diff --git a/modules/@angular/core/src/view/anchor.ts b/modules/@angular/core/src/view/anchor.ts
index 757feb8ccd..722dc8b1b8 100644
--- a/modules/@angular/core/src/view/anchor.ts
+++ b/modules/@angular/core/src/view/anchor.ts
@@ -18,11 +18,13 @@ export function anchorDef(
     parent: undefined,
     childFlags: undefined,
     bindingIndex: undefined,
+    disposableIndex: undefined,
     providerIndices: undefined,
     // regular values
     flags,
     childCount,
     bindings: [],
+    disposableCount: 0,
     element: undefined,
     provider: undefined,
     text: undefined,
diff --git a/modules/@angular/core/src/view/element.ts b/modules/@angular/core/src/view/element.ts
index b26af2a336..bf3eb85541 100644
--- a/modules/@angular/core/src/view/element.ts
+++ b/modules/@angular/core/src/view/element.ts
@@ -8,14 +8,16 @@
 
 import {SecurityContext} from '../security';
 
-import {BindingDef, BindingType, NodeData, NodeDef, NodeFlags, NodeType, ViewData, ViewFlags} from './types';
+import {BindingDef, BindingType, DisposableFn, ElementOutputDef, NodeData, NodeDef, NodeFlags, NodeType, ViewData, ViewFlags} from './types';
 import {checkAndUpdateBinding, setBindingDebugInfo} from './util';
 
 export function elementDef(
     flags: NodeFlags, childCount: number, name: string, fixedAttrs: {[name: string]: string} = {},
-    bindings: ([BindingType.ElementClass, string] | [BindingType.ElementStyle, string, string] | [
-      BindingType.ElementAttribute | BindingType.ElementProperty, string, SecurityContext
-    ])[] = []): NodeDef {
+    bindings?:
+        ([BindingType.ElementClass, string] | [BindingType.ElementStyle, string, string] |
+         [BindingType.ElementAttribute | BindingType.ElementProperty, string, SecurityContext])[],
+    outputs?: (string | [string, string])[]): NodeDef {
+  bindings = bindings || [];
   const bindingDefs = new Array(bindings.length);
   for (let i = 0; i < bindings.length; i++) {
     const entry = bindings[i];
@@ -35,6 +37,19 @@ export function elementDef(
     }
     bindingDefs[i] = {type: bindingType, name, nonMinfiedName: name, securityContext, suffix};
   }
+  outputs = outputs || [];
+  const outputDefs: ElementOutputDef[] = new Array(outputs.length);
+  for (let i = 0; i < outputs.length; i++) {
+    const output = outputs[i];
+    let target: string;
+    let eventName: string;
+    if (Array.isArray(output)) {
+      [target, eventName] = output;
+    } else {
+      eventName = output;
+    }
+    outputDefs[i] = {eventName: eventName, target: target};
+  }
   return {
     type: NodeType.Element,
     // will bet set by the view definition
@@ -43,12 +58,14 @@ export function elementDef(
     parent: undefined,
     childFlags: undefined,
     bindingIndex: undefined,
+    disposableIndex: undefined,
     providerIndices: undefined,
     // regular values
     flags,
     childCount,
     bindings: bindingDefs,
-    element: {name, attrs: fixedAttrs},
+    disposableCount: outputDefs.length,
+    element: {name, attrs: fixedAttrs, outputs: outputDefs},
     provider: undefined,
     text: undefined,
     component: undefined,
@@ -62,22 +79,52 @@ export function createElement(view: ViewData, renderHost: any, def: NodeDef): No
   let el: any;
   if (view.renderer) {
     el = view.renderer.createElement(parentNode, elDef.name);
-    if (elDef.attrs) {
-      for (let attrName in elDef.attrs) {
-        view.renderer.setElementAttribute(el, attrName, elDef.attrs[attrName]);
-      }
-    }
   } else {
     el = document.createElement(elDef.name);
     if (parentNode) {
       parentNode.appendChild(el);
     }
-    if (elDef.attrs) {
-      for (let attrName in elDef.attrs) {
+  }
+  if (elDef.attrs) {
+    for (let attrName in elDef.attrs) {
+      if (view.renderer) {
+        view.renderer.setElementAttribute(el, attrName, elDef.attrs[attrName]);
+      } else {
         el.setAttribute(attrName, elDef.attrs[attrName]);
       }
     }
   }
+  if (elDef.outputs.length) {
+    for (let i = 0; i < elDef.outputs.length; i++) {
+      const output = elDef.outputs[i];
+      let disposable: DisposableFn;
+      if (view.renderer) {
+        const handleEventClosure = renderEventHandlerClosure(view, def.index, output.eventName);
+        if (output.target) {
+          disposable =
+              <any>view.renderer.listenGlobal(output.target, output.eventName, handleEventClosure);
+        } else {
+          disposable = <any>view.renderer.listen(el, output.eventName, handleEventClosure);
+        }
+      } else {
+        let target: any;
+        switch (output.target) {
+          case 'window':
+            target = window;
+            break;
+          case 'document':
+            target = document;
+            break;
+          default:
+            target = el;
+        }
+        const handleEventClosure = directDomEventHandlerClosure(view, def.index, output.eventName);
+        target.addEventListener(output.eventName, handleEventClosure);
+        disposable = target.removeEventListener.bind(target, output.eventName, handleEventClosure);
+      }
+      view.disposables[def.disposableIndex + i] = disposable;
+    }
+  }
   return {
     renderNode: el,
     provider: undefined,
@@ -86,6 +133,21 @@ export function createElement(view: ViewData, renderHost: any, def: NodeDef): No
   };
 }
 
+function renderEventHandlerClosure(view: ViewData, index: number, eventName: string) {
+  return (event: any) => { return view.def.handleEvent(view, index, eventName, event); };
+}
+
+
+function directDomEventHandlerClosure(view: ViewData, index: number, eventName: string) {
+  return (event: any) => {
+    const result = view.def.handleEvent(view, index, eventName, event);
+    if (result === false) {
+      event.preventDefault();
+    }
+    return result;
+  };
+}
+
 export function checkAndUpdateElementInline(
     view: ViewData, def: NodeDef, v0: any, v1: any, v2: any, v3: any, v4: any, v5: any, v6: any,
     v7: any, v8: any, v9: any) {
diff --git a/modules/@angular/core/src/view/provider.ts b/modules/@angular/core/src/view/provider.ts
index 88fc8afda2..8762da500e 100644
--- a/modules/@angular/core/src/view/provider.ts
+++ b/modules/@angular/core/src/view/provider.ts
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ import {TemplateRef} from '../linker/template_ref';
 import {ViewContainerRef} from '../linker/view_container_ref';
 import {Renderer} from '../render/api';
 
