feat(compiler, ShadowDom): adds TemplateLoader using XHR.

Also adds css shimming for emulated shadow dom and makes the shadowDom
strategy global to the application.

modules/angular2/src/core/annotations/annotations.js

@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 import {ABSTRACT, CONST, normalizeBlank} from 'angular2/src/facade/lang';
 import {List} from 'angular2/src/facade/collection';
 import {TemplateConfig} from './template_config';
-import {ShadowDomStrategy} from '../compiler/shadow_dom';
-
 
 @ABSTRACT()
 export class Directive {
@@ -40,7 +38,6 @@ export class Component extends Directive {
   lightDomServices:any; //List;
   shadowDomServices:any; //List;
   componentServices:any; //List;
-  shadowDom:any; //ShadowDomStrategy;
   lifecycle:any; //List
 
 @CONST()
@@ -52,7 +49,6 @@ export class Component extends Directive {
     shadowDomServices,
     componentServices,
     implementsTypes,
-    shadowDom,
     lifecycle
     }:{
       selector:String,
@@ -62,7 +58,6 @@ export class Component extends Directive {
       shadowDomServices:List,
       componentServices:List,
       implementsTypes:List,
-      shadowDom:ShadowDomStrategy,
       lifecycle:List
     }={})
   {
@@ -78,7 +73,6 @@ export class Component extends Directive {
     this.lightDomServices = lightDomServices;
     this.shadowDomServices = shadowDomServices;
     this.componentServices = componentServices;
-    this.shadowDom = shadowDom;
     this.lifecycle = lifecycle;
   }
 }

modules/angular2/src/core/application.js

@@ -12,6 +12,9 @@ import {List, ListWrapper} from 'angular2/src/facade/collection';
 import {PromiseWrapper} from 'angular2/src/facade/async';
 import {VmTurnZone} from 'angular2/src/core/zone/vm_turn_zone';
 import {LifeCycle} from 'angular2/src/core/life_cycle/life_cycle';
+import {ShadowDomStrategy, NativeShadowDomStrategy} from 'angular2/src/core/compiler/shadow_dom_strategy';
+import {XHR} from 'angular2/src/core/compiler/xhr/xhr';
+import {XHRImpl} from 'angular2/src/core/compiler/xhr/xhr_impl';
 
 var _rootInjector: Injector;
 
@@ -24,7 +27,9 @@ var _rootBindings = [
   TemplateLoader,
   DirectiveMetadataReader,
   Parser,
-  Lexer
+  Lexer,
+  bind(ShadowDomStrategy).toValue(new NativeShadowDomStrategy()),
+  bind(XHR).toValue(new XHRImpl()),
 ];
 
 export var appViewToken = new OpaqueToken('AppView');
@@ -53,11 +58,12 @@ function _injectorBindings(appComponentType) {
       }, [appComponentAnnotatedTypeToken, appDocumentToken]),
 
       bind(appViewToken).toAsyncFactory((changeDetection, compiler, injector, appElement,
-            appComponentAnnotatedType) => {
+        appComponentAnnotatedType, strategy) => {
         return compiler.compile(appComponentAnnotatedType.type, null).then(
             (protoView) => {
-          var appProtoView = ProtoView.createRootProtoView(protoView,
-          appElement, appComponentAnnotatedType, changeDetection.createProtoChangeDetector('root'));
+          var appProtoView = ProtoView.createRootProtoView(protoView, appElement,
+            appComponentAnnotatedType, changeDetection.createProtoChangeDetector('root'),
+            strategy);
           // The light Dom of the app element is not considered part of
           // the angular application. Thus the context and lightDomInjector are
           // empty.
@@ -65,7 +71,8 @@ function _injectorBindings(appComponentType) {
           view.hydrate(injector, null, new Object());
           return view;
         });
-      }, [ChangeDetection, Compiler, Injector, appElementToken, appComponentAnnotatedTypeToken]),
+      }, [ChangeDetection, Compiler, Injector, appElementToken, appComponentAnnotatedTypeToken,
+          ShadowDomStrategy]),
 
       bind(appChangeDetectorToken).toFactory((rootView) => rootView.changeDetector,
           [appViewToken]),

modules/angular2/src/core/compiler/compiler.js

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-import {Type, FIELD, isBlank, isPresent, BaseException, stringify} from 'angular2/src/facade/lang';
+import {Type, isBlank, isPresent, BaseException, normalizeBlank, stringify} from 'angular2/src/facade/lang';
 import {Promise, PromiseWrapper} from 'angular2/src/facade/async';
-import {List, ListWrapper, MapWrapper} from 'angular2/src/facade/collection';
+import {List, ListWrapper, Map, MapWrapper} from 'angular2/src/facade/collection';
 import {DOM, Element} from 'angular2/src/facade/dom';
 
 import {ChangeDetection, Parser} from 'angular2/change_detection';
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ import {TemplateLoader} from './template_loader';
 import {DirectiveMetadata} from './directive_metadata';
 import {Component} from '../annotations/annotations';
 import {Content} from './shadow_dom_emulation/content_tag';
+import {ShadowDomStrategy} from './shadow_dom_strategy';
 
 /**
  * Cache that stores the ProtoView of the template of a component.
@@ -31,15 +32,11 @@ export class CompilerCache {
 
   get(component:Type):ProtoView {
     var result = MapWrapper.get(this._cache, component);
-    if (isBlank(result)) {
-      // need to normalize undefined to null so that type checking passes :-(
-      return null;
-    }
-    return result;
+    return normalizeBlank(result);
   }
 
   clear() {
-    this._cache = MapWrapper.create();
+    MapWrapper.clear(this._cache);
   }
 }
 
@@ -53,59 +50,107 @@ export class Compiler {
   _parser:Parser;
   _compilerCache:CompilerCache;
   _changeDetection:ChangeDetection;
+  _templateLoader:TemplateLoader;
+  _compiling:Map<Type, Promise>;
+  _shadowDomStrategy: ShadowDomStrategy;
+  _shadowDomDirectives: List<DirectiveMetadata>;
 
