dynamic-directive
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inject directives dynamically to pre-defined anchor points
This module has been tested on angular 1.3.x.
To use this module in your application, you have to:
<script src='https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/angular.js/1.3.18/angular.js'></script>
<script src='dynamic-directive/dist/dynamic-directive.min.js'></script>
op.dynamicDirective as a dependency of your angular module:angular.module('your-app', ['op.dynamicDirective'])...
now let the fun begin !
angular.module('your-app', ['op.dynamicDirective'])
.directive('dir1', function() {
return {
restrict: 'E',
template: '<div>Item X</div>'
};
})
.directive('dir2', function() {
return {
restrict: 'E',
template: '<div>Item Y</div>'
};
})
.directive('addButton', ['dynamicDirectiveService', function(dynamicDirectiveService) {
return {
restrict: 'A',
link: funtion(scope) {
var dir2 = new dynamicDirectiveService.DynamicDirective(
function(scope) {return true;},
'dir2'
);
scope.add = function() {
dynamicDirectiveService.addInjection('anchorPoint1', dir2);
};
}
};
});
;
And the the HTML
<body ng-app='your-app'>
<div class='items' dynamic-directive='anchorPoint1'>
<dir1></dir1>
</div>
<div>
<button add-button ng-click='add()'>Dynamically add the dir2 directive</button>
</div>
</body>
The objective of this library is to bring modularity to an Angular application. Let's say you are developing some complex Rich Internet Application, and you want lots of modularity, because that's best practice. Now, your application got a user menu. You want third party modules to be able to add entries to that menu. You use the dynamic-directive directive, and give it an anchor name :
<div dynamic-directive='userMenu'>
<div>Profile</div>
</div>
Now, a third party module can inject entries to your user menu, by creating an Angular directive (let's say: 'avatar'), create a DynamicDirective out of it and then inject it using the dynamicDirectiveService.
// third party directive
.directive('avatar', function() {
return {
restrict: 'E',
template: '<div>avatar</div>',
replace: true
};
})
// directive injection can happen during the config phase,
// using the dynamicDirectiveService provider
.config(['dynamicDirectiveService', function(dynamicDirectiveService) {
// here "avatar" is the name of the angular directive
var dd = new dynamicDirectiveService.DynamicDirective(function() {return true;}, 'avatar');
// here userMenu is the anchor name you gave as the dynamic-directive attribute value
dynamicDirectiveService.addInjection('userMenu', dd);
}])
// directive injection can also happen during the run phase,
// so anywhere in your code, using the dynamicDirectiveService service
.run(['dynamicDirectiveService', function(dynamicDirectiveService) {
var dd = new dynamicDirectiveService.DynamicDirective(function() {return true;}, 'avatar');
dynamicDirectiveService.addInjection('userMenu', dd);
}])
new DynamicDirective(filterFunction, angularDirectiveName, [options]);
filterFunction
Required. This function receives the scope as an argument. Example:
function(scope) {
if (scope.isAdmin) {
return true;
} else {
return false;
}
}
The DynamicDirective contructor allows the boolean true as a shortcut for the filter function function() {return true;}.
The class is exposed as an angular service as well. You can inject it to your needs. Example:
.factory('myService', ['DynamicDirective', function(DynamicDirective) {
var mydirective = new DynamicDirective(true, 'testing');
}])
angularDirectiveName
Required. Will be used as the tagName to create the HTML tag of your directive. Example:
"avatar"
options
Optional, it is an object like:
{
attributes: [
{
name: 'addressbook',
value: 'ab'
},
{
name: 'contact',
value: 'currentContact'
}
],
scope: {
add: function(something) {}
},
priority: 10
}
Now let's detail available options.
**attributes - ** Those attributes will be added to the HTML element of your injected directive. This is really useful when using isolate scopes. Example:
[
{
name: 'addressbook',
value: 'ab'
},
{
name: 'contact',
value: 'currentContact'
}
]
**scope - ** The directive will be compiled against this object (scope). Example:
{
addressbook: 'ab'
contact: 'currentContact'
}
**priority - ** In case you inject several directives in the same anchor, you can control the order of those directives in the DOM. Default priority is 0. The highest priority will be put first in the DOM flow. Example:
10
DynamicDirective
dynamicDirectiveService.DynamicDirective
Give access to the DynamicDirective object.
addInjection(name, directive)
dynamicDirectiveService.addInjection(name, directive)
Add the injection of "directive" on anchor points named "name". Example:
var dd = new dynamicDirectiveService.DynamicDirective(function() { return true;}, 'directivename');
dynamicDirectiveService.addInjection('anchorPointName', dd);
getInjections(anchorName, scope)
Get the injection of anchor point "anchorName" with scope context "scope". This method is used by the dynamic-directive directive. Example:
var directivesToInject = dynamicDirectiveService.getInjection('anchorPointName', {});
resetInjections(anchorName)
Reset all injections of anchor point "anchorName". Example:
dynamicDirectiveService.resetInjections('anchorPointName');
Allows third party modules to register the directives injection on angular configuration time.
DynamicDirective
dynamicDirectiveService.DynamicDirective
Give access to the DynamicDirective object.
addInjection(name, directive)
angular.config(function(dynamicDirectiveService) {
var dd = new dynamicDirectiveService.DynamicDirective(function() { return true:}, 'thename');
dynamicDirectiveService.addInjection(name, directive);
});
npm install
to install the development envronment. During development, use :
grunt watch
to have the linters, transpilers and tests, launched automatically on file change. Clone, patch, pull request, give love.
grunt release
FAQs
Dynamic directives for AngularJS
We found that dynamic-directive demonstrated a not healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released a year ago. It has 1 open source maintainer collaborating on the project.
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