src/app/services/authentication.service.ts

import { Injectable } from '@angular/core';
import { Http, Response, Headers } from '@angular/http';
import { Observable } from 'rxjs/Observable';
import 'rxjs/add/operator/catch';
import 'rxjs/add/operator/map';

import { SessionContext } from '../common/session-context';
import { BaseHttpService } from './base-http.service';
import { User } from '../model/user';
import { LoginCredentials } from '../model/login-credentials';

import { MessageService } from './message.service';

@Injectable()
export class AuthenticationService extends BaseHttpService {

    constructor(
        private _http: Http,
        public messageService: MessageService,
        private _sessionContext: SessionContext) {
        super(messageService);
    }

    public login(creds: LoginCredentials): Observable<any> {
        const headers = new Headers();
        this.createCommonHeaders(headers, this._sessionContext);
        return this._http.post(super.getBaseUrl() + '/login', creds, { headers: headers })
            .map(res => {
                super.extractSessionId(res.headers, this._sessionContext);
                return super.extractData(res, this._sessionContext);
            })
            .catch((error) => {
                return super.handleErrorPromise(error);
            });
    }
}