A lifecycle hook that is called when any data-bound property of a directive changes. Define an ngOnChanges() method to handle the changes.

interface OnChanges {
  ngOnChanges(changes: SimpleChanges): void
}

See also

• DoCheck
• OnInit

• Lifecycle hooks guide

Methods

ngOnChanges()
A callback method that is invoked immediately after the default change detector has checked data-bound properties if at least one has changed, and before the view and content children are checked.
ngOnChanges(changes: SimpleChanges): void Parameters changes SimpleChanges The changed properties. Returns void

Usage notes

The following snippet shows how a component can implement this interface to define an on-changes handler for an input property.

@Component({selector: 'my-cmp', template: `...`})
class MyComponent implements OnChanges {
  @Input() prop: number = 0;

  ngOnChanges(changes: SimpleChanges) {
    // changes.prop contains the old and the new value...
  }
}