ng-2 parent-child data inheritance has been a difficulty for me.
What seems that could be a fine working practical solution is filtering my total array of data to an array consisting of only child data referenced by a single parent id. In other words: data-inheritance becomes data filtering by one parent id.
In a concrete example this can look like: filtering a books array to only show the books with a certain store_id
.
import {Component, Input} from 'angular2/core';
export class Store {
id: number;
name: string;
}
export class Book {
id: number;
shop_id: number;
title: string;
}
@Component({
selector: 'book',
template:`
<p>These books should have a label of the shop: {{shop.id}}:</p>
<p *ngFor="#book of booksByShopID">{{book.title}}</p>
`
])
export class BookComponent {
@Input()
store: Store;
public books = BOOKS;
// "Error: books is not defined"
// ( also doesn't work when books.filter is called like: this.books.filter
// "Error: Cannot read property 'filter' of undefined" )
var booksByStoreID = books.filter(book => book.store_id === this.store.id)
}
var BOOKS: Book[] = [
{ 'id': 1, 'store_id': 1, 'name': 'Dichtertje' },
{ 'id': 2, 'store_id': 1, 'name': 'De uitvreter' },
{ 'id': 3, 'store_id': 2, 'name': 'Titaantjes' }
];
TypeScript is new to me, but I think I am close to making things work here.
(Also overwriting the original books array could be an option, then using *ngFor="#book of books"
.)
EDIT Getting closer, but still giving an error.
//changes on top:
import {Component, Input, OnInit} from 'angular2/core';
// ..omitted
//changed component:
export class BookComponent implements OnInit {
@Input()
store: Store;
public books = BOOKS;
// adding the data in a constructor needed for ngInit
// "EXCEPTION: No provider for Array!"
constructor(
booksByStoreID: Book[];
) {}
ngOnInit() {
this.booksByStoreID = this.books.filter(
book => book.store_id === this.store.id);
}
}
// ..omitted
You need to put your code into ngOnInit
and use the this
keyword:
ngOnInit() {
this.booksByStoreID = this.books.filter(
book => book.store_id === this.store.id);
}
You need ngOnInit
because the input store
wouldn't be set into the constructor:
ngOnInit is called right after the directive's data-bound properties have been checked for the first time, and before any of its children have been checked. It is invoked only once when the directive is instantiated.
(https://angular.io/docs/ts/latest/api/core/index/OnInit-interface.html)
In your code, the books filtering is directly defined into the class content...