TypeScript Enums Enums with explicit values
Example
By default all enum values are resolved to numbers. Let's say if you have something like
enum MimeType {
JPEG,
PNG,
PDF
}
the real value behind e.g. MimeType.PDF will be 2.
But some of the time it is important to have the enum resolve to a different type. E.g. you receive the value from backend / frontend / another system which is definitely a string. This could be a pain, but luckily there is this method:
enum MimeType {
JPEG = <any>'image/jpeg',
PNG = <any>'image/png',
PDF = <any>'application/pdf'
}
This resolves the MimeType.PDF to application/pdf.
Since TypeScript 2.4 it's possible to declare string enums:
enum MimeType {
JPEG = 'image/jpeg',
PNG = 'image/png',
PDF = 'application/pdf',
}
You can explicitly provide numeric values using the same method
enum MyType {
Value = 3,
ValueEx = 30,
ValueEx2 = 300
}
Fancier types also work, since non-const enums are real objects at runtime, for example
enum FancyType {
OneArr = <any>[1],
TwoArr = <any>[2, 2],
ThreeArr = <any>[3, 3, 3]
}
becomes
var FancyType;
(function (FancyType) {
FancyType[FancyType["OneArr"] = [1]] = "OneArr";
FancyType[FancyType["TwoArr"] = [2, 2]] = "TwoArr";
FancyType[FancyType["ThreeArr"] = [3, 3, 3]] = "ThreeArr";
})(FancyType || (FancyType = {}));
