typescript-method-overloading.ts

export class HtmlElementFactory {
        // method overloading - sort off... pretty weird
        static CreateGeneric(elementName: string): HTMLElement;
        static CreateGeneric(elementName: string, elementId: string, 
            innerHTML:string,attributes: Array<HtmlElementAttributes>) : HTMLElement;

        static CreateGeneric(elementName: string, elementId?: string, 
            innerHTML?:string, attributes?: Array<HtmlElementAttributes>) : HTMLElement {

            var htmlElement = document.createElement(elementName);
            htmlElement.id = (elementId) ? elementId : "";
            htmlElement.innerHTML = (innerHTML) ? innerHTML : "";

            if (attributes) {
                for (let attr of attributes)
                    htmlElement.setAttribute(attr.key, attr.value);
            }
            
            return htmlElement;
        }