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  1. $controllerProvider
  2. 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

Usage

$controller(constructor, locals);

Arguments

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.

Returns

Object

Instance of given controller.

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