Angular use different injection token conditionally in module from routing module

Question

I want to use different value for a injection token in a module conditionally, something like:

  providers: [
    {
      provide: ABC_TOKEN,
      useValue: useA ? a : b,
    },
  ],

how to do that? and also I want to pass the useA from a routing module which maybe something like:

      {
        path: 'abc',
        loadChildren: () =>
          import('../abc.module').then(
            (m) => m.AbcModule,
          ),
        data: {
          useA: true,
        },
      },

So what I want is based on the data in the routing module, I want to use different value of injection token for the module

Thanks.

Answer 1

If you wanted to decide the value of ABC_TOKEN injection token, consider using useFactory function. And define that in your AbcModule module.

providers: [
   {
      provide: ABC_TOKEN,
      useFactory: (route: ActivatedRoute) => {
        // below can be improved. 
        let useA = route.firstChild.firstChild.snapshot.data['useA'];
        return route.data['useA'] ? a : b;
      },
      deps: [ActivatedRoute],
   },
],

On catch is, you have to access the parent route data from the current activatedRoute. For that, you may have to traverse. or two steps back using route.firstChild.firstChild.snapshot.data['useA']. Also, this can be written using a recursive function.

I've created a Demo for you on this. Navigate to the product-list page and check code inside ProductModule

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