fix(router): wildcard routes with redirects

As of alpha 36 there is no otherwise route condition. The use case is where you want an invalid route or set of routes to either go to specific route or run a function that can do custom logic and re-route.

As another option for simple redirection, I would expect this to work, but it does not

@RouteConfig([
  { path: '/*', redirectTo: ROUTES.heroes }, //TODO: Need an otherwise in some way
  { path: ROUTES.about, as: 'about', component: AboutComponent },
  { path: ROUTES.heroes, as: 'heroes', component: HeroesComponent },
  { path: ROUTES.detail + '/:id', as: 'detail', component: HeroDetailComponent }
])

I’m requesting both an otherwise and the * pattern above to work.

cc // @btford

[ericmartinezr]

@jakegraves

{path : '**', component : SomeComponent} // or redirectTo : '/404'

Sorry, from top of my head, don’t remember exactly. You can come to gitter to ask https://gitter.im/angular/angular you’ll find someone who knows

[slayerfat]

The router documentation and the cheat sheet IMHO should say something about @ericmartinezr solution