feat(web-workers) Add WebWorker Renderer

Allows angular apps to be rendered from the webworker!
Closes #3052, #3053, and #3097

modules/angular2/src/change_detection/parser/parser.ts

@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ export class Parser {
   }
 }
 
-class _ParseAST {
+export class _ParseAST {
   index: int = 0;
   constructor(public input: string, public location: any, public tokens: List<any>,
               public reflector: Reflector, public parseAction: boolean) {}

modules/angular2/src/core/application_common.ts

@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ import {HammerGesturesPlugin} from 'angular2/src/render/dom/events/hammer_gestur
 import {ComponentUrlMapper} from 'angular2/src/core/compiler/component_url_mapper';
 import {UrlResolver} from 'angular2/src/services/url_resolver';
 import {AppRootUrl} from 'angular2/src/services/app_root_url';
+import {AnchorBasedAppRootUrl} from 'angular2/src/services/anchor_based_app_root_url';
 import {
   ComponentRef,
   DynamicComponentLoader
@@ -136,14 +137,14 @@ function _injectorBindings(appComponentType): List<Type | Binding | List<any>> {
     StyleInliner,
     DynamicComponentLoader,
     Testability,
-    AppRootUrl
+    AnchorBasedAppRootUrl,
+    bind(AppRootUrl).toAlias(AnchorBasedAppRootUrl)
   ];
 }
 
-function _createNgZone(): NgZone {
+export function createNgZone(handler: ExceptionHandler): NgZone {
   // bootstrapErrorReporter is needed because we cannot use custom exception handler
   // configured via DI until the root Injector has been created.
-  var handler = new ExceptionHandler();
   var bootstrapErrorReporter = (exception, stackTrace) => handler.call(exception, stackTrace);
   var zone = new NgZone({enableLongStackTrace: assertionsEnabled()});
   zone.overrideOnErrorHandler(bootstrapErrorReporter);
@@ -282,7 +283,7 @@ export function commonBootstrap(
   BrowserDomAdapter.makeCurrent();
   var bootstrapProcess = PromiseWrapper.completer();
 
-  var zone = _createNgZone();
+  var zone = createNgZone(new ExceptionHandler());
   zone.run(() => {
     // TODO(rado): prepopulate template cache, so applications with only
     // index.html and main.js are possible.

modules/angular2/src/facade/lang.dart

@@ -39,6 +39,19 @@ bool isDate(obj) => obj is DateTime;
 
 String stringify(obj) => obj.toString();
 
+int serializeEnum(val) {
+  return val.index;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Deserializes an enum
+ * val should be the indexed value of the enum (sa returned from @Link{serializeEnum})
+ * values should be a map from indexes to values for the enum that you want to deserialize.
+ */
+dynamic deserializeEnum(int val, Map<int, dynamic> values) {
+  return values[val];
+}
+
 class StringWrapper {
   static String fromCharCode(int code) {
     return new String.fromCharCode(code);

modules/angular2/src/facade/lang.ts

@@ -130,6 +130,17 @@ export function stringify(token): string {
   return (newLineIndex === -1) ? res : res.substring(0, newLineIndex);
 }
 
+// serialize / deserialize enum exist only for consistency with dart API
+// enums in typescript don't need to be serialized
+
+export function serializeEnum(val): int {
+  return val;
+}
+
+export function deserializeEnum(val, values: Map<int, any>): any {
+  return val;
+}
+
 export class StringWrapper {
   static fromCharCode(code: int): string { return String.fromCharCode(code); }
 

modules/angular2/src/services/anchor_based_app_root_url.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+import {AppRootUrl} from "angular2/src/services/app_root_url";
+import {DOM} from "angular2/src/dom/dom_adapter";
+import {Injectable} from "angular2/di";
+
+/**
+ * Extension of {@link AppRootUrl} that uses a DOM anchor tag to set the root url to
+ * the current page's url.
+ */
+@Injectable()
+export class AnchorBasedAppRootUrl extends AppRootUrl {
+  constructor() {
+    super("");
+    // compute the root url to pass to AppRootUrl
+    var rootUrl: string;
+    var a = DOM.createElement('a');
+    DOM.resolveAndSetHref(a, './', null);
+    rootUrl = DOM.getHref(a);
+
+    this.value = rootUrl;
+  }
+}

modules/angular2/src/services/app_root_url.ts

@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 import {Injectable} from 'angular2/di';
 import {isBlank} from 'angular2/src/facade/lang';
-import {DOM} from 'angular2/src/dom/dom_adapter';
 
 /**
  * Specifies app root url for the application.
@@ -15,16 +14,12 @@ import {DOM} from 'angular2/src/dom/dom_adapter';
 export class AppRootUrl {
   private _value: string;
 
+  constructor(value: string) { this._value = value; }
+
   /**
    * Returns the base URL of the currently running application.
    */
-  get value() {
-    if (isBlank(this._value)) {
-      var a = DOM.createElement('a');
-      DOM.resolveAndSetHref(a, './', null);
-      this._value = DOM.getHref(a);
-    }
+  get value() { return this._value; }
 
-    return this._value;
-  }
+  set value(value: string) { this._value = value; }
 }

modules/angular2/src/test_lib/test_injector.ts

@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ import {XHR} from 'angular2/src/render/xhr';
 import {ComponentUrlMapper} from 'angular2/src/core/compiler/component_url_mapper';
 import {UrlResolver} from 'angular2/src/services/url_resolver';
 import {AppRootUrl} from 'angular2/src/services/app_root_url';
+import {AnchorBasedAppRootUrl} from 'angular2/src/services/anchor_based_app_root_url';
 import {StyleUrlResolver} from 'angular2/src/render/dom/compiler/style_url_resolver';
 import {StyleInliner} from 'angular2/src/render/dom/compiler/style_inliner';
 import {NgZone} from 'angular2/src/core/zone/ng_zone';
@@ -56,6 +57,7 @@ import {
   DOM_REFLECT_PROPERTIES_AS_ATTRIBUTES
 } from 'angular2/src/render/dom/dom_renderer';
 import {DefaultDomCompiler} from 'angular2/src/render/dom/compiler/compiler';
+import {Serializer} from "angular2/src/web-workers/shared/serializer";
 import {Log} from './utils';
 
 /**
@@ -88,6 +90,7 @@ function _getAppBindings() {
   } catch (e) {
     appDoc = null;
   }
+
   return [
     bind(DOCUMENT_TOKEN)
         .toValue(appDoc),
@@ -102,6 +105,7 @@ function _getAppBindings() {
     AppViewPool,
     AppViewManager,
     AppViewManagerUtils,
+    Serializer,
     ELEMENT_PROBE_CONFIG,
     bind(APP_VIEW_POOL_CAPACITY).toValue(500),
     Compiler,
@@ -120,7 +124,8 @@ function _getAppBindings() {
     bind(XHR).toClass(MockXHR),
     ComponentUrlMapper,
     UrlResolver,
-    AppRootUrl,
+    AnchorBasedAppRootUrl,
+    bind(AppRootUrl).toAlias(AnchorBasedAppRootUrl),
     StyleUrlResolver,
     StyleInliner,
     TestComponentBuilder,

modules/angular2/src/web-workers/shared/api.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+import {CONST_EXPR} from "angular2/src/facade/lang";
+import {OpaqueToken} from "angular2/di";
+import {RenderElementRef, RenderViewRef} from "angular2/src/render/api";
+
+export const ON_WEBWORKER = CONST_EXPR(new OpaqueToken('WebWorker.onWebWorker'));
+
+export class WorkerElementRef implements RenderElementRef {
+  constructor(public renderView: RenderViewRef, public renderBoundElementIndex: number) {}
+}

modules/angular2/src/web-workers/shared/message_bus.ts

@@ -13,6 +13,14 @@ export interface SourceListener {
   (data: any): void;  // TODO: Replace this any type with the type of a real messaging protocol
 }
 
-export interface MessageBusSource { listen(fn: SourceListener): void; }
+export interface MessageBusSource {
+  /**
+   * Attaches the SourceListener to this source.
+   * The SourceListener will get called whenever the bus receives a message
+   * Returns a listener id that can be passed to {@link removeListener}
+   */
+  addListener(fn: SourceListener): number;
+  removeListener(index: number);
+}
 
 export interface MessageBusSink { send(message: Object): void; }

modules/angular2/src/web-workers/shared/render_proto_view_ref_store.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+import {Injectable, Inject} from "angular2/di";
+import {RenderProtoViewRef} from "angular2/src/render/api";
+import {ON_WEBWORKER} from "angular2/src/web-workers/shared/api";
+
+@Injectable()
+export class RenderProtoViewRefStore {
+  private _lookupByIndex: Map<number, RenderProtoViewRef> = new Map<number, RenderProtoViewRef>();
+  private _lookupByProtoView: Map<RenderProtoViewRef, number> =
+      new Map<RenderProtoViewRef, number>();
+  private _nextIndex: number = 0;
+  private _onWebworker: boolean;
+
+  constructor(@Inject(ON_WEBWORKER) onWebworker) { this._onWebworker = onWebworker; }
+
+  storeRenderProtoViewRef(ref: RenderProtoViewRef): number {
+    if (this._lookupByProtoView.has(ref)) {
+      return this._lookupByProtoView.get(ref);
+    } else {
+      this._lookupByIndex.set(this._nextIndex, ref);
+      this._lookupByProtoView.set(ref, this._nextIndex);
+      return this._nextIndex++;
+    }
+  }
+
+  retreiveRenderProtoViewRef(index: number): RenderProtoViewRef {
+    return this._lookupByIndex.get(index);
+  }
+
+  deserialize(index: number): RenderProtoViewRef {
+    if (index == null) {
+      return null;
+    }
+
+    if (this._onWebworker) {
+      return new WebworkerRenderProtoViewRef(index);
+    } else {
+      return this.retreiveRenderProtoViewRef(index);
+    }
+  }
+
+  serialize(ref: RenderProtoViewRef): number {
+    if (ref == null) {
+      return null;
+    }
+
+    if (this._onWebworker) {
+      return (<WebworkerRenderProtoViewRef>ref).refNumber;
+    } else {
+      return this.storeRenderProtoViewRef(ref);
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+export class WebworkerRenderProtoViewRef extends RenderProtoViewRef {
+  constructor(public refNumber: number) { super(); }
+}

modules/angular2/src/web-workers/shared/render_view_with_fragments_store.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,149 @@
+import {Injectable, Inject} from "angular2/di";
+import {RenderViewRef, RenderFragmentRef, RenderViewWithFragments} from "angular2/src/render/api";
+import {ON_WEBWORKER} from "angular2/src/web-workers/shared/api";
+import {List, ListWrapper} from "angular2/src/facade/collection";
+
+@Injectable()
+export class RenderViewWithFragmentsStore {
+  private _nextIndex: number = 0;
+  private _onWebWorker: boolean;
+  private _lookupByIndex: Map<number, RenderViewRef | RenderFragmentRef>;
+  private _lookupByView: Map<RenderViewRef | RenderFragmentRef, number>;
+
+  constructor(@Inject(ON_WEBWORKER) onWebWorker) {
+    this._onWebWorker = onWebWorker;
+    if (!onWebWorker) {
+      this._lookupByIndex = new Map<number, RenderViewRef | RenderFragmentRef>();
+      this._lookupByView = new Map<RenderViewRef | RenderFragmentRef, number>();
+    }
+  }
+
+  allocate(fragmentCount: number): RenderViewWithFragments {
+    var viewRef = new WorkerRenderViewRef(this._nextIndex++);
+    var fragmentRefs = ListWrapper.createGrowableSize(fragmentCount);
+
+    for (var i = 0; i < fragmentCount; i++) {
+      fragmentRefs[i] = new WorkerRenderFragmentRef(this._nextIndex++);
+    }
+    return new RenderViewWithFragments(viewRef, fragmentRefs);
+  }
+
+  store(view: RenderViewWithFragments, startIndex: number) {
+    this._lookupByIndex.set(startIndex, view.viewRef);
+    this._lookupByView.set(view.viewRef, startIndex);
+    startIndex++;
+
+    ListWrapper.forEach(view.fragmentRefs, (ref) => {
+      this._lookupByIndex.set(startIndex, ref);
+      this._lookupByView.set(ref, startIndex);
+      startIndex++;
+    });
+  }
+
+  retreive(ref: number): RenderViewRef | RenderFragmentRef {
+    if (ref == null) {
+      return null;
+    }
+    return this._lookupByIndex.get(ref);
+  }
+
+  serializeRenderViewRef(viewRef: RenderViewRef): number {
+    return this._serializeRenderFragmentOrViewRef(viewRef);
+  }
+
+  serializeRenderFragmentRef(fragmentRef: RenderFragmentRef): number {
+    return this._serializeRenderFragmentOrViewRef(fragmentRef);
+  }
+
+  deserializeRenderViewRef(ref: number): RenderViewRef {
+    if (ref == null) {
+      return null;
+    }
+
+    if (this._onWebWorker) {
+      return WorkerRenderViewRef.deserialize(ref);
+    } else {
+      return this.retreive(ref);
+    }
+  }
+
+  deserializeRenderFragmentRef(ref: number): RenderFragmentRef {
+    if (ref == null) {
+      return null;
+    }
+
+    if (this._onWebWorker) {
+      return WorkerRenderFragmentRef.deserialize(ref);
+    } else {
+      return this.retreive(ref);
+    }
+  }
+
+  private _serializeRenderFragmentOrViewRef(ref: RenderViewRef | RenderFragmentRef): number {
+    if (ref == null) {
+      return null;
+    }
+
+    if (this._onWebWorker) {
+      return (<WorkerRenderFragmentRef | WorkerRenderViewRef>ref).serialize();
+    } else {
+      return this._lookupByView.get(ref);
+    }
+  }
+
+  serializeViewWithFragments(view: RenderViewWithFragments): StringMap<string, any> {
+    if (view == null) {
+      return null;
+    }
+
+    if (this._onWebWorker) {
+      return {
+        'viewRef': (<WorkerRenderViewRef>view.viewRef).serialize(),
+        'fragmentRefs': ListWrapper.map(view.fragmentRefs, (val) => val.serialize())
+      };
+    } else {
+      return {
+        'viewRef': this._lookupByView.get(view.viewRef),
+        'fragmentRefs': ListWrapper.map(view.fragmentRefs, (val) => this._lookupByView.get(val))
+      };
+    }
+  }
+
+  deserializeViewWithFragments(obj: StringMap<string, any>): RenderViewWithFragments {
+    if (obj == null) {
+      return null;
+    }
+
+    var viewRef: RenderViewRef | RenderFragmentRef;
+    var fragments: List<RenderViewRef | RenderFragmentRef>;
+    if (this._onWebWorker) {
+      viewRef = WorkerRenderViewRef.deserialize(obj['viewRef']);
+      fragments =
+          ListWrapper.map(obj['fragmentRefs'], (val) => WorkerRenderFragmentRef.deserialize(val));
+
+      return new RenderViewWithFragments(viewRef, fragments);
+    } else {
+      viewRef = this.retreive(obj['viewRef']);
+      fragments = ListWrapper.map(obj['fragmentRefs'], (val) => this.retreive(val));
+
+      return new RenderViewWithFragments(viewRef, fragments);
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+export class WorkerRenderViewRef extends RenderViewRef {
+  constructor(public refNumber: number) { super(); }
+  serialize(): number { return this.refNumber; }
+
+  static deserialize(ref: number): WorkerRenderViewRef { return new WorkerRenderViewRef(ref); }
+}
+
+export class WorkerRenderFragmentRef extends RenderFragmentRef {
+  constructor(public refNumber: number) { super(); }
+
+  serialize(): number { return this.refNumber; }
+
+  static deserialize(ref: number): WorkerRenderFragmentRef {
+    return new WorkerRenderFragmentRef(ref);
+  }
+}

modules/angular2/src/web-workers/shared/serializer.ts

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import {Type, isArray, isPresent} from "angular2/src/facade/lang";
+import {Type, isArray, isPresent, serializeEnum, deserializeEnum} from "angular2/src/facade/lang";
 import {List, ListWrapper, Map, StringMapWrapper, MapWrapper} from "angular2/src/facade/collection";
 import {
   ProtoViewDto,
@@ -7,75 +7,122 @@ import {
   DirectiveBinder,
   ElementPropertyBinding,
   EventBinding,
-  ViewDefinition
+  ViewDefinition,
+  RenderProtoViewRef,
+  RenderProtoViewMergeMapping,
+  RenderViewRef,
+  RenderFragmentRef,
+  RenderElementRef,
+  ViewType
 } from "angular2/src/render/api";
+import {WorkerElementRef} from 'angular2/src/web-workers/shared/api';
 import {AST, ASTWithSource} from "angular2/change_detection";
 import {Parser} from "angular2/src/change_detection/parser/parser";
+import {Injectable} from "angular2/di";
+import {RenderProtoViewRefStore} from 'angular2/src/web-workers/shared/render_proto_view_ref_store';
+import {
+  RenderViewWithFragmentsStore
+} from 'angular2/src/web-workers/shared/render_view_with_fragments_store';
 
