This change aligns the stability of `ComponentFixture` with that of
`ApplicationRef`, preventing confusing differences between the two as
more APIs start using the `PendingTasks` that may not be tracked by
`NgZone`.
BREAKING CHANGE: `ComponentFixture.whenStable` now matches the
`ApplicationRef.isStable` observable. Prior to this change, stability
of the fixture did not include everything that was considered in
`ApplicationRef`. `whenStable` of the fixture will now include unfinished
router navigations and unfinished `HttpClient` requests. This will cause
tests that `await` the `whenStable` promise to time out when there are
incomplete requests. To fix this, remove the `whenStable`,
instead wait for another condition, or ensure `HttpTestingController`
mocks responses for all requests. Try adding `HttpTestingController.verify()`
before your `await fixture.whenStable` to identify the open requests.
Also, make sure your tests wait for the stability promise. We found many
examples of tests that did not, meaning the expectations did not execute
within the test body.
In addition, `ComponentFixture.isStable` would synchronously switch to
true in some scenarios but will now always be asynchronous.
PR Close#54949
An initializer API like `input`, `output`, or signal queries may not be
compatible with certain access levels. E.g. queries cannot work with ES
private class fields.
This commit introduces a check for access levels into the initializer
API recognition— enforcing that every initializer API *clearly*
specifies what type of access is allowed.
PR Close#54981
This commit improves the API documentation for `input` after
we added support for initializer APIs in angular.dev docs generation.
Changes:
- Rename `ReadT` to `T`. This conceptually makes it easy to talk about
inputs of type `T` if there is no transform involved. The common case.
- Rename `WriteT` to `TransformT`. This makes it clear that this is the
type that the "transform" needs to handle.
- Improves the "overall" description of the input function so that it
can be shown as a general overview for the API site.
- Improves usage notes to be a little more helpful, yielding more useful
content in the API docs usage notes section.
- Add short JSDoc description for each individual overload.
PR Close#54925
This commit ensures components in the route config predictably always
get their providers from the hierarchy available to routes rather than
sometimes being dependent on where they are inserted.
fixes#53369
BREAKING CHANGE: Providers available to the routed components always
come from the injector heirarchy of the routes and never inherit from
the `RouterOutlet`. This means that providers available only to the
component that defines the `RouterOutlet` will no longer be available to
route components in any circumstances. This was already the case
whenever routes defined providers, either through lazy loading an
`NgModule` or through explicit `providers` on the route config.
PR Close#54265
This commit updates the logic around `Route.redirectTo` to enable using a
function to create the redirect. This function can return a string,
ands acts the same as previous string redirects, or a `UrlTree`, which
will act as an absolute redirect.
To be useful, the redirect function needs access to the params and data.
Today, developers can access these in their redirect strings, for
example `{path: ':id', redirectTo: '/user/:id'}`. Unfortunately,
developers only have access to params and data on the _current route_
today in the redirect strings. The params and data in the `RedirectFn`
give developers access to anything from the matched parent routes as
well. This is done as the same way as param and data aggregation later
on (https://github.com/angular/angular/blob/897f014785578d87bc655ea6ae9e113653960f50/packages/router/src/router_state.ts#L236-L278).
In order to accomplish this, we inherit params and data while
matching, after the `ActivatedRouteSnapshot` is created for the matched
route rather than waiting until the end.
The `RedirectFunction` does not return the full
`ActivatedRouteSnapshot` interface. Some things are not accurately known
at the route matching phase. For example, resolvers are not run until
later, so any resolved title would not be populated. The same goes for lazy
loaded components. The is also true for all the snapshots up to the
root, so properties that include parents (root, parent, pathFromRoot)
are also excluded. And naturally, the full route matching hasn't yet
happened so firstChild and children are not available either.
fixes#13373resolves#28661 (though not for the redirect string - you would return a
`UrlTree` from the function)
BREAKING CHANGE: This change allows `Route.redirectTo` to be a function
in addition to the previous string. Code which expects `redirectTo` to
only be a string on `Route` objects will need to be adjusted.
