diff --git a/ng-metadata.test.ts b/ng-metadata.test.ts
index db3e090..a9762fc 100644
--- a/ng-metadata.test.ts
+++ b/ng-metadata.test.ts
@@ -1,20 +1,23 @@
-import { expect } from 'chai';
-import './test/host.spec';
-import './test/inject.spec';
-import './test/injectable.spec';
-import './test/util.spec';
-import './test/directives.spec';
-import './test/bootstrap.spec';
-import './test/pipe.spec';
-import './test/life_cycle.spec';
-import './test/providers.spec';
+//import { expect } from 'chai';
+
+//import './test/host.spec';
+//import './test/inject.spec';
+//import './test/injectable.spec';
+//import './test/util.spec';
+//import './test/directives.spec';
+//import './test/bootstrap.spec';
+//import './test/pipe.spec';
+//import './test/life_cycle.spec';
+//import './test/providers.spec';
 
 import './test/di/decorators.spec';
 import './test/di/povider.spec';
 import './test/util/decorators.spec';
 import './test/reflection/reflection.spec';
 import './test/facade/lang.spec';
+import './test/facade/collections.spec';
+import './test/linker/pipe_resolver.spec';
+import './test/pipes/pipe_provider.spec';
 
 describe( 'ng-metadata', ()=> {
-
 } );
diff --git a/src/pipes/pipe_provider.ts b/src/pipes/pipe_provider.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0cfd785
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/pipes/pipe_provider.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+import {Type, isFunction} from "../facade/lang";
+import {PipeResolver} from '../linker/pipe_resolver';
+import {PipeMetadata} from "./metadata";
+import {PipeTransform} from "./pipe_interfaces";
+
+/**
+ * @internal
+ */
+export class PipeProvider {
+
+  constructor( private pipeResolver: PipeResolver ) {}
+
+  createFromType( type: Type ): [string,Function] {
+
+    const metadata: PipeMetadata = this.pipeResolver.resolve( type );
+
+    if ( !isFunction( (type.prototype as any).transform ) ) {
+      throw new Error( `@Pipe: must implement '#transform' method` );
+    }
+
+    filterFactory.$inject = [ '$injector' ];
+    function filterFactory( $injector: ng.auto.IInjectorService ) {
+
+      const pipeInstance = $injector.instantiate<PipeTransform>( type );
+
+      // return angular 1 filter function
+      const filterFn = pipeInstance.transform.bind( pipeInstance );
+      if ( metadata.pure === false ) {
+
+        filterFn.$stateful = true;
+
+      }
+
+      return filterFn;
+
+    }
+
+    return [
+      metadata.name,
+      filterFactory
+    ];
+
+  }
+
+}
+
+export const pipeProvider = new PipeProvider( new PipeResolver() );
diff --git a/test/pipes/pipe_provider.spec.ts b/test/pipes/pipe_provider.spec.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5872b82
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/pipes/pipe_provider.spec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,80 @@
+import {expect} from 'chai';
+import {getNg1InjectorMock} from "../../src/testing/utils";
+import {isString,isFunction} from "../../src/facade/lang";
+import {Pipe} from "../../src/pipes/decorators";
+import {pipeProvider} from "../../src/pipes/pipe_provider";
+import {PipeTransform} from "../../src/pipes/pipe_interfaces";
+
+  describe.only( `pipes/pipeProvider`, ()=> {
+
+    const $injector = getNg1InjectorMock();
+
+    it( `should create angular 1 filter factory`, ()=> {
+
+      @Pipe( { name: 'uppercase' } )
+      class UppercasePipe implements PipeTransform {
+        transform( input: string ) { return input.toUpperCase() }
+      }
+
+      const [filterName,ngFilterFactory] = pipeProvider.createFromType( UppercasePipe );
+      expect( isString( filterName ) ).to.equal( true );
+      expect( filterName ).to.equal( 'uppercase' );
+      expect( isFunction(ngFilterFactory) ).to.equal( true );
+
+      const ngFilter = ngFilterFactory($injector);
+      expect(ngFilter('foo')).to.equal('FOO');
+
+    } );
+
+    it( `should process filter options as rest array in #transform`, ()=> {
+
+      @Pipe( { name: 'uppercase' } )
+      class UppercasePipe implements PipeTransform {
+        transform( input: string, ...args ) {
+          if ( args ) {
+            const [shouldReplace,withStr] = args;
+            if ( shouldReplace ) {
+              return withStr;
+            }
+          }
+          return input.toUpperCase()
+        }
+      }
+
+      const [,ngFilterFactory] = pipeProvider.createFromType( UppercasePipe );
+      const ngFilter = ngFilterFactory($injector);
+
+      expect(ngFilter('foo',true,'moo')).to.equal('moo');
+
+    } );
+
+    it( `should set $stateful to true on filter closure if pure is false `, ()=> {
+
+      let value = {name:'foo'};
+
+      @Pipe( { name: 'uppercase', pure:false } )
+      class UppercasePipe implements PipeTransform {
+        value = value;
+        constructor(){}
+        transform( input: string ) { return `${input.toUpperCase()}-${this.value.name}`}
+      }
+
+      const [,ngFilterFactory] = pipeProvider.createFromType( UppercasePipe );
+      const ngFilter = ngFilterFactory($injector);
+
+      expect( ngFilter.$stateful ).to.equal( true );
+      expect(ngFilter('foo')).to.equal('FOO-foo');
+
+    } );
+
+    it( `should throw error when #transform method not implemented`, ()=> {
+
+      @Pipe( { name: 'uppercase' } )
+      class UppercasePipe{}
+
+      expect(()=>pipeProvider.createFromType( UppercasePipe )).to.throw(`@Pipe: must implement '#transform' method`)
+
+    } );
+
+  } );
+