+@Injectable()
 export class Serializer {
-  static parser: Parser = null;
+  private _enumRegistry: Map<any, Map<int, any>>;
+  constructor(private _parser: Parser, private _protoViewStore: RenderProtoViewRefStore,
+              private _renderViewStore: RenderViewWithFragmentsStore) {
+    this._enumRegistry = new Map<any, Map<int, any>>();
+    var viewTypeMap = new Map<int, any>();
+    viewTypeMap[0] = ViewType.HOST;
+    viewTypeMap[1] = ViewType.COMPONENT;
+    viewTypeMap[2] = ViewType.EMBEDDED;
+    this._enumRegistry.set(ViewType, viewTypeMap);
+  }
 
-  static serialize(obj: any, type: Type): Object {
+  serialize(obj: any, type: Type): Object {
     if (!isPresent(obj)) {
       return null;
     }
     if (isArray(obj)) {
       var serializedObj = [];
-      ListWrapper.forEach(obj, (val) => { serializedObj.push(Serializer.serialize(val, type)); });
+      ListWrapper.forEach(obj, (val) => { serializedObj.push(this.serialize(val, type)); });
       return serializedObj;
     }
+    if (type == String) {
+      return obj;
+    }
     if (type == ViewDefinition) {
-      return ViewDefinitionSerializer.serialize(obj);
+      return this._serializeViewDefinition(obj);
     } else if (type == DirectiveBinder) {
-      return DirectiveBinderSerializer.serialize(obj);
+      return this._serializeDirectiveBinder(obj);
     } else if (type == ProtoViewDto) {
-      return ProtoViewDtoSerializer.serialize(obj);
+      return this._serializeProtoViewDto(obj);
     } else if (type == ElementBinder) {
-      return ElementBinderSerializer.serialize(obj);
+      return this._serializeElementBinder(obj);
     } else if (type == DirectiveMetadata) {
-      return DirectiveMetadataSerializer.serialize(obj);
+      return this._serializeDirectiveMetadata(obj);
     } else if (type == ASTWithSource) {
-      return ASTWithSourceSerializer.serialize(obj);
+      return this._serializeASTWithSource(obj);
+    } else if (type == RenderProtoViewRef) {
+      return this._protoViewStore.serialize(obj);
+    } else if (type == RenderProtoViewMergeMapping) {
+      return this._serializeRenderProtoViewMergeMapping(obj);
+    } else if (type == RenderViewRef) {
+      return this._renderViewStore.serializeRenderViewRef(obj);
+    } else if (type == RenderFragmentRef) {
+      return this._renderViewStore.serializeRenderFragmentRef(obj);
+    } else if (type == WorkerElementRef) {
+      return this._serializeWorkerElementRef(obj);
     } else {
       throw "No serializer for " + type.toString();
     }
   }
 
-  // TODO: template this to return the type that is passed if possible
-  static deserialize(map: List<any>, type: Type, data?: any): any {
+  deserialize(map: any, type: Type, data?: any): any {
     if (!isPresent(map)) {
       return null;
     }
     if (isArray(map)) {
       var obj: List<any> = new List<any>();
-      ListWrapper.forEach(map, (val) => { obj.push(Serializer.deserialize(val, type, data)); });
+      ListWrapper.forEach(map, (val) => { obj.push(this.deserialize(val, type, data)); });
       return obj;
     }
+    if (type == String) {
+      return map;
+    }
 
     if (type == ViewDefinition) {
-      return ViewDefinitionSerializer.deserialize(map);
+      return this._deserializeViewDefinition(map);
     } else if (type == DirectiveBinder) {
-      return DirectiveBinderSerializer.deserialize(map);
+      return this._deserializeDirectiveBinder(map);
     } else if (type == ProtoViewDto) {
-      return ProtoViewDtoSerializer.deserialize(map);
+      return this._deserializeProtoViewDto(map);
     } else if (type == DirectiveMetadata) {
-      return DirectiveMetadataSerializer.deserialize(map);
+      return this._deserializeDirectiveMetadata(map);
     } else if (type == ElementBinder) {
-      return ElementBinderSerializer.deserialize(map);
+      return this._deserializeElementBinder(map);
     } else if (type == ASTWithSource) {
-      return ASTWithSourceSerializer.deserialize(map, data);
+      return this._deserializeASTWithSource(map, data);
+    } else if (type == RenderProtoViewRef) {
+      return this._protoViewStore.deserialize(map);
+    } else if (type == RenderProtoViewMergeMapping) {
+      return this._deserializeRenderProtoViewMergeMapping(map);
+    } else if (type == RenderViewRef) {
+      return this._renderViewStore.deserializeRenderViewRef(map);
+    } else if (type == RenderFragmentRef) {
+      return this._renderViewStore.deserializeRenderFragmentRef(map);
+    } else if (type == WorkerElementRef) {
+      return this._deserializeWorkerElementRef(map);
     } else {
       throw "No deserializer for " + type.toString();
     }
   }
 
-  static mapToObject(map: Map<any, any>, type?: Type): Object {
+  mapToObject(map: Map<string, any>, type?: Type): Object {
     var object = {};
     var serialize = isPresent(type);
 
     MapWrapper.forEach(map, (value, key) => {
       if (serialize) {
-        object[key] = Serializer.serialize(value, type);
+        object[key] = this.serialize(value, type);
       } else {
         object[key] = value;
       }
@@ -84,191 +131,213 @@ export class Serializer {
   }
 
   /*
-   * Transforms a Javascript object into a Map<string, V>
+   * Transforms a Javascript object (StringMap) into a Map<string, V>
    * If the values need to be deserialized pass in their type
    * and they will be deserialized before being placed in the map
    */
-  static objectToMap(obj: Object, type?: Type, data?: any): Map<string, any> {
+  objectToMap(obj: StringMap<string, any>, type?: Type, data?: any): Map<string, any> {
     if (isPresent(type)) {
       var map: Map<string, any> = new Map();
-      StringMapWrapper.forEach(
-          obj, (key, val) => { map.set(key, Serializer.deserialize(val, type, data)); });
+      StringMapWrapper.forEach(obj,
+                               (key, val) => { map.set(key, this.deserialize(val, type, data)); });
       return map;
     } else {
       return MapWrapper.createFromStringMap(obj);
     }
   }
-}
 
-class ASTWithSourceSerializer {
-  static serialize(tree: ASTWithSource): Object {
+  allocateRenderViews(fragmentCount: number) { this._renderViewStore.allocate(fragmentCount); }
+
+  private _serializeWorkerElementRef(elementRef: RenderElementRef): StringMap<string, any> {
+    return {
+      'renderView': this.serialize(elementRef.renderView, RenderViewRef),
+      'renderBoundElementIndex': elementRef.renderBoundElementIndex
+    };
+  }
+
+  private _deserializeWorkerElementRef(map: StringMap<string, any>): RenderElementRef {
+    return new WorkerElementRef(this.deserialize(map['renderView'], RenderViewRef),
+                                map['renderBoundElementIndex']);
+  }
+
+  private _serializeRenderProtoViewMergeMapping(mapping: RenderProtoViewMergeMapping): Object {
+    return {
+      'mergedProtoViewRef': this._protoViewStore.serialize(mapping.mergedProtoViewRef),
+      'fragmentCount': mapping.fragmentCount,
+      'mappedElementIndices': mapping.mappedElementIndices,
+      'mappedElementCount': mapping.mappedElementCount,
+      'mappedTextIndices': mapping.mappedTextIndices,
+      'hostElementIndicesByViewIndex': mapping.hostElementIndicesByViewIndex,
+      'nestedViewCountByViewIndex': mapping.nestedViewCountByViewIndex
+    };
+  }
+
+  private _deserializeRenderProtoViewMergeMapping(obj: StringMap<string, any>):
+      RenderProtoViewMergeMapping {
+    return new RenderProtoViewMergeMapping(
+        this._protoViewStore.deserialize(obj['mergedProtoViewRef']), obj['fragmentCount'],
+        obj['mappedElementIndices'], obj['mappedElementCount'], obj['mappedTextIndices'],
+        obj['hostElementIndicesByViewIndex'], obj['nestedViewCountByViewIndex']);
+  }
+
+  private _serializeASTWithSource(tree: ASTWithSource): Object {
     return {'input': tree.source, 'location': tree.location};
   }
 
-  static deserialize(obj: any, data: string): AST {
+  private _deserializeASTWithSource(obj: StringMap<string, any>, data: string): AST {
     // TODO: make ASTs serializable
     var ast: AST;
     switch (data) {
       case "interpolation":
-        ast = Serializer.parser.parseInterpolation(obj.input, obj.location);
+        ast = this._parser.parseInterpolation(obj['input'], obj['location']);
         break;
       case "binding":
-        ast = Serializer.parser.parseBinding(obj.input, obj.location);
+        ast = this._parser.parseBinding(obj['input'], obj['location']);
         break;
       case "simpleBinding":
-        ast = Serializer.parser.parseSimpleBinding(obj.input, obj.location);
+        ast = this._parser.parseSimpleBinding(obj['input'], obj['location']);
         break;
-      /*case "templateBindings":
-        ast = Serializer.parser.parseTemplateBindings(obj.input, obj.location);
-        break;*/
       case "interpolation":
-        ast = Serializer.parser.parseInterpolation(obj.input, obj.location);
+        ast = this._parser.parseInterpolation(obj['input'], obj['location']);
         break;
       default:
         throw "No AST deserializer for " + data;
     }
     return ast;
   }
-}
 
-class ViewDefinitionSerializer {
-  static serialize(view: ViewDefinition): Object {
+  private _serializeViewDefinition(view: ViewDefinition): Object {
     return {
       'componentId': view.componentId,
       'templateAbsUrl': view.templateAbsUrl,
       'template': view.template,
-      'directives': Serializer.serialize(view.directives, DirectiveMetadata),
+      'directives': this.serialize(view.directives, DirectiveMetadata),
       'styleAbsUrls': view.styleAbsUrls,
       'styles': view.styles
     };
   }
-  static deserialize(obj: any): ViewDefinition {
+
+  private _deserializeViewDefinition(obj: StringMap<string, any>): ViewDefinition {
     return new ViewDefinition({
-      componentId: obj.componentId,
-      templateAbsUrl: obj.templateAbsUrl, template: obj.template,
-      directives: Serializer.deserialize(obj.directives, DirectiveMetadata),
-      styleAbsUrls: obj.styleAbsUrls,
-      styles: obj.styles
+      componentId: obj['componentId'],
+      templateAbsUrl: obj['templateAbsUrl'], template: obj['template'],
+      directives: this.deserialize(obj['directives'], DirectiveMetadata),
+      styleAbsUrls: obj['styleAbsUrls'],
+      styles: obj['styles']
     });
   }
-}
 
-class DirectiveBinderSerializer {
-  static serialize(binder: DirectiveBinder): Object {
+  private _serializeDirectiveBinder(binder: DirectiveBinder): Object {
     return {
       'directiveIndex': binder.directiveIndex,
-      'propertyBindings': Serializer.mapToObject(binder.propertyBindings, ASTWithSource),
-      'eventBindings': Serializer.serialize(binder.eventBindings, EventBinding),
-      'hostPropertyBindings':
-          Serializer.serialize(binder.hostPropertyBindings, ElementPropertyBinding)
+      'propertyBindings': this.mapToObject(binder.propertyBindings, ASTWithSource),
+      'eventBindings': this.serialize(binder.eventBindings, EventBinding),
+      'hostPropertyBindings': this.serialize(binder.hostPropertyBindings, ElementPropertyBinding)
     };
   }
 
-  static deserialize(obj: any): DirectiveBinder {
+  private _deserializeDirectiveBinder(obj: StringMap<string, any>): DirectiveBinder {
     return new DirectiveBinder({
-      directiveIndex: obj.directiveIndex,
-      propertyBindings: Serializer.objectToMap(obj.propertyBindings, ASTWithSource, "binding"),
-      eventBindings: Serializer.deserialize(obj.eventBindings, EventBinding),
-      hostPropertyBindings: Serializer.deserialize(obj.hostPropertyBindings, ElementPropertyBinding)
+      directiveIndex: obj['directiveIndex'],
+      propertyBindings: this.objectToMap(obj['propertyBindings'], ASTWithSource, "binding"),
+      eventBindings: this.deserialize(obj['eventBindings'], EventBinding),
+      hostPropertyBindings: this.deserialize(obj['hostPropertyBindings'], ElementPropertyBinding)
     });
   }
-}
 
-class ElementBinderSerializer {
-  static serialize(binder: ElementBinder): Object {
+  private _serializeElementBinder(binder: ElementBinder): Object {
     return {
       'index': binder.index,
       'parentIndex': binder.parentIndex,
       'distanceToParent': binder.distanceToParent,
-      'directives': Serializer.serialize(binder.directives, DirectiveBinder),
-      'nestedProtoView': Serializer.serialize(binder.nestedProtoView, ProtoViewDto),
-      'propertyBindings': Serializer.serialize(binder.propertyBindings, ElementPropertyBinding),
-      'variableBindings': Serializer.mapToObject(binder.variableBindings),
-      'eventBindings': Serializer.serialize(binder.eventBindings, EventBinding),
-      'readAttributes': Serializer.mapToObject(binder.readAttributes)
+      'directives': this.serialize(binder.directives, DirectiveBinder),
+      'nestedProtoView': this.serialize(binder.nestedProtoView, ProtoViewDto),
+      'propertyBindings': this.serialize(binder.propertyBindings, ElementPropertyBinding),
+      'variableBindings': this.mapToObject(binder.variableBindings),
+      'eventBindings': this.serialize(binder.eventBindings, EventBinding),
+      'readAttributes': this.mapToObject(binder.readAttributes)
     };
   }
 
-  static deserialize(obj: any): ElementBinder {
+  private _deserializeElementBinder(obj: StringMap<string, any>): ElementBinder {
     return new ElementBinder({
-      index: obj.index,
-      parentIndex: obj.parentIndex,
-      distanceToParent: obj.distanceToParent,
-      directives: Serializer.deserialize(obj.directives, DirectiveBinder),
-      nestedProtoView: Serializer.deserialize(obj.nestedProtoView, ProtoViewDto),
-      propertyBindings: Serializer.deserialize(obj.propertyBindings, ElementPropertyBinding),
-      variableBindings: Serializer.objectToMap(obj.variableBindings),
-      eventBindings: Serializer.deserialize(obj.eventBindings, EventBinding),
-      readAttributes: Serializer.objectToMap(obj.readAttributes)
+      index: obj['index'],
+      parentIndex: obj['parentIndex'],
+      distanceToParent: obj['distanceToParent'],
+      directives: this.deserialize(obj['directives'], DirectiveBinder),
+      nestedProtoView: this.deserialize(obj['nestedProtoView'], ProtoViewDto),
+      propertyBindings: this.deserialize(obj['propertyBindings'], ElementPropertyBinding),
+      variableBindings: this.objectToMap(obj['variableBindings']),
+      eventBindings: this.deserialize(obj['eventBindings'], EventBinding),
+      readAttributes: this.objectToMap(obj['readAttributes'])
     });
   }
-}
 
