@workInProgress @ngdoc overview @name angular.formatter @namespace Namespace for all formats. @description # Overview The formatters are responsible for translating user readable text in an input widget to a data model stored in an application. # Writting your own Formatter Writing your own formatter is easy. Just register a pair of JavaScript functions with `angular.formatter`. One function for parsing user input text to the stored form, and one for formatting the stored data to user-visible text. Here is an example of a "reverse" formatter: The data is stored in uppercase and in reverse, while it is displayed in lower case and non-reversed. User edits are automatically parsed into the internal form and data changes are automatically formatted to the viewed form.
function reverse(text) {
var reversed = [];
for (var i = 0; i < text.length; i++) {
reversed.unshift(text.charAt(i));
}
return reversed.join('');
}
angular.formatter('reverse', {
parse: function(value){
return reverse(value||'').toUpperCase();
},
format: function(value){
return reverse(value||'').toLowerCase();
}
});
@example
Formatted:
{{data}}
@scenario
it('should store reverse', function(){
expect(element('.doc-example input:first').val()).toEqual('angular');
expect(element('.doc-example input:last').val()).toEqual('RALUGNA');
this.addFutureAction('change to XYZ', function($window, $document, done){
$document.elements('.doc-example input:last').val('XYZ').trigger('change');
done();
});
expect(element('.doc-example input:first').val()).toEqual('zyx');
});