docs(changelog): add changelog for 2.4.4

Closes #13973

.pullapprove.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+# Configuration for pullapprove.com
+# See ownership spreadsheet:
+# https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1-HIlzfbPYGsPr9KuYMe6bLfc4LXzPjpoALqtYRYTZB0/edit?pli=1#gid=0&vpid=A5
+
+version: 2
+
+group_defaults:
+  required: 1
+  reset_on_reopened:
+    enabled: true
+  approve_by_comment:
+    enabled: true
+    approve_regex: '^(Approved|:\+1:|LGTM)'
+
+groups:
+  config:
+    conditions:
+      files:
+        - "*.yml"
+        - "*.json"
+    teams:
+      - repoowners
+
+  compiler:
+    conditions:
+      files:
+        - "tools/@angular/tsc-wrapped/*"
+        - "modules/@angular/compiler/*"
+        - "modules/@angular/compiler-cli/*"
+    teams:
+      - compiler-owners
+      - repoowners

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -1,3 +1,36 @@
+<a name="2.4.4"></a>
+## [2.4.4](https://github.com/angular/angular/compare/2.4.3...2.4.4) (2017-01-19)
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* **animations:** fix internal jscompiler issue and AOT quoting ([#13798](https://github.com/angular/angular/issues/13798)) ([261fd16](https://github.com/angular/angular/commit/261fd16))
+* **common:** support numeric value as discrete cases for NgPlural ([#13876](https://github.com/angular/angular/issues/13876)) ([3d0b1b8](https://github.com/angular/angular/commit/3d0b1b8))
+* **http:** don't create a blob out of ArrayBuffer when type is application/octet-stream ([#13992](https://github.com/angular/angular/issues/13992)) ([015878a](https://github.com/angular/angular/commit/015878a)), closes [#13973](https://github.com/angular/angular/issues/13973)
+* **router:** enable loadChildren with function in aot ([#13909](https://github.com/angular/angular/issues/13909)) ([2af5862](https://github.com/angular/angular/commit/2af5862)), closes [#11075](https://github.com/angular/angular/issues/11075)
+* **router:** routerLinkActive should not throw when not initialized ([#13273](https://github.com/angular/angular/issues/13273)) ([49c4b0f](https://github.com/angular/angular/commit/49c4b0f)), closes [#13270](https://github.com/angular/angular/issues/13270)
+* **security:** allow calc and gradient functions. ([#13943](https://github.com/angular/angular/issues/13943)) ([bd15110](https://github.com/angular/angular/commit/bd15110))
+* **upgrade:** detect async downgrade component changes ([#13812](https://github.com/angular/angular/issues/13812)) ([2250082](https://github.com/angular/angular/commit/2250082)), closes [#6385](https://github.com/angular/angular/issues/6385) [#6385](https://github.com/angular/angular/issues/6385) [#10660](https://github.com/angular/angular/issues/10660) [#12318](https://github.com/angular/angular/issues/12318) [#12034](https://github.com/angular/angular/issues/12034)
+
+
+
+<a name="2.4.3"></a>
+## [2.4.3](https://github.com/angular/angular/compare/2.4.2...2.4.3) (2017-01-11)
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* **compiler:** avoid evaluating arguments to unknown decorators ([5e9d3db](https://github.com/angular/angular/commit/5e9d3db)), closes [#13605](https://github.com/angular/angular/issues/13605)
+* **compiler:** fix template binding parsing (`*directive="-..."`) ([7dc12b9](https://github.com/angular/angular/commit/7dc12b9)), closes [#13800](https://github.com/angular/angular/issues/13800)
+* **compiler-cli:** add support for more than 2 levels of nested lazy routes ([6164eb2](https://github.com/angular/angular/commit/6164eb2)), closes [angular/angular-cli#3663](https://github.com/angular/angular-cli/issues/3663)
+* **compiler-cli:** avoid handling functions in loadChildren as lazy load routes paths ([313683f](https://github.com/angular/angular/commit/313683f)), closes [angular/angular-cli#3204](https://github.com/angular/angular-cli/issues/3204)
+* **i18n:** translate attributes inside elements marked for translation ([d7f2a3c](https://github.com/angular/angular/commit/d7f2a3c))
+* **router:** RouterLink mirrors input `target` as attribute ([1c82b58](https://github.com/angular/angular/commit/1c82b58)), closes [#13837](https://github.com/angular/angular/issues/13837)
+* **router:** throw an error when navigate to null/undefined path ([61ba223](https://github.com/angular/angular/commit/61ba223)), closes [#10560](https://github.com/angular/angular/issues/10560) [#13384](https://github.com/angular/angular/issues/13384)
+* **router:** fix checking for object intersection ([1692265](https://github.com/angular/angular/commit/1692265))
+
+
+
 <a name="2.4.2"></a>
 ## [2.4.2](https://github.com/angular/angular/compare/2.4.1...2.4.2) (2017-01-06)
 
@@ -9,7 +42,7 @@
 * **common:** allow null/undefined values for `NgForTrackBy` ([6be55cc](https://github.com/angular/angular/commit/6be55cc)), closes [#13641](https://github.com/angular/angular/issues/13641)
 * **compiler:** don’t throw when using `ANALYZE_FOR_ENTRY_COMPONENTS` with user classes ([#13679](https://github.com/angular/angular/issues/13679)) ([230e33f](https://github.com/angular/angular/commit/230e33f)), closes [#13565](https://github.com/angular/angular/issues/13565)
 * **compiler:** query `<template>` elements before their children. ([#13677](https://github.com/angular/angular/issues/13677)) ([1cd73c7](https://github.com/angular/angular/commit/1cd73c7)), closes [#13118](https://github.com/angular/angular/issues/13118) [#13167](https://github.com/angular/angular/issues/13167)
-* **compiler:** allow "." in attribute selectors ([#13653](https://github.com/angular/angular/issues/13653)) ([29ffdfd](https://github.com/angular/angular/commit/29ffdfd)), closes [#13645](https://github.com/angular/angular/issues/13645)
+* **compiler:** allow "." in attribute selectors ([#13653](https://github.com/angular/angular/issues/13653)) ([29ffdfd](https://github.com/angular/angular/commit/29ffdfd)), closes [#13645](https://github.com/angular/angular/issues/13645) [#13982](https://github.com/angular/angular/issues/13982)
 * **core:** animations no longer silently exits if the element is not apart of the DOM ([#13763](https://github.com/angular/angular/issues/13763)) ([f1cde43](https://github.com/angular/angular/commit/f1cde43))
 * **core:** animations should blend in all previously transitioned styles into next animation if interrupted ([#13148](https://github.com/angular/angular/issues/13148)) ([b245b92](https://github.com/angular/angular/commit/b245b92))
 * **core:** remove reference to "Angular 2" in dev mode warning ([#13751](https://github.com/angular/angular/issues/13751)) ([21f5f05](https://github.com/angular/angular/commit/21f5f05))

modules/@angular/common/src/directives/ng_class.ts

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 import {CollectionChangeRecord, Directive, DoCheck, ElementRef, Input, IterableDiffer, IterableDiffers, KeyValueChangeRecord, KeyValueDiffer, KeyValueDiffers, Renderer} from '@angular/core';
 
 import {isListLikeIterable} from '../facade/collection';
-import {isPresent, stringify} from '../facade/lang';
+import {stringify} from '../facade/lang';
 
 /**
  * @ngModule CommonModule
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ export class NgClass implements DoCheck {
         (<any>rawClassVal).forEach((klass: string) => this._toggleClass(klass, !isCleanup));
       } else {
         Object.keys(rawClassVal).forEach(klass => {
-          if (isPresent(rawClassVal[klass])) this._toggleClass(klass, !isCleanup);
+          if (rawClassVal[klass] != null) this._toggleClass(klass, !isCleanup);
         });
       }
     }

modules/@angular/common/src/directives/ng_plural.ts

@@ -21,10 +21,9 @@ import {SwitchView} from './ng_switch';
  * @howToUse
  * ```
  * <some-element [ngPlural]="value">
- *   <ng-container *ngPluralCase="'=0'">there is nothing</ng-container>
- *   <ng-container *ngPluralCase="'=1'">there is one</ng-container>
- *   <ng-container *ngPluralCase="'few'">there are a few</ng-container>
- *   <ng-container *ngPluralCase="'other'">there are exactly #</ng-container>
+ *   <template ngPluralCase="=0">there is nothing</template>
+ *   <template ngPluralCase="=1">there is one</template>
+ *   <template ngPluralCase="few">there are a few</template>
  * </some-element>
  * ```
  *
@@ -90,8 +89,8 @@ export class NgPlural {
  * @howToUse
  * ```
  * <some-element [ngPlural]="value">
- *   <ng-container *ngPluralCase="'=0'">...</ng-container>
- *   <ng-container *ngPluralCase="'other'">...</ng-container>
+ *   <template ngPluralCase="=0">...</template>
+ *   <template ngPluralCase="other">...</template>
  * </some-element>
  *```
  *
@@ -104,6 +103,7 @@ export class NgPluralCase {
   constructor(
       @Attribute('ngPluralCase') public value: string, template: TemplateRef<Object>,
       viewContainer: ViewContainerRef, @Host() ngPlural: NgPlural) {
-    ngPlural.addCase(value, new SwitchView(viewContainer, template));
+    const isANumber: boolean = !isNaN(Number(value));
+    ngPlural.addCase(isANumber ? `=${value}` : value, new SwitchView(viewContainer, template));
   }
 }

modules/@angular/common/src/pipes/i18n_plural_pipe.ts

@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@
  */
 
 import {Pipe, PipeTransform} from '@angular/core';
-import {isBlank} from '../facade/lang';
 import {NgLocalization, getPluralCategory} from '../localization';
 import {InvalidPipeArgumentError} from './invalid_pipe_argument_error';
 
@@ -35,7 +34,7 @@ export class I18nPluralPipe implements PipeTransform {
   constructor(private _localization: NgLocalization) {}
 
   transform(value: number, pluralMap: {[count: string]: string}): string {
-    if (isBlank(value)) return '';
+    if (value == null) return '';
 
     if (typeof pluralMap !== 'object' || pluralMap === null) {
       throw new InvalidPipeArgumentError(I18nPluralPipe, pluralMap);

modules/@angular/common/src/pipes/number_pipe.ts

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 
 import {Inject, LOCALE_ID, Pipe, PipeTransform, Type} from '@angular/core';
 
-import {NumberWrapper, isBlank, isPresent} from '../facade/lang';
+import {NumberWrapper} from '../facade/lang';
 
 import {NumberFormatStyle, NumberFormatter} from './intl';
 import {InvalidPipeArgumentError} from './invalid_pipe_argument_error';
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ const _NUMBER_FORMAT_REGEXP = /^(\d+)?\.((\d+)(-(\d+))?)?$/;
 function formatNumber(
     pipe: Type<any>, locale: string, value: number | string, style: NumberFormatStyle,
     digits: string, currency: string = null, currencyAsSymbol: boolean = false): string {
-  if (isBlank(value)) return null;
+  if (value == null) return null;
 
   // Convert strings to numbers
   value = typeof value === 'string' && NumberWrapper.isNumeric(value) ? +value : value;
@@ -41,13 +41,13 @@ function formatNumber(
     if (parts === null) {
       throw new Error(`${digits} is not a valid digit info for number pipes`);
     }
-    if (isPresent(parts[1])) {  // min integer digits
+    if (parts[1] != null) {  // min integer digits
       minInt = NumberWrapper.parseIntAutoRadix(parts[1]);
     }
-    if (isPresent(parts[3])) {  // min fraction digits
+    if (parts[3] != null) {  // min fraction digits
       minFraction = NumberWrapper.parseIntAutoRadix(parts[3]);
     }
-    if (isPresent(parts[5])) {  // max fraction digits
+    if (parts[5] != null) {  // max fraction digits
       maxFraction = NumberWrapper.parseIntAutoRadix(parts[5]);
     }
   }

modules/@angular/common/src/pipes/slice_pipe.ts

@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@
  */
 
 import {Pipe, PipeTransform} from '@angular/core';
-import {isBlank} from '../facade/lang';
 import {InvalidPipeArgumentError} from './invalid_pipe_argument_error';
 
 /**
@@ -58,7 +57,7 @@ import {InvalidPipeArgumentError} from './invalid_pipe_argument_error';
 @Pipe({name: 'slice', pure: false})
 export class SlicePipe implements PipeTransform {
   transform(value: any, start: number, end?: number): any {
-    if (isBlank(value)) return value;
+    if (value == null) return value;
 
     if (!this.supports(value)) {
       throw new InvalidPipeArgumentError(SlicePipe, value);

modules/@angular/common/test/directives/ng_for_spec.ts

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
  */
 
 import {CommonModule} from '@angular/common';
-import {Component, ContentChild, TemplateRef} from '@angular/core';
+import {Component} from '@angular/core';
 import {ComponentFixture, TestBed, async} from '@angular/core/testing';
 import {By} from '@angular/platform-browser/src/dom/debug/by';
 import {expect} from '@angular/platform-browser/testing/matchers';
@@ -29,10 +29,7 @@ export function main() {
 
     beforeEach(() => {
       TestBed.configureTestingModule({
-        declarations: [
-          TestComponent,
-          ComponentUsingTestComponent,
-        ],
+        declarations: [TestComponent],
         imports: [CommonModule],
       });
     });
@@ -77,7 +74,7 @@ export function main() {
        }));
 
     it('should iterate over an array of objects', async(() => {
-         const template = '<ul><li template="ngFor let item of items">{{item["name"]}};</li></ul>';
+         const template = '<ul><li *ngFor="let item of items">{{item["name"]}};</li></ul>';
          fixture = createTestComponent(template);
 
          // INIT
@@ -95,7 +92,7 @@ export function main() {
        }));
 
     it('should gracefully handle nulls', async(() => {
-         const template = '<ul><li template="ngFor let item of null">{{item}};</li></ul>';
+         const template = '<ul><li *ngFor="let item of null">{{item}};</li></ul>';
          fixture = createTestComponent(template);
 
          detectChangesAndExpectText('');
@@ -140,12 +137,8 @@ export function main() {
        }));
 
     it('should repeat over nested arrays', async(() => {
-         const template = '<div>' +
-             '<div template="ngFor let item of items">' +
-             '<div template="ngFor let subitem of item">' +
-             '{{subitem}}-{{item.length}};' +
-             '</div>|' +
-             '</div>' +
+         const template = '<div *ngFor="let item of items">' +
+             '<div *ngFor="let subitem of item">{{subitem}}-{{item.length}};</div>|' +
              '</div>';
          fixture = createTestComponent(template);
 
@@ -157,10 +150,9 @@ export function main() {
        }));
 
     it('should repeat over nested arrays with no intermediate element', async(() => {
-         const template = '<div><template ngFor let-item [ngForOf]="items">' +
-             '<div template="ngFor let subitem of item">' +
-             '{{subitem}}-{{item.length}};' +
-             '</div></template></div>';
+         const template = '<div *ngFor="let item of items">' +
+             '<div *ngFor="let subitem of item">{{subitem}}-{{item.length}};</div>' +
+             '</div>';
          fixture = createTestComponent(template);
 
          getComponent().items = [['a', 'b'], ['c']];
@@ -170,10 +162,11 @@ export function main() {
          detectChangesAndExpectText('e-1;f-2;g-2;');
        }));
 
-    it('should repeat over nested ngIf that are the last node in the ngFor temlate', async(() => {
-         const template =
-             `<div><template ngFor let-item [ngForOf]="items" let-i="index"><div>{{i}}|</div>` +
-             `<div *ngIf="i % 2 == 0">even|</div></template></div>`;
+    it('should repeat over nested ngIf that are the last node in the ngFor template', async(() => {
+         const template = `<div *ngFor="let item of items; let i=index">` +
+             `<div>{{i}}|</div>` +
+             `<div *ngIf="i % 2 == 0">even|</div>` +
+             `</div>`;
 
          fixture = createTestComponent(template);
 
@@ -189,8 +182,7 @@ export function main() {
        }));
 
     it('should display indices correctly', async(() => {
-         const template =
-             '<div><span template="ngFor: let item of items; let i=index">{{i.toString()}}</span></div>';
+         const template = '<span *ngFor ="let item of items; let i=index">{{i.toString()}}</span>';
          fixture = createTestComponent(template);
 
          getComponent().items = [0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9];
@@ -202,7 +194,7 @@ export function main() {
 
     it('should display first item correctly', async(() => {
          const template =
-             '<div><span template="ngFor: let item of items; let isFirst=first">{{isFirst.toString()}}</span></div>';
+             '<span *ngFor="let item of items; let isFirst=first">{{isFirst.toString()}}</span>';
          fixture = createTestComponent(template);
 
          getComponent().items = [0, 1, 2];
@@ -214,7 +206,7 @@ export function main() {
 
     it('should display last item correctly', async(() => {
          const template =
-             '<div><span template="ngFor: let item of items; let isLast=last">{{isLast.toString()}}</span></div>';
+             '<span *ngFor="let item of items; let isLast=last">{{isLast.toString()}}</span>';
          fixture = createTestComponent(template);
 
          getComponent().items = [0, 1, 2];
@@ -226,7 +218,7 @@ export function main() {
 
     it('should display even items correctly', async(() => {
          const template =
-             '<div><span template="ngFor: let item of items; let isEven=even">{{isEven.toString()}}</span></div>';
+             '<span *ngFor="let item of items; let isEven=even">{{isEven.toString()}}</span>';
          fixture = createTestComponent(template);
 
          getComponent().items = [0, 1, 2];
@@ -238,7 +230,7 @@ export function main() {
 
     it('should display odd items correctly', async(() => {
          const template =
-             '<div><span template="ngFor: let item of items; let isOdd=odd">{{isOdd.toString()}}</span></div>';
+             '<span *ngFor="let item of items; let isOdd=odd">{{isOdd.toString()}}</span>';
          fixture = createTestComponent(template);
 
          getComponent().items = [0, 1, 2, 3];
@@ -249,55 +241,38 @@ export function main() {
        }));
 
     it('should allow to use a custom template', async(() => {
-         const tcTemplate =
-             '<ul><template ngFor [ngForOf]="items" [ngForTemplate]="contentTpl"></template></ul>';
-         TestBed.overrideComponent(TestComponent, {set: {template: tcTemplate}});
-         const cutTemplate =
-             '<test-cmp><li template="let item; let i=index">{{i}}: {{item}};</li></test-cmp>';
-         TestBed.overrideComponent(ComponentUsingTestComponent, {set: {template: cutTemplate}});
