Global Events in Angular

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Is there no equivalent to  scope emit   or  scope broadcast   in Angular   I know the EventEmitter functionality  but as far as I understand that will just emit an event to the parent HTML element   What if I need to communicate between fx  siblings or between a component in the root of the DOM and an element nested several levels deep

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My favorite way to do is by using behavior subject or event emitter (almost the same) in my service to control all my subcomponent.

Using angular cli, run ng g s to create a new service then use a BehaviorSubject or EventEmitter

export Class myService {
#all the stuff that must exist

myString: string[] = [];
contactChange : BehaviorSubject<string[]> = new BehaviorSubject(this.myString);

   getContacts(newContacts) {
     // get your data from a webservices & when you done simply next the value 
    this.contactChange.next(newContacts);
   }
}

When you do that every component using your service as a provider will be aware of the change. Simply subscribe to the result like you do with eventEmitter ;)

export Class myComp {
#all the stuff that exists like @Component + constructor using (private myService: myService)

this.myService.contactChange.subscribe((contacts) => {
     this.contactList += contacts; //run everytime next is called
  }
}

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The following code as an example of a replacement for  scope emit   or  scope broadcast   in Angular 2 using a shared service to handle events   import  Injectable  from  angular2 core   import   as Rx from  rxjs Rx     Injectable   export class EventsService       constructor             this listeners               this eventsSubject   new Rx Subject             this events   Rx Observable from this eventsSubject            this events subscribe                name  args     gt                    if  this listeners name                         for  let listener of this listeners name                             listener    args                                                                      on name  listener            if   this listeners name                 this listeners name                           this listeners name  push listener              off name  listener            this listeners name    this listeners name  filter x   gt  x    listener              broadcast name     args            this eventsSubject next               name              args                       Example usage   Broadcast   function handleHttpError error        this eventsService broadcast  http-error   error       return   Rx Observable throw error         Listener   import  Inject  Injectable  from  angular2 core   import  EventsService       from    events service     Injectable   export class HttpErrorHandler       constructor eventsService            this eventsService   eventsService             static get parameters             return  new Inject EventsService               init             this eventsService on  http-error   function error                console group  HttpErrorHandler                console log error status   status code detected                 console dir error               console groupEnd                          It can support multiple arguments   this eventsService broadcast  something    Am I a     Should be b    C      this eventsService on  something   function  a  b  c       console log a  b  c

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I m using a message service that wraps an rxjs Subject  TypeScript   Plunker example  Message Service  import   Injectable   from   angular core   import   Subject   from  rxjs Subject   import   Subscription   from  rxjs Subscription   import  rxjs add operator filter  import  rxjs add operator map   interface Message     type  string    payload  any     type MessageCallback    payload  any    gt  void    Injectable   export class MessageService     private handler   new Subject lt Message gt        broadcast type  string  payload  any        this handler next   type  payload            subscribe type  string  callback  MessageCallback   Subscription       return this handler        filter message   gt  message type     type         map message   gt  message payload         subscribe callback           Components can subscribe and broadcast events  sender    import   Component  OnDestroy   from   angular core  import   MessageService   from    message service  import   Subscription   from  rxjs Subscription    Component     selector   sender     template         export class SenderComponent implements OnDestroy     private subscription  Subscription    private messages         private messageNum   0    private name    sender     constructor private messageService  MessageService        this subscription   messageService subscribe this name   payload    gt          this messages push payload                  send         let payload           text   Message     this messageNum          respondEvent  this name           this messageService broadcast  receiver   payload          clear         this messages              ngOnDestroy         this subscription unsubscribe             receiver   import   Component  OnDestroy   from   angular core  import   MessageService   from    message service  import   Subscription   from  rxjs Subscription    Component     selector   receiver     template         export class ReceiverComponent implements OnDestroy     private subscription  Subscription    private messages          constructor private messageService  MessageService        this subscription   messageService subscribe  receiver    payload    gt          this messages push payload                  send message   text  string  respondEvent  string         this messageService broadcast message respondEvent  message text          clear         this messages              ngOnDestroy         this subscription unsubscribe            The subscribe method of MessageService returns an rxjs Subscription object  which can be unsubscribed from like so   import   Subscription   from  rxjs Subscription       export class SomeListener     subscription  Subscription     constructor private messageService  MessageService        this subscription   messageService subscribe  someMessage    payload    gt          console log payload         this subscription unsubscribe                    Also see this answer  https   stackoverflow com a 36782616 1861779  Plunker example  Message Service

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You can use EventEmitter or observables to create an eventbus service that you register with DI  Every component that wants to participate just requests the service as constructor parameter and emits and or  subscribes to events    See also    https   angular io docs ts latest cookbook component-communication html   bidirectional-service   Delegation  EventEmitter or Observable in Angular2

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This is my version   export interface IEventListenr extends OnDestroy      ngOnDestroy    void     Injectable   export class EventManagerService         private listeners           private subject   new EventEmitter        private eventObserver   this subject asObservable          constructor              this eventObserver subscribe   name args    gt                   if this listeners name                                   for let listener of this listeners name                                           listener callback args                                                            public registerEvent eventName string eventListener IEventListenr callback any                 if  this listeners eventName                this listeners eventName                  let eventExist   false           for let listener of this listeners eventName                            if listener eventListener constructor name  eventListener constructor name                                  eventExist   true                   break                                     if  eventExist                         this listeners eventName  push  eventListener callback                         public unregisterEvent eventName string eventListener IEventListenr                 if this listeners eventName                         for let i   0  i lt this listeners eventName  length i                                   if this listeners eventName  i  eventListener constructor name  eventListener constructor name                                        this listeners eventName  splice i  1                       break                                                          emit name string    args any                  this subject next  name args              use   export class  lt YOURCOMPONENT gt  implements IEventListener     constructor private eventManager  EventManagerService          this eventManager registerEvent  EVENT NAME  this  args any   gt                               ngOnDestroy    void       this eventManager unregisterEvent  closeModal  this           emit    this eventManager emit  EVENT NAME

