Is it currently possible to implement an indexer on a class in TypeScript?
class MyCollection {
[name: string]: MyType;
}
This doesn't compile. I can specify an indexer on an interface, of course, but I need methods on this type as well as the indexer, so an interface won't suffice.
Thanks.
You cannot implement a class with an indexer. You can create an interface, but that interface cannot be implemented by a class. It can be implemented in plain JavaScript, and you can specify functions as well as the indexer on the interface:
class MyType {
constructor(public someVal: string) {
}
}
interface MyCollection {
[name: string]: MyType;
}
var collection: MyCollection = {};
collection['First'] = new MyType('Val');
collection['Second'] = new MyType('Another');
var a = collection['First'];
alert(a.someVal);
This is an old question, for those looking for the answer: now it's possible to define a indexed property like:
let lookup : {[key:string]:AnyType};
the signature of the key must be either string or integer see:
Interfaces on www.typescriptlang.org