Merge pull request #492 from theJoeBiz/master

Added ability to queue up children and register them once their parent is registered

Author: nateabele

src/state.js

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 $StateProvider.$inject = ['$urlRouterProvider', '$urlMatcherFactoryProvider', '$locationProvider'];
 function $StateProvider(   $urlRouterProvider,   $urlMatcherFactory,           $locationProvider) {
 
-  var root, states = {}, $state;
+  var root, states = {}, $state, queue = {};
 
   // Builds state properties from definition passed to registerState()
   var stateBuilder = {
@@ -143,6 +143,13 @@ function $StateProvider(   $urlRouterProvider,   $urlMatcherFactory,           $
     return undefined;
   }
 
+  function queueState(parentName, state) {
+    if (!queue[parentName]) {
+      queue[parentName] = [];
+    }
+
+    queue[parentName].push(state);
+  }
 
   function registerState(state) {
     // Wrap a new object around the state so we can store our private details easily.
@@ -156,6 +163,17 @@ function $StateProvider(   $urlRouterProvider,   $urlMatcherFactory,           $
     if (!isString(name) || name.indexOf('@') >= 0) throw new Error("State must have a valid name");
     if (states[name]) throw new Error("State '" + name + "'' is already defined");
 
+    // Get parent name
+    var parentName =
+      (name.indexOf('.') !== -1) ? name.substring(0, name.lastIndexOf('.'))
+        : (isString(state.parent)) ? state.parent
+        : '';
+
+    // If parent is not registered yet, add state to queue and register later
+    if (parentName && !states[parentName]) {
+      return queueState(parentName, state.self);
+    }
+
     for (var key in stateBuilder) {
       if (isFunction(stateBuilder[key])) state[key] = stateBuilder[key](state, stateBuilder.$delegates[key]);
     }
@@ -170,6 +188,13 @@ function $StateProvider(   $urlRouterProvider,   $urlMatcherFactory,           $
       }]);
     }
 
+    // Register any queued children
+    if (queue[name]) {
+      for (var i = 0; i < queue[name].length; i++) {
+        registerState(queue[name][i]);
+      }
+    }
+
     return state;
   }
 

test/stateSpec.js

@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ describe('state', function () {
       E = { params: [ 'i' ] },
       H = { data: {propA: 'propA', propB: 'propB'} },
       HH = { parent: H },
-      HHH = {parent: HH, data: {propA: 'overriddenA', propC: 'propC'} }
+      HHH = {parent: HH, data: {propA: 'overriddenA', propC: 'propC'} },
       AppInjectable = {};
 
   beforeEach(module(function ($stateProvider, $provide) {
@@ -87,7 +87,6 @@ describe('state', function () {
     expect($state.current).toBe(state);
   }
 
-
   describe('.transitionTo()', function () {
     it('returns a promise for the target state', inject(function ($state, $q) {
       var trans = $state.transitionTo(A, {});
@@ -716,3 +715,38 @@ describe('state', function () {
 
   });
 });
+
+describe('state queue', function(){
+  angular.module('ui.router.queue.test', ['ui.router.queue.test.dependency'])
+    .config(function($stateProvider) {
+      $stateProvider
+        .state('queue-test-a', {})
+        .state('queue-test-b-child', { parent: 'queue-test-b' })
+        .state('queue-test-b', {});
+    });
+  angular.module('ui.router.queue.test.dependency', [])
+    .config(function($stateProvider) {
+      $stateProvider
+        .state('queue-test-a.child', {})
+    });
+
+  var expectedStates = ['','queue-test-a', 'queue-test-a.child', 'queue-test-b', 'queue-test-b-child'];
+
+  it('should work across modules', function() {
+    module('ui.router.queue.test', 'ui.router.queue.test.dependency');
+
+    inject(function ($state) {
+      var list = $state.get().sort(function(a, b) { return (a.name > b.name) - (b.name > a.name); });
+      expect(list.map(function(state) { return state.name; })).toEqual(expectedStates);
+    });
+  });
+
+  it('should work when parent is name string', function() {
+    module('ui.router.queue.test', 'ui.router.queue.test.dependency');
+
+    inject(function ($state) {
+      var list = $state.get().sort(function(a, b) { return (a.name > b.name) - (b.name > a.name); });
+      expect(list.map(function(state) { return state.name; })).toEqual(expectedStates);
+    });
+  });
+});