numCallback: NumberCallback = (result: number) : void => {
console.log("numCallback: ", result.toString());
}
var foo = new Foo();
foo.save(numCallback)