-import {BindingDef, BindingType, DepDef, DepFlags, NodeData, NodeDef, NodeFlags, NodeType, Services, ViewData, ViewDefinition, ViewFlags} from './types';
+import {BindingDef, BindingType, DepDef, DepFlags, DisposableFn, NodeData, NodeDef, NodeFlags, NodeType, ProviderOutputDef, Services, ViewData, ViewDefinition, ViewFlags} from './types';
 import {checkAndUpdateBinding, checkAndUpdateBindingWithChange, setBindingDebugInfo} from './util';
 
 const _tokenKeyCache = new Map<any, string>();
@@ -26,7 +26,8 @@ const TemplateRefTokenKey = tokenKey(TemplateRef);
 
 export function providerDef(
     flags: NodeFlags, ctor: any, deps: ([DepFlags, any] | any)[],
-    props?: {[name: string]: [number, string]}, component?: () => ViewDefinition): NodeDef {
+    props?: {[name: string]: [number, string]}, outputs?: {[name: string]: string},
+    component?: () => ViewDefinition): NodeDef {
   const bindings: BindingDef[] = [];
   if (props) {
     for (let prop in props) {
@@ -39,6 +40,12 @@ export function providerDef(
       };
     }
   }
+  const outputDefs: ProviderOutputDef[] = [];
+  if (outputs) {
+    for (let propName in outputs) {
+      outputDefs.push({propName, eventName: outputs[propName]});
+    }
+  }
   const depDefs: DepDef[] = deps.map(value => {
     let token: any;
     let flags: DepFlags;
@@ -61,16 +68,14 @@ export function providerDef(
     parent: undefined,
     childFlags: undefined,
     bindingIndex: undefined,
+    disposableIndex: undefined,
     providerIndices: undefined,
     // regular values
     flags,
     childCount: 0, bindings,
+    disposableCount: outputDefs.length,
     element: undefined,
-    provider: {
-      tokenKey: tokenKey(ctor),
-      ctor,
-      deps: depDefs,
-    },
+    provider: {tokenKey: tokenKey(ctor), ctor, deps: depDefs, outputs: outputDefs},
     text: undefined, component,
     template: undefined
   };
@@ -87,10 +92,19 @@ export function tokenKey(token: any): string {
 
 export function createProvider(view: ViewData, def: NodeDef, componentView: ViewData): NodeData {
   const providerDef = def.provider;
+  const provider = createInstance(view, def.parent, providerDef.ctor, providerDef.deps);
+  if (providerDef.outputs.length) {
+    for (let i = 0; i < providerDef.outputs.length; i++) {
+      const output = providerDef.outputs[i];
+      const subscription = provider[output.propName].subscribe(
+          view.def.handleEvent.bind(null, view, def.parent, output.eventName));
+      view.disposables[def.disposableIndex + i] = subscription.unsubscribe.bind(subscription);
+    }
+  }
   return {
     renderNode: undefined,
-    provider: createInstance(view, def.parent, providerDef.ctor, providerDef.deps),
-    embeddedViews: undefined, componentView
+    provider,
+    embeddedViews: undefined, componentView,
   };
 }
 
diff --git a/modules/@angular/core/src/view/text.ts b/modules/@angular/core/src/view/text.ts
index 0ef3c7b925..af2b84cc9b 100644
--- a/modules/@angular/core/src/view/text.ts
+++ b/modules/@angular/core/src/view/text.ts
@@ -30,10 +30,12 @@ export function textDef(constants: string[]): NodeDef {
     parent: undefined,
     childFlags: undefined,
     bindingIndex: undefined,
+    disposableIndex: undefined,
     providerIndices: undefined,
     // regular values
     flags: 0,
     childCount: 0, bindings,
+    disposableCount: 0,
     element: undefined,
     provider: undefined,
     text: {prefix: constants[0]},
diff --git a/modules/@angular/core/src/view/types.ts b/modules/@angular/core/src/view/types.ts
index 8bf3cc4f52..3f37c5c4e4 100644
--- a/modules/@angular/core/src/view/types.ts
+++ b/modules/@angular/core/src/view/types.ts
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ export interface ViewDefinition {
   flags: ViewFlags;
   componentType: RenderComponentType;
   update: ViewUpdateFn;
+  handleEvent: ViewHandleEventFn;
   /**
    * Order: Depth first.
    * Especially providers are before elements / anchros.
@@ -33,10 +34,10 @@ export interface ViewDefinition {
   reverseChildNodes: NodeDef[];
   lastRootNode: number;
   bindingCount: number;
+  disposableCount: number;
 }
 
-export type ViewUpdateFn = (updater: NodeUpdater, view: ViewData, component: any, context: any) =>
-    void;
+export type ViewUpdateFn = (updater: NodeUpdater, view: ViewData) => void;
 
 export interface NodeUpdater {
   checkInline(
@@ -45,6 +46,9 @@ export interface NodeUpdater {
   checkDynamic(view: ViewData, nodeIndex: number, values: any[]): void;
 }
 
+export type ViewHandleEventFn =
+    (view: ViewData, nodeIndex: number, eventName: string, event: any) => boolean;
+
 /**
  * Bitmask for ViewDefintion.flags.
  */
@@ -66,6 +70,8 @@ export interface NodeDef {
   childFlags: NodeFlags;
   bindingIndex: number;
   bindings: BindingDef[];
+  disposableIndex: number;
+  disposableCount: number;
   element: ElementDef;
   providerIndices: {[tokenKey: string]: number};
   provider: ProviderDef;
@@ -102,6 +108,12 @@ export enum NodeFlags {
 export interface ElementDef {
   name: string;
   attrs: {[name: string]: string};
+  outputs: ElementOutputDef[];
+}
+
+export interface ElementOutputDef {
+  target: string;
+  eventName: string;
 }
 
 /**
@@ -118,10 +130,16 @@ export interface DepDef {
   tokenKey: string;
 }
 
+export interface ProviderOutputDef {
+  propName: string;
+  eventName: string;
+}
+
 export interface ProviderDef {
   tokenKey: string;
   ctor: any;
   deps: DepDef[];
+  outputs: ProviderOutputDef[];
 }
 
 export interface TextDef { prefix: string; }
@@ -164,8 +182,11 @@ export interface ViewData {
   nodes: NodeData[];
   firstChange: boolean;
   oldValues: any[];
+  disposables: DisposableFn[];
 }
 
+export type DisposableFn = () => void;
+
 /**
  * Node instance data.
  * Attention: Adding fields to this is performance sensitive!
diff --git a/modules/@angular/core/src/view/view.ts b/modules/@angular/core/src/view/view.ts
index b62c5b882c..c7c4aae708 100644
--- a/modules/@angular/core/src/view/view.ts
+++ b/modules/@angular/core/src/view/view.ts
@@ -13,14 +13,14 @@ import {createAnchor} from './anchor';
 import {checkAndUpdateElementDynamic, checkAndUpdateElementInline, createElement} from './element';
 import {callLifecycleHooksChildrenFirst, checkAndUpdateProviderDynamic, checkAndUpdateProviderInline, createProvider} from './provider';
 import {checkAndUpdateTextDynamic, checkAndUpdateTextInline, createText} from './text';
-import {ElementDef, NodeData, NodeDef, NodeFlags, NodeType, NodeUpdater, ProviderDef, Services, TextDef, ViewData, ViewDefinition, ViewFlags, ViewUpdateFn} from './types';
+import {ElementDef, NodeData, NodeDef, NodeFlags, NodeType, NodeUpdater, ProviderDef, Services, TextDef, ViewData, ViewDefinition, ViewFlags, ViewHandleEventFn, ViewUpdateFn} from './types';
 import {checkBindingNoChanges} from './util';
 
