angular2 data binding between service and component properties

Question

I need some clarification on binding between service and component properties and data binding in angular2

assume i have a service(singleton) and a component

export class Service {
 name = "Luke";
 object = {id:1};
 getName(){return this.name};
 getObject(){return this.object};
}

export class Component implements OnInit{
 name:string;
 object:any;
 constructor(private _service:Service){}
 ngOnInit():any{

   //Is this 2 way binding?
   this.name = this._service.name;
   this.object = this._service.object;

   //Is this copying?
   this.name = this._service.getName();
   this.object = this._service.getObject();
  }
}

Answer 1

If you update elements by reference (if you update something into the object property), you will see the updates in the view:

export class Service {
  (...)

  updateObject() {
    this.object.id = 2;
  }
}

If you update elements by value (if you update something into the name property), you won't see the updates in the view:

export class Service {
  (...)

  updateName() {
    this.name = 'Luke1';
  }
}

See this plunkr: https://plnkr.co/edit/w7bS0fAVjOc3utnpD39b?p=preview.

Answer 2

Angular binding only works for bindings declared in the view (HTML).

If you want properties in your component being updated when values in a service change, you need to take care of it yourself.

Observables make this easy. See detect change of nested property for component input for an example.