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I have a method that I must implement through an abstract class, which has a signature like this:



isAuthenticated(path: string): boolean


In the implementation I'm calling a promise from an authorization server



isAuthenticated(path: string): boolean {

this.authorization.isAuthenticated().then((res) => {
if(res == true) {
return true;
}
return false;
});
}


But the method gives me a error/warning like this:



A function whose type is neither declared type is neither 'void' nor 'any' must return a value









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  • your promise return something in your function. you need to return the result with maybe return this.authorisation....

    – charles Lgn
    Nov 20 '18 at 14:59
















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I have a method that I must implement through an abstract class, which has a signature like this:



isAuthenticated(path: string): boolean


In the implementation I'm calling a promise from an authorization server



isAuthenticated(path: string): boolean {

this.authorization.isAuthenticated().then((res) => {
if(res == true) {
return true;
}
return false;
});
}


But the method gives me a error/warning like this:



A function whose type is neither declared type is neither 'void' nor 'any' must return a value









share|improve this question























  • your promise return something in your function. you need to return the result with maybe return this.authorisation....

    – charles Lgn
    Nov 20 '18 at 14:59














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I have a method that I must implement through an abstract class, which has a signature like this:



isAuthenticated(path: string): boolean


In the implementation I'm calling a promise from an authorization server



isAuthenticated(path: string): boolean {

this.authorization.isAuthenticated().then((res) => {
if(res == true) {
return true;
}
return false;
});
}


But the method gives me a error/warning like this:



A function whose type is neither declared type is neither 'void' nor 'any' must return a value









share|improve this question














I have a method that I must implement through an abstract class, which has a signature like this:



isAuthenticated(path: string): boolean


In the implementation I'm calling a promise from an authorization server



isAuthenticated(path: string): boolean {

this.authorization.isAuthenticated().then((res) => {
if(res == true) {
return true;
}
return false;
});
}


But the method gives me a error/warning like this:



A function whose type is neither declared type is neither 'void' nor 'any' must return a value






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  • your promise return something in your function. you need to return the result with maybe return this.authorisation....

    – charles Lgn
    Nov 20 '18 at 14:59



















  • your promise return something in your function. you need to return the result with maybe return this.authorisation....

    – charles Lgn
    Nov 20 '18 at 14:59

















your promise return something in your function. you need to return the result with maybe return this.authorisation....

– charles Lgn
Nov 20 '18 at 14:59





your promise return something in your function. you need to return the result with maybe return this.authorisation....

– charles Lgn
Nov 20 '18 at 14:59












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You are not returning anything from isAuthenticated. You also cannot just "wait" here for the result that simply.



You can do this:



isAuthenticated(path: string): Promise<boolean> {
// return the ".then" to return a promise of the type returned
// in the .then
return this.authorization.isAuthenticated().then((res) => {
if(res === true) {
return true;
}
return false;
});
}


And allow the caller to "wait" for the boolean result.



Note: Assuming that this.authorization.isAuthenticated returns a Promise<boolean> and you don't need to do any other actions in the .then, the code could be simplified to:



isAuthenticated(path: string): Promise<boolean> {
return this.authorization.isAuthenticated();
}





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    You could also use async/wait typescriptlang.org/play/…

    – Titian Cernicova-Dragomir
    Nov 20 '18 at 15:05











  • @JohnnyHK Probably, but I did not want to assume too much or change too much from what they had. But I did realize that the .then is probably unnecessary.

    – crashmstr
    Nov 20 '18 at 15:06











  • @TitianCernicova-Dragomir Yes. Not as familiar yet with that syntax, but the ultimate point is that the code won't stop and wait for the result: you need to have the caller "wait" for it with some syntax.

    – crashmstr
    Nov 20 '18 at 15:08











  • Thanks! But the problem is that I'm implementing an abstract method that just returns a boolean not Promise<boolean>.

    – Tom Kurian
    Nov 20 '18 at 15:21











  • @TomKurian Since this.authorization.isAuthenticated returns a promise, you can only get the boolean result by .then, await in an async function, or a callback function. All of which will be completed asynchronously. Thus, there is no way of returning "just a boolean" from this function.

    – crashmstr
    Nov 20 '18 at 15:24











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You are not returning anything from isAuthenticated. You also cannot just "wait" here for the result that simply.



