Hello, I am new to Angular 2, and I am looking for a good way to solve this from some time. So I have a user object that contains another object inside. This user is the interface:
export interface userModel{
name: string,
service: Service
}
Got an array of services and forms to create a new user.
<form #f="ngForm" (submit)="addUser(f.value,f.valid)">
<label for="name" class="col-sm-1 control-label">Name</label>
<div class="col-sm-4">
<input class="form-control" [(ngModel)]="userModel.name" #name="ngModel" name="name" ng-maxlength="49" />
</div>
<label class="col-sm-1 control-label">Service</label>
<select class="form-control" name="service" [(ngModel)]="userModel.service">
<option *ngFor='let service of services' [value]='service'>{{service.name}}</option>
</select>
</div>
<button class="btn btn-primary" type="submit">Create</button>
</form>
How to pass the selected service object to the User object? When I fill it this way, I get:
Object{
"name": "something",
"service": "[Object object]"
}
Therefore, obviously, I cannot pass an object as a value to select an element. Then I set this value to the service id instead. Changed interface:
export interface UserModel{
name: string,
serviceId: number
}
And before sending, I find the service object with this identifier in the services array and set it in the User object with the service object inside.
userModel: UserModel;
user: User;
submit(model: UserModel ){
this.user = {
name : model.name,
service: this.findService(model.serviceId)
}
}
ngOnInti(){
this.userModel= <userModel>{};
}
? ? (handwriten).