Angular2 unit test with @Input()

Issue

I've got a component that uses the @Input() annotation on an instance variable and I'm trying to write my unit test for the openProductPage() method, but I'm a little lost at how I setup my unit test. I could make that instance variable public, but I don't think I should have to resort to that.

How do I setup my Jasmine test so that a mocked product is injected (provided?) and I can test the openProductPage() method?

My component:

import {Component, Input} from "angular2/core";
import {Router} from "angular2/router";

import {Product} from "../models/Product";

@Component({
    selector: "product-thumbnail",
    templateUrl: "app/components/product-thumbnail/product-thumbnail.html"
})

export class ProductThumbnail {
    @Input() private product: Product;


    constructor(private router: Router) {
    }

    public openProductPage() {
        let id: string = this.product.id;
        this.router.navigate([“ProductPage”, {id: id}]);
    }
}

Solution

I usually do something like:

describe('ProductThumbnail', ()=> {
  it('should work',
    injectAsync([ TestComponentBuilder ], (tcb: TestComponentBuilder) => {
      return tcb.createAsync(TestCmpWrapper).then(rootCmp => {
        let cmpInstance: ProductThumbnail =  
               <ProductThumbnail>rootCmp.debugElement.children[ 0 ].componentInstance;

        expect(cmpInstance.openProductPage()).toBe(/* whatever */)
      });
  }));
}

@Component({
 selector  : 'test-cmp',
 template  : '<product-thumbnail [product]="mockProduct"></product-thumbnail>',
 directives: [ ProductThumbnail ]
})
class TestCmpWrapper { 
    mockProduct = new Product(); //mock your input 
}

Note that product and any other fields on the ProductThumbnail class can be private with this approach (which is the main reason I prefer it over Thierry's approach, despite the fact that it's a little more verbose).

Answered By - drew moore