Method prepareExternalUrl

packages/common/src/location/location.ts:148–153

* Normalizes an external URL path. * If the given URL doesn't begin with a leading slash (`'/'`), adds one * before normalizing. Adds a hash if `HashLocationStrategy` is * in use, or the `APP_BASE_HREF` if the `PathLocationStrategy` is in use. * * @param url String representing a URL.

(url: string)

   * @returns  A normalized platform-specific URL.
   */
  prepareExternalUrl(url: string): string {
    if (url && url[0] !== '/') {
      url = '/' + url;
    }
    return this._locationStrategy.prepareExternalUrl(url);
  }

  // TODO: rename this method to pushState
  /**