Ember.js RouteInfoWithAttributes name Property

Ember.js is an open-source JavaScript framework used for developing large client-side web applications which is based on Model-View-Controller (MVC) architecture. Ember.js is one of the most widely used front-end application frameworks. It is made to speed up development and increase productivity. Currently, it is utilized by a large number of websites, including Square, Discourse, Groupon, Linked In, Live Nation, Twitch, and Chipotle.

The name property of RouteInfoWithAttributes class represents the name of the routes. The name property of the current route is represented by this.currentroute object.

Syntax:

object.name 

Parameters: It doesn’t take any parameters.

Returns: It returns the name of current routes. 

Steps to Install and Run Ember.js:

Step 1: To run the following examples, you will need to have an ember project with you. To create one, you will need to install ember-cli first. Write the below code in the terminal:

npm install ember-cli

Step 2: Now, you can create the project by typing in the following piece of code:

ember new <project-name> --lang en

To start the server, type:

ember serve

Example 1: Type the following code to generate the route for this example:

ember generate route second

app/component/to.js

Javascript

import Component from '@glimmer/component';
import { inject as service } from '@ember/service';

export default class MyComponent extends Component {
    @service router;

    get currentRouteName() {
        var currentRoute = this.router.currentRoute;

         // Returns the name of the current route
        return currentRoute.name;
    }
}

app/components/to.hbs

Javascript

<div>
    <h1>GeeksforGeeks</h1>
     <p>Current routes: {{this.currentRouteName}}</p>
</div>

app/templates/second.hbs

HTML

{{page-title "RouteInfoWithAttributes"}}
<Th></Th>
{{outlet}}

Output:

output1

Example 2: Type the following code to generate the route for this example:

ember generate route first

app/components/Th.js

Javascript

import Component from '@glimmer/component';
import { inject as service } from '@ember/service';

export default class MyComponent extends Component {
    @service router;

    get currentRouteName() {
        var currentRoute = this.router.currentRoute;

        // Returns the name of the current route
        return currentRoute.name;
    }

    get parentRouteName() {
        var currentRouteInfo = this.router.currentRoute;
        var parentRouteInfo = currentRouteInfo.parent;

        // Returns the name of the parent route, if any
        return parentRouteInfo ? parentRouteInfo.name : null;
    }
}

app/components/Th.hbs

HTML

<div>
    <h1>GeeksforGeeks</h1>
    {{#if this.parentRouteName}}
    <p>Parent route: {{this.parentRouteName}}</p>
    {{/if}}

    {{#if this.currentRouteName}}
    <p>Current routes: {{this.currentRouteName}}</p>
    {{/if}}
</div>

app/templates/first.hbs

HTML

{{page-title "RouteInfoWithAttributes"}}
<Th></Th>
{{outlet}}

Output:

Output2

Reference: https://api.emberjs.com/ember/4.9/classes/RouteInfoWithAttributes/properties/name?anchor=name