Angular2 unit test with @Input()

Question

I've got a component that uses the @Input() annotation on an instance variable and I'm trying to write my unit test for the openProductPage() method, but I'm a little lost at how I setup my unit test. I could make that instance variable public, but I don't think I should have to resort to that.

How do I setup my Jasmine test so that a mocked product is injected (provided?) and I can test the openProductPage() method?

My component:

import {Component, Input} from "angular2/core";
import {Router} from "angular2/router";

import {Product} from "../models/Product";

@Component({
    selector: "product-thumbnail",
    templateUrl: "app/components/product-thumbnail/product-thumbnail.html"
})

export class ProductThumbnail {
    @Input() private product: Product;


    constructor(private router: Router) {
    }

    public openProductPage() {
        let id: string = this.product.id;
        this.router.navigate([“ProductPage”, {id: id}]);
    }
}

Answer 1

this is from official documentation https://angular.io/docs/ts/latest/guide/testing.html#!#component-fixture. So you can create new input object expectedHero and pass it to the component comp.hero = expectedHero

Also make sure to call fixture.detectChanges(); last, otherwise property will not be bound to component.

Working Example

// async beforeEach
beforeEach( async(() => {
    TestBed.configureTestingModule({
        declarations: [ DashboardHeroComponent ],
    })
    .compileComponents(); // compile template and css
}));

// synchronous beforeEach
beforeEach(() => {
    fixture = TestBed.createComponent(DashboardHeroComponent);
    comp    = fixture.componentInstance;
    heroEl  = fixture.debugElement.query(By.css('.hero')); // find hero element

    // pretend that it was wired to something that supplied a hero
    expectedHero = new Hero(42, 'Test Name');
    comp.hero = expectedHero;
    fixture.detectChanges(); // trigger initial data binding
});