Typescript typed array not displaying data

Question

I am using Angular 7 and Typescript 3 to create a pre-populate array of ingredients in a service that will be used in a component but when I print the array out to the console, I am getting an array of empty objects.

If I create the typed array using object literals it will work, but if I create the array using the new operator, the array, will not contain any data.

EDITED: Added snippet of ingredient class

export class Ingredient {
    constructor(name?: string, amount?: number, measurement?: string) {}
}

This contains data:

export class ShoppingListService {
  private ingredients: Ingredient[] = [{
    name: 'shrimp',
    amount: 1,
    measurement: 'cup'
  },
  {
    name: 'bib lettuce',
    amount: 1,
    measurement: 'bunch'
  }];
  constructor() { 
   console.log('ingredients', this.ingredients);
   }

console output:

ingredients [{name: "shrimp", amount: 1, measurement: "cup"},
             {name: "bib lettuce", amount: 1, measurement: "bunch"}
            ]

This this doesn't contain data

export class ShoppingListService {
  private ingredients = [
    new Ingredient('shrimp', 1, 'cup'),
    new Ingredient('bib lettuce', 1, 'bunch')
  ];

  constructor() {
    console.log('ingredients', this.ingredients);
   }
}

console output:

ingredients [Ingredient{}, Ingredient{}]

I have also tried using the following syntax, but I get the same output as the example above:

private ingredients: Ingredient[] = [
    new Ingredient('shrimp', 1, 'cup'),
    new Ingredient('bib lettuce', 1, 'bunch')
  ];

is there some typescript or angular logic that I am missing here? The example above is used in the Angular docs here: Angular: Using the Hero class

Answer 1

**Working code for both scenario** 


//ingredient.ts

export class Ingredient{
  constructor(public  name: string, public id: number, public measurment: string){
  }  
}

//ingredient.component.ts

    import {Component} from '@angular/core';
    import { Ingredient } from './ingredient ';
    @Component({
      selector: 'app-ingredient',
      template: 'Ingredient'
    })
    export class IngredientComponent{
        private ingredients: Ingredient[] = [{
        name: 'shrimp',
        id: 1,
        measurment: 'cup'
      },
      {
        name: 'bib lettuce',
        id: 1,
        measurment: 'bunch'
      }];
    /*
      ingredients = [
        new Ingredient('shrimp', 1, 'cup'),
        new Ingredient('bib lettuce', 1, 'bunch')
      ];
    */

      constructor(){
    console.log(this.ingredients);
      }
    }