Type checking in Angular 2 templates

Question

We are building an application in Angular 2 and TypeScript. We try to statically check types where it is possible. Is there any way to check types in templates? Consider the fol

Answer 1

You could use a Pipe:

export class ObjectTypePipe implements PipeTransform {
    transform(value: any, args?: any): string {
        if (value != undefined && value != null) {
            return value.constructor.name.toString();
        }
        return "";
    }
}

This would then allow you to do a string comparison.