feat(render): add generic view factory based on the template commands

Part of #3605
Closes #4367

modules/angular2/src/core/dom/browser_adapter.ts

@@ -158,7 +158,9 @@ export class BrowserDomAdapter extends GenericBrowserDomAdapter {
   removeChild(el, node) { el.removeChild(node); }
   replaceChild(el: Node, newChild, oldChild) { el.replaceChild(newChild, oldChild); }
   remove(node): Node {
+    if (node.parentNode) {
       node.parentNode.removeChild(node);
+    }
     return node;
   }
   insertBefore(el, node) { el.parentNode.insertBefore(node, el); }

modules/angular2/src/core/dom/html_adapter.dart

@@ -221,9 +221,7 @@ class Html5LibDomAdapter implements DomAdapter {
     return new Element.tag(tagName);
   }
 
-  createTextNode(String text, [doc]) {
-    throw 'not implemented';
-  }
+  createTextNode(String text, [doc]) => new Text(text);
 
   createScriptTag(String attrName, String attrValue, [doc]) {
     throw 'not implemented';

modules/angular2/src/core/dom/parse5_adapter.ts

@@ -276,7 +276,11 @@ export class Parse5DomAdapter extends DomAdapter {
   createElement(tagName): HTMLElement {
     return treeAdapter.createElement(tagName, 'http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml', []);
   }
-  createTextNode(text: string): Text { throw _notImplemented('createTextNode'); }
+  createTextNode(text: string): Text {
+    var t = <any>this.createComment(text);
+    t.type = 'text';
+    return t;
+  }
   createScriptTag(attrName: string, attrValue: string): HTMLElement {
     return treeAdapter.createElement("script", 'http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml',
                                      [{name: attrName, value: attrValue}]);
@@ -424,6 +428,9 @@ export class Parse5DomAdapter extends DomAdapter {
   setAttribute(element, attribute: string, value: string) {
     if (attribute) {
       element.attribs[attribute] = value;
+      if (attribute === 'class') {
+        element.className = value;
+      }
     }
   }
   removeAttribute(element, attribute: string) {

modules/angular2/src/core/render/view.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+import {BaseException} from 'angular2/src/core/facade/exceptions';
+import {ListWrapper, MapWrapper, Map, StringMapWrapper} from 'angular2/src/core/facade/collection';
+import {isPresent, isBlank, stringify} from 'angular2/src/core/facade/lang';
+
+import {
+  RenderViewRef,
+  RenderEventDispatcher,
+  RenderTemplateCmd,
+  RenderProtoViewRef,
+  RenderFragmentRef
+} from './api';
+
+export class DefaultProtoViewRef extends RenderProtoViewRef {
+  constructor(public cmds: RenderTemplateCmd[]) { super(); }
+}
+
+export class DefaultRenderFragmentRef<N> extends RenderFragmentRef {
+  constructor(public nodes: N[]) { super(); }
+}
+
+export class DefaultRenderView<N> extends RenderViewRef {
+  hydrated: boolean = false;
+  eventDispatcher: RenderEventDispatcher = null;
+  globalEventRemovers: Function[] = null;
+
+  constructor(public fragments: DefaultRenderFragmentRef<N>[], public boundTextNodes: N[],
+              public boundElements: N[], public nativeShadowRoots: N[],
+              public globalEventAdders: Function[]) {
+    super();
+  }
+
+  hydrate() {
+    if (this.hydrated) throw new BaseException('The view is already hydrated.');
+    this.hydrated = true;
+    this.globalEventRemovers = ListWrapper.createFixedSize(this.globalEventAdders.length);
+    for (var i = 0; i < this.globalEventAdders.length; i++) {
+      this.globalEventRemovers[i] = this.globalEventAdders[i]();
+    }
+  }
+
+  dehydrate() {
+    if (!this.hydrated) throw new BaseException('The view is already dehydrated.');
+    for (var i = 0; i < this.globalEventRemovers.length; i++) {
+      this.globalEventRemovers[i]();
+    }
+    this.globalEventRemovers = null;
+    this.hydrated = false;
+  }
+
+  setEventDispatcher(dispatcher: RenderEventDispatcher) { this.eventDispatcher = dispatcher; }
+
+  dispatchRenderEvent(boundElementIndex: number, eventName: string, event: any): boolean {
+    var allowDefaultBehavior = true;
+    if (isPresent(this.eventDispatcher)) {
+      var locals = new Map();
+      locals.set('$event', event);
+      allowDefaultBehavior =
+          this.eventDispatcher.dispatchRenderEvent(boundElementIndex, eventName, locals);
+    }
+    return allowDefaultBehavior;
+  }
+}

