|
signifies a union. In the context of types, A | B
means "either A
, or B
, or both".
any
represents the concept of "any" type, which should be used sparingly as it disables type checking by being assignable to and from any other type. Consequently, any
will override any type it is combined with in a union or intersection.
Hence, Collection | any
translates to "either a Collection
or any type at all". This ultimately simplifies to just any
, since "either A or anything" equates to simply "anything":
myCollection: Collection | any = null;
// (property) Foo.myCollection: any
Therefore, the usage of Collection | any
is primarily for documentation purposes; from the compiler's perspective, Collection |
vanishes.
The property is initialized to null
.
If this code does not belong to you, consider changing it to Collection | null
if the intention is for the property to accept either a Collection
or null
. If it belongs to someone else, inquire about its purpose.
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