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antanas_sepikas
antanas_sepikas

Reputation: 5704

Can angularjs factory return something other than object?

I am beginning to mess around with angular js.

I wrote this factory 

mbg.factory('pollCall', function ($http, pollSettings) {
    return function (callback) {
        $http({
            method: 'GET', url: pollSettings.getUrl()
        }).success(function (response) {
            callback(response);
        }).error(function () {
            callback(false);
        });
    };
});

as you can see from it, it returns function rather than "return {};" object. This example works but I am thinking if it's possible way of designing a factory and if it won't break my app later on?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 93

Answers (1)

Chandermani
Chandermani

Reputation: 42669

You can return anything with a factory and returning a function is fine. But in this context returning function is not required. You should use just return the promise value returned on $http invocation.

mbg.factory('pollCall', function ($http, pollSettings) {

        return {
           getData:function() {
                 return $http({method: 'GET', url: pollSettings.getUrl()});
           }
        };
}

In the controller just use the same success and error callback as you did it in service.

pollCall.getData().success(...).error(...);

Upvotes: 1

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