How can I define an interface for an array of objects with Typescript?
You don't need to use an indexer (since it a bit less typesafe). You have two options :
interface EnumServiceItem {
id: number; label: string; key: any
}
interface EnumServiceItems extends Array<EnumServiceItem>{}
// Option A
var result: EnumServiceItem[] = [
{ id: 0, label: 'CId', key: 'contentId' },
{ id: 1, label: 'Modified By', key: 'modifiedBy' },
{ id: 2, label: 'Modified Date', key: 'modified' },
{ id: 3, label: 'Status', key: 'contentStatusId' },
{ id: 4, label: 'Status > Type', key: ['contentStatusId', 'contentTypeId'] },
{ id: 5, label: 'Title', key: 'title' },
{ id: 6, label: 'Type', key: 'contentTypeId' },
{ id: 7, label: 'Type > Status', key: ['contentTypeId', 'contentStatusId'] }
];
// Option B
var result: EnumServiceItems = [
{ id: 0, label: 'CId', key: 'contentId' },
{ id: 1, label: 'Modified By', key: 'modifiedBy' },
{ id: 2, label: 'Modified Date', key: 'modified' },
{ id: 3, label: 'Status', key: 'contentStatusId' },
{ id: 4, label: 'Status > Type', key: ['contentStatusId', 'contentTypeId'] },
{ id: 5, label: 'Title', key: 'title' },
{ id: 6, label: 'Type', key: 'contentTypeId' },
{ id: 7, label: 'Type > Status', key: ['contentTypeId', 'contentStatusId'] }
]
Personally I recommend Option A (simpler migration when you are using classes not interfaces).
You can define an interface with an indexer:
interface EnumServiceGetOrderBy {
[index: number]: { id: number; label: string; key: any };
}
You can define an interface as array with simply extending the Array interface.
export interface MyInterface extends Array<MyType> { }
With this, any object which implements the MyInterface
will need to implement all function calls of arrays and only will be able to store objects with the MyType
type.