From 75acbc59ffccf79e92bed98db88dc09621d0ba43 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Sarah Dayan <5370675+sarahdayan@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 20 Sep 2023 05:56:28 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] fix(types): make `build` and `parse` generic (#594)

* fix(types): make `build` and `parse` generic

* fix: account for array types
---
 src/fxp.d.ts | 6 ++++--
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/fxp.d.ts b/src/fxp.d.ts
index d622f27e..68bbc3d8 100644
--- a/src/fxp.d.ts
+++ b/src/fxp.d.ts
@@ -88,9 +88,11 @@ type ValidationError = {
   };
 };
 
+type GenericObjectOrArray<TValue> = Record<string, unknown> | TValue[];
+
 export class XMLParser {
   constructor(options?: X2jOptionsOptional);
-  parse(xmlData: string | Buffer ,validationOptions?: validationOptionsOptional | boolean): any;
+  parse<TObject extends GenericObjectOrArray<unknown> = GenericObjectOrArray<unknown>>(xmlData: string | Buffer ,validationOptions?: validationOptionsOptional | boolean): TObject;
   /**
    * Add Entity which is not by default supported by this library
    * @param entityIndentifier {string} Eg: 'ent' for &ent;
@@ -104,5 +106,5 @@ export class XMLValidator{
 }
 export class XMLBuilder {
   constructor(options?: XmlBuilderOptionsOptional);
-  build(jObj: any): any;
+  build<TObject extends GenericObjectOrArray<unknown> = GenericObjectOrArray<unknown>>(jObj: TObject): string;
 }