Angular 2 Jasmine Can't bind to 'routerLink' since it isn't a known property of 'a'
I'm creating a unit test for my Navbar Component and I'm getting an error:
Can't bind to 'routerLink' since it isn't a known property of 'a'
Navbar Component TS
import { Component } from '@angular/core';
import { Router } from '@angular/router';
import { NavActiveService } from '../../../services/navactive.service';
import { GlobalEventsManager } from '../../../services/GlobalEventsManager';
@Component({
moduleId: module.id,
selector: 'my-navbar',
templateUrl: 'navbar.component.html',
styleUrls:['navbar.component.css'],
providers: [NavActiveService]
})
export class NavComponent {
showNavBar: boolean = true;
constructor(private router: Router,
private navactiveservice:NavActiveService,
private globalEventsManager: GlobalEventsManager){
this.globalEventsManager.showNavBar.subscribe((mode:boolean)=>{
this.showNavBar = mode;
});
}
}
Navbar Component Spec
import { ComponentFixture, TestBed, async } from '@angular/core/testing';
import { NavComponent } from './navbar.component';
import { DebugElement } from '@angular/core';
import { By } from '@angular/platform-browser';
import { Router } from '@angular/router';
export function main() {
describe('Navbar component', () => {
let de: DebugElement;
let comp: NavComponent;
let fixture: ComponentFixture<NavComponent>;
let router: Router;
// preparing module for testing
beforeEach(async(() => {
TestBed.configureTestingModule({
declarations: [NavComponent],
}).compileComponents().then(() => {
fixture = TestBed.createComponent(NavComponent);
comp = fixture.componentInstance;
de = fixture.debugElement.query(By.css('p'));
});
}));
it('should create component', () => expect(comp).toBeDefined());
/* it('should have expected <p> text', () => {
fixture.detectChanges();
const h1 = de.nativeElement;
expect(h1.innerText).toMatch(" ");
});*/
});
}
I realize that I need to add router as a spy, but if I add it as a SpyObj and declare it as a provider I get the same error.
Is there a better way for me to add fix this error?
EDIT: Working Unit Test
Built this unit test based on the answer:
import { ComponentFixture, TestBed, async } from '@angular/core/testing';
import { NavComponent } from './navbar.component';
import { DebugElement } from '@angular/core';
import { By } from '@angular/platform-browser';
import { RouterLinkStubDirective, RouterOutletStubComponent } from '../../../../test/router-stubs';
import { Router } from '@angular/router';
import { GlobalEventsManager } from '../../../services/GlobalEventsManager';
import { RouterModule } from '@angular/router';
import { SharedModule } from '../shared.module';
export function main() {
let comp: NavComponent;
let fixture: ComponentFixture<NavComponent>;
let mockRouter:any;
class MockRouter {
//noinspection TypeScriptUnresolvedFunction
navigate = jasmine.createSpy('navigate');
}
describe('Navbar Componenet', () => {
beforeEach( async(() => {
mockRouter = new MockRouter();
TestBed.configureTestingModule({
imports: [ SharedModule ]
})
// Get rid of app's Router configuration otherwise many failures.
// Doing so removes Router declarations; add the Router stubs
.overrideModule(SharedModule, {
remove: {
imports: [ RouterModule ],
},
add: {
declarations: [ RouterLinkStubDirective, RouterOutletStubComponent ],
providers: [ { provide: Router, useValue: mockRouter }, GlobalEventsManager ],
}
})
.compileComponents()
.then(() => {
fixture = TestBed.createComponent(NavComponent);
comp = fixture.componentInstance;
});
}));
tests();
});
function tests() {
let links: RouterLinkStubDirective[];
let linkDes: DebugElement[];
beforeEach(() => {
// trigger initial data binding
fixture.detectChanges();
// find DebugElements with an attached RouterLinkStubDirective
linkDes = fixture.debugElement
.queryAll(By.directive(RouterLinkStubDirective));
// get the attached link directive instances using the DebugElement injectors
links = linkDes
.map(de => de.injector.get(RouterLinkStubDirective) as RouterLinkStubDirective);
});
it('can instantiate it', () => {
expect(comp).not.toBeNull();
});
it('can get RouterLinks from template', () => {
expect(links.length).toBe(5, 'should have 5 links');
expect(links[0].linkParams).toBe( '/', '1st link should go to Home');
expect(links[1].linkParams).toBe('/', '2nd link should go to Home');
expect(links[2].linkParams).toBe('/upload', '3rd link should go to Upload');
expect(links[3].linkParams).toBe('/about', '4th link should to to About');
expect(links[4].linkParams).toBe('/login', '5th link should go to Logout');
});
it('can click Home link in template', () => {
const uploadLinkDe = linkDes[1];
const uploadLink = links[1];
expect(uploadLink.navigatedTo).toBeNull('link should not have navigated yet');
uploadLinkDe.triggerEventHandler('click', null);
fixture.detectChanges();
expect(uploadLink.navigatedTo).toBe('/');
});
it('can click upload link in template', () => {
const uploadLinkDe = linkDes[2];
const uploadLink = links[2];
expect(uploadLink.navigatedTo).toBeNull('link should not have navigated yet');
uploadLinkDe.triggerEventHandler('click', null);
fixture.detectChanges();
expect(uploadLink.navigatedTo).toBe('/upload');
});
it('can click about link in template', () => {
const uploadLinkDe = linkDes[3];
const uploadLink = links[3];
expect(uploadLink.navigatedTo).toBeNull('link should not have navigated yet');
uploadLinkDe.triggerEventHandler('click', null);
fixture.detectChanges();
expect(uploadLink.navigatedTo).toBe('/about');
});
it('can click logout link in template', () => {
const uploadLinkDe = linkDes[4];
const uploadLink = links[4];
expect(uploadLink.navigatedTo).toBeNull('link should not have navigated yet');
uploadLinkDe.triggerEventHandler('click', null);
fixture.detectChanges();
expect(uploadLink.navigatedTo).toBe('/login');
});
}
}
Answer
Just import RouterTestingModule in TestBed.configureTestingModule of your components spec.ts file
Eg:
import { RouterTestingModule } from '@angular/router/testing';
TestBed.configureTestingModule({
imports: [RouterTestingModule],
declarations: [ ComponentHeaderComponent ]
})