diff --git a/modules/angular2/core.js b/modules/angular2/core.js
index 6a35b83f43..ef9a5665c5 100644
--- a/modules/angular2/core.js
+++ b/modules/angular2/core.js
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ export * from './src/render/dom/shadow_dom/emulated_unscoped_shadow_dom_strategy
 export * from './src/core/compiler/dynamic_component_loader';
 export {ElementRef, ComponentRef} from './src/core/compiler/element_injector';
 export * from './src/core/compiler/view';
-export * from './src/core/compiler/view_container';
+export * from './src/core/compiler/view_container_ref';
 
 export * from './src/core/compiler/ng_element';
 
diff --git a/modules/angular2/docs/core/02_directives.md b/modules/angular2/docs/core/02_directives.md
index c1eec301e4..7b57db38d7 100644
--- a/modules/angular2/docs/core/02_directives.md
+++ b/modules/angular2/docs/core/02_directives.md
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ Directives are the cornerstone of an Angular application. We use Directives to b
 
 Angular applications do not have a main method. Instead they have a root Component. Dependency Injection then assembles the directives into a working Angular application.
 
-There are three different kinds of directives (described in more detail in later sections). 
+There are three different kinds of directives (described in more detail in later sections).
 
 1. *Decorators*: can be placed on any DOM element and can be combined with other directives.
 2. *Components*: Components have an encapsulated view and can configure injectors.
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ There are three different kinds of directives (described in more detail in later
 
 ## CSS Selectors
 
-Directives are instantiated whenever the CSS selector matches the DOM structure. 
+Directives are instantiated whenever the CSS selector matches the DOM structure.
 
 Angular supports these CSS selector constructs:
 * Element name: `name`
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ Angular supports these CSS selector constructs:
 
 Angular does not support these (and any CSS selector which crosses element boundaries):
 * Descendant: `body div`
-* Direct descendant: `body > div` 
+* Direct descendant: `body > div`
 * Adjacent: `div + table`
 * Sibling: `div ~ table`
 * Wildcard: `*`
@@ -68,10 +68,10 @@ Here is a trivial example of a tooltip decorator. The directive will log a toolt
 @Decorator({
   selector: '[tooltip]', // CSS Selector which triggers the decorator
   properties: {          // List which properties need to be bound
-    text: 'tooltip'      //  - DOM element tooltip property should be 
+    text: 'tooltip'      //  - DOM element tooltip property should be
   },                     //    mapped to the directive text property.
   hostListeners: {       // List which events need to be mapped.
-    mouseover: 'show'    //  - Invoke the show() method every time 
+    mouseover: 'show'    //  - Invoke the show() method every time
   }                      //    the mouseover event is fired.
 })
 class Form {             // Directive controller class, instantiated
@@ -121,14 +121,14 @@ Example of a component:
   templateUrl: 'pane.html'                |  - URL of template HTML
 })                                |
 class Pane {                      | Component controller class
-  title:string;                   |  - title property 
+  title:string;                   |  - title property
   open:boolean;
-  
+
   constructor() {
     this.title = '';
     this.open = true;
   }
-  
+
   // Public API
   toggle() => this.open = !this.open;
   open() => this.open = true;
@@ -165,12 +165,12 @@ Example of usage:
 
 ## Viewport
 
-Viewport is a directive which can control instantiation of child views which are then inserted into the DOM. (Examples are `if` and `for`.) 
+Viewport is a directive which can control instantiation of child views which are then inserted into the DOM. (Examples are `if` and `for`.)
 
 * Viewports can only be placed on `<template>` elements (or the short hand version which uses `<element template>` attribute.)
 * Only one viewport can be present per DOM template element.
-* The viewport is created over the `template` element. This is known as the `ViewContainer`. 
-* Viewport can insert child views into the `ViewContainer`. The child views show up as siblings of the `Viewport` in the DOM.
+* The viewport is created over the `template` element. This is known as the `ViewContainerRef`.
+* Viewport can insert child views into the `ViewContainerRef`. The child views show up as siblings of the `Viewport` in the DOM.
 
 >> TODO(misko): Relationship with Injection
 >> TODO(misko): Instantiator can not be injected into child Views
@@ -184,10 +184,10 @@ Viewport is a directive which can control instantiation of child views which are
   }
 })
 export class If {
-  viewContainer: ViewContainer;
+  viewContainer: ViewContainerRef;
   view: View;
 
-  constructor(viewContainer: ViewContainer) {
+  constructor(viewContainer: ViewContainerRef) {
     this.viewContainer = viewContainer;
     this.view = null;
   }
@@ -220,30 +220,30 @@ To better understand the kinds of injections which are supported in Angular we h
 
 ### Injecting Services
 
-Service injection is the most straight forward kind of injection which Angular supports. It involves a component configuring the `injectables` and then letting the directive ask for the configured service. 
+Service injection is the most straight forward kind of injection which Angular supports. It involves a component configuring the `injectables` and then letting the directive ask for the configured service.
 
 This example illustrates how to inject `MyService` into `House` directive.
 