modules/angular2/src/core/render/view_factory.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,230 @@
+import {isBlank, isPresent} from 'angular2/src/core/facade/lang';
+import {
+  RenderEventDispatcher,
+  RenderTemplateCmd,
+  RenderCommandVisitor,
+  RenderBeginElementCmd,
+  RenderBeginComponentCmd,
+  RenderNgContentCmd,
+  RenderTextCmd,
+  RenderEmbeddedTemplateCmd
+} from './api';
+import {DefaultRenderView, DefaultRenderFragmentRef} from './view';
+
+export function createRenderView(fragmentCmds: RenderTemplateCmd[], inplaceElement: any,
+                                 nodeFactory: NodeFactory<any>): DefaultRenderView<any> {
+  var builders: RenderViewBuilder<any>[] = [];
+  visitAll(new RenderViewBuilder<any>(null, null, inplaceElement, builders, nodeFactory),
+           fragmentCmds);
+  var boundElements: any[] = [];
+  var boundTextNodes: any[] = [];
+  var nativeShadowRoots: any[] = [];
+  var fragments: DefaultRenderFragmentRef<any>[] = [];
+  var viewElementOffset = 0;
+  var view: DefaultRenderView<any>;
+  var eventDispatcher = (boundElementIndex: number, eventName: string, event: any) =>
+      view.dispatchRenderEvent(boundElementIndex, eventName, event);
+  var globalEventAdders: Function[] = [];
+
+  for (var i = 0; i < builders.length; i++) {
+    var builder = builders[i];
+    addAll(builder.boundElements, boundElements);
+    addAll(builder.boundTextNodes, boundTextNodes);
+    addAll(builder.nativeShadowRoots, nativeShadowRoots);
+    if (isBlank(builder.rootNodesParent)) {
+      fragments.push(new DefaultRenderFragmentRef<any>(builder.fragmentRootNodes));
+    }
+    for (var j = 0; j < builder.eventData.length; j++) {
+      var eventData = builder.eventData[j];
+      var boundElementIndex = eventData[0] + viewElementOffset;
+      var target = eventData[1];
+      var eventName = eventData[2];
+      if (isPresent(target)) {
+        var handler =
+            createEventHandler(boundElementIndex, `${target}:${eventName}`, eventDispatcher);
+        globalEventAdders.push(createGlobalEventAdder(target, eventName, handler, nodeFactory));
+      } else {
+        var handler = createEventHandler(boundElementIndex, eventName, eventDispatcher);
+        nodeFactory.on(boundElements[boundElementIndex], eventName, handler);
+      }
+    }
+    viewElementOffset += builder.boundElements.length;
+  }
+  view = new DefaultRenderView<any>(fragments, boundTextNodes, boundElements, nativeShadowRoots,
+                                    globalEventAdders);
+  return view;
+}
+
+function createEventHandler(boundElementIndex: number, eventName: string,
+                            eventDispatcher: Function): Function {
+  return ($event) => eventDispatcher(boundElementIndex, eventName, $event);
+}
+
+function createGlobalEventAdder(target: string, eventName: string, eventHandler: Function,
+                                nodeFactory: NodeFactory<any>): Function {
+  return () => nodeFactory.globalOn(target, eventName, eventHandler);
+}
+
+export interface NodeFactory<N> {
+  resolveComponentTemplate(templateId: number): RenderTemplateCmd[];
+  createTemplateAnchor(attrNameAndValues: string[]): N;
+  createElement(name: string, attrNameAndValues: string[]): N;
+  mergeElement(existing: N, attrNameAndValues: string[]);
+  createShadowRoot(host: N): N;
+  createText(value: string): N;
+  appendChild(parent: N, child: N);
+  on(element: N, eventName: string, callback: Function);
+  globalOn(target: string, eventName: string, callback: Function): Function;
+}
+
+class RenderViewBuilder<N> implements RenderCommandVisitor {
+  parentStack: Array<N | Component<N>>;
+  boundTextNodes: N[] = [];
+  boundElements: N[] = [];
+  eventData: any[][] = [];
+
+  fragmentRootNodes: N[] = [];
+  nativeShadowRoots: N[] = [];
+
+  constructor(public parentComponent: Component<N>, public rootNodesParent: N,
+              public inplaceElement: N, public allBuilders: RenderViewBuilder<N>[],
+              public factory: NodeFactory<N>) {
+    this.parentStack = [rootNodesParent];
+    allBuilders.push(this);
+  }
+
+  get parent(): N | Component<N> { return this.parentStack[this.parentStack.length - 1]; }
+
+  visitText(cmd: RenderTextCmd, context: any): any {
+    var text = this.factory.createText(cmd.value);
+    this._addChild(text, cmd.ngContentIndex);
+    if (cmd.isBound) {
+      this.boundTextNodes.push(text);
+    }
+    return null;
+  }
+  visitNgContent(cmd: RenderNgContentCmd, context: any): any {
+    if (isPresent(this.parentComponent)) {
+      var projectedNodes = this.parentComponent.project();
+      for (var i = 0; i < projectedNodes.length; i++) {
+        var node = projectedNodes[i];
+        this._addChild(node, cmd.ngContentIndex);
+      }
+    }
+    return null;
+  }
+  visitBeginElement(cmd: RenderBeginElementCmd, context: any): any {
+    this.parentStack.push(this._beginElement(cmd));
+    return null;
+  }
+  visitEndElement(context: any): any {
+    this._endElement();
+    return null;
+  }
+  visitBeginComponent(cmd: RenderBeginComponentCmd, context: any): any {
+    var el = this._beginElement(cmd);
+    var root = el;
+    if (cmd.nativeShadow) {
+      root = this.factory.createShadowRoot(el);
+      this.nativeShadowRoots.push(root);
+    }
+    this.parentStack.push(new Component(el, root, cmd, this.factory));
+    return null;
+  }
+  visitEndComponent(context: any): any {
+    var c = <Component<N>>this.parent;
+    var template = this.factory.resolveComponentTemplate(c.cmd.templateId);
+    this._visitChildTemplate(template, c, c.shadowRoot);
+    this._endElement();
+    return null;
+  }
+  visitEmbeddedTemplate(cmd: RenderEmbeddedTemplateCmd, context: any): any {
+    var el = this.factory.createTemplateAnchor(cmd.attrNameAndValues);
+    this._addChild(el, cmd.ngContentIndex);
+    this.boundElements.push(el);
+    if (cmd.isMerged) {
+      this._visitChildTemplate(cmd.children, this.parentComponent, null);
+    }
+    return null;
+  }
+
+  private _beginElement(cmd: RenderBeginElementCmd): N {
+    var el: N;
+    if (isPresent(this.inplaceElement)) {
+      el = this.inplaceElement;
+      this.inplaceElement = null;
+      this.factory.mergeElement(el, cmd.attrNameAndValues);
+      this.fragmentRootNodes.push(el);
+    } else {
+      el = this.factory.createElement(cmd.name, cmd.attrNameAndValues);
+      this._addChild(el, cmd.ngContentIndex);
+    }
+    if (cmd.isBound) {
+      this.boundElements.push(el);
+      for (var i = 0; i < cmd.eventTargetAndNames.length; i += 2) {
+        var target = cmd.eventTargetAndNames[i];
+        var eventName = cmd.eventTargetAndNames[i + 1];
+        this.eventData.push([this.boundElements.length - 1, target, eventName]);
+      }
+    }
+    return el;
+  }
+
+  private _endElement() { this.parentStack.pop(); }
+
+  private _visitChildTemplate(cmds: RenderTemplateCmd[], parent: Component<N>, rootNodesParent: N) {
+    visitAll(new RenderViewBuilder(parent, rootNodesParent, null, this.allBuilders, this.factory),
+             cmds);
+  }
+
+  private _addChild(node: N, ngContentIndex: number) {
+    var parent = this.parent;
+    if (isPresent(parent)) {
+      if (parent instanceof Component) {
+        parent.addContentNode(ngContentIndex, node);
+      } else {
+        this.factory.appendChild(<N>parent, node);
+      }
+    } else {
+      this.fragmentRootNodes.push(node);
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+class Component<N> {
+  private contentNodesByNgContentIndex: N[][] = [];
+  private projectingNgContentIndex: number = 0;
+
+  constructor(public hostElement: N, public shadowRoot: N, public cmd: RenderBeginComponentCmd,
+              public factory: NodeFactory<N>) {}
+  addContentNode(ngContentIndex: number, node: N) {
+    if (isBlank(ngContentIndex)) {
+      if (this.cmd.nativeShadow) {
+        this.factory.appendChild(this.hostElement, node);
+      }
+    } else {
+      while (this.contentNodesByNgContentIndex.length <= ngContentIndex) {
+        this.contentNodesByNgContentIndex.push([]);
+      }
+      this.contentNodesByNgContentIndex[ngContentIndex].push(node);
+    }
+  }
+  project(): N[] {
+    var ngContentIndex = this.projectingNgContentIndex++;
+    return ngContentIndex < this.contentNodesByNgContentIndex.length ?
+               this.contentNodesByNgContentIndex[ngContentIndex] :
+               [];
+  }
+}
+
+function addAll(source: any[], target: any[]) {
+  for (var i = 0; i < source.length; i++) {
+    target.push(source[i]);
+  }
+}
+
+function visitAll(visitor: RenderCommandVisitor, fragmentCmds: RenderTemplateCmd[]) {
+  for (var i = 0; i < fragmentCmds.length; i++) {
+    fragmentCmds[i].visit(visitor, null);
+  }
+}

