I'm using these tools together:
- TypeScript
- Gulp
- Gulp-Inject
I'm trying to do the following:
module My {
interface IGulpInjectable extends string { // << Problem here!
[gulp_inject: string] : string;
}
export class Cache {
private items: { [key: string] : IGulpInjectable };
constructor() {
this.items = {
"item1": { gulp_inject: "file1.html" },
"item2": { gulp_inject: "file2.html" }
}
}
getItem(key: string){
return this.items[key].trim();
}
}
}
What gulp-inject
does is replace { gulp_inject: "x.html" }
with a string containing the file contents. This is why I want to have IGulpInjectable
extend string
: so that methods like trim()
will be understood by TypeScript.
However, extends string
is not valid. Neither is extends String
. At least, not with my current constructor code, which I prefer not to change.
How can I tell TypeScript that my interface has all methods a string
has?
Footnote, my current workaround:
getItem(key: string){
return (<any> this.items[key]).trim();
}
But that's not quite satisfying.