-const NOOP_UPDATE = (): any => undefined;
+const NOOP = (): any => undefined;
 
 export function viewDef(
     flags: ViewFlags, nodesWithoutIndices: NodeDef[], update?: ViewUpdateFn,
-    componentType?: RenderComponentType): ViewDefinition {
+    handleEvent?: ViewHandleEventFn, componentType?: RenderComponentType): ViewDefinition {
   // clone nodes and set auto calculated values
   if (nodesWithoutIndices.length === 0) {
     throw new Error(`Illegal State: Views without nodes are not allowed!`);
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ export function viewDef(
   const nodes: NodeDef[] = new Array(nodesWithoutIndices.length);
   const reverseChildNodes: NodeDef[] = new Array(nodesWithoutIndices.length);
   let viewBindingCount = 0;
+  let viewDisposableCount = 0;
   let viewFlags = 0;
   let currentParent: NodeDef = null;
   let lastRootNode: NodeDef = null;
@@ -44,7 +45,8 @@ export function viewDef(
     const node = cloneAndModifyNode(nodesWithoutIndices[i], {
       index: i,
       parent: currentParent ? currentParent.index : undefined,
-      bindingIndex: viewBindingCount, reverseChildIndex,
+      bindingIndex: viewBindingCount,
+      disposableIndex: viewDisposableCount, reverseChildIndex,
       providerIndices: Object.create(currentParent ? currentParent.providerIndices : null)
     });
     nodes[i] = node;
@@ -53,6 +55,7 @@ export function viewDef(
 
     viewFlags |= node.flags;
     viewBindingCount += node.bindings.length;
+    viewDisposableCount += node.disposableCount;
     if (currentParent) {
       currentParent.childFlags |= node.flags;
     }
@@ -72,8 +75,10 @@ export function viewDef(
     nodeFlags: viewFlags,
     flags,
     nodes: nodes, reverseChildNodes,
-    update: update || NOOP_UPDATE, componentType,
+    update: update || NOOP,
+    handleEvent: handleEvent || NOOP, componentType,
     bindingCount: viewBindingCount,
+    disposableCount: viewDisposableCount,
     lastRootNode: lastRootNode.index
   };
 }
@@ -148,6 +153,7 @@ function cloneAndModifyNode(nodeDef: NodeDef, values: {
   reverseChildIndex: number,
   parent: number,
   bindingIndex: number,
+  disposableIndex: number,
   providerIndices: {[tokenKey: string]: number}
 }): NodeDef {
   const clonedNode: NodeDef = <any>{};
@@ -157,6 +163,7 @@ function cloneAndModifyNode(nodeDef: NodeDef, values: {
 
   clonedNode.index = values.index;
   clonedNode.bindingIndex = values.bindingIndex;
+  clonedNode.disposableIndex = values.disposableIndex;
   clonedNode.parent = values.parent;
   clonedNode.reverseChildIndex = values.reverseChildIndex;
   clonedNode.providerIndices = values.providerIndices;
@@ -188,6 +195,7 @@ function createView(
   } else {
     renderer = def.componentType ? services.renderComponent(def.componentType) : parent.renderer;
   }
+  const disposables = def.disposableCount ? new Array(def.disposableCount) : undefined;
   const view: ViewData = {
     def,
     parent,
@@ -195,7 +203,7 @@ function createView(
     context: undefined,
     component: undefined, nodes,
     firstChange: true, renderer, services,
-    oldValues: new Array(def.bindingCount)
+    oldValues: new Array(def.bindingCount), disposables
   };
   return view;
 }
@@ -232,7 +240,7 @@ function initView(view: ViewData, renderHost: any, component: any, context: any)
 }
 
 export function checkNoChangesView(view: ViewData) {
-  view.def.update(CheckNoChanges, view, view.component, view.context);
+  view.def.update(CheckNoChanges, view);
   execEmbeddedViewsAction(view, ViewAction.CheckNoChanges);
   execComponentViewsAction(view, ViewAction.CheckNoChanges);
 }
@@ -274,7 +282,7 @@ const CheckNoChanges: NodeUpdater = {
 };
 
 export function checkAndUpdateView(view: ViewData) {
-  view.def.update(CheckAndUpdate, view, view.component, view.context);
+  view.def.update(CheckAndUpdate, view);
   execEmbeddedViewsAction(view, ViewAction.CheckAndUpdate);
 
   callLifecycleHooksChildrenFirst(
@@ -320,6 +328,11 @@ const CheckAndUpdate: NodeUpdater = {
 
 export function destroyView(view: ViewData) {
   callLifecycleHooksChildrenFirst(view, NodeFlags.OnDestroy);
+  if (view.disposables) {
+    for (let i = 0; i < view.disposables.length; i++) {
+      view.disposables[i]();
+    }
+  }
   execComponentViewsAction(view, ViewAction.Destroy);
   execEmbeddedViewsAction(view, ViewAction.Destroy);
 }
diff --git a/modules/@angular/core/test/view/anchor_spec.ts b/modules/@angular/core/test/view/anchor_spec.ts
index 8c90b787e0..76db0e02f0 100644
--- a/modules/@angular/core/test/view/anchor_spec.ts
+++ b/modules/@angular/core/test/view/anchor_spec.ts
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
  */
 
 import {RenderComponentType, RootRenderer, Sanitizer, SecurityContext, ViewEncapsulation} from '@angular/core';
-import {DefaultServices, NodeDef, NodeFlags, NodeUpdater, Services, ViewData, ViewDefinition, ViewFlags, ViewUpdateFn, anchorDef, checkAndUpdateView, checkNoChangesView, createRootView, elementDef, rootRenderNodes, textDef, viewDef} from '@angular/core/src/view/index';
+import {DefaultServices, NodeDef, NodeFlags, NodeUpdater, Services, ViewData, ViewDefinition, ViewFlags, ViewHandleEventFn, ViewUpdateFn, anchorDef, checkAndUpdateView, checkNoChangesView, createRootView, elementDef, rootRenderNodes, textDef, viewDef} from '@angular/core/src/view/index';
 import {inject} from '@angular/core/testing';
 import {getDOM} from '@angular/platform-browser/src/dom/dom_adapter';
 
@@ -34,8 +34,9 @@ function defineTests(config: {directDom: boolean, viewFlags: number}) {
               new RenderComponentType('1', 'someUrl', 0, ViewEncapsulation.None, [], {});
         }));
 
