Equivalent of $compile in Angular 2

Question

I want to manually compile some HTML containing directives. What is the equivalent of $compile in Angular 2?

For example, in Angular 1, I could dynamic

Answer 1

I know this issue is old, but I spent weeks trying to figure out how to make this work with AOT enabled. I was able to compile an object but never able to execute existing components. Well I finally decided to change tact, as I was't looking to compile code so much as execute a custom template. My thought was to add the html which anyone can do and loop though the existing factories. In doing so I can search for the element/attribute/etc. names and execute the component on that HTMLElement. I was able to get it working and figured I should share this to save someone else the immense amount of time I wasted on it.

@Component({
    selector: "compile",
    template: "",
    inputs: ["html"]
})
export class CompileHtmlComponent implements OnDestroy {
    constructor(
        private content: ViewContainerRef,
        private injector: Injector,
        private ngModRef: NgModuleRef
    ) { }

    ngOnDestroy() {
        this.DestroyComponents();
    }

    private _ComponentRefCollection: any[] = null;
    private _Html: string;

    get Html(): string {
        return this._Html;
    }
    @Input("html") set Html(val: string) {
        // recompile when the html value is set
        this._Html = (val || "") + "";
        this.TemplateHTMLCompile(this._Html);
    }

    private DestroyComponents() { // we need to remove the components we compiled
        if (this._ComponentRefCollection) {
            this._ComponentRefCollection.forEach((c) => {
                c.destroy();
            });
        }
        this._ComponentRefCollection = new Array();
    }

    private TemplateHTMLCompile(html) {
        this.DestroyComponents();
        this.content.element.nativeElement.innerHTML = html;
        var ref = this.content.element.nativeElement;
        var factories = (this.ngModRef.componentFactoryResolver as any)._factories;
        // here we loop though the factories, find the element based on the selector
        factories.forEach((comp: ComponentFactory) => {
            var list = ref.querySelectorAll(comp.selector);
            list.forEach((item) => {
                var parent = item.parentNode;
                var next = item.nextSibling;
                var ngContentNodes: any[][] = new Array(); // this is for the viewchild/viewchildren of this object

                comp.ngContentSelectors.forEach((sel) => {
                    var ngContentList: any[] = new Array();

                    if (sel == "*") // all children;
                    {
                        item.childNodes.forEach((c) => {
                            ngContentList.push(c);
                        });
                    }
                    else {
                        var selList = item.querySelectorAll(sel);

                        selList.forEach((l) => {
                            ngContentList.push(l);
                        });
                    }

                    ngContentNodes.push(ngContentList);
                });
                // here is where we compile the factory based on the node we have
                let component = comp.create(this.injector, ngContentNodes, item, this.ngModRef);

                this._ComponentRefCollection.push(component); // save for our destroy call
                // we need to move the newly compiled element, as it was appended to this components html
                if (next) parent.insertBefore(component.location.nativeElement, next);
                else parent.appendChild(component.location.nativeElement);

                component.hostView.detectChanges(); // tell the component to detectchanges
            });
        });
    }
}