HighlightPipe doesn't supports sanitized values

Hi I migrated today to v.1.1.0 and adapted all params. I got problems with the text-selection. When I typed in one letter in the ng-select-component I got this error

TypeError: value.match is not a function at HighlightPipe.transform (select-pipes.js:15)

It seems that the function receives a sanitized value and not a pure value. So by adding one line to check the value if it is sanitized or not solves the problem.

HighlightPipe.prototype.transform = function (_value, args) {

       //this line fixes the problem
        var value =  _value.changingThisBreaksApplicationSecurity ? value.changingThisBreaksApplicationSecurity:_value;

        if (args.length < 1) {
            return value;
        }
        var query = args[0];
        if (query) {
            var tagRE = new RegExp('<[^<>]*>', 'ig');
            // get ist of tags
            var tagList = value.match(tagRE);

I hope you can fix it soon. It blocks our migration to 1.1.0.

[moodyroto]

To follow up with @GreenToast’s recommendation, if anyone is looking for a hotfix, you can drop this into your main.ts file:

import {escapeRegexp} from 'ng2-select/components/select/common';
import {HighlightPipe} from 'ng2-select/components/select/select-pipes';

HighlightPipe.prototype.transform = (value: any, args: any[]) => {
    if (args.length < 1) {
        return value;
    }

    let query = args[0];

    if ( query ) {
        value = value.changingThisBreaksApplicationSecurity || value;

        let tagRE    = new RegExp('<[^<>]*>', 'ig');

        // get ist of tags
        let tagList  = value.match( tagRE );

        // Replace tags with token
        let tmpValue = value.replace( tagRE, '$!$');

        // Replace search words
        value = tmpValue.replace(
            new RegExp(escapeRegexp(query), 'gi'),
            '<strong>$&</strong>'
        );

        // Reinsert HTML
        for (let i = 0; value.indexOf('$!$') > -1; i++) {
            value = value.replace('$!$', tagList[i]);
        }
    }

    return value;
};

[vixriihi]

Are you getting HighlightPipe.prototype.transform = (value: any, args: any[]) => { args parameter as an array? For me it was a string and so it ended up highlighting only the first character. I created a PR (#454) that fixed this issue in here.