-    function compViewDef(nodes: NodeDef[], updater?: ViewUpdateFn): ViewDefinition {
-      return viewDef(config.viewFlags, nodes, updater, renderComponentType);
+    function compViewDef(
+        nodes: NodeDef[], update?: ViewUpdateFn, handleEvent?: ViewHandleEventFn): ViewDefinition {
+      return viewDef(config.viewFlags, nodes, update, handleEvent, renderComponentType);
     }
 
     function createAndGetRootNodes(viewDef: ViewDefinition): {rootNodes: any[], view: ViewData} {
diff --git a/modules/@angular/core/test/view/component_view_spec.ts b/modules/@angular/core/test/view/component_view_spec.ts
index 34105bfae5..77cb396885 100644
--- a/modules/@angular/core/test/view/component_view_spec.ts
+++ b/modules/@angular/core/test/view/component_view_spec.ts
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
  */
 
 import {RenderComponentType, RootRenderer, Sanitizer, SecurityContext, ViewEncapsulation} from '@angular/core';
-import {BindingType, DefaultServices, NodeDef, NodeFlags, NodeUpdater, Services, ViewData, ViewDefinition, ViewFlags, ViewUpdateFn, anchorDef, checkAndUpdateView, checkNoChangesView, createRootView, destroyView, elementDef, providerDef, rootRenderNodes, textDef, viewDef} from '@angular/core/src/view/index';
+import {BindingType, DefaultServices, NodeDef, NodeFlags, NodeUpdater, Services, ViewData, ViewDefinition, ViewFlags, ViewHandleEventFn, ViewUpdateFn, anchorDef, checkAndUpdateView, checkNoChangesView, createRootView, destroyView, elementDef, providerDef, rootRenderNodes, textDef, viewDef} from '@angular/core/src/view/index';
 import {inject} from '@angular/core/testing';
 import {getDOM} from '@angular/platform-browser/src/dom/dom_adapter';
 
@@ -34,8 +34,9 @@ function defineTests(config: {directDom: boolean, viewFlags: number}) {
               new RenderComponentType('1', 'someUrl', 0, ViewEncapsulation.None, [], {});
         }));
 
-    function compViewDef(nodes: NodeDef[], updater?: ViewUpdateFn): ViewDefinition {
-      return viewDef(config.viewFlags, nodes, updater, renderComponentType);
+    function compViewDef(
+        nodes: NodeDef[], update?: ViewUpdateFn, handleEvent?: ViewHandleEventFn): ViewDefinition {
+      return viewDef(config.viewFlags, nodes, update, handleEvent, renderComponentType);
     }
 
     function createAndGetRootNodes(viewDef: ViewDefinition): {rootNodes: any[], view: ViewData} {
@@ -45,56 +46,57 @@ function defineTests(config: {directDom: boolean, viewFlags: number}) {
     }
 
     it('should create and attach component views', () => {
-      class AComp {}
+      let instance: AComp;
+      class AComp {
+        constructor() { instance = this; }
+      }
 
       const {view, rootNodes} = createAndGetRootNodes(compViewDef([
         elementDef(NodeFlags.None, 1, 'div'),
-        providerDef(NodeFlags.None, AComp, [], null, () => compViewDef([
-                                                       elementDef(NodeFlags.None, 0, 'span'),
-                                                     ])),
+        providerDef(NodeFlags.None, AComp, [], null, null, () => compViewDef([
+                                                             elementDef(NodeFlags.None, 0, 'span'),
+                                                           ])),
       ]));
 
+      const compView = view.nodes[1].componentView;
+
+      expect(compView.context).toBe(instance);
+      expect(compView.component).toBe(instance);
+
       const compRootEl = getDOM().childNodes(rootNodes[0])[0];
       expect(getDOM().nodeName(compRootEl).toLowerCase()).toBe('span');
     });
 
     it('should dirty check component views', () => {
       let value = 'v1';
-      let instance: AComp;
       class AComp {
         a: any;
-        constructor() { instance = this; }
       }
 
-      const updater = jasmine.createSpy('updater').and.callFake(
+      const update = jasmine.createSpy('updater').and.callFake(
           (updater: NodeUpdater, view: ViewData) => updater.checkInline(view, 0, value));
 
       const {view, rootNodes} = createAndGetRootNodes(
         compViewDef([
           elementDef(NodeFlags.None, 1, 'div'),
-          providerDef(NodeFlags.None, AComp, [], null, () => compViewDef(
+          providerDef(NodeFlags.None, AComp, [], null, null, () => compViewDef(
             [
               elementDef(NodeFlags.None, 0, 'span', null, [[BindingType.ElementAttribute, 'a', SecurityContext.NONE]]),
-            ], updater
+            ], update
           )),
         ], jasmine.createSpy('parentUpdater')));
+      const compView = view.nodes[1].componentView;
 
       checkAndUpdateView(view);
 
-      expect(updater).toHaveBeenCalled();
-      // component
-      expect(updater.calls.mostRecent().args[2]).toBe(instance);
-      // view context
-      expect(updater.calls.mostRecent().args[3]).toBe(instance);
+      expect(update).toHaveBeenCalled();
+      expect(update.calls.mostRecent().args[1]).toBe(compView);
 
-      updater.calls.reset();
+      update.calls.reset();
       checkNoChangesView(view);
 
-      expect(updater).toHaveBeenCalled();
-      // component
-      expect(updater.calls.mostRecent().args[2]).toBe(instance);
-      // view context
-      expect(updater.calls.mostRecent().args[3]).toBe(instance);
+      expect(update).toHaveBeenCalled();
+      expect(update.calls.mostRecent().args[1]).toBe(compView);
 
       value = 'v2';
       expect(() => checkNoChangesView(view))
@@ -114,10 +116,11 @@ function defineTests(config: {directDom: boolean, viewFlags: number}) {
       const {view, rootNodes} = createAndGetRootNodes(compViewDef([
         elementDef(NodeFlags.None, 1, 'div'),
         providerDef(
-            NodeFlags.None, AComp, [], null, () => compViewDef([
-                                               elementDef(NodeFlags.None, 1, 'span'),
-                                               providerDef(NodeFlags.OnDestroy, ChildProvider, [])
-                                             ])),
+            NodeFlags.None, AComp, [], null, null,
+            () => compViewDef([
+              elementDef(NodeFlags.None, 1, 'span'),
+              providerDef(NodeFlags.OnDestroy, ChildProvider, [])
+            ])),
       ]));
 
       destroyView(view);
diff --git a/modules/@angular/core/test/view/element_spec.ts b/modules/@angular/core/test/view/element_spec.ts
index 7176f76471..ddf8a1070c 100644
--- a/modules/@angular/core/test/view/element_spec.ts
+++ b/modules/@angular/core/test/view/element_spec.ts
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
  */
 
 import {RenderComponentType, RootRenderer, Sanitizer, SecurityContext, ViewEncapsulation} from '@angular/core';
-import {BindingType, DefaultServices, NodeDef, NodeFlags, NodeUpdater, Services, ViewData, ViewDefinition, ViewFlags, ViewUpdateFn, anchorDef, checkAndUpdateView, checkNoChangesView, createRootView, elementDef, rootRenderNodes, textDef, viewDef} from '@angular/core/src/view/index';
+import {BindingType, DefaultServices, NodeDef, NodeFlags, NodeUpdater, Services, ViewData, ViewDefinition, ViewFlags, ViewHandleEventFn, ViewUpdateFn, anchorDef, checkAndUpdateView, checkNoChangesView, createRootView, destroyView, elementDef, rootRenderNodes, textDef, viewDef} from '@angular/core/src/view/index';
 import {inject} from '@angular/core/testing';
 import {getDOM} from '@angular/platform-browser/src/dom/dom_adapter';
 
