Merge branch 'master' of https://github.com/browngraphicslab/Dash-Web into presentation-reordering-mohammad

1 files changed, 6 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/src/new_fields/Types.ts b/src/new_fields/Types.ts
index 8dd893aa4..f8a4a30b4 100644
--- a/src/new_fields/Types.ts
+++ b/src/new_fields/Types.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import { Field, Opt, FieldResult, Doc } from "./Doc";
 import { List } from "./List";
 import { RefField } from "./RefField";
+import { DateField } from "./DateField";
 
 export type ToType<T extends InterfaceValue> =
     T extends "string" ? string :
@@ -45,9 +46,10 @@ export interface Interface {
     [key: string]: InterfaceValue;
     // [key: string]: ToConstructor<Field> | ListSpec<Field[]>;
 }
+export type WithoutRefField<T extends Field> = T extends RefField ? never : T;
 
 export function Cast<T extends ToConstructor<Field> | ListSpec<Field>>(field: FieldResult, ctor: T): FieldResult<ToType<T>>;
-export function Cast<T extends ToConstructor<Field> | ListSpec<Field>>(field: FieldResult, ctor: T, defaultVal: WithoutList<ToType<T>> | null): WithoutList<ToType<T>>;
+export function Cast<T extends ToConstructor<Field> | ListSpec<Field>>(field: FieldResult, ctor: T, defaultVal: WithoutList<WithoutRefField<ToType<T>>> | null): WithoutList<ToType<T>>;
 export function Cast<T extends ToConstructor<Field> | ListSpec<Field>>(field: FieldResult, ctor: T, defaultVal?: ToType<T> | null): FieldResult<ToType<T>> | undefined {
     if (field instanceof Promise) {
         return defaultVal === undefined ? field.then(f => Cast(f, ctor) as any) as any : defaultVal === null ? undefined : defaultVal;
@@ -79,6 +81,9 @@ export function StrCast(field: FieldResult, defaultVal: string | null = "") {
 export function BoolCast(field: FieldResult, defaultVal: boolean | null = null) {
     return Cast(field, "boolean", defaultVal);
 }
+export function DateCast(field: FieldResult) {
+    return Cast(field, DateField, null);
+}
 
 type WithoutList<T extends Field> = T extends List<infer R> ? (R extends RefField ? (R | Promise<R>)[] : R[]) : T;