-class ProtoViewDtoSerializer {
-  static serialize(view: ProtoViewDto): Object {
-    // TODO: fix render refs and write a serializer for them
+  private _serializeProtoViewDto(view: ProtoViewDto): Object {
     return {
-      'render': null,
-      'elementBinders': Serializer.serialize(view.elementBinders, ElementBinder),
-      'variableBindings': Serializer.mapToObject(view.variableBindings),
-      'textBindings': Serializer.serialize(view.textBindings, ASTWithSource),
-      'type': view.type
+      'render': this._protoViewStore.serialize(view.render),
+      'elementBinders': this.serialize(view.elementBinders, ElementBinder),
+      'variableBindings': this.mapToObject(view.variableBindings),
+      'type': serializeEnum(view.type),
+      'textBindings': this.serialize(view.textBindings, ASTWithSource),
+      'transitiveNgContentCount': view.transitiveNgContentCount
     };
   }
 
-  static deserialize(obj: any): ProtoViewDto {
+  private _deserializeProtoViewDto(obj: StringMap<string, any>): ProtoViewDto {
     return new ProtoViewDto({
-      render: null,  // TODO: fix render refs and write a serializer for them
-      elementBinders: Serializer.deserialize(obj.elementBinders, ElementBinder),
-      variableBindings: Serializer.objectToMap(obj.variableBindings),
-      textBindings: Serializer.deserialize(obj.textBindings, ASTWithSource, "interpolation"),
-      type: obj.type
+      render: this._protoViewStore.deserialize(obj["render"]),
+      elementBinders: this.deserialize(obj['elementBinders'], ElementBinder),
+      variableBindings: this.objectToMap(obj['variableBindings']),
+      textBindings: this.deserialize(obj['textBindings'], ASTWithSource, "interpolation"),
+      type: deserializeEnum(obj['type'], this._enumRegistry.get(ViewType)),
+      transitiveNgContentCount: obj['transitivengContentCount']
     });
   }
-}
 
-class DirectiveMetadataSerializer {
-  static serialize(meta: DirectiveMetadata): Object {
+  private _serializeDirectiveMetadata(meta: DirectiveMetadata): Object {
     var obj = {
       'id': meta.id,
       'selector': meta.selector,
       'compileChildren': meta.compileChildren,
-      'hostProperties': Serializer.mapToObject(meta.hostProperties),
-      'hostListeners': Serializer.mapToObject(meta.hostListeners),
-      'hostActions': Serializer.mapToObject(meta.hostActions),
-      'hostAttributes': Serializer.mapToObject(meta.hostAttributes),
+      'events': meta.events,
       'properties': meta.properties,
       'readAttributes': meta.readAttributes,
       'type': meta.type,
-      'exportAs': meta.exportAs,
       'callOnDestroy': meta.callOnDestroy,
+      'callOnChange': meta.callOnChange,
       'callOnCheck': meta.callOnCheck,
       'callOnInit': meta.callOnInit,
       'callOnAllChangesDone': meta.callOnAllChangesDone,
       'changeDetection': meta.changeDetection,
-      'events': meta.events
+      'exportAs': meta.exportAs,
+      'hostProperties': this.mapToObject(meta.hostProperties),
+      'hostListeners': this.mapToObject(meta.hostListeners),
+      'hostActions': this.mapToObject(meta.hostActions),
+      'hostAttributes': this.mapToObject(meta.hostAttributes)
     };
     return obj;
   }
-  static deserialize(obj: any): DirectiveMetadata {
+  private _deserializeDirectiveMetadata(obj: StringMap<string, any>): DirectiveMetadata {
     return new DirectiveMetadata({
-      id: obj.id,
-      selector: obj.selector,
-      compileChildren: obj.compileChildren,
-      hostProperties: Serializer.objectToMap(obj.hostProperties),
-      hostListeners: Serializer.objectToMap(obj.hostListeners),
-      hostActions: Serializer.objectToMap(obj.hostActions),
-      hostAttributes: Serializer.objectToMap(obj.hostAttributes),
-      properties: obj.properties,
-      readAttributes: obj.readAttributes,
-      type: obj.type,
-      exportAs: obj.exportAs,
-      callOnDestroy: obj.callOnDestroy,
-      callOnCheck: obj.callOnCheck,
-      callOnInit: obj.callOnInit,
-      callOnAllChangesDone: obj.callOnAllChangesDone,
-      changeDetection: obj.changeDetection,
-      events: obj.events
+      id: obj['id'],
+      selector: obj['selector'],
+      compileChildren: obj['compileChildren'],
+      hostProperties: this.objectToMap(obj['hostProperties']),
+      hostListeners: this.objectToMap(obj['hostListeners']),
+      hostActions: this.objectToMap(obj['hostActions']),
+      hostAttributes: this.objectToMap(obj['hostAttributes']),
+      properties: obj['properties'],
+      readAttributes: obj['readAttributes'],
+      type: obj['type'],
+      exportAs: obj['exportAs'],
+      callOnDestroy: obj['callOnDestroy'],
+      callOnChange: obj['callOnChange'],
+      callOnCheck: obj['callOnCheck'],
+      callOnInit: obj['callOnInit'],
+      callOnAllChangesDone: obj['callOnAllChangesDone'],
+      changeDetection: obj['changeDetection'],
+      events: obj['events']
     });
   }
 }

modules/angular2/src/web-workers/shared/serializer.ts.good

@@ -1,275 +0,0 @@
-import {Type, isArray, isPresent} from "angular2/src/facade/lang";
-import {List, ListWrapper, Map, StringMapWrapper, MapWrapper} from "angular2/src/facade/collection";
-import {
-  ProtoViewDto,
-  DirectiveMetadata,
-  ElementBinder,
-  DirectiveBinder,
-  ElementPropertyBinding,
-  EventBinding,
-  ViewDefinition
-} from "angular2/src/render/api";
-import {AST, ASTWithSource} from "angular2/change_detection";
-import {Parser} from "angular2/src/change_detection/parser/parser";
-
-export class Serializer {
-  static parser: Parser = null;
-
-  static serialize(obj: any, type: Type): Object {
-    if (!isPresent(obj)) {
-      return null;
-    }
-    if (isArray(obj)) {
-      var serializedObj = [];
-      ListWrapper.forEach(obj, (val) => { serializedObj.push(Serializer.serialize(val, type)); });
-      return serializedObj;
-    }
-    if (type == ViewDefinition) {
-      return ViewDefinitionSerializer.serialize(obj);
-    } else if (type == DirectiveBinder) {
-      return DirectiveBinderSerializer.serialize(obj);
-    } else if (type == ProtoViewDto) {
-      return ProtoViewDtoSerializer.serialize(obj);
-    } else if (type == ElementBinder) {
-      return ElementBinderSerializer.serialize(obj);
-    } else if (type == DirectiveMetadata) {
-      return DirectiveMetadataSerializer.serialize(obj);
-    } else if (type == ASTWithSource) {
-      return ASTWithSourceSerializer.serialize(obj);
-    } else {
-      throw "No serializer for " + type.toString();
-    }
-  }
-
-  // TODO: template this to return the type that is passed if possible
-  static deserialize(map, type: Type, data?): any {
-    if (!isPresent(map)) {
-      return null;
-    }
-    if (isArray(map)) {
-      var obj: List<any> = new List<any>();
-      ListWrapper.forEach(map, (val) => { obj.push(Serializer.deserialize(val, type, data)); });
-      return obj;
-    }
-
-    if (type == ViewDefinition) {
-      return ViewDefinitionSerializer.deserialize(map);
-    } else if (type == DirectiveBinder) {
-      return DirectiveBinderSerializer.deserialize(map);
-    } else if (type == ProtoViewDto) {
-      return ProtoViewDtoSerializer.deserialize(map);
-    } else if (type == DirectiveMetadata) {
-      return DirectiveMetadataSerializer.deserialize(map);
-    } else if (type == ElementBinder) {
-      return ElementBinderSerializer.deserialize(map);
-    } else if (type == ASTWithSource) {
-      return ASTWithSourceSerializer.deserialize(map, data);
-    } else {
-      throw "No deserializer for " + type.toString();
-    }
-  }
-
-  static mapToObject(map, type?: Type): Object {
-    var object = {};
-    var serialize = isPresent(type);
-
-    MapWrapper.forEach(map, (value, key) => {
-      if (serialize) {
-        object[key] = Serializer.serialize(value, type);
-      } else {
-        object[key] = value;
-      }
-    });
-    return object;
-  }
-
-  /*
-   * Transforms a Javascript object into a Map<string, V>
-   * If the values need to be deserialized pass in their type
-   * and they will be deserialized before being placed in the map
-   */
-  static objectToMap(obj, type?: Type, data?): Map<string, any> {
-    if (isPresent(type)) {
-      var map: Map<string, any> = new Map();
-      StringMapWrapper.forEach(
-          obj, (key, val) => { map.set(key, Serializer.deserialize(val, type, data)); });
-      return map;
-    } else {
-      return MapWrapper.createFromStringMap(obj);
-    }
-  }
-}
-
-class ASTWithSourceSerializer {
-  static serialize(tree: ASTWithSource): Object {
-    return { 'input': tree.source, 'location': tree.location }
-  }
-
-  static deserialize(obj: any, data: string): AST {
-    // TODO: make ASTs serializable
-    var ast: AST;
-    switch (data) {
-      case "interpolation":
-        ast = Serializer.parser.parseInterpolation(obj.input, obj.location);
-        break;
-      case "binding":
-        ast = Serializer.parser.parseBinding(obj.input, obj.location);
-        break;
-      case "simpleBinding":
-        ast = Serializer.parser.parseSimpleBinding(obj.input, obj.location);
-        break;
-      /*case "templateBindings":
-        ast = Serializer.parser.parseTemplateBindings(obj.input, obj.location);
-        break;*/
-      case "interpolation":
-        ast = Serializer.parser.parseInterpolation(obj.input, obj.location);
-        break;
-      default:
-        throw "No AST deserializer for " + data;
-    }
-    return ast;
-  }
-}
-
-class ViewDefinitionSerializer {
-  static serialize(view: ViewDefinition): Object{
-    return {
-      'componentId': view.componentId,
-      'templateAbsUrl': view.templateAbsUrl,
-      'template': view.template,
-      'directives': Serializer.serialize(view.directives, DirectiveMetadata),
-      'styleAbsUrls': view.styleAbsUrls,
-      'styles': view.styles
-    };
-  }
-  static deserialize(obj): ViewDefinition {
-    return new ViewDefinition({
-      'componentId': obj.componentId,
-      'templateAbsUrl': obj.templateAbsUrl,
-      'template': obj.template,
-      'directives': Serializer.deserialize(obj.directives, DirectiveMetadata),
-      'styleAbsUrls': obj.styleAbsUrls,
-      'styles': obj.styles
-    });
-  }
-}
-
-class DirectiveBinderSerializer {
-  static serialize(binder: DirectiveBinder): Object {
-    return {
-      'directiveIndex': binder.directiveIndex,
-      'propertyBindings': Serializer.mapToObject(binder.propertyBindings, ASTWithSource),
-      'eventBindings': Serializer.serialize(binder.eventBindings, EventBinding),
-      'hostPropertyBindings':
-          Serializer.serialize(binder.hostPropertyBindings, ElementPropertyBinding)
-    };
-  }
-
-  static deserialize(obj): DirectiveBinder {
-    return new DirectiveBinder({
-      'directiveIndex': obj.directiveIndex,
-      'propertyBindings': Serializer.objectToMap(obj.propertyBindings, ASTWithSource, "binding"),
-      'eventBindings': Serializer.deserialize(obj.eventBindings, EventBinding),
-      'hostPropertyBindings':
-          Serializer.deserialize(obj.hostPropertyBindings, ElementPropertyBinding)
-    });
-  }
-}
-
-class ElementBinderSerializer {
-  static serialize(binder: ElementBinder): Object {
-    return {
-      'index': binder.index, 
-      'parentIndex': binder.parentIndex,
-      'distanceToParent': binder.distanceToParent,
-      'directives': Serializer.serialize(binder.directives, DirectiveBinder),
-      'nestedProtoView': Serializer.serialize(binder.nestedProtoView, ProtoViewDto),
-      'propertyBindings': Serializer.serialize(binder.propertyBindings, ElementPropertyBinding),
-      'variableBindings': Serializer.mapToObject(binder.variableBindings),
-      'eventBindings': Serializer.serialize(binder.eventBindings, EventBinding),
-      'textBindings': Serializer.serialize(binder.textBindings, ASTWithSource),
-      'readAttributes': Serializer.mapToObject(binder.readAttributes)
-    }
-  }
-
-  static deserialize(obj): ElementBinder {
-    return new ElementBinder({
-      'index': obj.index,
-      'parentIndex': obj.parentIndex,
-      'distanceToParent': obj.distanceToParent,
-      'directives': Serializer.deserialize(obj.directives, DirectiveBinder),
-      'nestedProtoView': Serializer.deserialize(obj.nestedProtoView, ProtoViewDto),
-      'propertyBindings': Serializer.deserialize(obj.propertyBindings, ElementPropertyBinding),
-      'variableBindings': Serializer.objectToMap(obj.variableBindings),
-      'eventBindings': Serializer.deserialize(obj.eventBindings, EventBinding),
-      'textBindings': Serializer.deserialize(obj.textBindings, ASTWithSource, "interpolation"),
-      'readAttributes': Serializer.objectToMap(obj.readAttributes)
-    });
-  }
-}
-
-class ProtoViewDtoSerializer {
-  static serialize(view: ProtoViewDto): Object {
-    return {
-      'render': null,  // TODO: fix render refs and write a serializer for them
-      'elementBinders': Serializer.serialize(view.elementBinders, ElementBinder),
-      'variableBindings': Serializer.mapToObject(view.variableBindings),
-      'type': view.type
-    }
-  }
-
-  static deserialize(obj): ProtoViewDto {
-    return new ProtoViewDto({
-      'render': null,  // TODO: fix render refs and write a serializer for them
-      'elementBinders': Serializer.deserialize(obj.elementBinders, ElementBinder),
-      'variableBindings': Serializer.objectToMap(obj.variableBindings),
-      'type': obj.type
-    });
-  }
-}
-
-class DirectiveMetadataSerializer {
-  static serialize(meta: DirectiveMetadata): Object {
-    var obj = {
-      'id': meta.id,
-      'selector': meta.selector,
-      'compileChildren': meta.compileChildren,
-      'hostProperties': Serializer.mapToObject(meta.hostProperties),
-      'hostListeners': Serializer.mapToObject(meta.hostListeners),
-      'hostActions': Serializer.mapToObject(meta.hostActions),
-      'hostAttributes': Serializer.mapToObject(meta.hostAttributes),
-      'properties': meta.properties,
-      'readAttributes': meta.readAttributes,
-      'type': meta.type,
-      'exportAs': meta.exportAs,
-      'callOnDestroy': meta.callOnDestroy,
-      'callOnCheck': meta.callOnCheck,
-      'callOnInit': meta.callOnInit,
-      'callOnAllChangesDone': meta.callOnAllChangesDone,
-      'changeDetection': meta.changeDetection,
-      'events': meta.events
-    };
-    return obj;
-  }
-  static deserialize(obj): DirectiveMetadata {
-    return new DirectiveMetadata({
-      'id': obj.id,
-      'selector': obj.selector,
-      'compileChildren': obj.compileChildren,
-      'hostProperties': Serializer.objectToMap(obj.hostProperties),
-      'hostListeners': Serializer.objectToMap(obj.hostListeners),
-      'hostActions': Serializer.objectToMap(obj.hostActions),
-      'hostAttributes': Serializer.objectToMap(obj.hostAttributes),
-      'properties': obj.properties,
-      'readAttributes': obj.readAttributes,
-      'type': obj.type,
-      'exportAs': obj.exportAs,
-      'callOnDestroy': obj.callOnDestroy,
-      'callOnCheck': obj.callOnCheck,
-      'callOnInit': obj.callOnInit,
-      'callOnAllChangesDone': obj.callOnAllChangesDone,
-      'changeDetection': obj.changeDetection,
-      'events': obj.events
-    });
-  }
-}

modules/angular2/src/web-workers/ui/application.dart

@@ -2,23 +2,28 @@ library angular2.src.web_workers.ui;
 
 import 'dart:isolate';
 import 'dart:async';
-import "package:angular2/src/web-workers/shared/message_bus.dart"
+import 'dart:core';
+import 'package:angular2/src/web-workers/shared/message_bus.dart'
     show MessageBus, MessageBusSink, MessageBusSource;
+import 'package:angular2/src/web-workers/ui/impl.dart'
+    show bootstrapUICommon;
 
