When ngtsc compiles @angular/core, it rewrites core imports to the
r3_symbols.ts file that exposes all internal symbols under their
external name. When creating the FESM bundle, the r3_symbols.ts file
causes the external symbol names to be rewritten to their internal name.
Under ngcc compilations of FESM bundles, the indirection of
r3_symbols.ts is no longer in place such that the external names are
retained in the bundle. Previously, the external name `ɵdefineNgModule`
was explicitly declared internally to resolve this issue, but the
recently added `setClassMetadata` was not declared as such, causing
runtime errors.
Instead of relying on the r3_symbols.ts file to perform the rewrite of
the external modules to their internal variants, the translation is
moved into the `ImportManager` during the compilation itself. This
avoids the need for providing the external name manually.
PR Close#27055
This API is part of our public api surface and needs to be monitored by the public_api_guard.
I also had to go back and mark all of the exported functions with @publicApi jsdoc tag.
PR Close#27008
When compiling the flat-file version of the `@angular/core` we need to be aware
that we cannot rely upon imported names to access the ivy definition functions.
The compiler is already clever enough to use local function calls rather than
trying to add a namespaced import, but there is a problem if the local name of the
function is different to the exported name. This is the case for functions that
are not part of the public API, and so are exported under a barred-O private alias.
In `@angular/core` the only decorations in use are `@NgModule` and `@Injectable`.
There are no directives, components, pipes, etc.
Since `defineInjectable` is part of the public API of `@angular/core`, the compiler
is able to generate code that references the original non-barred-O version of the
function.
But the `defineNgModule` is not part of the public API and so the compiler must
generate code that refers to it by the private barred-O version of the function.
This commit imports and then re-exports this barred-O version of `defineModule` to
ensure that the symbol is available in the local scope of the flat-file versions of
the `@angular/core` library.
PR Close#26403
This commit introduces the setClassMetadata() private function, which
adds metadata to a type in a way that can be accessed via Angular's
ReflectionCapabilities. Currently, it writes to static fields as if
the metadata being added was downleveled from decorators by tsickle.
The plan is for ngtsc to emit code which calls this function, passing
metadata on to the runtime for testing purposes. Calls to this function
would then be tree-shaken away for production bundles.
Testing strategy: proper operation of this function will be an integral
part of TestBed metadata overriding. Angular core tests will fail if this
is broken.
PR Close#26860
