Currently, I am working on integrating a personalized ExceptionHandler in an Angular 2 application that sends unhandled errors to a customized AlertsService. The objective is to enable the main App component to subscribe to the alerts provided by the AlertsService so that it can show the errors in the user interface.
The issue I'm encountering is that when errors are reported to the AlertsService by the custom ExceptionHandler, they do not immediately show up in the UI until another error occurs. This leads to the UI always being one alert behind what is actually available from the AlertsService.
I suspect that this behavior might be related to change detection and the unique case of the ExceptionHandler, but I am unsure about the next steps to take. Seeking assistance from the Angular 2 experts!
Find a snippet of the code below, plunk here:
import { Component, ExceptionHandler, Injectable, OnInit, provide } from '@angular/core';
import { bootstrap } from '@angular/platform-browser-dynamic';
import { Subject } from 'rxjs/Subject'
export interface Alert {
message: string;
}
@Injectable()
export class AlertsService {
private alertTriggeredSubject = new Subject<Alert>();
alertTriggered = this.alertTriggeredSubject.asObservable();
triggerAlert(message: string) {
this.alertTriggeredSubject.next(<Alert>{ message: message });
}
}
@Injectable()
export class CustomExceptionHander {
constructor(private alertsService: AlertsService) { }
call(exception, stackTrace = null, reason = null) {
this.alertsService.triggerAlert(exception.originalException);
console.error('EXCEPTION:', exception);
}
}
@Component({
selector: 'child-component',
template : `
<h3>Child</h3>
<div id="child">
<button (click)="breakMe()">Break Me!</button>
<div>Alerts Sent:</div>
<ul><li *ngFor="let error of errors">{{error}}</li></ul>
</div>`
})
export class ChildComponent {
errors: string[] = [];
numErrors = 0
breakMe() {
this.numErrors++;
let error = `I broke it (${this.numErrors})`;
// The error added to the array below is never reflected in the
// "Alerts Sent:" <ul>...not sure why
this.errors.push(error);
console.info('ChildComponent.errors', this.errors);
// Simulate unhandled exception
throw new Error(error);
}
}
@Component({
selector: 'my-app',
template : `
<h3>Parent</h3>
<div id="parent">
<div>Alerts Received:</div>
<ul><li *ngFor="let alert of alerts">{{alert.message}}</li></ul>
<child-component></child-component>
</div>`,
directives: [ChildComponent]
})
export class App implements OnInit {
constructor(private alertsService: AlertsService) { }
alerts: Alert[] = [];
ngOnInit() {
this.alertsService.alertTriggered.subscribe(alert => {
this.alerts.push(alert);
// Alert gets received, but is not reflected in the UI
// until the next alert is received, even thought the
// alerts[] is up-to-date.
console.info('App alert received:', alert);
console.info('App.alerts:', this.alerts);
});
}
}
bootstrap(App, [
AlertsService,
provide(ExceptionHandler, { useClass: CustomExceptionHander })
]).catch(err => console.error(err));