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One of the main challenges is aligning the $scope for AngularJS with Vaadin. The JavaScript code invoked by Vaadin operates outside of AngularJS's dependency injection and scope management, creating a unique hurdle to overcome.
Typically, AngularJS assumes that the page's HTML is parsed once and connected to AngularJS. However, with Vaadin, the page's HTML primarily exists as a means to initialize Vaadin components and lacks the direct linkage expected by AngularJS. This requires a method to dynamically create new AngularJS-connected elements and controllers when needed.
To address this issue, vaangular implements a solution using the 'innerModuleName' module defined within angular.module through two specific steps:
Firstly, a new scope within AngularJS is established by utilizing:
angular.injector([ 'ng', innerModuleName ]).invoke(function($compile, $rootScope) {
Secondly, the scope (referred to as scpe) and DOM elements are combined using:
var connectorElement = angular.element(connector.getElement());
var cmp = $compile(templateElement);
scpe = $rootScope.$new(false);
cmp(scpe);
scpe.$digest();
connectorElement.append(templateElement);
At the conclusion of this process, a newly integrated portion of the DOM is now linked to a corresponding controller.
This approach enables the incorporation of Vaadin Connector functionality within an AngularJS environment seamlessly.