I'm trying to build a dynamic table where i wand to decide in run time which pipe to use (If Any).
I'm trying to achieve something similar to (Simplified):
export class CellModel {
public content: any;
public pipe: string
}
Table
<tbody>
<tr *ngFor="let row of data">
<template ngFor let-cell [ngForOf]=row>
<td *ngIf="cell.pipe">{{cell.content | cell.pipe}}</td>
<td *ngIf="!cell.pipe">{{cell.content}}</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
I understand that this example gives an error. Can i use Reflect is some manner or some other solution?
You can't apply pipes dynamically. What you can do is to build a "meta" pipe that decides what transformation(s) to do.
@Pipe({
name: 'meta'
})
class MetaPipe implements PipeTransform {
transform(val, pipes:any[]) {
var result = val;
for(var pipe of pipes) {
result = pipe.transform(result);
}
return result;
}
}
and then use it like
<td *ngIf="cell.pipe">{{cell.content | meta:[cell.pipe]}}</td>
For runtime compile only you can create a directive which will compile template dynamically.
UPDATE:
Using compileModuleAndAllComponentsAsync
for RC.6^
dynamic-pipe.ts
ngAfterViewInit() {
const data = this.data.content;
const pipe = this.data.pipe;
@Component({
selector: 'dynamic-comp',
template: '{{ data | ' + pipe + '}}'
})
class DynamicComponent {
@Input() public data: any;
};
@NgModule({
imports: [BrowserModule],
declarations: [DynamicComponent]
})
class DynamicModule {}
this.compiler.compileModuleAndAllComponentsAsync(DynamicModule)
.then(({moduleFactory, componentFactories}) => {
const compFactory = componentFactories.find(x => x.componentType === DynamicComponent);
const injector = ReflectiveInjector.fromResolvedProviders([], this.vcRef.parentInjector);
const cmpRef = this.vcRef.createComponent(compFactory, 0, injector, []);
cmpRef.instance.data = data;
});
}
Plunker sample RC.6^
OBSOLETE SOLUTION
In RC.5 you can use Compiler.compileComponentSync/Async
to do that:
dynamic-pipe.ts
@Directive({
selector: 'dynamic-pipe'
})
export class DynamicPipe {
@Input() data: CellModel;
constructor(private vcRef: ViewContainerRef, private compiler: Compiler) {}
ngAfterViewInit() {
const metadata = new ComponentMetadata({
template: '{{ data | ' + this.data.pipe + '}}'
});
const data = this.data.content;
const decoratedCmp = Component(metadata)(class DynamicComponent { data = data; });
this.compiler.compileComponentAsync(decoratedCmp)
.then(factory => {
const injector = ReflectiveInjector.fromResolvedProviders([],
this.vcRef.parentInjector);
this.vcRef.createComponent(factory, 0, injector, []);
});
}
}
And use it this way:
<template ngFor let-cell [ngForOf]="row">
<td><dynamic-pipe [data]="cell"></dynamic-pipe></td>
</template>
See also the plunker sample RC.5 that demonstrates this feature.
Anyway i think Günter's solution is preferable