modules/angular2/src/test_lib/utils.ts

@@ -119,7 +119,8 @@ export function stringifyElement(el): string {
     result += '>';
 
     // Children
-    var children = DOM.childNodes(DOM.templateAwareRoot(el));
+    var childrenRoot = DOM.templateAwareRoot(el);
+    var children = isPresent(childrenRoot) ? DOM.childNodes(childrenRoot) : [];
     for (let j = 0; j < children.length; j++) {
       result += stringifyElement(children[j]);
     }

modules/angular2/test/core/dom/dom_adapter_spec.ts

@@ -50,6 +50,25 @@ export function main() {
 
     });
 
+    it('should be able to create text nodes and use them with the other APIs', () => {
+      var t = DOM.createTextNode('hello');
+      expect(DOM.isTextNode(t)).toBe(true);
+      var d = DOM.createElement('div');
+      DOM.appendChild(d, t);
+      expect(DOM.getInnerHTML(d)).toEqual('hello');
+    });
+
+    it('should set className via the class attribute', () => {
+      var d = DOM.createElement('div');
+      DOM.setAttribute(d, 'class', 'class1');
+      expect(d.className).toEqual('class1');
+    });
+
+    it('should allow to remove nodes without parents', () => {
+      var d = DOM.createElement('div');
+      expect(() => DOM.remove(d)).not.toThrow();
+    });
+
     if (DOM.supportsDOMEvents()) {
       describe('getBaseHref', () => {
         beforeEach(() => DOM.resetBaseElement());

