Cannot get to $rootScope
You can not ask for instance during configuration phase - you can ask only for providers.
var app = angular.module('modx', []);
// configure stuff
app.config(function($routeProvider, $locationProvider) {
// you can inject any provider here
});
// run blocks
app.run(function($rootScope) {
// you can inject any instance here
});
See http://docs.angularjs.org/guide/module for more info.
I've found the following "pattern" to be very useful:
MainCtrl.$inject = ['$scope', '$rootScope', '$location', 'socket', ...];
function MainCtrl (scope, rootscope, location, thesocket, ...) {
where, MainCtrl is a controller. I am uncomfortable relying on the parameter names of the Controller function doing a one-for-one mimic of the instances for fear that I might change names and muck things up. I much prefer explicitly using $inject for this purpose.
I don't suggest you to use syntax like you did. AngularJs lets you to have different functionalities as you want (run
, config
, service
, factory
, etc..), which are more professional.In this function you don't even have to inject that by yourself like
MainCtrl.$inject = ['$scope', '$rootScope', '$location', 'socket', ...];
you can use it, as you know.