deserialize arrays

[Geschan]

I tried to deserialize an array of items like this:

this.authHttp.get('/items')
  .map(response => deserialize(Item[], response.json()))
  .catch(this.handleError)
  .subscribe(data => console.log(data));

But the compiler didn't like it. How can I fix this?

[WilliamChelman]

You could try something like

this.authHttp.get('/items')
  .map(response => response.json().map(item => deserialize(Item, item)))
  .catch(this.handleError)
  .subscribe(data => console.log(data));

[jf3096]

@Geschan for now the first parameter of the deserialize method accept object. I will consider your case and add this feature soon.

[Vertygo]

+1 for deserializing arrays

[rreid116]

Was there a working solution for deserializing arrays, the solution @WilliamChelman provided produced an error "json is not a function"

[WilliamChelman]

@rreid116 The this.authHttp.get('/items') return a promise with a response object with the json method on it but you might not be using that particular service / library, do you ? The point of the answer is that, if you have an array (and I mean a real Array, not a string representation), you could always do something like:

let myArray = [...]; 
let myMappedArray = myArray.map(obj => deserialize(MyClass, obj))

[daveo1001]

+1 for deserialize array

[michaelsync]

Any update on this issue?