Declare and initialize a Dictionary in Typescript

Question

Given the following code

interface IPerson {
   firstName: string;
   lastName: string;
}

var persons: { [id: string]: IPerson; } = {
   \"p1\": { firstName         


        

Answer 1

Here is a more general Dictionary implementation inspired by this from @dmck

    interface IDictionary {
      add(key: string, value: T): void;
      remove(key: string): void;
      containsKey(key: string): boolean;
      keys(): string[];
      values(): T[];
    }

    class Dictionary implements IDictionary {

      _keys: string[] = [];
      _values: T[] = [];

      constructor(init?: { key: string; value: T; }[]) {
        if (init) {
          for (var x = 0; x < init.length; x++) {
            this[init[x].key] = init[x].value;
            this._keys.push(init[x].key);
            this._values.push(init[x].value);
          }
        }
      }

      add(key: string, value: T) {
        this[key] = value;
        this._keys.push(key);
        this._values.push(value);
      }

      remove(key: string) {
        var index = this._keys.indexOf(key, 0);
        this._keys.splice(index, 1);
        this._values.splice(index, 1);

        delete this[key];
      }

      keys(): string[] {
        return this._keys;
      }

      values(): T[] {
        return this._values;
      }

      containsKey(key: string) {
        if (typeof this[key] === "undefined") {
          return false;
        }

        return true;
      }

      toLookup(): IDictionary {
        return this;
      }
    }