I'm writing code that maps objects between different domains. Often times, the objects have multiple optional fields, and I want to copy them if they exist. My attempts in the code below:

• createFrom1: works, but has a lot of repetition.
• createFrom2: Doesn't work - optional properties become undefined

How can I accomplish this?

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interface type1 {
    mandatoryX: string; // plus more...
    optionalFoo?: string;
    optionalBaz?: string
}

interface type2 {
    mandatoryY: string; // plus more...
    optionalBar?: string;
    optionalBaz?: string
}

function createFrom(input: type1) : type2 {
    const output : type2 = {
        mandatoryY: input.mandatoryX,
    };

    if (input.optionalFoo != null) {
        output.optionalBar = input.optionalFoo;
    }

    if (input.optionalBaz != null) {
        output.optionalBar = input.optionalBaz;
    }

    return output;
}

function createFrom2(input: type1) : type2 {
    return {
        mandatoryY: input.mandatoryX,
        optionalBar: input.optionalFoo, // Doesn't work right - if input.optionalFoo is not defined, will create optionalBar: undefined
        optionalBaz: input.optionalBaz,
    };
}

CodePudding user response：

You can achieve this by using Spread syntax:

function createFrom2(input: type1) : type2 {
    return {
        mandatoryY: input.mandatoryX,
        ...input.optionalFoo && { optionalBar: input.optionalFoo }, 
        ...input.optionalBaz && { optionalBaz: input.optionalBaz },
    };
}

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