Default controllerAs for the Angular directive

Question

What is the default for controllerAs for the Angular directive definition if it is not specified?

Answer 1

Unit tests describe the default behaviour of controllerAs in the directive definition object(ddo) as such:

it('should throw noident when missing controller identifier')

it('should throw noident when missing controllerAs directive property')

References

• AngularJS Source: compileSpec.js

• AngularJS: Controller as ... and closures