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Detecting Type of JSON Object

Published Jan 29, 2018Last updated Feb 01, 2018
Detecting Type of JSON Object

In C# we can use typeof to determine the object type e.g.

if("my string".GetType() == typeof(string))
{
    // This is a string block
}

To achieve the same on a complex json object, I wrote this generic utility class in typescript to determine the instance type of the object.

export class Mapping {
    /**
     * Checks if the given json object is type of a given instance (class/interface) type.
     * @param jsonObject Object to check.
     * @param instanceType The type to check for the object.
     * @returns true if object is of the given instance type; false otherwise.
     */
    public static isTypeOf<T>(jsonObject: Object, instanceType: { new(): T; }): boolean {
        // Check that all the properties of the JSON Object are also available in the Class.
        const instanceObject = new instanceType();
        for (let propertyName in instanceObject) {
            if (!jsonObject.hasOwnProperty(propertyName)) {
                // If any property in instance object is missing then we have a mismatch.
                return false;
            }
        }
        // All the properties are matching between object and the instance type.
        return true;
    };

    /**
     * Checks if the given json object is type of a given instance (class/interface) type.
     * @param jsonObject Object to check.
     * @param instanceType The type to check for the object.
     * @returns true if object is of the given instance type; false otherwise.
     */
    public static isCollectionTypeOf<T>(jsonObjectCollection: any[], instanceType: { new(): T; }): boolean {
        // Check that all the properties of the JSON Object are also available in the Class.
        const instanceObject = new instanceType();
        for (let jsonObject of jsonObjectCollection) {
            for (let propertyName in instanceObject) {
                if (!jsonObject.hasOwnProperty(propertyName)) {
                    // If any property in instance object is missing then we have a mismatch.
                    return false;
                }
            }
        }
        // All the properties are matching between object and the instance type.
        return true;
    };
}; // End of class: Mapping

Hope someone benefits from this solution 🙌
Happy Coding 😃

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Cristopher Mijares
6 years ago

Thanks so much

Faisal
3 years ago

You are welcome, glad that helped