fix(compiler): Allow startingTag method to handle text / comment nodes

1 files changed, 12 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/src/Angular.js b/src/Angular.js
index 27ef157d..5195489e 100644
--- a/src/Angular.js
+++ b/src/Angular.js
@@ -777,9 +777,18 @@ function startingTag(element) {
     // are not allowed to have children. So we just ignore it.
     element.html('');
   } catch(e) {}
-  return jqLite('<div>').append(element).html().
-      match(/^(<[^>]+>)/)[1].
-      replace(/^<([\w\-]+)/, function(match, nodeName) { return '<' + lowercase(nodeName); });
+  // As Per DOM Standards
+  var TEXT_NODE = 3;
+  var elemHtml = jqLite('<div>').append(element).html();
+  try {
+    return element[0].nodeType === TEXT_NODE ? lowercase(elemHtml) :
+        elemHtml.
+          match(/^(<[^>]+>)/)[1].
+          replace(/^<([\w\-]+)/, function(match, nodeName) { return '<' + lowercase(nodeName); });
+  } catch(e) {
+    return lowercase(elemHtml);
+  }
+
 }