Passing Data between directive/component via service

Question

I'm attempting to pass data from a directive to a component via a service. The return from my transfer service file says that the type 'Transfer' is not assignable to Observer . I also get ' Property 'subscribe' does not exist on type '() => Observable ' in my component file when trying to subscribe to the service. Why is this and how can I fix it? my files are

transfer.service.ts

import { Injectable } from '@angular/core';
import { Observable } from 'rxjs/Observable';
import { Transfer } from './transfer';

@Injectable()
export class TransferService {

  constructor(private transfer: Transfer){}

  private pageData;
  private contentData;
  private contentBox;

  setData(pData, cData, bData){
    this.pageData = pData;
    this.contentData = cData;
    this.contentBox = bData;
  }

  getData(): Observable<Transfer>{
    this.transfer.page = this.pageData;
    this.transfer.content = this.contentData;
    this.transfer.contentBox = this.contentBox;
    this.clearData();
    return this.transfer;
  }

  clearData(){
    this.pageData = undefined;
    this.contentData = undefined;
    this.contentBox = undefined;
  }
}

transfer.ts

import { ElementRef } from '@angular/core';
export interface Transfer{
    page: [
        {
            pageNum: number,
            subStart: number,
            subEnd: number
        }   
    ];
    content: string;
    contentBox: ElementRef;
}

article.component.ts - component

  transfer(){
    this.ts.getData.subscribe(data => this.tsData = data);
  }

paginator.ts - directive

// Pass date via transferservice.ts
transfer(){
  this.ts.setData(this.pageJump, this.content, this.contentBox);
}

EDIT: using @ritaj's solution resolved the issue of not being assignable/property not existing, but now I'm getting ' Error: Can't resolve all parameters for TransferService '

STACKBLITZ EDIT: https://stackblitz.com/edit/mesh

Answer 1

Your getData() service method does NOT return Observable, as you have type d.

It just returns a normal JS object, which does not have .subscribe() method, obviously.

Change your article.component.ts transfer() method to this:

transfer(){
    this.tsData = this.ts.getData();
  }

And change getData signature to:

getData(): Transfer {}

Answer 2

article.component.ts

  constructor(public ts : TransferService){}
  transfer(){
     this.tsData = this.ts.getData();   // directly call
  }

Inject the service in app.module.ts :-

providers:[TransferService]

Here is Stackblitz link, just a demo to reflect solution to the problem:-

https://stackblitz.com/edit/angular5-service-example-onwtg6?file=app/article.component.ts