Interfaces

Interfaces allow you to construct the shape of certain implementation. Interfaces should not really be a new concept to you considering your background in .NET, and in TypeScript it is very much the same.

Interfaces are defined using the keyword interface, as follows:

enum Operand {    Sum, Subtract, Multiply, Divide}interface Calculable {    left: number;    right: number;    operand: Operand;}

Furthermore, interfaces support optional members and read-only properties, too:

interface Calculable {    readonly left: number;    readonly right: number;    operand?: Operand;}

In the preceding example, the Calculable interface has two readonly properties, left and right, as well as an optional operand property. Read-only declarations can only be set when ...

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