modules/angular2/test/core/render/view_factory_spec.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,526 @@
+import {
+  AsyncTestCompleter,
+  beforeEach,
+  ddescribe,
+  describe,
+  expect,
+  iit,
+  inject,
+  it,
+  xit,
+  stringifyElement
+} from 'angular2/test_lib';
+
+import {isPresent} from 'angular2/src/core/facade/lang';
+import {MapWrapper, ListWrapper} from 'angular2/src/core/facade/collection';
+import * as appCmds from 'angular2/src/core/compiler/template_commands';
+import {createRenderView, NodeFactory} from 'angular2/src/core/render/view_factory';
+import {RenderTemplateCmd, RenderBeginElementCmd} from 'angular2/src/core/render/api';
+import {SpyRenderEventDispatcher} from '../spies';
+import {DOM} from 'angular2/src/core/dom/dom_adapter';
+
+function beginElement(name: string, attrNameAndValues: string[], eventTargetAndNames: string[],
+                      isBound: boolean, ngContentIndex: number): RenderBeginElementCmd {
+  return appCmds.beginElement(name, attrNameAndValues, eventTargetAndNames, [], [], isBound,
+                              ngContentIndex)
+}
+
+function endElement() {
+  return appCmds.endElement();
+}
+
+function text(value: string, isBound: boolean, ngContentIndex: number) {
+  return appCmds.text(value, isBound, ngContentIndex);
+}
+
+function embeddedTemplate(attrNameAndValues: string[], isMerged: boolean, ngContentIndex: number,
+                          children: any[]) {
+  return appCmds.embeddedTemplate(attrNameAndValues, [], [], isMerged, ngContentIndex, null,
+                                  children);
+}
+
+function beginComponent(name: string, attrNameAndValues: string[], eventTargetAndNames: string[],
+                        nativeShadow: boolean, ngContentIndex: number, templateId: number) {
+  return appCmds.beginComponent(name, attrNameAndValues, eventTargetAndNames, [], [], nativeShadow,
+                                ngContentIndex, new appCmds.CompiledTemplate(templateId, null));
+}
+
+function endComponent() {
+  return appCmds.endComponent();
+}
+
+function ngContent(ngContentIndex: number) {
+  return appCmds.ngContent(ngContentIndex);
+}
+
+export function main() {
+  describe('createRenderView', () => {
+    var nodeFactory: DomNodeFactory;
+    var eventDispatcher: SpyRenderEventDispatcher;
+    var componentTemplates: Map<number, RenderTemplateCmd[]> = new Map();
+    beforeEach(() => {
+      nodeFactory = new DomNodeFactory(componentTemplates);
+      eventDispatcher = new SpyRenderEventDispatcher();
+    });
+
+    describe('primitives', () => {
+
+      it('should create elements with attributes', () => {
+        var view = createRenderView(
+            [beginElement('div', ['attr1', 'value1'], [], false, null), endElement()], null,
+            nodeFactory);
+        expect(stringifyFragment(view.fragments[0].nodes)).toEqual('<div attr1="value1"></div>');
+      });
+
+      it('should create host elements with attributes', () => {
+        componentTemplates.set(0, []);
+        var view = createRenderView(
+            [beginComponent('a-comp', ['attr1', 'value1'], [], false, null, 0), endElement()], null,
+            nodeFactory);
+        expect(stringifyFragment(view.fragments[0].nodes))
+            .toEqual('<a-comp attr1="value1"></a-comp>');
+      });
+
+      it('should create embedded templates with attributes', () => {
+        componentTemplates.set(0, []);
+        var view = createRenderView([embeddedTemplate(['attr1', 'value1'], false, null, [])], null,
+                                    nodeFactory);
+        expect(stringifyFragment(view.fragments[0].nodes))
+            .toEqual('<template attr1="value1"></template>');
+      });
+
+      it('should store bound elements', () => {
+        componentTemplates.set(0, []);
+        var view = createRenderView(
+            [
+              beginElement('div', ['id', '1'], [], false, null),
+              endElement(),
+              beginElement('span', ['id', '2'], [], true, null),
+              endElement(),
+              beginComponent('a-comp', ['id', '3'], [], false, null, 0),
+              endElement(),
+              embeddedTemplate(['id', '4'], false, null, [])
+            ],
+            null, nodeFactory);
+        expect(mapAttrs(view.boundElements, 'id')).toEqual(['2', '3', '4']);
+      });
+
+      it('should use the inplace element for the first create element', () => {
+        var el = DOM.createElement('span');
+        var view = createRenderView(
+            [
+              beginElement('div', ['attr1', 'value1'], [], false, null),
+              endElement(),
+              beginElement('div', [], [], false, null),
+              endElement()
+            ],
+            el, nodeFactory);
+        expect(stringifyFragment(view.fragments[0].nodes))
+            .toEqual('<span attr1="value1"></span><div></div>');
+      });
+
+      it('should create text nodes', () => {
+        var view = createRenderView([text('someText', false, null)], null, nodeFactory);
+        expect(stringifyFragment(view.fragments[0].nodes)).toEqual('someText');
+      });
+
+      it('should store bound text nodes', () => {
+        var view =
+            createRenderView([text('1', false, null), text('2', true, null)], null, nodeFactory);
