Is there an equivalent to "sealed" or "final" in TypeScript?
I'm trying to implement a method in a super class that should be available for use, but not changeable, in sub classes. Consider this:
export abstract class BaseClass {
universalBehavior(): void {
doStuff(); // Do some universal stuff the same way in all sub classes
specializedBehavior(); // Delegate specialized stuff to sub classes
}
protected abstract specializedBehavior(): void;
}
My intention would be that any sub class of BaseClass would not only be free to omit implementation of universalBehavior()
, but not even be allowed to provide an implementation. Is this not (yet) possible in TypeScript? Intellisense complains when I omit the implementation in my sub classes. The best I can seem to do is this:
export class SubClass extends BaseClass {
universalBehavior(): void {
super.universalBehavior();
}
specializedBehavior(): void {
// sub class' implementation
}
}
Obviously this is problematic because I have to ensure that no sub class ever implements universalBehavior()
with anything other than a call to super.universalBehavior()
.
No, at the time of this writing there is not. There is a proposal for such a keyword which is still being considered, but may or may not ever be implemented.
See:
- github.com/Microsoft/TypeScript/issues/9264, and
- github.com/Microsoft/TypeScript/issues/8306
Example of implementation hack of 'sealed method' as readonly property of type function which throws compiler error when attempting to override in extended class:
abstract class BaseClass {
protected element: JQuery<HTMLElement>;
constructor(element: JQuery<HTMLElement>) {
this.element = element;
}
readonly public dispose = (): void => {
this.element.remove();
}
}
class MyClass extends BaseClass {
constructor(element: JQuery<HTMLElement>) {
super(element);
}
public dispose(): void { } // Compiler error: "Property 'dispose' in type 'MyClass' is not assignable to the same property in base type 'BaseClass'"
}
TypeScript 2.0 supports "final" classes through using of private constructor:
class A {
private constructor(){}
}
class B extends A{} //Cannot extend a class 'A'. Class constructor is marked as private.ts(2675)