[BUG] Error: Could not find the node's symbol.

Overview of the issue

After upgrading to compodoc 1.1.1 from 1.0.9 I got the reason: Error: Could not find the node's symbol. error

Operating System, Node.js, npm, compodoc version(s)

compodoc: 1.1.1 node: 9.8.0 mac: High Sierra

Angular configuration, a package.json file in the root folder

Angular: 5.2.9

Compodoc installed globally or locally ?

locally installed compodoc

Motivation for or Use Case

Cannot generate docs anymore

Reproduce the error

npm script: ./node_modules/.bin/compodoc -p src/tsconfig.app.json -d ./docs -t --theme stripe --disableCoverage --hideGenerator -n \"My Documentation\"

Related issues

1.0.9 compodoc version was working well

Suggest a Fix

[dallasacook]

I am currently seeing this issue as well when routes are being analyzed. This is the initial output of the error:

[19:28:02] Analysing routes definitions and clean them if necessary
Unhandled Rejection at: Promise {
  <rejected> Error: Could not find the node's symbol.

I believe that this is happening due to our usage of a TS string enumeration to define the path of the individual routes. For example: (redacting portions of the config)

Enum file:

export enum SomeEnum {
    SOME_ROUTE = 'some-route'
}

Routing Module Config:

import { SomeEnum } from './some-enum.enum';

const routes: Routes = [
    {
        path: '',
        component: SomeParentComponent,
        children: [
                    {
                        path: SomeEnum.SOME_ROUTE,
                        loadChildren: '/path/to/module/to/load#SomeModule'
                    }
        ]
    }
];

[WebStew]

Not ideal but I got this working by removing the Routes typing, example :

export coreRoutes : Routes = [ ... ]

Change to

export coreRoutes = [ ... ]