Angular2: Two-way binding on Map objects

Question

How i can use two-way binding on Map objects?

The following code doesn't work as expected:

Component:

@Component({
    moduleId:    module.id,
    selector:    "my-component",
    templateUrl: "my-component.html",
    styleUrls:   ["my-component.scss"],
})
export class MyComponent {
    myMap: Map<string, Object> = Map<string, Object>()
        .set('first', {text: 'abc'})
        .set('second', {text: 'foo'})
    ;
}

Template:

<div class="items" *ngFor="let item of myMap.values()">
    <input type="text" [(ngModel)]="item.text" />
</div>

Answer 1

Actually in this example two-way data binding works as expected. Probably your mistake is in creating Map object:

myMap: Map<string, Object> = Map<string, Object>()

You have to include new keyword before Map (because Map Constructor is not callable):

myMap: Map<string, Object> = new Map<string, Object>()
        .set('first', {text: 'abc'})
        .set('second', {text: 'foo'})

And now everything works as expected. You can check this stackblitz demo as well.

Notice: According to this Angular issue on GitHub: Maps have no orders in keys and hence they iteration is unpredictable. This was supported in ng1, but we think it was a mistake and will not be supported in NG2.

One of the simplest solutions for this - is to use Array.from() method on myMap.entries():

getEntities() {
  // this will return [['first', { text: 'abc' }], ... ]
  // and after mapping we get [{ text: 'abc' }, ...]
  return Array.from(this.myMap.entries()).map(item => item[1]);
}

And now we can use it in the template:

<div class="items" *ngFor="let item of getEntities()">
  <input type="text" [(ngModel)]="item.text" />
</div>

In this example two-way data-binding works as well.