 
 ```
-class MyService {}                   | Assume a service which needs to be injected 
+class MyService {}                   | Assume a service which needs to be injected
                                      | into a directive.
                                      |
-@Component({                         | Assume a top level application component which 
+@Component({                         | Assume a top level application component which
   selector: 'my-app',                | configures the services to be injected.
-  injectables: [MyService]           | 
+  injectables: [MyService]           |
 })                                   |
 @View({                              | Assume we have a template that needs to be
   templateUrl: 'my_app.html',                | configured with directives to be injected.
-  directives: [House]                | 
+  directives: [House]                |
 })                                   |
 class MyApp {}                       |
                                      |
-@Decorator({                         | This is the directive into which we would like 
+@Decorator({                         | This is the directive into which we would like
   selector: '[house]'                | to inject the MyService.
 })                                   |
 class House {                        |
-  constructor(myService:MyService) { | Notice that in the constructor we can simply  
+  constructor(myService:MyService) { | Notice that in the constructor we can simply
   }                                  | ask for MyService.
 }                                    |
 
@@ -252,7 +252,7 @@ class House {                        |
 
 Assume the following DOM structure for `my_app.html`:
 ```
-<div house>     | The house attribute triggers the creation of the House directive. 
+<div house>     | The house attribute triggers the creation of the House directive.
 </div>          | This is equivalent to:
                 |   new House(injector.get(MyService));
 ```
@@ -264,7 +264,7 @@ Injecting other directives into directives follows a similar mechanism as inject
 
 There are five kinds of visibilities:
 
-* (no annotation): Inject dependant directives only if they are on the current element. 
+* (no annotation): Inject dependant directives only if they are on the current element.
 * `@ancestor`: Inject a directive if it is at any element above the current element.
 * `@parent`: Inject a directive which is direct parent of the current element.
 * `@child`: Inject a list of direct children which match a given type. (Used with `Query`)
@@ -278,8 +278,8 @@ Here is an example of the kinds of injections which can be achieved:
 ```
 @Component({                         |
   selector: 'my-app'                 |
-})                                   | 
-@View({                              | 
+})                                   |
+@View({                              |
   templateUrl: 'my_app.html',        |
   directives: [Form, FieldSet,       |
     Field, Primary]                  |
@@ -290,15 +290,15 @@ class MyApp {}                       |
 class Form {                         |
   constructor(                       |
     @descendant sets:Query<FieldSet> |
-  ) {                                | 
-  }                                  | 
+  ) {                                |
+  }                                  |
 }                                    |
                                      |
 @Decorator({ selector: 'fieldset' }) |
 class FieldSet {                     |
   constructor(                       |
     @child sets:Query<Field>         |
-  ) { ... }                          | 
+  ) { ... }                          |
 }                                    |
                                      |
 @Decorator({ selector: 'field' })    |
@@ -306,12 +306,12 @@ class Field {                        |
   constructor(                       |
     @ancestor field:Form,            |
     @parent field:FieldSet,          |
-  ) { ... }                          | 
+  ) { ... }                          |
 }                                    |
                                      |
 @Decorator({ selector: '[primary]'}) |
 class Primary {                      |
-  constructor(field:Field ) { ... }  | 
+  constructor(field:Field ) { ... }  |
 }                                    |
 ```
 
@@ -324,7 +324,7 @@ Assume the following DOM structure for `my_app.html`:
        <field></field>         |
     </fieldset>                |
   </div>                       |
-</form>                        |  
+</form>                        |
 ```
 
 
diff --git a/modules/angular2/docs/core/10_view.md b/modules/angular2/docs/core/10_view.md
index 6e4efd112c..f0c693feb9 100644
--- a/modules/angular2/docs/core/10_view.md
+++ b/modules/angular2/docs/core/10_view.md
@@ -2,24 +2,24 @@
 
 ## Overview
 
-This document explains the concept of a View. 
-A View is a core primitive used by angular to render the DOM tree. 
+This document explains the concept of a View.
+A View is a core primitive used by angular to render the DOM tree.
 A ViewPort is location in a View which can accept child Views.
-Every ViewPort has an associated ViewContainer than can contain any number of child Views.
+Every ViewPort has an associated ViewContainerRef than can contain any number of child Views.
 Views form a tree structure which mimics the DOM tree.
 
-* View is a core rendering construct. A running application is just a collection of Views which are 
-  nested in a tree like structure. The View tree is a simplified version of the DOM tree. A View can 
-  have a single DOM Element or large DOM structures. The key is that the DOM tree in the View can 
+* View is a core rendering construct. A running application is just a collection of Views which are
+  nested in a tree like structure. The View tree is a simplified version of the DOM tree. A View can
+  have a single DOM Element or large DOM structures. The key is that the DOM tree in the View can
   not undergo structural changes (only property changes).
-* Views represent a running instance of a DOM View. This implies that while elements in a View 
-  can change properties, they can not change structurally. (Structural changes such as, adding or 
+* Views represent a running instance of a DOM View. This implies that while elements in a View
+  can change properties, they can not change structurally. (Structural changes such as, adding or
   removing elements requires adding or removing child Views into ViewContainers).
-* View can have zero or more ViewPorts. A ViewPort is a marker in the DOM which allows 
+* View can have zero or more ViewPorts. A ViewPort is a marker in the DOM which allows
   the insertion of child Views.
-* Views are created from a ProtoView. A ProtoView is a compiled DOM View which is efficient at 
+* Views are created from a ProtoView. A ProtoView is a compiled DOM View which is efficient at
   creating Views.
-* View contains a context object. The context represents the object instance against which all 
+* View contains a context object. The context represents the object instance against which all
   expressions are evaluated.
 * View contains a ChangeDetector for looking for detecting changes to the model.
 * View contains ElementInjector for creating Directives.
@@ -51,9 +51,9 @@ And assume following HTML View:
 </div>
 ```
 
-The above template is compiled by the Compiler to create a ProtoView. The ProtoView is then used to 
-create an instance of the View. The instantiation process involves cloning the above template and 
-locating all of the elements which contain bindings and finally instantiating the Directives 
+The above template is compiled by the Compiler to create a ProtoView. The ProtoView is then used to
+create an instance of the View. The instantiation process involves cloning the above template and
+locating all of the elements which contain bindings and finally instantiating the Directives
 associated with the template. (See compilation for more details.)
 
 ```
@@ -81,13 +81,13 @@ Note:
 * View knows which expressions need to be watched.
 * View knows what needs to be updated if the watched expression changes.
 * All DOM elements are owned by single instance of the view.
-* The structure of the DOM can not change during runtime. To allow structural changes to the DOM we need 
+* The structure of the DOM can not change during runtime. To allow structural changes to the DOM we need
   to understand Composed View.
 
 
 ## Composed View
 
-An important part of an application is to be able to change the DOM structure to render data for the 
+An important part of an application is to be able to change the DOM structure to render data for the
 user. In Angular this is done by inserting child views into the ViewPort.
 
 Let's start with a View such as:
@@ -123,12 +123,12 @@ The next step is to compose these two ProtoViews into an actual view which is re
 </ul>                   | viewA(someContext)
 ```
 
-*Step2:* Instantiate `Foreach` directive which will receive the `ViewContainer`. (The ViewContainer 
+*Step2:* Instantiate `Foreach` directive which will receive the `ViewContainerRef`. (The ViewContainerRef
 has a reference to `protoViewA`).
 
 
-*Step3:* As the `Foreach` directive unrolls it asks the `ViewContainer` to instantiate `protoViewB` and insert 
-it after the `ViewPort` anchor. This is repeated for each `person` in `people`. Notice that 
+*Step3:* As the `Foreach` directive unrolls it asks the `ViewContainerRef` to instantiate `protoViewB` and insert
+it after the `ViewPort` anchor. This is repeated for each `person` in `people`. Notice that
 
 ```
 <ul>                    | viewA(someContext)
@@ -138,9 +138,9 @@ it after the `ViewPort` anchor. This is repeated for each `person` in `people`.
 </ul>                   | viewA(someContext)
 ```
 
-*Step4:* All of the bindings in the child Views are updated. Notice that in the case of `Foreach` 
-the evaluation context for the `viewB0` and `viewB1` are `locals0` and `locals1` respectively. 
-Locals allow the introduction of new local variables visible only within the scope of the View, and 
+*Step4:* All of the bindings in the child Views are updated. Notice that in the case of `Foreach`
+the evaluation context for the `viewB0` and `viewB1` are `locals0` and `locals1` respectively.
+Locals allow the introduction of new local variables visible only within the scope of the View, and
 delegate any unknown references to the parent context.
 
