Typescript - optional type if generic is not provided

Question

I Would like optionalFields to have type of OptionalFieldsByTopic<Topic> if generic is not provided, otherwise OptionalFieldsByTopic<T>. Thanks for help in advance.

export interface ICreateItem<T extends Topic = never> { // T must be optional
   id: string;
   name: string;
   tags: string[];
   collectionId?: string;
   topic: string;
   optionalFields?: OptionalFieldsByTopic<T>; // If T is not provided then this is equal OptionalFieldsByTopic<Topic>
}

type OptionalFieldsByTopic<T extends keyof IOptionalFields> = IOptionalFields[T];

OptionalFIeldsByTopic example:

const test: OptionalFieldsByTopic<"books"> = { author: "brandon", language: "english" }

export type Topic = keyof IOptionalFields;

mockup data:


export interface IOptionalFields {
   books: {
      author?: string;
      language?: string;
      translation?: string; 
   };
   vehicle: {
      model?: string;
      type?: string;
      color?: string;
 
   };
   painting: {
      author?: string;
      description?: string;
      image?: string;
   };
}

I Would like to optionalFields to be type of Topic if generic is not provided. That makes no sense to me, can you elaborate? — tokland
– tokland, Commented Aug 6, 2022 at 9:50
So it's T that should have default type Topic, not optionalFields. What's the problem with interface ICreateItem<T extends Topic = Topic>? — tokland
– tokland, Commented Aug 6, 2022 at 10:00

tokland · Accepted Answer · 2022-08-06 19:24:29Z

1

This should work:

export interface ICreateItem<T extends Topic = Topic> {
    ...
}

edited Aug 6, 2022 at 19:24

answered Aug 6, 2022 at 10:33

tokland

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