refactor(compiler): inline `view.contentChildren`

modules/@angular/compiler/src/view_compiler/compile_element.ts

@@ -98,6 +98,9 @@ export class CompileElement extends CompileNode {
     this.view.createMethod.addStmt(statement);
     this.appElement = o.THIS_EXPR.prop(fieldName);
     this.instances.set(resolveIdentifierToken(Identifiers.AppElement).reference, this.appElement);
+    if (this.hasViewContainer) {
+      this.view.viewContainerAppElements.push(this.appElement);
+    }
   }
 
   private _createComponentFactoryResolver() {

modules/@angular/compiler/src/view_compiler/compile_view.ts

@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ export class CompileView implements NameResolver {
   public nodes: CompileNode[] = [];
   // root nodes or AppElements for ViewContainers
   public rootNodesOrAppElements: o.Expression[] = [];
+  public viewContainerAppElements: o.Expression[] = [];
 
   public createMethod: CompileMethod;
   public animationBindingsMethod: CompileMethod;

modules/@angular/compiler/src/view_compiler/view_builder.ts

@@ -473,6 +473,8 @@ function createViewClass(
 
 function generateDestroyMethod(view: CompileView): o.Statement[] {
   const stmts: o.Statement[] = [];
+  view.viewContainerAppElements.forEach(
+      (appElement) => { stmts.push(appElement.callMethod('destroyNestedViews', []).toStmt()); });
   view.viewChildren.forEach(
       (viewChild) => { stmts.push(viewChild.callMethod('destroy', []).toStmt()); });
   stmts.push(...view.destroyMethod.finish());
@@ -572,9 +574,11 @@ function generateDetectChangesMethod(view: CompileView): o.Statement[] {
   }
   stmts.push(...view.animationBindingsMethod.finish());
   stmts.push(...view.detectChangesInInputsMethod.finish());
-  stmts.push(
-      o.THIS_EXPR.callMethod('detectContentChildrenChanges', [DetectChangesVars.throwOnChange])
-          .toStmt());
+  view.viewContainerAppElements.forEach((appElement) => {
+    stmts.push(
+        appElement.callMethod('detectChangesInNestedViews', [DetectChangesVars.throwOnChange])
+            .toStmt());
+  });
   var afterContentStmts = view.updateContentQueriesMethod.finish().concat(
       view.afterContentLifecycleCallbacksMethod.finish());
   if (afterContentStmts.length > 0) {

modules/@angular/core/src/linker/component_factory.ts

@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ export class ComponentRef_<C> extends ComponentRef<C> {
   get changeDetectorRef(): ChangeDetectorRef { return this._hostElement.parentView.ref; };
   get componentType(): Type<any> { return this._componentType; }
 
-  destroy(): void { this._hostElement.parentView.destroy(); }
+  destroy(): void { this._hostElement.parentView.detachAndDestroy(); }
   onDestroy(callback: Function): void { this.hostView.onDestroy(callback); }
 }
 

modules/@angular/core/src/linker/element.ts

@@ -46,6 +46,22 @@ export class AppElement {
   get parentInjector(): Injector { return this.parentView.injector(this.parentIndex); }
   get injector(): Injector { return this.parentView.injector(this.index); }
 
+  detectChangesInNestedViews(throwOnChange: boolean): void {
+    if (this.nestedViews) {
+      for (var i = 0; i < this.nestedViews.length; i++) {
+        this.nestedViews[i].detectChanges(throwOnChange);
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+  destroyNestedViews(): void {
+    if (this.nestedViews) {
+      for (var i = 0; i < this.nestedViews.length; i++) {
+        this.nestedViews[i].destroy();
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
   mapNestedViews(nestedViewClass: any, callback: Function): any[] {
     var result: any[] /** TODO #9100 */ = [];
     if (isPresent(this.nestedViews)) {

modules/@angular/core/src/linker/view.ts

@@ -33,7 +33,6 @@ export abstract class AppView<T> {
   rootNodesOrAppElements: any[];
   allNodes: any[];
   disposables: Function[];
-  contentChildren: AppView<any>[] = [];
   viewContainerElement: AppElement = null;
 
   numberOfChecks: number = 0;
@@ -124,29 +123,19 @@ export abstract class AppView<T> {
     }
   }
 
