typescript - create object from values in array

Issue

let's say I have a model definition like this.

export interface Basicdata {
    materialnumber: number;
    type: string;
    materialclass: string;
}

I furthermore have an array with values, which match exactly the order of the Basicdata model, i.e.

["10003084", "S", "CLIP"]

I am searching for a way to create the object from these values in the array. What I did is creating an empty object and assigning the array values.

const singleRow = rows[0];

const newBD: Basicdata = {
 materialnumber: 0,
 type: '',
 materialclass: '',  
}


newBD.materialnumber = singleRow[0];
newBD.type = singleRow[1];
newBD.materialclass = singleRow[2];

But surely there is a better, more elegant way to do that, no? I looked into map and reduce but could find a way.

Thank you.

Solution

As others have mentioned, use a class so that you can use the spread operator (technically you could create a function that returns an objects that meets the interface Basicdata, but you should use a class)

class Basicdata {
  materialnumber: number;
  type: string;
  materialclass: string;

  constructor(materialnumber: string | number, type: string, materialclass: string, ...rest: any) {
    this.materialnumber = typeof materialnumber === "number" ? materialnumber : parseInt(materialnumber);
    this.type = type;
    this.materialclass = materialclass;
  }
}

const rows: [string, string, string][] = [
  ["10003084", "S", "CLIP"],
  ["4324324", "B", "FOUR"],
  ["4444432", "C", "CORN"],
];

const singleRow = rows[0];

const newBD = new Basicdata(...singleRow) ;

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Answered By - Samathingamajig