Angular 2: Component Interaction, optional input parameters

Question

I have an implementation where parent wants to pass certain data to child component via the use of @Input parameter available at the child component. However, this data transfer is a optional thing and the parent may or may not pass it as per the requirement. Is it possible to have optional input parameters in a component. I have described a scenario below:

 <parent>
    <child [showName]="true"></child> //passing parameter
    <child></child> //not willing to passing any parameter
</parent>



//child component definition
@Component {
    selector:'app-child',
    template:`<h1>Hi Children!</h1>
          <span *ngIf="showName">Alex!</span>`
}


export class child {

    @Input showName: boolean;

    constructor() { }

}

Answer 1

You can use the ( ? ) operator as below

import {Component,Input} from '@angular/core';
@Component({
    selector:'child',
    template:`<h1>Hi Children!</h1>
          <span *ngIf="showName">Alex!</span>`
})


export class ChildComponent {

    @Input() showName?: boolean;

    constructor() { }

}

The parent component that uses the child component will be as

@Component({
  selector: 'my-app',
  template: `
    <div>
      <h2>Hello {{name}}</h2>
      <child [showName]="true"></child>
      <child ></child>
    </div>
  `,
})
export class App {
  name:string;
  constructor() {
    this.name = 'Angular2'
  }
}

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