 ```
@@ -151,17 +151,17 @@ delegate any unknown references to the parent context.
 </ul>                   | viewA
 ```
 
-Each View can have zero or more ViewPorts. By inserting and removing child Views to and from the 
-ViewContainers, the application can mutate the DOM structure to any desirable state. A View may contain 
-individual nodes or a complex DOM structure. The insertion points for the child Views, known as 
-ViewContainers, contain a DOM element which acts as an anchor. The anchor is either a `template` or 
-a `script` element depending on your browser. It is used to identify where the child Views will be 
+Each View can have zero or more ViewPorts. By inserting and removing child Views to and from the
+ViewContainers, the application can mutate the DOM structure to any desirable state. A View may contain
+individual nodes or a complex DOM structure. The insertion points for the child Views, known as
+ViewContainers, contain a DOM element which acts as an anchor. The anchor is either a `template` or
+a `script` element depending on your browser. It is used to identify where the child Views will be
 inserted.
 
 ## Component Views
 
-A View can also contain Components. Components contain Shadow DOM for encapsulating their internal 
-rendering state. Unlike ViewPorts which can contain zero or more Views, the Component always contains 
+A View can also contain Components. Components contain Shadow DOM for encapsulating their internal
+rendering state. Unlike ViewPorts which can contain zero or more Views, the Component always contains
 exactly one Shadow View.
 
 ```
@@ -205,7 +205,7 @@ And assume the following HTML View:
 </div>                            | viewA(greeter)
 ```
 
-The above UI is built using a single View, and hence a single context `greeter`. It can be expressed 
+The above UI is built using a single View, and hence a single context `greeter`. It can be expressed
 in this pseudo-code.
 
 ```
@@ -215,15 +215,15 @@ var greeter = new Greeter();
 The View contains two bindings:
 
 1. `greeting`: This is bound to the `greeting` property on the `Greeter` instance.
-2. `name.value`: This poses a problem. There is no `name` property on the `Greeter` instance. To solve 
+2. `name.value`: This poses a problem. There is no `name` property on the `Greeter` instance. To solve
 this we wrap the `Greeter` instance in the `Local` instance like so:
 ```
 var greeter = new Locals(new Greeter(), {name: ref_to_input_element })
 ```
 
 
-By wrapping the `Greeter` instance into the `Locals` we allow the view to introduce variables which 
-are in addition to the `Greeter` instance. During the resolution of the expressions we first check 
+By wrapping the `Greeter` instance into the `Locals` we allow the view to introduce variables which
+are in addition to the `Greeter` instance. During the resolution of the expressions we first check
 the locals, and then the `Greeter` instance.
 
 
@@ -233,14 +233,14 @@ the locals, and then the `Greeter` instance.
 Views transition through a particular set of states:
 
 1. View is created from the ProtoView.
-2. View can be attached to an existing ViewContainer.
-3. Upon attaching View to the ViewContainer the View needs to be hydrated. The hydration process 
+2. View can be attached to an existing ViewContainerRef.
+3. Upon attaching View to the ViewContainerRef the View needs to be hydrated. The hydration process
    involves instantiating all of the Directives associated with the current View.
-4. At this point the view is ready and renderable. Multiple changes can be delivered to the 
+4. At this point the view is ready and renderable. Multiple changes can be delivered to the
    Directives from the ChangeDetection.
-5. At some point the View can be removed. At this point all of the directives are destroyed during 
+5. At some point the View can be removed. At this point all of the directives are destroyed during
    the dehydration process and the view becomes inactive.
-6. The View has to wait until it is detached from the DOM. The delay in detaching could be caused 
+6. The View has to wait until it is detached from the DOM. The delay in detaching could be caused
    because an animation is animating the view away.
-7. After the View is detached from the DOM it is ready to be reused. The view reuse allows the 
+7. After the View is detached from the DOM it is ready to be reused. The view reuse allows the
    application to be faster in subsequent renderings.
diff --git a/modules/angular2/src/core/annotations/annotations.js b/modules/angular2/src/core/annotations/annotations.js
index 6a8e4af534..a981c71698 100644
--- a/modules/angular2/src/core/annotations/annotations.js
+++ b/modules/angular2/src/core/annotations/annotations.js
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ import {DEFAULT} from 'angular2/change_detection';
  *
  * To inject element-specific special objects, declare the constructor parameter as:
  * - `element: NgElement` to obtain a DOM element (DEPRECATED: replacement coming)
- * - `viewContainer: ViewContainer` to control child template instantiation, for {@link Viewport} directives only
+ * - `viewContainer: ViewContainerRef` to control child template instantiation, for {@link Viewport} directives only
  * - `bindingPropagation: BindingPropagation` to control change detection in a more granular way.
  *
  * ## Example
@@ -827,8 +827,8 @@ export class Decorator extends Directive {
 /**
  * Directive that controls the instantiation, destruction, and positioning of inline template elements.
  *
- * A viewport directive uses a {@link ViewContainer} to instantiate, insert, move, and destroy views at runtime.
- * The {@link ViewContainer} is created as a result of `<template>` element, and represents a location in the current view
+ * A viewport directive uses a {@link ViewContainerRef} to instantiate, insert, move, and destroy views at runtime.
+ * The {@link ViewContainerRef} is created as a result of `<template>` element, and represents a location in the current view
  * where these actions are performed.
  *
  * Views are always created as children of the current {@link View}, and as siblings of the `<template>` element. Thus a
@@ -873,10 +873,10 @@ export class Decorator extends Directive {
  *   }
  * })
  * export class Unless {
- *   viewContainer: ViewContainer;
+ *   viewContainer: ViewContainerRef;
  *   prevCondition: boolean;
  *
- *   constructor(viewContainer: ViewContainer) {
+ *   constructor(viewContainer: ViewContainerRef) {
  *     this.viewContainer = viewContainer;
  *     this.prevCondition = null;
  *   }
diff --git a/modules/angular2/src/core/compiler/element_injector.js b/modules/angular2/src/core/compiler/element_injector.js
index b1b1d93bba..07c3d7f569 100644
--- a/modules/angular2/src/core/compiler/element_injector.js
+++ b/modules/angular2/src/core/compiler/element_injector.js
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import {Parent, Ancestor} from 'angular2/src/core/annotations/visibility';
 import {Attribute, Query} from 'angular2/src/core/annotations/di';
 import * as viewModule from 'angular2/src/core/compiler/view';
 import * as avmModule from './view_manager';
-import {ViewContainer} from 'angular2/src/core/compiler/view_container';
+import {ViewContainerRef} from 'angular2/src/core/compiler/view_container_ref';
 import {NgElement} from 'angular2/src/core/compiler/ng_element';
 import {Directive, Component, onChange, onDestroy, onAllChangesDone} from 'angular2/src/core/annotations/annotations';
 import {ChangeDetector, ChangeDetectorRef} from 'angular2/change_detection';
@@ -31,14 +31,14 @@ export class ElementRef {
   boundElementIndex:number;
   injector:Injector;
   elementInjector:ElementInjector;
-  viewContainer:ViewContainer;
+  viewContainer:ViewContainerRef;
 
