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# DESIGN DOC (Ivy): Separate Compilation
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AUTHOR: chuckj@
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## Background
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### Angular 5 (Renderer2)
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In 5.0 and prior versions of Angular the compiler performs whole program
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analysis and generates template and injector definitions that use
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this global knowledge to flatten injector scope definitions, inline
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directives into the component, pre-calculate queries, pre-calculate
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content projection, etc. This global knowledge requires that module and
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component factories are generated as the final global step when compiling
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a module. If any of the transitive information changed, then all factories
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need to be regenerated.
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Separate component and module compilation is supported only at the module
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definition level and only from the source. That is, npm packages must contain
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the metadata necessary to generate the factories. They cannot contain,
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themselves, the generated factories. This is because if any of their
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dependencies change, their factories would be invalid, preventing them from
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using version ranges in their dependencies. To support producing factories
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from compiled source (already translated by TypeScript into JavaScript)
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libraries include metadata that describe the content of the Angular
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decorators.
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This document refers to this style of code generation as Renderer2 (after the
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name of the renderer class it uses at runtime).
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### Angular Ivy
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In Ivy, the runtime is crafted in a way that allows for separate compilation
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by performing at runtime much of what was previously pre-calculated by
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the compiler. This allows the definition of components to change without
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requiring modules and components that depend on them to be recompiled.
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The mental model of Ivy is that the decorator is the compiler. That is,
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the decorator can be thought of as parameters to a class transformer that
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transforms the class by generating definitions based on the decorator
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parameters. A `@Component` decorator transforms the class by adding
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an `ɵcmp` static property, `@Directive` adds `ɵdir`,
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`@Pipe` adds `ɵpipe`, etc. In most cases the values supplied to the
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decorator are sufficient to generate the definition. However, in the case of
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interpreting the template, the compiler needs to know the selector defined for
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each component, directive and pipe that are in the scope of the template. The
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purpose of this document is to define the information that is needed by the
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compiler, and how that information is serialized to be discovered and
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used by subsequent calls to `ngc`.
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This document refers to this style of code generation as Ivy (after the code
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name of the project to create it). It would be more consistent to refer to it
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as Renderer3, but that looks too similar to Renderer2.
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## Information needed
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The information available across compilations in Angular 5 is represented in
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the compiler by a summary description. For example, components and directives
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are represented by the [`CompileDirectiveSummary`](https://github.com/angular/angular/blob/d3827a0017fd5ff5ac0f6de8a19692ce47bf91b4/packages/compiler/src/compile_metadata.ts#L257).
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The following table shows where this information ends up in an ivy compiled
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class:
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### `CompileDirectiveSummary`
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| field | destination |
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|---------------------|-----------------------|
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| `type` | implicit |
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| `isComponent` | `ɵcmp` |
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| `selector` | `ngModuleScope` |
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| `exportAs` | `ɵdir` |
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| `inputs` | `ɵdir` |
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| `outputs` | `ɵdir` |
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| `hostListeners` | `ɵdir` |
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| `hostProperties` | `ɵdir` |
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| `hostAttributes` | `ɵdir` |
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| `providers` | `ɵinj` |
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| `viewProviders` | `ɵcmp` |
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| `queries` | `ɵdir` |
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| `guards` | not used |
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| `viewQueries` | `ɵcmp` |
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| `entryComponents` | not used |
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| `changeDetection` | `ɵcmp` |
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| `template` | `ɵcmp` |
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| `componentViewType` | not used |
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| `renderType` | not used |
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| `componentFactory` | not used |
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Only one definition is generated per class. All components are directives so a
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`ɵcmp` contains all the `ɵdir` information. All directives
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are injectable so `ɵcmp` and `ɵdir` contain `ɵprov`
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information.
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For `CompilePipeSummary` the table looks like:
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#### `CompilePipeSummary`
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| field | destination |
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|---------------------|-----------------------|
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| `type` | implicit |
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| `name` | `ngModuleScope` |
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| `pure` | `ɵpipe` |
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The only pieces of information that are not generated into the definition are
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the directive selector and the pipe name as they go into the module scope.
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The information needed to build an `ngModuleScope` needs to be communicated
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from the directive and pipe to the module that declares them.