 /**
  * Bootstrapping a WebWorker
- * 
+ *
  * You instantiate a WebWorker application by calling bootstrap with the URI of your worker's index script
- * Note: The WebWorker script must call bootstrapWebworker once it is set up to complete the bootstrapping process 
+ * Note: The WebWorker script must call bootstrapWebworker once it is set up to complete the bootstrapping process
  */
 void bootstrap(String uri) {
-  throw "Not Implemented";
+  spawnWorker(Uri.parse(uri)).then((bus) {
+    bootstrapUICommon(bus);
+  });
 }
 
 /**
  * To be called from the main thread to spawn and communicate with the worker thread
  */
-Future<UIMessageBus> spawnWorker(Uri uri) {
+Future<UIMessageBus> spawnWorker(Uri uri){
   var receivePort = new ReceivePort();
   var isolateEndSendPort = receivePort.sendPort;
   return Isolate.spawnUri(uri, const [], isolateEndSendPort).then((_) {
@@ -52,6 +57,8 @@ class UIMessageBusSink extends MessageBusSink {
 class UIMessageBusSource extends MessageBusSource {
   final ReceivePort _port;
   final Stream rawDataStream;
+  Map<int, StreamSubscription> _listenerStore = new Map<int, StreamSubscription>();
+  int _numListeners = 0;
 
   UIMessageBusSource(ReceivePort port)
       : _port = port,
@@ -61,9 +68,17 @@ class UIMessageBusSource extends MessageBusSource {
     return message is SendPort;
   });
 
-  void listen(Function fn) {
-    rawDataStream.listen((message) {
+  int addListener(Function fn){
+    var subscription = rawDataStream.listen((message){
       fn({"data": message});
     });
+
+    _listenerStore[++_numListeners] = subscription;
+    return _numListeners;
+  }
+
+  void removeListener(int index){
+    _listenerStore[index].cancel();
+    _listenerStore.remove(index);
   }
 }

modules/angular2/src/web-workers/ui/application.ts

@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import {
   SourceListener
 } from "angular2/src/web-workers/shared/message_bus";
 import {BaseException} from "angular2/src/facade/lang";
+import {bootstrapUICommon} from "angular2/src/web-workers/ui/impl";
 
 /**
  * Bootstrapping a WebWorker
@@ -15,7 +16,8 @@ import {BaseException} from "angular2/src/facade/lang";
  * bootstrapping process
  */
 export function bootstrap(uri: string): void {
-  throw new BaseException("Not Implemented");
+  var messageBus = spawnWorker(uri);
+  bootstrapUICommon(messageBus);
 }
 
 export function spawnWorker(uri: string): MessageBus {
@@ -34,7 +36,19 @@ export class UIMessageBusSink implements MessageBusSink {
 }
 
 export class UIMessageBusSource implements MessageBusSource {
+  private _listenerStore: Map<int, SourceListener> = new Map<int, SourceListener>();
+  private _numListeners: int = 0;
+
   constructor(private _worker: Worker) {}
 
-  listen(fn: SourceListener): void { this._worker.addEventListener("message", fn); }
+  public addListener(fn: SourceListener): int {
+    this._worker.addEventListener("message", fn);
+    this._listenerStore[++this._numListeners] = fn;
+    return this._numListeners;
+  }
+
+  public removeListener(index: int): void {
+    removeEventListener("message", this._listenerStore[index]);
+    this._listenerStore.delete(index);
+  }
 }

modules/angular2/src/web-workers/ui/di_bindings.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,136 @@
+// TODO: This whole file is nearly identical to core/application.ts.
+// There should be a way to refactor application so that this file is unnecessary
+import {Injector, bind, Binding} from "angular2/di";
+import {Type, isBlank, isPresent} from "angular2/src/facade/lang";
+import {Reflector, reflector} from 'angular2/src/reflection/reflection';
+import {List, ListWrapper} from 'angular2/src/facade/collection';
+import {
+  Parser,
+  Lexer,
+  ChangeDetection,
+  DynamicChangeDetection,
+  JitChangeDetection,
+  PreGeneratedChangeDetection,
+  Pipes,
+  defaultPipes
+} from 'angular2/change_detection';
+import {EventManager, DomEventsPlugin} from 'angular2/src/render/dom/events/event_manager';
+import {Compiler, CompilerCache} from 'angular2/src/core/compiler/compiler';
+import {BrowserDomAdapter} from 'angular2/src/dom/browser_adapter';
+import {KeyEventsPlugin} from 'angular2/src/render/dom/events/key_events';
+import {HammerGesturesPlugin} from 'angular2/src/render/dom/events/hammer_gestures';
+import {AppViewPool, APP_VIEW_POOL_CAPACITY} from 'angular2/src/core/compiler/view_pool';
+import {Renderer, RenderCompiler} from 'angular2/src/render/api';
+import {
+  DomRenderer,
+  DOCUMENT_TOKEN,
+  DOM_REFLECT_PROPERTIES_AS_ATTRIBUTES
+} from 'angular2/src/render/dom/dom_renderer';
+import {DefaultDomCompiler} from 'angular2/src/render/dom/compiler/compiler';
+import {DOM} from 'angular2/src/dom/dom_adapter';
+import {NgZone} from 'angular2/src/core/zone/ng_zone';
+import {ShadowDomStrategy} from 'angular2/src/render/dom/shadow_dom/shadow_dom_strategy';
+import {
+  EmulatedUnscopedShadowDomStrategy
+} from 'angular2/src/render/dom/shadow_dom/emulated_unscoped_shadow_dom_strategy';
+import {AppViewManager} from 'angular2/src/core/compiler/view_manager';
+import {AppViewManagerUtils} from 'angular2/src/core/compiler/view_manager_utils';
+import {AppViewListener} from 'angular2/src/core/compiler/view_listener';
+import {ProtoViewFactory} from 'angular2/src/core/compiler/proto_view_factory';
+import {ViewResolver} from 'angular2/src/core/compiler/view_resolver';
+import {ViewLoader} from 'angular2/src/render/dom/compiler/view_loader';
+import {DirectiveResolver} from 'angular2/src/core/compiler/directive_resolver';
+import {ExceptionHandler} from 'angular2/src/core/exception_handler';
+import {ComponentUrlMapper} from 'angular2/src/core/compiler/component_url_mapper';
+import {StyleInliner} from 'angular2/src/render/dom/compiler/style_inliner';
+import {DynamicComponentLoader} from 'angular2/src/core/compiler/dynamic_component_loader';
+import {StyleUrlResolver} from 'angular2/src/render/dom/compiler/style_url_resolver';
+import {UrlResolver} from 'angular2/src/services/url_resolver';
+import {Testability} from 'angular2/src/core/testability/testability';
+import {XHR} from 'angular2/src/render/xhr';
+import {XHRImpl} from 'angular2/src/render/xhr_impl';
+import {Serializer} from 'angular2/src/web-workers/shared/serializer';
+import {ON_WEBWORKER} from 'angular2/src/web-workers/shared/api';
+import {RenderProtoViewRefStore} from 'angular2/src/web-workers/shared/render_proto_view_ref_store';
+import {
+  RenderViewWithFragmentsStore
+} from 'angular2/src/web-workers/shared/render_view_with_fragments_store';
+import {AnchorBasedAppRootUrl} from 'angular2/src/services/anchor_based_app_root_url';
+import {WebWorkerMain} from 'angular2/src/web-workers/ui/impl';
+
+var _rootInjector: Injector;
+
+// Contains everything that is safe to share between applications.
+var _rootBindings = [bind(Reflector).toValue(reflector)];
+
+// TODO: This code is nearly identitcal to core/application. There should be a way to only write it
+// once
+function _injectorBindings(): List<Type | Binding | List<any>> {
+  var bestChangeDetection: Type = DynamicChangeDetection;
+  if (PreGeneratedChangeDetection.isSupported()) {
+    bestChangeDetection = PreGeneratedChangeDetection;
+  } else if (JitChangeDetection.isSupported()) {
+    bestChangeDetection = JitChangeDetection;
+  }
+  // compute the root url to pass to AppRootUrl
+  /*var rootUrl: string;
+  var a = DOM.createElement('a');
+  DOM.resolveAndSetHref(a, './', null);
+  rootUrl = DOM.getHref(a);*/
+
+  return [
+    bind(DOCUMENT_TOKEN)
+        .toValue(DOM.defaultDoc()),
+    bind(EventManager)
+        .toFactory(
+            (ngZone) => {
+              var plugins =
+                  [new HammerGesturesPlugin(), new KeyEventsPlugin(), new DomEventsPlugin()];
+              return new EventManager(plugins, ngZone);
+            },
+            [NgZone]),
+    bind(ShadowDomStrategy)
+        .toFactory((doc) => new EmulatedUnscopedShadowDomStrategy(doc.head), [DOCUMENT_TOKEN]),
+    bind(DOM_REFLECT_PROPERTIES_AS_ATTRIBUTES).toValue(false),
+    DomRenderer,
+    DefaultDomCompiler,
+    Serializer,
+    bind(Renderer).toAlias(DomRenderer),
+    bind(RenderCompiler).toAlias(DefaultDomCompiler),
+    bind(ON_WEBWORKER).toValue(false),
+    RenderViewWithFragmentsStore,
+    RenderProtoViewRefStore,
+    ProtoViewFactory,
+    AppViewPool,
+    bind(APP_VIEW_POOL_CAPACITY).toValue(10000),
+    AppViewManager,
+    AppViewManagerUtils,
+    AppViewListener,
+    Compiler,
+    CompilerCache,
+    ViewResolver,
+    bind(Pipes).toValue(defaultPipes),
+    bind(ChangeDetection).toClass(bestChangeDetection),
+    ViewLoader,
+    DirectiveResolver,
+    Parser,
+    Lexer,
+    ExceptionHandler,
+    bind(XHR).toValue(new XHRImpl()),
+    ComponentUrlMapper,
+    UrlResolver,
+    StyleUrlResolver,
+    StyleInliner,
+    DynamicComponentLoader,
+    Testability,
+    AnchorBasedAppRootUrl,
+    WebWorkerMain
+  ];
+}
+
+export function createInjector(zone: NgZone): Injector {
+  BrowserDomAdapter.makeCurrent();
+  _rootBindings.push(bind(NgZone).toValue(zone));
+  var injector: Injector = Injector.resolveAndCreate(_rootBindings);
+  return injector.resolveAndCreateChild(_injectorBindings());
+}

modules/angular2/src/web-workers/ui/impl.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,234 @@
+/*
+ * This file is the entry point for the main thread
+ * It takes care of spawning the worker and sending it the initial init message
+ * It also acts and the messenger between the worker thread and the renderer running on the UI
+ * thread
+ * TODO: This class might need to be refactored to match application.ts...
+*/
+
+import {createInjector} from "./di_bindings";
+import {
+  Renderer,
+  RenderCompiler,
+  DirectiveMetadata,
+  ProtoViewDto,
+  ViewDefinition,
+  RenderProtoViewRef,
+  RenderProtoViewMergeMapping,
+  RenderViewRef,
+  RenderFragmentRef
+} from "angular2/src/render/api";
+import {Type, print, BaseException} from "angular2/src/facade/lang";
+import {Promise, PromiseWrapper} from "angular2/src/facade/async";
+import {Serializer} from "angular2/src/web-workers/shared/serializer";
+import {MessageBus} from "angular2/src/web-workers/shared/message_bus";
+import {
+  RenderViewWithFragmentsStore
+} from 'angular2/src/web-workers/shared/render_view_with_fragments_store';
+import {createNgZone} from 'angular2/src/core/application_common';
+import {WorkerElementRef} from 'angular2/src/web-workers/shared/api';
+import {AnchorBasedAppRootUrl} from 'angular2/src/services/anchor_based_app_root_url';
+import {ExceptionHandler} from 'angular2/src/core/exception_handler';
+import {Injectable} from 'angular2/di';
+import {BrowserDomAdapter} from 'angular2/src/dom/browser_adapter';
+
+/**
+ * Creates a zone, sets up the DI bindings
+ * And then creates a new WebWorkerMain object to handle messages from the worker
+ */
+export function bootstrapUICommon(bus: MessageBus) {
+  BrowserDomAdapter.makeCurrent();
+  var zone = createNgZone(new ExceptionHandler());
+  zone.run(() => {
+    var injector = createInjector(zone);
+    var webWorkerMain = injector.get(WebWorkerMain);
+    webWorkerMain.attachToWorker(bus);
+  });
+}
+
+@Injectable()
+export class WebWorkerMain {
+  private _rootUrl: string;
+  private _bus: MessageBus;
+
+  constructor(private _renderCompiler: RenderCompiler, private _renderer: Renderer,
+              private _renderViewWithFragmentsStore: RenderViewWithFragmentsStore,
+              private _serializer: Serializer, rootUrl: AnchorBasedAppRootUrl) {
+    this._rootUrl = rootUrl.value;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Attach's this WebWorkerMain instance to the given MessageBus
+   * This instance will now listen for all messages from the worker and handle them appropriately
+   * Note: Don't attach more than one WebWorkerMain instance to the same MessageBus.
+   */
+  attachToWorker(bus: MessageBus) {
+    this._bus = bus;
+    this._bus.source.addListener((message) => { this._handleWorkerMessage(message); });
+  }
+
+  private _sendInitMessage() { this._sendWorkerMessage("init", {"rootUrl": this._rootUrl}); }
+
+  /*
+   * Sends an error back to the worker thread in response to an opeartion on the UI thread
+   */
+  private _sendWorkerError(id: string, error: any) {
+    this._sendWorkerMessage("error", {"id": id, "error": error});
+  }
+
+  private _sendWorkerMessage(type: string, data: StringMap<string, any>) {
+    this._bus.sink.send({'type': type, 'value': data});
+  }
+
+  // TODO: Transfer the types with the serialized data so this can be automated?
+  private _handleCompilerMessage(data: ReceivedMessage) {
+    var promise: Promise<any>;
+    switch (data.method) {
+      case "compileHost":
+        var directiveMetadata = this._serializer.deserialize(data.args[0], DirectiveMetadata);
+        promise = this._renderCompiler.compileHost(directiveMetadata);
+        this._wrapWorkerPromise(data.id, promise, ProtoViewDto);
+        break;
+      case "compile":
+        var view = this._serializer.deserialize(data.args[0], ViewDefinition);
+        promise = this._renderCompiler.compile(view);
+        this._wrapWorkerPromise(data.id, promise, ProtoViewDto);
+        break;
+      case "mergeProtoViewsRecursively":
+        var views = this._serializer.deserialize(data.args[0], RenderProtoViewRef);
+        promise = this._renderCompiler.mergeProtoViewsRecursively(views);
+        this._wrapWorkerPromise(data.id, promise, RenderProtoViewMergeMapping);
+        break;
+      default:
+        throw new BaseException("not implemented");
+    }
+  }
+
+  private _createViewHelper(args: List<any>, method) {
+    var hostProtoView = this._serializer.deserialize(args[0], RenderProtoViewRef);
+    var fragmentCount = args[1];
+    var startIndex, renderViewWithFragments;
+    if (method == "createView") {
+      startIndex = args[2];
+      renderViewWithFragments = this._renderer.createView(hostProtoView, fragmentCount);
+    } else {
+      var selector = args[2];
+      startIndex = args[3];
+      renderViewWithFragments =
+          this._renderer.createRootHostView(hostProtoView, fragmentCount, selector);
+    }
+    this._renderViewWithFragmentsStore.store(renderViewWithFragments, startIndex);
+  }
+
+  private _handleRendererMessage(data: ReceivedMessage) {
+    var args = data.args;
+    switch (data.method) {
+      case "createRootHostView":
+      case "createView":
+        this._createViewHelper(args, data.method);
+        break;
+      case "destroyView":
+        var viewRef = this._serializer.deserialize(args[0], RenderViewRef);
+        this._renderer.destroyView(viewRef);
+        break;
+      case "attachFragmentAfterFragment":
+        var previousFragment = this._serializer.deserialize(args[0], RenderFragmentRef);
+        var fragment = this._serializer.deserialize(args[1], RenderFragmentRef);
+        this._renderer.attachFragmentAfterFragment(previousFragment, fragment);
+        break;
+      case "attachFragmentAfterElement":
+        var element = this._serializer.deserialize(args[0], WorkerElementRef);
+        var fragment = this._serializer.deserialize(args[1], RenderFragmentRef);
+        this._renderer.attachFragmentAfterElement(element, fragment);
+        break;
+      case "detachFragment":
+        var fragment = this._serializer.deserialize(args[0], RenderFragmentRef);
+        this._renderer.detachFragment(fragment);
+        break;
+      case "hydrateView":
+        var viewRef = this._serializer.deserialize(args[0], RenderViewRef);
+        this._renderer.hydrateView(viewRef);
+        break;
+      case "dehydrateView":
+        var viewRef = this._serializer.deserialize(args[0], RenderViewRef);
+        this._renderer.dehydrateView(viewRef);
+        break;
+      case "setText":
+        var viewRef = this._serializer.deserialize(args[0], RenderViewRef);
+        var textNodeIndex = args[1];
+        var text = args[2];
+        this._renderer.setText(viewRef, textNodeIndex, text);
+        break;
+      case "setElementProperty":
+        var elementRef = this._serializer.deserialize(args[0], WorkerElementRef);
+        var propName = args[1];
+        var propValue = args[2];
+        this._renderer.setElementProperty(elementRef, propName, propValue);
+        break;
+      case "setElementAttribute":
+        var elementRef = this._serializer.deserialize(args[0], WorkerElementRef);
+        var attributeName = args[1];
+        var attributeValue = args[2];
+        this._renderer.setElementAttribute(elementRef, attributeName, attributeValue);
+        break;
+      case "setElementClass":
+        var elementRef = this._serializer.deserialize(args[0], WorkerElementRef);
+        var className = args[1];
+        var isAdd = args[2];
+        this._renderer.setElementClass(elementRef, className, isAdd);
+        break;
+      case "setElementStyle":
+        var elementRef = this._serializer.deserialize(args[0], WorkerElementRef);
+        var styleName = args[1];
+        var styleValue = args[2];
+        this._renderer.setElementStyle(elementRef, styleName, styleValue);
+        break;
+      case "invokeElementMethod":
+        var elementRef = this._serializer.deserialize(args[0], WorkerElementRef);
+        var methodName = args[1];
+        var methodArgs = args[2];
+        this._renderer.invokeElementMethod(elementRef, methodName, methodArgs);
+        break;
+      default:
+        throw new BaseException("Not Implemented");
+    }
+  }
+
+  // TODO: Create message type
+  private _handleWorkerMessage(message: StringMap<string, any>) {
+    var data: ReceivedMessage = new ReceivedMessage(message['data']);
+    switch (data.type) {
+      case "ready":
+        return this._sendInitMessage();
+      case "compiler":
+        return this._handleCompilerMessage(data);
+      case "renderer":
+        return this._handleRendererMessage(data);
+    }
+  }
+
+  private _wrapWorkerPromise(id: string, promise: Promise<any>, type: Type): void {
+    PromiseWrapper.then(promise, (result: any) => {
+      try {
+        this._sendWorkerMessage("result",
+                                {"id": id, "value": this._serializer.serialize(result, type)});
+      } catch (e) {
+        print(e);
+      }
+    }, (error: any) => { this._sendWorkerError(id, error); });
+  }
+}
+
+class ReceivedMessage {
+  method: string;
+  args: List<any>;
+  id: string;
+  type: string;
+
+  constructor(data: StringMap<string, any>) {
+    this.method = data['method'];
+    this.args = data['args'];
+    this.id = data['id'];
+    this.type = data['type'];
+  }
+}