@@ -34,8 +34,9 @@ function defineTests(config: {directDom: boolean, viewFlags: number}) {
               new RenderComponentType('1', 'someUrl', 0, ViewEncapsulation.None, [], {});
         }));
 
-    function compViewDef(nodes: NodeDef[], updater?: ViewUpdateFn): ViewDefinition {
-      return viewDef(config.viewFlags, nodes, updater, renderComponentType);
+    function compViewDef(
+        nodes: NodeDef[], update?: ViewUpdateFn, handleEvent?: ViewHandleEventFn): ViewDefinition {
+      return viewDef(config.viewFlags, nodes, update, handleEvent, renderComponentType);
     }
 
     function createAndGetRootNodes(viewDef: ViewDefinition): {rootNodes: any[], view: ViewData} {
@@ -101,12 +102,12 @@ function defineTests(config: {directDom: boolean, viewFlags: number}) {
     describe('change properties', () => {
       [{
         name: 'inline',
-        updater: (updater: NodeUpdater, view: ViewData) => updater.checkInline(view, 0, 'v1', 'v2')
+        update: (updater: NodeUpdater, view: ViewData) => updater.checkInline(view, 0, 'v1', 'v2')
       },
        {
          name: 'dynamic',
-         updater: (updater: NodeUpdater, view: ViewData) =>
-                      updater.checkDynamic(view, 0, ['v1', 'v2'])
+         update: (updater: NodeUpdater, view: ViewData) =>
+                     updater.checkDynamic(view, 0, ['v1', 'v2'])
        }].forEach((config) => {
         it(`should update ${config.name}`, () => {
 
@@ -119,7 +120,7 @@ function defineTests(config: {directDom: boolean, viewFlags: number}) {
                       [BindingType.ElementProperty, 'value', SecurityContext.NONE]
                     ]),
               ],
-              config.updater));
+              config.update));
 
           checkAndUpdateView(view);
 
@@ -133,12 +134,12 @@ function defineTests(config: {directDom: boolean, viewFlags: number}) {
     describe('change attributes', () => {
       [{
         name: 'inline',
-        updater: (updater: NodeUpdater, view: ViewData) => updater.checkInline(view, 0, 'v1', 'v2')
+        update: (updater: NodeUpdater, view: ViewData) => updater.checkInline(view, 0, 'v1', 'v2')
       },
        {
          name: 'dynamic',
-         updater: (updater: NodeUpdater, view: ViewData) =>
-                      updater.checkDynamic(view, 0, ['v1', 'v2'])
+         update: (updater: NodeUpdater, view: ViewData) =>
+                     updater.checkDynamic(view, 0, ['v1', 'v2'])
        }].forEach((config) => {
         it(`should update ${config.name}`, () => {
           const {view, rootNodes} = createAndGetRootNodes(compViewDef(
@@ -150,7 +151,7 @@ function defineTests(config: {directDom: boolean, viewFlags: number}) {
                       [BindingType.ElementAttribute, 'a2', SecurityContext.NONE]
                     ]),
               ],
-              config.updater));
+              config.update));
 
           checkAndUpdateView(view);
 
@@ -192,12 +193,12 @@ function defineTests(config: {directDom: boolean, viewFlags: number}) {
     describe('change styles', () => {
       [{
         name: 'inline',
-        updater: (updater: NodeUpdater, view: ViewData) => updater.checkInline(view, 0, 10, 'red')
+        update: (updater: NodeUpdater, view: ViewData) => updater.checkInline(view, 0, 10, 'red')
       },
        {
          name: 'dynamic',
-         updater: (updater: NodeUpdater, view: ViewData) =>
-                      updater.checkDynamic(view, 0, [10, 'red'])
+         update: (updater: NodeUpdater, view: ViewData) =>
+                     updater.checkDynamic(view, 0, [10, 'red'])
        }].forEach((config) => {
         it(`should update ${config.name}`, () => {
           const {view, rootNodes} = createAndGetRootNodes(compViewDef(
@@ -209,7 +210,7 @@ function defineTests(config: {directDom: boolean, viewFlags: number}) {
                       [BindingType.ElementStyle, 'color', null]
                     ]),
               ],
-              config.updater));
+              config.update));
 
           checkAndUpdateView(view);
 
