I'm trying to create a component where you can pass which pipe that should be used for a list inside the component. From what I could find by testing and looking around for answers the only solution appears to create something like:
<my-component myFilter="sortByProperty"></my-component>
my-component
template:
<li *ngFor="#item of list | getPipe:myFilter"></li>
Which then maps myFilter
to the correct pipe logic and runs it, but this seems a bit dirty and not optimal.
I thought they would have come up with a better solution to this problem since Angular 1 where you would also do something along these lines.
Is there not a better way to do this in Angular 2?
Building on borislemke's answer, here's a solution which does not need eval()
and which I find rather clean:
dynamic.pipe.ts:
import {
Injector,
Pipe,
PipeTransform
} from '@angular/core';
@Pipe({
name: 'dynamicPipe'
})
export class DynamicPipe implements PipeTransform {
public constructor(private injector: Injector) {
}
transform(value: any, pipeToken: any, pipeArgs: any[]): any {
if (!pipeToken) {
return value;
}
else {
let pipe = this.injector.get(pipeToken);
return pipe.transform(value, ...pipeArgs);
}
}
}
app.module.ts:
// …
import { DynamicPipe } from './dynamic.pipe';
@NgModule({
declarations: [
// …
DynamicPipe,
],
imports: [
// …
],
providers: [
// list all pipes you would like to use
PercentPipe,
],
bootstrap: [AppComponent]
})
export class AppModule { }
app.component.ts:
import { Component, OnInit } from '@angular/core';
import { PercentPipe } from '@angular/common';
@Component({
selector: 'app-root',
template: `
The following should be a percentage:
{{ myPercentage | dynamicPipe: myPipe:myPipeArgs }}
`,
providers: []
})
export class AppComponent implements OnInit {
myPercentage = 0.5;
myPipe = PercentPipe;
myPipeArgs = [];
}