modules/angular2/src/web-workers/worker/application.dart

@@ -2,15 +2,18 @@ library angular2.src.web_workers.worker;
 
 import "package:angular2/src/web-workers/shared/message_bus.dart"
     show MessageBus, MessageBusSource, MessageBusSink;
+import "package:angular2/src/web-workers/worker/application_common.dart"
+  show bootstrapWebworkerCommon;
 import "package:angular2/src/facade/async.dart" show Future;
 import "package:angular2/src/core/application.dart" show ApplicationRef;
 import "package:angular2/src/facade/lang.dart" show Type, BaseException;
 import "dart:isolate";
 import "dart:async";
+import 'dart:core';
 
 /**
  * Bootstrapping a Webworker Application
- * 
+ *
  * You instantiate the application side by calling bootstrapWebworker from your webworker index
  * script.
  * You must supply a SendPort for communicating with the UI side in order to instantiate
@@ -21,9 +24,11 @@ import "dart:async";
  */
 Future<ApplicationRef> bootstrapWebworker(
     SendPort replyTo, Type appComponentType,
-    [List<dynamic> componentInjectableBindings = null,
-    Function errorReporter = null]) {
-  throw new BaseException("Not implemented");
+    [List<dynamic> componentInjectableBindings = null]) {
+  ReceivePort rPort = new ReceivePort();
+  WorkerMessageBus bus = new WorkerMessageBus.fromPorts(replyTo, rPort);
+  return bootstrapWebworkerCommon(appComponentType, bus,
+                                    componentInjectableBindings);
 }
 
 class WorkerMessageBus extends MessageBus {
@@ -52,14 +57,24 @@ class WorkerMessageBusSink extends MessageBusSink {
 class WorkerMessageBusSource extends MessageBusSource {
   final ReceivePort _port;
   final Stream rawDataStream;
+  Map<int, StreamSubscription> _listenerStore = new Map<int, StreamSubscription>();
+  int _numListeners = 0;
 
   WorkerMessageBusSource(ReceivePort rPort)
       : _port = rPort,
         rawDataStream = rPort.asBroadcastStream();
 
-  void listen(Function fn) {
-    rawDataStream.listen((message) {
+  int addListener(Function fn){
+    var subscription = rawDataStream.listen((message){
       fn({"data": message});
     });
+
+    _listenerStore[++_numListeners] = subscription;
+    return _numListeners;
+  }
+
+  void removeListener(int index){
+    _listenerStore[index].cancel();
+    _listenerStore.remove(index);
   }
 }

modules/angular2/src/web-workers/worker/application.ts

@@ -7,7 +7,9 @@ import {
 import {Type, BaseException} from "angular2/src/facade/lang";
 import {Binding} from "angular2/di";
 
+import {bootstrapWebworkerCommon} from "angular2/src/web-workers/worker/application_common";
 import {ApplicationRef} from "angular2/src/core/application";
+import {Injectable} from "angular2/di";
 
 /**
  * Bootstrapping a Webworker Application
@@ -19,11 +21,15 @@ import {ApplicationRef} from "angular2/src/core/application";
  * See the bootstrap() docs for more details.
  */
 export function bootstrapWebworker(
-    appComponentType: Type, componentInjectableBindings: List<Type | Binding | List<any>> = null,
-    errorReporter: Function = null): Promise<ApplicationRef> {
-  throw new BaseException("Not Implemented");
+    appComponentType: Type, componentInjectableBindings: List<Type | Binding | List<any>> = null):
+    Promise<ApplicationRef> {
+  var bus: WorkerMessageBus =
+      new WorkerMessageBus(new WorkerMessageBusSink(), new WorkerMessageBusSource());
+
+  return bootstrapWebworkerCommon(appComponentType, bus, componentInjectableBindings);
 }
 
+@Injectable()
 export class WorkerMessageBus implements MessageBus {
   sink: WorkerMessageBusSink;
   source: WorkerMessageBusSource;
@@ -39,5 +45,22 @@ export class WorkerMessageBusSink implements MessageBusSink {
 }
 
 export class WorkerMessageBusSource implements MessageBusSource {
-  public listen(fn: SourceListener) { addEventListener("message", fn); }
+  private listenerStore: Map<int, SourceListener>;
+  private numListeners: int;
+
+  constructor() {
+    this.numListeners = 0;
+    this.listenerStore = new Map<int, SourceListener>();
+  }
+
+  public addListener(fn: SourceListener): int {
+    addEventListener("message", fn);
+    this.listenerStore[++this.numListeners] = fn;
+    return this.numListeners;
+  }
+
+  public removeListener(index: int): void {
+    removeEventListener("message", this.listenerStore[index]);
+    this.listenerStore.delete(index);
+  }
 }

modules/angular2/src/web-workers/worker/application_common.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,195 @@
+import {Injector, bind, OpaqueToken, Binding} from 'angular2/di';
+import {
+  NumberWrapper,
+  Type,
+  isBlank,
+  isPresent,
+  BaseException,
+  assertionsEnabled,
+  print,
+  stringify
+} from 'angular2/src/facade/lang';
+import {Compiler, CompilerCache} from 'angular2/src/core/compiler/compiler';
+import {Reflector, reflector} from 'angular2/src/reflection/reflection';
+import {
+  Parser,
+  Lexer,
+  ChangeDetection,
+  DynamicChangeDetection,
+  JitChangeDetection,
+  Pipes,
+  defaultPipes,
+  PreGeneratedChangeDetection
+} from 'angular2/change_detection';
+import {StyleUrlResolver} from 'angular2/src/render/dom/compiler/style_url_resolver';
+import {ExceptionHandler} from 'angular2/src/core/exception_handler';
+import {DirectiveResolver} from 'angular2/src/core/compiler/directive_resolver';
+import {ViewResolver} from 'angular2/src/core/compiler/view_resolver';
+import {List, ListWrapper} from 'angular2/src/facade/collection';
+import {Promise, PromiseWrapper} from 'angular2/src/facade/async';
+import {NgZone} from 'angular2/src/core/zone/ng_zone';
+import {LifeCycle} from 'angular2/src/core/life_cycle/life_cycle';
+import {XHR} from 'angular2/src/render/xhr';
+import {XHRImpl} from 'angular2/src/render/xhr_impl';
+import {ComponentUrlMapper} from 'angular2/src/core/compiler/component_url_mapper';
+import {UrlResolver} from 'angular2/src/services/url_resolver';
+import {AppRootUrl} from 'angular2/src/services/app_root_url';
+import {
+  ComponentRef,
+  DynamicComponentLoader
+} from 'angular2/src/core/compiler/dynamic_component_loader';
+import {Testability} from 'angular2/src/core/testability/testability';
+import {AppViewPool, APP_VIEW_POOL_CAPACITY} from 'angular2/src/core/compiler/view_pool';
+import {AppViewManager} from 'angular2/src/core/compiler/view_manager';
+import {AppViewManagerUtils} from 'angular2/src/core/compiler/view_manager_utils';
+import {AppViewListener} from 'angular2/src/core/compiler/view_listener';
+import {ProtoViewFactory} from 'angular2/src/core/compiler/proto_view_factory';
+import {WorkerRenderer, WorkerCompiler} from './renderer';
+import {Renderer, RenderCompiler} from 'angular2/src/render/api';
+import {internalView} from 'angular2/src/core/compiler/view_ref';
+
+import {MessageBroker} from 'angular2/src/web-workers/worker/broker';
+import {WorkerMessageBus} from 'angular2/src/web-workers/worker/application';
+import {
+  appComponentRefPromiseToken,
+  appComponentTypeToken
+} from 'angular2/src/core/application_tokens';
+import {ApplicationRef} from 'angular2/src/core/application';
+import {createNgZone} from 'angular2/src/core/application_common';
+import {Serializer} from "angular2/src/web-workers/shared/serializer";
+import {ON_WEBWORKER} from "angular2/src/web-workers/shared/api";
+import {RenderProtoViewRefStore} from 'angular2/src/web-workers/shared/render_proto_view_ref_store';
+import {
+  RenderViewWithFragmentsStore
+} from 'angular2/src/web-workers/shared/render_view_with_fragments_store';
+import {WorkerExceptionHandler} from 'angular2/src/web-workers/worker/exception_handler';
+
+var _rootInjector: Injector;
+
+// Contains everything that is safe to share between applications.
+var _rootBindings = [bind(Reflector).toValue(reflector)];
+
+function _injectorBindings(appComponentType, bus: WorkerMessageBus,
+                           initData: StringMap<string, any>): List<Type | Binding | List<any>> {
+  var bestChangeDetection: Type = DynamicChangeDetection;
+  if (PreGeneratedChangeDetection.isSupported()) {
+    bestChangeDetection = PreGeneratedChangeDetection;
+  } else if (JitChangeDetection.isSupported()) {
+    bestChangeDetection = JitChangeDetection;
+  }
+  return [
+    bind(appComponentTypeToken)
+        .toValue(appComponentType),
+    bind(appComponentRefPromiseToken)
+        .toFactory(
+            (dynamicComponentLoader, injector) => {
+
+              // TODO(rado): investigate whether to support bindings on root component.
+              return dynamicComponentLoader.loadAsRoot(appComponentType, null, injector)
+                  .then((componentRef) => { return componentRef; });
+            },
+            [DynamicComponentLoader, Injector]),
+
+    bind(appComponentType).toFactory((ref) => ref.instance, [appComponentRefPromiseToken]),
+    bind(LifeCycle).toFactory((exceptionHandler) => new LifeCycle(null, assertionsEnabled()),
+                              [ExceptionHandler]),
+    Serializer,
+    bind(WorkerMessageBus).toValue(bus),
+    bind(MessageBroker)
+        .toFactory((a, b) => new MessageBroker(a, b), [WorkerMessageBus, Serializer]),
+    WorkerRenderer,
+    bind(Renderer).toAlias(WorkerRenderer),
+    WorkerCompiler,
+    bind(RenderCompiler).toAlias(WorkerCompiler),
+    bind(ON_WEBWORKER).toValue(true),
+    RenderViewWithFragmentsStore,
+    RenderProtoViewRefStore,
+    ProtoViewFactory,
+    AppViewPool,
+    bind(APP_VIEW_POOL_CAPACITY).toValue(10000),
+    AppViewManager,
+    AppViewManagerUtils,
+    AppViewListener,
+    Compiler,
+    CompilerCache,
+    ViewResolver,
+    bind(Pipes).toValue(defaultPipes),
+    bind(ChangeDetection).toClass(bestChangeDetection),
+    DirectiveResolver,
+    Parser,
+    Lexer,
+    WorkerExceptionHandler,
+    bind(ExceptionHandler).toAlias(WorkerExceptionHandler),
+    bind(XHR).toValue(new XHRImpl()),
+    ComponentUrlMapper,
+    UrlResolver,
+    StyleUrlResolver,
+    DynamicComponentLoader,
+    Testability,
+    bind(AppRootUrl).toValue(new AppRootUrl(initData['rootUrl']))
+  ];
+}
+
+export function bootstrapWebworkerCommon(
+    appComponentType: Type, bus: WorkerMessageBus,
+    componentInjectableBindings: List<Type | Binding | List<any>> = null): Promise<ApplicationRef> {
+  var bootstrapProcess = PromiseWrapper.completer();
+
+  var zone = createNgZone(new WorkerExceptionHandler());
+  zone.run(() => {
+    // TODO(rado): prepopulate template cache, so applications with only
+    // index.html and main.js are possible.
+    //
+
+    var listenerId: int;
+    listenerId = bus.source.addListener((message: StringMap<string, any>) => {
+      if (message["data"]["type"] !== "init") {
+        return;
+      }
+
+      var appInjector = _createAppInjector(appComponentType, componentInjectableBindings, zone, bus,
+                                           message["data"]["value"]);
+      var compRefToken = PromiseWrapper.wrap(() => {
+        try {
+          return appInjector.get(appComponentRefPromiseToken);
+        } catch (e) {
+          throw e;
+        }
+      });
+      var tick = (componentRef) => {
+        var appChangeDetector = internalView(componentRef.hostView).changeDetector;
+        // retrieve life cycle: may have already been created if injected in root component
+        var lc = appInjector.get(LifeCycle);
+        lc.registerWith(zone, appChangeDetector);
+        lc.tick();  // the first tick that will bootstrap the app
+
+        bootstrapProcess.resolve(new ApplicationRef(componentRef, appComponentType, appInjector));
+      };
+      PromiseWrapper.then(compRefToken, tick,
+                          (err, stackTrace) => { bootstrapProcess.reject(err, stackTrace); });
+
+      PromiseWrapper.catchError(compRefToken, (err) => {
+        print(err);
+        bootstrapProcess.reject(err, err.stack);
+      });
+
+      bus.source.removeListener(listenerId);
+    });
+
+    bus.sink.send({'type': "ready"});
+  });
+
+  return bootstrapProcess.promise;
+}
+
+function _createAppInjector(appComponentType: Type, bindings: List<Type | Binding | List<any>>,
+                            zone: NgZone, bus: WorkerMessageBus, initData: StringMap<string, any>):
+    Injector {
+  if (isBlank(_rootInjector)) _rootInjector = Injector.resolveAndCreate(_rootBindings);
+  var mergedBindings: any[] =
+      isPresent(bindings) ?
+          ListWrapper.concat(_injectorBindings(appComponentType, bus, initData), bindings) :
+          _injectorBindings(appComponentType, bus, initData);
+  mergedBindings.push(bind(NgZone).toValue(zone));
+  return _rootInjector.resolveAndCreateChild(mergedBindings);
+}

modules/angular2/src/web-workers/worker/broker.ts

@@ -4,12 +4,15 @@ import {print, isPresent, DateWrapper, stringify} from "../../facade/lang";
 import {Promise, PromiseCompleter, PromiseWrapper} from "angular2/src/facade/async";
 import {ListWrapper, StringMapWrapper, MapWrapper} from "../../facade/collection";
 import {Serializer} from "angular2/src/web-workers/shared/serializer";
+import {Injectable} from "angular2/di";
+import {Type} from "angular2/src/facade/lang";
 
