casting

The difference is that as Circle works in TSX files, but <Circle> conflicts with JSX syntax. as was introduced for this reason. For example, the following code in a .tsx file: var circle = <Circle> createShape(“circle”); Will result in the following error: error TS17002: Expected corresponding JSX closing tag for ‘Circle’. However, as Circle will … Read more

You can cast like this: return this.createMarkerStyle(<MarkerSymbolInfo> symbolInfo); Or like this if you want to be compatible with tsx mode: return this.createMarkerStyle(symbolInfo as MarkerSymbolInfo); Just remember that this is a compile-time cast, and not a runtime cast.