Dependency Injection (DI) is a way to create objects that depend upon other objects. A Dependency Injection system supplies the dependent objects (called the dependencies) when it creates an instance of an object.
AngularJS comes with a built-in dependency injection mechanism. It facilitates you to divide your application into multiple different types of components which can be injected into each other as dependencies.
Dependency Injection (DI) is a software design pattern that allows you to remove hard coded dependencies between software components. It allows you to develop loosely coupled components by injecting dependencies either at compile time or run time.
- value
- factory
- service
- provider
- constant
value
value is simple javascript object and it is used to pass values to controller during config phase.
//define a module
var mainApp = angular.module("mainApp", []);
//create a value object as "defaultInput" and pass it a data.
mainApp.value("defaultInput", 5);
...
//inject the value in the controller using its name "defaultInput"
mainApp.controller('CalcController', function($scope, CalcService, defaultInput) {
$scope.number = defaultInput;
$scope.result = CalcService.square($scope.number);
$scope.square = function() {
$scope.result = CalcService.square($scope.number);
}
});
factory
factory is a function which is used to return value. It creates value on demand whenever a service or controller requires. It normally uses a factory function to calculate and return the value.
//define a module
var mainApp = angular.module("mainApp", []);
//create a factory "MathService" which provides a method multiply to return multiplication of two numbers
mainApp.factory('MathService', function() {
var factory = {};
factory.multiply = function(a, b) {
return a * b
}
return factory;
});
//inject the factory "MathService" in a service to utilize the multiply method of factory.
mainApp.service('CalcService', function(MathService){
this.square = function(a) {
return MathService.multiply(a,a);
}
});
...
service
service is a singleton javascript object containing a set of functions to perform certain tasks. Services are defined using service() functions and then injected into controllers.
//define a module
var mainApp = angular.module("mainApp", []);
...
//create a service which defines a method square to return square of a number.
mainApp.service('CalcService', function(MathService){
this.square = function(a) {
return MathService.multiply(a,a);
}
});
//inject the service "CalcService" into the controller
mainApp.controller('CalcController', function($scope, CalcService, defaultInput) {
$scope.number = defaultInput;
$scope.result = CalcService.square($scope.number);
$scope.square = function() {
$scope.result = CalcService.square($scope.number);
}
});
provider
provider is used by AngularJS internally to create services, factory etc. during config phase(phase during which AngularJS bootstraps itself).
//define a module
var mainApp = angular.module("mainApp", []);
...
//create a service using provider which defines a method square to return square of a number.
mainApp.config(function($provide) {
$provide.provider('MathService', function() {
this.$get = function() {
var factory = {};
factory.multiply = function(a, b) {
return a * b;
}
return factory;
};
});
});
constant
constants are used to pass values at config phase considering the fact that value can not be used to be passed during config phase.
mainApp.constant("configParam", "constant value");
Example
Following example will showcase all the above mentioned directives.
testAngularJS.htm
<html>
<head>
<title>AngularJS Dependency Injection</title>
</head>
<body>
<h2>AngularJS Sample Application</h2>
<div ng-app = "mainApp" ng-controller = "CalcController">
<p>Enter a number: <input type = "number" ng-model = "number" /></p>
<button ng-click = "square()">X<sup>2</sup></button>
<p>Result: {{result}}</p>
</div>
<script src = "https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/angularjs/1.3.14/angular.min.js"></script>
<script>
var mainApp = angular.module("mainApp", []);
mainApp.config(function($provide) {
$provide.provider('MathService', function() {
this.$get = function() {
var factory = {};
factory.multiply = function(a, b) {
return a * b;
}
return factory;
};
});
});
mainApp.value("defaultInput", 5);
mainApp.factory('MathService', function() {
var factory = {};
factory.multiply = function(a, b) {
return a * b;
}
return factory;
});
mainApp.service('CalcService', function(MathService){
this.square = function(a) {
return MathService.multiply(a,a);
}
});
mainApp.controller('CalcController', function($scope, CalcService, defaultInput) {
$scope.number = defaultInput;
$scope.result = CalcService.square($scope.number);
$scope.square = function() {
$scope.result = CalcService.square($scope.number);
}
});
</script>
</body>
</html>
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