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## Metadata
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### Angular 5
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Angular 5 uses `.metadata.json` files to store information that is directly
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inferred from the `.ts` files and include value information that is not
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included in the `.d.ts` file produced by TypeScript. Because only exports for
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types are included in `.d.ts` files and might not include the exports necessary
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for values, the metadata includes export clauses from the `.ts` file.
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When a module is flattened into a FESM (Flat ECMAScript Module), a flat
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metadata file is also produced which is the metadata for all symbols exported
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from the module index. The metadata represents what the `.metadata.json` file
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would look like if all the symbols were declared in the index instead of
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reexported from the index.
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### Angular Ivy
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The metadata for a class in ivy is transformed to be what the metadata of the
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transformed .js file produced by the Ivy compiler would be. For example, a
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component's `@Component` is removed by the compiler and replaced by a `ɵcmp`.
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The `.metadata.json` file is similarly transformed but the content of the
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value assigned is elided (e.g. `"ɵcmp": {}`). The compiler doesn't
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record the selector declared for a component but it is needed to produce the
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`ngModuleScope` so the information is recorded as if a static field
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`ngSelector` was declared on class with the value of the `selector` field
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from the `@Component` or `@Directive` decorator.
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The following transformations are performed:
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#### `@Component`
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The metadata for a component is transformed by:
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1. Removing the `@Component` directive.
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2. Add `"ɵcmp": {}` static field.
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3. Add `"ngSelector": <selector-value>` static field.
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##### Example
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*my.component.ts*
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```ts
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@Component({
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selector: 'my-comp',
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template: `<h1>Hello, {{name}}!</h1>`
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})
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export class MyComponent {
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@Input() name: string;
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}
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```
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*my.component.js*
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```js
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export class MyComponent {
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name: string;
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static ɵcmp = ɵɵdefineComponent({...});
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}
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```
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*my.component.metadata.json*
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```json
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{
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"__symbolic": "module",
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"version": 4,
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"metadata": {
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"MyComponent": {
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"__symbolic": "class",
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"statics": {
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"ɵcmp": {},
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"ngSelector": "my-comp"
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}
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}
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}
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}
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```
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Note that this is exactly what is produced if the transform had been done
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manually or by some other compiler before `ngc` compiler is invoked. That is why
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this model has the advantage that there is no magic introduced by the compiler,
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as it treats classes annotated by `@Component` identically to those produced
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manually.
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#### `@Directive`
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The metadata for a directive is transformed by:
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1. Removing the `@Directive` directive.
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2. Add `"ɵdir": {}` static field.
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3. Add `"ngSelector": <selector-value>` static field.
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##### example
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*my.directive.ts*
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```ts
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@Directive({selector: '[my-dir]'})
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export class MyDirective {
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@HostBinding('id') dirId = 'some id';
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}
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```
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*my.directive.js*
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```js
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export class MyDirective {
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constructor() {
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this.dirId = 'some id';
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}
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static ɵdir = ɵɵdefineDirective({...});
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}
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```
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*my.directive.metadata.json*
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```json
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{
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"__symbolic": "module",
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"version": 4,
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"metadata": {
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"MyDirective": {
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"__symbolic": "class",
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"statics": {
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"ɵdir": {},
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"ngSelector": "[my-dir]"
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}
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}
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}
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}
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```
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#### `@Pipe`
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The metadata for a pipe is transformed by:
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1. Removing the `@Pipe` directive.
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2. Add `"ɵpipe": {}` static field.
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3. Add `"ngSelector": <name-value>` static field.
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##### example
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*my.pipe.ts*
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```ts
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@Pipe({name: 'myPipe'})
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export class MyPipe implements PipeTransform {
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transform(...) ...
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}
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```
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*my.pipe.js*
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```js
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export class MyPipe {
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transform(...) ...
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static ɵpipe = ɵɵdefinePipe({...});
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}
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```
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*my.pipe.metadata.json*
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```json
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{
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"__symbolic": "module",
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"version": 4,
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"metadata": {
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"MyPipe": {
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"__symbolic": "class",
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"statics": {
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"ɵpipe": {},
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"ngSelector": "myPipe"
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}
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}
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}
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}
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```
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#### `@NgModule`
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The metadata for a module is transformed by:
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1. Remove the `@NgModule` directive.
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2. Add `"ɵinj": {}` static field.
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3. Add `"ngModuleScope": <module-scope>` static field.
