Componentless routes
Most of the routes in the configuration have either the redirectTo or component properties set, but some have neither. For instance, look at
path: ':folder'
route in the configuration below:
{
path: ':folder',
children: [
{
path: '',
component: ConversationsCmp
},
{
path: ':id',
component: ConversationCmp,
children: [
{ path: 'messages', component: MessagesCmp },
{ path: 'messages/:id', component: MessageCmp }
]
}
]
}
We called such routes componentless routes. Their main purpose is to consume URL segments, provide some data to its children, and do it without instantiating any components.
The parameters captured by a componentless route will be merged into their children's parameters. The data resolved by a componentless route will be merged as well. In this example, both the child routes will have the folder parameter...
