Angular2 Routing: import submodule with routing + making it prefixed

Playing with this Routing stuff I just found a clean way I would like to share, to handle the routes of submodules with no headaches and love Angular even more. Taking the OP case as an example, I propose you to study the following code:

Add a utility function to your CountryModule submodule, to load it dynamically from the Router and avoid a compiler warning about replacing the arrow function with a reference to an exported function:

@NgModule({
  imports: [
    ...
    RouterModule.forChild([
      { path: 'country', pathMatch: 'full', redirectTo: 'list' },
      { path: 'country/list', component: CountryListComponent },
      { path: 'country/create', component: CountryCreateComponent },
    ])
  ],
  declarations: [ ... ],
  exports: [
    RouterModule,
  ],
})
export class CountryModule {}

export function CountryEntrypoint() {
  return CountryModule;
}

Now you can import that Entrypoint into your parent module where you want to place the routes:

@NgModule({
  imports: [
    ...
    RouterModule.forRoot([
      { path: '', pathMatch: 'full', component: HomeComponent },
      { path: 'settings', loadChildren: CountryEntrypoint }
    ]),
  ],
  declarations: [AppComponent],
  bootstrap: [AppComponent]
})
export class AppModule {}

And there you go! You can now reach your submodule components with settings/country/list and settings/country/create.

WARNING

Be careful to not import the CountryModule into your parent module's @NgModule, because it will override the routes outside the settings path. Let the router do the job.

Enjoy!


in your appRoutes add child route like

const appRoutes = [
    { path: '', component: HomeComponent },
    {
    path: 'settings',
    component: CountryComponent,
    canActivate: [AuthGuard],
    children: COUNTRY_ROUTES
  },
];

Create a separate routes file

export const COUNTRY_ROUTES:Routes = [
  { path: 'country', redirectTo: 'country/list' },
  { path: 'country/list', component: CountryListComponent },
  { path: 'country/create', component: CountryCreateComponent },

];

In CountryComponent.html

<router-outlet></router-outlet>