type-fest 0.8.1 → 0.12.0

package/source/union-to-intersection.d.ts

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+/**
+Convert a union type to an intersection type using [distributive conditional types](https://www.typescriptlang.org/docs/handbook/release-notes/typescript-2-8.html#distributive-conditional-types).
+
+Inspired by [this Stack Overflow answer](https://stackoverflow.com/a/50375286/2172153).
+
+@example
+```
+import {UnionToIntersection} from 'type-fest';
+
+type Union = {the(): void} | {great(arg: string): void} | {escape: boolean};
+
+type Intersection = UnionToIntersection<Union>;
+//=> {the(): void; great(arg: string): void; escape: boolean};
+```
+
+A more applicable example which could make its way into your library code follows.
+
+@example
+```
+import {UnionToIntersection} from 'type-fest';
+
+class CommandOne {
+	commands: {
+		a1: () => undefined,
+		b1: () => undefined,
+	}
+}
+
+class CommandTwo {
+	commands: {
+		a2: (argA: string) => undefined,
+		b2: (argB: string) => undefined,
+	}
+}
+
+const union = [new CommandOne(), new CommandTwo()].map(instance => instance.commands);
+type Union = typeof union;
+//=> {a1(): void; b1(): void} | {a2(argA: string): void; b2(argB: string): void}
+
+type Intersection = UnionToIntersection<Union>;
+//=> {a1(): void; b1(): void; a2(argA: string): void; b2(argB: string): void}
+```
+*/
+export type UnionToIntersection<Union> = (
+	// `extends any` is always going to be the case and is used to convert the
+	// `Union` into a [distributive conditional
+	// type](https://www.typescriptlang.org/docs/handbook/release-notes/typescript-2-8.html#distributive-conditional-types).
+	Union extends unknown
+		// The union type is used as the only argument to a function since the union
+		// of function arguments is an intersection.
+		? (distributedUnion: Union) => void
+		// This won't happen.
+		: never
+		// Infer the `Intersection` type since TypeScript represents the positional
+		// arguments of unions of functions as an intersection of the union.
+	) extends ((mergedIntersection: infer Intersection) => void)
+		? Intersection
+		: never;