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Understanding typescript syntax for createContext

I am new to typescript.

Can someone please explain the syntax here?

Why are there two groups of signIn, signOut and user and what is the purpose of those two groups?

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Does the first group define what is returned and the next group is accepted params?

const AuthContext = React.createContext<{
  signIn(): void
  signOut(): void
  user: UserType | null
}>({
  signIn: () => undefined,
  signOut: () => undefined,
  user: null,
});

>Solution :

This first part righ here:

{
  signIn(): void
  signOut(): void
  user: UserType | null
}

Tells the type of the incoming variable.

This could be replaced by:

type CustomContext = {
  signIn(): void
  signOut(): void
  user: UserType | null
};

const AuthContext = React.createContext<CustomContext>();

The second part is a inline variable. e.g.:

let contextDefaults = {
  signIn: () => undefined,
  signOut: () => undefined,
  user: null,
};

const AuthContext = React.createContext<CustomContext>(contextDefaults);
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