PR Close#52606
Returning `UrlTree` from a guard was a convenient new feature added to
the `Router`. However, it does not have feature-parity with the old
`router.navigate(...); return false;` pattern. The most common use-case
for this feature is to redirect to a new page _without_ updating the URL
from the initially attempted navigation. For example, rendering a 404
page when the user does not have access privelages to a route.
Fixes#17004Fixes#27148
BREAKING CHANGE: Guards can now return `RedirectCommand` for redirects
in addition to `UrlTree`. Code which expects only `boolean` or `UrlTree`
values in `Route` types will need to be adjusted.
PR Close#45023
`TemplateDefinitionBuilder` is the legacy template compiler, and was replaced by Template Pipeline as the default in v17.3.
This PR attempts to delete `TemplateDefinitionBuilder`, `ExpressionConverter`, and various helpers (i18n context, style builder, property visitors, etc).
Consider this a first pass: a lot of code has not yet been deleted (e.g. old TDB-specific test cases), and I'm sure I have missed additional helper code.
PR Close#54757
An `EventEmitter` is a construct owned by Angular that should be
used for outputs as of right now.
As we are introducing the new `OutputRef` interface for the new output
function APIs, we also think `EventEmitter` should implement
`OutputRef`— ensuring all "known" outputs follow the same contract.
This commit ensures `EventEmitter` implements an `OutputRef`
Note: An output ref captures the destroy ref from the current injection
context for clean-up purposes. This is also done for `EventEmitter` in a
backwards compatible way:
- not requiring an injection context. EventEmitter may be used
elsewhere.
- not cleaning up subscriptions/completing the emitter when the
directive/component is destroyed. This would be a change in behavior.
Note 2: The dependency on `DestroyRef` causes it to be retained in all
bundling examples because ironically `NgZone` uses `EventEmitter`- not
for outputs. The code is pretty minimal though, so that should be
acceptable.
`EventEmitter` will now always retain `NgZone. This increases the
payload size slightly around 800b for AIO. Note that the other increases
were coming from previous changes. This commit just pushed it over the
threshold.
PR Close#54650
A model signal is technically an output, at runtime and conceptually.
This commit re-uses the shared output ref logic and ensures the
interfaces match.
PR Close#54650
This commit introduces an addition to `output()` and
`outputFromObservable`()` —called `outputToObservable()`.
The helper lives in the RxJS interop package and allows agnostic
programmatic subscriptions to `OutputRef`s by converting the output
to an observable with `.pipe` etc.
The function is ideally used in all places where you subscribe to an
output programmatically. Those outputs in the future, with the new APIs,
may not be actual RxJS constructs, but abstract `OutputRef`'s that
simply expose a `.subscribe` method. The helper allows you to
agnostically convert outputs to RxJS observables that you can safely
interact with.
The observables are also completed automatically, if possible, when the
owning directive/component is destroyed— Something that is not
guaranteed right now.
PR Close#54650
Introduces a second API in addition to the new `output()` function.
The new function `outputFromObservable()` can be used to declare outputs
using the new `OutputRef` API and `output()` API, while using a custom
RxJS observable as data source.
This is something that is currently possible in Angular and we would
like to keep possible- even though we never intended to support custom
observables aside from RxJS-based `EventEmitter`.
The interop bridges the gap and allows you to continue using
`Subject`, `ReplaySubject`, `BehaivorSubjct,` - or cold custom
observables for outputs. You can still trigger logic only when
the output is subscribed- unlike with imperative `emit`s of
`EventEmitter` or the new `OutputEmitterRef`.
A notable difference is that you need two class members where you
previously could access the `Subject` directly. This is an intentional
trade-off we've made to ensure that all new outputs implement the
`OutputRef` interface and we are exposing a minimal API surface to
consumers of components that currently access the output
programmatically.
PR Close#54650
This commit exposes the new `output()` API with numerous benefits:
- Symmetrical API to `input()`, `model()` etc.