   constructor(elementInjector, hostView, boundElementIndex, injector, viewManager, defaultProtoView){
     this.elementInjector = elementInjector;
     this.hostView = hostView;
     this.boundElementIndex = boundElementIndex;
     this.injector = injector;
-    this.viewContainer = new ViewContainer(viewManager, this, defaultProtoView);
+    this.viewContainer = new ViewContainerRef(viewManager, this, defaultProtoView);
   }
 }
 
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ class StaticKeys {
     this.defaultProtoViewId = Key.get(viewModule.AppProtoView).id;
     this.viewId = Key.get(viewModule.AppView).id;
     this.ngElementId = Key.get(NgElement).id;
-    this.viewContainerId = Key.get(ViewContainer).id;
+    this.viewContainerId = Key.get(ViewContainerRef).id;
     this.changeDetectorRefId = Key.get(ChangeDetectorRef).id;
     this.elementRefId = Key.get(ElementRef).id;
   }
diff --git a/modules/angular2/src/core/compiler/view.js b/modules/angular2/src/core/compiler/view.js
index 3ae4705bd8..d0afa94f52 100644
--- a/modules/angular2/src/core/compiler/view.js
+++ b/modules/angular2/src/core/compiler/view.js
@@ -8,9 +8,7 @@ import {SetterFn} from 'angular2/src/reflection/types';
 import {IMPLEMENTS, int, isPresent, isBlank, BaseException} from 'angular2/src/facade/lang';
 import * as renderApi from 'angular2/src/render/api';
 
-// TODO(tbosch): rename ViewContainer -> ViewContainerRef
-// and InternalAppViewContainer -> ViewContainer!
-export class InternalAppViewContainer {
+export class AppViewContainer {
   views: List<AppView>;
 
   constructor() {
@@ -36,7 +34,7 @@ export class AppView {
   /// Host views that were added by an imperative view.
   /// This is a dynamically growing / shrinking array.
   imperativeHostViews: List<AppView>;
-  viewContainers: List<InternalAppViewContainer>;
+  viewContainers: List<AppViewContainer>;
   preBuiltObjects: List<PreBuiltObjects>;
   proto: AppProtoView;
   renderer: renderApi.Renderer;
diff --git a/modules/angular2/src/core/compiler/view_container.js b/modules/angular2/src/core/compiler/view_container_ref.js
similarity index 98%
rename from modules/angular2/src/core/compiler/view_container.js
rename to modules/angular2/src/core/compiler/view_container_ref.js
index 659f0d165c..41bc7c3333 100644
--- a/modules/angular2/src/core/compiler/view_container.js
+++ b/modules/angular2/src/core/compiler/view_container_ref.js
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import * as avmModule from './view_manager';
 /**
  * @exportedAs angular2/view
  */
-export class ViewContainer {
+export class ViewContainerRef {
   _viewManager: avmModule.AppViewManager;
   _location: eiModule.ElementRef;
   _defaultProtoView: viewModule.AppProtoView;
diff --git a/modules/angular2/src/core/compiler/view_manager.js b/modules/angular2/src/core/compiler/view_manager.js
index e92669c977..7aef9e862f 100644
--- a/modules/angular2/src/core/compiler/view_manager.js
+++ b/modules/angular2/src/core/compiler/view_manager.js
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import {ListWrapper, MapWrapper, Map, StringMapWrapper, List} from 'angular2/src
 import {isPresent, isBlank, BaseException} from 'angular2/src/facade/lang';
 import * as eli from './element_injector';
 import * as viewModule from './view';
-import {Renderer, ViewRef, ViewContainerRef} from 'angular2/src/render/api';
+import {Renderer, ViewRef, RenderViewContainerRef} from 'angular2/src/render/api';
 import {AppViewManagerUtils} from './view_manager_utils';
 import {AppViewPool} from './view_pool';
 
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ export class AppViewManager {
   }
 
   _getRenderViewContainerRef(parentView:viewModule.AppView, boundElementIndex:number) {
-    return new ViewContainerRef(parentView.render, boundElementIndex);
+    return new RenderViewContainerRef(parentView.render, boundElementIndex);
   }
 
   _createViewRecurse(protoView:viewModule.AppProtoView) {
diff --git a/modules/angular2/src/core/compiler/view_manager_utils.js b/modules/angular2/src/core/compiler/view_manager_utils.js
index 2b5bae64a4..5f86c65aba 100644
--- a/modules/angular2/src/core/compiler/view_manager_utils.js
+++ b/modules/angular2/src/core/compiler/view_manager_utils.js
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ export class AppViewManagerUtils {
     parentView.changeDetector.addChild(view.changeDetector);
     var viewContainer = parentView.viewContainers[boundElementIndex];
     if (isBlank(viewContainer)) {
-      viewContainer = new viewModule.InternalAppViewContainer();
+      viewContainer = new viewModule.AppViewContainer();
       parentView.viewContainers[boundElementIndex] = viewContainer;
     }
     ListWrapper.insert(viewContainer.views, atIndex, view);
diff --git a/modules/angular2/src/directives/for.js b/modules/angular2/src/directives/for.js
index c30d07d056..23acd7eb20 100644
--- a/modules/angular2/src/directives/for.js
+++ b/modules/angular2/src/directives/for.js
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import {Viewport} from 'angular2/src/core/annotations/annotations';
-import {ViewContainer} from 'angular2/src/core/compiler/view_container';
+import {ViewContainerRef} from 'angular2/src/core/compiler/view_container_ref';
 import {AppView} from 'angular2/src/core/compiler/view';
 import {isPresent, isBlank} from 'angular2/src/facade/lang';
 import {ListWrapper} from 'angular2/src/facade/collection';
@@ -43,8 +43,8 @@ import {ListWrapper} from 'angular2/src/facade/collection';
   }
 })
 export class For  {
-  viewContainer: ViewContainer;
-  constructor(viewContainer:ViewContainer) {
+  viewContainer: ViewContainerRef;
+  constructor(viewContainer:ViewContainerRef) {
     this.viewContainer = viewContainer;
   }
 
diff --git a/modules/angular2/src/directives/if.js b/modules/angular2/src/directives/if.js
index 6128b2dccd..6e3cb1d149 100644
--- a/modules/angular2/src/directives/if.js
+++ b/modules/angular2/src/directives/if.js
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import {Viewport} from 'angular2/src/core/annotations/annotations';
-import {ViewContainer} from 'angular2/src/core/compiler/view_container';
+import {ViewContainerRef} from 'angular2/src/core/compiler/view_container_ref';
 import {isBlank} from 'angular2/src/facade/lang';
 
