Angular check component Instance from RouterStateSnapshot

Question

I'm trying to implement a canDeactivate guard. For that purpose I need to know the component Instance of the route I want to navigate to.

canDeactivate(
    component: ComponentCanDeactivate,
    route: ActivatedRouteSnapshot,
    state: RouterStateSnapshot,
    nextState: RouterStateSnapshot
): Observable<boolean> {
    return new Observable((observer: Observer<boolean>) => {
        console.log('componet', component);
        console.log('state', state);
        console.log('nextstate', nextState);
        this.routerService.doSomething(nextState, route);
        observer.next(true);
    });
}

I wonder wheter its possible to get the component from nextState? I tried something like this:

nextState.root.component

but it returns the AppComponent to me, since that's not the name of the component I am navigating to.

How do I do this? Or should I get an instance in other way?

Edit:
i can see the Component Instance(NextComponent) in the developer terminal of my browser inside of RouterStateSnapshot -->

_root: TreeNode  
url: "/Nextcomponent/15708/childcomponent"  
_root: TreeNode  
children: Array(1)  
0: TreeNode  
children: Array(1)  
0: TreeNode  
children: Array(1)  
0: TreeNode  
children: Array(1)  
0: TreeNode  
children: Array(1)  
0: TreeNode  
children: []  
value: ActivatedRouteSnapshot  
component: class NextComponent
                 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^

But not able to get it inside my code.

Answer 1

I see 2 things:

1. you should never use new Observable(), and and I don't see why you put your code inside an observable (you may just remove the Observable).
2. I would recommand implementing a method canDeactivateMyFeatureGuard in your component. You can make your component implement a generic AppCanDeactivateMyFeatureGuard(where your guard is named MyFeatureGuard), which defines canDeactivateMyFeatureGuard.
   Then you call this method in the guard.

It would look like this:

export class MyComponent implements AppCanDeactivateMyFeatureGuard {
  // ...
  canDeactivateMyFeatureGuard(): boolean {
    return this.isLocked; // or whatever condition owned by the component, or service call...
  }
}

and the guard:

export class MyFeatureGuard implements CanDeactivate {
  // ...
  canDeactivate(
                component: ComponentCanDeactivate,
                route: ActivatedRouteSnapshot,
                state: RouterStateSnapshot,
                nextState: RouterStateSnapshot
              ): boolean {
    // logic is now in each component, where it can handle the way you wish.
    return component.canDeactivateMyFeatureGuard(); 
  }
}