From aa40366a92739b92a0d6499cbe6451efa8fc5a1c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Victor Berchet <victor@suumit.com>
Date: Wed, 14 Dec 2016 14:01:50 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] fix(compiler): fix simplify a reference without a name

closes #13470
---
 modules/@angular/compiler/src/aot/static_reflector.ts       | 3 +++
 modules/@angular/compiler/test/aot/static_reflector_spec.ts | 6 ++++++
 2 files changed, 9 insertions(+)

diff --git a/modules/@angular/compiler/src/aot/static_reflector.ts b/modules/@angular/compiler/src/aot/static_reflector.ts
index ed22fb3d4a..1b8d2dc070 100644
--- a/modules/@angular/compiler/src/aot/static_reflector.ts
+++ b/modules/@angular/compiler/src/aot/static_reflector.ts
@@ -640,6 +640,9 @@ export class StaticReflector implements ReflectorReader {
                   return simplifyInContext(selectContext, selectTarget[member], depth + 1);
                 return null;
               case 'reference':
+                if (!expression['name']) {
+                  return context;
+                }
                 if (!expression.module) {
                   const name: string = expression['name'];
                   const localValue = scope.resolve(name);
diff --git a/modules/@angular/compiler/test/aot/static_reflector_spec.ts b/modules/@angular/compiler/test/aot/static_reflector_spec.ts
index 21ee4f0f4c..d38d5af3da 100644
--- a/modules/@angular/compiler/test/aot/static_reflector_spec.ts
+++ b/modules/@angular/compiler/test/aot/static_reflector_spec.ts
@@ -307,6 +307,12 @@ describe('StaticReflector', () => {
         .toEqual('s');
   });
 
+  it('should not simplify a module reference without a name', () => {
+    const staticSymbol = new StaticSymbol('/src/cases', '');
+    expect(simplify(staticSymbol, ({__symbolic: 'reference', module: './extern', name: ''})))
+        .toEqual(staticSymbol);
+  });
+
   it('should simplify a non existing reference as a static symbol', () => {
     expect(simplify(
                new StaticSymbol('/src/cases', ''),