async constructor functions in TypeScript?

Question

I have some setup I want during a constructor, but it seems that is not allowed

Which means I can't use:

How else should I do this?

Currently I have something outside like this, but this is not guaranteed to run in the order I want?

async function run() {
  let topic;
  debug("new TopicsModel");
  try {
    topic = new TopicsModel();
  } catch (err) {
    debug("err", err);
  }

  await topic.setup();

Answer 1

A constructor must return an instance of the class it 'constructs'. Therefore, it's not possible to return Promise<...> and await for it.

You can:

1. Make your public setup async.

2. Do not call it from the constructor.

3. Call it whenever you want to 'finalize' object construction.

   async function run() 
   {
       let topic;
       debug("new TopicsModel");
       try 
       {
           topic = new TopicsModel();
           await topic.setup();
       } 
       catch (err) 
       {
           debug("err", err);
       }
   }