downgradeInjectable
A helper function to allow an Angular service to be accessible from AngularJS.
downgradeInjectable
Function
A helper function to allow an Angular service to be accessible from AngularJS.
Part of the upgrade/static library for hybrid upgrade apps that support AOT compilation
This helper function returns a factory function that provides access to the Angular
service identified by the token
parameter.
any
an InjectionToken
that identifies a service provided from Angular.
string
the name of the downgraded module (if any) that the injectable
"belongs to", as returned by a call to downgradeModule()
. It is the module, whose injector will
be used for instantiating the injectable.
(This option is only necessary when using downgradeModule()
to downgrade more than one Angular
module.)
Function
Description
A helper function to allow an Angular service to be accessible from AngularJS.
Part of the upgrade/static library for hybrid upgrade apps that support AOT compilation
This helper function returns a factory function that provides access to the Angular
service identified by the token
parameter.
Usage Notes
Examples
First ensure that the service to be downgraded is provided in an NgModule
that will be part of the upgrade application. For example, let's assume we have
defined HeroesService
// This Angular service will be "downgraded" to be used in AngularJS@Injectable()export class HeroesService { heroes: Hero[] = [ {name: 'superman', description: 'The man of steel'}, {name: 'wonder woman', description: 'Princess of the Amazons'}, {name: 'thor', description: 'The hammer-wielding god'}, ]; constructor(textFormatter: TextFormatter) { // Change all the hero names to title case, using the "upgraded" AngularJS service this.heroes.forEach((hero: Hero) => (hero.name = textFormatter.titleCase(hero.name))); } addHero() { this.heroes = this.heroes.concat([ {name: 'Kamala Khan', description: 'Epic shape-shifting healer'}, ]); } removeHero(hero: Hero) { this.heroes = this.heroes.filter((item: Hero) => item !== hero); }}
and that we have included this in our upgrade app NgModule
// This NgModule represents the Angular pieces of the application@NgModule({ declarations: [Ng2HeroesComponent, Ng1HeroComponentWrapper], providers: [ HeroesService, // Register an Angular provider whose value is the "upgraded" AngularJS service {provide: TextFormatter, useFactory: (i: any) => i.get('textFormatter'), deps: ['$injector']}, ], // We must import `UpgradeModule` to get access to the AngularJS core services imports: [BrowserModule, UpgradeModule],})export class Ng2AppModule {}
Now we can register the downgradeInjectable
factory function for the service
on an AngularJS module.
// Register an AngularJS service, whose value is the "downgraded" Angular injectable.ng1AppModule.factory('heroesService', downgradeInjectable(HeroesService) as any);
Inside an AngularJS component's controller we can get hold of the downgraded service via the name we gave when downgrading.
// This is our top level application componentng1AppModule.component('exampleApp', { // We inject the "downgraded" HeroesService into this AngularJS component // (We don't need the `HeroesService` type for AngularJS DI - it just helps with TypeScript // compilation) controller: [ 'heroesService', function (heroesService: HeroesService) { this.heroesService = heroesService; }, ], // This template makes use of the downgraded `ng2-heroes` component // Note that because its element is compiled by AngularJS we must use kebab-case attributes // for inputs and outputs template: `<link rel="stylesheet" href="./styles.css"> <ng2-heroes [heroes]="$ctrl.heroesService.heroes" (add-hero)="$ctrl.heroesService.addHero()" (remove-hero)="$ctrl.heroesService.removeHero($event)"> <h1>Heroes</h1> <p class="extra">There are {{ $ctrl.heroesService.heroes.length }} heroes.</p> </ng2-heroes>`,});
When using downgradeModule()
, downgraded injectables will not be available until the Angular
module that provides them is instantiated. In order to be safe, you need to ensure that the
downgraded injectables are not used anywhere outside the part of the app where it is
guaranteed that their module has been instantiated.
For example, it is OK to use a downgraded service in an upgraded component that is only used from a downgraded Angular component provided by the same Angular module as the injectable, but it is not OK to use it in an AngularJS component that may be used independently of Angular or use it in a downgraded Angular component from a different module.