Angularjs watch service object

Question

Why can\'t I watch a object in a service. Ive got a simple variable working, but a object wont work. http://plnkr.co/edit/S4b2g3baS7dwQt3t8XEK?p=preview

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Answer 1

injecting whole services into a scope is not something I would do.

I would prefer to watch a function returning the value :

$scope.$watch(function() { return test.getData(); }, function(newVal) { 
    /* Do the stuff */
}, true);