You can do this:



isAuthenticated(path: string): Promise<boolean> {
// return the ".then" to return a promise of the type returned
// in the .then
return this.authorization.isAuthenticated().then((res) => {
if(res === true) {
return true;
}
return false;
});
}


And allow the caller to "wait" for the boolean result.



Note: Assuming that this.authorization.isAuthenticated returns a Promise<boolean> and you don't need to do any other actions in the .then, the code could be simplified to:



isAuthenticated(path: string): Promise<boolean> {
return this.authorization.isAuthenticated();
}





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  • 1





    You could also use async/wait typescriptlang.org/play/…

    – Titian Cernicova-Dragomir
    Nov 20 '18 at 15:05











  • @JohnnyHK Probably, but I did not want to assume too much or change too much from what they had. But I did realize that the .then is probably unnecessary.

    – crashmstr
    Nov 20 '18 at 15:06











  • @TitianCernicova-Dragomir Yes. Not as familiar yet with that syntax, but the ultimate point is that the code won't stop and wait for the result: you need to have the caller "wait" for it with some syntax.

    – crashmstr
    Nov 20 '18 at 15:08











  • Thanks! But the problem is that I'm implementing an abstract method that just returns a boolean not Promise<boolean>.

    – Tom Kurian
    Nov 20 '18 at 15:21











  • @TomKurian Since this.authorization.isAuthenticated returns a promise, you can only get the boolean result by .then, await in an async function, or a callback function. All of which will be completed asynchronously. Thus, there is no way of returning "just a boolean" from this function.

    – crashmstr
    Nov 20 '18 at 15:24
















1














You are not returning anything from isAuthenticated. You also cannot just "wait" here for the result that simply.



You can do this:



isAuthenticated(path: string): Promise<boolean> {
// return the ".then" to return a promise of the type returned
// in the .then
return this.authorization.isAuthenticated().then((res) => {
if(res === true) {
return true;
}
return false;
});
}


And allow the caller to "wait" for the boolean result.



Note: Assuming that this.authorization.isAuthenticated returns a Promise<boolean> and you don't need to do any other actions in the .then, the code could be simplified to:



isAuthenticated(path: string): Promise<boolean> {
return this.authorization.isAuthenticated();
}





share|improve this answer





















  • 1





    You could also use async/wait typescriptlang.org/play/…

    – Titian Cernicova-Dragomir
    Nov 20 '18 at 15:05











  • @JohnnyHK Probably, but I did not want to assume too much or change too much from what they had. But I did realize that the .then is probably unnecessary.

    – crashmstr
    Nov 20 '18 at 15:06











  • @TitianCernicova-Dragomir Yes. Not as familiar yet with that syntax, but the ultimate point is that the code won't stop and wait for the result: you need to have the caller "wait" for it with some syntax.

    – crashmstr
    Nov 20 '18 at 15:08











  • Thanks! But the problem is that I'm implementing an abstract method that just returns a boolean not Promise<boolean>.

    – Tom Kurian
    Nov 20 '18 at 15:21











  • @TomKurian Since this.authorization.isAuthenticated returns a promise, you can only get the boolean result by .then, await in an async function, or a callback function. All of which will be completed asynchronously. Thus, there is no way of returning "just a boolean" from this function.

    – crashmstr
    Nov 20 '18 at 15:24














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You are not returning anything from isAuthenticated. You also cannot just "wait" here for the result that simply.



You can do this:



isAuthenticated(path: string): Promise<boolean> {
// return the ".then" to return a promise of the type returned
// in the .then
return this.authorization.isAuthenticated().then((res) => {
if(res === true) {
return true;
}
return false;
});
}


And allow the caller to "wait" for the boolean result.



Note: Assuming that this.authorization.isAuthenticated returns a Promise<boolean> and you don't need to do any other actions in the .then, the code could be simplified to:



isAuthenticated(path: string): Promise<boolean> {
return this.authorization.isAuthenticated();
}





share|improve this answer















You are not returning anything from isAuthenticated. You also cannot just "wait" here for the result that simply.



You can do this:



isAuthenticated(path: string): Promise<boolean> {
// return the ".then" to return a promise of the type returned
// in the .then
return this.authorization.isAuthenticated().then((res) => {
if(res === true) {
return true;
}
return false;
});
}


And allow the caller to "wait" for the boolean result.



