diff --git a/packages/compiler/src/render3/partial/directive.ts b/packages/compiler/src/render3/partial/directive.ts
index 71496c4225..06879c7608 100644
--- a/packages/compiler/src/render3/partial/directive.ts
+++ b/packages/compiler/src/render3/partial/directive.ts
@@ -8,8 +8,9 @@
 import * as o from '../../output/output_ast';
 import {Identifiers as R3} from '../r3_identifiers';
 import {R3DirectiveDef, R3DirectiveMetadata, R3HostMetadata, R3QueryMetadata} from '../view/api';
-import {createDirectiveTypeParams} from '../view/compiler';
+import {createDirectiveType} from '../view/compiler';
 import {asLiteral, conditionallyCreateMapObjectLiteral, DefinitionMap} from '../view/util';
+import {toOptionalLiteralMap} from './util';
 
 
 /**
@@ -19,9 +20,7 @@ export function compileDeclareDirectiveFromMetadata(meta: R3DirectiveMetadata):
   const definitionMap = createDirectiveDefinitionMap(meta);
 
   const expression = o.importExpr(R3.declareDirective).callFn([definitionMap.toLiteralMap()]);
-
-  const typeParams = createDirectiveTypeParams(meta);
-  const type = o.expressionType(o.importExpr(R3.DirectiveDefWithMeta, typeParams));
+  const type = createDirectiveType(meta);
 
   return {expression, type};
 }
@@ -118,26 +117,3 @@ function compileHostMetadata(meta: R3HostMetadata): o.LiteralMapExpr|null {
     return null;
   }
 }
-
-/**
- * Creates an object literal expression from the given object, mapping all values to an expression
- * using the provided mapping function. If the object has no keys, then null is returned.
- *
- * @param object The object to transfer into an object literal expression.
- * @param mapper The logic to use for creating an expression for the object's values.
- * @returns An object literal expression representing `object`, or null if `object` does not have
- * any keys.
- */
-function toOptionalLiteralMap<T>(
-    object: {[key: string]: T}, mapper: (value: T) => o.Expression): o.LiteralMapExpr|null {
-  const entries = Object.keys(object).map(key => {
-    const value = object[key];
-    return {key, value: mapper(value), quoted: true};
-  });
-
-  if (entries.length > 0) {
-    return o.literalMap(entries);
-  } else {
-    return null;
-  }
-}
diff --git a/packages/compiler/src/render3/partial/util.ts b/packages/compiler/src/render3/partial/util.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c99168a979
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/compiler/src/render3/partial/util.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+/**
+ * @license
+ * Copyright Google LLC 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 * as o from '../../output/output_ast';
+
+/**
+ * Creates an array literal expression from the given array, mapping all values to an expression
+ * using the provided mapping function. If the array is empty or null, then null is returned.
+ *
+ * @param values The array to transfer into literal array expression.
+ * @param mapper The logic to use for creating an expression for the array's values.
+ * @returns An array literal expression representing `values`, or null if `values` is empty or
+ * is itself null.
+ */
+export function toOptionalLiteralArray<T>(
+    values: T[]|null, mapper: (value: T) => o.Expression): o.LiteralArrayExpr|null {
+  if (values === null || values.length === 0) {
+    return null;
+  }
+  return o.literalArr(values.map(value => mapper(value)));
+}
+
+/**
+ * Creates an object literal expression from the given object, mapping all values to an expression
+ * using the provided mapping function. If the object has no keys, then null is returned.
+ *
+ * @param object The object to transfer into an object literal expression.
+ * @param mapper The logic to use for creating an expression for the object's values.
+ * @returns An object literal expression representing `object`, or null if `object` does not have
+ * any keys.
+ */
+export function toOptionalLiteralMap<T>(
+    object: {[key: string]: T}, mapper: (value: T) => o.Expression): o.LiteralMapExpr|null {
+  const entries = Object.keys(object).map(key => {
+    const value = object[key];
+    return {key, value: mapper(value), quoted: true};
+  });
+
+  if (entries.length > 0) {
+    return o.literalMap(entries);
+  } else {
+    return null;
+  }
+}
diff --git a/packages/compiler/src/render3/view/compiler.ts b/packages/compiler/src/render3/view/compiler.ts
index cc72464a9d..c0a4ced776 100644
--- a/packages/compiler/src/render3/view/compiler.ts
+++ b/packages/compiler/src/render3/view/compiler.ts
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ import {CONTENT_ATTR, HOST_ATTR} from '../../style_compiler';
 import {BindingParser} from '../../template_parser/binding_parser';
 import {error, OutputContext} from '../../util';
 import {BoundEvent} from '../r3_ast';
-import {compileFactoryFunction, R3DependencyMetadata, R3FactoryTarget, R3ResolvedDependencyType} from '../r3_factory';
+import {compileFactoryFunction, R3FactoryTarget} from '../r3_factory';
 import {Identifiers as R3} from '../r3_identifiers';
 import {Render3ParseResult} from '../r3_template_transform';
 import {prepareSyntheticListenerFunctionName, prepareSyntheticPropertyName, typeWithParameters} from '../util';
@@ -123,9 +123,7 @@ export function compileDirectiveFromMetadata(
   const definitionMap = baseDirectiveFields(meta, constantPool, bindingParser);
   addFeatures(definitionMap, meta);
   const expression = o.importExpr(R3.defineDirective).callFn([definitionMap.toLiteralMap()]);
-
-  const typeParams = createDirectiveTypeParams(meta);
-  const type = o.expressionType(o.importExpr(R3.DirectiveDefWithMeta, typeParams));
+  const type = createDirectiveType(meta);
 
   return {expression, type};
 }
@@ -264,15 +262,21 @@ export function compileComponentFromMetadata(
   }
 
   const expression = o.importExpr(R3.defineComponent).callFn([definitionMap.toLiteralMap()]);
-
-
-  const typeParams = createDirectiveTypeParams(meta);
-  typeParams.push(stringArrayAsType(meta.template.ngContentSelectors));
-  const type = o.expressionType(o.importExpr(R3.ComponentDefWithMeta, typeParams));
+  const type = createComponentType(meta);
 
   return {expression, type};
 }
 
+/**
+ * Creates the type specification from the component meta. This type is inserted into .d.ts files
+ * to be consumed by upstream compilations.
+ */
+export function createComponentType(meta: R3ComponentMetadata): o.Type {
+  const typeParams = createDirectiveTypeParams(meta);
+  typeParams.push(stringArrayAsType(meta.template.ngContentSelectors));
+  return o.expressionType(o.importExpr(R3.ComponentDefWithMeta, typeParams));
+}
+
 /**
  * A wrapper around `compileDirective` which depends on render2 global analysis data as its input
  * instead of the `R3DirectiveMetadata`.
@@ -507,6 +511,15 @@ export function createDirectiveTypeParams(meta: R3DirectiveMetadata): o.Type[] {
   ];
 }
 
+/**
+ * Creates the type specification from the directive meta. This type is inserted into .d.ts files
+ * to be consumed by upstream compilations.
+ */
+export function createDirectiveType(meta: R3DirectiveMetadata): o.Type {
+  const typeParams = createDirectiveTypeParams(meta);
+  return o.expressionType(o.importExpr(R3.DirectiveDefWithMeta, typeParams));
+}
+
 // Define and update any view queries
 function createViewQueriesFunction(
     viewQueries: R3QueryMetadata[], constantPool: ConstantPool, name?: string): o.Expression {