-  constructor(changeDetection:ChangeDetection, templateLoader:TemplateLoader, reader: DirectiveMetadataReader, parser:Parser, cache:CompilerCache) {
+  constructor(changeDetection:ChangeDetection,
+              templateLoader:TemplateLoader,
+              reader: DirectiveMetadataReader,
+              parser:Parser,
+              cache:CompilerCache,
+              shadowDomStrategy: ShadowDomStrategy) {
     this._changeDetection = changeDetection;
     this._reader = reader;
     this._parser = parser;
     this._compilerCache = cache;
+    this._templateLoader = templateLoader;
+    this._compiling = MapWrapper.create();
+    this._shadowDomStrategy = shadowDomStrategy;
+    this._shadowDomDirectives = [];
+    var types = shadowDomStrategy.polyfillDirectives();
+    for (var i = 0; i < types.length; i++) {
+      ListWrapper.push(this._shadowDomDirectives, reader.read(types[i]));
+    }
   }
 
   createSteps(component:DirectiveMetadata):List<CompileStep> {
-    var dirs = ListWrapper.map(component.componentDirectives, (d) => this._reader.read(d));
-    return createDefaultSteps(this._changeDetection, this._parser, component, dirs);
+    var directives = []
+    var cmpDirectives = ListWrapper.map(component.componentDirectives, (d) => this._reader.read(d));
+    directives = ListWrapper.concat(directives, cmpDirectives);
+    directives = ListWrapper.concat(directives, this._shadowDomDirectives);
+    return createDefaultSteps(this._changeDetection, this._parser, component, directives,
+      this._shadowDomStrategy);
   }
 
   compile(component:Type, templateRoot:Element = null):Promise<ProtoView> {
-    var templateCache = null;
-    // TODO load all components that have urls
-    // transitively via the _templateLoader and store them in templateCache
-
-    return PromiseWrapper.resolve(this.compileAllLoaded(
-      templateCache, this._reader.read(component), templateRoot)
-    );
+    return this._compile(this._reader.read(component), templateRoot);
   }
 
-  // public so that we can compile in sync in performance tests.
-  compileAllLoaded(templateCache, component:DirectiveMetadata, templateRoot:Element = null):ProtoView {
-    var rootProtoView = this._compilerCache.get(component.type);
-    if (isPresent(rootProtoView)) {
-      return rootProtoView;
+  _compile(cmpMetadata: DirectiveMetadata, templateRoot:Element = null) {
+    var pvCached = this._compilerCache.get(cmpMetadata.type);
+    if (isPresent(pvCached)) {
+      // The component has already been compiled into a ProtoView,
+      // returns a resolved Promise.
+      return PromiseWrapper.resolve(pvCached);
     }
 
-    if (isBlank(templateRoot)) {
-      // TODO: read out the cache if templateRoot = null. Could contain:
-      // - templateRoot string
-      // - precompiled template
-      // - ProtoView
-      var annotation:any = component.annotation;
-      templateRoot = DOM.createTemplate(annotation.template.inline);
+    var pvPromise = MapWrapper.get(this._compiling, cmpMetadata.type);
+    if (isPresent(pvPromise)) {
+      // The component is already being compiled, attach to the existing Promise
+      // instead of re-compiling the component.
+      // It happens when a template references a component multiple times.
+      return pvPromise;
     }
 
-    var pipeline = new CompilePipeline(this.createSteps(component));
-    var compileElements = pipeline.process(templateRoot);
-    rootProtoView = compileElements[0].inheritedProtoView;
-    // Save the rootProtoView before we recurse so that we are able
-    // to compile components that use themselves in their template.
-    this._compilerCache.set(component.type, rootProtoView);
+    var tplPromise = isBlank(templateRoot) ?
+        this._templateLoader.load(cmpMetadata) :
+        PromiseWrapper.resolve(templateRoot);
 
-    for (var i=0; i<compileElements.length; i++) {
+    pvPromise = PromiseWrapper.then(tplPromise,
+      (el) => this._compileTemplate(el, cmpMetadata),
+      (_) => { throw new BaseException(`Failed to load the template for ${stringify(cmpMetadata.type)}`) }
+    );
+
+    MapWrapper.set(this._compiling, cmpMetadata.type, pvPromise);
+
+    return pvPromise;
+  }
+
+  _compileTemplate(template: Element, cmpMetadata): Promise<ProtoView> {
+    this._shadowDomStrategy.processTemplate(template, cmpMetadata);
+    var pipeline = new CompilePipeline(this.createSteps(cmpMetadata));
+    var compileElements = pipeline.process(template);
+    var protoView = compileElements[0].inheritedProtoView;
+
+    // Populate the cache before compiling the nested components,
+    // so that components can reference themselves in their template.
+    this._compilerCache.set(cmpMetadata.type, protoView);
+    MapWrapper.delete(this._compiling, cmpMetadata.type);
+
+    // Compile all the components from the template
+    var componentPromises = [];
+    for (var i = 0; i < compileElements.length; i++) {
       var ce = compileElements[i];
       if (isPresent(ce.componentDirective)) {
-        ce.inheritedElementBinder.nestedProtoView = this.compileAllLoaded(templateCache, ce.componentDirective, null);
+        var componentPromise = this._compileNestedProtoView(ce);
+        ListWrapper.push(componentPromises, componentPromise);
       }
     }
 
-    return rootProtoView;
+    // The protoView is resolved after all the components in the template have been compiled.
+    return PromiseWrapper.then(PromiseWrapper.all(componentPromises),
+      (_) => protoView,
+      (e) => { throw new BaseException(`${e} -> Failed to compile ${stringify(cmpMetadata.type)}`) }
+    );
+  }
+
+  _compileNestedProtoView(ce: CompileElement):Promise<ProtoView> {
+    var pvPromise = this._compile(ce.componentDirective);
+    pvPromise.then(function(protoView) {
+      ce.inheritedElementBinder.nestedProtoView = protoView;
+    });
+    return pvPromise;
   }
 }

modules/angular2/src/core/compiler/directive_metadata.js

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import {Type} from 'angular2/src/facade/lang';
-import {Directive} from '../annotations/annotations'
+import {Directive} from 'angular2/src/core/annotations/annotations'
 import {List} from 'angular2/src/facade/collection'
-import {ShadowDomStrategy} from './shadow_dom';
+import {ShadowDomStrategy} from 'angular2/src/core/compiler/shadow_dom_strategy';
 
 /**
  * Combination of a type with the Directive annotation
@@ -9,14 +9,13 @@ import {ShadowDomStrategy} from './shadow_dom';
 export class DirectiveMetadata {
   type:Type;
   annotation:Directive;
-  shadowDomStrategy:ShadowDomStrategy;
   componentDirectives:List<Type>;
 
-  constructor(type:Type, annotation:Directive, shadowDomStrategy:ShadowDomStrategy,
+  constructor(type:Type,
+              annotation:Directive,
               componentDirectives:List<Type>) {
     this.annotation = annotation;
     this.type = type;
-    this.shadowDomStrategy = shadowDomStrategy;
     this.componentDirectives = componentDirectives;
   }
 }

modules/angular2/src/core/compiler/directive_metadata_reader.js

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import {List, ListWrapper} from 'angular2/src/facade/collection';
 import {Directive, Component} from '../annotations/annotations';
 import {DirectiveMetadata} from './directive_metadata';
 import {reflector} from 'angular2/src/reflection/reflection';
-import {ShadowDom, ShadowDomStrategy, ShadowDomNative} from './shadow_dom';
+import {ShadowDom, ShadowDomStrategy, ShadowDomNative} from './shadow_dom_strategy';
 
 export class DirectiveMetadataReader {
   read(type:Type):DirectiveMetadata {
@@ -13,36 +13,23 @@ export class DirectiveMetadataReader {
         var annotation = annotations[i];
 
         if (annotation instanceof Component) {
-          var shadowDomStrategy = this.parseShadowDomStrategy(annotation);
           return new DirectiveMetadata(
             type,
             annotation,
-            shadowDomStrategy,
-            this.componentDirectivesMetadata(annotation, shadowDomStrategy)
+            this.componentDirectivesMetadata(annotation)
           );
         }
 
         if (annotation instanceof Directive) {
-          return new DirectiveMetadata(type, annotation, null, null);
+          return new DirectiveMetadata(type, annotation, null);
         }
       }
     }
     throw new BaseException(`No Directive annotation found on ${stringify(type)}`);
   }
 
