Ensuring type safety in TypeScript arrow function parameters

I have encountered an issue with my code when setting "noImplicitAny" to true.

import ...;

@Injectable()
export class HeroService {
  private _cachedHeroes: Observable<Hero[]>; 
  private _init: boolean;
  private _heroesObserver: Observer<Hero[]>;
  private _heroObserver: Observer<Hero>;
  heroes$: Observable<Hero[]>; 
  hero$:   Observable<Hero>; 
  public _dataStore: { heroes: Hero[], hero: Hero };

  constructor (private http: Http) {
        this._init = true;
        this._dataStore = { heroes: [], hero: {_id: null, name: null} };
        this.heroes$ = new Observable((observer: any) =>  this._heroesObserver = observer).share();
        this.hero$   = new Observable((observer: any) =>  this._heroObserver = observer).share();
        this._baseUrl = 'http://localhost:8081/api/hero/';  
  }

  loadHero1(id: number) {
      this.hero$ = this._cachedHeroes.map(heroes => heroes.find(hero => {hero._id === id;})) 
                                     .catch(handleError)
                                     .subscribe( data => {  
                                                            this._dataStore.hero = data;
                                                            this._heroObserver.next(this._dataStore.hero);
                                                         },  
                                                  error => handleError('Could not load hero.')
                                               );
  }
  .......
}        

When attempting to make the code type safe by enabling "noImplicitAny", I faced the following errors:

[0] services/hero.service.ts(58,7): error TS2322: Type 'Subscription' is not assignable to type 'Observable<Hero>'.
[0]   Property '_isScalar' is missing in type 'Subscription'.
[1] [BS] File changed: dist\services\hero.js
[1] [BS] File changed: dist\services\common.js
[0] services/hero.service.ts(58,65): error TS2345: Argument of type '(hero: Hero) => void' is not assignable to parameter of type '(value: Hero, index: number, obj: Hero[]) => boolean'.
[0]   Type 'void' is not assignable to type 'boolean'.

I need help addressing the following questions:

  1. How can I convert this._cachedHeroes.map().subscribe() from type Subscription to type Observable in order to resolve the TS2322 error? Attempts like
    <Observable<Hero[]>>.this._cachedHeroes....
    have proven unsuccessful.
  2. What is the correct way to define the type for the argument of the TypeScript arrow function to resolve the TS2345 error? Simply using
    heroes.find( (hero: Hero) => {hero._id === id;})
    did not work.
  3. In the code snippet below, how can I replace explicit usage of any with an Observer type?

    this.hero$ = new Observable((observer: any) => this._heroObserver = observer).share();

Your guidance and suggestions are greatly appreciated.

Answer №1

Thanks to the assistance of @Günter Zöchbauer, I was able to resolve this issue and straighten things out. By adding a return statement, the type mismatch was fixed. Below is the updated code that successfully passed the compiler check.


  loadHeroInfo(id: number) {
      this.hero$ = this._cachedHeroes.map(heroes => heroes.find(hero => { return hero._id === id; } )) 
                                     .catch(handleError)
                                     .map((data: Hero) => {  
                                            this._dataStore.hero = data;
                                            this._heroObserver.next(this._dataStore.hero);
                                            return data;
                                        } 
                                        //error => handleError('Could not load hero.')
                                    );
  }

Answer №2

When you call the <code>subscribe()
method, it will return a Subscription, not an Observable

To make it work properly, consider changing subscribe() to map()

  loadHeroData(id: number) {
    this.hero$ = this._cachedHeroes
    .map(heroes => heroes.find(hero => {hero._id === id;})) 
    .catch(handleError)
    .map( data => {  
      this._dataStore.hero = data;
      this._heroObserver.next(this._dataStore.hero);
    });
  }

Alternatively, you can also change

heroes$: Observable<Hero[]>; 

to

heroes$: Subscription;

However, it seems like that is not the intended behavior of your code.

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