Mock an Angular 2 Component with an Empty Template

mock-component.ts

import { Component } from '@angular/core';

/**
 * Examples:
 * MockComponent({ selector: 'node-list-table' });
 * MockComponent({ selector: 'node-rollup', inputs: ['someprop', 'otherprop'] });
 *
 * See https://angular.io/docs/ts/latest/api/core/index/Component-decorator.html for a list
 * of supported properties.
 */

export function MockComponent(options: Component): Component {

  let metadata: Component = {
    selector: options.selector,
    template: options.template || '',
    inputs: options.inputs,
    outputs: options.outputs
  };

  return Component(metadata)(class _ {});
}