-  parseShadowDomStrategy(annotation:Component):ShadowDomStrategy{
-    return isPresent(annotation.shadowDom) ? annotation.shadowDom : ShadowDomNative;
-  }
-
-  componentDirectivesMetadata(annotation:Component, shadowDomStrategy:ShadowDomStrategy):List<Type> {
-    var polyDirs = shadowDomStrategy.polyfillDirectives();
+  componentDirectivesMetadata(annotation:Component):List<Type> {
     var template = annotation.template;
-    var templateDirs = isPresent(template) && isPresent(template.directives) ? template.directives : [];
-
-    var res = [];
-    res = ListWrapper.concat(res, templateDirs)
-    res = ListWrapper.concat(res, polyDirs)
-
-    return res;
+    return isPresent(template) && isPresent(template.directives) ? template.directives : [];
   }
 }

modules/angular2/src/core/compiler/pipeline/default_steps.js

@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import {ProtoViewBuilder} from './proto_view_builder';
 import {ProtoElementInjectorBuilder} from './proto_element_injector_builder';
 import {ElementBinderBuilder} from './element_binder_builder';
 import {DirectiveMetadata} from 'angular2/src/core/compiler/directive_metadata';
+import {ShadowDomStrategy} from 'angular2/src/core/compiler/shadow_dom_strategy';
 import {stringify} from 'angular2/src/facade/lang';
 
 /**
@@ -21,7 +22,8 @@ export function createDefaultSteps(
     changeDetection:ChangeDetection,
     parser:Parser,
     compiledComponent: DirectiveMetadata,
-    directives: List<DirectiveMetadata>) {
+    directives: List<DirectiveMetadata>,
+    shadowDomStrategy: ShadowDomStrategy) {
 
   var compilationUnit = stringify(compiledComponent.type);
 
@@ -31,7 +33,7 @@ export function createDefaultSteps(
     new DirectiveParser(directives),
     new TextInterpolationParser(parser, compilationUnit),
     new ElementBindingMarker(),
-    new ProtoViewBuilder(changeDetection),
+    new ProtoViewBuilder(changeDetection, shadowDomStrategy),
     new ProtoElementInjectorBuilder(),
     new ElementBinderBuilder()
   ];

modules/angular2/src/core/compiler/pipeline/directive_parser.js

@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import {Component} from '../../annotations/annotations';
 import {CompileStep} from './compile_step';
 import {CompileElement} from './compile_element';
 import {CompileControl} from './compile_control';
+import {ShadowDomStrategy} from '../shadow_dom_strategy';
 
 /**
  * Parses the directives on a single element. Assumes ViewSplitter has already created

modules/angular2/src/core/compiler/pipeline/proto_view_builder.js

@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import {ChangeDetection} from 'angular2/change_detection';
 import {CompileStep} from './compile_step';
 import {CompileElement} from './compile_element';
 import {CompileControl} from './compile_control';
+import {ShadowDomStrategy} from '../shadow_dom_strategy';
 
 /**
  * Creates ProtoViews and forwards variable bindings from parent to children.
@@ -22,7 +23,9 @@ import {CompileControl} from './compile_control';
  */
 export class ProtoViewBuilder extends CompileStep {
   changeDetection:ChangeDetection;
-  constructor(changeDetection:ChangeDetection) {
+  _shadowDomStrategy:ShadowDomStrategy;
+  constructor(changeDetection:ChangeDetection, shadowDomStrategy:ShadowDomStrategy) {
+    this._shadowDomStrategy = shadowDomStrategy;
     this.changeDetection = changeDetection;
   }
 
@@ -30,7 +33,8 @@ export class ProtoViewBuilder extends CompileStep {
     var inheritedProtoView = null;
     if (current.isViewRoot) {
       var protoChangeDetector = this.changeDetection.createProtoChangeDetector('dummy');
-      inheritedProtoView = new ProtoView(current.element, protoChangeDetector);
+      inheritedProtoView = new ProtoView(current.element, protoChangeDetector,
+        this._shadowDomStrategy);
       if (isPresent(parent)) {
         if (isPresent(parent.inheritedElementBinder.nestedProtoView)) {
           throw new BaseException('Only one nested view per element is allowed');

modules/angular2/src/core/compiler/shadow_dom.dart

@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-library angular.core.compiler.shadow_dom;
-
-//TODO: merge this file with shadow_dom.es6 when the traspiler support creating const globals
-
-import './shadow_dom_strategy.dart';
-export './shadow_dom_strategy.dart';
-
-const ShadowDomEmulated = const EmulatedShadowDomStrategy();
-const ShadowDomNative = const NativeShadowDomStrategy();

modules/angular2/src/core/compiler/shadow_dom.es6

@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-import {EmulatedShadowDomStrategy, NativeShadowDomStrategy} from './shadow_dom_strategy';
-export * from './shadow_dom_strategy';
-
-export var ShadowDomEmulated = new EmulatedShadowDomStrategy();
-export var ShadowDomNative = new NativeShadowDomStrategy();

