Wrong constructor name in Angular/TypeScript?

Question

I have an component in Angular:

export class StudentsComponent implements OnInit, OnDestroy {
}

In another component I tried to display name of class StudentsComponent preliminarily imported StudentsComponent:

console.log(StudentsComponent.constructor.name);

Why it gives me in console Function instead StudentsComponent?

Patrick Roberts · Accepted Answer · 2018-09-02 22:14:36Z

1

StudentsComponent is a constructor. It itself is constructed by the Function constructor. Use StudentsComponent.name.

answered Sep 2, 2018 at 22:14

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2 Comments

Always to get class name to use .name?

@OPV a class is just a function that can only be constructed. All functions have a name property.