-         fixture = TestBed.createComponent(ComponentUsingTestComponent);
-
-         const testComponent = fixture.debugElement.children[0];
-         testComponent.componentInstance.items = ['a', 'b', 'c'];
+         const template =
+             '<ng-container *ngFor="let item of items; template: tpl"></ng-container>' +
+             '<template let-item let-i="index" #tpl><p>{{i}}: {{item}};</p></template>';
+         fixture = createTestComponent(template);
+         getComponent().items = ['a', 'b', 'c'];
          fixture.detectChanges();
-         expect(testComponent.nativeElement).toHaveText('0: a;1: b;2: c;');
+         detectChangesAndExpectText('0: a;1: b;2: c;');
        }));
 
     it('should use a default template if a custom one is null', async(() => {
-         const testTemplate = `<ul><template ngFor let-item [ngForOf]="items"
-            [ngForTemplate]="contentTpl" let-i="index">{{i}}: {{item}};</template></ul>`;
-         TestBed.overrideComponent(TestComponent, {set: {template: testTemplate}});
-         const cutTemplate =
-             '<test-cmp><li template="let item; let i=index">{{i}}: {{item}};</li></test-cmp>';
-         TestBed.overrideComponent(ComponentUsingTestComponent, {set: {template: cutTemplate}});
-         fixture = TestBed.createComponent(ComponentUsingTestComponent);
-
-         const testComponent = fixture.debugElement.children[0];
-         testComponent.componentInstance.items = ['a', 'b', 'c'];
+         const template =
+             `<ul><ng-container *ngFor="let item of items; template: null; let i=index">{{i}}: {{item}};</ng-container></ul>`;
+         fixture = createTestComponent(template);
+         getComponent().items = ['a', 'b', 'c'];
          fixture.detectChanges();
-         expect(testComponent.nativeElement).toHaveText('0: a;1: b;2: c;');
+         detectChangesAndExpectText('0: a;1: b;2: c;');
        }));
 
     it('should use a custom template when both default and a custom one are present', async(() => {
-         const testTemplate = `<ul><template ngFor let-item [ngForOf]="items"
-         [ngForTemplate]="contentTpl" let-i="index">{{i}}=> {{item}};</template></ul>`;
-         TestBed.overrideComponent(TestComponent, {set: {template: testTemplate}});
-         const cutTemplate =
-             '<test-cmp><li template="let item; let i=index">{{i}}: {{item}};</li></test-cmp>';
-         TestBed.overrideComponent(ComponentUsingTestComponent, {set: {template: cutTemplate}});
-         fixture = TestBed.createComponent(ComponentUsingTestComponent);
-
-         const testComponent = fixture.debugElement.children[0];
-         testComponent.componentInstance.items = ['a', 'b', 'c'];
+         const template =
+             '<ng-container *ngFor="let item of items; template: tpl">{{i}};</ng-container>' +
+             '<template let-item let-i="index" #tpl>{{i}}: {{item}};</template>';
+         fixture = createTestComponent(template);
+         getComponent().items = ['a', 'b', 'c'];
          fixture.detectChanges();
-         expect(testComponent.nativeElement).toHaveText('0: a;1: b;2: c;');
+         detectChangesAndExpectText('0: a;1: b;2: c;');
        }));
 
     describe('track by', () => {
       it('should console.warn if trackBy is not a function', async(() => {
            // TODO(vicb): expect a warning message when we have a proper log service
-           const template =
-               `<template ngFor let-item [ngForOf]="items" [ngForTrackBy]="value"></template>`;
+           const template = `<p *ngFor="let item of items; trackBy: value"></p>`;
            fixture = createTestComponent(template);
            fixture.componentInstance.value = 0;
            fixture.detectChanges();
@@ -305,8 +280,7 @@ export function main() {
 
       it('should track by identity when trackBy is to `null` or `undefined`', async(() => {
            // TODO(vicb): expect no warning message when we have a proper log service
-           const template =
-               `<template ngFor let-item [ngForOf]="items" [ngForTrackBy]="value">{{ item }}</template>`;
+           const template = `<p *ngFor="let item of items; trackBy: value">{{ item }}</p>`;
            fixture = createTestComponent(template);
            fixture.componentInstance.items = ['a', 'b', 'c'];
            fixture.componentInstance.value = null;
@@ -317,7 +291,7 @@ export function main() {
 
       it('should set the context to the component instance', async(() => {
            const template =
-               `<template ngFor let-item [ngForOf]="items" [ngForTrackBy]="trackByContext.bind(this)"></template>`;
+               `<p *ngFor="let item of items; trackBy: trackByContext.bind(this)"></p>`;
            fixture = createTestComponent(template);
 
            thisArg = null;
@@ -327,9 +301,7 @@ export function main() {
 
       it('should not replace tracked items', async(() => {
            const template =
-               `<template ngFor let-item [ngForOf]="items" [ngForTrackBy]="trackById" let-i="index">
-               <p>{{items[i]}}</p>
-              </template>`;
+               `<p *ngFor="let item of items; trackBy: trackById; let i=index">{{items[i]}}</p>`;
            fixture = createTestComponent(template);
 
            const buildItemList = () => {
@@ -345,7 +317,7 @@ export function main() {
 
       it('should update implicit local variable on view', async(() => {
            const template =
-               `<div><template ngFor let-item [ngForOf]="items" [ngForTrackBy]="trackById">{{item['color']}}</template></div>`;
+               `<div *ngFor="let item of items; trackBy: trackById">{{item['color']}}</div>`;
            fixture = createTestComponent(template);
 
            getComponent().items = [{'id': 'a', 'color': 'blue'}];
@@ -357,7 +329,7 @@ export function main() {
 
       it('should move items around and keep them updated ', async(() => {
            const template =
-               `<div><template ngFor let-item [ngForOf]="items" [ngForTrackBy]="trackById">{{item['color']}}</template></div>`;
+               `<div *ngFor="let item of items; trackBy: trackById">{{item['color']}}</div>`;
            fixture = createTestComponent(template);
 
            getComponent().items = [{'id': 'a', 'color': 'blue'}, {'id': 'b', 'color': 'yellow'}];
@@ -368,8 +340,7 @@ export function main() {
          }));
 
       it('should handle added and removed items properly when tracking by index', async(() => {
-           const template =
-               `<div><template ngFor let-item [ngForOf]="items" [ngForTrackBy]="trackByIndex">{{item}}</template></div>`;
+           const template = `<div *ngFor="let item of items; trackBy: trackByIndex">{{item}}</div>`;
            fixture = createTestComponent(template);
 
            getComponent().items = ['a', 'b', 'c', 'd'];
@@ -389,7 +360,6 @@ class Foo {
 
 @Component({selector: 'test-cmp', template: ''})
 class TestComponent {
-  @ContentChild(TemplateRef) contentTpl: TemplateRef<Object>;
   value: any;
   items: any[] = [1, 2];
   trackById(index: number, item: any): string { return item['id']; }
@@ -397,12 +367,7 @@ class TestComponent {
   trackByContext(): void { thisArg = this; }
 }
 
-@Component({selector: 'outer-cmp', template: ''})
-class ComponentUsingTestComponent {
-  items: any = [1, 2];
-}
-
-const TEMPLATE = '<div><span template="ngFor let item of items">{{item.toString()}};</span></div>';
+const TEMPLATE = '<div><span *ngFor="let item of items">{{item.toString()}};</span></div>';
 
 function createTestComponent(template: string = TEMPLATE): ComponentFixture<TestComponent> {
   return TestBed.overrideComponent(TestComponent, {set: {template: template}})

modules/@angular/common/test/directives/ng_if_spec.ts

@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 import {CommonModule} from '@angular/common';
 import {Component} from '@angular/core';
 import {ComponentFixture, TestBed, async} from '@angular/core/testing';
+import {By} from '@angular/platform-browser/src/dom/debug/by';
 import {getDOM} from '@angular/platform-browser/src/dom/dom_adapter';
 import {expect} from '@angular/platform-browser/testing/matchers';
 
@@ -28,131 +29,114 @@ export function main() {
     });
 
     it('should work in a template attribute', async(() => {
-         const template = '<div><span template="ngIf booleanCondition">hello</span></div>';
+         const template = '<span *ngIf="booleanCondition">hello</span>';
          fixture = createTestComponent(template);
-
          fixture.detectChanges();
-         expect(getDOM().querySelectorAll(fixture.nativeElement, 'span').length).toEqual(1);
+         expect(fixture.debugElement.queryAll(By.css('span')).length).toEqual(1);
          expect(fixture.nativeElement).toHaveText('hello');
        }));
 
-    it('should work in a template element', async(() => {
-         const template =
-             '<div><template [ngIf]="booleanCondition"><span>hello2</span></template></div>';
-
+    it('should work on a template element', async(() => {
+         const template = '<template [ngIf]="booleanCondition">hello2</template>';
          fixture = createTestComponent(template);
          fixture.detectChanges();
-         expect(getDOM().querySelectorAll(fixture.nativeElement, 'span').length).toEqual(1);
          expect(fixture.nativeElement).toHaveText('hello2');
        }));
 
     it('should toggle node when condition changes', async(() => {
-         const template = '<div><span template="ngIf booleanCondition">hello</span></div>';
-
+         const template = '<span *ngIf="booleanCondition">hello</span>';
          fixture = createTestComponent(template);
          getComponent().booleanCondition = false;
          fixture.detectChanges();
-         expect(getDOM().querySelectorAll(fixture.nativeElement, 'span').length).toEqual(0);
+         expect(fixture.debugElement.queryAll(By.css('span')).length).toEqual(0);
          expect(fixture.nativeElement).toHaveText('');
 
          getComponent().booleanCondition = true;
          fixture.detectChanges();
-         expect(getDOM().querySelectorAll(fixture.nativeElement, 'span').length).toEqual(1);
+         expect(fixture.debugElement.queryAll(By.css('span')).length).toEqual(1);
          expect(fixture.nativeElement).toHaveText('hello');
 
          getComponent().booleanCondition = false;
          fixture.detectChanges();
-         expect(getDOM().querySelectorAll(fixture.nativeElement, 'span').length).toEqual(0);
+         expect(fixture.debugElement.queryAll(By.css('span')).length).toEqual(0);
          expect(fixture.nativeElement).toHaveText('');
        }));
 
     it('should handle nested if correctly', async(() => {
          const template =
-             '<div><template [ngIf]="booleanCondition"><span *ngIf="nestedBooleanCondition">hello</span></template></div>';
+             '<div *ngIf="booleanCondition"><span *ngIf="nestedBooleanCondition">hello</span></div>';
 
          fixture = createTestComponent(template);
 
          getComponent().booleanCondition = false;
          fixture.detectChanges();
-         expect(getDOM().querySelectorAll(fixture.nativeElement, 'span').length).toEqual(0);
+         expect(fixture.debugElement.queryAll(By.css('span')).length).toEqual(0);
          expect(fixture.nativeElement).toHaveText('');
 
          getComponent().booleanCondition = true;
          fixture.detectChanges();
-         expect(getDOM().querySelectorAll(fixture.nativeElement, 'span').length).toEqual(1);
+         expect(fixture.debugElement.queryAll(By.css('span')).length).toEqual(1);
          expect(fixture.nativeElement).toHaveText('hello');
 
          getComponent().nestedBooleanCondition = false;
          fixture.detectChanges();
-         expect(getDOM().querySelectorAll(fixture.nativeElement, 'span').length).toEqual(0);
+         expect(fixture.debugElement.queryAll(By.css('span')).length).toEqual(0);
          expect(fixture.nativeElement).toHaveText('');
 
          getComponent().nestedBooleanCondition = true;
          fixture.detectChanges();
-         expect(getDOM().querySelectorAll(fixture.nativeElement, 'span').length).toEqual(1);
+         expect(fixture.debugElement.queryAll(By.css('span')).length).toEqual(1);
          expect(fixture.nativeElement).toHaveText('hello');
 
          getComponent().booleanCondition = false;
          fixture.detectChanges();
-         expect(getDOM().querySelectorAll(fixture.nativeElement, 'span').length).toEqual(0);
+         expect(fixture.debugElement.queryAll(By.css('span')).length).toEqual(0);
          expect(fixture.nativeElement).toHaveText('');
        }));
 
     it('should update several nodes with if', async(() => {
-         const template = '<div>' +
-             '<span template="ngIf numberCondition + 1 >= 2">helloNumber</span>' +
-             '<span template="ngIf stringCondition == \'foo\'">helloString</span>' +
-             '<span template="ngIf functionCondition(stringCondition, numberCondition)">helloFunction</span>' +
-             '</div>';
+         const template = '<span *ngIf="numberCondition + 1 >= 2">helloNumber</span>' +
+             '<span *ngIf="stringCondition == \'foo\'">helloString</span>' +
+             '<span *ngIf="functionCondition(stringCondition, numberCondition)">helloFunction</span>';
 
          fixture = createTestComponent(template);
 
          fixture.detectChanges();
-         expect(getDOM().querySelectorAll(fixture.nativeElement, 'span').length).toEqual(3);
+         expect(fixture.debugElement.queryAll(By.css('span')).length).toEqual(3);
          expect(getDOM().getText(fixture.nativeElement))
              .toEqual('helloNumberhelloStringhelloFunction');
 
          getComponent().numberCondition = 0;
          fixture.detectChanges();
-         expect(getDOM().querySelectorAll(fixture.nativeElement, 'span').length).toEqual(1);
+         expect(fixture.debugElement.queryAll(By.css('span')).length).toEqual(1);
          expect(fixture.nativeElement).toHaveText('helloString');
 
          getComponent().numberCondition = 1;
          getComponent().stringCondition = 'bar';
          fixture.detectChanges();
-         expect(getDOM().querySelectorAll(fixture.nativeElement, 'span').length).toEqual(1);
+         expect(fixture.debugElement.queryAll(By.css('span')).length).toEqual(1);
          expect(fixture.nativeElement).toHaveText('helloNumber');
        }));
 
-    it('should not add the element twice if the condition goes from true to true (JS)',
-       async(() => {
-         const template = '<div><span template="ngIf numberCondition">hello</span></div>';
+    it('should not add the element twice if the condition goes from truthy to truthy', async(() => {
+         const template = '<span *ngIf="numberCondition">hello</span>';
 
          fixture = createTestComponent(template);
 
          fixture.detectChanges();
-         expect(getDOM().querySelectorAll(fixture.nativeElement, 'span').length).toEqual(1);
+         let els = fixture.debugElement.queryAll(By.css('span'));
+         expect(els.length).toEqual(1);
+         getDOM().addClass(els[0].nativeElement, 'marker');
          expect(fixture.nativeElement).toHaveText('hello');
 
          getComponent().numberCondition = 2;
          fixture.detectChanges();
-         expect(getDOM().querySelectorAll(fixture.nativeElement, 'span').length).toEqual(1);
+         els = fixture.debugElement.queryAll(By.css('span'));
+         expect(els.length).toEqual(1);
+         expect(getDOM().hasClass(els[0].nativeElement, 'marker')).toBe(true);
+
          expect(fixture.nativeElement).toHaveText('hello');
        }));
-
-    it('should not recreate the element if the condition goes from true to true (JS)', async(() => {
-         const template = '<div><span template="ngIf numberCondition">hello</span></div>';
-
-         fixture = createTestComponent(template);
-
-         fixture.detectChanges();
-         getDOM().addClass(getDOM().querySelector(fixture.nativeElement, 'span'), 'foo');
-
-         getComponent().numberCondition = 2;
-         fixture.detectChanges();
-         expect(getDOM().hasClass(getDOM().querySelector(fixture.nativeElement, 'span'), 'foo'))
-             .toBe(true);
-       }));
   });
 }
 

modules/@angular/common/test/directives/ng_plural_spec.ts

@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ import {ComponentFixture, TestBed, async} from '@angular/core/testing';
 import {expect} from '@angular/platform-browser/testing/matchers';
 
 export function main() {
-  describe('switch', () => {
+  describe('ngPlural', () => {
     let fixture: ComponentFixture<any>;
 
     function getComponent(): TestComponent { return fixture.componentInstance; }
@@ -33,10 +33,25 @@ export function main() {
     });
 
     it('should display the template according to the exact value', async(() => {
-         const template = '<div>' +
-             '<ul [ngPlural]="switchValue">' +
+         const template = '<ul [ngPlural]="switchValue">' +
              '<template ngPluralCase="=0"><li>you have no messages.</li></template>' +
              '<template ngPluralCase="=1"><li>you have one message.</li></template>' +
+             '</ul>';
+
+         fixture = createTestComponent(template);
+
+         getComponent().switchValue = 0;
+         detectChangesAndExpectText('you have no messages.');
+
+         getComponent().switchValue = 1;
+         detectChangesAndExpectText('you have one message.');
+       }));
+
+    it('should display the template according to the exact numeric value', async(() => {
+         const template = '<div>' +
+             '<ul [ngPlural]="switchValue">' +
+             '<template ngPluralCase="0"><li>you have no messages.</li></template>' +
+             '<template ngPluralCase="1"><li>you have one message.</li></template>' +
              '</ul></div>';
 
          fixture = createTestComponent(template);
@@ -51,10 +66,9 @@ export function main() {
     // https://github.com/angular/angular/issues/9868
     // https://github.com/angular/angular/issues/9882
     it('should not throw when ngPluralCase contains expressions', async(() => {
-         const template = '<div>' +
-             '<ul [ngPlural]="switchValue">' +
+         const template = '<ul [ngPlural]="switchValue">' +
              '<template ngPluralCase="=0"><li>{{ switchValue }}</li></template>' +
-             '</ul></div>';
+             '</ul>';
 
          fixture = createTestComponent(template);
 
@@ -64,11 +78,10 @@ export function main() {
 
 
     it('should be applicable to <ng-container> elements', async(() => {
