ts-nominal

Nominal typing in TypeScript.

Installation

# npm
npm install ts-nominal

# yarn
yarn add ts-nominal

# pnpm
pnpm install ts-nominal

Usage

Nominal<T, U>

Create a nominal type from any type T using the unique symbol U.

Example

import type { Nominal } from "ts-nominal";

declare const __FOO_STRING_ID: unique symbol;
type FooString = Nominal<string, typeof __FOO_STRING_ID>;

declare let foo: FooString;
declare let fooLike: string;

// 'FooString' can be assigned to type 'string'
fooLike = foo;

// 'string' cannot be assigned to type 'FooString'
foo = fooLike; // Error: Type 'string' is not assignable to type 'FooString'.

// casting still works
foo = fooLike as FooString;

nominal<T>(value)

Cast value to the nominal type T. Equivalent to value as T, but with autocompletion for value.
It does not modify value in any way and has essentially no overhead on the resulting JavaScript (transpiles to (value) => value).

Example

import { type Nominal, nominal } from "ts-nominal";

declare const __FOO_STRING_ID: unique symbol;
type FooString = Nominal<string, typeof __FOO_STRING_ID>;

const foo: FooString = nominal<FooString>("foo");

// create a factory by only providing the type argument
const createFoo = nominal<FooString>;
const foo2 = createFoo("foo2");

// comparisons still function as usual
foo === "foo"; // true
foo === "bar"; // false

License

MIT