Now i have a custom pipe created named CurrConvertPipe
import {Pipe, PipeTransform} from '@angular/core';
import {LocalStorageService} from './local-storage';
@Pipe({name: 'currConvert', pure: false})
export class CurrConvertPipe implements PipeTransform {
constructor(private currencyStorage: LocalStorageService) {}
transform(value: number): number {
let inputRate = this.currencyStorage.getCurrencyRate('EUR');
let outputputRate = this.currencyStorage.getCurrencyRate(localStorage.getItem('currency'));
return value / inputRate * outputputRate;
}
}
I need to use this in two different modules,
(i) Module1
(ii) Module2
When i import in Module1 and Module2 it says an error saying it should be declared in a higher level module.
So i have declared inside the app.module.ts
import './rxjs-extensions';
import { NgModule } from '@angular/core';
import { BrowserModule } from '@angular/platform-browser';
import { FormsModule } from '@angular/forms';
import { AppRoutingModule } from './app-routing.module';
import { AppComponent } from './app.component';
import { CurrConvertPipe } from './services/currency/currency-pipe';
@NgModule({
imports: [
BrowserModule,
FormsModule,
HttpModule,
AppRoutingModule,
Module1,
Module2
],
declarations: [
AppComponent,
CurrConvertPipe
],
providers: [
],
bootstrap: [AppComponent]
})
export class AppModule { }
But when i use it in Module1, it throws an error The pipe 'currConvert' could not be found
In Angular a good technique for sharing common directives, components, pipes, etc. is to use a so called shared module.
Those modules declare and export common parts, to make them usable for any of your other modules.
The fundamentals section of the angular documentation is a very good read about shared modules.
Let's take as example your currConvert
-pipe.
- Declare new NgModule called
ApplicationPipesModule
- Add the pipe to the
declarations
and exports
arrays of the NgModule
-decorator metadata
- Add any modules that may be required for your pipe to work to the
imports
array
// other imports
import { CurrConvertPipe } from './{your-path}';
@NgModule({
imports: [
// dep modules
],
declarations: [
CurrConvertPipe
],
exports: [
CurrConvertPipe
]
})
export class ApplicationPipesModule {}
application-pipes.module.ts
- import the created
ApplicationPipesModule
module into the modules where your pipe is going to be used, by adding it to the imports
array
// other imports
import { ApplicationPipesModule } from './{your-path}';
@NgModule({
imports: [
// other dep modules
ApplicationPipesModule
],
declarations: [],
exports: []
})
export class MyModule1 {}
my-module1.module.ts
// other imports
import { ApplicationPipesModule } from './{your-path}';
@NgModule({
imports: [
// other dep modules
ApplicationPipesModule
],
declarations: [],
exports: []
})
export class MyModule2 {}
my-module2.module.ts
EDIT: Improved answer text and example.
You should make a module, i.e. SharedModule
and declare your pipe there. Then you should export pipe in SharedModule
and import your SharedModule
in both Module1
and Module2
. There's a great article in Angular's docs: https://angular.io/docs/ts/latest/guide/ngmodule.html#!#shared-module
you can use Sharing Modules for share your service, directive, pipes, components
you have to create an module and import the pipes ,directive, services or components and set the declaration, export and providers for the services.
import the sharing module in to where ever you want and use it.
basically pipes and directives declared and exported in NgModules meta data.
for services define forRoot which returns the providers to access other modules.
shareModule.ts
import { NgModule, ModuleWithProviders } from '@angular/core';
import { appDirective } from './{your-path}';
import { appPipe } from './{your-path}';
import { appService } from './{your-path}';
@NgModule({
declarations: [
appPipe,
appDirective
],
exports: [
appPipe,
appDirective
]
})
export class SharingModule {
static forRoot(): ModuleWithProviders {
return {
ngModule: SharingModule,
providers: [ appService ]
};
}
}
my-module1.module.ts
import { BrowserModule } from '@angular/platform-browser';
import { NgModule } from '@angular/core';
import { myComponent } from './{your-path}';
import { SharingModule } from './{your-path}';
@NgModule({
declarations: [
myComponent
],
imports: [
BrowserModule,
SharingModule.forRoot()
],
})
export class AppModule {}
Like wise you can do in othe moduls also.