angularjs - How to set the dynamic controller for directives?

Question

Talk is cheap, show my codes first:

HTML:

<div add-icons="IconsCtrl">
</div>

directive:

angular.module('attrDirective',[]).directive('addIcons', function($compile){
return {
    restrict : 'A',
    controller : "IconsCtrl"
    },
    link : function (scope, elem , attrs, ctrl) {
        var parentElem = $(elem);
        var icons = $compile("<i class='icon-plus' ng-click='add()'></i>)(scope);
        parentElem.find(".accordion-heading").append(icons);
    },
}

});

controller:

function IconsCtrl($scope){
  $scope.add = function(){
    console.log("add");
  };
}

now it works, when i click the plus icon, browser console output "add".

but i want to set the controller into the directive dynamically,like this:

HTML:

<div add-icons="IconsOneCtrl">
</div>
<div add-icons="IconsTwoCtrl">
</div>

Controller:

function IconsOneCtrl($scope){
       $scope.add = function(){
        console.log("IconsOne add");
       };
    }

function IconsTwoCtrl($scope){
    $scope.add = function(){
        console.log("IconsTwo add");
    }
}

directive likes :

angular.module('attrDirective',[]).directive('addIcons', function($compile){
return {
    restrict : 'A',
    controller : dynamic set,depends on attrs.addIcons
    },
    link : function (scope, elem , attrs, ctrl) {
        var parentElem = $(elem);
        var icons = $compile("<i class='icon-plus' ng-click='add()'></i>)(scope);
        parentElem.find(".accordion-heading").append(icons);
    },
}
});

how to achieve my goal? thanks for your answer!

Answer 1

Now it is possible with AngularJS. In directive you just add two new property called controller , name property and also isolate scope is exactly needed here.

Important to note in directive

scope:{}, //isolate scope
controller : "@", // @ symbol
name:"controllerName", // controller names property points to controller.

Working Demo for Setting Dynamic controller for Directives

HTML Markup :

<communicator controller-name="PhoneCtrl" ></communicator>
<communicator controller-name="LandlineCtrl" ></communicator>

Angular Controller and Directive :

var app = angular.module('myApp',[]).
directive('communicator', function(){
return {
    restrict : 'E',
    scope:{},
    controller : "@",
    name:"controllerName", 
    template:"<input type='text' ng-model='message'/><input type='button' value='Send Message' ng-click='sendMsg()'><br/>"          
  }   
}).
controller("PhoneCtrl",function($scope){
 $scope.sendMsg = function(){
     alert( $scope.message + " : sending message via Phone Ctrl");
    }
}).
controller("LandlineCtrl",function($scope){
    $scope.sendMsg = function(){
        alert( $scope.message + " : sending message via Land Line Ctrl ");
    }
})

Your case you can try this below code snippets.

Working Demo

HTML Markup :

<div add-icons controller-name="IconsOneCtrl">
</div>
<div add-icons controller-name="IconsTwoCtrl">
</div>

Angular Code :

angular.module('myApp',[]).

directive('addIcons', function(){
return {
    restrict : 'A',
    scope:{},
    controller : "@",
    name:"controllerName",    
    template:'<input type="button" value="(+) plus" ng-click="add()">'
  }
}).
controller("IconsOneCtrl",function($scope){
     $scope.add = function(){
        alert("IconsOne add ");
      }
}).
controller("IconsTwoCtrl",function($scope){
     $scope.add = function(){
        alert("IconsTwo add ");
      }
});