Angular CDK Coercion

Angular CDK provides the below coercion functions to convert data to a required format implicitly.

• coerceBooleanProperty — Coerces a data-bound value (typically a string) to a boolean.
• coerceNumberProperty — Coerces a data-bound value (typically a string) to a number.
• coerceArray — Wraps the provided value in an array, unless the provided value is an array.
• coerceCssPixelValue — Coerces a value to a CSS pixel value.

Reference

• Angular CDK Coercion — API Reference
• Angular CDK Coercion — The Deep Dive
• Trust, but Verify: Coerce Your Component Inputs — Tomasz Kula