-         const template = '<div>' +
-             '<ng-container [ngPlural]="switchValue">' +
+         const template = '<ng-container [ngPlural]="switchValue">' +
              '<template ngPluralCase="=0">you have no messages.</template>' +
              '<template ngPluralCase="=1">you have one message.</template>' +
-             '</ng-container></div>';
+             '</ng-container>';
 
          fixture = createTestComponent(template);
 
@@ -80,11 +93,10 @@ export function main() {
        }));
 
     it('should display the template according to the category', async(() => {
-         const template = '<div>' +
-             '<ul [ngPlural]="switchValue">' +
+         const template = '<ul [ngPlural]="switchValue">' +
              '<template ngPluralCase="few"><li>you have a few messages.</li></template>' +
              '<template ngPluralCase="many"><li>you have many messages.</li></template>' +
-             '</ul></div>';
+             '</ul>';
 
          fixture = createTestComponent(template);
 
@@ -96,11 +108,10 @@ export function main() {
        }));
 
     it('should default to other when no matches are found', async(() => {
-         const template = '<div>' +
-             '<ul [ngPlural]="switchValue">' +
+         const template = '<ul [ngPlural]="switchValue">' +
              '<template ngPluralCase="few"><li>you have a few messages.</li></template>' +
              '<template ngPluralCase="other"><li>default message.</li></template>' +
-             '</ul></div>';
+             '</ul>';
 
          fixture = createTestComponent(template);
 
@@ -109,11 +120,10 @@ export function main() {
        }));
 
     it('should prioritize value matches over category matches', async(() => {
-         const template = '<div>' +
-             '<ul [ngPlural]="switchValue">' +
+         const template = '<ul [ngPlural]="switchValue">' +
              '<template ngPluralCase="few"><li>you have a few messages.</li></template>' +
              '<template ngPluralCase="=2">you have two messages.</template>' +
-             '</ul></div>';
+             '</ul>';
 
          fixture = createTestComponent(template);
 

modules/@angular/common/test/directives/ng_style_spec.ts

@@ -29,22 +29,19 @@ export function main() {
     it('should add styles specified in an object literal', async(() => {
          const template = `<div [ngStyle]="{'max-width': '40px'}"></div>`;
          fixture = createTestComponent(template);
-
          fixture.detectChanges();
          expectNativeEl(fixture).toHaveCssStyle({'max-width': '40px'});
        }));
 
     it('should add and change styles specified in an object expression', async(() => {
          const template = `<div [ngStyle]="expr"></div>`;
-
          fixture = createTestComponent(template);
-         let expr: {[k: string]: string};
 
          getComponent().expr = {'max-width': '40px'};
          fixture.detectChanges();
          expectNativeEl(fixture).toHaveCssStyle({'max-width': '40px'});
 
-         expr = getComponent().expr;
+         let expr = getComponent().expr;
          expr['max-width'] = '30%';
          fixture.detectChanges();
          expectNativeEl(fixture).toHaveCssStyle({'max-width': '30%'});

modules/@angular/common/test/directives/ng_switch_spec.ts

@@ -33,11 +33,10 @@ export function main() {
 
     describe('switch value changes', () => {
       it('should switch amongst when values', () => {
-        const template = '<div>' +
-            '<ul [ngSwitch]="switchValue">' +
-            '<template ngSwitchCase="a"><li>when a</li></template>' +
-            '<template ngSwitchCase="b"><li>when b</li></template>' +
-            '</ul></div>';
+        const template = '<ul [ngSwitch]="switchValue">' +
+            '<li *ngSwitchCase="\'a\'">when a</li>' +
+            '<li *ngSwitchCase="\'b\'">when b</li>' +
+            '</ul>';
 
         fixture = createTestComponent(template);
 
@@ -51,11 +50,10 @@ export function main() {
       });
 
       it('should switch amongst when values with fallback to default', () => {
-        const template = '<div>' +
-            '<ul [ngSwitch]="switchValue">' +
-            '<li template="ngSwitchCase \'a\'">when a</li>' +
-            '<li template="ngSwitchDefault">when default</li>' +
-            '</ul></div>';
+        const template = '<ul [ngSwitch]="switchValue">' +
+            '<li *ngSwitchCase="\'a\'">when a</li>' +
+            '<li *ngSwitchDefault>when default</li>' +
+            '</ul>';
 
         fixture = createTestComponent(template);
         detectChangesAndExpectText('when default');
@@ -71,15 +69,14 @@ export function main() {
       });
 
       it('should support multiple whens with the same value', () => {
-        const template = '<div>' +
-            '<ul [ngSwitch]="switchValue">' +
-            '<template ngSwitchCase="a"><li>when a1;</li></template>' +
-            '<template ngSwitchCase="b"><li>when b1;</li></template>' +
-            '<template ngSwitchCase="a"><li>when a2;</li></template>' +
-            '<template ngSwitchCase="b"><li>when b2;</li></template>' +
-            '<template ngSwitchDefault><li>when default1;</li></template>' +
-            '<template ngSwitchDefault><li>when default2;</li></template>' +
-            '</ul></div>';
+        const template = '<ul [ngSwitch]="switchValue">' +
+            '<li *ngSwitchCase="\'a\'">when a1;</li>' +
+            '<li *ngSwitchCase="\'b\'">when b1;</li>' +
+            '<li *ngSwitchCase="\'a\'">when a2;</li>' +
+            '<li *ngSwitchCase="\'b\'">when b2;</li>' +
+            '<li *ngSwitchDefault>when default1;</li>' +
+            '<li *ngSwitchDefault>when default2;</li>' +
+            '</ul>';
 
         fixture = createTestComponent(template);
         detectChangesAndExpectText('when default1;when default2;');
@@ -94,12 +91,11 @@ export function main() {
 
     describe('when values changes', () => {
       it('should switch amongst when values', () => {
-        const template = '<div>' +
-            '<ul [ngSwitch]="switchValue">' +
-            '<template [ngSwitchCase]="when1"><li>when 1;</li></template>' +
-            '<template [ngSwitchCase]="when2"><li>when 2;</li></template>' +
-            '<template ngSwitchDefault><li>when default;</li></template>' +
-            '</ul></div>';
+        const template = '<ul [ngSwitch]="switchValue">' +
+            '<li *ngSwitchCase="when1">when 1;</li>' +
+            '<li *ngSwitchCase="when2">when 2;</li>' +
+            '<li *ngSwitchDefault>when default;</li>' +
+            '</ul>';
 
         fixture = createTestComponent(template);
         getComponent().when1 = 'a';
@@ -148,11 +144,10 @@ export function main() {
       });
 
       it('should create the default case if there is no other case', () => {
-        const template = '<div>' +
-            '<ul [ngSwitch]="switchValue">' +
-            '<template ngSwitchDefault><li>when default1;</li></template>' +
-            '<template ngSwitchDefault><li>when default2;</li></template>' +
-            '</ul></div>';
+        const template = '<ul [ngSwitch]="switchValue">' +
+            '<li *ngSwitchDefault>when default1;</li>' +
+            '<li *ngSwitchDefault>when default2;</li>' +
+            '</ul>';
 
         fixture = createTestComponent(template);
         detectChangesAndExpectText('when default1;when default2;');
@@ -160,15 +155,14 @@ export function main() {
       });
 
       it('should allow defaults before cases', () => {
-        const template = '<div>' +
-            '<ul [ngSwitch]="switchValue">' +
-            '<template ngSwitchDefault><li>when default1;</li></template>' +
-            '<template ngSwitchDefault><li>when default2;</li></template>' +
-            '<template ngSwitchCase="a"><li>when a1;</li></template>' +
-            '<template ngSwitchCase="b"><li>when b1;</li></template>' +
-            '<template ngSwitchCase="a"><li>when a2;</li></template>' +
-            '<template ngSwitchCase="b"><li>when b2;</li></template>' +
-            '</ul></div>';
+        const template = '<ul [ngSwitch]="switchValue">' +
+            '<li *ngSwitchDefault>when default1;</li>' +
+            '<li *ngSwitchDefault>when default2;</li>' +
+            '<li *ngSwitchCase="\'a\'">when a1;</li>' +
+            '<li *ngSwitchCase="\'b\'">when b1;</li>' +
+            '<li *ngSwitchCase="\'a\'">when a2;</li>' +
+            '<li *ngSwitchCase="\'b\'">when b2;</li>' +
+            '</ul>';
 
         fixture = createTestComponent(template);
         detectChangesAndExpectText('when default1;when default2;');

modules/@angular/common/test/directives/ng_template_outlet_spec.ts

@@ -34,29 +34,22 @@ export function main() {
       });
     });
 
-    it('should do nothing if templateRef is null', async(() => {
-         const template = `<template [ngTemplateOutlet]="null"></template>`;
+    it('should do nothing if templateRef is `null`', async(() => {
+         const template = `<ng-container [ngTemplateOutlet]="null"></ng-container>`;
          fixture = createTestComponent(template);
-
          detectChangesAndExpectText('');
        }));
 
     it('should insert content specified by TemplateRef', async(() => {
-         const template =
-             `<tpl-refs #refs="tplRefs"><template>foo</template></tpl-refs><template [ngTemplateOutlet]="currentTplRef"></template>`;
+         const template = `<template #tpl>foo</template>` +
+             `<ng-container [ngTemplateOutlet]="tpl"></ng-container>`;
          fixture = createTestComponent(template);
-
-         detectChangesAndExpectText('');
-
-         const refs = fixture.debugElement.children[0].references['refs'];
-
-         setTplRef(refs.tplRefs.first);
          detectChangesAndExpectText('foo');
        }));
 
-    it('should clear content if TemplateRef becomes null', async(() => {
-         const template =
-             `<tpl-refs #refs="tplRefs"><template>foo</template></tpl-refs><template [ngTemplateOutlet]="currentTplRef"></template>`;
+    it('should clear content if TemplateRef becomes `null`', async(() => {
+         const template = `<tpl-refs #refs="tplRefs"><template>foo</template></tpl-refs>` +
+             `<ng-container [ngTemplateOutlet]="currentTplRef"></ng-container>`;
          fixture = createTestComponent(template);
          fixture.detectChanges();
          const refs = fixture.debugElement.children[0].references['refs'];
@@ -70,7 +63,8 @@ export function main() {
 
     it('should swap content if TemplateRef changes', async(() => {
          const template =
-             `<tpl-refs #refs="tplRefs"><template>foo</template><template>bar</template></tpl-refs><template [ngTemplateOutlet]="currentTplRef"></template>`;
+             `<tpl-refs #refs="tplRefs"><template>foo</template><template>bar</template></tpl-refs>` +
+             `<ng-container [ngTemplateOutlet]="currentTplRef"></ng-container>`;
          fixture = createTestComponent(template);
 
          fixture.detectChanges();
@@ -83,70 +77,47 @@ export function main() {
          detectChangesAndExpectText('bar');
        }));
 
-    it('should display template if context is null', async(() => {
-         const template =
-             `<tpl-refs #refs="tplRefs"><template>foo</template></tpl-refs><template [ngTemplateOutlet]="currentTplRef" [ngOutletContext]="null"></template>`;
+    it('should display template if context is `null`', async(() => {
+         const template = `<template #tpl>foo</template>` +
+             `<ng-container [ngTemplateOutlet]="tpl" [ngOutletContext]="null"></ng-container>`;
          fixture = createTestComponent(template);
-         detectChangesAndExpectText('');
-
-         const refs = fixture.debugElement.children[0].references['refs'];
-
-         setTplRef(refs.tplRefs.first);
          detectChangesAndExpectText('foo');
        }));
 
     it('should reflect initial context and changes', async(() => {
-         const template =
-             `<tpl-refs #refs="tplRefs"><template let-foo="foo"><span>{{foo}}</span></template></tpl-refs><template [ngTemplateOutlet]="currentTplRef" [ngOutletContext]="context"></template>`;
+         const template = `<template let-foo="foo" #tpl>{{foo}}</template>` +
+             `<ng-container [ngTemplateOutlet]="tpl" [ngOutletContext]="context"></ng-container>`;
          fixture = createTestComponent(template);
 
          fixture.detectChanges();
-
-         const refs = fixture.debugElement.children[0].references['refs'];
-         setTplRef(refs.tplRefs.first);
-
          detectChangesAndExpectText('bar');
 
          fixture.componentInstance.context.foo = 'alter-bar';
-
          detectChangesAndExpectText('alter-bar');
        }));
 
-    it('should reflect user defined $implicit property in the context', async(() => {
-         const template =
-             `<tpl-refs #refs="tplRefs"><template let-ctx><span>{{ctx.foo}}</span></template></tpl-refs><template [ngTemplateOutlet]="currentTplRef" [ngOutletContext]="context"></template>`;
+    it('should reflect user defined `$implicit` property in the context', async(() => {
+         const template = `<template let-ctx #tpl>{{ctx.foo}}</template>` +
+             `<ng-container [ngTemplateOutlet]="tpl" [ngOutletContext]="context"></ng-container>`;
          fixture = createTestComponent(template);
-
-         fixture.detectChanges();
-
-         const refs = fixture.debugElement.children[0].references['refs'];
-         setTplRef(refs.tplRefs.first);
-
-         fixture.componentInstance.context = {$implicit: fixture.componentInstance.context};
-         detectChangesAndExpectText('bar');
+         fixture.componentInstance.context = {$implicit: {foo: 'bra'}};
+         detectChangesAndExpectText('bra');
        }));
 
     it('should reflect context re-binding', async(() => {
-         const template =
-             `<tpl-refs #refs="tplRefs"><template let-shawshank="shawshank"><span>{{shawshank}}</span></template></tpl-refs><template [ngTemplateOutlet]="currentTplRef" [ngOutletContext]="context"></template>`;
+         const template = `<template let-shawshank="shawshank" #tpl>{{shawshank}}</template>` +
+             `<ng-container [ngTemplateOutlet]="tpl" [ngOutletContext]="context"></ng-container>`;
          fixture = createTestComponent(template);
 
-         fixture.detectChanges();
-
-         const refs = fixture.debugElement.children[0].references['refs'];
-         setTplRef(refs.tplRefs.first);
          fixture.componentInstance.context = {shawshank: 'brooks'};
-
          detectChangesAndExpectText('brooks');
 
          fixture.componentInstance.context = {shawshank: 'was here'};
-
          detectChangesAndExpectText('was here');
        }));
   });
 }
 
-
 @Directive({selector: 'tpl-refs', exportAs: 'tplRefs'})
 class CaptureTplRefs {
   @ContentChildren(TemplateRef) tplRefs: QueryList<TemplateRef<any>>;
@@ -162,4 +133,4 @@ function createTestComponent(template: string): ComponentFixture<TestComponent>
   return TestBed.overrideComponent(TestComponent, {set: {template: template}})
       .configureTestingModule({schemas: [NO_ERRORS_SCHEMA]})
       .createComponent(TestComponent);
-}
+}

modules/@angular/compiler-cli/integrationtest/ngtools_src/feature/lazy-feature-nested.module.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+/**
+ * @license
+ * Copyright Google Inc. All Rights Reserved.
+ *
+ * Use of this source code is governed by an MIT-style license that can be
+ * found in the LICENSE file at https://angular.io/license
+ */
+
+import {Component, NgModule} from '@angular/core';
+import {RouterModule} from '@angular/router';
+
+@Component({selector: 'lazy-feature-comp', template: 'lazy feature, nested!'})
+export class LazyFeatureNestedComponent {
+}
+
+@NgModule({
+  imports: [RouterModule.forChild([
+    {path: '', component: LazyFeatureNestedComponent, pathMatch: 'full'},
+  ])],
+  declarations: [LazyFeatureNestedComponent]
+})
+export class LazyFeatureNestedModule {
+}

modules/@angular/compiler-cli/integrationtest/ngtools_src/feature/lazy-feature.module.ts

@@ -16,7 +16,10 @@ export class LazyFeatureComponent {
 @NgModule({
   imports: [RouterModule.forChild([
     {path: '', component: LazyFeatureComponent, pathMatch: 'full'},
-    {path: 'feature', loadChildren: './feature.module#FeatureModule'}
+    {path: 'feature', loadChildren: './feature.module#FeatureModule'}, {
+      path: 'nested-feature',
+      loadChildren: './lazy-feature-nested.module#LazyFeatureNestedModule'
+    }
   ])],
   declarations: [LazyFeatureComponent]
 })

modules/@angular/compiler-cli/integrationtest/test/test_ngtools_api.ts

@@ -191,6 +191,8 @@ function lazyRoutesTest() {
     './lazy.module#LazyModule': 'lazy.module.ts',
     './feature/feature.module#FeatureModule': 'feature/feature.module.ts',
     './feature/lazy-feature.module#LazyFeatureModule': 'feature/lazy-feature.module.ts',
+    './feature.module#FeatureModule': 'feature/feature.module.ts',
+    './lazy-feature-nested.module#LazyFeatureNestedModule': 'feature/lazy-feature-nested.module.ts',
     'feature2/feature2.module#Feature2Module': 'feature2/feature2.module.ts',
     './default.module': 'feature2/default.module.ts',
     'feature/feature.module#FeatureModule': 'feature/feature.module.ts'

modules/@angular/compiler-cli/package.json

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
     "ng-xi18n": "./src/extract_i18n.js"
   },
   "dependencies": {
-    "@angular/tsc-wrapped": "0.5.0",
+    "@angular/tsc-wrapped": "0.5.1",
     "reflect-metadata": "^0.1.2",
     "minimist": "^1.2.0"
   },

modules/@angular/compiler-cli/src/codegen.ts

@@ -36,29 +36,6 @@ export class CodeGenerator {
       public host: ts.CompilerHost, private compiler: compiler.AotCompiler,
       private ngCompilerHost: CompilerHost) {}
 
-  // Write codegen in a directory structure matching the sources.
-  private calculateEmitPath(filePath: string): string {
-    let root = this.options.basePath;
-    for (const eachRootDir of this.options.rootDirs || []) {
-      if (this.options.trace) {
-        console.error(`Check if ${filePath} is under rootDirs element ${eachRootDir}`);
-      }
-      if (path.relative(eachRootDir, filePath).indexOf('.') !== 0) {
-        root = eachRootDir;
-      }
-    }
-
-    // transplant the codegen path to be inside the `genDir`
-    let relativePath: string = path.relative(root, filePath);
-    while (relativePath.startsWith('..' + path.sep)) {
-      // Strip out any `..` path such as: `../node_modules/@foo` as we want to put everything
-      // into `genDir`.
