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How do you define a class in TypeScript?

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You write a class with the class keyword, as in JavaScript, and add types to its fields, constructor parameters and methods. Under strict mode, TypeScript also reports a field that is declared but never set, by an initializer or in the constructor.

class Person {
  private _id: number;
  protected name: string;
  public email: string;

  constructor(id: number, name: string, email: string) {
    this._id = id;
    this.name = name;
    this.email = email;
  }

  public greet(): string {
    return `Hello, I'm ${this.name}`;
  }

  protected getId(): number {
    return this._id;
  }
}

Members can carry the public, protected or private access modifiers, and public is the default.

Parameter properties shorten the common case. constructor(private id: number) {} declares the field and assigns it in one step.

A class can inherit from one base class with extends, and promise to match any number of interfaces with implements.

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