 /**
@@ -32,10 +32,10 @@ import {isBlank} from 'angular2/src/facade/lang';
   }
 })
 export class If {
-  viewContainer: ViewContainer;
+  viewContainer: ViewContainerRef;
   prevCondition: boolean;
 
-  constructor(viewContainer: ViewContainer) {
+  constructor(viewContainer: ViewContainerRef) {
     this.viewContainer = viewContainer;
     this.prevCondition = null;
   }
diff --git a/modules/angular2/src/directives/switch.js b/modules/angular2/src/directives/switch.js
index 642956aa84..a8100e91a9 100644
--- a/modules/angular2/src/directives/switch.js
+++ b/modules/angular2/src/directives/switch.js
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import {Decorator, Viewport} from 'angular2/src/core/annotations/annotations';
-import {ViewContainer} from 'angular2/src/core/compiler/view_container';
+import {ViewContainerRef} from 'angular2/src/core/compiler/view_container_ref';
 import {isPresent, isBlank, normalizeBlank} from 'angular2/src/facade/lang';
 import {ListWrapper, List, MapWrapper, Map} from 'angular2/src/facade/collection';
 import {Parent} from 'angular2/src/core/annotations/visibility';
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ export class Switch {
   _switchValue: any;
   _useDefault: boolean;
   _valueViewContainers: Map;
-  _activeViewContainers: List<ViewContainer>;
+  _activeViewContainers: List<ViewContainerRef>;
 
   constructor() {
     this._valueViewContainers = MapWrapper.create();
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ export class Switch {
     this._switchValue = value;
   }
 
-  _onWhenValueChanged(oldWhen, newWhen, viewContainer: ViewContainer):void {
+  _onWhenValueChanged(oldWhen, newWhen, viewContainer: ViewContainerRef):void {
     this._deregisterViewContainer(oldWhen, viewContainer);
     this._registerViewContainer(newWhen, viewContainer);
 
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ export class Switch {
     this._activeViewContainers = ListWrapper.create();
   }
 
-  _activateViewContainers(containers: List<ViewContainer>):void {
+  _activateViewContainers(containers: List<ViewContainerRef>):void {
     // TODO(vicb): assert(this._activeViewContainers.length === 0);
     if (isPresent(containers)) {
       for (var i = 0; i < containers.length; i++) {
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ export class Switch {
     }
   }
 
-  _registerViewContainer(value, container: ViewContainer): void {
+  _registerViewContainer(value, container: ViewContainerRef): void {
     var containers = MapWrapper.get(this._valueViewContainers, value);
     if (isBlank(containers)) {
       containers = ListWrapper.create();
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ export class Switch {
     ListWrapper.push(containers, container);
   }
 
-  _deregisterViewContainer(value, container: ViewContainer):void {
+  _deregisterViewContainer(value, container: ViewContainerRef):void {
     // `_whenDefault` is used a marker for non-registered whens
     if (value == _whenDefault) return;
     var containers = MapWrapper.get(this._valueViewContainers, value);
@@ -153,9 +153,9 @@ export class Switch {
 export class SwitchWhen {
   _value: any;
   _switch: Switch;
-  _viewContainer: ViewContainer;
+  _viewContainer: ViewContainerRef;
 
-  constructor(viewContainer: ViewContainer, @Parent() sswitch: Switch) {
+  constructor(viewContainer: ViewContainerRef, @Parent() sswitch: Switch) {
     // `_whenDefault` is used as a marker for a not yet initialized value
     this._value = _whenDefault;
     this._switch = sswitch;
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ export class SwitchWhen {
   selector: '[switch-default]'
 })
 export class SwitchDefault {
-  constructor(viewContainer: ViewContainer, @Parent() sswitch: Switch) {
+  constructor(viewContainer: ViewContainerRef, @Parent() sswitch: Switch) {
     sswitch._registerViewContainer(_whenDefault, viewContainer);
   }
 }
diff --git a/modules/angular2/src/render/api.js b/modules/angular2/src/render/api.js
index bd42f80f22..110ef5aedd 100644
--- a/modules/angular2/src/render/api.js
+++ b/modules/angular2/src/render/api.js
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ export class ProtoViewRef {}
 // An opaque reference to a RenderView
 export class ViewRef {}
 
-export class ViewContainerRef {
+export class RenderViewContainerRef {
   view:ViewRef;
   elementIndex:number;
   constructor(view:ViewRef, elementIndex: number) {
@@ -193,27 +193,27 @@ export class Renderer {
 
   /**
    * Creates a view and inserts it into a ViewContainer.
-   * @param {ViewContainerRef} viewContainerRef
+   * @param {RenderViewContainerRef} viewContainerRef
    * @param {ProtoViewRef} protoViewRef A ProtoViewRef of type ProtoViewDto.HOST_VIEW_TYPE or ProtoViewDto.EMBEDDED_VIEW_TYPE
    * @param {number} atIndex
    * @return {List<ViewRef>} the view and all of its nested child component views
    */
-  createViewInContainer(vcRef:ViewContainerRef, atIndex:number, protoViewRef:ProtoViewRef):List<ViewRef> { return null; }
+  createViewInContainer(vcRef:RenderViewContainerRef, atIndex:number, protoViewRef:ProtoViewRef):List<ViewRef> { return null; }
 
   /**
    * Destroys the view in the given ViewContainer
    */
-  destroyViewInContainer(vcRef:ViewContainerRef, atIndex:number):void {}
+  destroyViewInContainer(vcRef:RenderViewContainerRef, atIndex:number):void {}
 
   /**
    * Inserts a detached view into a viewContainer.
    */
-  insertViewIntoContainer(vcRef:ViewContainerRef, atIndex:number, view:ViewRef):void {}
+  insertViewIntoContainer(vcRef:RenderViewContainerRef, atIndex:number, view:ViewRef):void {}
 
   /**
    * Detaches a view from a container so that it can be inserted later on
    */
-  detachViewFromContainer(vcRef:ViewContainerRef, atIndex:number):void {}
+  detachViewFromContainer(vcRef:RenderViewContainerRef, atIndex:number):void {}
 
