Previously we never could use relative imports to import e.g. `Component`
in e.g. the `core/tests/bundling` folder. This was necessary because otherwise the
Angular compiler wouldn't process those files as it wouldn't recognize
the Angular decorator as the one from `@angular/core`.
Notably this still isn't a large issue because relative imports still
work for most core tests, that are JIT compiled!
For bundling tests though, or some smaller targets, our new upcoming
guidelines for using relative imports inside the full package; fall
apart. This commit unblocks this effort and allows us to use relative
imports in all tests of `packages/core`. This is achieved by leveraging
the existing `isCore` functionality of the compiler, and fixing a few
instances that were missing before.
PR Close#60268
Reworks some of the existing compiler APIs to make them easier to use in a schematic and exposes a few new ones to surface information we already had. High-level list of changes:
* `getPotentialImportsFor` now requires a class reference, instead of a `PotentialDirective | PotentialPipe`.
* New `getNgModuleMetadata` method has been added to the type checker.
* New `getPipeMetadata` method has been added to the type checker.
* New `getUsedDirectives` method has been added to the type checker.
* New `getUsedPipes` method has been added to the type checker.
* The `decorator` property was exposed on the `TypeCheckableDirectiveMeta`. The property was already present at runtime, but it wasn't specified on the interface.
PR Close#48730
The Angular Core and localize package currently use deep imports for
code that is shipped. This is problematic as we want to ship the
compiler-cli as full-ESM. To achieve this we need to use a bundler and
this breaks deep imports.
We use a bundler for the compiler CLI because for full ESM
compatibility, we would need to explicitly add the `.js` extension
to all relative imports. This is very cumbersome and prone to mistakes
so to mitigate this problem in a safe way, we bundle the compiler-cli.
Note: Deep imports continue to exist for the language service as it
bundles the compiler-cli.
PR Close#43431
