Angular.js directive dynamic templateURL

emanuel.directive('hymn', function() {
   return {
       restrict: 'E',
       link: function(scope, element, attrs) {
           // some ode
       },
       templateUrl: function(elem,attrs) {
           return attrs.templateUrl || 'some/path/default.html'
       }
   }
});

So you can provide templateUrl via markup

<hymn template-url="contentUrl"><hymn>

Now you just take a care that property contentUrl populates with dynamically generated path.


You can use ng-include directive.

Try something like this:

emanuel.directive('hymn', function() {
   return {
       restrict: 'E',
       link: function(scope, element, attrs) {
           scope.getContentUrl = function() {
                return 'content/excerpts/hymn-' + attrs.ver + '.html';
           }
       },
       template: '<div ng-include="getContentUrl()"></div>'
   }
});

UPD. for watching ver attribute

emanuel.directive('hymn', function() {
   return {
       restrict: 'E',
       link: function(scope, element, attrs) {
           scope.contentUrl = 'content/excerpts/hymn-' + attrs.ver + '.html';
           attrs.$observe("ver",function(v){
               scope.contentUrl = 'content/excerpts/hymn-' + v + '.html';
           });
       },
       template: '<div ng-include="contentUrl"></div>'
   }
});

Thanks to @pgregory, I could resolve my problem using this directive for inline editing

.directive("superEdit", function($compile){
    return{
        link: function(scope, element, attrs){
            var colName = attrs["superEdit"];
            alert(colName);

            scope.getContentUrl = function() {
                if (colName == 'Something') {
                    return 'app/correction/templates/lov-edit.html';
                }else {
                    return 'app/correction/templates/simple-edit.html';
                }
            }

            var template = '<div ng-include="getContentUrl()"></div>';

            var linkFn = $compile(template);
            var content = linkFn(scope);
            element.append(content);
        }
    }
})