Can locals be injected into a controller set with ng-controller?

Question

Referring to the example below, is there a way to use myCtrl instead of myCtrl2, passing an argument as a local instead of attached to $scope?

The $controller service pe

Answer 1

I can't quite tell from your question what exatly you're looking for, but you might try creating your own directive (a modified version of the ngController directive) can specify controller injectables:

app.directive('myController', function($controller) {
  return {
    scope: true,
    link: function(scope, elem, attrs) {
      var locals = scope.$eval(attrs.locals);
      angular.extend(locals, {$scope: scope});
      $controller(attrs.myController, locals);
    }
  };
});

You would use it something like this:

Here's a JsFiddle that demonstrates the technique: http://jsfiddle.net/BinaryMuse/qBZZk/