//// [typeGuardsInProperties.ts] // Note that type guards affect types of variables and parameters only and // have no effect on members of objects such as properties. var num: number; var strOrNum: string | number; class C1 { private pp1: string | number; pp2: string | number; // Inside public accessor getter get pp3() { return strOrNum; } method() { strOrNum = typeof this.pp1 === "string" && this.pp1; // string | number strOrNum = typeof this.pp2 === "string" && this.pp2; // string | number strOrNum = typeof this.pp3 === "string" && this.pp3; // string | number } } var c1: C1; strOrNum = typeof c1.pp2 === "string" && c1.pp2; // string | number strOrNum = typeof c1.pp3 === "string" && c1.pp3; // string | number var obj1: { x: string | number; }; strOrNum = typeof obj1.x === "string" && obj1.x; // string | number //// [typeGuardsInProperties.js] // Note that type guards affect types of variables and parameters only and // have no effect on members of objects such as properties. var num; var strOrNum; var C1 = (function () { function C1() { } Object.defineProperty(C1.prototype, "pp3", { // Inside public accessor getter get: function () { return strOrNum; }, enumerable: true, configurable: true }); C1.prototype.method = function () { strOrNum = typeof this.pp1 === "string" && this.pp1; // string | number strOrNum = typeof this.pp2 === "string" && this.pp2; // string | number strOrNum = typeof this.pp3 === "string" && this.pp3; // string | number }; return C1; })(); var c1; strOrNum = typeof c1.pp2 === "string" && c1.pp2; // string | number strOrNum = typeof c1.pp3 === "string" && c1.pp3; // string | number var obj1; strOrNum = typeof obj1.x === "string" && obj1.x; // string | number