modules/angular2/src/core/compiler/shadow_dom_emulation/shim_css.js

@@ -0,0 +1,431 @@
+import {StringWrapper, RegExpWrapper, isPresent, BaseException, int} from 'angular2/src/facade/lang';
+import {List, ListWrapper} from 'angular2/src/facade/collection';
+
+export function shimCssText(css: string, tag: string) {
+  return new CssShim(tag).shimCssText(css);
+}
+
+var _HOST_RE = RegExpWrapper.create(':host', 'i');
+var _HOST_TOKEN = '-host-element';
+var _HOST_TOKEN_RE = RegExpWrapper.create('-host-element');
+var _PAREN_SUFFIX = ')(?:\\((' +
+                    '(?:\\([^)(]*\\)|[^)(]*)+?' +
+                    ')\\))?([^,{]*)';
+var _COLON_HOST_RE = RegExpWrapper.create(`(${_HOST_TOKEN}${_PAREN_SUFFIX}`, 'im');
+
+var _POLYFILL_NON_STRICT = 'polyfill-non-strict';
+var _POLYFILL_UNSCOPED_NEXT_SELECTOR = 'polyfill-unscoped-next-selector';
+var _POLYFILL_NEXT_SELECTOR = 'polyfill-next-selector';
+var _CONTENT_RE = RegExpWrapper.create('[^}]*content:[\\s]*[\'"](.*?)[\'"][;\\s]*[^}]*}', 'im');
+var _COMBINATORS = [
+  RegExpWrapper.create('/shadow/', 'i'),
+  RegExpWrapper.create('/shadow-deep/', 'i'),
+  RegExpWrapper.create('::shadow', 'i'),
+  RegExpWrapper.create('/deep/', 'i'),
+];
+var _COLON_SELECTORS = RegExpWrapper.create('(' + _HOST_TOKEN + ')(\\(.*\\))?(.*)', 'i');
+var _SELECTOR_SPLITS = [' ', '>', '+', '~'];
+var _SIMPLE_SELECTORS = RegExpWrapper.create('([^:]*)(:*)(.*)', 'i');
+var _IS_SELECTORS = RegExpWrapper.create('\\[is=[\'"]([^\\]]*)[\'"]\\]', 'i');
+
+var _$EOF = 0;
+var _$LBRACE = 123;
+var _$RBRACE = 125;
+var _$TAB = 9;
+var _$SPACE = 32;
+var _$NBSP = 160;
+
+export class CssShim {
+  _tag: string;
+  _attr: string;
+
+  constructor(tag: string) {
+    this._tag = tag;
+    this._attr = `[${tag}]`;
+  }
+
+  shimCssText(css: string): string {
+    var preprocessed = this.convertColonHost(css);
+    var rules = this.cssToRules(preprocessed);
+    return this.scopeRules(rules);
+  }
+
+  convertColonHost(css: string):string {
+    css = StringWrapper.replaceAll(css, _HOST_RE, _HOST_TOKEN);
+
+    var partReplacer = function(host, part, suffix) {
+      part = StringWrapper.replaceAll(part, _HOST_TOKEN_RE, '');
+      return `${host}${part}${suffix}`;
+    }
+
+    return StringWrapper.replaceAllMapped(css, _COLON_HOST_RE, function(m) {
+      var base = _HOST_TOKEN;
+      var inParens = m[2];
+      var rest = m[3];
+
+      if (isPresent(inParens)) {
+        var srcParts = inParens.split(',');
+        var dstParts = [];
+
+        for (var i = 0; i < srcParts.length; i++) {
+          var part = srcParts[i].trim();
+          if (part.length > 0) {
+            ListWrapper.push(dstParts, partReplacer(base, part, rest));
+          }
+        }
+
+        return ListWrapper.join(dstParts, ',');
+      } else {
+        return `${base}${rest}`;
+      }
+    });
+  }
+
+  cssToRules(css: string): List<_Rule> {
+    return new _Parser(css).parse();
+  }
+
+  scopeRules(rules: List<_Rule>): string {
+    var scopedRules = [];
+    var prevRule = null;
+
+    for (var i = 0; i < rules.length; i++) {
+      var rule = rules[i];
+      if (isPresent(prevRule) &&
+          prevRule.selectorText == _POLYFILL_NON_STRICT) {
+        ListWrapper.push(scopedRules, this.scopeNonStrictMode(rule));
+
+      } else if (isPresent(prevRule) &&
+                 prevRule.selectorText == _POLYFILL_UNSCOPED_NEXT_SELECTOR) {
+        var content = this.extractContent(prevRule);
+        var r = new _Rule(content, rule.body, null);
+        ListWrapper.push(scopedRules, this.ruleToString(r));
+
+      } else if (isPresent(prevRule) &&
+                 prevRule.selectorText == _POLYFILL_NEXT_SELECTOR) {
+
+        var content = this.extractContent(prevRule);
+        var r = new _Rule(content, rule.body, null);
+        ListWrapper.push(scopedRules, this.scopeStrictMode(r))
+
+      } else if (rule.selectorText != _POLYFILL_NON_STRICT &&
+                 rule.selectorText != _POLYFILL_UNSCOPED_NEXT_SELECTOR &&
+                 rule.selectorText != _POLYFILL_NEXT_SELECTOR) {
+        ListWrapper.push(scopedRules, this.scopeStrictMode(rule));
+      }
+      prevRule = rule;
+    }
+
+    return ListWrapper.join(scopedRules, '\n');
+  }
+
+  extractContent(rule: _Rule): string {
+    var match = RegExpWrapper.firstMatch(_CONTENT_RE, rule.body);
+    return isPresent(match) ? match[1] : '';
+  }
+
+  ruleToString(rule: _Rule): string {
+    return `${rule.selectorText} ${rule.body}`;
+  }
+
+  scopeStrictMode(rule: _Rule): string {
+    if (rule.hasNestedRules()) {
+      var selector = rule.selectorText;
+      var rules = this.scopeRules(rule.rules);
+      return `${selector} {\n${rules}\n}`;
+    }
+
+    var scopedSelector = this.scopeSelector(rule.selectorText, true);
+    var scopedBody = rule.body;
+    return `${scopedSelector} ${scopedBody}`;
+  }
+
+  scopeNonStrictMode(rule: _Rule): string {
+    var scopedSelector = this.scopeSelector(rule.selectorText, false);
+    var scopedBody = rule.body;
+    return `${scopedSelector} ${scopedBody}`;
+  }
+
+  scopeSelector(selector: string, strict: boolean) {
+    var parts = this.replaceCombinators(selector).split(',');
+    var scopedParts = [];
+    for (var i = 0; i < parts.length; i++) {
+      var part = parts[i];
+      var sel = this.scopeSimpleSelector(part.trim(), strict);
+      ListWrapper.push(scopedParts, sel)
+    }
+    return ListWrapper.join(scopedParts, ', ');
+  }
+
+  replaceCombinators(selector: string): string {
+    for (var i = 0; i < _COMBINATORS.length; i++) {
+      var combinator = _COMBINATORS[i];
+      selector = StringWrapper.replaceAll(selector, combinator, '');
+    }
+
+    return selector;
+  }
+
+  scopeSimpleSelector(selector: string, strict: boolean) {
+    if (StringWrapper.contains(selector, _HOST_TOKEN)) {
+      return this.replaceColonSelectors(selector);
+    } else if (strict) {
+      return this.insertTagToEverySelectorPart(selector);
+    } else {
+      return `${this._tag} ${selector}`;
+    }
+  }
+
+  replaceColonSelectors(css: string): string {
+    return StringWrapper.replaceAllMapped(css, _COLON_SELECTORS, (m) => {
+      var selectorInParens;
+      if (isPresent(m[2])) {
