How do I initialize a TypeScript object with a JSON object

Question

I receive a JSON object from an AJAX call to a REST server. This object has property names that match my TypeScript class (this is a follow-on to this question).

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Answer 1

Option #5: Using Typescript constructors and jQuery.extend

This seems to be the most maintainable method: add a constructor that takes as parameter the json structure, and extend the json object. That way you can parse a json structure into the whole application model.

There is no need to create interfaces, or listing properties in constructor.

export class Company
{
    Employees : Employee[];

    constructor( jsonData: any )
    {
        jQuery.extend( this, jsonData);

        // apply the same principle to linked objects:
        if ( jsonData.Employees )
            this.Employees = jQuery.map( jsonData.Employees , (emp) => {
                return new Employee ( emp );  });
    }

    calculateSalaries() : void { .... }
}

export class Employee
{
    name: string;
    salary: number;
    city: string;

    constructor( jsonData: any )
    {
        jQuery.extend( this, jsonData);

        // case where your object's property does not match the json's:
        this.city = jsonData.town;
    }
}

In your ajax callback where you receive a company to calculate salaries:

onReceiveCompany( jsonCompany : any ) 
{
   let newCompany = new Company( jsonCompany );

   // call the methods on your newCompany object ...
   newCompany.calculateSalaries()
}