+@Injectable()
 export class MessageBroker {
   private _pending: Map<string, Function> = new Map<string, Function>();
 
-  constructor(private _messageBus: MessageBus) {
-    this._messageBus.source.listen((data) => this._handleMessage(data['data']));
+  constructor(private _messageBus: MessageBus, protected _serializer: Serializer) {
+    this._messageBus.source.addListener((data) => this._handleMessage(data['data']));
   }
 
   private _generateMessageId(name: string): string {
@@ -23,26 +26,48 @@ export class MessageBroker {
     return id;
   }
 
-  runOnUiThread(args: UiArguments): Promise<any> {
-    var completer = PromiseWrapper.completer();
-    var id: string = this._generateMessageId(args.type + args.method);
-    this._pending.set(id, completer.resolve);
-    PromiseWrapper.catchError(completer.promise, (err, stack?) => {
-      print(err);
-      completer.reject(err, stack);
-    });
-
+  runOnUiThread(args: UiArguments, returnType: Type): Promise<any> {
     var fnArgs = [];
     if (isPresent(args.args)) {
       ListWrapper.forEach(args.args, (argument) => {
-        fnArgs.push(Serializer.serialize(argument.value, argument.type));
+        if (argument.type != null) {
+          fnArgs.push(this._serializer.serialize(argument.value, argument.type));
+        } else {
+          fnArgs.push(argument.value);
+        }
       });
     }
 
+    var promise: Promise<any>;
+    var id: string = null;
+    if (returnType != null) {
+      var completer = PromiseWrapper.completer();
+      id = this._generateMessageId(args.type + args.method);
+      this._pending.set(id, completer.resolve);
+      PromiseWrapper.catchError(completer.promise, (err, stack?) => {
+        print(err);
+        completer.reject(err, stack);
+      });
+
+      promise = PromiseWrapper.then(completer.promise, (data: MessageResult) => {
+        if (this._serializer == null) {
+          return data.value;
+        } else {
+          return this._serializer.deserialize(data.value, returnType);
+        }
+      });
+    } else {
+      promise = null;
+    }
+
     // TODO(jteplitz602): Create a class for these messages so we don't keep using StringMap
-    var message = {'type': args.type, 'method': args.method, 'args': fnArgs, 'id': id};
+    var message = {'type': args.type, 'method': args.method, 'args': fnArgs};
+    if (id != null) {
+      message['id'] = id;
+    }
     this._messageBus.sink.send(message);
-    return completer.promise;
+
+    return promise;
   }
 
   private _handleMessage(message: StringMap<string, any>): void {

modules/angular2/src/web-workers/worker/exception_handler.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+import {isPresent, print, BaseException} from 'angular2/src/facade/lang';
+import {ListWrapper, isListLikeIterable} from 'angular2/src/facade/collection';
+import {ExceptionHandler} from 'angular2/src/core/exception_handler';
+import {Injectable} from 'angular2/di';
+
+@Injectable()
+export class WorkerExceptionHandler implements ExceptionHandler {
+  logError: Function = print;
+
+  call(exception: Object, stackTrace: any = null, reason: string = null) {
+    var longStackTrace = isListLikeIterable(stackTrace) ?
+                             (<any>stackTrace).join("\n\n-----async gap-----\n") :
+                             stackTrace;
+
+    this.logError(`${exception}\n\n${longStackTrace}`);
+
+    if (isPresent(reason)) {
+      this.logError(`Reason: ${reason}`);
+    }
+
+    var context = this._findContext(exception);
+    if (isPresent(context)) {
+      this.logError("Error Context:");
+      this.logError(context);
+    }
+
+    throw exception;
+  }
+
+  _findContext(exception: any): any {
+    if (!(exception instanceof BaseException)) return null;
+    return isPresent(exception.context) ? exception.context :
+                                          this._findContext(exception.originalException);
+  }
+}

modules/angular2/src/web-workers/worker/renderer.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,260 @@
+import {
+  Renderer,
+  RenderCompiler,
+  DirectiveMetadata,
+  ProtoViewDto,
+  ViewDefinition,
+  RenderProtoViewRef,
+  RenderViewRef,
+  RenderElementRef,
+  RenderEventDispatcher,
+  RenderProtoViewMergeMapping,
+  RenderViewWithFragments,
+  RenderFragmentRef
+} from 'angular2/src/render/api';
+import {Promise, PromiseWrapper} from "angular2/src/facade/async";
+import {MessageBroker, FnArg, UiArguments} from "angular2/src/web-workers/worker/broker";
+import {isPresent, print, BaseException} from "angular2/src/facade/lang";
+import {Injectable} from "angular2/di";
+import {
+  RenderViewWithFragmentsStore,
+  WorkerRenderViewRef
+} from 'angular2/src/web-workers/shared/render_view_with_fragments_store';
+import {WorkerElementRef} from 'angular2/src/web-workers/shared/api';
+
+@Injectable()
+export class WorkerCompiler implements RenderCompiler {
+  constructor(private _messageBroker: MessageBroker) {}
+  /**
+   * Creats a ProtoViewDto that contains a single nested component with the given componentId.
+   */
+  compileHost(directiveMetadata: DirectiveMetadata): Promise<ProtoViewDto> {
+    var fnArgs: List<FnArg> = [new FnArg(directiveMetadata, DirectiveMetadata)];
+    var args: UiArguments = new UiArguments("compiler", "compileHost", fnArgs);
+    return this._messageBroker.runOnUiThread(args, ProtoViewDto);
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Compiles a single DomProtoView. Non recursive so that
+   * we don't need to serialize all possible components over the wire,
+   * but only the needed ones based on previous calls.
+   */
+  compile(view: ViewDefinition): Promise<ProtoViewDto> {
+    var fnArgs: List<FnArg> = [new FnArg(view, ViewDefinition)];
+    var args: UiArguments = new UiArguments("compiler", "compile", fnArgs);
+    return this._messageBroker.runOnUiThread(args, ProtoViewDto);
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Merges ProtoViews.
+   * The first entry of the array is the protoview into which all the other entries of the array
+   * should be merged.
+   * If the array contains other arrays, they will be merged before processing the parent array.
+   * The array must contain an entry for every component and embedded ProtoView of the first entry.
+   * @param protoViewRefs List of ProtoViewRefs or nested
+   * @return the merge result for every input array in depth first order.
+   */
+  mergeProtoViewsRecursively(
+      protoViewRefs: List<RenderProtoViewRef | List<any>>): Promise<RenderProtoViewMergeMapping> {
+    var fnArgs: List<FnArg> = [new FnArg(protoViewRefs, RenderProtoViewRef)];
+    var args: UiArguments = new UiArguments("compiler", "mergeProtoViewsRecursively", fnArgs);
+    return this._messageBroker.runOnUiThread(args, RenderProtoViewMergeMapping);
+  }
+}
+
+
+@Injectable()
+export class WorkerRenderer implements Renderer {
+  constructor(private _messageBroker: MessageBroker,
+              private _renderViewStore: RenderViewWithFragmentsStore) {}
+  /**
+   * Creates a root host view that includes the given element.
+   * Note that the fragmentCount needs to be passed in so that we can create a result
+   * synchronously even when dealing with webworkers!
+   *
+   * @param {RenderProtoViewRef} hostProtoViewRef a RenderProtoViewRef of type
+   * ProtoViewDto.HOST_VIEW_TYPE
+   * @param {any} hostElementSelector css selector for the host element (will be queried against the
+   * main document)
+   * @return {RenderViewRef} the created view
+   */
+  createRootHostView(hostProtoViewRef: RenderProtoViewRef, fragmentCount: number,
+                     hostElementSelector: string): RenderViewWithFragments {
+    return this._createViewHelper(hostProtoViewRef, fragmentCount, hostElementSelector);
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Creates a regular view out of the given ProtoView
+   * Note that the fragmentCount needs to be passed in so that we can create a result
+   * synchronously even when dealing with webworkers!
+   */
+  createView(protoViewRef: RenderProtoViewRef, fragmentCount: number): RenderViewWithFragments {
+    return this._createViewHelper(protoViewRef, fragmentCount);
+  }
+
+  private _createViewHelper(protoViewRef: RenderProtoViewRef, fragmentCount: number,
+                            hostElementSelector?: string): RenderViewWithFragments {
+    var renderViewWithFragments = this._renderViewStore.allocate(fragmentCount);
+
+    var startIndex = (<WorkerRenderViewRef>(renderViewWithFragments.viewRef)).refNumber;
+    var fnArgs: List<FnArg> = [
+      new FnArg(protoViewRef, RenderProtoViewRef),
+      new FnArg(fragmentCount, null),
+    ];
+    var method = "createView";
+    if (isPresent(hostElementSelector) && hostElementSelector != null) {
+      fnArgs.push(new FnArg(hostElementSelector, null));
+      method = "createRootHostView";
+    }
+    fnArgs.push(new FnArg(startIndex, null));
+
+    var args = new UiArguments("renderer", method, fnArgs);
+    this._messageBroker.runOnUiThread(args, null);
+
+    return renderViewWithFragments;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Destroys the given view after it has been dehydrated and detached
+   */
+  destroyView(viewRef: RenderViewRef) {
+    var fnArgs = [new FnArg(viewRef, RenderViewRef)];
+    var args = new UiArguments("renderer", "destroyView", fnArgs);
+    this._messageBroker.runOnUiThread(args, null);
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Attaches a fragment after another fragment.
+   */
+  attachFragmentAfterFragment(previousFragmentRef: RenderFragmentRef,
+                              fragmentRef: RenderFragmentRef) {
+    var fnArgs = [
+      new FnArg(previousFragmentRef, RenderFragmentRef),
+      new FnArg(fragmentRef, RenderFragmentRef)
+    ];
+    var args = new UiArguments("renderer", "attachFragmentAfterFragment", fnArgs);
+    this._messageBroker.runOnUiThread(args, null);
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Attaches a fragment after an element.
+   */
+  attachFragmentAfterElement(elementRef: RenderElementRef, fragmentRef: RenderFragmentRef) {
+    var fnArgs =
+        [new FnArg(elementRef, WorkerElementRef), new FnArg(fragmentRef, RenderFragmentRef)];
+    var args = new UiArguments("renderer", "attachFragmentAfterElement", fnArgs);
+    this._messageBroker.runOnUiThread(args, null);
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Detaches a fragment.
+   */
+  detachFragment(fragmentRef: RenderFragmentRef) {
+    var fnArgs = [new FnArg(fragmentRef, RenderFragmentRef)];
+    var args = new UiArguments("renderer", "detachFragment", fnArgs);
+    this._messageBroker.runOnUiThread(args, null);
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Hydrates a view after it has been attached. Hydration/dehydration is used for reusing views
+   * inside of the view pool.
+   */
+  hydrateView(viewRef: RenderViewRef) {
+    var fnArgs = [new FnArg(viewRef, RenderViewRef)];
+    var args = new UiArguments("renderer", "hydrateView", fnArgs);
+    this._messageBroker.runOnUiThread(args, null);
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Dehydrates a view after it has been attached. Hydration/dehydration is used for reusing views
+   * inside of the view pool.
+   */
+  dehydrateView(viewRef: RenderViewRef) {
+    var fnArgs = [new FnArg(viewRef, RenderViewRef)];
+    var args = new UiArguments("renderer", "deyhdrateView", fnArgs);
+    this._messageBroker.runOnUiThread(args, null);
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Returns the native element at the given location.
+   * Attention: In a WebWorker scenario, this should always return null!
+   */
+  getNativeElementSync(location: RenderElementRef): any { return null; }
+
+  /**
+   * Sets a property on an element.
+   */
+  setElementProperty(location: RenderElementRef, propertyName: string, propertyValue: any) {
+    var fnArgs = [
+      new FnArg(location, WorkerElementRef),
+      new FnArg(propertyName, null),
+      new FnArg(propertyValue, null)
+    ];
+    var args = new UiArguments("renderer", "setElementProperty", fnArgs);
+    this._messageBroker.runOnUiThread(args, null);
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Sets an attribute on an element.
+   */
+  setElementAttribute(location: RenderElementRef, attributeName: string, attributeValue: string) {
+    var fnArgs = [
+      new FnArg(location, WorkerElementRef),
+      new FnArg(attributeName, null),
+      new FnArg(attributeValue, null)
+    ];
+    var args = new UiArguments("renderer", "setElementAttribute", fnArgs);
+    this._messageBroker.runOnUiThread(args, null);
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Sets a class on an element.
+   */
+  setElementClass(location: RenderElementRef, className: string, isAdd: boolean) {
+    var fnArgs =
+        [new FnArg(location, WorkerElementRef), new FnArg(className, null), new FnArg(isAdd, null)];
+    var args = new UiArguments("renderer", "setElementClass", fnArgs);
+    this._messageBroker.runOnUiThread(args, null);
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Sets a style on an element.
+   */
+  setElementStyle(location: RenderElementRef, styleName: string, styleValue: string) {
+    var fnArgs = [
+      new FnArg(location, WorkerElementRef),
+      new FnArg(styleName, null),
+      new FnArg(styleValue, null)
+    ];
+    var args = new UiArguments("renderer", "setElementStyle", fnArgs);
+    this._messageBroker.runOnUiThread(args, null);
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Calls a method on an element.
+   * Note: For now we're assuming that everything in the args list are primitive
+   */
+  invokeElementMethod(location: RenderElementRef, methodName: string, args: List<any>) {
+    var fnArgs =
+        [new FnArg(location, WorkerElementRef), new FnArg(methodName, null), new FnArg(args, null)];
+    var uiArgs = new UiArguments("renderer", "invokeElementMethod", fnArgs);
+    this._messageBroker.runOnUiThread(uiArgs, null);
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Sets the value of a text node.
+   */
+  setText(viewRef: RenderViewRef, textNodeIndex: number, text: string) {
+    var fnArgs =
+        [new FnArg(viewRef, RenderViewRef), new FnArg(textNodeIndex, null), new FnArg(text, null)];
+    var args = new UiArguments("renderer", "setText", fnArgs);
+    this._messageBroker.runOnUiThread(args, null);
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Sets the dispatcher for all events of the given view
+   */
+  setEventDispatcher(viewRef: RenderViewRef, dispatcher: RenderEventDispatcher) {
+    // TODO(jteplitz602) support dom events in web worker. See #3046
+  }
+}

modules/angular2/test/core/compiler/compiler_spec.ts

@@ -58,7 +58,8 @@ export function main() {
 
       protoViewFactory = new FakeProtoViewFactory(protoViewFactoryResults);
       return new Compiler(directiveResolver, new CompilerCache(), tplResolver, cmpUrlMapper,
-                          urlResolver, renderCompiler, protoViewFactory, new FakeAppRootUrl());
+                          urlResolver, renderCompiler, protoViewFactory,
+                          new AppRootUrl("http://www.app.com"));
     }
 
     beforeEach(() => {
@@ -398,8 +399,9 @@ export function main() {
          var reader: any = new SpyDirectiveResolver();
 