   /**
    * Creates a view and
diff --git a/modules/angular2/src/render/dom/direct_dom_renderer.js b/modules/angular2/src/render/dom/direct_dom_renderer.js
index 461dc823f2..95b9daeebc 100644
--- a/modules/angular2/src/render/dom/direct_dom_renderer.js
+++ b/modules/angular2/src/render/dom/direct_dom_renderer.js
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ import {ProtoViewBuilder} from './view/proto_view_builder';
 import {DOM} from 'angular2/src/dom/dom_adapter';
 import {ViewContainer} from './view/view_container';
 
-function _resolveViewContainer(vc:api.ViewContainerRef) {
+function _resolveViewContainer(vc:api.RenderViewContainerRef) {
   return _resolveView(vc.view).getOrCreateViewContainer(vc.elementIndex);
 }
 
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ export class DirectDomRenderer extends api.Renderer {
     );
   }
 
-  createViewInContainer(vcRef:api.ViewContainerRef, atIndex:number, protoViewRef:api.ProtoViewRef):List<api.ViewRef> {
+  createViewInContainer(vcRef:api.RenderViewContainerRef, atIndex:number, protoViewRef:api.ProtoViewRef):List<api.ViewRef> {
     var view = this._viewFactory.getView(_resolveProtoView(protoViewRef));
     var vc = _resolveViewContainer(vcRef);
     this._viewHydrator.hydrateViewInViewContainer(vc, view);
@@ -117,18 +117,18 @@ export class DirectDomRenderer extends api.Renderer {
     return _collectComponentChildViewRefs(view);
   }
 
-  destroyViewInContainer(vcRef:api.ViewContainerRef, atIndex:number):void {
+  destroyViewInContainer(vcRef:api.RenderViewContainerRef, atIndex:number):void {
     var vc = _resolveViewContainer(vcRef);
     var view = vc.detach(atIndex);
     this._viewHydrator.dehydrateViewInViewContainer(vc, view);
     this._viewFactory.returnView(view);
   }
 
-  insertViewIntoContainer(vcRef:api.ViewContainerRef, atIndex=-1, viewRef:api.ViewRef):void {
+  insertViewIntoContainer(vcRef:api.RenderViewContainerRef, atIndex=-1, viewRef:api.ViewRef):void {
     _resolveViewContainer(vcRef).insert(_resolveView(viewRef), atIndex);
   }
 
-  detachViewFromContainer(vcRef:api.ViewContainerRef, atIndex:number):void {
+  detachViewFromContainer(vcRef:api.RenderViewContainerRef, atIndex:number):void {
     _resolveViewContainer(vcRef).detach(atIndex);
   }
 
diff --git a/modules/angular2/test/core/compiler/element_injector_spec.js b/modules/angular2/test/core/compiler/element_injector_spec.js
index 16aabb8915..825ca7a6dc 100644
--- a/modules/angular2/test/core/compiler/element_injector_spec.js
+++ b/modules/angular2/test/core/compiler/element_injector_spec.js
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import {Attribute, Query} from 'angular2/src/core/annotations/di';
 import {onDestroy} from 'angular2/src/core/annotations/annotations';
 import {Optional, Injector, Inject, bind} from 'angular2/di';
 import {AppProtoView, AppView} from 'angular2/src/core/compiler/view';
-import {ViewContainer} from 'angular2/src/core/compiler/view_container';
+import {ViewContainerRef} from 'angular2/src/core/compiler/view_container_ref';
 import {NgElement} from 'angular2/src/core/compiler/ng_element';
 import {Directive} from 'angular2/src/core/annotations/annotations';
 import {DynamicChangeDetector, ChangeDetectorRef, Parser, Lexer} from 'angular2/change_detection';
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ class NeedsElementRef {
 
 class NeedsViewContainer {
   viewContainer;
-  constructor(vc:ViewContainer) {
+  constructor(vc:ViewContainerRef) {
     this.viewContainer = vc;
   }
 }
@@ -717,9 +717,9 @@ export function main() {
         expect(inj.get(NeedsChangeDetectorRef).changeDetectorRef).toBe(cd.ref);
       });
 
-      it('should inject ViewContainer', () => {
+      it('should inject ViewContainerRef', () => {
         var inj = injector([NeedsViewContainer]);
-        expect(inj.get(NeedsViewContainer).viewContainer).toBeAnInstanceOf(ViewContainer);
+        expect(inj.get(NeedsViewContainer).viewContainer).toBeAnInstanceOf(ViewContainerRef);
       });
     });
 
diff --git a/modules/angular2/test/core/compiler/integration_spec.js b/modules/angular2/test/core/compiler/integration_spec.js
index 0d4b4bf618..f70f84b0c9 100644
--- a/modules/angular2/test/core/compiler/integration_spec.js
+++ b/modules/angular2/test/core/compiler/integration_spec.js
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ import {Attribute} from 'angular2/src/core/annotations/di';
 
 import {If} from 'angular2/src/directives/if';
 
-import {ViewContainer} from 'angular2/src/core/compiler/view_container';
+import {ViewContainerRef} from 'angular2/src/core/compiler/view_container_ref';
 import {Compiler} from 'angular2/src/core/compiler/compiler';
 import {ElementRef} from 'angular2/src/core/compiler/element_injector';
 
@@ -690,7 +690,7 @@ export function main() {
 
       describe('dynamic ViewContainers', () => {
 
-        it('should allow to create a ViewContainer at any bound location',
+        it('should allow to create a ViewContainerRef at any bound location',
             inject([TestBed, AsyncTestCompleter, Compiler], (tb, async, compiler) => {
           tb.overrideView(MyComp, new View({
             template: '<div><dynamic-vp #dynamic></dynamic-vp></div>',
@@ -862,7 +862,7 @@ class SimpleImperativeViewComponent {
 })
 class DynamicViewport {
   done;
-  constructor(vc:ViewContainer, inj:Injector, compiler:Compiler) {
+  constructor(vc:ViewContainerRef, inj:Injector, compiler:Compiler) {
     var myService = new MyService();
     myService.greeting = 'dynamic greet';
     this.done = compiler.compileInHost(ChildCompUsingService).then( (hostPv) => {
@@ -1040,7 +1040,7 @@ class ChildComp2 {
   selector: '[some-viewport]'
 })
 class SomeViewport {
-  constructor(container: ViewContainer) {
+  constructor(container: ViewContainerRef) {
     container.create().setLocal('some-tmpl', 'hello');
     container.create().setLocal('some-tmpl', 'again');
   }
diff --git a/modules/angular2/test/core/compiler/view_container_spec.js b/modules/angular2/test/core/compiler/view_container_ref_spec.js
similarity index 78%
rename from modules/angular2/test/core/compiler/view_container_spec.js
rename to modules/angular2/test/core/compiler/view_container_ref_spec.js
index e34417d478..ad6bc45ed2 100644
--- a/modules/angular2/test/core/compiler/view_container_spec.js
+++ b/modules/angular2/test/core/compiler/view_container_ref_spec.js
@@ -19,14 +19,14 @@ import {MapWrapper} from 'angular2/src/facade/collection';
 import {IMPLEMENTS, isBlank, isPresent} from 'angular2/src/facade/lang';
 
