$controller

A decorator for $controller with additional bindings parameter, useful when testing controllers of directives that use bindToController.

Depending on the value of preAssignBindingsEnabled(), the properties will be bound before or after invoking the constructor.

Example

// Directive definition ...

myMod.directive('myDirective', {
  controller: 'MyDirectiveController',
  bindToController: {
    name: '@'
  }
});


// Controller definition ...

myMod.controller('MyDirectiveController', ['$log', function($log) {
  this.log = function() {
    $log.info(this.name);
  };
}]);


// In a test ...

describe('myDirectiveController', function() {
  describe('log()', function() {
    it('should write the bound name to the log', inject(function($controller, $log) {
      var ctrl = $controller('MyDirectiveController', { /* no locals */ }, { name: 'Clark Kent' });
      ctrl.log();

      expect(ctrl.name).toEqual('Clark Kent');
      expect($log.info.logs).toEqual(['Clark Kent']);
    }));
  });
});