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

Another option using factories

export class A {

    id: number;

    date: Date;

    bId: number;
    readonly b: B;
}

export class B {

    id: number;
}

export class AFactory {

    constructor(
        private readonly createB: BFactory
    ) { }

    create(data: any): A {

        const createB = this.createB.create;

        return Object.assign(new A(),
            data,
            {
                get b(): B {

                    return createB({ id: data.bId });
                },
                date: new Date(data.date)
            });
    }
}

export class BFactory {

    create(data: any): B {

        return Object.assign(new B(), data);
    }
}

https://github.com/MrAntix/ts-deserialize

use like this

import { A, B, AFactory, BFactory } from "./deserialize";

// create a factory, simplified by DI
const aFactory = new AFactory(new BFactory());

// get an anon js object like you'd get from the http call
const data = { bId: 1, date: '2017-1-1' };

// create a real model from the anon js object
const a = aFactory.create(data);

// confirm instances e.g. dates are Dates 
console.log('a.date is instanceof Date', a.date instanceof Date);
console.log('a.b is instanceof B', a.b instanceof B);

1. keeps your classes simple
2. injection available to the factories for flexibility