+        var len = selectorInParens.length;
+        selectorInParens = StringWrapper.substring(selectorInParens, 1, len - 1);
+      } else {
+        selectorInParens = '';
+      }
+      var rest = m[3];
+      return `${this._tag}${selectorInParens}${rest}`;
+    });
+  }
+
+  insertTagToEverySelectorPart(selector: string): string {
+    selector = this.handleIsSelector(selector);
+
+    for (var i = 0; i < _SELECTOR_SPLITS.length; i++) {
+      var split = _SELECTOR_SPLITS[i];
+      var parts = selector.split(split);
+      for (var j = 0; j < parts.length; j++) {
+        parts[j] = this.insertAttrSuffixIntoSelectorPart(parts[j].trim());
+      }
+      selector = parts.join(split);
+    }
+    return selector;
+  }
+
+  insertAttrSuffixIntoSelectorPart(p: string): string {
+    var shouldInsert = p.length > 0 &&
+                       !ListWrapper.contains(_SELECTOR_SPLITS, p) &&
+                       !StringWrapper.contains(p, this._attr);
+    return shouldInsert ? this.insertAttr(p) : p;
+  }
+
+  insertAttr(selector: string): string {
+    return StringWrapper.replaceAllMapped(selector, _SIMPLE_SELECTORS, (m) => {
+      var basePart = m[1];
+      var colonPart = m[2];
+      var rest = m[3];
+      return (m[0].length > 0) ? `${basePart}${this._attr}${colonPart}${rest}` : '';
+    });
+  }
+
+  handleIsSelector(selector: string) {
+    return StringWrapper.replaceAllMapped(selector, _IS_SELECTORS, function(m) {
+      return m[1];
+    });
+  }
+}
+
+class _Token {
+  string: string;
+  type: string;
+
+  constructor(string: string, type: string) {
+    this.string = string;
+    this.type = type;
+  }
+}
+
+var _EOF_TOKEN = new _Token(null, null);
+
+class _Lexer {
+  peek: int;
+  index: int;
+  input: string;
+  length: int;
+
+  constructor(input: string) {
+    this.input = input;
+    this.length = input.length;
+    this.index = -1;
+    this.advance();
+  }
+
+  parse(): List<_Token> {
+    var tokens = [];
+    var token = this.scanToken();
+    while (token !== _EOF_TOKEN) {
+      ListWrapper.push(tokens, token);
+      token = this.scanToken();
+    }
+    return tokens;
+  }
+
+  scanToken(): _Token {
+    this.skipWhitespace();
+    if (this.peek === _$EOF) return _EOF_TOKEN;
+    if (this.isBodyEnd(this.peek)) {
+      this.advance();
+      return new _Token('}', 'rparen');
+    }
+    if (this.isMedia(this.peek)) return this.scanMedia();
+    if (this.isSelector(this.peek)) return this.scanSelector();
+    if (this.isBodyStart(this.peek)) return this.scanBody();
+
+    return _EOF_TOKEN;
+  }
+
+  isSelector(v: int): boolean {
+    return !this.isBodyStart(v) && v !== _$EOF;
+  }
+
+  isBodyStart(v: int): boolean {
+    return v === _$LBRACE;
+  }
+
+  isBodyEnd(v: int): boolean {
+    return v === _$RBRACE;
+  }
+
+  isMedia(v: int): boolean {
+    return v === 64; // @ -> 64
+  }
+
+  isWhitespace(v: int): boolean {
+    return (v >= _$TAB && v <= _$SPACE) || (v == _$NBSP)
+  }
+
+  skipWhitespace() {
+    while (this.isWhitespace(this.peek)) {
+      if (++this.index >= this.length) {
+        this.peek = _$EOF;
+        return;
+      } else {
+        this.peek = StringWrapper.charCodeAt(this.input, this.index);
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+  scanSelector(): _Token {
+    var start = this.index;
+    this.advance();
+    while (this.isSelector(this.peek)) {
+      this.advance();
+    }
+    var selector = StringWrapper.substring(this.input, start, this.index);
+    return new _Token(selector.trim(), 'selector');
+  }
+
+  scanBody(): _Token {
+    var start = this.index;
+    this.advance();
+    while (!this.isBodyEnd(this.peek)) {
+      this.advance();
+    }
+    this.advance();
+    var body = StringWrapper.substring(this.input, start, this.index);
+    return new _Token(body, 'body');
+  }
+
+  scanMedia(): _Token {
+    var start = this.index;
+    this.advance();
+    while (!this.isBodyStart(this.peek)) {
+      this.advance();
+    }
+    var media = StringWrapper.substring(this.input, start, this.index);
+    this.advance(); // skip "{"
+    return new _Token(media, 'media');
+  }
+
+  advance() {
+    this.index++;
+    if (this.index >= this.length) {
+      this.peek = _$EOF;
+    } else {
+      this.peek = StringWrapper.charCodeAt(this.input, this.index);
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+class _Parser {
+  tokens: List<_Token>;
+  currentIndex: int;
+
+  constructor(input: string) {
+    this.tokens = new _Lexer(input).parse();
+    this.currentIndex = -1;
+  }
+
+  parse(): List<_Rule> {
+    var rules = [];
+    var rule;
+    while (isPresent(rule = this.parseRule())) {
+      ListWrapper.push(rules, rule);
+    }
+    return rules;
+  }
+
+  parseRule(): _Rule {
+    try {
+      if (this.getNext().type === 'media') {
+        return this.parseMedia();
+      } else {
+        return this.parseCssRule();
+      }
+    } catch (e) {
+      return null;
+    }
+  }
+
+  parseMedia(): _Rule {
+    this.advance('media');
+    var media = this.getCurrent().string;
+    var rules = [];
+    while (this.getNext().type !== 'rparen') {
+      ListWrapper.push(rules, this.parseCssRule());
+    }
+    this.advance('rparen');
+    return new _Rule(media.trim(), null, rules);
+  }
+
+  parseCssRule() {
+    this.advance('selector');
+    var selector = this.getCurrent().string;
+    this.advance('body');
+    var body = this.getCurrent().string;
+    return new _Rule(selector, body, null);
+  }
+
+  advance(expected: string) {
+    this.currentIndex++;
+    if (this.getCurrent().type !== expected) {
+      throw new BaseException(`Unexpected token "${this.getCurrent().type}". Expected "${expected}"`);
+    }
+  }
+
+  getNext(): _Token {
+    return this.tokens[this.currentIndex + 1];
+  }
+
+  getCurrent(): _Token {
+    return this.tokens[this.currentIndex];
+  }
+}
+
+export class _Rule {
+  selectorText: string;
+  body: string;
+  rules: List<_Rule>;
+
+  constructor(selectorText: string, body: string, rules: List<_Rule>) {
+    this.selectorText = selectorText;
+    this.body = body;
+    this.rules = rules;
+  }
+
+  hasNestedRules() {
+    return isPresent(this.rules);
+  }
+}

