How to pass filter to a directive in AngularJS

Question

I have a custom directive and I want to be able to pass a filter name to it. That filter will then be use in my template. Here is what I got so far:

the directive:

Answer 1

You don't need to have access to it in the controller to use it in the View. That's kind of the point of filters. If you actually needed it in the controller, you could request it by itself by asking for filterTempFilter to be injected. Or you can have the $filter provider injected and ask for your specific filter from it.