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The scope value is an array the following type:
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```ts
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export type ModuleScope = ModuleScopeEntry[];
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export interface ModuleDirectiveEntry {
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type: Type;
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selector: string;
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}
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export interface ModulePipeEntry {
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type: Type;
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name: string;
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isPipe: true;
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}
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export interface ModuleExportEntry {
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type: Type;
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isModule: true;
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}
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type ModuleScopeEntry = ModuleDirectiveEntry | ModulePipeEntry | ModuleExportEntry;
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```
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where the `type` values are generated as references.
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##### example
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*my.module.ts*
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```ts
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@NgModule({
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imports: [CommonModule, UtilityModule],
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declarations: [MyComponent, MyDirective, MyPipe],
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exports: [MyComponent, MyDirective, MyPipe, UtilityModule],
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providers: [{
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provide: Service, useClass: ServiceImpl
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}]
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})
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export class MyModule {}
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```
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*my.module.js*
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```js
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export class MyModule {
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static ɵinj = ɵɵdefineInjector(...);
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}
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```
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*my.module.metadata.json*
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```json
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{
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"__symbolic": "module",
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"version": 4,
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"metadata": {
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"MyModule": {
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"__symbolic": "class",
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"statics": {
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"ɵinj": {},
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"ngModuleScope": [
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{
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"type": {
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"__symbolic": "reference",
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"module": "./my.component",
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"name": "MyComponent"
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},
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"selector": "my-comp"
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},
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{
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"type": {
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"__symbolic": "reference",
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"module": "./my.directive",
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"name": "MyDirective"
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},
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"selector": "[my-dir]"
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},
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{
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"type": {
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"__symbolic": "reference",
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"module": "./my.pipe",
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"name": "MyPipe"
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},
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"name": "myPipe",
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"isPipe": true
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},
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{
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"type": {
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"__symbolic": "reference",
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"module": "./utility.module",
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"name": "UtilityModule"
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},
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"isModule": true
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}
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]
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}
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}
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}
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}
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```
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Note that this is identical to what would have been generated if the this was
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manually written as:
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```ts
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export class MyModule {
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static ɵinj = ɵɵdefineInjector({
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providers: [{
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provide: Service, useClass: ServiceImpl
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}],
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imports: [CommonModule, UtilityModule]
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});
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static ngModuleScope = [{
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type: MyComponent,
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selector: 'my-comp'
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}, {
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type: MyDirective,
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selector: '[my-dir]'
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}, {
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type: MyPipe,
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name: 'myPipe'
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}, {
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type: UtilityModule,
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isModule: true
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}];
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}
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```
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except for the call to `ɵɵdefineInjector` would generate a `{ __symbolic: 'error' }`
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value which is ignored by the ivy compiler. This allows the system to ignore
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the difference between manually and mechanically created module definitions.
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## Manual Considerations
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With this proposal, the compiler treats manually and mechanically generated
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Angular definitions identically. This allows flexibility not only in the future
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for how the declarations are mechanically produced, it also allows an alternative
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mechanism to generate declarations that can be easily explored without altering the
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compiler or dependent tool chain. It also allows third-party code generators
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with possibly different component syntaxes to generate a component that is fully
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understood by the compiler.
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Unfortunately, manually generated modules contain references to
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classes that might not be necessary at runtime. Manually or third-party
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components can get the same payload properties of an Angular generated
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component by annotating the `ngSelector` and `ngModuleScope` properties with
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`// @__BUILD_OPTIMIZER_REMOVE_` comment which will cause the build optimizer
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to remove the declaration.
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##### Example
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For example the above manually created module would have better payload
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properties by including a `// @__BUILD_OPTIMIZER_REMOVE_` comment:
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```ts
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export class MyModule {
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static ɵinj = ɵɵdefineInjector({
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providers: [{
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provide: Service, useClass: ServiceImpl
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}],
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imports: [CommonModule, UtilityModule]
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});
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// @__BUILD_OPTIMIZER_REMOVE_
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static ngModuleScope = [{
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type: MyComponent,
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selector: 'my-comp'
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}, {
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type: MyDirective,
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selector: '[my-dir]'
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}, {
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type: MyPipe,
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name: 'myPipe'
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}, {
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type: UtilityModule,
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isModule: true
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}];
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}
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```
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## `ngc` output (non-Bazel)
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The cases that `ngc` handle are producing an application and producing a
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reusable library used in an application.
