Set null as empty string value for input field

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After viewing a bunch of answers about ValueAccessor and HostListener solutions, I made a working solution (tested with RC1):

import {NgControl} from "@angular/common";
import {Directive, ElementRef, HostListener} from "@angular/core";

@Directive({
  selector: 'input[nullValue]'
})
export class NullDefaultValueDirective {
  constructor(private el: ElementRef, private control: NgControl) {}

  @HostListener('input', ['$event.target'])
  onEvent(target: HTMLInputElement){
    this.control.viewToModelUpdate((target.value === '') ? null : target.value);
  }
}

Then use it that way on your input fields:

<input [(ngModel)]="bindedValue" nullValue/>

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