Typescript: 2.4.1 Error: Type "typeof _" has no properties in common with type 'Component'

[dgroh]

TypeScript Version: 2.4.1

Code

import { Component } from "@angular/core";

export function MockComponent(options: Component): Component {
  let metadata: Component = {
    selector: options.selector,
    template: options.template || "",
    inputs: options.inputs,
    outputs: options.outputs
  };

  return Component(metadata)(class {});
}

Expected behavior:

Actual behavior:

[dgroh]

This was working with the previous version

[dgroh]

Closing this issue as it seems to be something with the new update of Visual Studio Code

[Kamilius]

Got same error but in terminal, for me it seems like it's not a Visual Studio Code issue

[ValentinHruzinski]

You can find temp solution of problem in this issue:
https://github.com/cnunciato/ng2-mock-component/issues/8

[satish-pokala]

I got same error I am using "typescript": "2.6.2"

Type 'typeof UserMgmtComponent' has no properties in common with type 'Component'.

with old versions it was working fine for me.

did any one find any solution for it.

[RyanCavanaugh]

See https://blog.mariusschulz.com/2017/12/01/typescript-2-4-weak-type-detection for an explanation of this message