modules/angular2/src/core/compiler/shadow_dom_strategy.js

@@ -1,19 +1,29 @@
-import {CONST} from 'angular2/src/facade/lang';
-import {DOM, Element} from 'angular2/src/facade/dom';
-import {List} from 'angular2/src/facade/collection';
+import {Type, isBlank, isPresent} from 'angular2/src/facade/lang';
+import {DOM, Element, StyleElement} from 'angular2/src/facade/dom';
+import {List, ListWrapper} from 'angular2/src/facade/collection';
 import {View} from './view';
 import {Content} from './shadow_dom_emulation/content_tag';
 import {LightDom} from './shadow_dom_emulation/light_dom';
+import {DirectiveMetadata} from './directive_metadata';
+import {shimCssText} from './shadow_dom_emulation/shim_css';
 
 export class ShadowDomStrategy {
-  @CONST() constructor() {}
   attachTemplate(el:Element, view:View){}
   constructLightDom(lightDomView:View, shadowDomView:View, el:Element){}
-  polyfillDirectives():List<Type>{ return null; };
+  polyfillDirectives():List<Type>{ return null; }
+  processTemplate(template: Element, cmpMetadata: DirectiveMetadata) { return null; }
 }
 
 export class EmulatedShadowDomStrategy extends ShadowDomStrategy {
-  @CONST() constructor() {}
+  _styleHost: Element;
+
+  constructor(styleHost: Element = null) {
+    if (isBlank(styleHost)) {
+      styleHost = DOM.defaultDoc().head;
+    }
+    this._styleHost = styleHost;
+  }
+
   attachTemplate(el:Element, view:View){
     DOM.clearNodes(el);
     moveViewNodesIntoParent(el, view);
@@ -26,10 +36,26 @@ export class EmulatedShadowDomStrategy extends ShadowDomStrategy {
   polyfillDirectives():List<Type> {
     return [Content];
   }
+
+  processTemplate(template: Element, cmpMetadata: DirectiveMetadata) {
+    var templateRoot = DOM.templateAwareRoot(template);
+    var attrName = cmpMetadata.annotation.selector;
+
+    // Shim CSS for emulated shadow DOM and attach the styles do the document head
+    var styles = _detachStyles(templateRoot);
+    for (var i = 0; i < styles.length; i++) {
+      var style = styles[i];
+      var processedCss = shimCssText(DOM.getText(style), attrName);
+      DOM.setText(style, processedCss);
+    }
+    _attachStyles(this._styleHost, styles);
+
+    // Update the DOM to trigger the CSS
+    _addAttributeToChildren(templateRoot, attrName);
+  }
 }
 
 export class NativeShadowDomStrategy extends ShadowDomStrategy {
-  @CONST() constructor() {}
   attachTemplate(el:Element, view:View){
     moveViewNodesIntoParent(el.createShadowRoot(), view);
   }
@@ -41,10 +67,49 @@ export class NativeShadowDomStrategy extends ShadowDomStrategy {
   polyfillDirectives():List<Type> {
     return [];
   }
+
+  processTemplate(template: Element, cmpMetadata: DirectiveMetadata) {
+    return template;
+  }
 }
 
 function moveViewNodesIntoParent(parent, view) {
   for (var i = 0; i < view.nodes.length; ++i) {
     DOM.appendChild(parent, view.nodes[i]);
   }
-}
+}
+
+// TODO(vicb): union types: el is an Element or a Document Fragment
+function _detachStyles(el): List<StyleElement> {
+  var nodeList = DOM.querySelectorAll(el, 'style');
+  var styles = [];
+  for (var i = 0; i < nodeList.length; i++) {
+    var style = DOM.remove(nodeList[i]);
+    ListWrapper.push(styles, style);
+  }
+  return styles;
+}
+
+// Move the styles as the first children of the template
+function _attachStyles(el: Element, styles: List<StyleElement>) {
+  var firstChild = DOM.firstChild(el);
+  for (var i = styles.length - 1; i >= 0; i--) {
+    var style = styles[i];
+    if (isPresent(firstChild)) {
+      DOM.insertBefore(firstChild, style);
+    } else {
+      DOM.appendChild(el, style);
+    }
+    firstChild = style;
+  }
+}
+
+// TODO(vicb): union types: el is an Element or a Document Fragment
+function _addAttributeToChildren(el, attrName:string) {
+  // TODO(vicb): currently the code crashes when the attrName is not an el selector
+  var children = DOM.querySelectorAll(el, "*");
+  for (var i = 0; i < children.length; i++) {
+    var child = children[i];
+    DOM.setAttribute(child, attrName, '');
+  }
+}

modules/angular2/src/core/compiler/template_loader.js

@@ -1,11 +1,51 @@
-import {Promise} from 'angular2/src/facade/async';
-//import {Document} from 'angular2/src/facade/dom';
+import {Promise, PromiseWrapper} from 'angular2/src/facade/async';
+import {isBlank, isPresent, BaseException, stringify} from 'angular2/src/facade/lang';
+import {TemplateElement, DOM} from 'angular2/src/facade/dom';
+import {StringMapWrapper} from 'angular2/src/facade/collection';
+
+import {TemplateConfig} from 'angular2/src/core/annotations/template_config';
+import {Component} from 'angular2/src/core/annotations/annotations';
+
+import {DirectiveMetadata} from 'angular2/src/core/compiler/directive_metadata';
+
+import {XHR} from './xhr/xhr';
 
 /**
  * Strategy to load component templates.
  */
 export class TemplateLoader {
-  load(url:string):Promise<Document> {
-    return null;
+  _xhr: XHR;
+  _cache;
+
+  constructor(xhr: XHR) {
+    this._xhr = xhr;
+    this._cache = StringMapWrapper.create();
   }
-}
+
+  load(cmpMetadata: DirectiveMetadata):Promise<Element> {
+    var annotation:Component = cmpMetadata.annotation;
+    var tplConfig:TemplateConfig = annotation.template;
+
+    if (isPresent(tplConfig.inline)) {
+      var template = DOM.createTemplate(tplConfig.inline);
+      return PromiseWrapper.resolve(template);
+    }
+
+    if (isPresent(tplConfig.url)) {
+      var url = tplConfig.url;
+      var promise = StringMapWrapper.get(this._cache, url);
+
+      if (isBlank(promise)) {
+        promise = this._xhr.get(url).then(function (html) {
+          var template = DOM.createTemplate(html);
+          return template;
+        });
+        StringMapWrapper.set(this._cache, url, promise);
+      }
+
+      return promise;
+    }
+
+    throw new BaseException(`No template configured for component ${stringify(cmpMetadata.type)}`);
+  }
+}

modules/angular2/src/core/compiler/view.js

@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ import {ViewPort} from './viewport';
 import {OnChange} from './interfaces';
 import {Content} from './shadow_dom_emulation/content_tag';
 import {LightDom, DestinationLightDom} from './shadow_dom_emulation/light_dom';
+import {ShadowDomStrategy} from './shadow_dom_strategy';
 
