typescript discriminated_union.ts

Posted 2021-05-20

// this is an example of discriminated unions
// this file isn't used in the project

interface ActionAdd {
  type: "ADD",
  payload: string
}

interface ActionDelete {
  type: "DELETE",
  payload: number
}

type Actions = ActionAdd | ActionDelete

function reducer(a: Actions) {
  switch(a.type) {
    case "ADD" : {
      // payload is a string
    }
    case "DELETE" : {
      // payload is a number
    }
  }
}