-  destroy() {
+  detachAndDestroy() {
     if (this._hasExternalHostElement) {
       this.renderer.detachView(this.flatRootNodes);
     } else if (isPresent(this.viewContainerElement)) {
       this.viewContainerElement.detachView(this.viewContainerElement.nestedViews.indexOf(this));
     }
-    this._destroyRecurse();
+    this.destroy();
   }
 
-  private _destroyRecurse() {
+  destroy() {
     if (this.cdMode === ChangeDetectorStatus.Destroyed) {
       return;
     }
-    var children = this.contentChildren;
-    for (var i = 0; i < children.length; i++) {
-      children[i]._destroyRecurse();
-    }
-    this.destroyLocal();
-
-    this.cdMode = ChangeDetectorStatus.Destroyed;
-  }
-
-  destroyLocal() {
     var hostElement =
         this.type === ViewType.COMPONENT ? this.declarationAppElement.nativeElement : null;
     for (var i = 0; i < this.disposables.length; i++) {
@@ -161,6 +150,8 @@ export abstract class AppView<T> {
     } else {
       this.renderer.destroyView(hostElement, this.allNodes);
     }
+
+    this.cdMode = ChangeDetectorStatus.Destroyed;
   }
 
   /**
@@ -222,28 +213,16 @@ export abstract class AppView<T> {
   /**
    * Overwritten by implementations
    */
-  detectChangesInternal(throwOnChange: boolean): void {
-    this.detectContentChildrenChanges(throwOnChange);
-  }
-
-  detectContentChildrenChanges(throwOnChange: boolean) {
-    for (var i = 0; i < this.contentChildren.length; ++i) {
-      var child = this.contentChildren[i];
-      if (child.cdMode === ChangeDetectorStatus.Detached) continue;
-      child.detectChanges(throwOnChange);
-    }
-  }
+  detectChangesInternal(throwOnChange: boolean): void {}
 
   markContentChildAsMoved(renderAppElement: AppElement): void { this.dirtyParentQueriesInternal(); }
 
   addToContentChildren(renderAppElement: AppElement): void {
-    renderAppElement.parentView.contentChildren.push(this);
     this.viewContainerElement = renderAppElement;
     this.dirtyParentQueriesInternal();
   }
 
   removeFromContentChildren(renderAppElement: AppElement): void {
-    ListWrapper.remove(renderAppElement.parentView.contentChildren, this);
     this.dirtyParentQueriesInternal();
     this.viewContainerElement = null;
   }
@@ -310,10 +289,10 @@ export class DebugAppView<T> extends AppView<T> {
     }
   }
 
-  destroyLocal() {
+  destroy() {
     this._resetDebug();
     try {
-      super.destroyLocal();
+      super.destroy();
     } catch (e) {
       this._rethrowWithContext(e);
       throw e;

modules/@angular/core/src/linker/view_ref.ts

@@ -119,5 +119,5 @@ export class ViewRef_<C> implements EmbeddedViewRef<C>, ChangeDetectorRef {
 
   onDestroy(callback: Function) { this._view.disposables.push(callback); }
 
-  destroy() { this._view.destroy(); }
+  destroy() { this._view.detachAndDestroy(); }
 }

modules/benchmarks/src/tree/ng2_static_ftl/tree_root.ngfactory.ts

@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ class _View_TreeRootComponent0 extends import1.AppView<import3.TreeRootComponent
       this._NgIf_0_6.ngIf = currVal_0;
       this._expr_0 = currVal_0;
     }
-    this.detectContentChildrenChanges(throwOnChange);
+    this._appEl_0.detectChangesInNestedViews(throwOnChange);
   }
 }
 export function viewFactory_TreeRootComponent0(
@@ -145,7 +145,6 @@ class _View_TreeRootComponent1 extends import1.AppView<any> {
   destroyInternal() { this._TreeComponent0_0_4View.destroyInternal(); }
   detectChangesInternal(throwOnChange: boolean): void {
     this._TreeComponent0_0_4View.updateData(this.parent.context.data);
-    this.detectContentChildrenChanges(throwOnChange);
     this._TreeComponent0_0_4View.detectChangesInternal(throwOnChange);
   }
 }