Replace explicit class name with current class

Question

Consider this class (it is supposed to be immutable):

class A {

  normalMethod1(): A{
    const instance = A.staticMethod1();
    return instance;
  }

  static staticMethod1: A(){
    return new this();
  }

}

it works fine, but how can I replace A.staticMethod with the current class name? Something like this.staticMethod (which doesn't work because i get ts2576 error) And also same thing for the return types, how to replace them with current class?

The reason for this is that if I ever change the class name, I would have to do it in one place instead of everywhere

possible duplicate of https://stackoverflow.com/questions/1782598/with-java-reflection-how-to-instantiate-a-new-object-then-call-a-method-on-it — J Asgarov, Jun 12 '23 at 06:32
You're looking for this ? https://github.com/microsoft/TypeScript/issues/5863 — Matthieu Riegler, Jun 12 '23 at 06:34

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Jun 12 '23 at 06:45

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class A {

  normalMethod1(): A{
    const instance = this.constructor.staticMethod1();
    return instance;
  }

  static staticMethod1: A(){
    return new this();
  }

}

Further reading https://stackoverflow.com/a/28648214/5089567

answered Jun 12 '23 at 06:45

Konrad

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The `staticMethod1: A()` part looks like a syntax error. – InSync Jun 12 '23 at 07:09

Replace explicit class name with current class

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