I'm trying to load an Angular 2 component recursively with a recursive array (plunk: http://plnkr.co/edit/3npsad?p=preview).
Given this recursive array:
[
{
"id": 1,
"text": "abc"
},
{
"id": 2,
"text": "def",
items: [
{
"id": 21,
"text": "def-1",
items: [
{
"id": 211,
"text": "def-1-1"
},
{
"id": 212,
"text": "def-1-2"
}
]
},
{
"id": 22,
"text": "def-2"
}
]
}
]
I need the following output:
<my-item>
<div id="1" text="abc"></div>
</my-item>
<my-item>
<div id="2" text="def"></div>
<my-item>
<div id="21" text="def-1"></div>
<my-item>
<div id="211" text="def-1-1"></div>
</my-item>
<my-item>
<div id="212" text="def-1-2"></div>
</my-item>
</my-item>
<my-item>
<div id="22" text="def-2"></div>
</my-item>
</my-item>
I could only render the first level of input as show in my plunk. How can I make my component iterate recursively to render the desired output? The input array can contain any number of elements and nesting.
Thanks!
update
With the introduction of @NgModule
and the migration of directives
to @NgModule
forwardRef
shouldn't be necessary anymore.
original
<my-item *ngFor="let itm of items" [id]="itm.id" [text]="itm.text" [items]="itm.items" >
</my-item>
@Component({
selector: 'my-item',
styles: ['div {padding-left: 32px;}']
providers: [],
template: `<div>{{id}} - {{text}}
<my-item *ngFor="let itm of items" [id]="itm.id" [text]="itm.text" [items]="itm.items" >
</my-item>
</div>
`,
directives: [forwardRef(()=> ItemComponent)]
})
export class ItemComponent {
@Input() id: string;
@Input() text: string;
@Input() items: any[];
constructor() {
}
}
forwardRef
is required because the class ItemComponent
is referenced before it is declared.
Plunker example
I would create your component this way:
@Component({
selector: 'my-item',
template: `
<div id="data.id" text="data.def"></div>
<my-item *ngFor="let item of items" [data]="item"></my-item>
`
})
export class MyItemComponent {
@Input() data: any;
}
and call it the component from another component and provide the whole component data:
@Component({
selector: 'other-comp',
template: `
<my-item [data]="data" *ngFor="let data of wholeData"></my-item>
`
})
export class OtherComponent {
wholeData = [
{
"id": 1,
"text": "abc"
},
(...)
];
}
Heres something to get your started. You need to implement the HTML returning function yourself:
var a = [
{
"id": 1,
"text": "abc"
},
{
"id": 2,
"text": "def",
items: [
{
"id": 21,
"text": "def-1",
items: [
{
"id": 211,
"text": "def-1-1"
},
{
"id": 212,
"text": "def-1-2"
}
]
},
{
"id": 22,
"text": "def-2"
}
]
}
];
function iterateRecursive(array) {
for(var i = 0; i < array.length; i++) {
if(array[i].items) {
console.log(array[i].text);
//uncomment: printHtml(array[i].id, array[i].text);
iterateRecursive(array[i].items)
} else {
console.log(array[i].text);
}
}
}
iterateRecursive(a);
//implement this function that takes an id and text and returns html
//call it in place of console log
function printHtml(id, text) {
}