@@ -219,5 +220,131 @@ function defineTests(config: {directDom: boolean, viewFlags: number}) {
         });
       });
     });
+
+    if (getDOM().supportsDOMEvents()) {
+      describe('listen to DOM events', () => {
+        let removeNodes: Node[];
+        beforeEach(() => { removeNodes = []; });
+        afterEach(() => {
+          removeNodes.forEach((node) => {
+            if (node.parentNode) {
+              node.parentNode.removeChild(node);
+            }
+          });
+        });
+
+        function createAndAttachAndGetRootNodes(viewDef: ViewDefinition):
+            {rootNodes: any[], view: ViewData} {
+          const result = createAndGetRootNodes(viewDef);
+          // Note: We need to append the node to the document.body, otherwise `click` events
+          // won't work in IE.
+          result.rootNodes.forEach((node) => {
+            document.body.appendChild(node);
+            removeNodes.push(node);
+          });
+          return result;
+        }
+
+        it('should listen to DOM events', () => {
+          const handleEventSpy = jasmine.createSpy('handleEvent');
+          const removeListenerSpy =
+              spyOn(HTMLElement.prototype, 'removeEventListener').and.callThrough();
+          const {view, rootNodes} = createAndAttachAndGetRootNodes(compViewDef(
+              [elementDef(NodeFlags.None, 0, 'button', null, null, ['click'])], null,
+              handleEventSpy));
+
+          rootNodes[0].click();
+
+          expect(handleEventSpy).toHaveBeenCalled();
+          let handleEventArgs = handleEventSpy.calls.mostRecent().args;
+          expect(handleEventArgs[0]).toBe(view);
+          expect(handleEventArgs[1]).toBe(0);
+          expect(handleEventArgs[2]).toBe('click');
+          expect(handleEventArgs[3]).toBeTruthy();
+
+          destroyView(view);
+
+          expect(removeListenerSpy).toHaveBeenCalled();
+        });
+
+        it('should listen to window events', () => {
+          const handleEventSpy = jasmine.createSpy('handleEvent');
+          const addListenerSpy = spyOn(window, 'addEventListener');
+          const removeListenerSpy = spyOn(window, 'removeEventListener');
+          const {view, rootNodes} = createAndAttachAndGetRootNodes(compViewDef(
+              [elementDef(NodeFlags.None, 0, 'button', null, null, [['window', 'windowClick']])],
+              null, handleEventSpy));
+
+          expect(addListenerSpy).toHaveBeenCalled();
+          expect(addListenerSpy.calls.mostRecent().args[0]).toBe('windowClick');
+          addListenerSpy.calls.mostRecent().args[1]({name: 'windowClick'});
+
+          expect(handleEventSpy).toHaveBeenCalled();
+          const handleEventArgs = handleEventSpy.calls.mostRecent().args;
+          expect(handleEventArgs[0]).toBe(view);
+          expect(handleEventArgs[1]).toBe(0);
+          expect(handleEventArgs[2]).toBe('windowClick');
+          expect(handleEventArgs[3]).toBeTruthy();
+
+          destroyView(view);
+
+          expect(removeListenerSpy).toHaveBeenCalled();
+        });
+
+        it('should listen to document events', () => {
+          const handleEventSpy = jasmine.createSpy('handleEvent');
+          const addListenerSpy = spyOn(document, 'addEventListener');
+          const removeListenerSpy = spyOn(document, 'removeEventListener');
+          const {view, rootNodes} = createAndAttachAndGetRootNodes(compViewDef(
+              [elementDef(
+                  NodeFlags.None, 0, 'button', null, null, [['document', 'documentClick']])],
+              null, handleEventSpy));
+
+          expect(addListenerSpy).toHaveBeenCalled();
+          expect(addListenerSpy.calls.mostRecent().args[0]).toBe('documentClick');
+          addListenerSpy.calls.mostRecent().args[1]({name: 'documentClick'});
+
+          expect(handleEventSpy).toHaveBeenCalled();
+          const handleEventArgs = handleEventSpy.calls.mostRecent().args;
+          expect(handleEventArgs[0]).toBe(view);
+          expect(handleEventArgs[1]).toBe(0);
+          expect(handleEventArgs[2]).toBe('documentClick');
+          expect(handleEventArgs[3]).toBeTruthy();
+
+          destroyView(view);
+
+          expect(removeListenerSpy).toHaveBeenCalled();
+        });
+
+        it('should preventDefault only if the handler returns false', () => {
+          let eventHandlerResult: any;
+          let preventDefaultSpy: jasmine.Spy;
+
+          const {view, rootNodes} = createAndAttachAndGetRootNodes(compViewDef(
+              [elementDef(NodeFlags.None, 0, 'button', null, null, ['click'])], null,
+              (view, index, eventName, event) => {
+                preventDefaultSpy = spyOn(event, 'preventDefault').and.callThrough();
+                return eventHandlerResult;
+              }));
+
+          eventHandlerResult = undefined;
+          rootNodes[0].click();
+          expect(preventDefaultSpy).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+
+          eventHandlerResult = true;
+          rootNodes[0].click();
+          expect(preventDefaultSpy).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+
+          eventHandlerResult = 'someString';
+          rootNodes[0].click();
+          expect(preventDefaultSpy).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+
+          eventHandlerResult = false;
+          rootNodes[0].click();
+          expect(preventDefaultSpy).toHaveBeenCalled();
+        });
+
+      });
+    }
   });
 }
diff --git a/modules/@angular/core/test/view/embedded_view_spec.ts b/modules/@angular/core/test/view/embedded_view_spec.ts
index 56b0176ac6..b7b014c752 100644
--- a/modules/@angular/core/test/view/embedded_view_spec.ts
+++ b/modules/@angular/core/test/view/embedded_view_spec.ts
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
  */
 
 import {RenderComponentType, RootRenderer, Sanitizer, SecurityContext, ViewEncapsulation} from '@angular/core';
-import {BindingType, DefaultServices, NodeDef, NodeFlags, NodeUpdater, Services, ViewData, ViewDefinition, ViewFlags, ViewUpdateFn, anchorDef, attachEmbeddedView, checkAndUpdateView, checkNoChangesView, createEmbeddedView, createRootView, destroyView, detachEmbeddedView, elementDef, providerDef, rootRenderNodes, textDef, viewDef} from '@angular/core/src/view/index';
+import {BindingType, DefaultServices, NodeDef, NodeFlags, NodeUpdater, Services, ViewData, ViewDefinition, ViewFlags, ViewHandleEventFn, ViewUpdateFn, anchorDef, attachEmbeddedView, checkAndUpdateView, checkNoChangesView, createEmbeddedView, createRootView, destroyView, detachEmbeddedView, elementDef, providerDef, rootRenderNodes, textDef, viewDef} from '@angular/core/src/view/index';
 import {inject} from '@angular/core/testing';
 import {getDOM} from '@angular/platform-browser/src/dom/dom_adapter';
 
@@ -34,12 +34,13 @@ function defineTests(config: {directDom: boolean, viewFlags: number}) {
               new RenderComponentType('1', 'someUrl', 0, ViewEncapsulation.None, [], {});
         }));
 
-    function compViewDef(nodes: NodeDef[], updater?: ViewUpdateFn): ViewDefinition {
-      return viewDef(config.viewFlags, nodes, updater, renderComponentType);
+    function compViewDef(
+        nodes: NodeDef[], update?: ViewUpdateFn, handleEvent?: ViewHandleEventFn): ViewDefinition {
+      return viewDef(config.viewFlags, nodes, update, handleEvent, renderComponentType);
     }
 
-    function embeddedViewDef(nodes: NodeDef[], updater?: ViewUpdateFn): ViewDefinition {
-      return viewDef(config.viewFlags, nodes, updater);
+    function embeddedViewDef(nodes: NodeDef[], update?: ViewUpdateFn): ViewDefinition {
+      return viewDef(config.viewFlags, nodes, update);
     }
 
     function createAndGetRootNodes(
@@ -49,6 +50,23 @@ function defineTests(config: {directDom: boolean, viewFlags: number}) {
       return {rootNodes, view};
     }
 
+    it('should create embedded views with the right context', () => {
+      const parentContext = new Object();
+      const childContext = new Object();
+
+      const {view: parentView, rootNodes} = createAndGetRootNodes(
+          compViewDef([
+            elementDef(NodeFlags.None, 2, 'div'),
+            anchorDef(NodeFlags.HasEmbeddedViews, 0, embeddedViewDef([elementDef(
+                                                         NodeFlags.None, 0, 'span')])),
+          ]),
+          parentContext);
+
+      const childView = createEmbeddedView(parentView, parentView.def.nodes[1], childContext);
+      expect(childView.component).toBe(parentContext);
+      expect(childView.context).toBe(childContext);
+    });
+
     it('should attach and detach embedded views', () => {
       const {view: parentView, rootNodes} = createAndGetRootNodes(compViewDef([
         elementDef(NodeFlags.None, 2, 'div'),
@@ -97,45 +115,35 @@ function defineTests(config: {directDom: boolean, viewFlags: number}) {
 
     it('should dirty check embedded views', () => {
       let childValue = 'v1';
-      const parentContext = new Object();
-      const childContext = new Object();
-      const updater = jasmine.createSpy('updater').and.callFake(
+      const update = jasmine.createSpy('updater').and.callFake(
           (updater: NodeUpdater, view: ViewData) => updater.checkInline(view, 0, childValue));
 
