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+/**
+ * @license
+ * Copyright Google Inc. All Rights Reserved.
+ *
+ * Use of this source code is governed by an MIT-style license that can be
+ * found in the LICENSE file at https://angular.io/license
+ */
+
+import {CommonModule} from '@angular/common';
+import {ChangeDetectorRef, Component, EmbeddedViewRef, TemplateRef, ViewChild, ViewContainerRef} from '@angular/core';
+import {TestBed} from '@angular/core/testing';
+import {By} from '@angular/platform-browser';
+
+describe('view insertion', () => {
+  describe('of a simple template', () => {
+    it('should insert into an empty container, at the front, in the middle, and at the end', () => {
+      let _counter = 0;
+
+      @Component({
+        selector: 'increment-comp',
+        template: `<span>created{{counter}}</span>`,
+      })
+      class IncrementComp {
+        counter = _counter++;
+      }
+
+      @Component({
+        template: `
+              <ng-template #simple><increment-comp></increment-comp></ng-template>
+              <div #container></div>
+            `
+      })
+      class App {
+        @ViewChild('container', {read: ViewContainerRef})
+        container: ViewContainerRef = null !;
+
+        @ViewChild('simple', {read: TemplateRef})
+        simple: TemplateRef<any> = null !;
+
+        view0: EmbeddedViewRef<any> = null !;
+        view1: EmbeddedViewRef<any> = null !;
+        view2: EmbeddedViewRef<any> = null !;
+        view3: EmbeddedViewRef<any> = null !;
+
+        constructor(public changeDetector: ChangeDetectorRef) {}
+
+        ngAfterViewInit() {
+          // insert at the front
+          this.view1 = this.container.createEmbeddedView(this.simple);  // "created0"
+
+          // insert at the front again
+          this.view0 = this.container.createEmbeddedView(this.simple, {}, 0);  // "created1"
+
+          // insert at the end
+          this.view3 = this.container.createEmbeddedView(this.simple);  // "created2"
+
+          // insert in the middle
+          this.view2 = this.container.createEmbeddedView(this.simple, {}, 2);  // "created3"
+
+          // We need to run change detection here to avoid
+          // ExpressionChangedAfterItHasBeenCheckedError because of the value updating in
+          // increment-comp
+          this.changeDetector.detectChanges();
+        }
+      }
+
+      TestBed.configureTestingModule({
+        declarations: [App, IncrementComp],
+      });
+      const fixture = TestBed.createComponent(App);
+      fixture.detectChanges();
+      const app = fixture.componentInstance;
+
+      expect(app.container.indexOf(app.view0)).toBe(0);
+      expect(app.container.indexOf(app.view1)).toBe(1);
+      expect(app.container.indexOf(app.view2)).toBe(2);
+      expect(app.container.indexOf(app.view3)).toBe(3);
+      // The text in each component differs based on *when* it was created.
+      expect(fixture.nativeElement.textContent).toBe('created1created0created3created2');
+    });
+  });
+
+  describe('of an empty template', () => {
+    it('should insert into an empty container, at the front, in the middle, and at the end', () => {
+      @Component({
+        template: `
+              <ng-template #empty></ng-template>
+              <div #container></div>
+            `
+      })
+      class App {
+        @ViewChild('container', {read: ViewContainerRef})
+        container: ViewContainerRef = null !;
+
+        @ViewChild('empty', {read: TemplateRef})
+        empty: TemplateRef<any> = null !;
+
+        view0: EmbeddedViewRef<any> = null !;
+        view1: EmbeddedViewRef<any> = null !;
+        view2: EmbeddedViewRef<any> = null !;
+        view3: EmbeddedViewRef<any> = null !;
+
+        ngAfterViewInit() {
+          // insert at the front
+          this.view1 = this.container.createEmbeddedView(this.empty);
+
+          // insert at the front again
+          this.view0 = this.container.createEmbeddedView(this.empty, {}, 0);
+
+          // insert at the end
+          this.view3 = this.container.createEmbeddedView(this.empty);
+
+          // insert in the middle
+          this.view2 = this.container.createEmbeddedView(this.empty, {}, 2);
+        }
+      }
+
+      TestBed.configureTestingModule({
+        declarations: [App],
+      });
+      const fixture = TestBed.createComponent(App);
+      fixture.detectChanges();
+      const app = fixture.componentInstance;
+
+      expect(app.container.indexOf(app.view0)).toBe(0);
+      expect(app.container.indexOf(app.view1)).toBe(1);
