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$controllerProvider
service in module ng

$controller service is responsible for instantiating controllers.

It's just a simple call to $injector, but extracted into a service, so that one can override this service with BC version.

Dependencies

$injector

Usage

$controller(constructor, locals);

Arguments

Param Type Details

constructor

Param	Type	Details
constructor	`function()string`	If called with a function then it's considered to be the controller constructor function. Otherwise it's considered to be a string which is used to retrieve the controller constructor using the following steps: check if a controller with given name is registered via `$controllerProvider` check if evaluating the string on the current scope returns a constructor check `window[constructor]` on the global `window` object
locals	`Object`	Injection locals for Controller.

function()string

If called with a function then it's considered to be the controller constructor function. Otherwise it's considered to be a string which is used to retrieve the controller constructor using the following steps:

check if a controller with given name is registered via $controllerProvider
check if evaluating the string on the current scope returns a constructor
check window[constructor] on the global window object

locals

Object

Injection locals for Controller.

Returns

Object

Instance of given controller.

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https://code.angularjs.org/1.2.32/docs/api/ng/service/$controller