 const NG_BINDING_CLASS = 'ng-binding';
 const NG_BINDING_CLASS_SELECTOR = '.ng-binding';
@@ -256,9 +257,11 @@ export class ProtoView {
   instantiateInPlace:boolean;
   rootBindingOffset:int;
   isTemplateElement:boolean;
+  shadowDomStrategy: ShadowDomStrategy;
   constructor(
       template:Element,
-      protoChangeDetector:ProtoChangeDetector) {
+      protoChangeDetector:ProtoChangeDetector,
+      shadowDomStrategy: ShadowDomStrategy) {
     this.element = template;
     this.elementBinders = [];
     this.variableBindings = MapWrapper.create();
@@ -270,6 +273,7 @@ export class ProtoView {
     this.rootBindingOffset = (isPresent(this.element) && DOM.hasClass(this.element, NG_BINDING_CLASS))
       ? 1 : 0;
     this.isTemplateElement = this.element instanceof TemplateElement;
+    this.shadowDomStrategy = shadowDomStrategy;
   }
 
   // TODO(rado): hostElementInjector should be moved to hydrate phase.
@@ -353,11 +357,12 @@ export class ProtoView {
       var lightDom = null;
       var bindingPropagationConfig = null;
       if (isPresent(binder.componentDirective)) {
+        var strategy = this.shadowDomStrategy;
         var childView = binder.nestedProtoView.instantiate(elementInjector);
         view.changeDetector.addChild(childView.changeDetector);
 
-        lightDom = binder.componentDirective.shadowDomStrategy.constructLightDom(view, childView, element);
-        binder.componentDirective.shadowDomStrategy.attachTemplate(element, childView);
+        lightDom = strategy.constructLightDom(view, childView, element);
+        strategy.attachTemplate(element, childView);
 
         bindingPropagationConfig = new BindingPropagationConfig(view.changeDetector);
 
@@ -497,12 +502,14 @@ export class ProtoView {
   // and the component template is already compiled into protoView.
   // Used for bootstrapping.
   static createRootProtoView(protoView: ProtoView,
-      insertionElement, rootComponentAnnotatedType: DirectiveMetadata,
-      protoChangeDetector:ProtoChangeDetector
+      insertionElement,
+      rootComponentAnnotatedType: DirectiveMetadata,
+      protoChangeDetector:ProtoChangeDetector,
+      shadowDomStrategy: ShadowDomStrategy
   ): ProtoView {
 
     DOM.addClass(insertionElement, 'ng-binding');
-    var rootProtoView = new ProtoView(insertionElement, protoChangeDetector);
+    var rootProtoView = new ProtoView(insertionElement, protoChangeDetector, shadowDomStrategy);
     rootProtoView.instantiateInPlace = true;
     var binder = rootProtoView.bindElement(
         new ProtoElementInjector(null, 0, [rootComponentAnnotatedType.type], true));

modules/angular2/src/core/compiler/xhr/xhr.js

@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+import {Promise} from 'angular2/src/facade/async';
+
+export class XHR {
+  get(url: string): Promise<string> {
+    return null;
+  }
+}

modules/angular2/src/core/compiler/xhr/xhr_impl.dart

@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+import 'dart:async';
+import 'dart:html';
+import './xhr.dart' show XHR;
+
+class XHRImpl extends XHR {
+  Future<String> get(String url) {
+    return HttpRequest.request(url).then(
+      (HttpRequest request) => request.responseText,
+      onError: (Error e) => throw 'Failed to load $url'
+    );
+  }
+}

modules/angular2/src/core/compiler/xhr/xhr_impl.es6

@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+import {Promise, PromiseWrapper} from 'angular2/src/facade/async';
+import {XHR} from './xhr';
+
+export class XHRImpl extends XHR {
+  get(url: string): Promise<string> {
+    var completer = PromiseWrapper.completer();
+    var xhr = new XMLHttpRequest();
+    xhr.open('GET', url, true);
+    xhr.responseType = 'text';
+
+    xhr.onload = function() {
+      var status = xhr.status;
+      if (200 <= status && status <= 300) {
+        completer.complete(xhr.responseText);
+      } else {
+        completer.reject(`Failed to load ${url}`);
+      }
+    };
+
+    xhr.onerror = function() {
+      completer.reject(`Failed to load ${url}`);
+    };
+
+    xhr.send();
+    return completer.promise;
+  }
+}

modules/angular2/src/facade/collection.dart

@@ -104,9 +104,7 @@ class ListWrapper {
   static void insert(List l, int index, value) {
     l.insert(index, value);
   }
-  static void removeAt(List l, int index) {
-    l.removeAt(index);
-  }
+  static removeAt(List l, int index) => l.removeAt(index);
   static void removeAll(List list, List items) {
     for (var i = 0; i < items.length; ++i) {
       list.remove(items[i]);

modules/angular2/src/facade/dom.dart

@@ -3,7 +3,16 @@ library angular.core.facade.dom;
 import 'dart:html';
 import 'dart:js' show JsObject, context;
 
-export 'dart:html' show DocumentFragment, Node, Element, TemplateElement, Text, document, location, window;
+export 'dart:html' show
+  document,
+  DocumentFragment,
+  Element,
+  location,
+  Node,
+  StyleElement,
+  TemplateElement,
+  Text,
+  window;
 
 // TODO(tbosch): Is there a builtin one? Why is Dart
 // removing unknown elements by default?
@@ -62,7 +71,10 @@ class DOM {
   static void removeChild(Element el, Node node) {
     node.remove();
   }
-  static void insertBefore(Node el, Node node) {
+  static Element remove(Element el) {
+    return el..remove();
+  }
+  static insertBefore(Node el, node) {
     el.parentNode.insertBefore(node, el);
   }
   static void insertAllBefore(Node el, Iterable<Node> nodes) {
@@ -72,8 +84,8 @@ class DOM {
     el.parentNode.insertBefore(node, el.nextNode);
   }
   static String getText(Node el) => el.text;
-  static void setText(Text text, String value) {
-    text.text = value;
+  static void setText(Node el, String value) {
+    el.text = value;
   }
   static TemplateElement createTemplate(String html) {
     var t = new TemplateElement();
@@ -116,6 +128,10 @@ class DOM {
   static String getAttribute(Element element, String attribute) =>
       element.getAttribute(attribute);
 