+      expect(app.container.indexOf(app.view2)).toBe(2);
+      expect(app.container.indexOf(app.view3)).toBe(3);
+    });
+  });
+
+  describe('of an ng-content projection', () => {
+    it('should insert into an empty container, at the front, in the middle, and at the end', () => {
+      @Component({
+        selector: 'comp',
+        template: `
+                  <ng-template #projection><ng-content></ng-content></ng-template>
+                  <div #container></div>
+                `
+      })
+      class Comp {
+        @ViewChild('container', {read: ViewContainerRef})
+        container: ViewContainerRef = null !;
+
+        @ViewChild('projection', {read: TemplateRef})
+        projection: TemplateRef<any> = null !;
+
+        view0: EmbeddedViewRef<any> = null !;
+        view1: EmbeddedViewRef<any> = null !;
+        view2: EmbeddedViewRef<any> = null !;
+        view3: EmbeddedViewRef<any> = null !;
+
+        ngAfterViewInit() {
+          // insert at the front
+          this.view1 = this.container.createEmbeddedView(this.projection);
+
+          // insert at the front again
+          this.view0 = this.container.createEmbeddedView(this.projection, {}, 0);
+
+          // insert at the end
+          this.view3 = this.container.createEmbeddedView(this.projection);
+
+          // insert in the middle
+          this.view2 = this.container.createEmbeddedView(this.projection, {}, 2);
+        }
+      }
+
+      @Component({
+        template: `
+          <comp>test</comp>
+        `
+      })
+      class App {
+      }
+
+      TestBed.configureTestingModule({
+        declarations: [App, Comp],
+      });
+      const fixture = TestBed.createComponent(App);
+      fixture.detectChanges();
+      const comp = fixture.debugElement.query(By.directive(Comp)).injector.get(Comp);
+
+      expect(comp.container.indexOf(comp.view0)).toBe(0);
+      expect(comp.container.indexOf(comp.view1)).toBe(1);
+      expect(comp.container.indexOf(comp.view2)).toBe(2);
+      expect(comp.container.indexOf(comp.view3)).toBe(3);
+
+      // Both ViewEngine and Ivy only honor one of the inserted ng-content components, even though
+      // all are inserted.
+      expect(fixture.nativeElement.textContent).toBe('test');
+    });
+  });
+
+  describe('of another container like ngIf', () => {
+    it('should insert into an empty container, at the front, in the middle, and at the end', () => {
+      @Component({
+        template: `
+                  <ng-template #subContainer><div class="dynamic" *ngIf="true">test</div></ng-template>
+                  <div #container></div>
+                `
+      })
+      class App {
+        @ViewChild('container', {read: ViewContainerRef})
+        container: ViewContainerRef = null !;
+
+        @ViewChild('subContainer', {read: TemplateRef})
+        subContainer: TemplateRef<any> = null !;
+
+        view0: EmbeddedViewRef<any> = null !;
+        view1: EmbeddedViewRef<any> = null !;
+        view2: EmbeddedViewRef<any> = null !;
+        view3: EmbeddedViewRef<any> = null !;
+
+        constructor(public changeDetectorRef: ChangeDetectorRef) {}
+
+        ngAfterViewInit() {
+          // insert at the front
+          this.view1 = this.container.createEmbeddedView(this.subContainer, null, 0);
+
+          // insert at the front again
+          this.view0 = this.container.createEmbeddedView(this.subContainer, null, 0);
+
+          // insert at the end
+          this.view3 = this.container.createEmbeddedView(this.subContainer, null, 2);
+
+          // insert in the middle
+          this.view2 = this.container.createEmbeddedView(this.subContainer, null, 2);
+
+          // We need to run change detection here to avoid
+          // ExpressionChangedAfterItHasBeenCheckedError because of the value getting passed to ngIf
+          // in the template.
+          this.changeDetectorRef.detectChanges();
+        }
+      }
+
+      TestBed.configureTestingModule({
+        declarations: [App],
+        imports: [CommonModule],
+      });
+      const fixture = TestBed.createComponent(App);
+      fixture.detectChanges();
+      const app = fixture.componentInstance;
+
+      expect(app.container.indexOf(app.view0)).toBe(0);
+      expect(app.container.indexOf(app.view1)).toBe(1);
+      expect(app.container.indexOf(app.view2)).toBe(2);
+      expect(app.container.indexOf(app.view3)).toBe(3);
+
+      expect(fixture.debugElement.queryAll(By.css('div.dynamic')).length).toBe(4);
+    });
+  });
+});