What is RouterOutlet in Angular 2?

In Angular 2, the RouterOutlet is a directive present in the router library to be used as a component. It marks the spot in a template for the router to display the components for that outlet.

Every outlet can have its unique name, which is determined by the optional name attribute. The name once set cannot be changed dynamically. If no value has been set, the default value is "primary".

<router-outlet></router-outlet>

<router-outlet name="left"></router-outlet>

<router-outlet name="right"></router-outlet>

The router outlet emits an activate event during the instantiation of a new component. When the component is destroyed, it is deactivated.

<router-outlet (activate)='onActivate($event)' (deactivate)='onDeactivate($event)'></router-outlet>