+  static void setAttribute(Element element, String name, String value) {
+    element.setAttribute(name, value);
+  }
+
   static Node templateAwareRoot(Element el) =>
       el is TemplateElement ? el.content : el;
 

modules/angular2/src/facade/dom.es6

@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ export var NodeList = window.NodeList;
 export var Text = window.Text;
 export var Element = window.HTMLElement;
 export var TemplateElement = window.HTMLTemplateElement;
+export var StyleElement = window.HTMLStyleElement;
 export var document = window.document;
 export var location = window.location;
 export var gc = window.gc ? () => window.gc() : () => null;
@@ -70,6 +71,11 @@ export class DOM {
   static removeChild(el, node) {
     el.removeChild(node);
   }
+  static remove(el: Element): Element {
+    var parent = el.parentNode;
+    parent.removeChild(el);
+    return el;
+  }
   static insertBefore(el, node) {
     el.parentNode.insertBefore(node, el);
   }
@@ -87,8 +93,9 @@ export class DOM {
   static getText(el: Element) {
     return el.textContent;
   }
-  static setText(text:Text, value:string) {
-    text.nodeValue = value;
+  // TODO(vicb): removed Element type because it does not support StyleElement
+  static setText(el, value:string) {
+    el.textContent = value;
   }
   static createTemplate(html) {
     var t = document.createElement('template');
@@ -103,6 +110,11 @@ export class DOM {
     el.setAttribute(attrName, attrValue);
     return el;
   }
+  static createStyleElement(css:string, doc=document):StyleElement {
+    var style = doc.createElement('STYLE');
+    style.innerText = css;
+    return style;
+  }
   static clone(node:Node) {
     return node.cloneNode(true);
   }
@@ -142,6 +154,9 @@ export class DOM {
   static getAttribute(element:Element, attribute:string) {
     return element.getAttribute(attribute);
   }
+  static setAttribute(element:Element, name:string, value:string) {
+    element.setAttribute(name, value);
+  }
   static templateAwareRoot(el:Element):Node {
     return el instanceof TemplateElement ? el.content : el;
   }

modules/angular2/src/facade/lang.dart

@@ -69,6 +69,14 @@ class StringWrapper {
   static String substring(String s, int start, [int end]) {
     return s.substring(start, end);
   }
+
+  static String replaceAllMapped(String s, RegExp from, Function cb) {
+    return s.replaceAllMapped(from, cb);
+  }
+
+  static bool contains(String s, String substr) {
+    return s.contains(substr);
+  }
 }
 
 class StringJoiner {
@@ -102,8 +110,10 @@ class NumberWrapper {
 }
 
 class RegExpWrapper {
-  static RegExp create(String regExpStr) {
-    return new RegExp(regExpStr);
+  static RegExp create(regExpStr, [String flags = '']) {
+    bool multiLine = flags.contains('m');
+    bool caseSensitive = !flags.contains('i');
+    return new RegExp(regExpStr, multiLine: multiLine, caseSensitive: caseSensitive);
   }
   static Match firstMatch(RegExp regExp, String input) {
     return regExp.firstMatch(input);

modules/angular2/src/facade/lang.es6

@@ -75,6 +75,16 @@ export class StringWrapper {
   static substring(s:string, start:int, end:int = undefined) {
     return s.substring(start, end);
   }
+
+  static replaceAllMapped(s:string, from:RegExp, cb:Function): string {
+    return s.replace(from.multiple, function(...matches) {
+      return cb(matches);
+    });
+  }
+
+  static contains(s:string, substr:string): boolean {
+    return s.indexOf(substr) != -1;
+  }
 }
 
 export class StringJoiner {
@@ -160,10 +170,11 @@ export var RegExp = assert.define('RegExp', function(obj) {
 });
 
 export class RegExpWrapper {
-  static create(regExpStr):RegExp {
+  static create(regExpStr, flags:string = ''):RegExp {
+    flags = flags.replace(/g/g, '');
     return {
-      multiple: new window.RegExp(regExpStr, 'g'),
-      single: new window.RegExp(regExpStr)
+      multiple: new window.RegExp(regExpStr, flags + 'g'),
+      single: new window.RegExp(regExpStr, flags)
     };
   }
   static firstMatch(regExp, input) {

modules/angular2/src/mock/xhr_mock.js

@@ -0,0 +1,108 @@
+import {XHR} from 'angular2/src/core/compiler/xhr/xhr';
+import {List, ListWrapper, Map, MapWrapper} from 'angular2/src/facade/collection';
+import {isBlank, isPresent, normalizeBlank, BaseException} from 'angular2/src/facade/lang';
+import {PromiseWrapper, Promise} from 'angular2/src/facade/async';
+
+export class XHRMock extends XHR {
+  _expectations: List<_Expectation>;
+  _definitions: Map;
+  _requests: List<Promise>;
+
+  constructor() {
+    this._expectations = [];
+    this._definitions = MapWrapper.create();
+    this._requests = [];
+  }
+
+  get(url: string): Promise<string> {
+    var request = new _PendingRequest(url);
+    ListWrapper.push(this._requests, request);
+    return request.getPromise();
+  }
+
+  expect(url: string, response: string) {
+    var expectation = new _Expectation(url, response);
+    ListWrapper.push(this._expectations, expectation);
+  }
+
+  when(url: string, response: string) {
+    MapWrapper.set(this._definitions, url, response);
+  }
+
+  flush() {
+    if (this._requests.length === 0) {
+      throw new BaseException('No pending requests to flush');
+    }
+
+    do {
+      var request = ListWrapper.removeAt(this._requests, 0);
+      this._processRequest(request);
+    } while (this._requests.length > 0);
+
+    this.verifyNoOustandingExpectations();
+  }
+
+  verifyNoOustandingExpectations() {
+    if (this._expectations.length === 0) return;
+
+    var urls = [];
+    for (var i = 0; i < this._expectations.length; i++) {
+      var expectation = this._expectations[i];
+      ListWrapper.push(urls, expectation.url);
+    }
+
+    throw new BaseException(`Unsatisfied requests: ${ListWrapper.join(urls, ', ')}`);
+  }
+
+  _processRequest(request: _PendingRequest) {
+    var url = request.url;
+
+    if (this._expectations.length > 0) {
+      var expectation = this._expectations[0];
+      if (expectation.url === url) {
+        ListWrapper.remove(this._expectations, expectation);
+        request.complete(expectation.response);
+        return;
+      }
+    }
+
+    if (MapWrapper.contains(this._definitions, url)) {
+      var response = MapWrapper.get(this._definitions, url);
+      request.complete(normalizeBlank(response));
+      return;
+    }
+
+    throw new BaseException(`Unexpected request ${url}`);
+  }
+}
+
+class _PendingRequest {
+  url: string;
+  completer;
+
+  constructor(url) {
+    this.url = url;
+    this.completer = PromiseWrapper.completer();
+  }
+
+  complete(response: string) {
+    if (isBlank(response)) {
+      this.completer.reject(`Failed to load ${this.url}`);
+    } else {
+      this.completer.complete(response);
+    }
+  }
+
+  getPromise(): Promise<string> {
+    return this.completer.promise;
+  }
+}
+
+class _Expectation {
+  url: string;
+  response: string;
+  constructor(url: string, response: string) {
+    this.url = url;
+    this.response = response;
+  }
+}