-      relativePath = relativePath.substr(3);
-    }
-
-    return path.join(this.options.genDir, relativePath);
-  }
-
   codegen(): Promise<any> {
     return this.compiler
         .compileAll(this.program.getSourceFiles().map(
@@ -66,7 +43,7 @@ export class CodeGenerator {
         .then(generatedModules => {
           generatedModules.forEach(generatedModule => {
             const sourceFile = this.program.getSourceFile(generatedModule.srcFileUrl);
-            const emitPath = this.calculateEmitPath(generatedModule.genFileUrl);
+            const emitPath = this.ngCompilerHost.calculateEmitPath(generatedModule.genFileUrl);
             const source = GENERATED_META_FILES.test(emitPath) ? generatedModule.source :
                                                                  PREAMBLE + generatedModule.source;
             this.host.writeFile(emitPath, source, false, () => {}, [sourceFile]);

modules/@angular/compiler-cli/src/compiler_host.ts

@@ -261,6 +261,29 @@ export class CompilerHost implements AotCompilerHost {
         this.options.generateCodeForLibraries === false ? GENERATED_OR_DTS_FILES : GENERATED_FILES;
     return !excludeRegex.test(filePath);
   }
+
+  calculateEmitPath(filePath: string): string {
+    // Write codegen in a directory structure matching the sources.
+    let root = this.options.basePath;
+    for (const eachRootDir of this.options.rootDirs || []) {
+      if (this.options.trace) {
+        console.error(`Check if ${filePath} is under rootDirs element ${eachRootDir}`);
+      }
+      if (path.relative(eachRootDir, filePath).indexOf('.') !== 0) {
+        root = eachRootDir;
+      }
+    }
+
+    // transplant the codegen path to be inside the `genDir`
+    let relativePath: string = path.relative(root, filePath);
+    while (relativePath.startsWith('..' + path.sep)) {
+      // Strip out any `..` path such as: `../node_modules/@foo` as we want to put everything
+      // into `genDir`.
+      relativePath = relativePath.substr(3);
+    }
+
+    return path.join(this.options.genDir, relativePath);
+  }
 }
 
 export class CompilerHostContextAdapter {

modules/@angular/compiler-cli/src/ngtools_impl.ts

@@ -15,8 +15,6 @@
 import {AotCompilerHost, StaticReflector, StaticSymbol} from '@angular/compiler';
 import {NgModule} from '@angular/core';
 
-
-
 // We cannot depend directly to @angular/router.
 type Route = any;
 const ROUTER_MODULE_PATH = '@angular/router/src/router_config_loader';
@@ -63,29 +61,37 @@ export function listLazyRoutesOfModule(
   const className = entryRouteDef.className;
 
   // List loadChildren of this single module.
-  const staticSymbol = reflector.findDeclaration(modulePath, className, containingFile);
+  const appStaticSymbol = reflector.findDeclaration(modulePath, className, containingFile);
   const ROUTES = reflector.findDeclaration(ROUTER_MODULE_PATH, ROUTER_ROUTES_SYMBOL_NAME);
   const lazyRoutes: LazyRoute[] =
-      _extractLazyRoutesFromStaticModule(staticSymbol, reflector, host, ROUTES);
-  const routes: LazyRouteMap = {};
+      _extractLazyRoutesFromStaticModule(appStaticSymbol, reflector, host, ROUTES);
 
-  lazyRoutes.forEach((lazyRoute: LazyRoute) => {
-    const route: string = lazyRoute.routeDef.toString();
-    _assertRoute(routes, lazyRoute);
-    routes[route] = lazyRoute;
+  const allLazyRoutes = lazyRoutes.reduce(
+      function includeLazyRouteAndSubRoutes(allRoutes: LazyRouteMap, lazyRoute: LazyRoute):
+          LazyRouteMap {
+            const route: string = lazyRoute.routeDef.toString();
+            _assertRoute(allRoutes, lazyRoute);
+            allRoutes[route] = lazyRoute;
 
-    const lazyModuleSymbol = reflector.findDeclaration(
-        lazyRoute.absoluteFilePath, lazyRoute.routeDef.className || 'default');
-    const subRoutes = _extractLazyRoutesFromStaticModule(lazyModuleSymbol, reflector, host, ROUTES);
+            // StaticReflector does not support discovering annotations like `NgModule` on default
+            // exports
+            // Which means: if a default export NgModule was lazy-loaded, we can discover it, but,
+            //  we cannot parse its routes to see if they have loadChildren or not.
+            if (!lazyRoute.routeDef.className) {
+              return allRoutes;
+            }
 
-    // Populate the map using the routes we just found.
-    subRoutes.forEach(subRoute => {
-      _assertRoute(routes, subRoute);
-      routes[subRoute.routeDef.toString()] = subRoute;
-    });
-  });
+            const lazyModuleSymbol = reflector.findDeclaration(
+                lazyRoute.absoluteFilePath, lazyRoute.routeDef.className || 'default');
 
-  return routes;
+            const subRoutes =
+                _extractLazyRoutesFromStaticModule(lazyModuleSymbol, reflector, host, ROUTES);
+
+            return subRoutes.reduce(includeLazyRouteAndSubRoutes, allRoutes);
+          },
+      {});
+
+  return allLazyRoutes;
 }
 
 
@@ -192,7 +198,7 @@ function _collectRoutes(
  */
 function _collectLoadChildren(routes: Route[]): string[] {
   return routes.reduce((m, r) => {
-    if (r.loadChildren) {
+    if (r.loadChildren && typeof r.loadChildren === 'string') {
       return m.concat(r.loadChildren);
     } else if (Array.isArray(r)) {
       return m.concat(_collectLoadChildren(r));

modules/@angular/compiler/src/aot/compiler.ts

@@ -6,8 +6,6 @@
  * found in the LICENSE file at https://angular.io/license
  */
 
-import {SchemaMetadata} from '@angular/core';
-
 import {AnimationCompiler} from '../animation/animation_compiler';
 import {AnimationParser} from '../animation/animation_parser';
 import {CompileDirectiveMetadata, CompileIdentifierMetadata, CompileNgModuleMetadata, CompilePipeMetadata, CompileProviderMetadata, CompileTypeSummary, createHostComponentMeta, identifierModuleUrl, identifierName} from '../compile_metadata';

modules/@angular/compiler/src/aot/static_reflector.ts

@@ -10,8 +10,8 @@ import {Attribute, Component, ContentChild, ContentChildren, Directive, Host, Ho
 
 import {ReflectorReader} from '../private_import_core';
 
-import {StaticSymbol, StaticSymbolCache} from './static_symbol';
-import {ResolvedStaticSymbol, StaticSymbolResolver} from './static_symbol_resolver';
+import {StaticSymbol} from './static_symbol';
+import {StaticSymbolResolver} from './static_symbol_resolver';
 
 const ANGULAR_IMPORT_LOCATIONS = {
   coreDecorators: '@angular/core/src/metadata',
@@ -310,6 +310,7 @@ export class StaticReflector implements ReflectorReader {
             if (value && (depth != 0 || value.__symbolic != 'error')) {
               const parameters: string[] = targetFunction['parameters'];
               const defaults: any[] = targetFunction.defaults;
+              args = args.map(arg => simplifyInContext(context, arg, depth + 1));
               if (defaults && defaults.length > args.length) {
                 args.push(...defaults.slice(args.length).map((value: any) => simplify(value)));
               }
@@ -499,15 +500,15 @@ export class StaticReflector implements ReflectorReader {
                     return context;
                   }
                   const argExpressions: any[] = expression['arguments'] || [];
-                  const args =
-                      argExpressions.map(arg => simplifyInContext(context, arg, depth + 1));
                   let converter = self.conversionMap.get(staticSymbol);
                   if (converter) {
+                    const args =
+                        argExpressions.map(arg => simplifyInContext(context, arg, depth + 1));
                     return converter(context, args);
                   } else {
                     // Determine if the function is one we can simplify.
                     const targetFunction = resolveReferenceValue(staticSymbol);
-                    return simplifyCall(staticSymbol, targetFunction, args);
+                    return simplifyCall(staticSymbol, targetFunction, argExpressions);
                   }
                 }
                 break;
@@ -651,10 +652,6 @@ class PopulatedScope extends BindingScope {
   }
 }
 
-function sameSymbol(a: StaticSymbol, b: StaticSymbol): boolean {
-  return a === b;
-}
-
 function shouldIgnore(value: any): boolean {
   return value && value.__symbolic == 'ignore';
 }

modules/@angular/compiler/src/aot/summary_resolver.ts

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
  * Use of this source code is governed by an MIT-style license that can be
  * found in the LICENSE file at https://angular.io/license
  */
-import {CompileSummaryKind, CompileTypeSummary} from '../compile_metadata';
+
 import {Summary, SummaryResolver} from '../summary_resolver';
 
 import {StaticSymbol, StaticSymbolCache} from './static_symbol';

modules/@angular/compiler/src/aot/summary_serializer.ts

@@ -5,16 +5,16 @@
  * Use of this source code is governed by an MIT-style license that can be
  * found in the LICENSE file at https://angular.io/license
  */
-import {CompileDirectiveSummary, CompileIdentifierMetadata, CompileNgModuleSummary, CompilePipeSummary, CompileSummaryKind, CompileTypeMetadata, CompileTypeSummary, identifierModuleUrl, identifierName} from '../compile_metadata';
+import {CompileNgModuleSummary, CompileSummaryKind, CompileTypeSummary} from '../compile_metadata';
 import {Summary, SummaryResolver} from '../summary_resolver';
 import {ValueTransformer, visitValue} from '../util';
 
-import {GeneratedFile} from './generated_file';
 import {StaticSymbol, StaticSymbolCache} from './static_symbol';
 import {ResolvedStaticSymbol, StaticSymbolResolver} from './static_symbol_resolver';
 
 const STRIP_SRC_FILE_SUFFIXES = /(\.ts|\.d\.ts|\.js|\.jsx|\.tsx)$/;
 
+
 export interface AotSummarySerializerHost {
   /**
    * Returns the output file path of a source file.
@@ -180,4 +180,4 @@ class Deserializer extends ValueTransformer {
       return super.visitStringMap(map, context);
     }
   }
-}
+}

modules/@angular/compiler/src/compiler_util/binding_util.ts

@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
  * Use of this source code is governed by an MIT-style license that can be
  * found in the LICENSE file at https://angular.io/license
  */
-
 import {Identifiers, createIdentifier} from '../identifiers';
 import {ClassBuilder} from '../output/class_builder';
 import * as o from '../output/output_ast';

modules/@angular/compiler/src/compiler_util/expression_converter.ts

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 
 
 import * as cdAst from '../expression_parser/ast';
-import {isBlank, isPresent} from '../facade/lang';
+import {isBlank} from '../facade/lang';
 import {Identifiers, createIdentifier} from '../identifiers';
 import {ClassBuilder} from '../output/class_builder';
 import * as o from '../output/output_ast';
@@ -338,7 +338,7 @@ class _AstToIrVisitor implements cdAst.AstVisitor {
       const receiver = this.visit(ast.receiver, _Mode.Expression);
       if (receiver === this._implicitReceiver) {
         const varExpr = this._getLocal(ast.name);
-        if (isPresent(varExpr)) {
+        if (varExpr) {
           result = varExpr.callFn(args);
         }
       }
@@ -374,7 +374,7 @@ class _AstToIrVisitor implements cdAst.AstVisitor {
     const receiver: o.Expression = this.visit(ast.receiver, _Mode.Expression);
     if (receiver === this._implicitReceiver) {
       const varExpr = this._getLocal(ast.name);
-      if (isPresent(varExpr)) {
+      if (varExpr) {
         throw new Error('Cannot assign to a reference or variable!');
       }
     }

modules/@angular/compiler/src/directive_normalizer.ts

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 
 import {Component, ViewEncapsulation} from '@angular/core';
 
-import {CompileAnimationEntryMetadata, CompileDirectiveMetadata, CompileStylesheetMetadata, CompileTemplateMetadata, CompileTypeMetadata} from './compile_metadata';
+import {CompileAnimationEntryMetadata, CompileDirectiveMetadata, CompileStylesheetMetadata, CompileTemplateMetadata} from './compile_metadata';
 import {CompilerConfig} from './config';
 import {isBlank, isPresent, stringify} from './facade/lang';
 import {CompilerInjectable} from './injectable';

modules/@angular/compiler/src/directive_resolver.ts

@@ -14,8 +14,6 @@ import {CompilerInjectable} from './injectable';
 import {ReflectorReader, reflector} from './private_import_core';
 import {splitAtColon} from './util';
 
-
-
 /*
  * Resolve a `Type` for {@link Directive}.
  *

modules/@angular/compiler/src/directive_wrapper_compiler.ts

@@ -128,7 +128,6 @@ class DirectiveWrapperBuilder implements ClassBuilder {
       new o.ClassMethod('ngOnDestroy', [], this.destroyStmts),
     ];
 
-
     const fields: o.ClassField[] = [
       new o.ClassField(EVENT_HANDLER_FIELD_NAME, o.FUNCTION_TYPE, [o.StmtModifier.Private]),
       new o.ClassField(CONTEXT_FIELD_NAME, o.importType(this.dirMeta.type)),

modules/@angular/compiler/src/expression_parser/lexer.ts

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
  */
 
 import * as chars from '../chars';
-import {NumberWrapper, isPresent} from '../facade/lang';
+import {NumberWrapper} from '../facade/lang';
 import {CompilerInjectable} from '../injectable';
 
 export enum TokenType {
@@ -241,7 +241,7 @@ class _Scanner {
       this.advance();
       str += two;
     }
-    if (isPresent(threeCode) && this.peek == threeCode) {
+    if (threeCode != null && this.peek == threeCode) {
       this.advance();
       str += three;
     }

modules/@angular/compiler/src/i18n/extractor_merger.ts

@@ -53,20 +53,22 @@ enum _VisitorMode {
  * @internal
  */
 class _Visitor implements html.Visitor {
+  private _depth: number;
+
   // <el i18n>...</el>
   private _inI18nNode: boolean;
-  private _depth: number;
   private _inImplicitNode: boolean;
 
   // <!--i18n-->...<!--/i18n-->
+  private _inI18nBlock: boolean;
   private _blockMeaningAndDesc: string;
   private _blockChildren: html.Node[];
   private _blockStartDepth: number;
-  private _inI18nBlock: boolean;
 
   // {<icu message>}
   private _inIcu: boolean;
 
+  // set to void 0 when not in a section
   private _msgCountAtSectionStart: number;
   private _errors: I18nError[];
   private _mode: _VisitorMode;
@@ -208,50 +210,31 @@ class _Visitor implements html.Visitor {
     this._depth++;
     const wasInI18nNode = this._inI18nNode;
     const wasInImplicitNode = this._inImplicitNode;
-    let childNodes: html.Node[];
+    let childNodes: html.Node[] = [];
+    let translatedChildNodes: html.Node[];
 
-    // Extract only top level nodes with the (implicit) "i18n" attribute if not in a block or an ICU
-    // message
+    // Extract:
+    // - top level nodes with the (implicit) "i18n" attribute if not already in a section
+    // - ICU messages
     const i18nAttr = _getI18nAttr(el);
+    const i18nMeta = i18nAttr ? i18nAttr.value : '';
     const isImplicit = this._implicitTags.some(tag => el.name === tag) && !this._inIcu &&
         !this._isInTranslatableSection;
     const isTopLevelImplicit = !wasInImplicitNode && isImplicit;
-    this._inImplicitNode = this._inImplicitNode || isImplicit;
+    this._inImplicitNode = wasInImplicitNode || isImplicit;
 
     if (!this._isInTranslatableSection && !this._inIcu) {
-      if (i18nAttr) {
-        // explicit translation
+      if (i18nAttr || isTopLevelImplicit) {
         this._inI18nNode = true;
-        const message = this._addMessage(el.children, i18nAttr.value);
-        childNodes = this._translateMessage(el, message);
-      } else if (isTopLevelImplicit) {
-        // implicit translation
-        this._inI18nNode = true;
-        const message = this._addMessage(el.children);
-        childNodes = this._translateMessage(el, message);
+        const message = this._addMessage(el.children, i18nMeta);
+        translatedChildNodes = this._translateMessage(el, message);
       }
 
       if (this._mode == _VisitorMode.Extract) {
         const isTranslatable = i18nAttr || isTopLevelImplicit;
-        if (isTranslatable) {
-          this._openTranslatableSection(el);
-        }
+        if (isTranslatable) this._openTranslatableSection(el);
         html.visitAll(this, el.children);
-        if (isTranslatable) {
-          this._closeTranslatableSection(el, el.children);
-        }
-      }
-
-      if (this._mode === _VisitorMode.Merge && !i18nAttr && !isTopLevelImplicit) {
-        childNodes = [];
-        el.children.forEach(child => {
-          const visited = child.visit(this, context);
-          if (visited && !this._isInTranslatableSection) {
-            // Do not add the children from translatable sections (= i18n blocks here)
-            // They will be added when the section is close (i.e. on `<!-- /i18n -->`)
-            childNodes = childNodes.concat(visited);
-          }
-        });
+        if (isTranslatable) this._closeTranslatableSection(el, el.children);
       }
     } else {
       if (i18nAttr || isTopLevelImplicit) {
@@ -263,19 +246,18 @@ class _Visitor implements html.Visitor {
         // Descend into child nodes for extraction
         html.visitAll(this, el.children);
       }
+    }
 
-      if (this._mode == _VisitorMode.Merge) {
-        // Translate attributes in ICU messages
-        childNodes = [];
-        el.children.forEach(child => {
-          const visited = child.visit(this, context);
-          if (visited && !this._isInTranslatableSection) {
-            // Do not add the children from translatable sections (= i18n blocks here)
-            // They will be added when the section is close (i.e. on `<!-- /i18n -->`)
-            childNodes = childNodes.concat(visited);
-          }
-        });
-      }
+    if (this._mode === _VisitorMode.Merge) {
+      const visitNodes = translatedChildNodes || el.children;
+      visitNodes.forEach(child => {
+        const visited = child.visit(this, context);
+        if (visited && !this._isInTranslatableSection) {
+          // Do not add the children from translatable sections (= i18n blocks here)
+          // They will be added later in this loop when the block closes (i.e. on `<!-- /i18n -->`)
+          childNodes = childNodes.concat(visited);
+        }
+      });
     }
 
     this._visitAttributesOf(el);
@@ -285,7 +267,6 @@ class _Visitor implements html.Visitor {
     this._inImplicitNode = wasInImplicitNode;
 
     if (this._mode === _VisitorMode.Merge) {
-      // There are no childNodes in translatable sections - those nodes will be replace anyway
       const translatedAttrs = this._translateAttributes(el);
       return new html.Element(
           el.name, translatedAttrs, childNodes, el.sourceSpan, el.startSourceSpan,
@@ -432,7 +413,7 @@ class _Visitor implements html.Visitor {
 
   /**
    * A translatable section could be:
-   * - a translatable element,
+   * - the content of translatable element,
    * - nodes between `<!-- i18n -->` and `<!-- /i18n -->` comments
    */
   private get _isInTranslatableSection(): boolean {

modules/@angular/compiler/src/identifiers.ts

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
  * found in the LICENSE file at https://angular.io/license
  */
 
-import {ANALYZE_FOR_ENTRY_COMPONENTS, AnimationTransitionEvent, ChangeDetectionStrategy, ChangeDetectorRef, ComponentFactory, ComponentFactoryResolver, ComponentRef, ElementRef, Injector, LOCALE_ID, NgModuleFactory, QueryList, RenderComponentType, Renderer, SecurityContext, SimpleChange, TRANSLATIONS_FORMAT, TemplateRef, ViewContainerRef, ViewEncapsulation} from '@angular/core';
+import {ANALYZE_FOR_ENTRY_COMPONENTS, ChangeDetectionStrategy, ChangeDetectorRef, ComponentFactory, ComponentFactoryResolver, ComponentRef, ElementRef, Injector, LOCALE_ID, NgModuleFactory, QueryList, RenderComponentType, Renderer, SecurityContext, SimpleChange, TRANSLATIONS_FORMAT, TemplateRef, ViewContainerRef, ViewEncapsulation} from '@angular/core';
 
 import {StaticSymbol} from './aot/static_symbol';
 import {CompileIdentifierMetadata, CompileTokenMetadata, identifierModuleUrl, identifierName} from './compile_metadata';

modules/@angular/compiler/src/ml_parser/parser.ts

@@ -283,7 +283,7 @@ class _TreeBuilder {
     const tagDef = this.getTagDefinition(el.name);
     const {parent, container} = this._getParentElementSkippingContainers();
 
-    if (isPresent(parent) && tagDef.requireExtraParent(parent.name)) {
+    if (parent && tagDef.requireExtraParent(parent.name)) {
       const newParent = new html.Element(
           tagDef.parentToAdd, [], [], el.sourceSpan, el.startSourceSpan, el.endSourceSpan);
       this._insertBeforeContainer(parent, container, newParent);

modules/@angular/compiler/src/ng_module_compiler.ts

