fix(compiler): allow transclusion of root elements

Fixed an issue where a directive that uses transclusion (such as ngRepeat) failed to link if it was declared on the root element of the compilation tree. (For example ngView or ngInclude including template where ngRepeat was the top most element).

1 files changed, 10 insertions, 9 deletions

diff --git a/src/jqLite.js b/src/jqLite.js
index 2dd1aeb7..986d0002 100644
--- a/src/jqLite.js
+++ b/src/jqLite.js
@@ -168,17 +168,18 @@ function JQLitePatchJQueryRemove(name, dispatchThis) {
 }
 
 /////////////////////////////////////////////
-function jqLiteWrap(element) {
-  if (isString(element) && element.charAt(0) != '<') {
-    throw new Error('selectors not implemented');
-  }
-  return new JQLite(element);
-}
-
 function JQLite(element) {
   if (element instanceof JQLite) {
     return element;
-  } else if (isString(element)) {
+  }
+  if (!(this instanceof JQLite)) {
+    if (isString(element) && element.charAt(0) != '<') {
+      throw Error('selectors not implemented');
+    }
+    return new JQLite(element);
+  }
+
+  if (isString(element)) {
     var div = document.createElement('div');
     // Read about the NoScope elements here:
     // http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms533897(VS.85).aspx
@@ -299,7 +300,7 @@ var JQLitePrototype = JQLite.prototype = {
 
     this.bind('DOMContentLoaded', trigger); // works for modern browsers and IE9
     // we can not use jqLite since we are not done loading and jQuery could be loaded later.
-    jqLiteWrap(window).bind('load', trigger); // fallback to window.onload for others
+    JQLite(window).bind('load', trigger); // fallback to window.onload for others
   },
   toString: function() {
     var value = [];