-      const {view: parentView, rootNodes} = createAndGetRootNodes(
-          compViewDef([
-            elementDef(NodeFlags.None, 1, 'div'),
-            anchorDef(
-                NodeFlags.HasEmbeddedViews, 0,
-                embeddedViewDef(
-                    [elementDef(
-                        NodeFlags.None, 0, 'span', null,
-                        [[BindingType.ElementAttribute, 'name', SecurityContext.NONE]])],
-                    updater))
-          ]),
-          parentContext);
+      const {view: parentView, rootNodes} = createAndGetRootNodes(compViewDef([
+        elementDef(NodeFlags.None, 1, 'div'),
+        anchorDef(
+            NodeFlags.HasEmbeddedViews, 0,
+            embeddedViewDef(
+                [elementDef(
+                    NodeFlags.None, 0, 'span', null,
+                    [[BindingType.ElementAttribute, 'name', SecurityContext.NONE]])],
+                update))
+      ]));
 
-      const childView0 = createEmbeddedView(parentView, parentView.def.nodes[1], childContext);
+      const childView0 = createEmbeddedView(parentView, parentView.def.nodes[1]);
 
       const rootEl = rootNodes[0];
       attachEmbeddedView(parentView.nodes[1], 0, childView0);
 
       checkAndUpdateView(parentView);
 
-      expect(updater).toHaveBeenCalled();
-      // component
-      expect(updater.calls.mostRecent().args[2]).toBe(parentContext);
-      // view context
-      expect(updater.calls.mostRecent().args[3]).toBe(childContext);
+      expect(update).toHaveBeenCalled();
+      expect(update.calls.mostRecent().args[1]).toBe(childView0);
 
-      updater.calls.reset();
+      update.calls.reset();
       checkNoChangesView(parentView);
 
-      expect(updater).toHaveBeenCalled();
-      // component
-      expect(updater.calls.mostRecent().args[2]).toBe(parentContext);
-      // view context
-      expect(updater.calls.mostRecent().args[3]).toBe(childContext);
+      expect(update).toHaveBeenCalled();
+      expect(update.calls.mostRecent().args[1]).toBe(childView0);
 
       childValue = 'v2';
       expect(() => checkNoChangesView(parentView))
diff --git a/modules/@angular/core/test/view/provider_spec.ts b/modules/@angular/core/test/view/provider_spec.ts
index c8fea5611a..3c42070710 100644
--- a/modules/@angular/core/test/view/provider_spec.ts
+++ b/modules/@angular/core/test/view/provider_spec.ts
@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@
  * found in the LICENSE file at https://angular.io/license
  */
 
-import {AfterContentChecked, AfterContentInit, AfterViewChecked, AfterViewInit, DoCheck, ElementRef, OnChanges, OnDestroy, OnInit, RenderComponentType, Renderer, RootRenderer, Sanitizer, SecurityContext, SimpleChange, TemplateRef, ViewContainerRef, ViewEncapsulation} from '@angular/core';
-import {BindingType, DefaultServices, NodeDef, NodeFlags, NodeUpdater, Services, ViewData, ViewDefinition, ViewFlags, ViewUpdateFn, anchorDef, checkAndUpdateView, checkNoChangesView, createRootView, destroyView, elementDef, providerDef, rootRenderNodes, textDef, viewDef} from '@angular/core/src/view/index';
+import {AfterContentChecked, AfterContentInit, AfterViewChecked, AfterViewInit, DoCheck, ElementRef, EventEmitter, OnChanges, OnDestroy, OnInit, RenderComponentType, Renderer, RootRenderer, Sanitizer, SecurityContext, SimpleChange, TemplateRef, ViewContainerRef, ViewEncapsulation} from '@angular/core';
+import {BindingType, DefaultServices, NodeDef, NodeFlags, NodeUpdater, Services, ViewData, ViewDefinition, ViewFlags, ViewHandleEventFn, ViewUpdateFn, anchorDef, checkAndUpdateView, checkNoChangesView, createRootView, destroyView, elementDef, providerDef, rootRenderNodes, textDef, viewDef} from '@angular/core/src/view/index';
 import {inject} from '@angular/core/testing';
 import {getDOM} from '@angular/platform-browser/src/dom/dom_adapter';
 
@@ -34,12 +34,13 @@ function defineTests(config: {directDom: boolean, viewFlags: number}) {
               new RenderComponentType('1', 'someUrl', 0, ViewEncapsulation.None, [], {});
         }));
 
-    function compViewDef(nodes: NodeDef[], updater?: ViewUpdateFn): ViewDefinition {
-      return viewDef(config.viewFlags, nodes, updater, renderComponentType);
+    function compViewDef(
+        nodes: NodeDef[], update?: ViewUpdateFn, handleEvent?: ViewHandleEventFn): ViewDefinition {
+      return viewDef(config.viewFlags, nodes, update, handleEvent, renderComponentType);
     }
 
-    function embeddedViewDef(nodes: NodeDef[], updater?: ViewUpdateFn): ViewDefinition {
-      return viewDef(config.viewFlags, nodes, updater);
+    function embeddedViewDef(nodes: NodeDef[], update?: ViewUpdateFn): ViewDefinition {
+      return viewDef(config.viewFlags, nodes, update);
     }
 
     function createAndGetRootNodes(viewDef: ViewDefinition): {rootNodes: any[], view: ViewData} {
@@ -110,10 +111,11 @@ function defineTests(config: {directDom: boolean, viewFlags: number}) {
           createAndGetRootNodes(compViewDef([
             elementDef(NodeFlags.None, 1, 'div'),
             providerDef(
-                NodeFlags.None, Dep, [], null, () => compViewDef([
-                                                 elementDef(NodeFlags.None, 1, 'span'),
-                                                 providerDef(NodeFlags.None, SomeService, [Dep])
-                                               ])),
+                NodeFlags.None, Dep, [], null, null,
+                () => compViewDef([
+                  elementDef(NodeFlags.None, 1, 'span'),
+                  providerDef(NodeFlags.None, SomeService, [Dep])
+                ])),
           ]));
 
           expect(instance.dep instanceof Dep).toBeTruthy();
@@ -173,12 +175,12 @@ function defineTests(config: {directDom: boolean, viewFlags: number}) {
     describe('data binding', () => {
       [{
         name: 'inline',
-        updater: (updater: NodeUpdater, view: ViewData) => updater.checkInline(view, 1, 'v1', 'v2')
+        update: (updater: NodeUpdater, view: ViewData) => updater.checkInline(view, 1, 'v1', 'v2')
       },
        {
          name: 'dynamic',
-         updater: (updater: NodeUpdater, view: ViewData) =>
-                      updater.checkDynamic(view, 1, ['v1', 'v2'])
+         update: (updater: NodeUpdater, view: ViewData) =>
+                     updater.checkDynamic(view, 1, ['v1', 'v2'])
        }].forEach((config) => {
         it(`should update ${config.name}`, () => {
           let instance: SomeService;
@@ -194,7 +196,7 @@ function defineTests(config: {directDom: boolean, viewFlags: number}) {
                 elementDef(NodeFlags.None, 1, 'span'),
                 providerDef(NodeFlags.None, SomeService, [], {a: [0, 'a'], b: [1, 'b']})
               ],
-              config.updater));
+              config.update));
 
           checkAndUpdateView(view);
 
@@ -226,6 +228,39 @@ function defineTests(config: {directDom: boolean, viewFlags: number}) {
       });
     });
 