+        expect(stringifyElement(view.boundTextNodes[0])).toEqual('2');
+      });
+
+      it('should register element event listeners', () => {
+        componentTemplates.set(0, []);
+        var view = createRenderView(
+            [
+              beginElement('div', [], [null, 'click'], true, null),
+              endElement(),
+              beginComponent('a-comp', [], [null, 'click'], false, null, 0),
+              endElement(),
+            ],
+            null, nodeFactory);
+        view.setEventDispatcher(<any>eventDispatcher);
+        var event = {};
+        nodeFactory.triggerLocalEvent(view.boundElements[0], 'click', event);
+        nodeFactory.triggerLocalEvent(view.boundElements[1], 'click', event);
+        expect(eventDispatcher.spy('dispatchRenderEvent'))
+            .toHaveBeenCalledWith(0, 'click', MapWrapper.createFromStringMap({'$event': event}));
+        expect(eventDispatcher.spy('dispatchRenderEvent'))
+            .toHaveBeenCalledWith(1, 'click', MapWrapper.createFromStringMap({'$event': event}));
+      });
+
+      it('should register element global event listeners', () => {
+        var view = createRenderView(
+            [
+              beginElement('div', [], ['window', 'scroll'], true, null),
+              endElement(),
+              beginComponent('a-comp', [], ['window', 'scroll'], false, null, 0),
+              endElement(),
+            ],
+            null, nodeFactory);
+        view.hydrate();
+        view.setEventDispatcher(<any>eventDispatcher);
+        var event = {};
+        nodeFactory.triggerGlobalEvent('window', 'scroll', event);
+        expect(eventDispatcher.spy('dispatchRenderEvent'))
+            .toHaveBeenCalledWith(0, 'window:scroll',
+                                  MapWrapper.createFromStringMap({'$event': event}));
+        expect(eventDispatcher.spy('dispatchRenderEvent'))
+            .toHaveBeenCalledWith(1, 'window:scroll',
+                                  MapWrapper.createFromStringMap({'$event': event}));
+      });
+
+    });
+
+    describe('nested nodes', () => {
+      it('should create nested node', () => {
+        var view = createRenderView(
+            [
+              beginElement('a', [], [], false, null),
+              beginElement('b', [], [], false, null),
+              text('someText', false, null),
+              endElement(),
+              endElement(),
+            ],
+            null, nodeFactory);
+        expect(stringifyFragment(view.fragments[0].nodes)).toEqual('<a><b>someText</b></a>');
+      });
+
+      it('should store bound elements in depth first order', () => {
+        var view = createRenderView(
+            [
+              beginElement('a', ['id', '1'], [], false, null),
+              endElement(),
+              beginElement('a', ['id', '2'], [], true, null),
+              beginElement('a', ['id', '3'], [], false, null),
+              endElement(),
+              beginElement('a', ['id', '4'], [], true, null),
+              endElement(),
+              endElement(),
+              beginElement('a', ['id', '5'], [], false, null),
+              endElement(),
+              beginElement('a', ['id', '6'], [], true, null),
+              endElement(),
+            ],
+            null, nodeFactory);
+        expect(mapAttrs(view.boundElements, 'id')).toEqual(['2', '4', '6']);
+      });
+
+      it('should store bound text nodes in depth first order', () => {
+        var view = createRenderView(
+            [
+              text('1', false, null),
+              text('2', true, null),
+              beginElement('a', [], [], false, null),
+              text('3', false, null),
+              text('4', true, null),
+              endElement(),
+              text('5', false, null),
+              text('6', true, null),
+            ],
+            null, nodeFactory);
+        expect(mapText(view.boundTextNodes)).toEqual(['2', '4', '6']);
+      });
+    });
+
+    describe('merged embedded templates', () => {
+      it('should create separate fragments', () => {
+        var view = createRenderView(
+            [embeddedTemplate(['attr1', 'value1'], true, null, [text('someText', false, null)])],
+            null, nodeFactory);
+        expect(view.fragments.length).toBe(2);
+        expect(stringifyFragment(view.fragments[1].nodes)).toEqual('someText');
+      });
+
+      it('should store bound elements after the bound elements of earlier fragments', () => {
+        var view =
+            createRenderView(
+                [
+                  beginElement('a', ['id', '1.1'], [], true, null),
+                  endElement(),
+                  embeddedTemplate(['id', '1.2'], true, null,
+                                   [
+                                     embeddedTemplate(['id', '2.1'], true, null,
+                                                      [
+                                                        beginElement('a', ['id', '3.1'],
+                                                                     [], true, null),
+                                                        endElement()
+                                                      ]),
+                                     beginElement('a', ['id', '2.2'], [], true, null),
+                                     endElement(),
+                                   ]),
+                  beginElement('a', ['id', '1.3'], [], true, null),
+                  endElement(),
+                ],
+                null, nodeFactory);
+        expect(mapAttrs(view.boundElements, 'id'))
+            .toEqual(['1.1', '1.2', '1.3', '2.1', '2.2', '3.1']);
+      });
+
+      it('should store bound text nodes after the bound text nodes of earlier fragments', () => {
+        var view =
+            createRenderView(
+                [
+                  text('1.1', true, null),
+                  embeddedTemplate(['id', '1.2'], true, null,
+                                   [
+                                     text('2.1', true, null),
+                                     embeddedTemplate(['id', '2.1'], true, null,
+                                                      [
+                                                        text('3.1', true, null),
+                                                      ]),
+                                     text('2.2', true, null),
+                                   ]),
+                  text('1.2', true, null),
+                ],
+                null, nodeFactory);
+        expect(mapText(view.boundTextNodes)).toEqual(['1.1', '1.2', '2.1', '2.2', '3.1']);
+      });
+
+    });
+
+    describe('non merged embedded templates', () => {
+      it('should only create the anchor element', () => {
+        var view = createRenderView(
+            [
+              embeddedTemplate(['id', '1.1'], false, null,
+                               [
+                                 text('someText', true, null),
+                                 beginElement('a', ['id', '2.1'], [], true, null),
+                                 endElement()
+                               ])
+            ],
+            null, nodeFactory);
+        expect(view.fragments.length).toBe(1);
+        expect(stringifyFragment(view.fragments[0].nodes))
+            .toEqual('<template id="1.1"></template>');
+        expect(view.boundTextNodes.length).toBe(0);
+        expect(mapAttrs(view.boundElements, 'id')).toEqual(['1.1']);
+      });
+    });
+
+    describe('components', () => {
+      it('should store the component template in the same fragment', () => {
+        componentTemplates.set(0, [
+          text('hello', false, null),
+        ]);
+        var view = createRenderView(
+            [beginComponent('my-comp', [], [], false, null, 0), endComponent()], null, nodeFactory);
+        expect(view.fragments.length).toBe(1);
+        expect(stringifyFragment(view.fragments[0].nodes)).toEqual('<my-comp>hello</my-comp>');
+      });
+
+      it('should use native shadow DOM', () => {
+        componentTemplates.set(0, [
+          text('hello', false, null),
+        ]);
+        var view = createRenderView(
+            [beginComponent('my-comp', [], [], true, null, 0), endComponent()], null, nodeFactory);
+        expect(view.fragments.length).toBe(1);
+        expect(stringifyFragment(view.fragments[0].nodes))
+            .toEqual('<my-comp><shadow-root>hello</shadow-root></my-comp>');
+      });
+
+      it('should store bound elements after the bound elements of the main template', () => {
+        componentTemplates.set(0, [
+          beginComponent('b-comp', ['id', '2.1'], [], false, null, 1),
+          endComponent(),
+          beginComponent('b-comp', ['id', '2.2'], [], false, null, 1),
+          endComponent(),
+        ]);
+        componentTemplates.set(1, [beginElement('a', ['id', '3.1'], [], true, null), endElement()]);
+        var view = createRenderView(
+            [
+              beginElement('a', ['id', '1.1'], [], true, null),
+              endElement(),
+              beginComponent('a-comp', ['id', '1.2'], [], false, null, 0),
+              beginElement('a', ['id', '1.3'], [], true, null),
+              endElement(),
+              endComponent(),
+              beginElement('a', ['id', '1.4'], [], true, null),
+              endElement(),
+            ],
+            null, nodeFactory);
+
+        expect(mapAttrs(view.boundElements, 'id'))
+            .toEqual(['1.1', '1.2', '1.3', '1.4', '2.1', '2.2', '3.1', '3.1']);
+      });
+
+      it('should store bound text nodes after the bound text nodes of the main template', () => {
+        componentTemplates.set(0, [
+          text('2.1', true, null),
+          beginComponent('b-comp', [], [], false, null, 1),
+          endComponent(),
+          beginComponent('b-comp', [], [], false, null, 1),
+          endComponent(),
+          text('2.2', true, null),
+        ]);
+        componentTemplates.set(1, [
+          text('3.1', true, null),
+        ]);
+        var view = createRenderView(
+            [
+              text('1.1', true, null),
+              beginComponent('a-comp', [], [], false, null, 0),
+              text('1.2', true, null),
+              endComponent(),
+              text('1.3', true, null),
+            ],
+            null, nodeFactory);
+
+        expect(mapText(view.boundTextNodes))
+            .toEqual(['1.1', '1.2', '1.3', '2.1', '2.2', '3.1', '3.1']);
+      });
+    });
+
+    describe('content projection', () => {
+      it('should remove non projected nodes', () => {
+        componentTemplates.set(0, []);
+        var view = createRenderView(
+            [
+              beginComponent('my-comp', [], [], false, null, 0),
+              text('hello', false, null),
+              endComponent()
+            ],
+            null, nodeFactory);
+        expect(stringifyFragment(view.fragments[0].nodes)).toEqual('<my-comp></my-comp>');
+      });
+
+      it('should keep non projected nodes in the light dom when using native shadow dom', () => {
+        componentTemplates.set(0, []);
+        var view = createRenderView(
+            [
+              beginComponent('my-comp', [], [], true, null, 0),
+              text('hello', false, null),
+              endComponent()
+            ],
+            null, nodeFactory);
+        var rootEl = view.fragments[0].nodes[0];
+        expect(stringifyElement(rootEl))
+            .toEqual('<my-comp><shadow-root></shadow-root>hello</my-comp>');
+      });
+
+      it('should project commands based on their ngContentIndex', () => {
+        componentTemplates.set(0, [
+          text('(', false, null),
+          ngContent(null),
+          text(',', false, null),
+          ngContent(null),
+          text(')', false, null)
+        ]);
+        var view = createRenderView(
+            [
+              beginComponent('my-comp', [], [], false, null, 0),
+              text('2', false, 1),
+              text('1', false, 0),
+              endComponent()
+            ],
+            null, nodeFactory);
+        expect(stringifyFragment(view.fragments[0].nodes)).toEqual('<my-comp>(1,2)</my-comp>');
+      });
+
+      it('should reproject nodes over multiple ng-content commands', () => {
+        componentTemplates.set(
+            0, [beginComponent('b-comp', [], [], false, null, 1), ngContent(0), endComponent()]);
+        componentTemplates.set(1,
+                               [text('(', false, null), ngContent(null), text(')', false, null)]);
+        var view = createRenderView(
+            [
+              beginComponent('a-comp', [], [], false, null, 0),
+              text('hello', false, 0),
+              endComponent()
+            ],
+            null, nodeFactory);
+        expect(stringifyFragment(view.fragments[0].nodes))
+            .toEqual('<a-comp><b-comp>(hello)</b-comp></a-comp>');
+      });
+    });
+  });
+}
+
+class DomNodeFactory implements NodeFactory<Node> {
+  private _globalEventListeners: GlobalEventListener[] = [];
+  private _localEventListeners: LocalEventListener[] = [];
+
+  constructor(private _components: Map<number, RenderTemplateCmd[]>) {}
+
+  triggerLocalEvent(el: Element, eventName: string, event: any) {
+    this._localEventListeners.forEach(listener => {
+      if (listener.eventName == eventName) {
+        listener.callback(event);
+      }
+    });
+  }
+
+  triggerGlobalEvent(target: string, eventName: string, event: any) {
+    this._globalEventListeners.forEach(listener => {
+      if (listener.eventName == eventName && listener.target == target) {
+        listener.callback(event);
+      }
+    });
+  }
+
+  resolveComponentTemplate(templateId: number): RenderTemplateCmd[] {
+    return this._components.get(templateId);
+  }
+  createTemplateAnchor(attrNameAndValues: string[]): Node {
+    var el = DOM.createElement('template');
+    this._setAttributes(el, attrNameAndValues);
+    return el;
+  }
+  createElement(name: string, attrNameAndValues: string[]): Node {
+    var el = DOM.createElement(name);
+    this._setAttributes(el, attrNameAndValues);
+    return el;
+  }
+  mergeElement(existing: Node, attrNameAndValues: string[]) {
+    DOM.clearNodes(existing);
+    this._setAttributes(existing, attrNameAndValues);
+  }
+  private _setAttributes(el: Node, attrNameAndValues: string[]) {
+    for (var attrIdx = 0; attrIdx < attrNameAndValues.length; attrIdx += 2) {
+      DOM.setAttribute(el, attrNameAndValues[attrIdx], attrNameAndValues[attrIdx + 1]);
+    }
+  }
+  createShadowRoot(host: Node): Node {
+    var root = DOM.createElement('shadow-root');
+    DOM.appendChild(host, root);
+    return root;
+  }
+  createText(value: string): Node { return DOM.createTextNode(isPresent(value) ? value : ''); }
+  appendChild(parent: Node, child: Node) { DOM.appendChild(parent, child); }
+  on(element: Node, eventName: string, callback: Function) {
+    this._localEventListeners.push(new LocalEventListener(element, eventName, callback));
+  }
+  globalOn(target: string, eventName: string, callback: Function): Function {
+    var listener = new GlobalEventListener(target, eventName, callback);
+    this._globalEventListeners.push(listener);
+    return () => {
+      var index = this._globalEventListeners.indexOf(listener);
+      if (index !== -1) {
+        this._globalEventListeners.splice(index, 1);
+      }
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+class LocalEventListener {
+  constructor(public element: Node, public eventName: string, public callback: Function) {}
+}
+
+class GlobalEventListener {
+  constructor(public target: string, public eventName: string, public callback: Function) {}
+}
+
+function stringifyFragment(nodes: Node[]) {
+  return nodes.map(stringifyElement).join('');
+}
+
+function mapAttrs(nodes: Node[], attrName): string[] {
+  return nodes.map(node => DOM.getAttribute(node, attrName));
+}
+
+function mapText(nodes: Node[]): string[] {
+  return nodes.map(node => DOM.getText(node));
+}