          // create the compiler
-         var compiler = new Compiler(reader, cache, tplResolver, cmpUrlMapper, new UrlResolver(),
-                                     renderCompiler, protoViewFactory, new FakeAppRootUrl());
+         var compiler =
+             new Compiler(reader, cache, tplResolver, cmpUrlMapper, new UrlResolver(),
+                          renderCompiler, protoViewFactory, new AppRootUrl("http://www.app.com"));
          compiler.compileInHost(MainComponent)
              .then((protoViewRef) => {
                // the test should have failed if the resolver was called, so we're good
@@ -669,10 +671,6 @@ class SpyDirectiveResolver extends SpyObject {
   noSuchMethod(m) { return super.noSuchMethod(m) }
 }
 
-class FakeAppRootUrl extends AppRootUrl {
-  get value() { return 'http://www.app.com'; }
-}
-
 class FakeViewResolver extends ViewResolver {
   _cmpViews: Map<Type, viewAnn.View> = new Map();
 

modules/angular2/test/render/dom/dom_renderer_integration_spec.ts

@@ -276,5 +276,5 @@ export function main() {
   });
 }
 
-var someComponent = DirectiveMetadata.create(
+export var someComponent = DirectiveMetadata.create(
     {id: 'someComponent', type: DirectiveMetadata.COMPONENT_TYPE, selector: 'some-comp'});

modules/angular2/test/render/dom/dom_testbed.ts

@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ export class DomTestbed {
               @Inject(DOCUMENT_TOKEN) document) {
     this.renderer = renderer;
     this.compiler = compiler;
-    this.rootEl = el('<div id="root"></div>');
+    this.rootEl = el('<div id="root" class="rootElem"></div>');
     var oldRoots = DOM.querySelectorAll(document, '#root');
     for (var i = 0; i < oldRoots.length; i++) {
       DOM.remove(oldRoots[i]);

modules/angular2/test/web-workers/shared/render_proto_view_ref_store_spec.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+import {AsyncTestCompleter, inject, describe, it, expect} from "angular2/test_lib";
+import {RenderProtoViewRef} from "angular2/src/render/api";
+import {RenderProtoViewRefStore} from "angular2/src/web-workers/shared/render_proto_view_ref_store";
+
+export function main() {
+  describe("RenderProtoViewRefStore", () => {
+    it("should store and return the correct reference", () => {
+      var store = new RenderProtoViewRefStore(true);
+      var ref1 = new RenderProtoViewRef();
+      var index1 = store.storeRenderProtoViewRef(ref1);
+      expect(store.retreiveRenderProtoViewRef(index1)).toBe(ref1);
+      var ref2 = new RenderProtoViewRef();
+      var index2 = store.storeRenderProtoViewRef(ref2);
+      expect(store.retreiveRenderProtoViewRef(index2)).toBe(ref2);
+    });
+
+    it("should cache index numbers", () => {
+      var store = new RenderProtoViewRefStore(true);
+      var ref = new RenderProtoViewRef();
+      var index = store.storeRenderProtoViewRef(ref);
+      expect(store.storeRenderProtoViewRef(ref)).toEqual(index);
+    });
+  });
+}

modules/angular2/test/web-workers/shared/render_view_with_fragments_store_spec.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,120 @@
+import {AsyncTestCompleter, beforeEach, inject, describe, it, expect} from "angular2/test_lib";
+import {RenderViewWithFragments, RenderViewRef, RenderFragmentRef} from "angular2/src/render/api";
+import {
+  RenderViewWithFragmentsStore,
+  WorkerRenderViewRef,
+  WorkerRenderFragmentRef
+} from "angular2/src/web-workers/shared/render_view_with_fragments_store";
+import {List, ListWrapper} from "angular2/src/facade/collection";
+
+export function main() {
+  describe("RenderViewWithFragmentsStore", () => {
+    describe("on WebWorker", () => {
+      var store;
+      beforeEach(() => { store = new RenderViewWithFragmentsStore(true); });
+
+      it("should allocate fragmentCount + 1 refs", () => {
+        var view: RenderViewWithFragments = store.allocate(10);
+
+        var viewRef: WorkerRenderViewRef = <WorkerRenderViewRef>view.viewRef;
+        expect(viewRef.refNumber).toEqual(0);
+
+        var fragmentRefs: List<WorkerRenderFragmentRef> =
+            <List<WorkerRenderFragmentRef>>view.fragmentRefs;
+        expect(fragmentRefs.length).toEqual(10);
+
+        for (var i = 0; i < fragmentRefs.length; i++) {
+          expect(fragmentRefs[i].refNumber).toEqual(i + 1);
+        }
+      });
+
+      it("should not reuse a reference", () => {
+        store.allocate(10);
+        var view = store.allocate(0);
+        var viewRef = <WorkerRenderViewRef>view.viewRef;
+        expect(viewRef.refNumber).toEqual(11);
+      });
+
+      it("should be serializable", () => {
+        var view = store.allocate(1);
+        expect(store.deserializeViewWithFragments(store.serializeViewWithFragments(view)))
+            .toEqual(view);
+      });
+    });
+
+    describe("on UI", () => {
+      var store;
+      beforeEach(() => { store = new RenderViewWithFragmentsStore(false); });
+      function createMockRenderViewWithFragments(): RenderViewWithFragments {
+        var view = new MockRenderViewRef();
+        var fragments = ListWrapper.createGrowableSize(20);
+        for (var i = 0; i < 20; i++) {
+          fragments[i] = new MockRenderFragmentRef();
+        }
+
+        return new RenderViewWithFragments(view, fragments);
+      }
+      it("should associate views with the correct references", () => {
+        var renderViewWithFragments = createMockRenderViewWithFragments();
+
+        store.store(renderViewWithFragments, 100);
+        expect(store.retreive(100)).toBe(renderViewWithFragments.viewRef);
+
+        for (var i = 0; i < renderViewWithFragments.fragmentRefs.length; i++) {
+          expect(store.retreive(101 + i)).toBe(renderViewWithFragments.fragmentRefs[i]);
+        }
+      });
+
+      describe("RenderViewWithFragments", () => {
+        it("should be serializable", () => {
+          var renderViewWithFragments = createMockRenderViewWithFragments();
+          store.store(renderViewWithFragments, 0);
+
+          var deserialized = store.deserializeViewWithFragments(
+              store.serializeViewWithFragments(renderViewWithFragments));
+          expect(deserialized.viewRef).toBe(renderViewWithFragments.viewRef);
+
+          expect(deserialized.fragmentRefs.length)
+              .toEqual(renderViewWithFragments.fragmentRefs.length);
+
+          for (var i = 0; i < deserialized.fragmentRefs.length; i++) {
+            var val = deserialized.fragmentRefs[i];
+            expect(val).toBe(renderViewWithFragments.fragmentRefs[i]);
+          };
+        });
+      });
+
+      describe("RenderViewRef", () => {
+        it("should be serializable", () => {
+          var renderViewWithFragments = createMockRenderViewWithFragments();
+          store.store(renderViewWithFragments, 0);
+
+          var deserialized = store.deserializeRenderViewRef(
+              store.serializeRenderViewRef(renderViewWithFragments.viewRef));
+          expect(deserialized).toBe(renderViewWithFragments.viewRef);
+        });
+      });
+
+      describe("RenderFragmentRef", () => {
+        it("should be serializable", () => {
+          var renderViewWithFragments = createMockRenderViewWithFragments();
+          store.store(renderViewWithFragments, 0);
+
+          var serialized =
+              store.serializeRenderFragmentRef(renderViewWithFragments.fragmentRefs[0]);
+          var deserialized = store.deserializeRenderFragmentRef(serialized);
+
+          expect(deserialized).toBe(renderViewWithFragments.fragmentRefs[0]);
+        });
+      });
+    });
+  });
+}
+
+class MockRenderViewRef extends RenderViewRef {
+  constructor() { super(); }
+}
+
+class MockRenderFragmentRef extends RenderFragmentRef {
+  constructor() { super(); }
+}

modules/angular2/test/web-workers/worker/renderer_spec.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,343 @@
+import {
+  AsyncTestCompleter,
+  inject,
+  describe,
+  it,
+  expect,
+  beforeEach,
+  createTestInjector,
+  beforeEachBindings
+} from "angular2/test_lib";
+import {DOM} from 'angular2/src/dom/dom_adapter';
+import {DomTestbed, TestRootView, elRef} from '../../render/dom/dom_testbed';
+import {bind} from 'angular2/di';
+import {WorkerCompiler, WorkerRenderer} from "angular2/src/web-workers/worker/renderer";
+import {MessageBroker, UiArguments, FnArg} from "angular2/src/web-workers/worker/broker";
+import {Serializer} from "angular2/src/web-workers/shared/serializer";
+import {isPresent, isBlank, BaseException, Type} from "angular2/src/facade/lang";
+import {MapWrapper, ListWrapper} from "angular2/src/facade/collection";
+import {
+  DirectiveMetadata,
+  ProtoViewDto,
+  RenderProtoViewRef,
+  RenderViewWithFragments,
+  ViewDefinition,
+  RenderProtoViewMergeMapping,
+  RenderViewRef,
+  RenderFragmentRef
+} from "angular2/src/render/api";
+import {
+  MessageBus,
+  MessageBusSource,
+  MessageBusSink,
+  SourceListener
+} from "angular2/src/web-workers/shared/message_bus";
+import {
+  RenderProtoViewRefStore,
+  WebworkerRenderProtoViewRef
+} from "angular2/src/web-workers/shared/render_proto_view_ref_store";
+import {
+  RenderViewWithFragmentsStore,
+  WorkerRenderViewRef
+} from 'angular2/src/web-workers/shared/render_view_with_fragments_store';
+import {resolveInternalDomProtoView} from 'angular2/src/render/dom/view/proto_view';
+import {someComponent} from '../../render/dom/dom_renderer_integration_spec';
+import {WebWorkerMain} from 'angular2/src/web-workers/ui/impl';
+import {AnchorBasedAppRootUrl} from 'angular2/src/services/anchor_based_app_root_url';
+
+export function main() {
+  function createBroker(workerSerializer: Serializer, uiSerializer: Serializer, tb: DomTestbed,
+                        uiRenderViewStore: RenderViewWithFragmentsStore,
+                        workerRenderViewStore: RenderViewWithFragmentsStore): MessageBroker {
+    // set up the two message buses to pass messages to each other
+    var uiMessageBus = new MockMessageBus(new MockMessageBusSink(), new MockMessageBusSource());
+    var workerMessageBus = new MockMessageBus(new MockMessageBusSink(), new MockMessageBusSource());
+    uiMessageBus.attachToBus(workerMessageBus);
+    workerMessageBus.attachToBus(uiMessageBus);
+
+    // set up the worker side
+    var broker = new MessageBroker(workerMessageBus, workerSerializer);
+
+    // set up the ui side
+    var webWorkerMain = new WebWorkerMain(tb.compiler, tb.renderer, uiRenderViewStore, uiSerializer,
+                                          new AnchorBasedAppRootUrl());
+    webWorkerMain.attachToWorker(uiMessageBus);
+    return broker;
+  }
+
+  function createWorkerRenderer(workerSerializer: Serializer, uiSerializer: Serializer,
+                                tb: DomTestbed, uiRenderViewStore: RenderViewWithFragmentsStore,
+                                workerRenderViewStore: RenderViewWithFragmentsStore):
+      WorkerRenderer {
+    var broker =
+        createBroker(workerSerializer, uiSerializer, tb, uiRenderViewStore, workerRenderViewStore);
+    return new WorkerRenderer(broker, workerRenderViewStore);
+  }
+
+  function createWorkerCompiler(workerSerializer: Serializer, uiSerializer: Serializer,
+                                tb: DomTestbed): WorkerCompiler {
+    var broker = createBroker(workerSerializer, uiSerializer, tb, null, null);
+    return new WorkerCompiler(broker);
+  }
+
+  describe("Web Worker Compiler", function() {
+    var workerSerializer: Serializer;
+    var uiSerializer: Serializer;
+    var workerRenderProtoViewRefStore: RenderProtoViewRefStore;
+    var uiRenderProtoViewRefStore: RenderProtoViewRefStore;
+    var tb: DomTestbed;
+
+    beforeEach(() => {
+      workerRenderProtoViewRefStore = new RenderProtoViewRefStore(true);
+      uiRenderProtoViewRefStore = new RenderProtoViewRefStore(false);
+      workerSerializer = createSerializer(workerRenderProtoViewRefStore, null);
+      uiSerializer = createSerializer(uiRenderProtoViewRefStore, null);
+      tb = createTestInjector([DomTestbed]).get(DomTestbed);
+    });
+
+    function resolveWebWorkerRef(ref: RenderProtoViewRef) {
+      var refNumber = (<WebworkerRenderProtoViewRef>ref).refNumber;
+      return resolveInternalDomProtoView(uiRenderProtoViewRefStore.deserialize(refNumber));
+    }
+
+    it('should build the proto view', inject([AsyncTestCompleter], (async) => {
+         var compiler: WorkerCompiler = createWorkerCompiler(workerSerializer, uiSerializer, tb);
+
+         var dirMetadata = DirectiveMetadata.create(
+             {id: 'id', selector: 'CUSTOM', type: DirectiveMetadata.COMPONENT_TYPE});
+         compiler.compileHost(dirMetadata)
+             .then((protoView) => {
+               expect(DOM.tagName(DOM.firstChild(
+                          DOM.content(resolveWebWorkerRef(protoView.render).rootElement))))
+                   .toEqual('CUSTOM');
+               expect(protoView).not.toBeNull();
+               async.done();
+             });
+       }));
+  });
+
+  describe("Web Worker Renderer", () => {
+    beforeEachBindings(() => [DomTestbed]);
+    var renderer: WorkerRenderer;
+    var workerSerializer: Serializer;
+    var workerRenderViewStore: RenderViewWithFragmentsStore;
+    var uiRenderViewStore: RenderViewWithFragmentsStore;
+    var uiSerializer: Serializer;
+    var tb: DomTestbed;
+
+    /**
+     * Seriliazes the given obj with the uiSerializer and then returns the version that
+     * the worker would deserialize
+     */
+    function serialize(obj: any, type: Type): any {
+      var serialized = uiSerializer.serialize(obj, type);
+      return workerSerializer.deserialize(serialized, type);
+    }
+
+    beforeEach(() => {
+      workerRenderViewStore = new RenderViewWithFragmentsStore(true);
+      tb = createTestInjector([DomTestbed]).get(DomTestbed);
+      uiRenderViewStore = new RenderViewWithFragmentsStore(false);
+      workerSerializer = createSerializer(new RenderProtoViewRefStore(true), workerRenderViewStore);
+      uiSerializer = createSerializer(new RenderProtoViewRefStore(false), uiRenderViewStore);
+      renderer = createWorkerRenderer(workerSerializer, uiSerializer, tb, uiRenderViewStore,
+                                      workerRenderViewStore);
+    });
+
+
+    it('should create and destroy root host views while using the given elements in place',
+       inject([AsyncTestCompleter], (async) => {
+         tb.compiler.compileHost(someComponent)
+             .then((hostProtoViewDto: any) => {
+               hostProtoViewDto = serialize(hostProtoViewDto, ProtoViewDto);
+               var viewWithFragments =
+                   renderer.createRootHostView(hostProtoViewDto.render, 1, '#root');
+               var view = new WorkerTestRootView(viewWithFragments, uiRenderViewStore);
+
+               expect(tb.rootEl.parentNode).toBeTruthy();
+               expect(view.hostElement).toBe(tb.rootEl);
+
+               renderer.detachFragment(viewWithFragments.fragmentRefs[0]);
+               renderer.destroyView(viewWithFragments.viewRef);
+               expect(tb.rootEl.parentNode).toBeFalsy();
+
+               async.done();
+             });
+       }));
+
+    it('should update text nodes', inject([AsyncTestCompleter], (async) => {
+         tb.compileAndMerge(
+               someComponent,
+               [
+                 new ViewDefinition(
+                     {componentId: 'someComponent', template: '{{a}}', directives: []})
+               ])
+             .then((protoViewMergeMappings) => {
+               protoViewMergeMappings =
+                   serialize(protoViewMergeMappings, RenderProtoViewMergeMapping);
+               var rootView = renderer.createView(protoViewMergeMappings.mergedProtoViewRef, 1);
+               renderer.hydrateView(rootView.viewRef);
+
+               renderer.setText(rootView.viewRef, 0, 'hello');
+               var view = new WorkerTestRootView(rootView, uiRenderViewStore);
+               expect(view.hostElement).toHaveText('hello');
+               async.done();
+             });
+       }));
+
+
+    it('should update any element property/attributes/class/style independent of the compilation on the root element and other elements',
+       inject([AsyncTestCompleter], (async) => {
+         tb.compileAndMerge(someComponent,
+                            [
+                              new ViewDefinition({
+                                componentId: 'someComponent',
+                                template: '<input [title]="y" style="position:absolute">',
+                                directives: []
+                              })
+                            ])
+             .then((protoViewMergeMappings) => {
+               protoViewMergeMappings =
+                   serialize(protoViewMergeMappings, RenderProtoViewMergeMapping);
+
+               var checkSetters = (elr, el) => {
+                 renderer.setElementProperty(elr, 'tabIndex', 1);
+                 expect((<HTMLInputElement>el).tabIndex).toEqual(1);
+
+                 renderer.setElementClass(elr, 'a', true);
+                 expect(DOM.hasClass(el, 'a')).toBe(true);
+                 renderer.setElementClass(elr, 'a', false);
+                 expect(DOM.hasClass(el, 'a')).toBe(false);
+
+                 renderer.setElementStyle(elr, 'width', '10px');
+                 expect(DOM.getStyle(el, 'width')).toEqual('10px');
+                 renderer.setElementStyle(elr, 'width', null);
+                 expect(DOM.getStyle(el, 'width')).toEqual('');
+
+                 renderer.setElementAttribute(elr, 'someAttr', 'someValue');
+                 expect(DOM.getAttribute(el, 'some-attr')).toEqual('someValue');
+               };
+
+               var rootViewWithFragments =
+                   renderer.createView(protoViewMergeMappings.mergedProtoViewRef, 1);
+               renderer.hydrateView(rootViewWithFragments.viewRef);
+
+               var rootView = new WorkerTestRootView(rootViewWithFragments, uiRenderViewStore);
+               // root element
+               checkSetters(elRef(rootViewWithFragments.viewRef, 0), rootView.hostElement);
+               // nested elements
+               checkSetters(elRef(rootViewWithFragments.viewRef, 1),
+                            DOM.firstChild(rootView.hostElement));
+
+               async.done();
+             });
+       }));
+
+    it('should add and remove empty fragments', inject([AsyncTestCompleter], (async) => {
+         tb.compileAndMerge(someComponent,
+                            [
+                              new ViewDefinition({
+                                componentId: 'someComponent',
+                                template: '<template></template><template></template>',
+                                directives: []
+                              })
+                            ])
+             .then((protoViewMergeMappings) => {
+               protoViewMergeMappings =
+                   serialize(protoViewMergeMappings, RenderProtoViewMergeMapping);
+               var rootViewWithFragments =
+                   renderer.createView(protoViewMergeMappings.mergedProtoViewRef, 3);
+
+               var elr = elRef(rootViewWithFragments.viewRef, 1);
+               var rootView = new WorkerTestRootView(rootViewWithFragments, uiRenderViewStore);
+               expect(rootView.hostElement).toHaveText('');
+               var fragment = rootViewWithFragments.fragmentRefs[1];
+               var fragment2 = rootViewWithFragments.fragmentRefs[2];
+               renderer.attachFragmentAfterElement(elr, fragment);
+               renderer.attachFragmentAfterFragment(fragment, fragment2);
+               renderer.detachFragment(fragment);
+               renderer.detachFragment(fragment2);
+               expect(rootView.hostElement).toHaveText('');
+
+               async.done();
+             });
+       }));
+
+    if (DOM.supportsDOMEvents()) {
+      it('should call actions on the element independent of the compilation',
+         inject([AsyncTestCompleter], (async) => {
+           tb.compileAndMerge(someComponent,
+                              [
+                                new ViewDefinition({
+                                  componentId: 'someComponent',
+                                  template: '<input [title]="y"></input>',
+                                  directives: []
+                                })
+                              ])
+               .then((protoViewMergeMappings) => {
+                 protoViewMergeMappings =
+                     serialize(protoViewMergeMappings, RenderProtoViewMergeMapping);
+                 var rootViewWithFragments =
+                     renderer.createView(protoViewMergeMappings.mergedProtoViewRef, 1);
+                 var rootView = new WorkerTestRootView(rootViewWithFragments, uiRenderViewStore);
+
+                 renderer.invokeElementMethod(elRef(rootViewWithFragments.viewRef, 1),
+                                              'setAttribute', ['a', 'b']);
+
+                 expect(DOM.getAttribute(DOM.childNodes(rootView.hostElement)[0], 'a'))
+                     .toEqual('b');
+                 async.done();
+               });
+         }));
+    }
+  });
+}
+
+class WorkerTestRootView extends TestRootView {
+  constructor(workerViewWithFragments: RenderViewWithFragments, uiRenderViewStore) {
+    super(new RenderViewWithFragments(
+        uiRenderViewStore.retreive(
+            (<WorkerRenderViewRef>workerViewWithFragments.viewRef).refNumber),
+        ListWrapper.map(workerViewWithFragments.fragmentRefs,
+                        (val) => { return uiRenderViewStore.retreive(val.refNumber); })));
+  }
+}
+
+function createSerializer(protoViewRefStore: RenderProtoViewRefStore,
+                          renderViewStore: RenderViewWithFragmentsStore): Serializer {
+  var injector = createTestInjector([
+    bind(RenderProtoViewRefStore)
+        .toValue(protoViewRefStore),
+    bind(RenderViewWithFragmentsStore).toValue(renderViewStore)
+  ]);
+  return injector.get(Serializer);
+}
+
+class MockMessageBusSource implements MessageBusSource {
+  private _listenerStore: Map<int, SourceListener> = new Map<int, SourceListener>();
+  private _numListeners: number = 0;
+
+  addListener(fn: SourceListener): int {
+    this._listenerStore.set(++this._numListeners, fn);
+    return this._numListeners;
+  }
+
+  removeListener(index: int): void { MapWrapper.delete(this._listenerStore, index); }
+
+  receive(message: Object): void {
+    MapWrapper.forEach(this._listenerStore, (fn: SourceListener, key: int) => { fn(message); });
+  }
+}
+
+class MockMessageBusSink implements MessageBusSink {
+  private _sendTo: MockMessageBusSource;
+
+  send(message: Object): void { this._sendTo.receive({'data': message}); }
+
+  attachToSource(source: MockMessageBusSource) { this._sendTo = source; }
+}
+
+class MockMessageBus implements MessageBus {
+  constructor(public sink: MockMessageBusSink, public source: MockMessageBusSource) {}
+  attachToBus(bus: MockMessageBus) { this.sink.attachToSource(bus.source); }
+}

