Template as [removed] equivalent with angular 2

Question

Angularjs (e.g. angular 1) had this convenient behaviour of searching for a

Answer 1

If anyone is interested, i found a simple workaround (a cleaner solution would be better, though)

function template(url, viewdef) {
    var elt = document.getElementById(url);
    if (elt && elt.getAttribute('type') == 'text/ng-template') {
        viewdef.template = elt.innerHTML;
    } else
        viewdef.templateUrl = url;
    return viewdef;
}

@View(template('mytemplate.html', {
    directives: [NgIf /*required directives*/]
}))
class MyComponent{}

But it assumes that the