AngularJS Directive, link function has no context

Question

I am creating a custom AngularJS directive, and when I want to use DI from directive function ($parse service in this case), I cannot retrieve it:

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This seems to me weird, because my code is here very similar to the provided documentation on custom directive: https://docs.angularjs.org/guide/directive chapter "Creating a Directive that Manipulates the DOM" for example

Am i doing something wrong ??...

Thanks

Willem D'Haeseleer · Accepted Answer · 2014-08-04 12:56:18Z

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You are seeing this ReferenceError because $parse is a closured variable from the parent scope ( it's parent function ), but it is not being used inside your link function, therefore it has been optimized away the moment you break there, and is no longer available for inspection.

If you assign $parse to a variable inside the link function you can inspect / use it. Try that and then see where you get stuck.

edited Aug 4, 2014 at 12:56

answered Aug 4, 2014 at 12:46

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Charles HETIER Over a year ago

Well done, this was exactly the issue! $parse wasn't used and has been optimized. Thanks a lot

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