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authorMisko Hevery2012-06-06 15:54:40 -0700
committerMisko Hevery2013-04-22 23:28:41 -0700
commitcd38cbf975b501d846e6149d1d993972a1af0053 (patch)
tree3857a2879f782c6b7f1350fcd5c8d52e082fd160 /src/ng/controller.js
parent021bdf3922b6525bd117e59fb4945b30a5a55341 (diff)
downloadangular.js-cd38cbf975b501d846e6149d1d993972a1af0053.tar.bz2
feat(controller): support as instance syntax
Support ng-controller="MyController as my" syntax which publishes the controller instance to the current scope. Also supports exporting a controller defined with route: ````javascript angular.module('routes', [], function($routeProvider) { $routeProvider.when('/home', {controller: 'Ctrl as home', templateUrl: '...'}); }); ````
Diffstat (limited to 'src/ng/controller.js')
-rw-r--r--src/ng/controller.js34
1 files changed, 25 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/src/ng/controller.js b/src/ng/controller.js
index 0474e766..cfd730e4 100644
--- a/src/ng/controller.js
+++ b/src/ng/controller.js
@@ -11,7 +11,8 @@
* {@link ng.$controllerProvider#register register} method.
*/
function $ControllerProvider() {
- var controllers = {};
+ var controllers = {},
+ CNTRL_REG = /^(\w+)(\s+as\s+(\w+))?$/;
/**
@@ -56,17 +57,32 @@ function $ControllerProvider() {
* a service, so that one can override this service with {@link https://gist.github.com/1649788
* BC version}.
*/
- return function(constructor, locals) {
- if(isString(constructor)) {
- var name = constructor;
- constructor = controllers.hasOwnProperty(name)
- ? controllers[name]
- : getter(locals.$scope, name, true) || getter($window, name, true);
+ return function(expression, locals) {
+ var instance, match, constructor, identifier;
- assertArgFn(constructor, name, true);
+ if(isString(expression)) {
+ match = expression.match(CNTRL_REG),
+ constructor = match[1],
+ identifier = match[3];
+ expression = controllers.hasOwnProperty(constructor)
+ ? controllers[constructor]
+ : getter(locals.$scope, constructor, true) || getter($window, constructor, true);
+
+ assertArgFn(expression, constructor, true);
+ }
+
+ instance = $injector.instantiate(expression, locals);
+
+ if (identifier) {
+ if (typeof locals.$scope !== 'object') {
+ throw new Error('Can not export controller as "' + identifier + '". ' +
+ 'No scope object provided!');
+ }
+
+ locals.$scope[identifier] = instance;
}
- return $injector.instantiate(constructor, locals);
+ return instance;
};
}];
}