Use of Constructor in TypeScript

Constructor in TypeScript

Constructors are identified with the keyword "constructor". A Constructor is a special type of method of a class and it will be automatically invoked when an instance of the class is created. A class may contain at least one constructor declaration. If a class has no constructor, a constructor is provided automatically. A class can have any number of constructors. When you are using the attribute public or private with constructor parameters, a field is automatically created, which is assigned the value.

Syntax

constructor(ParameterList(Optional)) {
................

The following example tells you, how to use a constructor in TypeScript. Use the following procedure to create a program using a constructor.

Step 1

Open Visual Studio 2012 and click on "File" menu -> "New" -> "Project". A window will be opened. Specify the name of your application, like "ExampleOfConstructor". Your application will look like:

Then click on the OK button.

Step 2

After Step 1 your project has been created. The Solution Explorer, which is at the right side of Visual Studio, contains the js file, ts file, CSS file, and HTML files.

Step 3

The code of the Constructor program:

ExampleOfConstructor.ts

class MyExample {
public Fname: string;
public Lname: string;
constructor(Fname: string, Lname: string) {
this.Fname = Fname;
this.Lname = Lname;
alert("Company name=" + this.Fname + " " + this.Lname);
}
}
window.onload = () => {
var data = new MyExample("Mcn", "Solution");
}

Note In the above-declared program, I have the MyExample class, with a constructor which takes two string value as arguments. When I create an instance of the class (MyExample), the constructor is automatically executed.

default.html

< !DOCTYPEhtml >
<
htmllang = "en"
xmlns = "http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" >
<
head >
<
metacharset = "utf-8" / >
<
title > TypeScript HTML App < /title>
<
linkrel = "stylesheet"
href = "app.css"
type = "text/css" / >
<
scriptsrc = "app.js" > < /script>
<
/head>
<
body >
<
h1 > Example of Constructor < /h1>
<
divid = "content" / >
<
/body> <
/html>

app.js

var MyExample = (function() {
function MyExample(Fname, Lname) {
this.Fname = Fname;
this.Lname = Lname;
alert("Company name=" + this.Fname + " " + this.Lname);
}
return MyExample;
})();
window.onload = function() {
var data = new MyExample("Mcn", "Solution");
};

Output: