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// #docregion
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import {Engine, Tires, Car} from './car';
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// BAD pattern!
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export class CarFactory {
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createCar() {
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let car = new Car(this.createEngine(), this.createTires());
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car.description = 'Factory';
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import {HeroService} from './heroes/hero.service';
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//#docregion bootstrap
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// Injecting services in bootstrap works but is discouraged
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bootstrap(AppComponent, [HeroService]);
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bootstrap(AppComponent,
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[HeroService]); // DISCOURAGED (but works)
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//#enddocregion bootstrap
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include ../../../../_includes/_util-fns
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:marked
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**Dependency Injection** is an important application design pattern.
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Angular has its own dependency injection framework and
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**Dependency injection** is an important application design pattern.
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Angular has its own dependency injection framework, and
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we really can't build an Angular application without it.
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It's used so widely that almost everyone just calls it "DI".
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It's used so widely that almost everyone just calls it _DI_.
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In this chapter we'll learn [what DI is, why](#why-di) we want it.
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In this chapter we'll learn what DI is and why we want it.
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Then we'll learn [how to use it](#angular-di) in an Angular app.
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All code in this chapter is available as a
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[live example](/resources/live-examples/dependency-injection/ts/plnkr.html)
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on the web.
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[Run the live example](/resources/live-examples/dependency-injection/ts/plnkr.html)
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<a id="why-di"></a>
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.l-main-section
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:marked
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## Why Dependency Injection?
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## Why dependency injection?
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Let's start with the following code.
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+makeExample('dependency-injection/ts/app/car/car-no-di.ts', 'car', 'app/car/car.ts (no di)')
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+makeExample('dependency-injection/ts/app/car/car-no-di.ts', 'car', 'app/car/car.ts (without DI)')
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:marked
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Our `Car` creates everything it needs inside its constructor.
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when the definion of `Engine` changes, our `Car` class must change.
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That makes `Car` brittle.
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What if we want to put a different brand of tires on our `Car`. Too bad.
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What if we want to put a different brand of tires on our `Car`? Too bad.
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We're locked into whatever brand the `Tires` class creates. That makes our `Car` inflexible.
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Right now each new car gets its own engine. It can't share an engine with other cars.
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While that makes sense for an automobile engine,
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we can think of other dependencies that should be shared ... like the onboard
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we can think of other dependencies that should be shared, such as the onboard
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wireless connection to the manufacturer's service center. Our `Car` lacks the flexibility
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to share services that have been created previously for other consumers.
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Will a new instance of `Engine` make an asynchronous call to the server?
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We certainly don't want that going on during our tests.
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What if our `Car` should flash a warning signal when tire pressure is low.
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What if our `Car` should flash a warning signal when tire pressure is low?
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How do we confirm that it actually does flash a warning
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if we can't swap in low-pressure tires during the test?
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We have no control over the car's hidden dependencies.
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When we can't control the dependencies, a class become difficult to test.
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How can we make `Car` more robust, more flexible, and more testable?
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How can we make `Car` more robust, flexible, and testable?
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That's super easy. We probably already know what to do. We change our `Car` constructor to this:
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That's super easy. We probably already know what to do. We change our `Car` constructor to a version with DI:
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<a id="ctor-injection"></a>
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+makeTabs(
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'dependency-injection/ts/app/car/car.ts, dependency-injection/ts/app/car/car-no-di.ts',
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'car-ctor, car-ctor',
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'app/car/car.ts DI (constructor), app/car/car.ts No DI (constructor)')(format=".")
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'app/car/car.ts (excerpt with DI), app/car/car.ts (excerpt without DI)')(format=".")
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:marked
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See what happened? We moved the definition of the dependencies to the constructor.
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:marked
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Now we create a car by passing the engine and tires to the constructor.
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+makeExample('dependency-injection/ts/app/car/car-creations.ts', 'car-ctor-instantiation', 'Simple Car')(format=".")
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- var stylePattern = { otl: /(new Car.*$)/gm };
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+makeExample('dependency-injection/ts/app/car/car-creations.ts', 'car-ctor-instantiation', '', stylePattern)(format=".")
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:marked
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How cool is that?
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If someone extends the `Engine` class, that is not `Car`'s problem.
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.l-sub-section
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:marked
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The consumer of `Car` has the problem. The consumer must update the car creation code to
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something like:
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The _consumer_ of `Car` has the problem. The consumer must update the car creation code to
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something like this:
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+makeExample('dependency-injection/ts/app/car/car-creations.ts', 'car-ctor-instantiation-with-param', 'Super Car')(format=".")
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- var stylePattern = { otl: /(new Car.*$)/gm };
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+makeExample('dependency-injection/ts/app/car/car-creations.ts', 'car-ctor-instantiation-with-param', '', stylePattern)(format=".")
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:marked
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The critical point is this: `Car` itself did not have to change.
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We can pass mocks to the constructor that do exactly what we want them to do
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during each test:
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+makeExample('dependency-injection/ts/app/car/car-creations.ts', 'car-ctor-instantiation-with-mocks', 'Test Car')(format=".")
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- var stylePattern = { otl: /(new Car.*$)/gm };
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+makeExample('dependency-injection/ts/app/car/car-creations.ts', 'car-ctor-instantiation-with-mocks', '', stylePattern)(format=".")
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:marked
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**We just learned what Dependency Injection is**.
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**We just learned what dependency injection is**.
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It's a coding pattern in which a class receives its dependencies from external
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sources rather than creating them itself.
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:marked
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It's not so bad now with only three creation methods.
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But maintaining it will be hairy as the application grows.
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This `SuperFactory` is going to become a huge spider web of
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This factory is going to become a huge spiderweb of
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interdependent factory methods!
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Wouldn't it be nice if we could simply list the things we want to build without
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having to define which dependency gets injected into what?
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This is where the Dependency Injection Framework comes into play.
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Imagine the framework had something called an `Injector`.
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We register some classes with this `Injector` and it figures out how to create them.
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This is where the dependency injection framework comes into play.
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Imagine the framework had something called an _injector_.
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We register some classes with this injector, and it figures out how to create them.
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When we need a `Car`, we simply ask the `Injector` to get it for us and we're good to go.
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When we need a `Car`, we simply ask the injector to get it for us and we're good to go.
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+makeExample('dependency-injection/ts/app/car/car-injector.ts','injector-call')(format=".")
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Everyone wins. The `Car` knows nothing about creating an `Engine` or `Tires`.
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The consumer knows nothing about creating a `Car`.
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We don't have a gigantic factory class to maintain.
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Both `Car` and consumer simply ask for what they need and the `Injector` delivers.
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Both `Car` and consumer simply ask for what they need and the injector delivers.
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This is what a **Dependency Injection Framework** is all about.
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This is what a **dependency injection framework** is all about.
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Now that we know what Dependency Injection is and appreciate its benefits,
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Now that we know what dependency injection is and appreciate its benefits,
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let's see how it is implemented in Angular.
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<a id="angular-di"></a>
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.l-main-section
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:marked
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## Angular Dependency Injection
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## Angular dependency injection
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Angular ships with its own Dependency Injection framework. This framework can also be used
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Angular ships with its own dependency injection framework. This framework can also be used
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as a standalone module by other applications and frameworks.
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That sounds nice. What does it do for us when building components in Angular?
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:marked
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The `HeroesComponent` is the root component of the *Heroes* feature area.
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It governs all the child components of this area.
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In our stripped down version there is only one child, `HeroListComponent`,
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dedicated to displaying a list of heroes.
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Our stripped down version has only one child, `HeroListComponent`,
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which displays a list of heroes.
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.l-sub-section
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:marked
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Do we really need so many files? Of course not!
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We're going *beyond* the strictly necessary
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in order to illustrate patterns that will serve us well in real applications.
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With each file we can make one or two points rather than crowd them all into one file.
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in order to illustrate patterns that work well in real applications.
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:marked
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Right now it gets heroes from `HEREOES`, an in-memory collection,
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Right now `HeroListComponent` gets heroes from `HEROES`, an in-memory collection
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defined in another file and imported by this component.
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That may suffice in the early stages of development but it's far from ideal.
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That may suffice in the early stages of development, but it's far from ideal.
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As soon as we try to test this component or want to get our heroes data from a remote server,
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we'll have to change the implementation of `heroes` and
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fix every other use of the `HEROES` mock data.
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+makeExample('dependency-injection/ts/app/heroes/hero.service.1.ts',null, 'app/heroes/hero.service.ts' )
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:marked
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Our `HeroService` exposes a `getHeroes()` method that returns
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the same mock data as before but none of its consumers need to know that.
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Our `HeroService` exposes a `getHeroes` method that returns
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the same mock data as before, but none of its consumers need to know that.
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.l-sub-section
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:marked
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We aren't even pretending this is a real service.
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If we were actually getting data from a remote server, the API would have to be asynchronous,
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perhaps returning
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[ES2015 promises](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Promise)
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[ES2015 promises](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Promise).
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We'd also have to rewrite the way components consume our service.
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This is important but not important to our current story.
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This is important in general, but not to our current story.
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:marked
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A service is nothing more than a class in Angular 2.
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It remains nothing more than a class until we register it with an Angular injector.
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### Configuring the Injector
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### Configuring the injector
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<a id="bootstrap"></a>
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We don't have to create an Angular injector.
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Angular creates an application-wide injector for us during the bootstrap process.
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+makeExample('dependency-injection/ts/app/main.ts', 'bootstrap', 'app/main.ts (bootstrap)')(format='.')
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+makeExample('dependency-injection/ts/app/main.ts', 'bootstrap', 'app/main.ts (excerpt)')(format='.')
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:marked
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We do have to configure the injector by registering the **providers**
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that create the services we need in our application.
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that create the services our application requires.
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We'll explain what [providers](#providers) are later in this chapter.
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Before we do, let's see an example of provider registration during bootstrapping:
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Of course we can't help wondering about that comment telling us not to do it this way.
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It *will* work. It's just not a best practice.
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The bootstrap provider option is intended for configuring and overriding Angular's own
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The preferred approach is to register application providers in application components.
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Because the `HeroService` will be used within the *Heroes* feature area —
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Because the `HeroService` is used within the *Heroes* feature area —
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and nowhere else — the ideal place to register it is in the top-level `HeroesComponent`.
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+makeExample('dependency-injection/ts/app/heroes/heroes.component.1.ts',null,'app/heroes/heroes.component.ts')
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:marked
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Look closely at the bottom of the `@Component` metadata:
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Look closely at the `providers` part of the `@Component` metadata:
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+makeExample('dependency-injection/ts/app/heroes/heroes.component.1.ts','providers')(format='.')
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:marked
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and all of its child components.
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The `HeroesComponent` itself doesn't happen to need the `HeroService`.
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But its child `HeroListComponent` does so we head there next.
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But its child `HeroListComponent` does, so we head there next.
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### Preparing the *HeroListComponent* for injection
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### Preparing the HeroListComponent for injection
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The `HeroListComponent` should get heroes from the injected `HeroService`.
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Per the dependency injection pattern, the component must ask for the service in its constructor, [as we explained
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earlier](#ctor-injection).
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It's a small change as we see in this comparison:
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It's a small change:
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+makeTabs(
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app/heroes/hero-list.component (without DI)`)
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:marked
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.l-sub-section
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:marked
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### Focus on the constructor
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+makeExample('dependency-injection/ts/app/heroes/hero-list.component.2.ts', 'ctor')(format=".")
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:marked
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Adding a parameter to the constructor isn't all that's happening here.
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+makeExample('dependency-injection/ts/app/heroes/hero-list.component.2.ts', 'ctor')(format=".")
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We're writing in TypeScript and have followed the parameter name with a type annotation, `:HeroService`.
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We won't find code like that in the Tour of Heroes or any of our other samples.
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We *could* write code [like that](#explicit-injector) if we *had* to which we rarely do.
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We *could* write [code with an explicit injector](#explicit-injector) if we *had* to, but we rarely do.
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Angular takes care of creating and calling injectors
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when it creates components for us whether through HTML markup, as in `<hero-list></hero-list>`,
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when it creates components for us — whether through HTML markup, as in `<hero-list></hero-list>`,
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or after navigating to a component with the [router](./router.html).
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Let Angular do its job and we'll enjoy the benefits of automated dependency injection.
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If we let Angular do its job, we'll enjoy the benefits of automated dependency injection.
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### Singleton services
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Dependencies are singletons within the scope of an injector.
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In our example, there is a single `HeroService` instance shared among the
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In our example, a single `HeroService` instance is shared among the
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`HeroesComponent` and its `HeroListComponent` children.
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However, Angular DI is an hierarchical injection
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system which means nested injectors can create their own service instances.
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Learn more about that in the [Hierarchical Injection](./hierarchical-dependency-injection.html) chapter.
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system, which means that nested injectors can create their own service instances.
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Learn more about that in the [Hierarchical Injectors](./hierarchical-dependency-injection.html) chapter.
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### Testing the component
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We emphasized earlier that designing a class for dependency injection makes the class easier to test.
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.l-sub-section
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:marked
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Learn more in the [Testing](../testing/index.html) chapter.
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Learn more in [Testing](../testing/index.html).
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:marked
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### When the service needs a service
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What if it had a dependency? What if it reported its activities through a logging service?
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We'd apply the same *constructor injection* pattern,
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adding a constructor that takes a `Logger` parameter.
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Here is the revision compared to the original.
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:marked
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The constructor now asks for an injected instance of a `Logger` and stores it in a private property called `_logger`.
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We call that property within our `getHeroes()` method when anyone asks for heroes.
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We call that property within our `getHeroes` method when anyone asks for heroes.
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<a id="injectable"></a>
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### Why *@Injectable*?
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### Why @Injectable?
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Notice the `@Injectable()` decoration above the service class.
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We haven't seen `@Injectable()` before.
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As it happens, we could have added it to our first version`HeroService`.
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As it happens, we could have added it to our first version of `HeroService`.
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We didn't bother because we didn't need it then.
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We need it now... now that our service has an injected dependency.
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We need it because Angular requires constructor parameter metadata in order to inject a `Logger`.
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As [we mentioned earlier](#di-metadata), TypeScript *only generates metadata for classes that have a decorator*. .
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As [we mentioned earlier](#di-metadata), **TypeScript only generates metadata for classes that have a decorator.**
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header Always add @Injectable()
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:marked
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We recommend adding `@Injectable()` to every service class, even those that don't have dependencies
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and, therefore, do not technically require it. Two reasons:
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ol(style="font-size:inherit")
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li <i>Future proofing</i>: no need to remember <code>@Injectable</code> when we add a dependency later.
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li <i>Consistency</i>: all services follow the same rules and we don't have to wonder why a decorator is missing.
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and, therefore, do not technically require it. Here's why:
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ul(style="font-size:inherit")
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li <b>Future proofing:</b> No need to remember <code>@Injectable</code> when we add a dependency later.
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li <b>Consistency:</b> All services follow the same rules, and we don't have to wonder why a decorator is missing.
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.l-sub-section
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:marked
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The `HeroesComponent` has an injected dependency too. Why don't we add `@Injectable()` to the `HeroesComponent`?
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We *can* add it if we really want to. It isn't necessary because the `HeroesComponent` is already decorated with `@Component`.
|
||||
TypeScript generates metadata for *any* class with a decorator and *any* decorator will do.
|
||||
TypeScript generates metadata for *any* class with a decorator, and *any* decorator will do.
|
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|
||||
.alert.is-critical
|
||||
:marked
|
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|
@ -385,28 +387,28 @@ include ../../../../_includes/_util-fns
|
|||
|
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.l-main-section
|
||||
:marked
|
||||
## Create and register the *Logger* service
|
||||
We're injecting a Logger into our `HeroService`.
|
||||
We have two remaining steps:
|
||||
1. Create the Logger service
|
||||
1. Register it with the application
|
||||
## Creating and registering a logger service
|
||||
We're injecting a logger into our `HeroService` in two steps:
|
||||
1. Create the logger service.
|
||||
1. Register it with the application.
|
||||
|
||||
The logger service implementation is no big deal.
|
||||
|
||||
+makeExample(
|
||||
'dependency-injection/ts/app/logger.service.ts',null, 'app/logger.service')
|
||||
:marked
|
||||
We're likely to need the same logger service everywhere in our application
|
||||
so we put it at the root level of the application in the `app/` folder and
|
||||
We're likely to need the same logger service everywhere in our application,
|
||||
so we put it at the root level of the application in the `app/` folder, and
|
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we register it in the `providers` array of the metadata for our application root component, `AppComponent`.
|
||||
+makeExample('dependency-injection/ts/app/providers.component.ts','providers-logger', 'app/app.component.ts (providers)')
|
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+makeExample('dependency-injection/ts/app/providers.component.ts','providers-logger', 'app/app.component.ts (excerpt)')
|
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:marked
|
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If we forget to register it, Angular throws an exception when it first looks for the logger:
|
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code-example(format).
|
||||
If we forget to register the logger, Angular throws an exception when it first looks for the logger:
|
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code-example(format, language="html").
|
||||
EXCEPTION: No provider for Logger! (HeroListComponent -> HeroService -> Logger)
|
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:marked
|
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That's Angular telling us that the dependency injector couldn't find the *provider* for the logger.
|
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It needed that provider to create a `Logger` to inject into a new `HeroService` which it needed to
|
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It needed that provider to create a `Logger` to inject into a new
|
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`HeroService`, which it needed to
|
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create and inject into a new `HeroListComponent`.
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|
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The chain of creations started with the `Logger` provider. The *provider* is the subject of our next section.
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|
@ -436,28 +438,28 @@ code-example(format).
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in multiple locations.
|
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|
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But enough about optional loggers. In our sample application, the `Logger` is required.
|
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We must register a `Logger` with the application injector using *providers*
|
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We must register a `Logger` with the application injector using *providers*,
|
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as we learn in the next section.
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|
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<a id="providers"></a>
|
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.l-main-section
|
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:marked
|
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## Injector Providers
|
||||
## Injector providers
|
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|
||||
A provider *provides* the concrete, runtime version of a dependency value.
|
||||
The injector relies on **providers** to create instances of the services
|
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that it injects into components and other services.
|
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that the injector injects into components and other services.
|
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|
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We must register a service *provider* with the injector or it won't know how to create the service.
|
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We must register a service *provider* with the injector, or it won't know how to create the service.
|
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|
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Earlier we registered the `Logger` service in the `providers` array of the metadata for the `AppComponent` like this:
|
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+makeExample('dependency-injection/ts/app/providers.component.ts','providers-logger')
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:marked
|
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The `providers` array appears to hold a service class.
|
||||
In reality it holds an instance the [Provider](../api/core/Provider-class.html) class that can create that service.
|
||||
In reality it holds an instance of the [Provider](/docs/ts/latest/api/core/Provider-class.html) class that can create that service.
|
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|
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There are many ways to *provide* something that looks and behaves like a `Logger`.
|
||||
The `Logger` class itself is an obvious and natural provider - it has the right shape and it's designed to be created.
|
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The `Logger` class itself is an obvious and natural provider — it has the right shape and it's designed to be created.
|
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But it's not the only way.
|
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|
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We can configure the injector with alternative providers that can deliver an object that behaves like a `Logger`.
|
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|
@ -477,7 +479,7 @@ code-example(format).
|
|||
[Provider](/docs/ts/latest/api/core/Provider-class.html) class.
|
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+makeExample('dependency-injection/ts/app/providers.component.ts','providers-2')
|
||||
:marked
|
||||
The [provide](../api/core/provide-function.html) function is the more common and friendlier way to create a `Provider`:
|
||||
The [provide](/docs/ts/latest/api/core/provide-function.html) function is the more common, friendlier way to create a `Provider`:
|
||||
+makeExample('dependency-injection/ts/app/providers.component.ts','providers-3')
|
||||
:marked
|
||||
In both approaches — `Provider` class and `provide` function —
|
||||
|
@ -486,36 +488,36 @@ code-example(format).
|
|||
The first is the [token](#token) that serves as the key for both locating a dependency value
|
||||
and registering the provider.
|
||||
|
||||
The second is a provider definition object
|
||||
which we think of as a *recipe* for creating the dependency value.
|
||||
There are many ways to create dependency values ... and many ways to write a recipe.
|
||||
The second is a provider definition object,
|
||||
which we can think of as a *recipe* for creating the dependency value.
|
||||
There are many ways to create dependency values... and many ways to write a recipe.
|
||||
|
||||
<a id="class-provider"></a>
|
||||
### Alternative Class Providers
|
||||
### Alternative class providers
|
||||
|
||||
Occasionally we'll ask a different class to provide the service.
|
||||
In this example, we tell the injector
|
||||
The following code tells the injector
|
||||
to return a `BetterLogger` when something asks for the `Logger`.
|
||||
|
||||
+makeExample('dependency-injection/ts/app/providers.component.ts','providers-4')
|
||||
:marked
|
||||
### Class provider with dependencies
|
||||
Maybe an `EvenBetterLogger` could display the user name in the log message.
|
||||
This logger gets the user from the injected `UserService`
|
||||
This logger gets the user from the injected `UserService`,
|
||||
which happens also to be injected at the application level.
|
||||
+makeExample('dependency-injection/ts/app/providers.component.ts','EvenBetterLogger')
|
||||
:marked
|
||||
Configure it like we did `BetterLogger`.
|
||||
+makeExample('dependency-injection/ts/app/providers.component.ts','providers-5')(format=".")
|
||||
:marked
|
||||
### Aliased Class Providers
|
||||
### Aliased class providers
|
||||
|
||||
Suppose there is an old component that depends upon an `OldLogger` class.
|
||||
`OldLogger` has the same interface as the `NewLogger` but for some reason
|
||||
Suppose an old component depends upon an `OldLogger` class.
|
||||
`OldLogger` has the same interface as the `NewLogger`, but for some reason
|
||||
we can't update the old component to use it.
|
||||
|
||||
When the *old* component logs a message with `OldLogger`,
|
||||
we want the one singleton instance of `NewLogger` to handle it instead.
|
||||
we want the singleton instance of `NewLogger` to handle it instead.
|
||||
|
||||
The dependency injector should inject that singleton instance
|
||||
when a component asks for either the new or the the old logger.
|
||||
|
@ -526,60 +528,61 @@ code-example(format).
|
|||
|
||||
+makeExample('dependency-injection/ts/app/providers.component.ts','providers-6a')(format=".")
|
||||
:marked
|
||||
Alias with the `useExisting` option instead.
|
||||
The solution: Alias with the `useExisting` option.
|
||||
+makeExample('dependency-injection/ts/app/providers.component.ts','providers-6b')(format=".")
|
||||
|
||||
<a id="value-provider"></a>
|
||||
:marked
|
||||
### Value Providers
|
||||
### Value providers
|
||||
|
||||
Sometimes it's easier to provide a ready-made object rather than ask the injector to create it from a class.
|
||||
+makeExample('dependency-injection/ts/app/providers.component.ts','silent-logger')(format=".")
|
||||
:marked
|
||||
Then we register a provider with this object playing the logger role via the `useValue` option.
|
||||
Then we register a provider with the `useValue` option,
|
||||
which makes this object play the logger role.
|
||||
+makeExample('dependency-injection/ts/app/providers.component.ts','providers-7')(format=".")
|
||||
|
||||
<a id="factory-provider"></a>
|
||||
:marked
|
||||
### Factory Providers
|
||||
### Factory providers
|
||||
|
||||
Sometimes we need to create the dependent value dynamically,
|
||||
based on information we won't have until the last possible moment.
|
||||
Maybe the information keeps changes repeatedly in the course of the browser session..
|
||||
Maybe the information changes repeatedly in the course of the browser session.
|
||||
|
||||
Suppose also that the injectable service has no independent access to the source of this information.
|
||||
|
||||
This situation calls for a **factory provider**.
|
||||
|
||||
Let's illustrate by adding a new business requirement:
|
||||
the HeroService must hide *secret* heroes from normal users.
|
||||
The HeroService must hide *secret* heroes from normal users.
|
||||
Only authorized users should see secret heroes.
|
||||
|
||||
Like the `EvenBetterLogger`, the `HeroService` needs a fact about the user.
|
||||
It needs to know if the user is authorized to see secret heroes.
|
||||
That authorization can change during the course of a single application session
|
||||
That authorization can change during the course of a single application session,
|
||||
as when we log in a different user.
|
||||
|
||||
Unlike `EvenBetterLogger`, we can't inject the `UserService` into the `HeroService`.
|
||||
The `HeroService` won't have direct access to the user information to decide
|
||||
who is authoriazed and who is not.
|
||||
who is authorized and who is not.
|
||||
.l-sub-section
|
||||
:marked
|
||||
Why? We don't know either. Stuff like this happens.
|
||||
:marked
|
||||
Instead the `HeroService` constructor takes a boolean flag to control display of secret heroes.
|
||||
+makeExample('dependency-injection/ts/app/heroes/hero.service.ts','internals', 'app/heroes/hero.service.ts (internals)')(format='.')
|
||||
+makeExample('dependency-injection/ts/app/heroes/hero.service.ts','internals', 'app/heroes/hero.service.ts (excerpt)')(format='.')
|
||||
:marked
|
||||
We can inject the `Logger` but we can't inject the boolean `isAuthorized`.
|
||||
We can inject the `Logger`, but we can't inject the boolean `isAuthorized`.
|
||||
We'll have to take over the creation of new instances of this `HeroService` with a factory provider.
|
||||
|
||||
A factory provider needs a factory function:
|
||||
+makeExample('dependency-injection/ts/app/heroes/hero.service.provider.ts','factory', 'app/heroes/hero.service.provider.ts (factory)')(format='.')
|
||||
+makeExample('dependency-injection/ts/app/heroes/hero.service.provider.ts','factory', 'app/heroes/hero.service.provider.ts (excerpt)')(format='.')
|
||||
:marked
|
||||
Although the `HeroService` has no access to the `UserService`, our factory function does.
|
||||
|
||||
We inject both the `Logger` and the `UserService` into the factory provider and let the injector pass them along to the factory function:
|
||||
+makeExample('dependency-injection/ts/app/heroes/hero.service.provider.ts','provider', 'app/heroes/hero.service.provider.ts (provider)')(format='.')
|
||||
+makeExample('dependency-injection/ts/app/heroes/hero.service.provider.ts','provider', 'app/heroes/hero.service.provider.ts (excerpt)')(format='.')
|
||||
:marked
|
||||
|
||||
.l-sub-section
|
||||
|
@ -592,10 +595,10 @@ code-example(format).
|
|||
The injector resolves these tokens and injects the corresponding services into the matching factory function parameters.
|
||||
:marked
|
||||
Notice that we captured the factory provider in an exported variable, `heroServiceProvider`.
|
||||
This extra step makes the factory provider re-usable.
|
||||
We can register our `HeroService` with this variable whereever we need it.
|
||||
This extra step makes the factory provider reusable.
|
||||
We can register our `HeroService` with this variable wherever we need it.
|
||||
|
||||
In our sample, we need it only in the `HeroesComponent`
|
||||
In our sample, we need it only in the `HeroesComponent`,
|
||||
where it replaces the previous `HeroService` registration in the metadata `providers` array.
|
||||
Here we see the new and the old implementation side-by-side:
|
||||
+makeTabs(
|
||||
|
@ -608,36 +611,37 @@ code-example(format).
|
|||
<a id="token"></a>
|
||||
.l-main-section
|
||||
:marked
|
||||
## Dependency Injection Tokens
|
||||
## Dependency injection tokens
|
||||
|
||||
When we register a provider with an injector we associate that provider with a dependency injection token.
|
||||
The injector maintains an internal *token/provider* map that it references when
|
||||
When we register a provider with an injector, we associate that provider with a dependency injection token.
|
||||
The injector maintains an internal *token-provider* map that it references when
|
||||
asked for a dependency. The token is the key to the map.
|
||||
|
||||
In all previous examples, the dependency value has been a class *instance* and
|
||||
In all previous examples, the dependency value has been a class *instance*, and
|
||||
the class *type* served as its own lookup key.
|
||||
Here we get a `HeroService` directly from the injector by supplying the `HeroService` type as the key/token.
|
||||
Here we get a `HeroService` directly from the injector by supplying the `HeroService` type as the token:
|
||||
+makeExample('dependency-injection/ts/app/injector.component.ts','get-hero-service')(format='.')
|
||||
:marked
|
||||
We have similar good fortune (in typescript) when we write a constructor that requires an injected class-based dependency.
|
||||
We define a constructor parameter with the `HeroService` class type and Angular knows to inject the
|
||||
We have similar good fortune when we write a constructor that requires an injected class-based dependency.
|
||||
We define a constructor parameter with the `HeroService` class type,
|
||||
and Angular knows to inject the
|
||||
service associated with that `HeroService` class token:
|
||||
+makeExample('dependency-injection/ts/app/providers.component.ts','provider-8-ctor')(format=".")
|
||||
:marked
|
||||
This is especially convenient when we consider that most dependency values are provided by classes.
|
||||
|
||||
### Non-class Dependencies
|
||||
### Non-class dependencies
|
||||
|
||||
What if the dependency value isn't a class?
|
||||
Sometimes the thing we want to inject is a string, a function, or an object.
|
||||
|
||||
Applications often define configuration objects with lots of small facts like the title of the application or the address of a web api endpoint.
|
||||
Applications often define configuration objects with lots of small facts like the title of the application or the address of a web API endpoint.
|
||||
These configuration objects aren't always instances of a class. They tend to be object hashes like this one:
|
||||
|
||||
+makeExample('dependency-injection/ts/app/app.config.ts','config','app/app-config.ts')(format='.')
|
||||
+makeExample('dependency-injection/ts/app/app.config.ts','config','app/app-config.ts (excerpt)')(format='.')
|
||||
:marked
|
||||
We'd like to make this `config` object available for injection.
|
||||
We know we can register an object with a [Value Provider](#value-provider).
|
||||
We know we can register an object with a [value provider](#value-provider).
|
||||
But what do we use for the token?
|
||||
We don't have a class to serve as a token. There is no `Config` class.
|
||||
|
||||
|
@ -651,7 +655,7 @@ code-example(format).
|
|||
+makeExample('dependency-injection/ts/app/providers.component.ts','providers-9a-interface')(format=".")
|
||||
+makeExample('dependency-injection/ts/app/providers.component.ts','provider-9a-ctor-interface')(format=".")
|
||||
:marked
|
||||
That seems strange if we're used to dependency injection in strongly-typed languages where
|
||||
That seems strange if we're used to dependency injection in strongly typed languages, where
|
||||
an interface is the preferred dependency lookup key.
|
||||
|
||||
It's not Angular's fault. An interface is a TypeScript design-time artifact. JavaScript doesn't have interfaces.
|
||||
|
@ -664,8 +668,8 @@ code-example(format).
|
|||
Fortunately, we can register any dependency provider with a string token.
|
||||
+makeExample('dependency-injection/ts/app/providers.component.ts','providers-9a')(format=".")
|
||||
:marked
|
||||
Now we inject the configuration object into any constructor that needs it with
|
||||
the help of an `@Inject` decorator to tell Angular how to find the configuration dependency value.
