chore(core): remove @View annotation

Closes #7495

modules/angular2/src/common/common_directives.ts

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import {CORE_DIRECTIVES} from './directives';
  * NgModel).
  *
  * This collection can be used to quickly enumerate all the built-in directives in the `directives`
- * property of the `@Component` or `@View` decorators.
+ * property of the `@Component` decorator.
  *
  * ### Example
  *

modules/angular2/src/common/directives/core_directives.ts

@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ import {NgPlural, NgPluralCase} from './ng_plural';
  * application.
  *
  * This collection can be used to quickly enumerate all the built-in directives in the `directives`
- * property of the `@View` annotation.
+ * property of the `@Component` annotation.
  *
  * ### Example ([live demo](http://plnkr.co/edit/yakGwpCdUkg0qfzX5m8g?p=preview))
  *

modules/angular2/src/common/directives/ng_switch.ts

@@ -32,8 +32,8 @@ export class SwitchView {
  * ### Example ([live demo](http://plnkr.co/edit/DQMTII95CbuqWrl3lYAs?p=preview))
  *
  * ```typescript
- * @Component({selector: 'app'})
- * @View({
+ * @Component({
+ *   selector: 'app',
  *   template: `
  *     <p>Value = {{value}}</p>
  *     <button (click)="inc()">Increment</button>

modules/angular2/src/common/forms/directives.ts

@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ export {ControlValueAccessor} from './directives/control_value_accessor';
 
 /**
  *
- * A list of all the form directives used as part of a `@View` annotation.
+ * A list of all the form directives used as part of a `@Component` annotation.
  *
  *  This is a shorthand for importing them each individually.
  *

modules/angular2/src/common/forms/directives/ng_control_group.ts

@@ -33,8 +33,6 @@ const controlGroupProvider =
  * @Component({
  *   selector: 'my-app',
  *   directives: [FORM_DIRECTIVES],
- * })
- * @View({
  *   template: `
  *     <div>
  *       <h2>Angular2 Control &amp; ControlGroup Example</h2>

modules/angular2/src/common/pipes/common_pipes.ts

@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ import {CONST_EXPR} from 'angular2/src/facade/lang';
  * application.
  *
  * This collection can be used to quickly enumerate all the built-in pipes in the `pipes`
- * property of the `@Component` or `@View` decorators.
+ * property of the `@Component` decorator.
  */
 export const COMMON_PIPES = CONST_EXPR([
   AsyncPipe,

modules/angular2/src/core/linker/view_resolver.ts

@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ export class ViewResolver {
     if (isPresent(compMeta)) {
       if (isBlank(compMeta.template) && isBlank(compMeta.templateUrl) && isBlank(viewMeta)) {
         throw new BaseException(
-            `Component '${stringify(component)}' must have either 'template', 'templateUrl', or '@View' set.`);
+            `Component '${stringify(component)}' must have either 'template' or 'templateUrl' set.`);
 
       } else if (isPresent(compMeta.template) && isPresent(viewMeta)) {
         this._throwMixingViewAndComponent("template", component);
@@ -84,7 +84,8 @@ export class ViewResolver {
       }
     } else {
       if (isBlank(viewMeta)) {
-        throw new BaseException(`No View decorator found on component '${stringify(component)}'`);
+        throw new BaseException(
+            `Could not compile '${stringify(component)}' because it is not a component.`);
       } else {
         return viewMeta;
       }

modules/angular2/src/core/metadata.ts

@@ -254,7 +254,6 @@ export interface ComponentFactory {
  * import {Component, View} from "angular2/core";
  *
  * @Component({...})
- * @View({...})
  * class MyComponent {
  *   constructor() {
  *     ...
@@ -481,8 +480,7 @@ export interface HostListenerFactory {
 /**
  * Declare reusable UI building blocks for an application.
  *
- * Each Angular component requires a single `@Component` and at least one `@View` annotation. The
- * `@Component`
+ * Each Angular component requires a single `@Component` annotation. The `@Component`
  * annotation specifies when a component is instantiated, and which properties and hostListeners it
  * binds to.
  *
@@ -493,8 +491,6 @@ export interface HostListenerFactory {
  *
  * All template expressions and statements are then evaluated against the component instance.
  *
- * For details on the `@View` annotation, see {@link ViewMetadata}.
- *
  * ## Lifecycle hooks
  *
  * When the component class implements some {@link angular2/lifecycle_hooks} the callbacks are
@@ -918,8 +914,7 @@ export var Directive: DirectiveFactory = <DirectiveFactory>makeDecorator(Directi
  * }
  * ```
  */
-export var View: ViewFactory =
-    <ViewFactory>makeDecorator(ViewMetadata, (fn: any) => fn.View = View);
+var View: ViewFactory = <ViewFactory>makeDecorator(ViewMetadata, (fn: any) => fn.View = View);
 
 /**
  * Specifies that a constant attribute value should be injected.
@@ -1154,8 +1149,8 @@ export var ViewChild: ViewChildFactory = makePropDecorator(ViewChildMetadata);
  * ### Example ([live demo](http://plnkr.co/edit/eNsFHDf7YjyM6IzKxM1j?p=preview))
  *
  * ```javascript
- * @Component({...})
- * @View({
+ * @Component({
+ *   ...,
  *   template: `
  *     <item> a </item>
  *     <item> b </item>

modules/angular2/src/core/metadata/di.ts

@@ -242,8 +242,8 @@ export class ContentChildMetadata extends QueryMetadata {
  * ### Example ([live demo](http://plnkr.co/edit/eNsFHDf7YjyM6IzKxM1j?p=preview))
  *
  * ```javascript
- * @Component({...})
- * @View({
+ * @Component({
+ *   ...,
  *   template: `
  *     <item> a </item>
  *     <item> b </item>

modules/angular2/src/router/instruction.ts

@@ -59,8 +59,10 @@ export class RouteParams {
  * ])
  * class AppCmp {}
  *
- * @Component({...})
- * @View({ template: 'user: {{isAdmin}}' })
+ * @Component({
+ *   ...,
+ *   template: 'user: {{isAdmin}}'
+ * })
  * class UserCmp {
  *   string: isAdmin;
  *   constructor(data: RouteData) {