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### Application output
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The output of the Ivy compiler only optionally generates the factories
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generated by the Renderer2 style output of Angular 5.0. In Ivy, the information
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that was generated in factories is now generated in Angular as a definition
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that is generated as a static field in the Angular decorated class.
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Renderer2 requires that, when building the final application, all factories for
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all libraries also be generated. In Ivy, the definitions are generated when
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the library is compiled.
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The Ivy compile can adapt Renderer2 target libraries by generating the factories
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for them and back-patching, at runtime, the static property into the class.
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#### Back-patching module (`"renderer2BackPatching"`)
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When an application contains Renderer2 target libraries the Ivy definitions
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need to be back-patch onto the component, directive, module, pipe, and
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injectable classes.
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If the Angular compiler option `"renderer2BackPatching"` is enabled, the
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compiler will generate an `angular.back-patch` module into the root output
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directory of the project. If `"generateRenderer2Factories"` is set to `true`
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then the default value for `"renderer2BackPatching"` is `true` and it is an
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error for it to be `false`. `"renderer2BackPatching"` is ignored if `"enableIvy"`
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is `false`.
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`angular.back-patch` exports a function per `@NgModule` for the entire
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application, including previously compiled libraries. The name of the function
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is determined by name of the imported module with all non alphanumeric
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character, including '`/`' and '`.`', replaced by '`_`'.
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The back-patch functions will call the back-patch function of any module they
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import. This means that only the application's module and lazy loaded modules
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back-patching functions need to be called. If using the Renderer2 module factory
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instances, this is performed automatically when the first application module
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instance is created.
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#### Renderer2 Factories (`"generateRenderer2Factories"`)
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`ngc` can generate an implementation of `NgModuleFactory` in the same location
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that Angular 5.0 would generate it. This implementation of `NgModuleFactory`
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will back-patch the Renderer2 style classes when the first module instance is
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created by calling the correct back-patching function generated in the`angular.back-patch`
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module.
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Renderer2 style factories are created when the `"generateRenderer2Factories"`
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Angular compiler option is `true`. Setting `"generateRenderer2Factories"` implies
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`"renderer2BackPatching"` is also `true` and it is an error to explicitly set it
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to `false`. `"generateRenderer2Factories"` is ignored if `"enableIvy"` is
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`false`.
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When this option is `true` a factory module is created with the same public API
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at the same location as Angular 5.0 whenever Angular 5.0 would have generated a
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factory.
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### Recommended options
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The recommended options for producing an ivy application are
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| option | value | |
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| `"enableIvy"` | `true` | required |
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| `"generateRenderer2Factories"` | `true` | implied |
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| `"renderer2BackPatching"` | `true` | implied |
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| `"generateCodeForLibraries"` | `true` | default |
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| `"annotationsAs"` | `remove` | implied |
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| `"preserveWhitespaces"` | `false` | default |
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| `"skipMetadataEmit"` | `true` | default |
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| `"strictMetadataEmit"` | `false` | implied |
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| `"skipTemplateCodegen"` | | ignored |
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The options marked "implied" are implied by other options having the
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recommended value and do not need to be explicitly set. Options marked
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"default" also do not need to be set explicitly.
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## Library output
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Building an Ivy library with `ngc` differs from Renderer2 in that the
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declarations are included in the generated output and should be included in the
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package published to `npm`. The `.metadata.json` files still need to be
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included but they are transformed as described below.
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### Transforming metadata
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As described above, when the compiler adds the declaration to the class it will
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also transform the `.metadata.json` file to reflect the new static fields added
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to the class.
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Once the static fields are added to the metadata, the Ivy compiler no longer
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needs the information in the decorator. When `"enableIvy"` is `true` this
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information is removed from the `.metadata.json` file.
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### Recommended options
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The recommended options for producing a ivy library are:
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| option | value | |
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|--------------------------------|----------|-------------|
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| `"enableIvy"` | `true` | required |
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| `"generateRenderer2Factories"` | `false` | |
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| `"renderer2BackPatching"` | `false` | default |
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| `"generateCodeForLibraries"` | `false` | |
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| `"annotationsAs"` | `remove` | implied |
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| `"preserveWhitespaces"` | `false` | default |
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| `"skipMetadataEmit"` | `false` | |
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| `"strictMetadataEmit"` | `true ` | |
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| `"skipTemplateCodegen"` | | ignored |
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The options marked "implied" are implied by other options having the
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recommended value and do not need to be explicitly set. Options marked
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"default" also do not need to be set explicitly.
