ng-directive-prototype.js

.directive('directiveName', [function () {
  var directiveDefinitionObject = {
    priority: 0,
    template: '<div></div>', // or // function(tElement, tAttrs) { ... },
    // or
    // templateUrl: 'directive.html', // or // function(tElement, tAttrs) { ... },
    replace: false,
    transclude: false,
    restrict: 'A',
    scope: false,
    controller: ['$scope', '$element', '$attrs', '$transclude', 'otherInjectables', function($scope, $element, $attrs, $transclude, otherInjectables) {}],
    require: 'siblingDirectiveName', // or // ['^parentDirectiveName', '?optionalDirectiveName', '?^optionalParent'],
    compile: function compile(tElement, tAttrs, transclude) {
      return {
        pre: function preLink(scope, iElement, iAttrs, controller) { },
        post: function postLink(scope, iElement, iAttrs, controller) { }
      }
     // or
     // return function postLink( ... ) { ... }
    },
    // or
    // link: {
    //  pre: function preLink(scope, iElement, iAttrs, controller) {  },
    //  post: function postLink(scope, iElement, iAttrs, controller) {  }
    // }
    // or
    // link: function postLink( ... ) { ... }
  };
  return directiveDefinitionObject;
  // or 
  // return function postLink( scope, iElement, iAttrs ) {};
}])