jasmine-angular: controller test

test a Controller

by ronapelbaum

HTML

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<script src="https://jasmine.github.io/2.4/lib/jasmine-html.js"></script>
<script src="https://jasmine.github.io/2.4/lib/boot.js"></script>
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<script src="https://code.angularjs.org/1.4.9/angular.js"></script>
<script src="https://code.angularjs.org/1.4.9/angular-mocks.js"></script>

JavaScript

//--------------BL------------
(function() {
  function MyService() {
    this.greet = function(name) {
      return 'hello ' + name;
    }
  }

  function MyController(MyService) {
    this.greetUpperCase = function(name) {
      return MyService.greet(name).toUpperCase();
    }
  }
  angular.module('MyModule', [])
    .service('MyService', MyService)
    .controller('MyController', ['MyService', MyController]);
})();


//--------------specs------------
describe("MyController test suite", function() {
  var $controller;
  beforeEach(module('MyModule'));

  beforeEach(inject(function(_$controller_) {
    // The injector unwraps the underscores (_) from around the parameter names when matching
    $controller = _$controller_;
  }));

  it("test greetUpperCase()", function() {
    var ctrl = $controller("MyController");
    expect(ctrl.greetUpperCase('bob')).toBe('HELLO BOB');
  });

});