Typescript - Default parameters on class with interface

Question

I have a scenario where I have an interface which has a method like so:

interface SomeInterface {    SomeMethod(arg1: string, arg2: string, arg3: boolean); } 

And a class like so:

class SomeImplementation implements SomeInterface {    public SomeMethod(arg1: string, arg2: string, arg3: boolean = true){...} } 

Now the problem is I cannot seem to tell the interface that the 3rd option should be optional or have a default value, as if I try to tell the interface there is a default value I get the error:

TS2174: Default arguments are not allowed in an overload parameter.

If I omit the default from the interface and invokes it like so:

var myObject = new SomeImplementation(); myObject.SomeMethod("foo", "bar"); 

It complains that the parameters do not match any override. So is there a way to be able to have default values for parameters and inherit from an interface, I dont mind if the interface has to have the value as default too as it is always going to be an optional argument.

Answer 1

You can define the parameter to be optional with ?:

interface SomeInterface {      SomeMethod(arg1: string, arg2: string, arg3?: boolean); }