The 1.4 update seems to have introduced an issue when binding functions in nested directives. I have an example plunker: http://plnkr.co/edit/fQLY0N8BTNs38VC8ikll
Code:
var app = angular.module('myApp', []);
app.controller('myCtrl', function(){
this.searchFunction = function(term) {
console.log('you searched for ' + term);
}
});
app.directive('outerDirective', function(){
return {
restrict: 'E',
scope: {
outer: '&'
},
template: '<inner-directive inner="cx.outer(term)"></inner-directive>',
controller: function(){
},
controllerAs: 'cx',
bindToController: true
};
});
app.directive('innerDirective', function(){
return {
restrict: 'E',
scope: {
inner: '&'
},
template: '<a ng-click="cx.execute()">Click</a>',
controller: function(){
this.execute = function(){
this.inner('fred');
}
},
controllerAs: 'cx',
bindToController: true
};
});
This was working in 1.3 but is there some new way I should do this in 1.4?
Clicking on the link you'll see the following error in the console:
TypeError: Cannot use 'in' operator to search for 'cx' in fred at fn (eval at (https://code.angularjs.org/1.4.0/angular.js:13036:15), :2:54) at destination.(anonymous function) [as inner] (https://code.angularjs.org/1.4.0/angular.js:8689:22) at execute (http://run.plnkr.co/zE9xlCQNMBrOZZgi/script.js:35:14) at fn (eval at (https://code.angularjs.org/1.4.0/angular.js:13036:15), :2:237) at callback (https://code.angularjs.org/1.4.0/angular.js:23090:17) at Scope.$eval (https://code.angularjs.org/1.4.0/angular.js:15719:28) at Scope.$apply (https://code.angularjs.org/1.4.0/angular.js:15818:23) at HTMLAnchorElement. (https://code.angularjs.org/1.4.0/angular.js:23095:23) at HTMLAnchorElement.eventHandler (https://code.angularjs.org/1.4.0/angular.js:3247:21)