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## Simplified options
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The default Angular Compiler options default to, mostly, the recommended set of
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options but the options necessary to set for specific targets are not clear and
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mixing them can produce nonsensical results. The `"target"` option can be used
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to simplify the setting of the compiler options to the recommended values
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depending on the target:
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| target | option | value | |
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|-------------------|--------------------------------|--------------|-------------|
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| `"application"` | `"generateRenderer2Factories"` | `true` | enforced |
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| | `"renderer2BackPatching"` | `true` | enforced |
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| | `"generateCodeForLibraries"` | `true` | |
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| | `"annotationsAs"` | `remove` | |
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| | `"preserveWhitespaces"` | `false` | |
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| | `"skipMetadataEmit"` | `false` | |
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| | `"strictMetadataEmit"` | `true` | |
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| | `"skipTemplateCodegen"` | `false` | |
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| | `"fullTemplateTypeCheck"` | `true` | |
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| | | | |
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| `"library"` | `"generateRenderer2Factories"` | `false` | enforced |
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| | `"renderer2BackPatching"` | `false` | enforced |
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| | `"generateCodeForLibraries"` | `false` | enforced |
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| | `"annotationsAs"` | `decorators` | |
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| | `"preserveWhitespaces"` | `false` | |
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| | `"skipMetadataEmit"` | `false` | enforced |
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| | `"strictMetadataEmit"` | `true` | |
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| | `"skipTemplateCodegen"` | `false` | enforced |
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| | `"fullTemplateTypeCheck"` | `true` | |
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| | | | |
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| `"package"` | `"flatModuleOutFile"` | | required |
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| | `"flatModuleId"` | | required |
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| | `"enableIvy"` | `false` | enforced |
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| | `"generateRenderer2Factories"` | `false` | enforced |
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| | `"renderer2BackPatching"` | `false` | enforced |
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| | `"generateCodeForLibraries"` | `false` | enforced |
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| | `"annotationsAs"` | `remove` | |
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| | `"preserveWhitespaces"` | `false` | |
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| | `"skipMetadataEmit"` | `false` | enforced |
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| | `"strictMetadataEmit"` | `true` | |
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| | `"skipTemplateCodegen"` | `false` | enforced |
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| | `"fullTemplateTypeCheck"` | `true` | |
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Options that are marked "enforced" are reported as an error if they are
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explicitly set to a value different from what is specified here. The options
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marked "required" are required to be set and an error message is displayed if
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no value is supplied but no default is provided.
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The purpose of the "application" target is for the options used when the `ngc`
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invocation contains the root application module. Lazy loaded modules should
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also be considered "application" targets.
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The purpose of the "library" target is for are all `ngc` invocations that do
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not contain the root application module or a lazy loaded module.
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The purpose of the "package" target is to produce a library package that will
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be an entry point for an npm package. Each entry point should be separately
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compiled using a "package" target.
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##### Example - application
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To produce a Renderer2 application the options would look like,
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```json
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{
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"compileOptions": {
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...
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},
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"angularCompilerOptions": {
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"target": "application"
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}
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}
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```
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alternately, since the recommended `"application"` options are the default
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values, the `"angularCompilerOptions"` can be out.
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##### Example - library
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|
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To produce a Renderer2 library the options would look like,
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|
|
```json
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{
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"compileOptions": {
|
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...
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},
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"angularCompilerOptions": {
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"target": "library"
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}
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}
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|
```
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|
|
##### Example - package
|
|
|
|
To produce a Renderer2 package the options would look like,
|
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|
|
```json
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{
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|
"compileOptions": {
|
|
...
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},
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"angularCompilerOptions": {
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"target": "package"
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}
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}
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|
```
|
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|
|
##### Example - Ivy application
|
|
|
|
To produce an Ivy application the options would look like,
|
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|
|
```json
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{
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"compileOptions": {
|
|
...