modules/benchmarks/src/compiler/compiler_benchmark.ts

@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ export function main() {
                                                  new ViewLoader(null, null, null));
   var compiler = new Compiler(reader, cache, viewResolver, new ComponentUrlMapper(), urlResolver,
                               renderCompiler, new ProtoViewFactory(new DynamicChangeDetection()),
-                              new FakeAppRootUrl());
+                              new AppRootUrl(""));
 
   function measureWrapper(func, desc) {
     return function() {
@@ -161,7 +161,3 @@ class BenchmarkComponentNoBindings {
 })
 class BenchmarkComponentWithBindings {
 }
-
-class FakeAppRootUrl extends AppRootUrl {
-  get value() { return ''; }
-}

modules/examples/src/message_broker/background_index.dart

@@ -10,16 +10,16 @@ import "dart:isolate";
 main(List<String> args, SendPort replyTo) {
   ReceivePort rPort = new ReceivePort();
   WorkerMessageBus bus = new WorkerMessageBus.fromPorts(replyTo, rPort);
-  bus.source.listen((message) {
+  bus.source.addListener((message) {
     if (identical(message['data']['type'], "echo")) {
       bus.sink
           .send({"type": "echo_response", "value": message['data']['value']});
     }
   });
 
-  MessageBroker broker = new MessageBroker(bus);
+  MessageBroker broker = new MessageBroker(bus, null);
   var args = new UiArguments("test", "tester");
-  broker.runOnUiThread(args).then((data) {
-    bus.sink.send({"type": "result", "value": data.value});
+  broker.runOnUiThread(args, String).then((data) {
+    bus.sink.send({"type": "result", "value": data});
   });
 }

modules/examples/src/message_broker/background_index.ts

@@ -4,17 +4,18 @@ import {
   WorkerMessageBusSink
 } from "angular2/src/web-workers/worker/application";
 import {MessageBroker, UiArguments} from "angular2/src/web-workers/worker/broker";
+import {Serializer} from "angular2/src/web-workers/shared/serializer";
 
 export function main() {
   var bus = new WorkerMessageBus(new WorkerMessageBusSink(), new WorkerMessageBusSource());
-  bus.source.listen((message) => {
+  bus.source.addListener((message) => {
     if (message.data.type === "echo") {
       bus.sink.send({type: "echo_response", 'value': message.data.value});
     }
   });
 
-  var broker = new MessageBroker(bus);
+  var broker = new MessageBroker(bus, new Serializer(null));
   var args = new UiArguments("test", "tester");
-  broker.runOnUiThread(args)
-      .then((data) => { bus.sink.send({type: "result", value: data.value}); });
+  broker.runOnUiThread(args, String)
+      .then((data: string) => { bus.sink.send({type: "result", value: data}); });
 }

modules/examples/src/message_broker/index.dart

@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ main() {
       var val = (querySelector("#echo_input") as InputElement).value;
       bus.sink.send({'type': 'echo', 'value': val});
     });
-    bus.source.listen((message) {
+    bus.source.addListener((message) {
       var data = message['data'];
       if (identical(data['type'], "echo_response")) {
         querySelector("#echo_result")

modules/examples/src/message_broker/index.ts

@@ -13,7 +13,8 @@ document.getElementById("send_echo")
       var val = (<HTMLInputElement>document.getElementById("echo_input")).value;
       bus.sink.send({type: "echo", value: val});
     });
-bus.source.listen((message) => {
+
+bus.source.addListener((message) => {
   if (message.data.type === "echo_response") {
     document.getElementById("echo_result").innerHTML =
         `<span class='response'>${message.data.value}</span>`;

modules/examples/src/web_workers/background_index.dart

@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+library examples.src.web_workers.index;
+
+import "index_common.dart" show HelloCmp;
+import "dart:isolate";
+import "package:angular2/src/web-workers/worker/application.dart" show bootstrapWebworker;
+import "package:angular2/src/reflection/reflection_capabilities.dart";
+import "package:angular2/src/reflection/reflection.dart";
+
+main(List<String> args, SendPort replyTo){
+  reflector.reflectionCapabilities = new ReflectionCapabilities();
+  bootstrapWebworker(replyTo, HelloCmp);
+}

modules/examples/src/web_workers/background_index.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+import {HelloCmp} from "./index_common";
+import {bootstrapWebworker} from "angular2/src/web-workers/worker/application";
+
+export function main() {
+  bootstrapWebworker(HelloCmp);
+}

modules/examples/src/web_workers/example.dart

@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+library angular2.examples.web_workers;
+
+import "package:angular2/src/web-workers/ui/application.dart" show bootstrap;
+import "package:angular2/src/reflection/reflection_capabilities.dart";
+import "package:angular2/src/reflection/reflection.dart";
+
+main(){
+  reflector.reflectionCapabilities = new ReflectionCapabilities();
+  bootstrap("background_index.dart");
+}

modules/examples/src/web_workers/example.html

@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+<!doctype html>
+<html>
+  <title>Hello Angular 2.0</title>
+<body>
+  <hello-app>
+    Loading...
+  </hello-app>
+
+  $SCRIPTS$
+</body>
+</html>

modules/examples/src/web_workers/example.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+import {bootstrap} from "angular2/src/web-workers/ui/application";
+bootstrap("loader.js");

modules/examples/src/web_workers/index_common.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+import {ElementRef, Component, Directive, View, Injectable, Renderer} from 'angular2/angular2';
+
+// A service available to the Injector, used by the HelloCmp component.
+@Injectable()
+class GreetingService {
+  greeting: string = 'hello';
+}
+
+// Directives are light-weight. They don't allow new
+// expression contexts (use @Component for those needs).
+@Directive({selector: '[red]'})
+class RedDec {
+  // ElementRef is always injectable and it wraps the element on which the
+  // directive was found by the compiler.
+  constructor(el: ElementRef, renderer: Renderer) { renderer.setElementStyle(el, 'color', 'red'); }
+  // constructor(renderer: Renderer) {}
+}
+
+// Angular 2.0 supports 2 basic types of directives:
+// - Component - the basic building blocks of Angular 2.0 apps. Backed by
+//   ShadowDom.(http://www.html5rocks.com/en/tutorials/webcomponents/shadowdom/)
+// - Directive - add behavior to existing elements.
+
+// @Component is AtScript syntax to annotate the HelloCmp class as an Angular
+// 2.0 component.
+@Component({
+  // The Selector prop tells Angular on which elements to instantiate this
+  // class. The syntax supported is a basic subset of CSS selectors, for example
+  // 'element', '[attr]', [attr=foo]', etc.
+  selector: 'hello-app',
+  // These are services that would be created if a class in the component's
+  // template tries to inject them.
+  viewInjector: [GreetingService]
+})
+// The template for the component.
+@View({
+  // Expressions in the template (like {{greeting}}) are evaluated in the
+  // context of the HelloCmp class below.
+  template: `<div class="greeting">{{greeting}} <span red>world</span>!</div>
+           <button class="changeButton">change greeting</button>`,
+  // All directives used in the template need to be specified. This allows for
+  // modularity (RedDec can only be used in this template)
+  // and better tooling (the template can be invalidated if the attribute is
+  // misspelled).
+  directives: [RedDec]
+})
+export class HelloCmp {
+  greeting: string;
+
+  constructor(service: GreetingService) { this.greeting = service.greeting; }
+
+  changeGreeting(): void { this.greeting = 'howdy'; }
+}

modules/examples/src/web_workers/loader.js

@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+$SCRIPTS$
+
+    // TODO (jteplitz) Monkey patch this from within angular (#3207)
+    window = {
+      setTimeout: setTimeout,
+      Map: Map,
+      Set: Set,
+      Array: Array,
+      Reflect: Reflect,
+      RegExp: RegExp,
+      Promise: Promise,
+      Date: Date
+    };
+assert = function() {}
+
+
+         System.import("examples/src/web_workers/background_index")
+             .then(
+                 function(m) {
+                   console.log("running main");
+                   try {
+                     m.main();
+                   } catch (e) {
+                     console.error(e);
+                   }
+                 },
+                 function(error) { console.error("error loading background", error); });

tools/broccoli/js-replace/SCRIPTS.js

@@ -1,7 +1,3 @@
-importScripts("traceur-runtime.js",
-    "es6-module-loader-sans-promises.src.js",
-    "system.src.js",
-    "extension-register.js",
-    "extension-cjs.js",
-    "Reflect.js",
-    "runtime_paths.js");
+importScripts("/examples/src/assets/zone-microtask-web-workers.js", "long-stack-trace-zone.js",
+              "traceur-runtime.js", "es6-module-loader-sans-promises.src.js", "system.src.js",
+              "extension-register.js", "extension-cjs.js", "Reflect.js", "runtime_paths.js");

tools/broccoli/trees/browser_tree.ts

@@ -61,7 +61,8 @@ const kServedPaths = [
   'examples/src/material/progress-linear',
   'examples/src/material/radio',
   'examples/src/material/switcher',
-  'examples/src/message_broker'
+  'examples/src/message_broker',
+  'examples/src/web_workers'
 ];