 import {ElementRef} from 'angular2/src/core/compiler/element_injector';
-import {AppView, AppProtoView, InternalAppViewContainer} from 'angular2/src/core/compiler/view';
-import {ViewContainer} from 'angular2/src/core/compiler/view_container';
+import {AppView, AppProtoView, AppViewContainer} from 'angular2/src/core/compiler/view';
+import {ViewContainerRef} from 'angular2/src/core/compiler/view_container_ref';
 import {AppViewManager} from 'angular2/src/core/compiler/view_manager';
 
 export function main() {
   // TODO(tbosch): add missing tests
 
-  describe('ViewContainer', () => {
+  describe('ViewContainerRef', () => {
     var location;
     var view;
     var viewManager;
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ export function main() {
     }
 
     function createViewContainer(defaultProtoView = null) {
-      return new ViewContainer(viewManager, location, defaultProtoView);
+      return new ViewContainerRef(viewManager, location, defaultProtoView);
     }
 
     beforeEach( () => {
@@ -50,14 +50,14 @@ export function main() {
       location = new ElementRef(null, view, 0, null, null, null);
     });
 
-    it('should return a 0 length if there is no underlying ViewContainer', () => {
+    it('should return a 0 length if there is no underlying ViewContainerRef', () => {
       var vc = createViewContainer();
       expect(vc.length).toBe(0);
     });
 
-    it('should return the size of the underlying ViewContainer', () => {
+    it('should return the size of the underlying ViewContainerRef', () => {
       var vc = createViewContainer();
-      view.viewContainers = [new InternalAppViewContainer()];
+      view.viewContainers = [new AppViewContainer()];
       view.viewContainers[0].views = [createView()];
       expect(vc.length).toBe(1);
     });
diff --git a/modules/angular2/test/core/compiler/view_manager_spec.js b/modules/angular2/test/core/compiler/view_manager_spec.js
index 75b56835db..f29369fc22 100644
--- a/modules/angular2/test/core/compiler/view_manager_spec.js
+++ b/modules/angular2/test/core/compiler/view_manager_spec.js
@@ -18,8 +18,8 @@ import {Injector, bind} from 'angular2/di';
 import {IMPLEMENTS, isBlank, isPresent} from 'angular2/src/facade/lang';
 import {MapWrapper, ListWrapper, StringMapWrapper} from 'angular2/src/facade/collection';
 
-import {AppProtoView, AppView, InternalAppViewContainer} from 'angular2/src/core/compiler/view';
-import {Renderer, ViewRef, ProtoViewRef, ViewContainerRef} from 'angular2/src/render/api';
+import {AppProtoView, AppView, AppViewContainer} from 'angular2/src/core/compiler/view';
+import {Renderer, ViewRef, ProtoViewRef, RenderViewContainerRef} from 'angular2/src/render/api';
 import {ElementBinder} from 'angular2/src/core/compiler/element_binder';
 import {DirectiveBinding, ElementInjector, ElementRef} from 'angular2/src/core/compiler/element_injector';
 import {DirectiveMetadataReader} from 'angular2/src/core/compiler/directive_metadata_reader';
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ export function main() {
       utils.spy('attachViewInContainer').andCallFake( (parentView, elementIndex, atIndex, childView) => {
         var viewContainer = parentView.viewContainers[elementIndex];
         if (isBlank(viewContainer)) {
-          viewContainer = new InternalAppViewContainer();
+          viewContainer = new AppViewContainer();
           parentView.viewContainers[elementIndex] = viewContainer;
         }
         ListWrapper.insert(viewContainer.views, atIndex, childView);
@@ -385,7 +385,7 @@ export function main() {
           childProtoView = createProtoView();
         });
 
-        it('should create a ViewContainer if not yet existing', () => {
+        it('should create a ViewContainerRef if not yet existing', () => {
           manager.createViewInContainer(elementRef(parentView, 0), 0, childProtoView, null);
           expect(parentView.viewContainers[0]).toBeTruthy();
         });
@@ -411,7 +411,7 @@ export function main() {
         it('should create and set the render view', () => {
           manager.createViewInContainer(elementRef(parentView, 0), 0, childProtoView, null);
           expect(renderer.spy('createViewInContainer')).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
-            new ViewContainerRef(parentView.render, 0), 0, childProtoView.render);
+            new RenderViewContainerRef(parentView.render, 0), 0, childProtoView.render);
           expect(createdViews[0].render).toBe(createdRenderViews[0]);
         });
 
@@ -451,7 +451,7 @@ export function main() {
 
         it('should destroy and clear the render view', () => {
           manager.destroyViewInContainer(elementRef(parentView, 0), 0);
-          expect(renderer.spy('destroyViewInContainer')).toHaveBeenCalledWith(new ViewContainerRef(parentView.render, 0), 0);
+          expect(renderer.spy('destroyViewInContainer')).toHaveBeenCalledWith(new RenderViewContainerRef(parentView.render, 0), 0);
           expect(childView.render).toBe(null);
         });
 
diff --git a/modules/angular2/test/render/dom/direct_dom_renderer_integration_spec.js b/modules/angular2/test/render/dom/direct_dom_renderer_integration_spec.js
index 4ad91c09a9..4baefb4516 100644
--- a/modules/angular2/test/render/dom/direct_dom_renderer_integration_spec.js
+++ b/modules/angular2/test/render/dom/direct_dom_renderer_integration_spec.js
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ import {
 
 import {DOM} from 'angular2/src/dom/dom_adapter';
 
-import {ProtoViewDto, ViewDefinition, ViewContainerRef, EventDispatcher, DirectiveMetadata} from 'angular2/src/render/api';
+import {ProtoViewDto, ViewDefinition, RenderViewContainerRef, EventDispatcher, DirectiveMetadata} from 'angular2/src/render/api';
 
 import {IntegrationTestbed, LoggingEventDispatcher, FakeEvent} from './integration_testbed';
 
