Angular2 @Input to a property with get/set

Solution 1:

You could set the @Input on the setter directly, as described below:

_allowDay: boolean;
get allowDay(): boolean {
    return this._allowDay;
}
@Input() set allowDay(value: boolean) {
    this._allowDay = value;
    this.updatePeriodTypes();
}

See this Plunkr: https://plnkr.co/edit/6miSutgTe9sfEMCb8N4p?p=preview.

Solution 2:

If you are mainly interested in implementing logic to the setter only:

import { Component, Input, OnChanges, SimpleChanges } from '@angular/core';

// [...]

export class MyClass implements OnChanges {
  @Input() allowDay: boolean;

  ngOnChanges(changes: SimpleChanges): void {
    if(changes['allowDay']) {
      this.updatePeriodTypes();
    }
  }
}

The import of SimpleChanges is not needed if it doesn't matter which input property was changed or if you have only one input property.

Angular Doc: OnChanges

otherwise:

private _allowDay: boolean;

@Input() set allowDay(value: boolean) {
  this._allowDay = value;
  this.updatePeriodTypes();
}
get allowDay(): boolean {
  // other logic
  return this._allowDay;
}

Solution 3:

@Paul Cavacas, I had the same issue and I solved by setting the Input() decorator above the getter.

  @Input('allowDays')
  get in(): any {
    return this._allowDays;
  }

  //@Input('allowDays')
  // not working
  set in(val) {
    console.log('allowDays = '+val);
    this._allowDays = val;
  }

See this plunker: https://plnkr.co/edit/6miSutgTe9sfEMCb8N4p?p=preview