p.location-badge.
  exported from <a href='../di'>angular2/di</a>
  defined in <a href="https://github.com/angular/angular/tree/2.0.0-alpha.33/modules/angular2/src/di/metadata.ts#L17-L34">angular2/src/di/metadata.ts (line 17)</a>

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  A parameter metadata that marks a dependency as optional. <a href='Injector-class.html'><code>Injector</code></a> provides `null` if
  the dependency is not found.
  
  ```
  class AComponent {
    constructor(@Optional() aService:MyService) {
      this.aService = aService;
    }
  }
  ```
  
  

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