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ export function main() {
         var viewRef = renderer.createInPlaceHostView(null, rootEl, rootProtoView.render)[1];
         var vcProtoViewRef = rootProtoView.elementBinders[0]
           .nestedProtoView.elementBinders[0].nestedProtoView.render;
-        var vcRef = new ViewContainerRef(viewRef, 0);
+        var vcRef = new RenderViewContainerRef(viewRef, 0);
         expect(rootEl).toHaveText('');
         var childViewRef = renderer.createViewInContainer(vcRef, 0, vcProtoViewRef)[0];
         expect(rootEl).toHaveText('hello');
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ export function main() {
         var viewRef = renderer.createInPlaceHostView(null, rootEl, rootProtoView.render)[1];
         var vcProtoViewRef = rootProtoView.elementBinders[0]
           .nestedProtoView.elementBinders[0].nestedProtoView.render;
-        var vcRef = new ViewContainerRef(viewRef, 0);
+        var vcRef = new RenderViewContainerRef(viewRef, 0);
 
         var viewRef1 = renderer.createViewInContainer(vcRef, 0, vcProtoViewRef)[0];
         renderer.destroyViewInContainer(vcRef, 0);
diff --git a/modules/angular2/test/render/dom/integration_testbed.js b/modules/angular2/test/render/dom/integration_testbed.js
index c12b996a03..3059fffb0a 100644
--- a/modules/angular2/test/render/dom/integration_testbed.js
+++ b/modules/angular2/test/render/dom/integration_testbed.js
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import {DOM} from 'angular2/src/dom/dom_adapter';
 import {Parser, Lexer} from 'angular2/change_detection';
 import {DirectDomRenderer} from 'angular2/src/render/dom/direct_dom_renderer';
 import {Compiler} from 'angular2/src/render/dom/compiler/compiler';
-import {ProtoViewRef, ProtoViewDto, ViewDefinition, ViewContainerRef, EventDispatcher, DirectiveMetadata} from 'angular2/src/render/api';
+import {ProtoViewRef, ProtoViewDto, ViewDefinition, RenderViewContainerRef, EventDispatcher, DirectiveMetadata} from 'angular2/src/render/api';
 import {DefaultStepFactory} from 'angular2/src/render/dom/compiler/compile_step_factory';
 import {TemplateLoader} from 'angular2/src/render/dom/compiler/template_loader';
 import {UrlResolver} from 'angular2/src/services/url_resolver';
diff --git a/modules/angular2/test/render/dom/shadow_dom_emulation_integration_spec.js b/modules/angular2/test/render/dom/shadow_dom_emulation_integration_spec.js
index a9bfb4d7dd..80f3915123 100644
--- a/modules/angular2/test/render/dom/shadow_dom_emulation_integration_spec.js
+++ b/modules/angular2/test/render/dom/shadow_dom_emulation_integration_spec.js
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ import {MapWrapper, ListWrapper, StringMapWrapper} from 'angular2/src/facade/col
 import {DOM} from 'angular2/src/dom/dom_adapter';
 
 import {
-  ProtoViewDto, ViewDefinition, ViewContainerRef, DirectiveMetadata
+  ProtoViewDto, ViewDefinition, RenderViewContainerRef, DirectiveMetadata
 } from 'angular2/src/render/api';
 
 import {EmulatedScopedShadowDomStrategy} from 'angular2/src/render/dom/shadow_dom/emulated_scoped_shadow_dom_strategy';
@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@ export function main() {
           });
           compileRoot('main').then( (pv) => {
             var viewRefs = renderer.createInPlaceHostView(null, rootEl, pv.render);
-            var vcRef = new ViewContainerRef(viewRefs[1], 1);
+            var vcRef = new RenderViewContainerRef(viewRefs[1], 1);
             var vcProtoViewRef = pv.elementBinders[0].nestedProtoView
               .elementBinders[1].nestedProtoView.render;
             expect(rootEl).toHaveText('(, B)');
@@ -213,7 +213,7 @@ export function main() {
           });
           compileRoot('main').then( (pv) => {
             var viewRefs = renderer.createInPlaceHostView(null, rootEl, pv.render);
-            var vcRef = new ViewContainerRef(viewRefs[1], 1);
+            var vcRef = new RenderViewContainerRef(viewRefs[1], 1);
             var vcProtoViewRef = pv.elementBinders[0].nestedProtoView
               .elementBinders[1].nestedProtoView.render;
             expect(rootEl).toHaveText('(, B)');
@@ -264,7 +264,7 @@ export function main() {
           });
           compileRoot('main').then( (pv) => {
             var viewRefs = renderer.createInPlaceHostView(null, rootEl, pv.render);
-            var vcRef = new ViewContainerRef(viewRefs[1], 1);
+            var vcRef = new RenderViewContainerRef(viewRefs[1], 1);
             var vcProtoViewRef = pv.elementBinders[0].nestedProtoView
               .elementBinders[1].nestedProtoView.render;
             expect(rootEl).toHaveText('OUTER(INNER(INNERINNER(,BC)))');
@@ -290,7 +290,7 @@ export function main() {
           });
           compileRoot('main').then( (pv) => {
             var viewRefs = renderer.createInPlaceHostView(null, rootEl, pv.render);
-            var vcRef = new ViewContainerRef(viewRefs[2], 0);
+            var vcRef = new RenderViewContainerRef(viewRefs[2], 0);
             var vcProtoViewRef = pv.elementBinders[0].nestedProtoView
               .elementBinders[0].nestedProtoView
               .elementBinders[0].nestedProtoView.render;
@@ -323,9 +323,9 @@ export function main() {
           });
           compileRoot('main').then( (pv) => {
             var viewRefs = renderer.createInPlaceHostView(null, rootEl, pv.render);
-            var vcRef0 = new ViewContainerRef(viewRefs[2], 0);
-            var vcRef1 = new ViewContainerRef(viewRefs[3], 0);
-            var vcRef2 = new ViewContainerRef(viewRefs[4], 0);
+            var vcRef0 = new RenderViewContainerRef(viewRefs[2], 0);
+            var vcRef1 = new RenderViewContainerRef(viewRefs[3], 0);
+            var vcRef2 = new RenderViewContainerRef(viewRefs[4], 0);
             var mainPv = pv.elementBinders[0].nestedProtoView;
             var pvRef = mainPv.elementBinders[0].nestedProtoView.elementBinders[0].nestedProtoView.render;
 
diff --git a/modules/benchmarks/src/tree/tree_benchmark.js b/modules/benchmarks/src/tree/tree_benchmark.js
index 44cd233f2a..e5e13719c1 100644
--- a/modules/benchmarks/src/tree/tree_benchmark.js
+++ b/modules/benchmarks/src/tree/tree_benchmark.js
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import {bootstrap, Component, Viewport, View, ViewContainer, Compiler, NgElement, Decorator} from 'angular2/angular2';
+import {bootstrap, Component, Viewport, View, ViewContainerRef, Compiler, NgElement, Decorator} from 'angular2/angular2';
 
 import {LifeCycle} from 'angular2/src/core/life_cycle/life_cycle';
 import {reflector} from 'angular2/src/reflection/reflection';