From a4956b02df1620315c0246ebfde78796d9d262e9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Junyoung Clare Jang <jjc9310@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 8 Aug 2018 05:30:42 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Update inquirer filter and validate to use any

---
 types/inquirer/index.d.ts        |  5 +++--
 types/inquirer/inquirer-tests.ts | 14 ++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 17 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/types/inquirer/index.d.ts b/types/inquirer/index.d.ts
index d00c037c71..5d976e896d 100644
--- a/types/inquirer/index.d.ts
+++ b/types/inquirer/index.d.ts
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 //                 Synarque <https://github.com/synarque>
 //                 Justin Rockwood <https://github.com/jrockwood>
 //                 Keith Kelly <https://github.com/kwkelly>
+//                 Junyoung Clare Jang <https://github.com/Ailrun>
 // Definitions: https://github.com/DefinitelyTyped/DefinitelyTyped
 
 // TypeScript Version: 2.3
@@ -116,12 +117,12 @@ declare namespace inquirer {
          * Receive the user input and should return true if the value is valid, and an error message (String)
          * otherwise. If false is returned, a default error message is provided.
          */
-        validate?(input: string, answers?: T): boolean | string | Promise<boolean | string>;
+        validate?(input: any, answers?: T): boolean | string | Promise<boolean | string>;
         /**
          * Receive the user input and return the filtered value to be used inside the program.
          * The value returned will be added to the Answers hash.
          */
-        filter?(input: string): string | Promise<string>;
+        filter?(input: string): any;
         /**
          * Receive the user input and return the transformed value to be displayed to the user. The
          * transformation only impacts what is shown while editing. It does not impact the answers
diff --git a/types/inquirer/inquirer-tests.ts b/types/inquirer/inquirer-tests.ts
index 85a81d761e..4c8ba9491f 100644
--- a/types/inquirer/inquirer-tests.ts
+++ b/types/inquirer/inquirer-tests.ts
@@ -670,3 +670,17 @@ var questions = [
 inquirer.createPromptModule({ output: process.stderr })(questions, function(answers) {
     console.log(JSON.stringify(answers, null, "  "));
 });
+
+// Work with JS inquirer but rejected by typing.
+inquirer.prompt([
+    {
+        type: "input",
+        name: "listOfThings",
+        filter(value: string): string[] {
+            return ["abc", "def"];
+        },
+        validate(value: string[]): boolean {
+            return value.length > 0;
+        }
+    }
+]);