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|
},
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|
"angularCompilerOptions": {
|
|
"target": "application",
|
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"enableIvy": true
|
|
}
|
|
}
|
|
```
|
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|
|
##### Example - Ivy library
|
|
|
|
To produce an Ivy library the options would look like,
|
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|
|
```json
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|
{
|
|
"compileOptions": {
|
|
...
|
|
},
|
|
"angularCompilerOptions": {
|
|
"target": "library",
|
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"enableIvy": true
|
|
}
|
|
}
|
|
```
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|
|
##### Example - Ivy package
|
|
|
|
Ivy packages are not supported in Angular 6.0 as they are not recommended in
|
|
npm packages as they would only be usable if inside Ivy applications.
|
|
Ivy applications support Renderer2 libraries so npm packages
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|
should all be Renderer2 libraries.
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|
|
## `ng_module` output (Bazel)
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|
|
The `ng_module` rule describes the source necessary to produce a Angular
|
|
library that is reusable and composable into an application.
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|
|
### Angular 5.0
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|
|
|
The `ng_module` rule invokes `ngc`[<sup>1<sup>](#ngc_wrapped) to produce
|
|
the Angular output. However, `ng_module` uses a feature, the `.ngsummary.json`
|
|
file, not normally used and is often difficult to configure correctly.
|
|
|
|
The `.ngsummary.json` describes all the information that is necessary for
|
|
the compiler to use a generated factory. It is produced by actions defined
|
|
in the `ng_module` rule and is consumed by actions defined by `ng_module`
|
|
rules that depend on other `ng_module` rules.
|
|
|
|
### Angular Ivy
|
|
|
|
The `ng_module` rule will still use `ngc` to produce the Angular output but,
|
|
when producing ivy output, it no longer will need the `.ngsummary.json` file.
|
|
|
|
#### `ng_experimental_ivy_srcs`
|
|
|
|
The `ng_experimental_ivy_srcs` can be used as use to cause the ivy versions of
|
|
files to be generated. It is intended the sole dependency of a `ts_dev_server`
|
|
rule and the `ts_dev_server` sources move to `ng_experimental_iv_srcs`.
|
|
|
|
#### `ng_module` Ivy output
|
|
|
|
The `ng_module` is able to provide the Ivy version of the `.js` files which
|
|
will be generated with as `.ivy.js` for the development sources and `.ivy.mjs`
|
|
for the production sources.
|
|
|
|
The `ng_module` rule will also generate a `angular.back_patch.js` and `.mjs`
|
|
files and a `module_scope.json` file. The type of the `module_scope.json` file will
|
|
be:
|
|
|
|
```ts
|
|
interface ModuleScopeSummary {
|
|
[moduleName: string]: ModuleScopeEntry[];
|
|
}
|
|
```
|
|
|
|
where `moduleName` is the name of the as it would appear in an import statement
|
|
in a `.ts` file at the same relative location in the source tree. All the
|
|
references in this file are also relative to this location.
|
|
|
|
##### Example
|
|
|
|
The following is a typical Angular application build in bazel:
|
|
|
|
*src/BUILD.bazel*
|
|
```py
|
|
ng_module(
|
|
name = "src",
|
|
srcs = glob(["*.ts"]),
|
|
deps= ["//common/component"],
|
|
)
|
|
|
|
ts_dev_server(
|
|
name = "server",
|
|
srcs = ":src",
|
|
)
|
|
```
|
|
|
|
To use produce an Ivy version you would add:
|
|
|
|
```py
|
|
ng_experimental_ivy_srcs(
|
|
name = "ivy_srcs",
|
|
srcs = ":src",
|
|
)
|
|
|
|
ts_dev_server(
|
|
name = "server_ivy",
|
|
srcs = [":ivy_srcs"]
|
|
)
|
|
```
|
|
|
|
To serve the Renderer2 version, you would run:
|
|
|
|
```sh
|
|
bazel run :server
|
|
```
|
|
|
|
to serve the Ivy version you would run
|
|
|
|
```sh
|
|
bazel run :server_ivy
|
|
```
|
|
|
|
The `ng_experimental_ivy_srcs` rule is only needed when Ivy is experimental. Once Ivy
|
|
is released, the `ng_experimental_ivy_srcs` dependent rules can be removed.
|
|
|
|
---
|
|
<a name="myfootnote1"><sup>1</sup></a> More correctly, it calls `performCompilation`
|
|
from the `@angular/compiler-cli` which is what `ngc` does too.
|