|
||||
Now we inject the configuration object into any constructor that needs it, with
|
||||
the help of an `@Inject` decorator that tells Angular how to find the configuration dependency value.
|
||||
+makeExample('dependency-injection/ts/app/providers.component.ts','provider-9a-ctor')(format=".")
|
||||
:marked
|
||||
|
||||
|
@ -673,20 +677,20 @@ code-example(format).
|
|||
.l-sub-section
|
||||
:marked
|
||||
Although it plays no role in dependency injection,
|
||||
the `Config` interface supports strongly-typing of the configuration object within the class.
|
||||
the `Config` interface supports strong typing of the configuration object within the class.
|
||||
:marked
|
||||
// end typescript only
|
||||
|
||||
<a id="opaque-token"></a>
|
||||
:marked
|
||||
### OpaqueToken
|
||||
Alternatively, we could define and use an [OpaqueToken](../api/core/OpaqueToken-class.html)
|
||||
Alternatively, we could define and use an [OpaqueToken](/docs/ts/latest/api/core/OpaqueToken-class.html)
|
||||
rather than rely on magic strings that may collide with other developers' string choices.
|
||||
|
||||
The definition looks like this:
|
||||
+makeExample('dependency-injection/ts/app/app.config.ts','token')(format='.')
|
||||
:marked
|
||||
Substitute `APP_CONFIG` for the magic string in provider registration and constructor:
|
||||
Substitute `APP_CONFIG` for the magic string when registering the provider and defining the constructor parameter:
|
||||
+makeExample('dependency-injection/ts/app/providers.component.ts','providers-9b')(format=".")
|
||||
+makeExample('dependency-injection/ts/app/providers.component.ts','provider-9b-ctor')(format=".")
|
||||
:marked
|
||||
|
@ -696,19 +700,22 @@ code-example(format).
|
|||
|
||||
.l-sub-section
|
||||
:marked
|
||||
Angular itself uses `OpaqueTokens` to register all of its own non-class dependencies. For example,
|
||||
[HTTP_PROVIDERS](https://angular.io/docs/ts/latest/api/http/HTTP_PROVIDERS-let.html)
|
||||
Angular itself uses `OpaqueToken` objects to register all of its own non-class dependencies. For example,
|
||||
[HTTP_PROVIDERS](/docs/ts/latest/api/http/HTTP_PROVIDERS-let.html)
|
||||
is the `OpaqueToken` associated with an array of providers for persisting data with the Angular `Http` client.
|
||||
|
||||
Internally, the `Provider` turns both the string and the class type into an `OpaqueToken`
|
||||
and keys its *token/provider* map with that.
|
||||
and keys its *token-provider* map with that.
|
||||
|
||||
.l-main-section
|
||||
:marked
|
||||
# Next Steps
|
||||
We learned the basics of Angular Dependency Injection in this chapter.
|
||||
## Summary
|
||||
We learned the basics of Angular dependency injection in this chapter.
|
||||
We can register various kinds of providers,
|
||||
and we know how to ask for an injected object (such as a service) by
|
||||
adding a parameter to a constructor.
|
||||
|
||||
The Angular Dependency Injection is more capable than we've described.
|
||||
Angular dependency injection is more capable than we've described.
|
||||
We can learn more about its advanced features, beginning with its support for
|
||||
nested injectors, in the
|
||||
[Hierarchical Dependency Injection](hierarchical-dependency-injection.html) chapter.
|
||||
|
@ -738,7 +745,7 @@ code-example(format).
|
|||
.l-sub-section
|
||||
:marked
|
||||
The technique we just described is an example of the
|
||||
[Service Locator Pattern](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Service_locator_pattern).
|
||||
[service locator pattern](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Service_locator_pattern).
|
||||
|
||||
We **avoid** this technique unless we genuinely need it.
|
||||
It encourages a careless grab-bag approach such as we see here.
|
||||
|
@ -769,4 +776,4 @@ code-example(format).
|
|||
We actually can define the component first with the help of the `forwardRef()` method as explained
|
||||
in this [blog post](http://blog.thoughtram.io/angular/2015/09/03/forward-references-in-angular-2.html).
|
||||
But why flirt with trouble?
|
||||
Avoid the problem altogether and define components and services in separate files.
|
||||
Avoid the problem altogether by defining components and services in separate files.
|
||||
|
|
|
@ -1,9 +1,5 @@
|
|||
@media print {
|
||||
.hero::after {
|
||||
content: "Developer Preview Only - some details may change";
|
||||
}
|
||||
|
||||
/*
|
||||
/*
|
||||
* Print Styles
|
||||
*
|
||||
*/
|
||||
|
|
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