Angular2 child component access parent class variable function

Question

I have a variable in the parent component that might be changed by child  parent will be using this variable in the view and thus has to propagate changes   import  Component  View  from  angular2 core     Component  selector   parent     View       directives   Child       template    lt childcomp gt  lt  childcomp gt      class Parent       public sharedList   new Array        constructor                Component  selector   child     View  template          class Child       constructor               access  sharedList  from parent and set values         sharedList push  1            sharedList push  2            sharedList push  3            sharedList push  4

User · Answer

You can do this In the parent component declare:

get self(): ParenComponentClass {
        return this;
    }

In the child component,after include the import of ParenComponentClass, declare:

private _parent: ParenComponentClass ;
@Input() set parent(value: ParenComponentClass ) {
    this._parent = value;
}

get parent(): ParenComponentClass {
    return this._parent;
}

Then in the template of the parent you can do

<childselector [parent]="self"></childselector>

Now from the child you can access public properties and methods of parent using

this.parent

User · Answer

Basically you can t access variables from parent directly  You do this by events  Component s output property is responsible for this  I would suggest reading https   angular io docs ts latest guide template-syntax html input-and-output-properties

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If you use input property databinding with a JavaScript reference type  e g   Object  Array  Date  etc    then the parent and child will both have a reference to the same one object   Any changes you make to the shared object will be visible to both parent and child   In the parent s template    lt child  aList   sharedList  gt  lt  child gt    In the child    Input   aList      updateList         this aList push  child        If you want to add items to the list upon construction of the child  use the ngOnInit   hook  not the constructor    since the data-bound properties aren t initialized at that point    ngOnInit         this aList push  child1       This Plunker shows a working example  with buttons in the parent and child component that both modify the shared list   Note  in the child you must not reassign the reference   E g   don t do this in the child   this aList   someNewArray   If you do that  then the parent and child components will each have references to two different arrays   If you want to share a primitive type  i e   string  number  boolean   you could put it into an array or an object  i e   put it inside a reference type   or you could emit   an event from the child whenever the primitive value changes  i e   have the parent listen for a custom event  and the child would have an EventEmitter output property   See  kit s answer for more info    Update 2015 12 22  the heavy-loader example in the Structural Directives guides uses the technique I presented above   The main parent component has a logs array property that is bound to the child components   The child components push   onto that array  and the parent component displays the array

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What about a little trickery like NgModel does with NgForm  You have to register your parent as a provider  then load your parent in the constructor of the child   That way  you don t have to put  sharedList  on all your children      Parent ts export var parentProvider         provide  Parent      useExisting  forwardRef function      return Parent          Component       moduleId  module id      selector   parent       template    lt div gt  lt ng-content gt  lt  ng-content gt  lt  div gt        providers   parentProvider     export class Parent        Input       public sharedList             Child ts  Component       moduleId  module id      selector   child       template    lt div gt child lt  div gt      export class Child       constructor private parent  Parent            parent sharedList push  Me               Then your HTML   lt parent  sharedList   myArray  gt       lt child gt  lt  child gt       lt child gt  lt  child gt   lt  parent gt    You can find more information on the subject in the Angular documentation  https   angular io guide dependency-injection-in-action find-a-parent-component-by-injection

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The main article in the Angular2 documentation on this subject is    https   angular io docs ts latest cookbook component-communication html   parent-to-child  It covers the following    Pass data from parent to child with input binding Intercept input property changes with a setter Intercept input property changes with ngOnChanges Parent listens for child event Parent interacts with child via a local variable Parent calls a ViewChild Parent and children communicate via a service

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