TrackByFn typedef

TrackByFn = Object? Function(int index, dynamic item)

A function that can be used to return a unique key for item at index.

By default, item itself is used as the key to track to instantiate a new template per item in *ngFor. If the data ever changes, AngularDart will consider any object with a different identity (identical) to be different

• and destroy and re-create a new node.

To optimize performance when you have a way to determine uniqueness other than identity, such as an id field on an object returned from the server, you may specify a TrackByFn`:

class MyComp {
  Object trackByEmployeeId(int index, dynamic item) {
    return item is Employee ? item.id : item;
  }
}

class Employee {
  int id;
}

NOTE: It is not safe to simply assume that the second parameter is of your custom type (neither TrackByFn nor NgFor allow that) at this time: https://github.com/angulardart/angular/issues/1020. You must use an as cast or is check. See the example above.

Implementation

typedef TrackByFn = Object? Function(int index, dynamic item);