In SNC mode `[]` has type of never[], so we cast it to any[] to
typecheck correctly see
https://github.com/Microsoft/TypeScript/issues/10479.
This is temporary workaround, until we fully
migrate the framework to TS 2.0 and strictNullChecks.
closes#11145
Also rename `CompileIdentifierMetadata.runtime` into `CompileIdentifierMetadata.reference`.
Also remove `CompileIdentifierMetadata.equalsTo` as
now it is enough to just check the `reference` fields for equality.
BREAKING CHANGE:
Exceptions are no longer part of the public API. We don't expect that anyone should be referring to the Exception types.
ExceptionHandler.call(exception: any, stackTrace?: any, reason?: string): void;
change to:
ErrorHandler.handleError(error: any): void;
Prior to this change `ngc` would place generated files which refer
to components in the node_modules into the node_module. This is an
issue. Now all of the files are forced into a single directory
as specified in `tsconfig.json` by the `genDir` option.
see: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1OgP1RIpZ-lWUc4113J3w13HTDcW-1-0o7TuGz0tGx0g
