Get properties of a class

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This TypeScript code

class A {
    private a1;
    public a2;
}

compiles to this JavaScript code

class A {
}

That’s because properties in JavaScript start extisting only after they have some value. You have to assign the properties some value.

class A {
    private a1 = "";
    public a2 = "";
}

it compiles to

class A {
    constructor() {
        this.a1 = "";
        this.a2 = "";
    }
}

Still, you cannot get the properties from mere class (you can get only methods from prototype). You must create an instance. Then you get the properties by calling Object.getOwnPropertyNames().

let a = new A();
let array = return Object.getOwnPropertyNames(a);

array[0] === "a1";
array[1] === "a2";

Applied to your example

class Describer {
    static describe(instance): Array<string> {
        return Object.getOwnPropertyNames(instance);
    }
}

let a = new A();
let x = Describer.describe(a);

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