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Extending Types

It is possible to extend an interface (copy members from another type):

interface X {
a: string;
}
interface Y extends X {
b: string;
}

It is also possible to extend from multiple types:

interface A {
a: string;
}
interface B {
b: string;
}
interface Y extends A, B {
y: string;
}

The extends keyword works only on interfaces and classes, for types use an intersection:

type A = {
a: number;
};
type B = {
b: number;
};
type C = A & B;

It is possible to extend a type using an inference but not vice versa:

type A = {
a: string;
};
interface B extends A {
b: string;
}