feat($provide): added constant

4 files changed, 63 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/src/Injector.js b/src/Injector.js
index c24cbb51..c45e7dd0 100644
--- a/src/Injector.js
+++ b/src/Injector.js
@@ -246,14 +246,29 @@ function inferInjectionArgs(fn) {
  * A short hand for configuring services if the `$get` method is a constant.
  *
  * @param {string} name The name of the instance. NOTE: the provider will be available under `name + 'Provide'` key.
- * @param {function()} value The $getFn for the instance creation. Internally this is a short hand for
- * `$provide.service(name, {$get:function(){ return value; }})`.
+ * @param {*} value The value.
  * @returns {Object} registered provider instance
  */
 
 
 /**
  * @ngdoc method
+ * @name angular.module.AUTO.$provide#constant
+ * @methodOf angular.module.AUTO.$provide
+ * @description
+ *
+ * A constant value, but unlike {@link angular.module.AUTO.$provide#value value} it can be injected
+ * into configuration function (other modules) and it is not interceptable by
+ * {@link angular.module.AUTO.$provide#decorator decorator}.
+ *
+ * @param {string} name The name of the constant.
+ * @param {*} value The constant value.
+ * @returns {Object} registered instance
+ */
+
+
+/**
+ * @ngdoc method
  * @name angular.module.AUTO.$provide#decorator
  * @methodOf angular.module.AUTO.$provide
  * @description
@@ -282,6 +297,7 @@ function createInjector(modulesToLoad) {
             service: supportObject(service),
             factory: supportObject(factory),
             value: supportObject(value),
+            constant: supportObject(constant),
             decorator: decorator
           }
       },
@@ -328,6 +344,11 @@ function createInjector(modulesToLoad) {
 
   function value(name, value) { return factory(name, valueFn(value)); }
 
+  function constant(name, value) {
+    providerCache[name] = value;
+    instanceCache[name] = value;
+  }
+
   function decorator(serviceName, decorFn) {
     var origProvider = providerInjector.get(serviceName + providerSuffix),
         orig$get = origProvider.$get;
diff --git a/src/loader.js b/src/loader.js
index d1753ac8..604beaef 100644
--- a/src/loader.js
+++ b/src/loader.js
@@ -142,6 +142,18 @@ function setupModuleLoader(window) {
 
           /**
            * @ngdoc method
+           * @name angular.Module#constant
+           * @methodOf angular.Module
+           * @param {string} name constant name
+           * @param {*} object Constant value.
+           * @description
+           * Because the constant are fixed, they get applied before other provide methods.
+           * See {@link angular.module.AUTO.$provide#constant $provide.constant()}.
+           */
+          constant: invokeLater('$provide', 'constant', 'unshift'),
+
+          /**
+           * @ngdoc method
            * @name angular.Module#filter
            * @methodOf angular.Module
            * @param {string} name filter name
@@ -199,11 +211,12 @@ function setupModuleLoader(window) {
         /**
          * @param {string} provider
          * @param {string} method
+         * @param {String=} insertMethod
          * @returns {angular.Module}
          */
-        function invokeLater(provider, method) {
+        function invokeLater(provider, method, insertMethod) {
           return function() {
-            invokeQueue.push([provider, method, arguments]);
+            invokeQueue[insertMethod || 'push']([provider, method, arguments]);
             return moduleInstance;
           }
         }
diff --git a/test/InjectorSpec.js b/test/InjectorSpec.js
index e0cabbac..2ea5b66d 100644
--- a/test/InjectorSpec.js
+++ b/test/InjectorSpec.js
@@ -260,6 +260,29 @@ describe('injector', function() {
     });
 
     describe('$provide', function() {
+      describe('constant', function() {
+        it('should create configuration injectable constants', function() {
+          var log = [];
+          createInjector([
+              function($provide){
+                $provide.constant('abc', 123);
+                $provide.constant({a: 'A', b:'B'});
+                return function(a) {
+                  log.push(a);
+                }
+              },
+              function(abc) {
+                log.push(abc);
+                return function(b) {
+                  log.push(b);
+                }
+              }
+          ]).get('abc');
+          expect(log).toEqual([123, 'A', 'B']);
+        });
+      });
+
+
       describe('value', function() {
         it('should configure $provide values', function() {
           expect(createInjector([function($provide) {
diff --git a/test/loaderSpec.js b/test/loaderSpec.js
index f983c08b..5d234b6d 100644
--- a/test/loaderSpec.js
+++ b/test/loaderSpec.js
@@ -38,10 +38,12 @@ describe('module loader', function() {
       filter('f', 'ff').
       directive('d', 'dd').
       config('init2').
+      constant('abc', 123).
       run('runBlock')).toBe(myModule);
 
     expect(myModule.requires).toEqual(['other']);
     expect(myModule._invokeQueue).toEqual([
+      ['$provide', 'constant', ['abc', 123] ],
       ['$injector', 'invoke', ['config'] ],
       ['$provide', 'service', ['sk', 'sv'] ],
       ['$provide', 'factory', ['fk', 'fv'] ],