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I have created a pub-sub sample here   http   www syntaxsuccess com viewarticle pub-sub-in-angular-2 0  The idea is to use RxJs Subjects to wire up an Observer and and Observables as a generic solution for emitting and subscribing to custom events  In my sample I use a customer object for demo purposes  this pubSubService Stream emit customer    this pubSubService Stream subscribe customer   gt  this processCustomer customer      Here is a live demo as well  http   www syntaxsuccess com angular-2-samples   demo pub-sub

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We implemented a ngModelChange observable directive that sends all model changes through an event emitter that you instantiate in your own component  You simply have to bind your event emitter to the directive   See  https   github com atomicbits angular2-modelchangeobservable  In html  bind your event emitter  countryChanged in this example     lt input   ngModel    country name          modelChangeObservable   countryChanged          placeholder  Country         name  country  id  country  gt  lt  input gt    In your typescript component  do some async operations on the EventEmitter   import     import  ModelChangeObservable  from    model-change-observable directive     Component       selector   my-component       directives   ModelChangeObservable       providers          templateUrl   my-component html      export class MyComponent         Input       country  Country      selectedCountries Country       countries Country      lt Country   gt        countryChanged EventEmitter lt string gt    new EventEmitter lt string gt          constructor              this countryChanged              filter  text string    gt  text length  gt  2               debounceTime 300               subscribe  countryName string    gt                    let query   new RegExp countryName   ig                   this selectedCountries   this countries filter  country Country    gt                        return query test country name

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There is no equivalent to  scope emit   or  scope broadcast   from AngularJS  EventEmitter inside of a component comes close  but as you mentioned  it will only emit an event to the immediate parent component   In Angular  there are other alternatives which I ll try to explain below     Input   bindings allows the application model to be connected in a directed object graph  root to leaves   The default behavior of a component s change detector strategy is to propagate all changes to an application model for all bindings from any connected component    Aside  There are two types of models  View Models and Application Models   An application model is connected through  Input   bindings  A view model is a just a component property  not decorated with  Input    which is bound in the component s template   To answer your questions   What if I need to communicate between sibling components     Shared Application Model   Siblings can communicate through a shared application model  just like angular 1   For example  when one sibling makes a change to a model  the other sibling that has bindings to the same model is automatically updated  Component Events  Child components can emit an event to the parent component using  Output   bindings   The parent component can handle the event  and manipulate the application model or it s own view model   Changes to the Application Model are automatically propagated to all components that directly or indirectly bind to the same model  Service Events  Components can subscribe to service events  For example  two sibling components can subscribe to the same service event and respond by modifying their respective models  More on this below    How can I communicate between a Root component and a component nested several levels deep    Shared Application Model  The application model can be passed from the Root component down to deeply nested sub-components through  Input   bindings  Changes to a model from any component will automatically propagate to all components that share the same model  Service Events  You can also move the EventEmitter to a shared service  which allows any component to inject the service and subscribe to the event  That way  a Root component can call a service method  typically mutating the model   which in turn emits an event   Several layers down  a grand-child component which has also injected the service and subscribed to the same event  can handle it   Any event handler that changes a shared Application Model  will automatically propagate to all components that depend on it  This is probably the closest equivalent to  scope broadcast   from Angular 1  The next section describes this idea in more detail    Example of an Observable Service that uses Service Events to Propagate Changes  Here is an example of an observable service that uses service events to propagate changes  When a TodoItem is added  the service emits an event notifying its component subscribers   export class TodoItem       constructor public name  string  public done  boolean            export class TodoService       public itemAdded   EventEmitter lt TodoItem gt       private todoList  TodoItem              constructor             this itemAdded    new EventEmitter               public list    TodoItem             return this todoList             public add item  TodoItem   void           this todoList push item           this itemAdded  emit item             Here is how a root component would subscribe to the event   export class RootComponent       private addedItem  TodoItem      constructor todoService  TodoService            todoService itemAdded  subscribe item   gt  this onItemAdded item               private onItemAdded item  TodoItem   void              do something with added item         this addedItem   item            A child component nested several levels deep would subscribe to the event in the same way    export class GrandChildComponent       private addedItem  TodoItem      constructor todoService  TodoService            todoService itemAdded  subscribe item   gt  this onItemAdded item               private onItemAdded item  TodoItem   void              do something with added item         this addedItem   item            Here is the component that calls the service to trigger the event  it can reside anywhere in the component tree     Component       selector   todo-list       template              lt ul gt               lt li  ngFor   item of model  gt     item name                 lt  li gt            lt  ul gt           lt br   gt          Add Item  lt input type  text   txt   gt   lt button  click   add txt value   txt value      gt Add lt  button gt           export class TriggeringComponent      private model  TodoItem         constructor private todoService  TodoService            this model   todoService list               add value  string            this todoService add new TodoItem value  false              Reference  Change Detection in Angular

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Service Events  Components can subscribe to service events  For example  two sibling components can subscribe to the same service event and respond by modifying their respective models  More on this below   But make sure to unsubscribe to that on destroy of the parent component

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DO Not Use EventEmitter for your service communication   You should use one of the Observable types  I personally like BehaviorSubject    Simple example    You can pass initial state  here I passing null     let subject   new BehaviorSubject null     When you want to update the subject     subject next myObject    Observe from any service or component and act when it gets new updates      subject subscribe this YOURMETHOD     Here is more information

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