From 7e41a99d68b0bc0fb25ef11f1ad3cf68e52c80ac Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Lupascu Rares <rarutu@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 17 Jul 2021 21:28:27 +0300
Subject: [PATCH] fix encode / decode by type to support branded ids

---
 src/utils.ts | 29 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 28 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/utils.ts b/src/utils.ts
index ce80e75..78b8674 100644
--- a/src/utils.ts
+++ b/src/utils.ts
@@ -28,6 +28,19 @@ export function encodeByType(type: string, value: any): string | null {
         return (value as Date).getTime().toString();
       }
 
+      /**
+       * Support for branded id's having the following structure
+       *
+       * interface ConversationId extends String {
+       *     _conversationBrand: string;
+       * }
+       *
+       * the above interface will support toString() method
+       */
+      if (typeof value.toString === 'function') {
+        return value.toString();
+      }
+
       break;
     }
     default: break;
@@ -38,7 +51,21 @@ export function encodeByType(type: string, value: any): string | null {
 
 export function decodeByType(type: string, value: string): string | number | Date {
   switch (type) {
-    case 'object':
+    case 'object': {
+      /**
+       * Support for branded id's having the following structure
+       *
+       * interface ConversationId extends String {
+       *     _conversationBrand: string;
+       * }
+       *
+       * the above interface will support toString() method
+       */
+      if (typeof value.toString === 'function') {
+        return value.toString();
+      }
+    }
+
     case 'date': {
       const timestamp = parseInt(value, 10);