Angular2 Component template vs View template

Question

In Angular2 we add annotations to a component to describe metadata for the given component. I've noticed that ComponentMetadata and ViewMetadata both have templateUrl and template properties. What is the difference between ViewMetadata.template (or templateUrl) vs ComponentMetadata.template, and what would be practical use cases for using one over the other?

Answer 1

In one of the recent updates of angular2, @View was made optional. All of its properties moved into @Components. As of now, @View is redundant.

I my applications, I use only the Component decorators. I find this approach easy to write and maintain.