Get ControllerAs alias inside base controller in AngularJS

Question

We have legacy code written in AngularJS that does not use controllerAs.

Our BaseController (Plunker: script.js line 19) has this code to make all class methods available in $scope without writing this.$scope.method = ...

this.$scope[key] = this[key].bind(this)

Now since we are starting to migrate to Controller as vm syntax we do not need this code any more. In Plunker NewCtrl does not even need $scope injected, but because of this line we need to.

Question: How to find out if current controller (NewCtrl) is used with controllerAs syntax or not?

Make your code as simple as possible, it is overkill what you try to do. :) — Maxim Shoustin, Jun 16 '20 at 07:33
@MaximShoustin I would if code were written from scratch. Now it's at least 90 controllers that expand same base controller — Justinas, Jun 16 '20 at 07:42

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Jun 16 '20 at 08:10

If your app uses ui-router, you could use $state service to check if a controller is declared with as syntax.

$state.get() returns a list of all registered states. Inside each item you can check for controllerAs existance or 'as' inside controller :

controller: 'testCtrl as vm' or 
controllerAs: 'vm'

From inside a controller, you could use $state.current as above.

Get ControllerAs alias inside base controller in AngularJS

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