title: How do I cast a JSON Object to a TypeScript class?
body: <p>I read a JSON object from a remote REST server. This JSON object has all the properties of a typescript class (by design). How do I cast that received JSON object to a type var?</p>
  
  <p>I don't want to populate a typescript var (ie have a constructor that takes this JSON object). It's large and copying everything across sub-object by sub-object &amp; property by property would take a lot of time.</p>
  
  <p><strong>Update:</strong> You can however <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/13320568/can-i-create-a-typescript-type-and-use-that-when-ajax-returns-json-data/13320802#13320802">cast it to a typescript interface!</a></p>