- Fixed types for `EventEmitter.emit`— current `emit` method of
`EventEmitter` is broken and accepts `undefined` via `emit(value?: T)`
- Removal of RxJS specific concepts from outputs. error channels,
completion channels etc. We now have a simple consistent
interface.
- Automatic clean-up of subscribers upon directive/component destory-
when subscribed programmatically.
```ts
@Directive({..})
export class MyDir {
nameChange = output<string>(); // OutputEmitterRef<string>
onClick = output(); // OutputEmitterRef<void>
}
```
Note: RxJS custom observable cases will be handled in future commits via
explicit helpers from the interop.
PR Close#54650
This refactor makes it easier to update the return types of guards.
Rather than having to track what types guards can return, which may
change with new features over time, `MaybeAsync<GuardResult>` can be
used instead.
PR Close#54580
Angular has the `@Attribute` decorator that allows for attributes to be injected from the host node, but we don't have an equivalent for the `inject` function. These changes introduce the new `HostAttributeToken` class that can be used to inject attributes similarly to `@Attribute`. It can be used as follows:
```typescript
import {HostAttributeToken, inject} from '@angular/core';
class MyDir {
someAttr = inject(new HostAttributeToken('some-attr'));
}
```
The new API works similarly to `@Attribute` with one key exception: it will throw a DI error when the attribute doesn't exist, instead of returning `null` like `@Attribute`. We made this change to align its behavior closer to other injection tokens.
PR Close#54604
Add an image loader for Netlify Image CDN. It is slightly different in implementation from existing loaders, because it allows absolute URLs
Fixes#54303
PR Close#54311
Fixes that `ɵunwrapWritableSignal` inferring getter functions as not matching the interface of `WritableSignal` instead of preserving them.
PR Close#54252
In a previous commit the TCB was changed to cast the assignment to an input in order to widen its type to allow `WritableSignal`. This ended up breaking existing inputs whose setter has a wider type than its getter. These changes switch to unwrapping the value on the binding side.
PR Close#54252
Adds support for model inputs in the framework. `model()` returns a writable signal that implicitly defines a input/output pair that can be used either in two-way bindings to keep two values in sync or by binding individually to the input and output. When the value of the `model` changes, it will emit an event with the current value.
Furthermore, these changes expand two-way bindings to accept `WritableSignal`. This will make it easier to transition existing code to signals in a backwards-compatible way.
Example:
```ts
@Directive({
selector: 'counter',
standalone: true,
host: {
'(click)': 'increment()',
}
})
export class Counter {
value = model(0);
increment(): void {
this.value.update(current => current + 1);
}
}
@Component({
template: `<counter [(value)]="count"/> The current count is: {{count()}}`,
})
class App {
count = signal(0);
}
```
PR Close#54252
This commit improves IDE completion of the `read` option for
signal-based queries.
Currently, TS only matches the first overload when starting out with
defining a query. TS doesn't build up the combination of possible
options from the second overload- so in practice users will only see
IDE completions for the `descendants` option.
This is not a problem for view queries as the only option is `read`, so
TS will always match the overload with the `read` option.
```
class X {
query = contentChild('', {^^ <--
here we should completion for `read` an `descendants`
}
```
PR Close#54280
A single error code is created to unify the common error pattern in local compilation mode where an imported const cannot be resolved, but needs to be resolved. This mainly happens for Angular decorator fields such as @Component.template.
The error messages are also upgraded to be more centered around this unifying theme.
PR Close#54230
This commit changes the approach to the reactive node representing query
results: instead of creating a custom node type we can use a computed -
the main change to get there is representing dirty change notification as
a signal (a counter updated every time a query changes its dirty status).
This change is dictated by simplification (we can avoid creation of a custom
signal type) as well as fixes to the multiple issues not covered by the
initial implementation:
- assuring referential stability of results (ex.: the same array instance
returned from child queries until results change);
- per-view results collection to avoid a situation where accessing query
results during view creation would return partial / inconsistent results;
- proper refresh of query results for both live and non-connected consumers.
All the above cases are covered by the additional tests in this commit.
PR Close#54103
As we are introducing the new `output()` function as an inituive
alternative to `@Output()` that matches with signal-based inputs,
this commit prepares the compiler to detect such initializer-based
outputs.
