Obtaining the return type of a function

Question

I have the following function:

function test(): number {
    return 42;
}

I can obtain the type of the function by using typeof

Answer 1

The code below works without executing the function. It's from the react-redux-typescript library (https://github.com/alexzywiak/react-redux-typescript/blob/master/utils/redux/typeUtils.ts)

interface Func<T> {
    ([...args]: any, args2?: any): T;
}
export function returnType<T>(func: Func<T>) {
    return {} as T;
}


function mapDispatchToProps(dispatch: RootDispatch, props:OwnProps) {
  return {
    onFinished() {
      dispatch(action(props.id));
    }
  }
}

const dispatchGeneric = returnType(mapDispatchToProps);
type DispatchProps = typeof dispatchGeneric;