fix(router): ensure that page refresh with hash URLs works

matsko · matsko · commit c177d889a2e1 · 2015-07-08T15:08:17.000-07:00
This patch fixes the `HashLocationStrategy` to always return a string path value without a hash symbol as the starting value. Closes #2920
diff --git a/modules/angular2/src/router/hash_location_strategy.ts b/modules/angular2/src/router/hash_location_strategy.ts
@@ -20,7 +20,11 @@ export class HashLocationStrategy extends LocationStrategy {
 
   getBaseHref(): string { return ''; }
 
-  path(): string { return this._location.hash; }
+  path(): string {
+    // the hash value is always prefixed with a `#`
+    // and if it is empty then it will stay empty
+    return this._location.hash.substr(1);
+  }
 
   pushState(state: any, title: string, url: string) {
     this._history.pushState(state, title, '#' + url);
