A solution to the issue at hand involves creating an interface called 'ILookup':
interface ILookup<T> {
[key: string]: T;
}
The next step is to have the Vue class implement this newly created interface:
export default class App extends Vue implements ILookup<any> {
[index: string]: any;
private validateField(fieldType: string, e: string) {
this[fieldType] = e.length > 0
}
}
When implementing the interface, it's necessary to use 'any' as the type parameter since Vue utilizes a variety of types that can be indexed on the component object. For instance, using 'boolean' as the type parameter results in compilation errors like:
interface ILookup<T> {
[key: string]: T;
}
export default class App extends Vue implements ILookup<boolean> {
[index: string]: boolean;
private validateField(fieldType: string, e: string) {
this[fieldType] = e.length > 0
}
}
This leads to errors such as:
TS2411: Property '$attrs' of type 'Record' is not
assignable to string index type 'boolean'.
and:
TS2411: Property '$children' of type 'Vue[]' is not assignable to
string index type 'boolean'.