Angular2-Meteor zone() method

Question

In the angular2-meteor tutorial step3, we use a zone method. Code:

import { Component } from '@angular/core';
import { Observable } from 'rxjs/Observable';

import { Parties } from '../../both/collections/parties.collection';

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  template
})
export class AppComponent {
  parties: Observable<any[]>;

  constructor() {
    this.parties = Parties.find({}).zone();
  }
}

What exactly does Parties.find({}).zone() do?

Answer 1

According to the article you linked:

.zone() is a wrapper for the regular Observable that connects the collections changes to the view using the Component's Zone.

For more information, here is an article that goes in depth into what Zones are in Angular 2.

Essentially, Parties.find({}).zone() will .find() all data in the Parties collection and connect that data to the components Zone. Since the mongo collection is a reactive data source, this should allow the component to reactively update its data as the data is updated in the Mongo collection.