Custom angular2 form input component with two way binding and validation inside a component

Question

Is there a way to make a two way binding input component, that can also have a validation inside the component?

What I'm trying to achieve is to have a components that I could line up in my forms as follows:

<form #f="ngForm">
            <my-form-input [(inputModel)]="name" [inputField]="myFormInputName"></my-form-input>
            <my-form-input [(inputModel)]="name2" [inputField]="myFormInputName2"></my-form-input>
...
            <my-form-input [(inputModel)]="lastItem" [inputField]="lastItemName"></my-form-input>

</form>

I have a following setup and can't figure out, how to make it right:

The component:

import {Component,Input, Output,EventEmitter} from 'angular2/core'
import {FORM_DIRECTIVES}    from 'angular2/common';

@Component({
  selector: 'my-form-input',
  directives: [FORM_DIRECTIVES],
  template:
    `
    <input type="text" class="form-control"  id="i1" required [ngModel]="inputModel" (ngModelChange)="onChangeInput($event)" ngControl="ctrl" #ctrl="ngForm"/>
    <p>{{"Is field valid? I would like to make some decisions here depending on that: "+ctrl.valid}}</p>

  `
})
export class InputComponent {

  constructor(){};

  @Input()  inputField:string;
  @Input()  inputModel: Object;
  @Output() inputModelChange = new EventEmitter();

  onChangeInput(event){
    this.inputModel=event;
    this.inputModelChange.emit(event);
  }
}

The app:

//our root app component
import {Component} from 'angular2/core'
import {FORM_DIRECTIVES}    from 'angular2/common';
import {InputComponent} from './my.input'


@Component({
  selector: 'my-app',
  providers: [],
  template: `
    <div>
      <p>Is there a way to make a custom 2 way binding form input component having also validation?</p>
      <form #f="ngForm">

        <my-form-input [(inputModel)]="name" [inputField]="myFormInputName"></my-form-input>

        <p>{{name}}</p>
      </form>
    </div>
  `,
  directives: [InputComponent,FORM_DIRECTIVES]
})
export class App {
  constructor() {
    this.name = 'Angular2'
  }
}

I also made a Plunker to ilustrate my problem: http://plnkr.co/edit/0vXjHbQmv7v7EKQcLWaa?p=preview

Answer 1

You can pass the form control to your component to create a dedicated control for the input. Based on this new control to display errors when their valid attributes are false :

@Component({
  selector: 'my-form-input',
  directives: [FORM_DIRECTIVES],
  template: `
    <input type="text" class="form-control"  id="i1"   
       [ngModel]="inputModel"
       (ngModelChange)="onChangeInput($event)"
       [ngFormControl]="formCtrl.controls[inputField]"/>
    <p>Is field valid? I would like to make some decisions
       here depending on that: {{formCtrl.controls[inputField].valid}}
    </p>
  `
})
export class InputComponent implements OnInit {
  @Input()  inputField:string;
  @Input()  formCtrl;
  @Input()  inputModel: Object;
  @Output() inputModelChange = new EventEmitter(); 

  ngOnInit() {
    this.formCtrl.control.addControl(
        this.inputField, new Control('', Validators.required));
  }

  onChangeInput(event){
    this.inputModel=event;
    this.inputModelChange.emit(event);
  }
}

You need to use the addControl method to make the state of your whole form consistent with controls you created within your input components.

In your case, you define your controls inline using the ngControl directive. I made some tests but I can't make it work this way...

Here is the way to use this component from the parent one:

@Component({
  selector: 'my-app', 
  template: `
    <form #f="ngForm">
      <my-form-input [(inputModel)]="name" [inputField]="myFormInputName" [formCtrl]="f"></my-form-input>
    </form>
  `,
  directives: [ FORM_DIRECTIVES, InputComponent ]
})
export class AppComponent {
}

It remained a check problem just after starting. The global state of the form wasn't updated and the following error occured:

Expression '
    Valid : {{f.valid}} in AppComponent@1:24' has changed after it was checked. Previous value: '
    Valid : true'. Current value: '
    Valid : false'

To fix this aspect, have a look at the Julien's answer based on the ChangeDetectorRef class and its detectChanges method...

Here is a sample plunkr: https://plnkr.co/edit/Z4uOUq2q4iXdpo0J6R1o?p=preview .

Answer 2

Thierry's answer is partially good, as when enablingProdMode, you're just hiding the problem : you're not refreshing your component.

You have to call "detectChange" after init of your form component:

export class AppComponent {
    constructor(private cdr: ChangeDetectorRef) {}
    ngOnInit() {
        this.cdr.detectChanges();
    }
}