Difference between EventEmitter.next() and EventEmitter.emit() in Angular 2

Question

What is the difference between EventEmitter.emit() and EventEmitter.next()? Both dispatching the event to the subscribed listeners.

Answer 1

They do the same. emit() is the current version, next() is deprecated.

See also https://github.com/angular/angular/blob/b5b6ece65a96f5b8f134ad4899b56bf84afe3ba0/modules/angular2/src/facade/async.dart#L49