I've created a unique custom directive specifically for the widget attribute shown below:
<div widget></div>
Essentially, this directive generates template code and inserts the html inside the widget-tag. Here's a snippet of the directive in action:
skdApp.directive("widget", function() {
return {
restrict: 'A',
template: customizedTemplate,
link: function($scope, element, attributes) {
/*
* Implement event handlers and enhance user interface components here
*/
}
}
The customizedTemplate consists of basic HTML code which also utilizes other custom directives (such as the <seal> tag):
var customizedTemplate = '<div ng-controller="OfferCtrl">' +
'<div class="container">' +
<seal></seal>' +
'...'+
'</div>' +
'</div>';
Within my Controller, I initiate data retrieval to display within the <div widget>. I utilize an 'Offer' service that encapsulates all the logic for requesting server-side data using Offer.query().
skdApp.controller('OfferCtrl', function OfferCtrl ($scope, Offer) {
var response = Offer.query({id: 1}, function (data) {
$scope.offer = data;
});
});
In the callback function, I bind the retrieved result to the scope. However, I encounter an issue where the directive itself initiates additional data requests based on the previously received data from Offer.query(). This implies that the ID returned by Offer.query() (referred to as MyID) is crucial for the seal directive to fetch more data.
Hence, I have concentrated most of my logic within the Offer.query() callback function. Yet, I'm pondering potential alternatives, like shifting this responsibility to the link function of the <seal> directive:
skdApp.directive("seal", function() {
var sealMarkup = '<div>{{offer.data.foobar}}</div>';
return {
restrict: 'E',
template: sealMarkup,
link: function($scope, element, attrs) {
$scope.$watch('offer.myId', function (newValue, oldValue) {
if (typeof newValue !== "undefined") {
/* Fetch supplementary data utilizing myID
* and assign the outcome to offer.data
*/
}
});
}
});
Is this angular-compatible approach optimal, or are there alternate methods (in terms of structure) within AngularJS that could be more efficient?