PR Close#54217
This commit includes a skeleton of how the tool `LocalCompilationExtraImportsTracker` is used in the overall compilation workflow end-to-end.
First of all, a new option `generateExtraImportsInLocalMode` is added, whose presence will make `LocalCompilationExtraImportsTracker` part of the compilation process. When this option is set an instance of `LocalCompilationExtraImportsTracker` is created within the NgCompiler. Then it is passed to the Ivy transformer and plumbed all the way down and the extra imports registered in it are added to the `ImportManager` instances before the imports are added from `ImportManager` to the generated file. This required adding a new method `generateSideEffectImport` to the `ImportManager`, which is an empty method and will be implemented in the subsequent commits.
This commit expected to make no change in the compilation behavior as the methods are not implemented yet.
PR Close#53543
When the zoneless scheduler is provided, we want to update the behavior
of `ComponentFixture` to address common issues and painpoints in testing.
Developers should never have to call `detectChanges` on a fixture
manually. Instead of calling `detectChanges` after performing an
action that updates state and requies a template refresh, developers
should wait for change detection to run because the update needs to also have
notified the scheduler. If this was not the case, the component would
not work correctly in the application. Calling `detectChanges` to force
an update could hide real bugs.
This commit also updates the zoneless tests to uses `ComponentFixture`
instead of manually attaching to the `ApplicationRef` and rewriting a
lot of the helpers (`getDebugNode`, `isStable` as a value, `whenStable` as a
Promise).
PR Close#54024
This commit separates `InputSignal` for input signals with transforms.
The reason being that most of the time, signal inputs are not using
transforms and the generics are rather confusing.
Especially for users with inferred types displayed in their IDEs, the
input signal types are seemingly complex, even if no transform is used.
For this reason, we are introducing a new type called
`InputSignalWithTransform`. This type will be used for inputs with
transforms, while non-transform inputs just use `InputSignal`.
A notable fact is that `InputSignal` extends `InputSignalWithTransform`,
with the "identity transform". i.e. there is no transform. This allows
us to share the code for input signals. In practice, we don't expect
users to pass around `InputSignal`'s anyway.
PR Close#54053
The Template Pipeline is a brand new backend for the Angular compiler, replacing `TemplateDefinitionBuilder`. It generates the Ivy instructions corresponding to an input template (or host binding). The Template Pipeline has an all-new design based on an intermediate representation compiled over many phases, which will allow us to experiment with compiler changes more easily in the future.
With this commit, the template pipeline can now be enabled in any project via the `useTemplatePipeline` TSConfig option. However, it is still disabled by default.
PR Close#54057
This commit introduces three additional diagnostics for queries:
- If a query (either using decorator or signal-based) is declared on a
static class member, a diagnostic is raised.
- If a signal-based query is mixed with a query decorator, a diagnostic
is raised. Similar to signal inputs.
- If a singal-based query is also declared in the directive/component
class decorator metadata, a diagnostic is raised.
PR Close#54019
At the moment local compilation breaks for host directives because the current logic relies on global static analysis. This change creates a local version by cutting the diagnostics and copying the directive identifier as it is to the generated code without attempting to statically resolve it.
PR Close#53877
Enables signal inputs for existing Zone based components.
This is a next step we are taking to bring signal inputs earlier to the Angular community.
The goal is to enable early access for the ecosystem to signal inputs, while we are continuing
development of full signal components as outlined in the RFC. This will allow the ecosystem
to start integrating signals more deeply, prepare for future migrations, and improves code quality
and DX for existing components (especially for OnPush).
Based on our work on full signal components, we've gathered more information and learned
new things. We've improved the API by introducing a way to intuitively declare required inputs,
as well as improved the API around initial values. We even support non-primitive initial values
as the first argument to the `input` function now.
```ts
@Directive({..})
export class MyDir {
firstName = input<string>(); // string|undefined
lastName = input.required<string>(); // string
age = input(0); // number
```
PR Close#53872
Andrew Scott