Is it possible to set a string as data that is not parsed?

[Lukenickerson]

I'd like to be able to set a string in the data object but not have it parsed (e.g., a string of html). Currently this doesn't seem possible, but I'm not sure if I'm missing something.

Near line 310, in init:

if (angular.isString(value)) { var getter = this.$parse(value); data[key] = getter(klass);

Help text on the homepage:

You can use a string representing an angular expression, or you can directly assign any other object/primitive. [emphasis mine]

If not possible, will this capability be added at some point?

[davej]

It will still be parsed but you can put quotes inside the string to parse it as a string literal, so:

data: {
  foo: '"bar"'
}

If you absolutely don't want to have it parsed then you could also do:

data: function() {
  return {
    foo: 'bar'
  }
}

Sorry if the text is a little bit confusing on the homepage. By "any other", I meant any primitive/object other than a string.

[Lukenickerson]

I've found that as a work-around if I have string data that I want to be available class-wide and not parsed -- and it's okay if it's not in the $scope -- I can make a _data: { dontParseMe = 'somestring' } object rather than using data.

[davej]

Not sure what you mean, could you give a code example?

[Lukenickerson]

There might be values that you'd like shared between the methods and the init function, but you just don't want the strings parsed because it doesn't make sense. Sorry I don't have a good example, but maybe something like this...

app.classy.controller({
    name: 'example',
    inject: ['buttonService'],
    _data: {
        html: null;
    },
    method: {
        doSomething: function() {
            this._data.html = this.buttonService.getButtonHTML();
        }
    },
    init: {
        this._data.html = this.buttonService.getButtonHTML();
    }
});

If I use data, then the html string will be parsed, which could throw an inappropriate error. If I use _data then I can avoid having the strings parsed.

[davej]

Ah right, you could use angular.extend if you want them directly on the class angular.extend(this, this._data);.

You could also create a simple plugin for that too. I haven't tested this but it should work:

angular.module('classy-unparsedData', ['classy-core']).classy.plugin.controller({
  preInit: function(classConstructor, classObj) {
    if (classObj._data) {
      angular.extend(classObj, classObj._data);
    }
  }
});