Angular - assign custom validator to a FormGroup

Thanks to @Anuradha Gunasekara - his answer is the most correct and complete solution. A 'quick fix' for my error was just to add a return type of any on the validator. I can still assign the custom validator to the FormGroup, and the FormGroup will be passed implicitly as the argument to my custom validator. This code will work:

let myForm : FormGroup;

myForm = this.formBuilder.group({
           myControl1: defaultValue,
           myControl2: defaultValue
         })

this.myForm.validator = this.comparisonValidator;

comparisonValidator(g: FormGroup) : any {
      if (g.get('myControl1').value > g.get('myControl2'.value)) {
        g.controls['myControl1'].setErrors({ 'value2GreaterThanValue1': true });
      }
}

Remove all form control white space form Form Group

custom validator :

    export function formGroupRemoveWhitespaceValidator(form: FormGroup): ValidationErrors | null {
    const keys: string[] = Object.keys(form.controls);

    if (keys.length) {
        keys.forEach(k => {
            let control = form.controls[k];
            
            if (control && control.value && !control.value.replace(/\s/g, '').length) {
                control.setValue('');
            }
        });
    }

    return null;
}

component :

let myForm : FormGroup;

myForm = this.formBuilder.group({
           myControl1: defaultValue,
           myControl2: defaultValue
         }, { validators: formGroupRemoveWhitespaceValidator });

For setting any validators (predefined or customs) after the instantiating the formGroup, you will need to use the setValiators() method of FormGroup. For Ex:

  let myFormGroup = this.    _fb.group({
      control1: new FormControl('1', [])
    });
  myFormGroup.setValidators(this.customValidators());
  customValidators(): ValidatorFn {
   let myFun = (cc: FormGroup): ValidationErrors => {
     if(cc.valid) return null;
     else return {something: 'someError'};
   };
   return myFun;
  }

I've created a stackblitz take a look.

In the component.ts file

import { Component } from '@angular/core';
import {FormBuilder,FormGroup, ValidationErrors, ValidatorFn} from '@angular/forms'

@Component({
  selector: 'my-app',
  templateUrl: './app.component.html',
  styleUrls: [ './app.component.css' ]
})
export class AppComponent  {
  myForm: FormGroup;
  defaultValue = 20;

constructor(private formBuilder: FormBuilder) {
  this.myForm = this.formBuilder.group({
        myControl1: this.defaultValue,
        myControl2: this.defaultValue
      });
      debugger
      this.myForm.setValidators(this.comparisonValidator())
}

 public comparisonValidator() : ValidatorFn{
       return (group: FormGroup): ValidationErrors => {
          const control1 = group.controls['myControl1'];
          const control2 = group.controls['myControl2'];
          if (control1.value !== control2.value) {
             control2.setErrors({notEquivalent: true});
          } else {
             control2.setErrors(null);
          }
          return;
    };
 }
}

In the component.html file

<div>
  <form [formGroup]="myForm">
    <input formControlName="myControl1" type="number">
    <input formControlName="myControl2"  type="number">
    <br>Errors: {{myForm.get('myControl2').errors | json}}
  </form>
</div>