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 import {CompileDiDependencyMetadata, CompileIdentifierMetadata, CompileNgModuleMetadata, CompileProviderMetadata, CompileTokenMetadata, identifierModuleUrl, identifierName, tokenName, tokenReference} from './compile_metadata';
 import {createDiTokenExpression} from './compiler_util/identifier_util';
 import {isPresent} from './facade/lang';
-import {Identifiers, createIdentifier, createIdentifierToken, resolveIdentifier} from './identifiers';
+import {Identifiers, createIdentifier, resolveIdentifier} from './identifiers';
 import {CompilerInjectable} from './injectable';
 import {ClassBuilder, createClassStmt} from './output/class_builder';
 import * as o from './output/output_ast';

modules/@angular/compiler/src/ng_module_resolver.ts

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 import {NgModule, Type} from '@angular/core';
 
 import {ListWrapper} from './facade/collection';
-import {isPresent, stringify} from './facade/lang';
+import {stringify} from './facade/lang';
 import {CompilerInjectable} from './injectable';
 import {ReflectorReader, reflector} from './private_import_core';
 
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ export class NgModuleResolver {
     const ngModuleMeta: NgModule =
         ListWrapper.findLast(this._reflector.annotations(type), _isNgModuleMetadata);
 
-    if (isPresent(ngModuleMeta)) {
+    if (ngModuleMeta) {
       return ngModuleMeta;
     } else {
       if (throwIfNotFound) {

modules/@angular/compiler/src/output/value_util.ts

@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@
  */
 
 
-import {CompileIdentifierMetadata} from '../compile_metadata';
 import {ValueTransformer, visitValue} from '../util';
 
 import * as o from './output_ast';

modules/@angular/compiler/src/pipe_resolver.ts

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 import {Pipe, Type, resolveForwardRef} from '@angular/core';
 
 import {ListWrapper} from './facade/collection';
-import {isPresent, stringify} from './facade/lang';
+import {stringify} from './facade/lang';
 import {CompilerInjectable} from './injectable';
 import {ReflectorReader, reflector} from './private_import_core';
 
@@ -38,9 +38,9 @@ export class PipeResolver {
    */
   resolve(type: Type<any>, throwIfNotFound = true): Pipe {
     const metas = this._reflector.annotations(resolveForwardRef(type));
-    if (isPresent(metas)) {
+    if (metas) {
       const annotation = ListWrapper.findLast(metas, _isPipeMetadata);
-      if (isPresent(annotation)) {
+      if (annotation) {
         return annotation;
       }
     }

modules/@angular/compiler/src/provider_analyzer.ts

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 
 import {CompileDiDependencyMetadata, CompileDirectiveMetadata, CompileDirectiveSummary, CompileNgModuleMetadata, CompileProviderMetadata, CompileQueryMetadata, CompileTokenMetadata, CompileTypeMetadata, tokenName, tokenReference} from './compile_metadata';
 import {isBlank, isPresent} from './facade/lang';
-import {Identifiers, createIdentifierToken, resolveIdentifier} from './identifiers';
+import {Identifiers, resolveIdentifier} from './identifiers';
 import {ParseError, ParseSourceSpan} from './parse_util';
 import {AttrAst, DirectiveAst, ProviderAst, ProviderAstType, ReferenceAst} from './template_parser/template_ast';
 
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ export class ProviderElementContext {
     let queries: CompileQueryMetadata[];
     while (currentEl !== null) {
       queries = currentEl._contentQueries.get(tokenReference(token));
-      if (isPresent(queries)) {
+      if (queries) {
         result.push(...queries.filter((query) => query.descendants || distance <= 1));
       }
       if (currentEl._directiveAsts.length > 0) {
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ export class ProviderElementContext {
       currentEl = currentEl._parent;
     }
     queries = this.viewContext.viewQueries.get(tokenReference(token));
-    if (isPresent(queries)) {
+    if (queries) {
       result.push(...queries);
     }
     return result;
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ export class ProviderElementContext {
       return null;
     }
     let transformedProviderAst = this._transformedProviders.get(tokenReference(token));
-    if (isPresent(transformedProviderAst)) {
+    if (transformedProviderAst) {
       return transformedProviderAst;
     }
     if (isPresent(this._seenProviders.get(tokenReference(token)))) {
@@ -165,11 +165,11 @@ export class ProviderElementContext {
           transformedUseExisting = null;
           transformedUseValue = existingDiDep.value;
         }
-      } else if (isPresent(provider.useFactory)) {
+      } else if (provider.useFactory) {
         const deps = provider.deps || provider.useFactory.diDeps;
         transformedDeps =
             deps.map((dep) => this._getDependency(resolvedProvider.providerType, dep, eager));
-      } else if (isPresent(provider.useClass)) {
+      } else if (provider.useClass) {
         const deps = provider.deps || provider.useClass.diDeps;
         transformedDeps =
             deps.map((dep) => this._getDependency(resolvedProvider.providerType, dep, eager));
@@ -235,7 +235,7 @@ export class ProviderElementContext {
       }
     } else {
       // check parent elements
-      while (!result && isPresent(currElement._parent)) {
+      while (!result && currElement._parent) {
         const prevElement = currElement;
         currElement = currElement._parent;
         if (prevElement._isViewRoot) {
@@ -301,7 +301,7 @@ export class NgModuleProviderAnalyzer {
       return null;
     }
     let transformedProviderAst = this._transformedProviders.get(tokenReference(token));
-    if (isPresent(transformedProviderAst)) {
+    if (transformedProviderAst) {
       return transformedProviderAst;
     }
     if (isPresent(this._seenProviders.get(tokenReference(token)))) {
@@ -324,11 +324,11 @@ export class NgModuleProviderAnalyzer {
           transformedUseExisting = null;
           transformedUseValue = existingDiDep.value;
         }
-      } else if (isPresent(provider.useFactory)) {
+      } else if (provider.useFactory) {
         const deps = provider.deps || provider.useFactory.diDeps;
         transformedDeps =
             deps.map((dep) => this._getDependency(dep, eager, resolvedProvider.sourceSpan));
-      } else if (isPresent(provider.useClass)) {
+      } else if (provider.useClass) {
         const deps = provider.deps || provider.useClass.diDeps;
         transformedDeps =
             deps.map((dep) => this._getDependency(dep, eager, resolvedProvider.sourceSpan));
@@ -454,7 +454,7 @@ function _resolveProviders(
 
 function _getViewQueries(component: CompileDirectiveMetadata): Map<any, CompileQueryMetadata[]> {
   const viewQueries = new Map<any, CompileQueryMetadata[]>();
-  if (isPresent(component.viewQueries)) {
+  if (component.viewQueries) {
     component.viewQueries.forEach((query) => _addQueryToTokenMap(viewQueries, query));
   }
   return viewQueries;
@@ -464,7 +464,7 @@ function _getContentQueries(directives: CompileDirectiveSummary[]):
     Map<any, CompileQueryMetadata[]> {
   const contentQueries = new Map<any, CompileQueryMetadata[]>();
   directives.forEach(directive => {
-    if (isPresent(directive.queries)) {
+    if (directive.queries) {
       directive.queries.forEach((query) => _addQueryToTokenMap(contentQueries, query));
     }
   });

modules/@angular/compiler/src/template_parser/binding_parser.ts

@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ import {SecurityContext} from '@angular/core';
 import {CompileDirectiveSummary, CompilePipeSummary} from '../compile_metadata';
 import {ASTWithSource, BindingPipe, EmptyExpr, ParserError, RecursiveAstVisitor, TemplateBinding} from '../expression_parser/ast';
 import {Parser} from '../expression_parser/parser';
-import {isPresent} from '../facade/lang';
 import {InterpolationConfig} from '../ml_parser/interpolation_config';
 import {mergeNsAndName} from '../ml_parser/tags';
 import {ParseError, ParseErrorLevel, ParseSourceSpan} from '../parse_util';
@@ -111,14 +110,14 @@ export class BindingParser {
   }
 
   parseInlineTemplateBinding(
-      name: string, prefixToken: string, value: string, sourceSpan: ParseSourceSpan,
+      prefixToken: string, value: string, sourceSpan: ParseSourceSpan,
       targetMatchableAttrs: string[][], targetProps: BoundProperty[], targetVars: VariableAst[]) {
     const bindings = this._parseTemplateBindings(prefixToken, value, sourceSpan);
     for (let i = 0; i < bindings.length; i++) {
       const binding = bindings[i];
       if (binding.keyIsVar) {
         targetVars.push(new VariableAst(binding.key, binding.name, sourceSpan));
-      } else if (isPresent(binding.expression)) {
+      } else if (binding.expression) {
         this._parsePropertyAst(
             binding.key, binding.expression, sourceSpan, targetMatchableAttrs, targetProps);
       } else {
@@ -136,7 +135,7 @@ export class BindingParser {
       const bindingsResult = this._exprParser.parseTemplateBindings(prefixToken, value, sourceInfo);
       this._reportExpressionParserErrors(bindingsResult.errors, sourceSpan);
       bindingsResult.templateBindings.forEach((binding) => {
-        if (isPresent(binding.expression)) {
+        if (binding.expression) {
           this._checkPipes(binding.expression, sourceSpan);
         }
       });
@@ -193,7 +192,7 @@ export class BindingParser {
       name: string, value: string, sourceSpan: ParseSourceSpan, targetMatchableAttrs: string[][],
       targetProps: BoundProperty[]): boolean {
     const expr = this.parseInterpolation(value, sourceSpan);
-    if (isPresent(expr)) {
+    if (expr) {
       this._parsePropertyAst(name, expr, sourceSpan, targetMatchableAttrs, targetProps);
       return true;
     }
@@ -374,7 +373,7 @@ export class BindingParser {
   }
 
   private _checkPipes(ast: ASTWithSource, sourceSpan: ParseSourceSpan) {
-    if (isPresent(ast)) {
+    if (ast) {
       const collector = new PipeCollector();
       ast.visit(collector);
       collector.pipes.forEach((ast, pipeName) => {

modules/@angular/compiler/src/template_parser/template_parser.ts

@@ -276,7 +276,7 @@ class TemplateParseVisitor implements html.Visitor {
         templateBindingsSource = attr.value;
       } else if (normalizedName.startsWith(TEMPLATE_ATTR_PREFIX)) {
         templateBindingsSource = attr.value;
-        prefixToken = normalizedName.substring(TEMPLATE_ATTR_PREFIX.length);
+        prefixToken = normalizedName.substring(TEMPLATE_ATTR_PREFIX.length) + ':';
       }
 
       const hasTemplateBinding = isPresent(templateBindingsSource);
@@ -288,7 +288,7 @@ class TemplateParseVisitor implements html.Visitor {
         }
         hasInlineTemplates = true;
         this._bindingParser.parseInlineTemplateBinding(
-            attr.name, prefixToken, templateBindingsSource, attr.sourceSpan, templateMatchableAttrs,
+            prefixToken, templateBindingsSource, attr.sourceSpan, templateMatchableAttrs,
             templateElementOrDirectiveProps, templateElementVars);
       }
 
@@ -309,9 +309,11 @@ class TemplateParseVisitor implements html.Visitor {
     const elementProps: BoundElementPropertyAst[] =
         this._createElementPropertyAsts(element.name, elementOrDirectiveProps, directiveAsts);
     const isViewRoot = parent.isTemplateElement || hasInlineTemplates;
+
     const providerContext = new ProviderElementContext(
         this.providerViewContext, parent.providerContext, isViewRoot, directiveAsts, attrs,
         references, element.sourceSpan);
+
     const children = html.visitAll(
         preparsedElement.nonBindable ? NON_BINDABLE_VISITOR : this, element.children,
         ElementContext.create(

modules/@angular/compiler/src/view_compiler/compile_element.ts

@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ import {ProviderAst, ProviderAstType, ReferenceAst, TemplateAst} from '../templa
 import {CompileMethod} from './compile_method';
 import {CompileQuery, addQueryToTokenMap, createQueryList} from './compile_query';
 import {CompileView, CompileViewRootNode} from './compile_view';
-import {InjectMethodVars, ViewProperties} from './constants';
+import {InjectMethodVars} from './constants';
 import {ComponentFactoryDependency, DirectiveWrapperDependency} from './deps';
 import {getPropertyInView, injectFromViewParentInjector} from './util';
 
@@ -195,7 +195,7 @@ export class CompileElement extends CompileNode {
       const propName =
           `_${tokenName(resolvedProvider.token)}_${this.nodeIndex}_${this.instances.size}`;
       const instance = createProviderProperty(
-          propName, resolvedProvider, providerValueExpressions, resolvedProvider.multiProvider,
+          propName, providerValueExpressions, resolvedProvider.multiProvider,
           resolvedProvider.eager, this);
       if (isDirectiveWrapper) {
         this.directiveWrapperInstance.set(tokenReference(resolvedProvider.token), instance);
@@ -289,7 +289,7 @@ export class CompileElement extends CompileNode {
       CompileQuery {
     const propName =
         `_query_${tokenName(queryMeta.selectors[0])}_${this.nodeIndex}_${this._queryCount++}`;
-    const queryList = createQueryList(queryMeta, directiveInstance, propName, this.view);
+    const queryList = createQueryList(propName, this.view);
     const query = new CompileQuery(queryMeta, queryList, directiveInstance, this.view);
     addQueryToTokenMap(this._queries, query);
     return query;
@@ -369,8 +369,8 @@ function createInjectInternalCondition(
 }
 
 function createProviderProperty(
-    propName: string, provider: ProviderAst, providerValueExpressions: o.Expression[],
-    isMulti: boolean, isEager: boolean, compileElement: CompileElement): o.Expression {
+    propName: string, providerValueExpressions: o.Expression[], isMulti: boolean, isEager: boolean,
+    compileElement: CompileElement): o.Expression {
   const view = compileElement.view;
   let resolvedProviderValueExpr: o.Expression;
   let type: o.Type;

modules/@angular/compiler/src/view_compiler/compile_method.ts

@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@
  * found in the LICENSE file at https://angular.io/license
  */
 
-import {isPresent} from '../facade/lang';
 import * as o from '../output/output_ast';
 import {TemplateAst} from '../template_parser/template_ast';
 
@@ -34,7 +33,7 @@ export class CompileMethod {
     if (this._newState.nodeIndex !== this._currState.nodeIndex ||
         this._newState.sourceAst !== this._currState.sourceAst) {
       const expr = this._updateDebugContext(this._newState);
-      if (isPresent(expr)) {
+      if (expr) {
         this._bodyStatements.push(expr.toStmt());
       }
     }
@@ -43,13 +42,12 @@ export class CompileMethod {
   private _updateDebugContext(newState: _DebugState): o.Expression {
     this._currState = this._newState = newState;
     if (this._debugEnabled) {
-      const sourceLocation =
-          isPresent(newState.sourceAst) ? newState.sourceAst.sourceSpan.start : null;
+      const sourceLocation = newState.sourceAst ? newState.sourceAst.sourceSpan.start : null;
 
       return o.THIS_EXPR.callMethod('debug', [
         o.literal(newState.nodeIndex),
-        isPresent(sourceLocation) ? o.literal(sourceLocation.line) : o.NULL_EXPR,
-        isPresent(sourceLocation) ? o.literal(sourceLocation.col) : o.NULL_EXPR
+        sourceLocation ? o.literal(sourceLocation.line) : o.NULL_EXPR,
+        sourceLocation ? o.literal(sourceLocation.col) : o.NULL_EXPR
       ]);
     } else {
       return null;

modules/@angular/compiler/src/view_compiler/compile_query.ts

@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@
 
 import {CompileQueryMetadata, tokenReference} from '../compile_metadata';
 import {ListWrapper} from '../facade/collection';
-import {isPresent} from '../facade/lang';
 import {Identifiers, createIdentifier} from '../identifiers';
 import * as o from '../output/output_ast';
 
@@ -33,7 +32,7 @@ export class CompileQuery {
   addValue(value: o.Expression, view: CompileView) {
     let currentView = view;
     const elPath: CompileElement[] = [];
-    while (isPresent(currentView) && currentView !== this.view) {
+    while (currentView && currentView !== this.view) {
       const parentEl = currentView.declarationElement;
       elPath.unshift(parentEl);
       currentView = parentEl.view;
@@ -67,7 +66,7 @@ export class CompileQuery {
   generateStatements(targetStaticMethod: CompileMethod, targetDynamicMethod: CompileMethod) {
     const values = createQueryValues(this._values);
     const updateStmts = [this.queryList.callMethod('reset', [o.literalArr(values)]).toStmt()];
-    if (isPresent(this.ownerDirectiveExpression)) {
+    if (this.ownerDirectiveExpression) {
       const valueExpr = this.meta.first ? this.queryList.prop('first') : this.queryList;
       updateStmts.push(
           this.ownerDirectiveExpression.prop(this.meta.propertyName).set(valueExpr).toStmt());
@@ -110,9 +109,7 @@ function mapNestedViews(
   ]);
 }
 
-export function createQueryList(
-    query: CompileQueryMetadata, directiveInstance: o.Expression, propertyName: string,
-    compileView: CompileView): o.Expression {
+export function createQueryList(propertyName: string, compileView: CompileView): o.Expression {
   compileView.fields.push(new o.ClassField(
       propertyName, o.importType(createIdentifier(Identifiers.QueryList), [o.DYNAMIC_TYPE])));
   const expr = o.THIS_EXPR.prop(propertyName);

modules/@angular/compiler/src/view_compiler/compile_view.ts

@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ import {EventHandlerVars, NameResolver} from '../compiler_util/expression_conver
 import {createPureProxy} from '../compiler_util/identifier_util';
 import {CompilerConfig} from '../config';
 import {isPresent} from '../facade/lang';
-import {Identifiers, createIdentifier} from '../identifiers';
 import * as o from '../output/output_ast';
 import {ViewType} from '../private_import_core';
 
@@ -119,7 +118,7 @@ export class CompileView implements NameResolver {
       const directiveInstance = o.THIS_EXPR.prop('context');
       this.component.viewQueries.forEach((queryMeta, queryIndex) => {
         const propName = `_viewQuery_${tokenName(queryMeta.selectors[0])}_${queryIndex}`;
-        const queryList = createQueryList(queryMeta, directiveInstance, propName, this);
+        const queryList = createQueryList(propName, this);
         const query = new CompileQuery(queryMeta, queryList, directiveInstance, this);
         addQueryToTokenMap(viewQueries, query);
       });

modules/@angular/compiler/src/view_compiler/constants.ts

@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ import {ChangeDetectionStrategy, ViewEncapsulation} from '@angular/core';
 import {createEnumExpression} from '../compiler_util/identifier_util';
 import {Identifiers} from '../identifiers';
 import * as o from '../output/output_ast';
-import {ChangeDetectorStatus, ViewType} from '../private_import_core';
+import {ViewType} from '../private_import_core';
 
 export class ViewTypeEnum {
   static fromValue(value: ViewType): o.Expression {
@@ -25,12 +25,6 @@ export class ViewEncapsulationEnum {
   }
 }
 
-export class ChangeDetectionStrategyEnum {
-  static fromValue(value: ChangeDetectionStrategy): o.Expression {
-    return createEnumExpression(Identifiers.ChangeDetectionStrategy, value);
-  }
-}
-
 export class ChangeDetectorStatusEnum {
   static fromValue(value: ChangeDetectorStatusEnum): o.Expression {
     return createEnumExpression(Identifiers.ChangeDetectorStatus, value);

modules/@angular/compiler/src/view_compiler/event_binder.ts

@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@ import {BoundEventAst, DirectiveAst} from '../template_parser/template_ast';
 
 import {CompileElement} from './compile_element';
 import {CompileMethod} from './compile_method';
-import {ViewProperties} from './constants';
 import {getHandleEventMethodName} from './util';
 
 export function bindOutputs(

modules/@angular/compiler/src/view_compiler/query_binder.ts

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
  * found in the LICENSE file at https://angular.io/license
  */
 
-import {CompileQueryMetadata, CompileTokenMetadata, tokenReference} from '../compile_metadata';
+import {CompileTokenMetadata, tokenReference} from '../compile_metadata';
 import * as o from '../output/output_ast';
 
 import {CompileElement} from './compile_element';
@@ -17,16 +17,18 @@ import {CompileQuery} from './compile_query';
 // as we create embedded views before the <template> elements themselves.