Note: Assuming that this.authorization.isAuthenticated returns a Promise<boolean> and you don't need to do any other actions in the .then, the code could be simplified to:



isAuthenticated(path: string): Promise<boolean> {
return this.authorization.isAuthenticated();
}






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  • 1





    You could also use async/wait typescriptlang.org/play/…

    – Titian Cernicova-Dragomir
    Nov 20 '18 at 15:05











  • @JohnnyHK Probably, but I did not want to assume too much or change too much from what they had. But I did realize that the .then is probably unnecessary.

    – crashmstr
    Nov 20 '18 at 15:06











  • @TitianCernicova-Dragomir Yes. Not as familiar yet with that syntax, but the ultimate point is that the code won't stop and wait for the result: you need to have the caller "wait" for it with some syntax.

    – crashmstr
    Nov 20 '18 at 15:08











  • Thanks! But the problem is that I'm implementing an abstract method that just returns a boolean not Promise<boolean>.

    – Tom Kurian
    Nov 20 '18 at 15:21











  • @TomKurian Since this.authorization.isAuthenticated returns a promise, you can only get the boolean result by .then, await in an async function, or a callback function. All of which will be completed asynchronously. Thus, there is no way of returning "just a boolean" from this function.

    – crashmstr
    Nov 20 '18 at 15:24














  • 1





    You could also use async/wait typescriptlang.org/play/…

    – Titian Cernicova-Dragomir
    Nov 20 '18 at 15:05











  • @JohnnyHK Probably, but I did not want to assume too much or change too much from what they had. But I did realize that the .then is probably unnecessary.

    – crashmstr
    Nov 20 '18 at 15:06











  • @TitianCernicova-Dragomir Yes. Not as familiar yet with that syntax, but the ultimate point is that the code won't stop and wait for the result: you need to have the caller "wait" for it with some syntax.

    – crashmstr
    Nov 20 '18 at 15:08











  • Thanks! But the problem is that I'm implementing an abstract method that just returns a boolean not Promise<boolean>.

    – Tom Kurian
    Nov 20 '18 at 15:21











  • @TomKurian Since this.authorization.isAuthenticated returns a promise, you can only get the boolean result by .then, await in an async function, or a callback function. All of which will be completed asynchronously. Thus, there is no way of returning "just a boolean" from this function.

    – crashmstr
    Nov 20 '18 at 15:24








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You could also use async/wait typescriptlang.org/play/…

– Titian Cernicova-Dragomir
Nov 20 '18 at 15:05





You could also use async/wait typescriptlang.org/play/…

– Titian Cernicova-Dragomir
Nov 20 '18 at 15:05













@JohnnyHK Probably, but I did not want to assume too much or change too much from what they had. But I did realize that the .then is probably unnecessary.

– crashmstr
Nov 20 '18 at 15:06





@JohnnyHK Probably, but I did not want to assume too much or change too much from what they had. But I did realize that the .then is probably unnecessary.

– crashmstr
Nov 20 '18 at 15:06













@TitianCernicova-Dragomir Yes. Not as familiar yet with that syntax, but the ultimate point is that the code won't stop and wait for the result: you need to have the caller "wait" for it with some syntax.

– crashmstr
Nov 20 '18 at 15:08





@TitianCernicova-Dragomir Yes. Not as familiar yet with that syntax, but the ultimate point is that the code won't stop and wait for the result: you need to have the caller "wait" for it with some syntax.

– crashmstr
Nov 20 '18 at 15:08













Thanks! But the problem is that I'm implementing an abstract method that just returns a boolean not Promise<boolean>.

– Tom Kurian
Nov 20 '18 at 15:21





Thanks! But the problem is that I'm implementing an abstract method that just returns a boolean not Promise<boolean>.

– Tom Kurian
Nov 20 '18 at 15:21













@TomKurian Since this.authorization.isAuthenticated returns a promise, you can only get the boolean result by .then, await in an async function, or a callback function. All of which will be completed asynchronously. Thus, there is no way of returning "just a boolean" from this function.

– crashmstr
Nov 20 '18 at 15:24





@TomKurian Since this.authorization.isAuthenticated returns a promise, you can only get the boolean result by .then, await in an async function, or a callback function. All of which will be completed asynchronously. Thus, there is no way of returning "just a boolean" from this function.

– crashmstr
Nov 20 '18 at 15:24


















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