@bedard/types

@bedard/types

The goal of this package is to act as an extension to Typescript's built-in utility types. There is currently no runtime, but that may change if type guards are added. I don't anticipate breaking changes, but with that said this is mainly for personal use, so upgrade with caution.

Installation

The recommended way to install this package is through NPM.

npm install @bedard/types

Utility types

• Difference<A, B>
• Equal<A, B>
• Expect<T>
• Intersection<A, B>
• Join<Parts, Delimeter>
• NotEqual<A, B>
• Shift<T>
• Split<Source, Delimeter>
• SymmetricDifference<A, B>
• ValueOf<T>
• Without<A, B>
• XOR<A, B>

Difference<A, B>

Elements of A that are not elements of B. For unions, this is the same as the Exclude utility.

import { Difference } from '@bedard/types'

type Left = Difference<{ a: any, b: any }, { b: any, c: any }> // { a: any }

Equal<A, B>

Types true if A and B are equal. This is mainly used with Expect to verify that types are working as expected. See NotEqual for the inverse of this type.

import { Expect, Equal } from '@bedard/types'

type Test = Expect<Equal<number, number>>

Expect<T>

Verify that T is true. This allows for assertions to be made using the type system. See Equal and NotEqual for more usage examples.

import { Expect } from '@bedard/types'

type Test = Expect<true>

Intersection<A, B>

The intersection of A and B, giving preference to A.

import { Intersection } from '@bedard/types'

type Shared = Intersection<{ a: any, b: number }, { c: string, d: any }> // { b: number }

Join<Parts, Delimeter>

Join Parts by Delimeter. This type is the opposite of Split.

import { Join } from '@bedard/types'

type Str = Join<['a', 'b', 'c']> // 'abc'

type Parts = Join<['a', 'b', 'c'], '.'> // 'a.b.c'

NotEqual<A, B>

Types true if A does not equal B. This type is mainly used with Expect to verify that types are working as expected. See Equal for the inverse of this type.

import { Expect, NotEqual } from '@bedard/types'

type Test = Expect<NotEqual<number, string>>

Shift<T>

Remove the first element from T.

import { Shift } from '@bedard/types'

type Tail = Shift<['foo', 'bar', 'baz']> // ['bar', 'baz']

Split<Source, Delimeter>

Split Source by Delimeter. This type is the opposite of Join.

import { Split } from '@bedard/types'

type Characters = Split<'abc'> // ['a', 'b', 'c']

type Parts = Split<'a.b.c', '.'> // ['a', 'b', 'c']

SymmetricDifference<A, B>

The symmetric difference of A and B.

import { SymmetricDifference } from '@bedard/types'

type OuterSet = SymmetricDifference<'a' | 'b', 'b' | 'c'> // 'a' | 'c'

type OuterObj= SymmetricDifference<{ a: any, b: any }, { b: any, c: any }> // { a: any, c: any }

ValueOf<T>

Generate a union from the values of T. This can be thought of as an opposite to the keyof operator.

import { ValueOf } from '@bedard/types'

type Values = ValueOf<{ foo: number, bar: string }> // number | string

Without<A, B>

Prohibit properties of A and omit properties of B.

import { Without } from '@bedard/types'

type FooWithoutBar = Without<{ foo: any, bar: any }, { bar: any }> // { foo?: never }

XOR<A, B>

Create an exclusive or between two types. Note that for objects, this differs from a union type in that keys are strictly matched.

import { XOR } from '@bedard/types'

type FooOrBar = XOR<{ foo: any }, { bar: any }>

const a: FooOrBar = { foo } // pass
const b: FooOrBar = { bar } // pass
const c: FooOrBar = { foo, bar } // fail