modules/angular2/test/core/render/view_spec.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+import {
+  AsyncTestCompleter,
+  beforeEach,
+  ddescribe,
+  describe,
+  expect,
+  iit,
+  inject,
+  it,
+  xit
+} from 'angular2/test_lib';
+
+import {DefaultRenderView} from 'angular2/src/core/render/view';
+
+export function main() {
+  describe('DefaultRenderView', () => {
+    describe('hydrate', () => {
+      it('should register global event listeners', () => {
+        var addCount = 0;
+        var adder = () => { addCount++ };
+        var view = new DefaultRenderView<Node>([], [], [], [], [adder]);
+        view.hydrate();
+        expect(addCount).toBe(1);
+      });
+    });
+
+    describe('dehydrate', () => {
+      it('should deregister global event listeners', () => {
+        var removeCount = 0;
+        var adder = () => () => { removeCount++ };
+        var view = new DefaultRenderView<Node>([], [], [], [], [adder]);
+        view.hydrate();
+        view.dehydrate();
+        expect(removeCount).toBe(1);
+      });
+    });
+  });
+}

modules/angular2/test/core/spies.dart

@@ -110,3 +110,8 @@ class SpyDomAdapter extends SpyObject implements DomAdapter {
 class SpyXHR extends SpyObject implements XHR {
   noSuchMethod(m) => super.noSuchMethod(m);
 }
+
+@proxy
+class SpyRenderEventDispatcher extends SpyObject implements RenderEventDispatcher {
+  noSuchMethod(m) => super.noSuchMethod(m);
+}

modules/angular2/test/core/spies.ts

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import {
   DynamicChangeDetector
 } from 'angular2/src/core/change_detection/change_detection';
 
-import {RenderCompiler, Renderer} from 'angular2/src/core/render/api';
+import {RenderCompiler, Renderer, RenderEventDispatcher} from 'angular2/src/core/render/api';
 import {DirectiveResolver} from 'angular2/src/core/compiler/directive_resolver';
 
 import {AppView} from 'angular2/src/core/compiler/view';
@@ -93,3 +93,13 @@ export class SpyDomAdapter extends SpyObject {
 export class SpyXHR extends SpyObject {
   constructor() { super(XHR); }
 }
+
+export class SpyRenderEventDispatcher extends SpyObject {
+  constructor() {
+    // Note: RenderEventDispatcher is an interface,
+    // so we can't pass it to super() and have to register
+    // the spy methods on our own.
+    super();
+    this.spy('dispatchRenderEvent');
+  }
+}