Constructor overload in TypeScript

Question

Has anybody done constructor overloading in TypeScript. On page 64 of the language specification (v 0.8), there are statements describing constructor overloads, but there wa

Answer 1

We can simulate constructor overload using guards

interface IUser {
  name: string;
  lastName: string;
}

interface IUserRaw {
  UserName: string;
  UserLastName: string;
}

function isUserRaw(user): user is IUserRaw {
  return !!(user.UserName && user.UserLastName);
}

class User {
  name: string;
  lastName: string;

  constructor(data: IUser | IUserRaw) {
    if (isUserRaw(data)) {
      this.name = data.UserName;
      this.lastName = data.UserLastName;
    } else {
      this.name = data.name;
      this.lastName = data.lastName;
    }
  }
}

const user  = new User({ name: "Jhon", lastName: "Doe" })
const user2 = new User({ UserName: "Jhon", UserLastName: "Doe" })