How do I get experimental ngTemplateOutlet to work?

update Angular 5

ngOutletContext was renamed to ngTemplateOutletContext

See also https://github.com/angular/angular/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md#500-beta5-2017-08-29

original

Don't use [] and {{}} together. Either the one or the other but not both.

Don't use {{}} if you want to pass an object because {{}} is for string interpolation.

It should be

[ngTemplateOutlet]="column.templateRef"

Plunker example

This is how you need to do this:

@Component({
  selector: 'my-component',
  template: `
    <div *ngFor="let item of items">
      <span *ngFor="let column of columns">
        <template [ngTemplateOutlet]="column.ref" [ngOutletContext]="{ item: item }"></template>
      </span>
    </div>`
})
export class MyComponent {
  @Input() items: any[];
  @Input() columns: any[];
}

@Component({
  selector: 'my-app',
  template: `
    <div>
      <my-component [items]="cars" [columns]="columns">
        <template #model let-item="item">{{item?.model}}</template>
        <template #color let-item="item">{{item?.color}}</template>
      </my-component>
    </div>`
})
export class App {
  @ViewChild('model') model;
  @ViewChild('color') color;
  cars = [
      { model: "volvo", color: "blue" },
      { model: "saab", color: "yellow" },
      { model: "ford", color: "green" },
      { model: "vw", color: "orange" }
    ];

  ngAfterContentInit() {
    this.columns = [
      { ref: this.model },
      { ref: this.color ]
    ];
  }
}

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