 export function bindQueryValues(ce: CompileElement) {
   const queriesWithReads: _QueryWithRead[] = [];
+
   ce.getProviderTokens().forEach((token) => {
     const queriesForProvider = ce.getQueriesFor(token);
     queriesWithReads.push(...queriesForProvider.map(query => new _QueryWithRead(query, token)));
   });
+
   Object.keys(ce.referenceTokens).forEach(varName => {
-    const token = ce.referenceTokens[varName];
     const varToken = {value: varName};
     queriesWithReads.push(
         ...ce.getQueriesFor(varToken).map(query => new _QueryWithRead(query, varToken)));
   });
+
   queriesWithReads.forEach((queryWithRead) => {
     let value: o.Expression;
     if (queryWithRead.read.identifier) {

modules/@angular/compiler/src/view_compiler/util.ts

@@ -9,8 +9,6 @@
 
 import {CompileDirectiveMetadata, CompileDirectiveSummary, CompileIdentifierMetadata, CompileTokenMetadata, identifierName} from '../compile_metadata';
 import {createDiTokenExpression} from '../compiler_util/identifier_util';
-import {isPresent} from '../facade/lang';
-import {Identifiers, createIdentifier} from '../identifiers';
 import * as o from '../output/output_ast';
 import {ViewType} from '../private_import_core';
 
@@ -23,7 +21,7 @@ export function getPropertyInView(
   } else {
     let viewProp: o.Expression = o.THIS_EXPR;
     let currView: CompileView = callingView;
-    while (currView !== definedView && isPresent(currView.declarationElement.view)) {
+    while (currView !== definedView && currView.declarationElement.view) {
       currView = currView.declarationElement.view;
       viewProp = viewProp.prop('parentView');
     }

modules/@angular/compiler/src/view_compiler/view_builder.ts

@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@ import {isPresent} from '../facade/lang';
 import {Identifiers, createIdentifier, identifierToken} from '../identifiers';
 import {createClassStmt} from '../output/class_builder';
 import * as o from '../output/output_ast';
-import {ParseSourceSpan} from '../parse_util';
 import {ChangeDetectorStatus, ViewType, isDefaultChangeDetectionStrategy} from '../private_import_core';
 import {AttrAst, BoundDirectivePropertyAst, BoundElementPropertyAst, BoundEventAst, BoundTextAst, DirectiveAst, ElementAst, EmbeddedTemplateAst, NgContentAst, ReferenceAst, TemplateAst, TemplateAstVisitor, TextAst, VariableAst, templateVisitAll} from '../template_parser/template_ast';
 
@@ -405,8 +404,9 @@ function createViewTopLevelStmts(view: CompileView, targetStatements: o.Statemen
               o.literal(view.component.template.ngContentSelectors.length),
               ViewEncapsulationEnum.fromValue(view.component.template.encapsulation),
               view.styles,
-              o.literalMap(view.animations.map(
-                  (entry): [string, o.Expression] => [entry.name, entry.fnExp])),
+              o.literalMap(
+                  view.animations.map((entry): [string, o.Expression] => [entry.name, entry.fnExp]),
+                  null, true),
             ]))
             .toDeclStmt(o.importType(createIdentifier(Identifiers.RenderComponentType))));
   }
@@ -695,7 +695,6 @@ function generateCreateEmbeddedViewsMethod(view: CompileView): o.ClassMethod {
   view.nodes.forEach((node) => {
     if (node instanceof CompileElement) {
       if (node.embeddedView) {
-        const parentNodeIndex = node.isRootElement() ? null : node.parent.nodeIndex;
         stmts.push(new o.IfStmt(
             nodeIndexVar.equals(o.literal(node.nodeIndex)),
             [new o.ReturnStatement(node.embeddedView.classExpr.instantiate([

modules/@angular/compiler/test/aot/static_reflector_spec.ts

@@ -449,6 +449,40 @@ describe('StaticReflector', () => {
     expect(annotations[0].providers[0].useValue.members[0]).toEqual('staticMethod');
   });
 
+  // #13605
+  it('should not throw on unknown decorators', () => {
+    const data = Object.create(DEFAULT_TEST_DATA);
+    const file = '/tmp/src/app.component.ts';
+    data[file] = `
+      import { Component } from '@angular/core';
+
+      export const enum TypeEnum {
+        type
+      }
+
+      export function MyValidationDecorator(p1: any, p2: any): any {
+        return null;
+      }
+
+      export function ValidationFunction(a1: any): any {
+        return null;
+      }
+
+      @Component({
+        selector: 'my-app',
+        template: "<h1>Hello {{name}}</h1>",
+      })
+      export class AppComponent  {
+        name = 'Angular';
+
+        @MyValidationDecorator( TypeEnum.type, ValidationFunction({option: 'value'}))
+        myClassProp: number;
+    }`;
+    init(data);
+    const appComponent = reflector.getStaticSymbol(file, 'AppComponent');
+    expect(() => reflector.propMetadata(appComponent)).not.toThrow();
+  });
+
   describe('inheritance', () => {
     class ClassDecorator {
       constructor(public value: any) {}

modules/@angular/compiler/test/i18n/integration_spec.ts

@@ -210,5 +210,56 @@ const XMB = `
     <ph name="START_TAG_DIV_1"><ex>&lt;div&gt;</ex></ph><ph name="ICU"/><ph name="CLOSE_TAG_DIV"><ex>&lt;/div&gt;</ex></ph>
 </msg>
   <msg id="1491627405349178954">it <ph name="START_BOLD_TEXT"><ex>&lt;b&gt;</ex></ph>should<ph name="CLOSE_BOLD_TEXT"><ex>&lt;/b&gt;</ex></ph> work</msg>
-</messagebundle>
+</messagebundle>`;
+
+const HTML = `
+<div>
+    <h1 i18n>i18n attribute on tags</h1>
+    
+    <div id="i18n-1"><p i18n>nested</p></div>
+    
+    <div id="i18n-2"><p i18n="different meaning|">nested</p></div>
+    
+    <div id="i18n-3"><p i18n><i>with placeholders</i></p></div>
+    <div id="i18n-3b"><p i18n><i class="preserved-on-placeholders">with placeholders</i></p></div>
+    
+    <div>
+        <p id="i18n-4" i18n-title title="on not translatable node"></p>
+        <p id="i18n-5" i18n i18n-title title="on translatable node"></p>
+        <p id="i18n-6" i18n-title title></p>
+    </div>
+    
+    <!-- no ph below because the ICU node is the only child of the div, i.e. no text nodes --> 
+    <div i18n id="i18n-7">{count, plural, =0 {zero} =1 {one} =2 {two} other {<b>many</b>}}</div>
+    
+    <div i18n id="i18n-8">
+        {sex, select, m {male} f {female}}
+    </div>
+    <div i18n id="i18n-8b">
+        {sexB, select, m {male} f {female}}
+    </div>
+    
+    <div i18n id="i18n-9">{{ "count = " + count }}</div>
+    <div i18n id="i18n-10">sex = {{ sex }}</div>
+    <div i18n id="i18n-11">{{ "custom name" //i18n(ph="CUSTOM_NAME") }}</div>    
+</div>
+
+<!-- i18n -->
+    <h1 id="i18n-12" >Markers in html comments</h1>   
+    <div id="i18n-13" i18n-title title="in a translatable section"></div>
+    <div id="i18n-14">{count, plural, =0 {zero} =1 {one} =2 {two} other {<b>many</b>}}</div>
+<!-- /i18n -->
+
+<div id="i18n-15"><ng-container i18n>it <b>should</b> work</ng-container></div>
+
+<!-- make sure that ICU messages are not treated as text nodes -->
+<div i18n="desc">{
+    response.getItemsList().length,
+    plural,
+    =0 {Found no results}
+    =1 {Found one result}
+    other {Found {{response.getItemsList().length}} results}
+}</div>
+
+<div i18n id="i18n-18">foo<a i18n-title title="in a translatable section">bar</a></div>
 `;

modules/@angular/compiler/test/template_parser/template_parser_spec.ts

@@ -1323,17 +1323,30 @@ Reference "#a" is defined several times ("<div #a></div><div [ERROR ->]#a></div>
 
         });
 
+
         it('should work with *... and use the attribute name as property binding name', () => {
           expect(humanizeTplAst(parse('<div *ngIf="test">', [ngIf]))).toEqual([
-            [EmbeddedTemplateAst], [DirectiveAst, ngIf],
-            [BoundDirectivePropertyAst, 'ngIf', 'test'], [ElementAst, 'div']
+            [EmbeddedTemplateAst],
+            [DirectiveAst, ngIf],
+            [BoundDirectivePropertyAst, 'ngIf', 'test'],
+            [ElementAst, 'div'],
+          ]);
+
+          // https://github.com/angular/angular/issues/13800
+          expect(humanizeTplAst(parse('<div *ngIf="-1">', [ngIf]))).toEqual([
+            [EmbeddedTemplateAst],
+            [DirectiveAst, ngIf],
+            [BoundDirectivePropertyAst, 'ngIf', '0 - 1'],
+            [ElementAst, 'div'],
           ]);
         });
 
         it('should work with *... and empty value', () => {
           expect(humanizeTplAst(parse('<div *ngIf>', [ngIf]))).toEqual([
-            [EmbeddedTemplateAst], [DirectiveAst, ngIf],
-            [BoundDirectivePropertyAst, 'ngIf', 'null'], [ElementAst, 'div']
+            [EmbeddedTemplateAst],
+            [DirectiveAst, ngIf],
+            [BoundDirectivePropertyAst, 'ngIf', 'null'],
+            [ElementAst, 'div'],
           ]);
         });
       });

modules/@angular/core/src/application_ref.ts

@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ import {isPromise} from '../src/util/lang';
 
 import {ApplicationInitStatus} from './application_init';
 import {APP_BOOTSTRAP_LISTENER, PLATFORM_INITIALIZER} from './application_tokens';
-import {ChangeDetectorRef} from './change_detection/change_detector_ref';
 import {Console} from './console';
 import {Injectable, Injector, OpaqueToken, Optional, Provider, ReflectiveInjector} from './di';
 import {CompilerFactory, CompilerOptions} from './linker/compiler';

modules/@angular/core/src/linker/component_factory.ts

@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ import {Type} from '../type';
 
 import {ElementRef} from './element_ref';
 import {AppView} from './view';
-import {ViewContainer} from './view_container';
 import {ViewRef} from './view_ref';
 import {ViewUtils} from './view_utils';
 
@@ -86,11 +85,6 @@ export class ComponentRef_<C> extends ComponentRef<C> {
   onDestroy(callback: Function): void { this.hostView.onDestroy(callback); }
 }
 
-/**
- * @experimental
- */
-const EMPTY_CONTEXT = new Object();
-
 /**
  * @stable
  */

modules/@angular/core/src/linker/template_ref.ts

@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@
 
 import {ElementRef} from './element_ref';
 import {AppView} from './view';
-import {ViewContainer} from './view_container';
 import {EmbeddedViewRef} from './view_ref';
 
 

modules/@angular/core/src/linker/view.ts

@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ import {ChangeDetectorRef, ChangeDetectorStatus} from '../change_detection/chang
 import {Injector, THROW_IF_NOT_FOUND} from '../di/injector';
 import {isPresent} from '../facade/lang';
 import {WtfScopeFn, wtfCreateScope, wtfLeave} from '../profile/profile';
-import {DirectRenderer, RenderComponentType, RenderDebugInfo, Renderer} from '../render/api';
+import {DirectRenderer, RenderComponentType, Renderer} from '../render/api';
 
 import {AnimationViewContext} from './animation_view_context';
 import {ComponentRef} from './component_factory';

modules/@angular/core/src/linker/view_container.ts

@@ -7,10 +7,8 @@
  */
 
 import {Injector} from '../di/injector';
-import {isPresent} from '../facade/lang';
 
 import {ElementRef} from './element_ref';
-import {QueryList} from './query_list';
 import {AppView} from './view';
 import {ViewContainerRef_} from './view_container_ref';
 import {ViewType} from './view_type';

modules/@angular/core/src/linker/view_utils.ts

@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@ import {ViewEncapsulation} from '../metadata/view';
 import {RenderComponentType, RenderDebugInfo, Renderer, RootRenderer} from '../render/api';
 import {Sanitizer} from '../security';
 import {VERSION} from '../version';
-import {NgZone} from '../zone/ng_zone';
 
 import {ExpressionChangedAfterItHasBeenCheckedError} from './errors';
 import {AppView} from './view';
@@ -23,7 +22,6 @@ import {AppView} from './view';
 @Injectable()
 export class ViewUtils {
   sanitizer: Sanitizer;
-  private _nextCompTypeId: number = 0;
 
   constructor(
       private _renderer: RootRenderer, sanitizer: Sanitizer,

modules/@angular/core/test/linker/direct_rendering_integration_spec.ts

@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ export function main() {
       @Component({
         selector: 'child',
         template:
-            '(<template [ngTemplateOutlet]="templateRef" [ngOutletContext]="templateCtx"></template>)'
+            '(<ng-container [ngTemplateOutlet]="templateRef" [ngOutletContext]="templateCtx"></ng-container>)'
       })
       class Child {
         @Input()

modules/@angular/core/test/linker/ng_container_integration_spec.ts

@@ -23,8 +23,15 @@ function declareTests({useJit}: {useJit: boolean}) {
 
     beforeEach(() => {
       TestBed.configureCompiler({useJit: useJit});
-      TestBed.configureTestingModule(
-          {declarations: [MyComp, NeedsContentChildren, NeedsViewChildren, TextDirective, Simple]});
+      TestBed.configureTestingModule({
+        declarations: [
+          MyComp,
+          NeedsContentChildren,
+          NeedsViewChildren,
+          TextDirective,
+          Simple,
+        ],
+      });
     });
 
     it('should support the "i18n" attribute', () => {

modules/@angular/core/test/linker/view_injector_integration_spec.ts

@@ -421,7 +421,7 @@ export function main() {
         TestBed.overrideDirective(
             SimpleDirective, {set: {providers: [{provide: 'service', useValue: 'parentService'}]}});
         const el = createComponent(
-            '<div simpleDirective><template [ngIf]="true"><div *ngIf="true" needsService></div></template></div>');
+            '<div simpleDirective><ng-container *ngIf="true"><div *ngIf="true" needsService></div></ng-container></div>');
         expect(el.children[0].children[0].injector.get(NeedsService).service)
             .toEqual('parentService');
       });

modules/@angular/http/src/static_request.ts

@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ export class Request extends Body {
       case 'text/html':
         return ContentType.TEXT;
       case 'application/octet-stream':
-        return ContentType.BLOB;
+        return this._body instanceof ArrayBuffer ? ContentType.ARRAY_BUFFER : ContentType.BLOB;
       default:
         return this.detectContentTypeFromBody();
     }
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ export class Request extends Body {
       return ContentType.BLOB;
     } else if (this._body instanceof ArrayBuffer) {
       return ContentType.ARRAY_BUFFER;
-    } else if (this._body && typeof this._body == 'object') {
+    } else if (this._body && typeof this._body === 'object') {
       return ContentType.JSON;
     } else {
       return ContentType.TEXT;
@@ -167,4 +167,4 @@ const noop = function() {};
 const w = typeof window == 'object' ? window : noop;
 const FormData = (w as any /** TODO #9100 */)['FormData'] || noop;
 const Blob = (w as any /** TODO #9100 */)['Blob'] || noop;
-const ArrayBuffer = (w as any /** TODO #9100 */)['ArrayBuffer'] || noop;
+export const ArrayBuffer = (w as any /** TODO #9100 */)['ArrayBuffer'] || noop;

modules/@angular/http/src/static_response.ts

@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ import {Headers} from './headers';
  */
 export class Response extends Body {
   /**
-   * One of "basic", "cors", "default", "error, or "opaque".
