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HTML
<body ng-app="app">
<div ng-controller="MainController">
<button ng-click="toggleStage()">{{stage}}</button>
<div class="my-directive-placeholder"></div>
</div>
</body>
<script src="http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/angularjs/1.2.26/angular.js"></script>
<script src="http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/2.1.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<script>
var app = angular.module('app', []);
app.controller('MainController', function($scope, $compile, $element){
$scope.stage = 'Add';
var childScope;
$scope.toggleStage = function(){
if ($scope.stage === 'Add'){
$scope.stage = 'Remove';
childScope = $scope.$new();
var compiledDirective = $compile('<div my-directive></div>');
var directiveElement = compiledDirective(childScope);
$('.my-directive-placeholder').append(directiveElement);
} else {
$scope.stage = 'Add';
}
}
})
app.directive('myDirective', function($interval){
return {
template: '</b>Directive content</b>',
link: function(scope, el, attrs){
}
}
});
</script>