[docs]: Documentation for Class<T>, $PropertyType<T, x>, $Exact<T>, and *

website/docs/ref/utility-types.doc.js

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 */
 
-/*
-# Utility Types
-*/
-
 /*
 ## `$Keys<T>`
 In Flow you can [use union types similar to enums](builtins.html#literal-types):
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 /*
 ## `Class<T>`
-Work in progress
+Given a type `T` representing instances of a class `C`, the type `Class<T>` is the type of the class `C`.
+For example:
+*/
+
+class Store {}
+class ExtendedStore extends Store {}
+class Model {}
+
+function makeStore(storeClass: Class<Store>) {
+  return new storeClass();
+}
+
+(makeStore(Store): Store);
+(makeStore(ExtendedStore): Store);
+// $ExpectError
+(makeStore(Model): Model); // error, Class<Model> does not satisfy Class<Store>
+// $ExpectError
+(makeStore(ExtendedStore): Model); // Flow infers the return type
+
+/*
+For classes that take type parameters, you must also provide the parameter. For example:
+*/
+
+class ParamStore<T: *> {
+  constructor(data: T) {}
+}
 
+function makeParamStore<T>(storeClass: Class<ParamStore<T>>, data: T): ParamStore<T> {
+  return new storeClass(data);
+}
+(makeParamStore(ParamStore, 1): ParamStore<number>);
+// $ExpectError
+(makeParamStore(ParamStore, 1): ParamStore<boolean>);
+
+/*
 ## `$Supertype<T>`
 Work in progress
 
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 ## `$Abstract<T>`
 Work in progress
 
-## `#PropertyType<T, x>`
-Work in progress
+## `$PropertyType<T, x>`
+A $PropertyType is the type at a given key.
+
+As of Flow v0.36.0, `x` must be a literal string. In future versions, `x` may be allowed to be any type, as long
+as that type exists on the keys of `T`.
 */
+
+type Person = {
+  name: string,
+  age: number,
+  parent: Person
+};
+
+const newName: $PropertyType<Person, 'name'> = 'Charlie';
+const newAge: $PropertyType<Person, 'age'> = 21;
+// $ExpectError
+const newParent: $PropertyType<Person, 'parent'> = 'Mike';
+
+/*
+This can be especially useful for referring to the type of React props, or, even the entire `props` type itself.
+*/
+
+import React from 'react';
+class Tooltip extends React.Component {
+  props: {
+    text: string,
+    onMouseOver: ({x: number, y: number}) => void
+  };
+}
+
+const someProps: $PropertyType<Tooltip, 'props'> = {
+  text: 'foo',
+  onMouseOver: (data: {x: number, y: number}) => undefined
+};
+
+// $ExpectError
+const otherProps: $PropertyType<Tooltip, 'props'> = {
+  text: 'foo'
+};
+
+/*
+You can even nest lookups:
+*/
+type PositionHandler = $PropertyType<$PropertyType<Tooltip, 'props'>, 'onMouseOver'>;
+const handler: PositionHandler = (data: {x: number, y: number}) => undefined;
+// $ExpectError
+const handler2: PositionHandler = (data: string) => undefined;
+
+/*
+You can use this in combination with `Class<T>` to get static props:
+*/
+
+class BackboneModel {
+  static idAttribute: string | false;
+}
+
+type ID = $PropertyType<Class<BackboneModel>, 'idAttribute'>;
+const someID: ID = '1234';
+// $ExpectError
+const someBadID: ID = true;
+
+/*
+## `*`
+`*` is known as the existential type.
+
+An existential type is used as a placeholder to tell Flow to infer the type.
+
+For example, in the `Class<ParamStore<T>>` example, we could have used an existential type for the return:
+*/
+function makeParamStore<T>(storeClass: Class<ParamStore<T>>, data: T): * {
+  return new storeClass(data);
+}
+(makeParamStore(ParamStore, 1): ParamStore<number>);
+// $ExpectError
+(makeParamStore(ParamStore, 1): ParamStore<boolean>);
+
+/*
+The `*` can be thought of as an "auto" instruction to Flow, telling it to fill in the type from context.
+
+In comparison to `any`, `*` may allow you to avoid losing type safety.
+
+The existential operator is also useful for automatically filling in types without unnecessary verbosity:
+*/
+
+class DataStore {
+  data: *; // If this weren't defined, you'd get an error just trying to assign `data`
+  constructor() {
+    this.data = {
+      name: 'DataStore',
+      isOffline: true
+    };
+  }
+  goOnline() {
+    this.data.isOffline = false;
+  }
+  changeName() {
+    // $ExpectError
+    this.data.isOffline = 'SomeStore'; // oops, wrong key!
+  }
+}