+   * One of "basic", "cors", "default", "error", or "opaque".
    *
    * Defaults to "default".
    */

modules/@angular/http/test/static_request_spec.ts

@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ import {describe, expect, it} from '@angular/core/testing/testing_internal';
 import {RequestOptions} from '../src/base_request_options';
 import {ContentType} from '../src/enums';
 import {Headers} from '../src/headers';
-import {Request} from '../src/static_request';
+import {ArrayBuffer, Request} from '../src/static_request';
 
 export function main() {
   describe('Request', () => {
@@ -76,6 +76,17 @@ export function main() {
 
         expect(req.detectContentType()).toEqual(ContentType.BLOB);
       });
+
+      it('should not create a blob out of ArrayBuffer', () => {
+        const req = new Request(new RequestOptions({
+          url: 'test',
+          method: 'GET',
+          body: new ArrayBuffer(1),
+          headers: new Headers({'content-type': 'application/octet-stream'})
+        }));
+
+        expect(req.detectContentType()).toEqual(ContentType.ARRAY_BUFFER);
+      });
     });
 
     it('should return empty string if no body is present', () => {

modules/@angular/platform-browser/src/dom/web_animations_player.ts

@@ -96,7 +96,9 @@ export class WebAnimationsPlayer implements AnimationPlayer {
 
   /** @internal */
   _triggerWebAnimation(element: any, keyframes: any[], options: any): DomAnimatePlayer {
-    return <DomAnimatePlayer>element.animate(keyframes, options);
+    // jscompiler doesn't seem to know animate is a native property because it's not fully
+    // supported yet across common browsers (we polyfill it for Edge/Safari) [CL #143630929]
+    return <DomAnimatePlayer>element['animate'](keyframes, options);
   }
 
   get domPlayer() { return this._player; }

modules/@angular/platform-browser/src/security/style_sanitizer.ts

@@ -30,9 +30,14 @@ import {sanitizeUrl} from './url_sanitizer';
 const VALUES = '[-,."\'%_!# a-zA-Z0-9]+';
 const TRANSFORMATION_FNS = '(?:matrix|translate|scale|rotate|skew|perspective)(?:X|Y|3d)?';
 const COLOR_FNS = '(?:rgb|hsl)a?';
-const FN_ARGS = '\\([-0-9.%, a-zA-Z]+\\)';
-const SAFE_STYLE_VALUE =
-    new RegExp(`^(${VALUES}|(?:${TRANSFORMATION_FNS}|${COLOR_FNS})${FN_ARGS})$`, 'g');
+const GRADIENTS = '(?:repeating-)?(?:linear|radial)-gradient';
+const CSS3_FNS = '(?:calc|attr)';
+const FN_ARGS = '\\([-0-9.%, #a-zA-Z]+\\)';
+const SAFE_STYLE_VALUE = new RegExp(
+    `^(${VALUES}|` +
+        `(?:${TRANSFORMATION_FNS}|${COLOR_FNS}|${GRADIENTS}|${CSS3_FNS})` +
+        `${FN_ARGS})$`,
+    'g');
 
 /**
  * Matches a `url(...)` value with an arbitrary argument as long as it does

modules/@angular/platform-browser/test/security/style_sanitizer_spec.ts

@@ -39,6 +39,16 @@ export function main() {
       expectSanitize('translateX(12px, -5px)').toEqual('translateX(12px, -5px)');
       expectSanitize('scale3d(1, 1, 2)').toEqual('scale3d(1, 1, 2)');
     });
+    t.it('accepts gradients', () => {
+      expectSanitize('linear-gradient(to bottom, #fg34a1, #bada55)')
+          .toEqual('linear-gradient(to bottom, #fg34a1, #bada55)');
+      expectSanitize('repeating-radial-gradient(ellipse cover, black, red, black, red)')
+          .toEqual('repeating-radial-gradient(ellipse cover, black, red, black, red)');
+    });
+    t.it('accepts calc', () => { expectSanitize('calc(90%-123px)').toEqual('calc(90%-123px)'); });
+    t.it('accepts attr', () => {
+      expectSanitize('attr(value string)').toEqual('attr(value string)');
+    });
     t.it('sanitizes URLs', () => {
       expectSanitize('url(foo/bar.png)').toEqual('url(foo/bar.png)');
       expectSanitize('url( foo/bar.png\n )').toEqual('url( foo/bar.png\n )');

modules/@angular/platform-webworker/test/web_workers/worker/renderer_integration_spec.ts

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
  * found in the LICENSE file at https://angular.io/license
  */
 
-import {Component, ComponentRef, Injectable, Injector} from '@angular/core';
+import {Component, ComponentRef, Injectable} from '@angular/core';
 import {DebugDomRootRenderer} from '@angular/core/src/debug/debug_renderer';
 import {RootRenderer} from '@angular/core/src/render/api';
 import {TestBed} from '@angular/core/testing';
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ export function main() {
     it('should update any template comment property/attributes', () => {
 
       TestBed.overrideComponent(
-          MyComp2, {set: {template: '<template [ngIf]="ctxBoolProp"></template>'}});
+          MyComp2, {set: {template: '<ng-container *ngIf="ctxBoolProp"></ng-container>'}});
       const fixture = TestBed.createComponent(MyComp2);
 
       (<MyComp2>fixture.componentInstance).ctxBoolProp = true;
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ export function main() {
 
     it('should add and remove fragments', () => {
       TestBed.overrideComponent(
-          MyComp2, {set: {template: '<template [ngIf]="ctxBoolProp">hello</template>'}});
+          MyComp2, {set: {template: '<ng-container *ngIf="ctxBoolProp">hello</ng-container>'}});
       const fixture = TestBed.createComponent(MyComp2);
 
       const rootEl = getRenderElement(fixture.nativeElement);

modules/@angular/router/karma-test-shim.js

@@ -71,4 +71,4 @@ Promise
       return Promise.all(
           allSpecFiles.map(function(moduleName) { return System.import(moduleName); }));
     })
-    .then(__karma__.start, __karma__.error);
+    .then(__karma__.start, (v) => console.error(v));

modules/@angular/router/src/config.ts

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
  * found in the LICENSE file at https://angular.io/license
  */
 
-import {Type} from '@angular/core';
+import {NgModuleFactory, Type} from '@angular/core';
 import {Observable} from 'rxjs/Observable';
 import {PRIMARY_OUTLET} from './shared';
 import {UrlSegment, UrlSegmentGroup} from './url_tree';
@@ -310,7 +310,8 @@ export type ResolveData = {
  * See {@link Routes} for more details.
  * @stable
  */
-export type LoadChildrenCallback = () => Type<any>| Promise<Type<any>>| Observable<Type<any>>;
+export type LoadChildrenCallback = () =>
+    Type<any>| NgModuleFactory<any>| Promise<Type<any>>| Observable<Type<any>>;
 
 /**
  * @whatItDoes The type of `loadChildren`.

modules/@angular/router/src/directives/router_link.ts

@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ export class RouterLink {
  */
 @Directive({selector: 'a[routerLink]'})
 export class RouterLinkWithHref implements OnChanges, OnDestroy {
-  @Input() target: string;
+  @HostBinding('attr.target') @Input() target: string;
   @Input() queryParams: {[k: string]: any};
   @Input() fragment: string;
   @Input() preserveQueryParams: boolean;

modules/@angular/router/src/directives/router_link_active.ts

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
  * found in the LICENSE file at https://angular.io/license
  */
 
-import {AfterContentInit, ContentChildren, Directive, ElementRef, Input, OnChanges, OnDestroy, QueryList, Renderer} from '@angular/core';
+import {AfterContentInit, ChangeDetectorRef, ContentChildren, Directive, ElementRef, Input, OnChanges, OnDestroy, QueryList, Renderer, SimpleChanges} from '@angular/core';
 import {Subscription} from 'rxjs/Subscription';
 
 import {NavigationEnd, Router} from '../router';
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ import {NavigationEnd, Router} from '../router';
 import {RouterLink, RouterLinkWithHref} from './router_link';
 
 
+
 /**
  * @whatItDoes Lets you add a CSS class to an element when the link's route becomes active.
  *
@@ -89,10 +90,13 @@ export class RouterLinkActive implements OnChanges,
 
   private classes: string[] = [];
   private subscription: Subscription;
+  private active: boolean = false;
 
   @Input() routerLinkActiveOptions: {exact: boolean} = {exact: false};
 
-  constructor(private router: Router, private element: ElementRef, private renderer: Renderer) {
+  constructor(
+      private router: Router, private element: ElementRef, private renderer: Renderer,
+      private cdr: ChangeDetectorRef) {
     this.subscription = router.events.subscribe(s => {
       if (s instanceof NavigationEnd) {
         this.update();
@@ -100,35 +104,34 @@ export class RouterLinkActive implements OnChanges,
     });
   }
 
-  get isActive(): boolean { return this.hasActiveLink(); }
+  get isActive(): boolean { return this.active; }
 
   ngAfterContentInit(): void {
-    this.links.changes.subscribe(s => this.update());
-    this.linksWithHrefs.changes.subscribe(s => this.update());
+    this.links.changes.subscribe(_ => this.update());
+    this.linksWithHrefs.changes.subscribe(_ => this.update());
     this.update();
   }
 
   @Input()
   set routerLinkActive(data: string[]|string) {
-    if (Array.isArray(data)) {
-      this.classes = <any>data;
-    } else {
-      this.classes = data.split(' ');
-    }
+    const classes = Array.isArray(data) ? data : data.split(' ');
+    this.classes = classes.filter(c => !!c);
   }
 
-  ngOnChanges(changes: {}): any { this.update(); }
-  ngOnDestroy(): any { this.subscription.unsubscribe(); }
+  ngOnChanges(changes: SimpleChanges): void { this.update(); }
+  ngOnDestroy(): void { this.subscription.unsubscribe(); }
 
   private update(): void {
     if (!this.links || !this.linksWithHrefs || !this.router.navigated) return;
+    const hasActiveLinks = this.hasActiveLinks();
 
-    const isActive = this.hasActiveLink();
-    this.classes.forEach(c => {
-      if (c) {
-        this.renderer.setElementClass(this.element.nativeElement, c, isActive);
-      }
-    });
+    // react only when status has changed to prevent unnecessary dom updates
+    if (this.active !== hasActiveLinks) {
+      this.active = hasActiveLinks;
+      this.classes.forEach(
+          c => this.renderer.setElementClass(this.element.nativeElement, c, hasActiveLinks));
+      this.cdr.detectChanges();
+    }
   }
 
   private isLinkActive(router: Router): (link: (RouterLink|RouterLinkWithHref)) => boolean {
@@ -136,7 +139,7 @@ export class RouterLinkActive implements OnChanges,
                router.isActive(link.urlTree, this.routerLinkActiveOptions.exact);
   }
 
-  private hasActiveLink(): boolean {
+  private hasActiveLinks(): boolean {
     return this.links.some(this.isLinkActive(this.router)) ||
         this.linksWithHrefs.some(this.isLinkActive(this.router));
   }

modules/@angular/router/src/router.ts

@@ -526,6 +526,7 @@ export class Router {
    */
   navigate(commands: any[], extras: NavigationExtras = {skipLocationChange: false}):
       Promise<boolean> {
+    validateCommands(commands);
     if (typeof extras.queryParams === 'object' && extras.queryParams !== null) {
       extras.queryParams = this.removeEmptyProps(extras.queryParams);
     }
@@ -1237,3 +1238,12 @@ function getOutlet(outletMap: RouterOutletMap, route: ActivatedRoute): RouterOut
   }
   return outlet;
 }
+
+function validateCommands(commands: string[]): void {
+  for (let i = 0; i < commands.length; i++) {
+    const cmd = commands[i];
+    if (cmd == null) {
+      throw new Error(`The requested path contains ${cmd} segment at index ${i}`);
+    }
+  }
+}

modules/@angular/router/src/url_tree.ts

@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ function equalSegmentGroups(container: UrlSegmentGroup, containee: UrlSegmentGro
 
 function containsQueryParams(
     container: {[k: string]: string}, containee: {[k: string]: string}): boolean {
-  return Object.keys(containee) <= Object.keys(container) &&
+  return Object.keys(containee).length <= Object.keys(container).length &&
       Object.keys(containee).every(key => containee[key] === container[key]);
 }
 

modules/@angular/router/src/utils/collection.ts

@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
  * found in the LICENSE file at https://angular.io/license
  */
 
+import {NgModuleFactory} from '@angular/core';
 import {Observable} from 'rxjs/Observable';
 import {fromPromise} from 'rxjs/observable/fromPromise';
 import {of } from 'rxjs/observable/of';
@@ -126,7 +127,8 @@ export function andObservables(observables: Observable<Observable<any>>): Observ
   return every.call(merged$, (result: any) => result === true);
 }
 
-export function wrapIntoObservable<T>(value: T | Promise<T>| Observable<T>): Observable<T> {
+export function wrapIntoObservable<T>(value: T | NgModuleFactory<T>| Promise<T>| Observable<T>):
+    Observable<T> {
   if (value instanceof Observable) {
     return value;
   }
@@ -136,4 +138,4 @@ export function wrapIntoObservable<T>(value: T | Promise<T>| Observable<T>): Obs
   }
 
   return of (value);
-}
+}

modules/@angular/router/test/integration.spec.ts

@@ -536,6 +536,17 @@ describe('Integration', () => {
        expect(cmp.recordedParams).toEqual([{name: '1'}]);
      })));
 
+  it('should throw an error when one of the commands is null/undefined',
+     fakeAsync(inject([Router], (router: Router) => {
+       createRoot(router, RootCmp);
+
+       router.resetConfig([{path: 'query', component: EmptyQueryParamsCmp}]);
+
+       expect(() => router.navigate([
+         undefined, 'query'
+       ])).toThrowError(`The requested path contains undefined segment at index 0`);
+     })));
+
   it('should push params only when they change', fakeAsync(inject([Router], (router: Router) => {
        const fixture = createRoot(router, RootCmp);
 
@@ -998,6 +1009,7 @@ describe('Integration', () => {
 
          const native = fixture.nativeElement.querySelector('a');
          expect(native.getAttribute('href')).toEqual('/team/33/simple');
+         expect(native.getAttribute('target')).toEqual('_self');
          native.click();
          advance(fixture);
 
@@ -2020,6 +2032,8 @@ describe('Integration', () => {
          @Component({
            template: `<a routerLink="/team" routerLinkActive #rla="routerLinkActive"></a>
               <p>{{rla.isActive}}</p>
+              <span *ngIf="rla.isActive"></span>
+              <span [ngClass]="{'highlight': rla.isActive}"></span>
               <router-outlet></router-outlet>`
          })
          class ComponentWithRouterLink {
@@ -2039,15 +2053,15 @@ describe('Integration', () => {
            }
          ]);
 
-         const f = TestBed.createComponent(ComponentWithRouterLink);
+         const fixture = TestBed.createComponent(ComponentWithRouterLink);
          router.navigateByUrl('/team');
-         advance(f);
+         expect(() => advance(fixture)).not.toThrow();
 
-         const paragraph = f.nativeElement.querySelector('p');
+         const paragraph = fixture.nativeElement.querySelector('p');
          expect(paragraph.textContent).toEqual('true');
 
          router.navigateByUrl('/otherteam');
-         advance(f);
+         advance(fixture);
 
          expect(paragraph.textContent).toEqual('false');
        }));
@@ -2646,7 +2660,8 @@ function expectEvents(events: Event[], pairs: any[]) {
   }
 }
 
-@Component({selector: 'link-cmp', template: `<a routerLink="/team/33/simple">link</a>`})
+@Component(
+    {selector: 'link-cmp', template: `<a routerLink="/team/33/simple" [target]="'_self'">link</a>`})
 class StringLinkCmp {
 }
 

modules/@angular/router/test/url_tree.spec.ts

@@ -102,8 +102,8 @@ describe('UrlTree', () => {
       });
 
       it('should return true when container contains containees queryParams', () => {
-        const t1 = serializer.parse('/one/two?test=1&page=5');
-        const t2 = serializer.parse('/one/two?test=1');
+        const t1 = serializer.parse('/one/two?test=1&u=5');
+        const t2 = serializer.parse('/one/two?u=5');
         expect(containsTree(t1, t2, false)).toBe(true);
       });
 

modules/@angular/upgrade/src/upgrade_adapter.ts

@@ -577,10 +577,6 @@ export class UpgradeAdapter {
                       })
                   .then((ref: NgModuleRef<any>) => {
                     this.moduleRef = ref;
-                    let subscription = this.ngZone.onMicrotaskEmpty.subscribe({
-                      next: (_: any) => this.ngZone.runOutsideAngular(() => rootScope.$evalAsync())
-                    });
-                    rootScope.$on('$destroy', () => { subscription.unsubscribe(); });
                     this.ngZone.run(() => {
                       if (rootScopePrototype) {
                         rootScopePrototype.$apply = original$applyFn;  // restore original $apply
@@ -591,7 +587,12 @@ export class UpgradeAdapter {
                       }
                     });
                   })
-                  .then(() => this.ng2BootstrapDeferred.resolve(ng1Injector), onError);
+                  .then(() => this.ng2BootstrapDeferred.resolve(ng1Injector), onError)
+                  .then(() => {
+                    let subscription =
+                        this.ngZone.onMicrotaskEmpty.subscribe({next: () => rootScope.$digest()});
+                    rootScope.$on('$destroy', () => { subscription.unsubscribe(); });
+                  });
             })
             .catch((e) => this.ng2BootstrapDeferred.reject(e));
       }

modules/@angular/upgrade/test/upgrade_spec.ts

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
  * found in the LICENSE file at https://angular.io/license
  */
 
-import {ChangeDetectorRef, Class, Component, EventEmitter, NO_ERRORS_SCHEMA, NgModule, SimpleChange, SimpleChanges, Testability, destroyPlatform, forwardRef} from '@angular/core';
