Is there a way to create interfaces in ES6 / Node 4?

Question

ES6 is fully available in Node 4. I was wondering whether it includes a concept of interface to define method contracts as in MyClass implements MyInterface.

Answer 1

This is my solution for the problem. You can 'implement' multiple interfaces by overriding one Interface with another.

class MyInterface {
    // Declare your JS doc in the Interface to make it acceable while writing the Class and for later inheritance
    /**
     * Gives the sum of the given Numbers
     * @param {Number} a The first Number
     * @param {Number} b The second Number
     * @return {Number} The sum of the Numbers
     */
    sum(a, b) { this._WARNING('sum(a, b)'); }


    // delcare a warning generator to notice if a method of the interface is not overridden
    // Needs the function name of the Interface method or any String that gives you a hint ;)
    _WARNING(fName='unknown method') {
        console.warn('WARNING! Function "'+fName+'" is not overridden in '+this.constructor.name);
    }
}

class MultipleInterfaces extends MyInterface {
    // this is used for "implement" multiple Interfaces at once
    /**
     * Gives the square of the given Number
     * @param {Number} a The Number
     * @return {Number} The square of the Numbers
     */
    square(a) { this._WARNING('square(a)'); }
}

class MyCorrectUsedClass extends MyInterface {
    // You can easy use the JS doc declared in the interface
    /** @inheritdoc */
    sum(a, b) {
        return a+b;
    }
}
class MyIncorrectUsedClass extends MyInterface {
    // not overriding the method sum(a, b)
}

class MyMultipleInterfacesClass extends MultipleInterfaces {
    // nothing overriden to show, that it still works
}


let working = new MyCorrectUsedClass();

let notWorking = new MyIncorrectUsedClass();

let multipleInterfacesInstance = new MyMultipleInterfacesClass();

// TEST IT

console.log('working.sum(1, 2) =', working.sum(1, 2));
// output: 'working.sum(1, 2) = 3'

console.log('notWorking.sum(1, 2) =', notWorking.sum(1, 2));
// output: 'notWorking.sum(1, 2) = undefined'
// but also sends a warn to the console with 'WARNING! Function "sum(a, b)" is not overridden in MyIncorrectUsedClass'

console.log('multipleInterfacesInstance.sum(1, 2) =', multipleInterfacesInstance.sum(1, 2));
// output: 'multipleInterfacesInstance.sum(1, 2) = undefined'
// console warn: 'WARNING! Function "sum(a, b)" is not overridden in MyMultipleInterfacesClass'

console.log('multipleInterfacesInstance.square(2) =', multipleInterfacesInstance.square(2));
// output: 'multipleInterfacesInstance.square(2) = undefined'
// console warn: 'WARNING! Function "square(a)" is not overridden in MyMultipleInterfacesClass'

EDIT:

I improved the code so you now can simply use implement(baseClass, interface1, interface2, ...) in the extend.

/**
* Implements any number of interfaces to a given class.
* @param cls The class you want to use
* @param interfaces Any amount of interfaces separated by comma
* @return The class cls exteded with all methods of all implemented interfaces
*/
function implement(cls, ...interfaces) {
    let clsPrototype = Object.getPrototypeOf(cls).prototype;
    for (let i = 0; i < interfaces.length; i++) {
        let proto = interfaces[i].prototype;
        for (let methodName of Object.getOwnPropertyNames(proto)) {
            if (methodName!== 'constructor')
                if (typeof proto[methodName] === 'function')
                    if (!clsPrototype[methodName]) {
                        console.warn('WARNING! "'+methodName+'" of Interface "'+interfaces[i].name+'" is not declared in class "'+cls.name+'"');
                        clsPrototype[methodName] = proto[methodName];
                    }
        }
    }
    return cls;
}

// Basic Interface to warn, whenever an not overridden method is used
class MyBaseInterface {
    // declare a warning generator to notice if a method of the interface is not overridden
    // Needs the function name of the Interface method or any String that gives you a hint ;)
    _WARNING(fName='unknown method') {
        console.warn('WARNING! Function "'+fName+'" is not overridden in '+this.constructor.name);
    }
}


// create a custom class
/* This is the simplest example but you could also use
*
*   class MyCustomClass1 extends implement(MyBaseInterface) {
*       foo() {return 66;}
*   }
*
*/
class MyCustomClass1 extends MyBaseInterface {
    foo() {return 66;}
}

// create a custom interface
class MyCustomInterface1 {
     // Declare your JS doc in the Interface to make it acceable while writing the Class and for later inheritance

    /**
     * Gives the sum of the given Numbers
     * @param {Number} a The first Number
     * @param {Number} b The second Number
     * @return {Number} The sum of the Numbers
     */
    sum(a, b) { this._WARNING('sum(a, b)'); }
}

// and another custom interface
class MyCustomInterface2 {
    /**
     * Gives the square of the given Number
     * @param {Number} a The Number
     * @return {Number} The square of the Numbers
     */
    square(a) { this._WARNING('square(a)'); }
}

// Extend your custom class even more and implement the custom interfaces
class AllInterfacesImplemented extends implement(MyCustomClass1, MyCustomInterface1, MyCustomInterface2) {
    /**
    * @inheritdoc
    */
    sum(a, b) { return a+b; }

    /**
    * Multiplies two Numbers
    * @param {Number} a The first Number
    * @param {Number} b The second Number
    * @return {Number}
    */
    multiply(a, b) {return a*b;}
}


// TEST IT

let x = new AllInterfacesImplemented();

console.log("x.foo() =", x.foo());
//output: 'x.foo() = 66'

console.log("x.square(2) =", x.square(2));
// output: 'x.square(2) = undefined
// console warn: 'WARNING! Function "square(a)" is not overridden in AllInterfacesImplemented'

console.log("x.sum(1, 2) =", x.sum(1, 2));
// output: 'x.sum(1, 2) = 3'

console.log("x.multiply(4, 5) =", x.multiply(4, 5));
// output: 'x.multiply(4, 5) = 20'