Is there a way to dynamically render different templates for an angular 1.5 component

Question

I have a number of angular 1.5 components that all take the same attributes and data structure. I think they could be re-factored into a single component, but I need a way to dy

Answer 1

You have to have the switching logic somewhere in any case so why not simply have it in a parent component template?

Having clean and understandable AngularJS template in that case is IMO more valuable than a bit of repetition:

Even if you change the myComponentDef.type on the fly, the components in the switch will correctly call their respective $onDestroy and $onInit methods and load data as expected - no magic, no voodoo.