+import {ChangeDetectorRef, Class, Component, EventEmitter, Input, NO_ERRORS_SCHEMA, NgModule, NgZone, SimpleChange, SimpleChanges, Testability, destroyPlatform, forwardRef} from '@angular/core';
 import {async, fakeAsync, flushMicrotasks, tick} from '@angular/core/testing';
 import {BrowserModule} from '@angular/platform-browser';
 import {platformBrowserDynamic} from '@angular/platform-browser-dynamic';
@@ -18,7 +18,89 @@ export function main() {
     beforeEach(() => destroyPlatform());
     afterEach(() => destroyPlatform());
 
-    it('should have angular 1 loaded', () => expect(angular.version.major).toBe(1));
+    describe('(basic use)', () => {
+      it('should have angular 1 loaded', () => expect(angular.version.major).toBe(1));
+
+      it('should instantiate ng2 in ng1 template and project content', async(() => {
+           const ng1Module = angular.module('ng1', []);
+
+           const Ng2 = Component({
+                         selector: 'ng2',
+                         template: `{{ 'NG2' }}(<ng-content></ng-content>)`,
+                       }).Class({constructor: function() {}});
+
+           const Ng2Module = NgModule({declarations: [Ng2], imports: [BrowserModule]}).Class({
+             constructor: function() {}
+           });
+
+           const element =
+               html('<div>{{ \'ng1[\' }}<ng2>~{{ \'ng-content\' }}~</ng2>{{ \']\' }}</div>');
+
+           const adapter: UpgradeAdapter = new UpgradeAdapter(Ng2Module);
+           ng1Module.directive('ng2', adapter.downgradeNg2Component(Ng2));
+           adapter.bootstrap(element, ['ng1']).ready((ref) => {
+             expect(document.body.textContent).toEqual('ng1[NG2(~ng-content~)]');
+             ref.dispose();
+           });
+         }));
+
+      it('should instantiate ng1 in ng2 template and project content', async(() => {
+           const adapter: UpgradeAdapter = new UpgradeAdapter(forwardRef(() => Ng2Module));
+           const ng1Module = angular.module('ng1', []);
+
+           const Ng2 = Component({
+                         selector: 'ng2',
+                         template: `{{ 'ng2(' }}<ng1>{{'transclude'}}</ng1>{{ ')' }}`,
+                       }).Class({constructor: function Ng2() {}});
+
+           const Ng2Module = NgModule({
+                               declarations: [adapter.upgradeNg1Component('ng1'), Ng2],
+                               imports: [BrowserModule],
+                             }).Class({constructor: function Ng2Module() {}});
+
+           ng1Module.directive('ng1', () => {
+             return {transclude: true, template: '{{ "ng1" }}(<ng-transclude></ng-transclude>)'};
+           });
+           ng1Module.directive('ng2', adapter.downgradeNg2Component(Ng2));
+
+           const element = html('<div>{{\'ng1(\'}}<ng2></ng2>{{\')\'}}</div>');
+
+           adapter.bootstrap(element, ['ng1']).ready((ref) => {
+             expect(document.body.textContent).toEqual('ng1(ng2(ng1(transclude)))');
+             ref.dispose();
+           });
+         }));
+
+      it('supports the compilerOptions argument', async(() => {
+           const platformRef = platformBrowserDynamic();
+           spyOn(platformRef, '_bootstrapModuleWithZone').and.callThrough();
+
+           const ng1Module = angular.module('ng1', []);
+           const Ng2 = Component({
+                         selector: 'ng2',
+                         template: `{{ 'NG2' }}(<ng-content></ng-content>)`
+                       }).Class({constructor: function() {}});
+
+           const element =
+               html('<div>{{ \'ng1[\' }}<ng2>~{{ \'ng-content\' }}~</ng2>{{ \']\' }}</div>');
+
+           const Ng2AppModule =
+               NgModule({
+                 declarations: [Ng2],
+                 imports: [BrowserModule],
+               }).Class({constructor: function Ng2AppModule() {}, ngDoBootstrap: function() {}});
+
+           const adapter: UpgradeAdapter = new UpgradeAdapter(Ng2AppModule, {providers: []});
+           ng1Module.directive('ng2', adapter.downgradeNg2Component(Ng2));
+           adapter.bootstrap(element, ['ng1']).ready((ref) => {
+             expect((platformRef as any)._bootstrapModuleWithZone)
+                 .toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+                     jasmine.any(Function), {providers: []}, jasmine.any(Object),
+                     jasmine.any(Function));
+             ref.dispose();
+           });
+         }));
+    });
 
     describe('bootstrap errors', () => {
       let adapter: UpgradeAdapter;
@@ -51,98 +133,18 @@ export function main() {
          }));
 
       it('should output an error message to the console and re-throw', fakeAsync(() => {
-           let consoleErrorSpy: jasmine.Spy = spyOn(console, 'error');
+           const consoleErrorSpy: jasmine.Spy = spyOn(console, 'error');
            expect(() => {
              adapter.bootstrap(html('<ng2></ng2>'), ['ng1']);
              flushMicrotasks();
            }).toThrowError();
-           let args: any[] = consoleErrorSpy.calls.mostRecent().args;
+           const args: any[] = consoleErrorSpy.calls.mostRecent().args;
            expect(consoleErrorSpy).toHaveBeenCalled();
            expect(args.length).toBeGreaterThan(0);
            expect(args[0]).toEqual(jasmine.any(Error));
          }));
     });
 
-    it('should instantiate ng2 in ng1 template and project content', async(() => {
-         const ng1Module = angular.module('ng1', []);
-
-         const Ng2 = Component({
-                       selector: 'ng2',
-                       template: `{{ 'NG2' }}(<ng-content></ng-content>)`,
-                     }).Class({constructor: function() {}});
-
-         const Ng2Module = NgModule({declarations: [Ng2], imports: [BrowserModule]}).Class({
-           constructor: function() {}
-         });
-
-         const element =
-             html('<div>{{ \'ng1[\' }}<ng2>~{{ \'ng-content\' }}~</ng2>{{ \']\' }}</div>');
-
-         const adapter: UpgradeAdapter = new UpgradeAdapter(Ng2Module);
-         ng1Module.directive('ng2', adapter.downgradeNg2Component(Ng2));
-         adapter.bootstrap(element, ['ng1']).ready((ref) => {
-           expect(document.body.textContent).toEqual('ng1[NG2(~ng-content~)]');
-           ref.dispose();
-         });
-       }));
-
-    it('should instantiate ng1 in ng2 template and project content', async(() => {
-         const adapter: UpgradeAdapter = new UpgradeAdapter(forwardRef(() => Ng2Module));
-         const ng1Module = angular.module('ng1', []);
-
-         const Ng2 = Component({
-                       selector: 'ng2',
-                       template: `{{ 'ng2(' }}<ng1>{{'transclude'}}</ng1>{{ ')' }}`,
-                     }).Class({constructor: function Ng2() {}});
-
-         const Ng2Module = NgModule({
-                             declarations: [adapter.upgradeNg1Component('ng1'), Ng2],
-                             imports: [BrowserModule],
-                           }).Class({constructor: function Ng2Module() {}});
-
-         ng1Module.directive('ng1', () => {
-           return {transclude: true, template: '{{ "ng1" }}(<ng-transclude></ng-transclude>)'};
-         });
-         ng1Module.directive('ng2', adapter.downgradeNg2Component(Ng2));
-
-         const element = html('<div>{{\'ng1(\'}}<ng2></ng2>{{\')\'}}</div>');
-
-         adapter.bootstrap(element, ['ng1']).ready((ref) => {
-           expect(document.body.textContent).toEqual('ng1(ng2(ng1(transclude)))');
-           ref.dispose();
-         });
-       }));
-
-    it('supports the compilerOptions argument', async(() => {
-         const platformRef = platformBrowserDynamic();
-         spyOn(platformRef, '_bootstrapModuleWithZone').and.callThrough();
-
-         const ng1Module = angular.module('ng1', []);
-         const Ng2 = Component({
-                       selector: 'ng2',
-                       template: `{{ 'NG2' }}(<ng-content></ng-content>)`
-                     }).Class({constructor: function() {}});
-
-         const element =
-             html('<div>{{ \'ng1[\' }}<ng2>~{{ \'ng-content\' }}~</ng2>{{ \']\' }}</div>');
-
-         const Ng2AppModule =
-             NgModule({
-               declarations: [Ng2],
-               imports: [BrowserModule],
-             }).Class({constructor: function Ng2AppModule() {}, ngDoBootstrap: function() {}});
-
-         const adapter: UpgradeAdapter = new UpgradeAdapter(Ng2AppModule, {providers: []});
-         ng1Module.directive('ng2', adapter.downgradeNg2Component(Ng2));
-         adapter.bootstrap(element, ['ng1']).ready((ref) => {
-           expect((platformRef as any)._bootstrapModuleWithZone)
-               .toHaveBeenCalledWith(
-                   jasmine.any(Function), {providers: []}, jasmine.any(Object),
-                   jasmine.any(Function));
-           ref.dispose();
-         });
-       }));
-
     describe('scope/component change-detection', () => {
       it('should interleave scope and component expressions', async(() => {
            const adapter: UpgradeAdapter = new UpgradeAdapter(forwardRef(() => Ng2Module));
@@ -184,6 +186,87 @@ export function main() {
              ref.dispose();
            });
          }));
+
+
+      it('should propagate changes to a downgraded component inside the ngZone', async(() => {
+           let appComponent: AppComponent;
+           let upgradeRef: UpgradeAdapterRef;
+
+           @Component({selector: 'my-app', template: '<my-child [value]="value"></my-child>'})
+           class AppComponent {
+             value: number;
+             constructor() { appComponent = this; }
+           }
+
+           @Component({
+             selector: 'my-child',
+             template: '<div>{{valueFromPromise}}',
+           })
+           class ChildComponent {
+             valueFromPromise: number;
+             @Input()
+             set value(v: number) { expect(NgZone.isInAngularZone()).toBe(true); }
+
+             constructor(private zone: NgZone) {}
+
+             ngOnChanges(changes: SimpleChanges) {
+               if (changes['value'].isFirstChange()) return;
+
+               this.zone.onMicrotaskEmpty.subscribe(() => {
+                 expect(element.textContent).toEqual('5');
+                 upgradeRef.dispose();
+               });
+
+               Promise.resolve().then(() => this.valueFromPromise = changes['value'].currentValue);
+             }
+           }
+
+           @NgModule({declarations: [AppComponent, ChildComponent], imports: [BrowserModule]})
+           class Ng2Module {
+           }
+
+           const adapter: UpgradeAdapter = new UpgradeAdapter(forwardRef(() => Ng2Module));
+           const ng1Module = angular.module('ng1', []).directive(
+               'myApp', adapter.downgradeNg2Component(AppComponent));
+
+           const element = html('<my-app></my-app>');
+
+           adapter.bootstrap(element, ['ng1']).ready((ref) => {
+             upgradeRef = ref;
+             appComponent.value = 5;
+           });
+         }));
+
+      // This test demonstrates https://github.com/angular/angular/issues/6385
+      // which was invalidly fixed by https://github.com/angular/angular/pull/6386
+      // it('should not trigger $digest from an async operation in a watcher', async(() => {
+      //      @Component({selector: 'my-app', template: ''})
+      //      class AppComponent {
+      //      }
+
+      //      @NgModule({declarations: [AppComponent], imports: [BrowserModule]})
+      //      class Ng2Module {
+      //      }
+
+      //      const adapter: UpgradeAdapter = new UpgradeAdapter(forwardRef(() => Ng2Module));
+      //      const ng1Module = angular.module('ng1', []).directive(
+      //          'myApp', adapter.downgradeNg2Component(AppComponent));
+
+      //      const element = html('<my-app></my-app>');
+
+      //      adapter.bootstrap(element, ['ng1']).ready((ref) => {
+      //        let doTimeout = false;
+      //        let timeoutId: number;
+      //        ref.ng1RootScope.$watch(() => {
+      //          if (doTimeout && !timeoutId) {
+      //            timeoutId = window.setTimeout(function() {
+      //              timeoutId = null;
+      //            }, 10);
+      //          }
+      //        });
+      //        doTimeout = true;
+      //      });
+      //    }));
     });
 
     describe('downgrade ng2 component', () => {
@@ -388,6 +471,31 @@ export function main() {
              ref.dispose();
            });
          }));
+
+      it('should allow attribute selectors for components in ng2', async(() => {
+           const adapter: UpgradeAdapter = new UpgradeAdapter(forwardRef(() => MyNg2Module));
+           const ng1Module = angular.module('myExample', []);
+
+           @Component({selector: '[works]', template: 'works!'})
+           class WorksComponent {
+           }
+
+           @Component({selector: 'root-component', template: 'It <div works></div>'})
+           class RootComponent {
+           }
+
+           @NgModule({imports: [BrowserModule], declarations: [RootComponent, WorksComponent]})
+           class MyNg2Module {
+           }
+
+           ng1Module.directive('rootComponent', adapter.downgradeNg2Component(RootComponent));
+
+           document.body.innerHTML = '<root-component></root-component>';
+           adapter.bootstrap(document.body.firstElementChild, ['myExample']).ready((ref) => {
+             expect(multiTrim(document.body.textContent)).toEqual('It works!');
+             ref.dispose();
+           });
+         }));
     });
 
     describe('upgrade ng1 component', () => {
@@ -1627,31 +1735,6 @@ export function main() {
          }));
     });
 
-    it('should allow attribute selectors for components in ng2', async(() => {
-         const adapter: UpgradeAdapter = new UpgradeAdapter(forwardRef(() => MyNg2Module));
-         const ng1Module = angular.module('myExample', []);
-
-         @Component({selector: '[works]', template: 'works!'})
-         class WorksComponent {
-         }
-
-         @Component({selector: 'root-component', template: 'It <div works></div>'})
-         class RootComponent {
-         }
-
-         @NgModule({imports: [BrowserModule], declarations: [RootComponent, WorksComponent]})
-         class MyNg2Module {
-         }
-
-         ng1Module.directive('rootComponent', adapter.downgradeNg2Component(RootComponent));
-
-         document.body.innerHTML = '<root-component></root-component>';
-         adapter.bootstrap(document.body.firstElementChild, ['myExample']).ready((ref) => {
-           expect(multiTrim(document.body.textContent)).toEqual('It works!');
-           ref.dispose();
-         });
-       }));
-
     describe('examples', () => {
       it('should verify UpgradeAdapter example', async(() => {
            const adapter: UpgradeAdapter = new UpgradeAdapter(forwardRef(() => Ng2Module));

modules/benchmarks/src/tree/ng2/init.ts

@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ export function init(moduleRef: NgModuleRef<AppModule>) {
   }
 
   function detectChanges() {
-    for (var i = 0; i < 10; i++) {
+    for (let i = 0; i < 10; i++) {
       appRef.tick();
     }
     detectChangesRuns += 10;

package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "angular-srcs",
-  "version": "2.4.2",
+  "version": "2.4.4",
   "private": true,
   "branchPattern": "2.0.*",
   "description": "Angular 2 - a web framework for modern web apps",
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@
     "source-map-support": "^0.4.2",
     "systemjs": "0.18.10",
     "ts-api-guardian": "0.1.4",
-    "tsickle": "^0.2.1",
+    "tsickle": "^0.2.4",
     "tslint": "^4.1.1",
     "tslint-eslint-rules": "^3.1.0",
     "typescript": "^2.0.2",

test-main.js

@@ -82,9 +82,7 @@ System.import('@angular/core/testing')
                                });
                              }));
     })
-    .then(
-        function() { __karma__.start(); },
-        function(error) { __karma__.error(error.stack || error); });
+    .then(function() { __karma__.start(); }, function(error) { console.error(error); });
 
 
 function onlySpecFiles(path) {

tools/@angular/tsc-wrapped/package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@angular/tsc-wrapped",
-  "version": "0.5.0",
+  "version": "0.5.1",
   "description": "Wraps the tsc CLI, allowing extensions.",
   "homepage": "https://github.com/angular/angular/tree/master/tools/tsc-wrapped",
   "bugs": "https://github.com/angular/angular/issues",

tools/public_api_guard/router/index.d.ts

@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ export interface ExtraOptions {
 export declare type LoadChildren = string | LoadChildrenCallback;
 
 /** @stable */
-export declare type LoadChildrenCallback = () => Type<any> | Promise<Type<any>> | Observable<Type<any>>;
+export declare type LoadChildrenCallback = () => Type<any> | NgModuleFactory<any> | Promise<Type<any>> | Observable<Type<any>>;
 
 /** @stable */
 export declare class NavigationCancel {
@@ -262,10 +262,10 @@ export declare class RouterLinkActive implements OnChanges, OnDestroy, AfterCont
     routerLinkActiveOptions: {
         exact: boolean;
     };
-    constructor(router: Router, element: ElementRef, renderer: Renderer);
+    constructor(router: Router, element: ElementRef, renderer: Renderer, cdr: ChangeDetectorRef);
     ngAfterContentInit(): void;
-    ngOnChanges(changes: {}): any;
-    ngOnDestroy(): any;
+    ngOnChanges(changes: SimpleChanges): void;
+    ngOnDestroy(): void;
 }
 
 /** @stable */