If I have an object that contains a variable of a specific type. Can I somehow access that type? The following obviously doesn’t work: public type ObjectType = object { first: Text; }; // not valid syntax! let myVar: ObjectType.first = "John"; I’d ultimately like to access the Interface of a…

[image] Mathias: If I have an object that contains a variable of a specific type. Can I somehow access that type? The following obviously doesn’t work: public type ObjectType = object { first: Text; }; // not valid syntax! let myVar: ObjectType.first = "John"; You can do this: public …

Can I access a specific type of an object or even a service/interface?

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Severin December 14, 2022, 3:08pm 7

I didn’t exactly understand what you’d want to have, but I feel like you’re interested in subtyping. Could you have a look at this and this and tell me if this is useful?

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Can I access a specific type of an object or even a service/interface?

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