Generics implementation to return object

[victorsosa]

Hi,

I was thinking that we are missing in this API the Typescript Generics for the function that return the result object.

get<T>([queryParams, headers]):<T>
getList<T>(subElement, [queryParams, headers]):<T>

One example use will be:
let clients = this.restangular.all("client").getList<Client>();

This will return a list of objects type Client class; including the rectangular method on it.
There is a condition that the Client class has to extent the Restangular class before made any call.

export class Client extends Restangular(){}

because get and getList are implemented in the Restangular class.

Other methods need to be changed to generics like:

• put([queryParams, headers]): Does a put to the current element
• post(subElement, elementToPost, [queryParams, headers]): Does a POST and creates a subElement. Subelement is mandatory and is the nested resource. Element to post is the object to post to the server
• remove([queryParams, headers]): Does a DELETE. By default, remove sends a request with an empty object, which may cause problems with some servers or browsers. This shows how to configure RESTangular to have no payload.
• head([queryParams, headers]): Does a HEAD
• trace([queryParams, headers]): Does a TRACE
• options([queryParams, headers]): Does a OPTIONS
• patch(object, [queryParams, headers]): Does a PATCH
• save()

This will be a nice feature to be implemented as Typescript use classes.

[rshchpkn]

Hi @victorsosa, unfortunately in current restangular stage I can't find a solution to add correctly typed structure. In general, it's related to the configurable property names. If you have any ideas how it can be performed I will be happy to discuss. PR's are always welcome