What it does
Specifies that an injector should retrieve a dependency from any injector until reaching the host element of the current component.
How to use
@Injectable() class Car { constructor(@Host() public engine:Engine) {} }
Description
For more details, see the Dependency Injection Guide.
Example
class OtherService {}
class HostService {}
@Directive({selector: 'child-directive'})
class ChildDirective {
logs: string[] = [];
constructor(@Optional() @Host() os: OtherService, @Optional() @Host() hs: HostService) {
// os is null: true
this.logs.push(`os is null: ${os === null}`);
// hs is an instance of HostService: true
this.logs.push(`hs is an instance of HostService: ${hs instanceof HostService}`);
}
}
@Component({
selector: 'parent-cmp',
viewProviders: [HostService],
template: '<child-directive></child-directive>',
})
class ParentCmp {
}
@Component({
selector: 'app',
viewProviders: [OtherService],
template: '<parent-cmp></parent-cmp>',
})
class App {
}
exported from core/index defined in core/src/di/metadata.ts