From ca80f521af7471d22e461484c8c2c618c049abdd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Benjamin DeMann <benjamin.demann@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 4 Apr 2024 21:11:43 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] type fixes

---
 src/compiler/file_uploader/expand_paths.ts | 4 ++--
 src/lib/candid/serde/decode.ts             | 4 ++--
 src/lib/candid/serde/encode.ts             | 4 ++--
 src/lib/canister_methods/execute_method.ts | 2 +-
 4 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/compiler/file_uploader/expand_paths.ts b/src/compiler/file_uploader/expand_paths.ts
index 3eeaa60441..bf24dc0fa5 100644
--- a/src/compiler/file_uploader/expand_paths.ts
+++ b/src/compiler/file_uploader/expand_paths.ts
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ async function expandDirectory(
             },
             Promise.resolve([])
         );
-    } catch (error) {
-        throw new Error(`Error reading directory: ${error}`);
+    } catch (error: any) {
+        throw new Error(`Error reading directory: ${error.message}`);
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/lib/candid/serde/decode.ts b/src/lib/candid/serde/decode.ts
index eaa6dfda53..a4cc4fb3d8 100644
--- a/src/lib/candid/serde/decode.ts
+++ b/src/lib/candid/serde/decode.ts
@@ -17,10 +17,10 @@ import { DecodeVisitor } from './visitors/decode_visitor';
  * @param candidType either a built-in IDL data type, or an Azle-defined super-type
  * @returns the Azle representation of the data
  */
-export function decode(
+export function decode<T>(
     candidType: CandidType | CandidType[],
     data: ArrayBuffer
-): any | any[] {
+): T | T[] {
     if (Array.isArray(candidType)) {
         return decodeMultiple(candidType, data);
     }
diff --git a/src/lib/candid/serde/encode.ts b/src/lib/candid/serde/encode.ts
index 1bb5857de4..74a759be4f 100644
--- a/src/lib/candid/serde/encode.ts
+++ b/src/lib/candid/serde/encode.ts
@@ -17,9 +17,9 @@ import { EncodeVisitor } from './visitors/encode_visitor';
  * @param candidType either a built-in IDL data type, or an Azle-defined super-type
  * @returns candid bytes
  */
-export function encode(
+export function encode<T>(
     candidType: CandidType | CandidType[],
-    data: any | any[]
+    data: T | T[]
 ): Uint8Array {
     if (Array.isArray(candidType)) {
         if (Array.isArray(data)) {
diff --git a/src/lib/canister_methods/execute_method.ts b/src/lib/canister_methods/execute_method.ts
index 9743b33ece..0fe26ce61a 100644
--- a/src/lib/canister_methods/execute_method.ts
+++ b/src/lib/canister_methods/execute_method.ts
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ export function executeMethod(
     returnCandidType: CandidType,
     manual: boolean
 ) {
-    const decodedArgs = decode(paramCandidTypes, args[0]);
+    const decodedArgs = decode<any>(paramCandidTypes, args[0]);
 
     const result = getResult(decodedArgs, callback);