+    describe('outputs', () => {
+      it('should listen to provider events', () => {
+        let emitter = new EventEmitter<any>();
+        let unsubscribeSpy: any;
+
+        class SomeService {
+          emitter = {
+            subscribe: (callback: any) => {
+              const subscription = emitter.subscribe(callback);
+              unsubscribeSpy = spyOn(subscription, 'unsubscribe').and.callThrough();
+              return subscription;
+            }
+          };
+        }
+
+        const handleEvent = jasmine.createSpy('handleEvent');
+        const subscribe = spyOn(emitter, 'subscribe').and.callThrough();
+
+        const {view, rootNodes} = createAndGetRootNodes(compViewDef(
+            [
+              elementDef(NodeFlags.None, 1, 'span'),
+              providerDef(NodeFlags.None, SomeService, [], null, {emitter: 'someEventName'})
+            ],
+            null, handleEvent));
+
+        emitter.emit('someEventInstance');
+        expect(handleEvent).toHaveBeenCalledWith(view, 0, 'someEventName', 'someEventInstance');
+
+        destroyView(view);
+        expect(unsubscribeSpy).toHaveBeenCalled();
+      });
+    });
+
     describe('lifecycle hooks', () => {
       it('should call the lifecycle hooks in the right order', () => {
         let instanceCount = 0;
diff --git a/modules/@angular/core/test/view/text_spec.ts b/modules/@angular/core/test/view/text_spec.ts
index b67ee7ea56..0dac5c5dc3 100644
--- a/modules/@angular/core/test/view/text_spec.ts
+++ b/modules/@angular/core/test/view/text_spec.ts
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
  */
 
 import {RenderComponentType, RootRenderer, Sanitizer, SecurityContext, ViewEncapsulation} from '@angular/core';
-import {DefaultServices, NodeDef, NodeFlags, NodeUpdater, Services, ViewData, ViewDefinition, ViewFlags, ViewUpdateFn, anchorDef, checkAndUpdateView, checkNoChangesView, createRootView, elementDef, rootRenderNodes, textDef, viewDef} from '@angular/core/src/view/index';
+import {DefaultServices, NodeDef, NodeFlags, NodeUpdater, Services, ViewData, ViewDefinition, ViewFlags, ViewHandleEventFn, ViewUpdateFn, anchorDef, checkAndUpdateView, checkNoChangesView, createRootView, elementDef, rootRenderNodes, textDef, viewDef} from '@angular/core/src/view/index';
 import {inject} from '@angular/core/testing';
 import {getDOM} from '@angular/platform-browser/src/dom/dom_adapter';
 
@@ -34,8 +34,9 @@ function defineTests(config: {directDom: boolean, viewFlags: number}) {
               new RenderComponentType('1', 'someUrl', 0, ViewEncapsulation.None, [], {});
         }));
 
-    function compViewDef(nodes: NodeDef[], updater?: ViewUpdateFn): ViewDefinition {
-      return viewDef(config.viewFlags, nodes, updater, renderComponentType);
+    function compViewDef(
+        nodes: NodeDef[], update?: ViewUpdateFn, handleEvent?: ViewHandleEventFn): ViewDefinition {
+      return viewDef(config.viewFlags, nodes, update, handleEvent, renderComponentType);
     }
 
     function createAndGetRootNodes(viewDef: ViewDefinition): {rootNodes: any[], view: ViewData} {
@@ -88,19 +89,19 @@ function defineTests(config: {directDom: boolean, viewFlags: number}) {
     describe('change text', () => {
       [{
         name: 'inline',
-        updater: (updater: NodeUpdater, view: ViewData) => updater.checkInline(view, 0, 'a', 'b')
+        update: (updater: NodeUpdater, view: ViewData) => updater.checkInline(view, 0, 'a', 'b')
       },
        {
          name: 'dynamic',
-         updater: (updater: NodeUpdater, view: ViewData) =>
-                      updater.checkDynamic(view, 0, ['a', 'b'])
+         update: (updater: NodeUpdater, view: ViewData) =>
+                     updater.checkDynamic(view, 0, ['a', 'b'])
        }].forEach((config) => {
         it(`should update ${config.name}`, () => {
           const {view, rootNodes} = createAndGetRootNodes(compViewDef(
               [
                 textDef(['0', '1', '2']),
               ],
-              config.updater));
+              config.update));
 
           checkAndUpdateView(view);
 
diff --git a/modules/benchmarks/src/tree/ng2_next/tree.ts b/modules/benchmarks/src/tree/ng2_next/tree.ts
index ad5e35f67f..327b92bda9 100644
--- a/modules/benchmarks/src/tree/ng2_next/tree.ts
+++ b/modules/benchmarks/src/tree/ng2_next/tree.ts
@@ -25,16 +25,18 @@ let viewFlags = ViewFlags.DirectDom;
 
 const TreeComponent_Host: ViewDefinition = viewDef(viewFlags, [
   elementDef(NodeFlags.None, 1, 'tree'),
-  providerDef(NodeFlags.None, TreeComponent, [], null, () => TreeComponent_0),
+  providerDef(NodeFlags.None, TreeComponent, [], null, null, () => TreeComponent_0),
 ]);
 
 const TreeComponent_1: ViewDefinition = viewDef(
     viewFlags,
     [
       elementDef(NodeFlags.None, 1, 'tree'),
-      providerDef(NodeFlags.None, TreeComponent, [], {data: [0, 'data']}, () => TreeComponent_0),
+      providerDef(
+          NodeFlags.None, TreeComponent, [], {data: [0, 'data']}, null, () => TreeComponent_0),
     ],
-    (updater: NodeUpdater, view: ViewData, cmp: TreeComponent) => {
+    (updater: NodeUpdater, view: ViewData) => {
+      const cmp = view.component;
       updater.checkInline(view, 1, cmp.data.left);
     });
 
@@ -42,9 +44,11 @@ const TreeComponent_2: ViewDefinition = viewDef(
     viewFlags,
     [
       elementDef(NodeFlags.None, 1, 'tree'),
-      providerDef(NodeFlags.None, TreeComponent, [], {data: [0, 'data']}, () => TreeComponent_0),
+      providerDef(
+          NodeFlags.None, TreeComponent, [], {data: [0, 'data']}, null, () => TreeComponent_0),
     ],
-    (updater: NodeUpdater, view: ViewData, cmp: TreeComponent) => {
+    (updater: NodeUpdater, view: ViewData) => {
+      const cmp = view.component;
       updater.checkInline(view, 1, cmp.data.right);
     });
 
@@ -59,7 +63,8 @@ const TreeComponent_0: ViewDefinition = viewDef(
       anchorDef(NodeFlags.HasEmbeddedViews, 1, TreeComponent_2),
       providerDef(NodeFlags.None, NgIf, [ViewContainerRef, TemplateRef], {ngIf: [0, 'ngIf']}),
     ],
-    (updater: NodeUpdater, view: ViewData, cmp: TreeComponent) => {
+    (updater: NodeUpdater, view: ViewData) => {
+      const cmp = view.component;
       updater.checkInline(view, 0, cmp.bgColor);
       updater.checkInline(view, 1, cmp.data.value);
       updater.checkInline(view, 3, cmp.data.left != null);