AngularJS refer controller from other module when config ui-router

Question

In the code below for init angular-ui-router,

If I have two modules, both of them have IndexController, which will ui-router use? Can I find a reference to the specify constructor/function of the controller via something like angular.module('targetModule').findController('IndexController')?

state: 'index',
url: '/',
        views: {
            '' : {
                templateUrl: 'index',
                controller: 'IndexController'
            }
        }

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Apr 23 '15 at 15:36

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The controller that would be used would be the first one loaded. Once a directive, service, or controller is defined it cannot be overridden by anything else.

At this point in time it is imperative that you avoid name collisions.

answered Apr 23 '15 at 15:36

Enzey

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score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Apr 23 '15 at 15:36

In angular there is a single $injector handling all resolve requests. My advice would be to just prefix your controllers when registering them. Something like this will avoid name clashes:

var module1 = angular.module('m1', [....]);
var module2 = angular.module('m2', [....]);
module1.controller('m1.IndexController', ['$http', function($http) {
    // do something interesting.
}]);
module2.controller('m2.IndexController', ['$http', function($http) {
    // do something interesting else.
}]);

AngularJS refer controller from other module when config ui-router

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