AngularJS $componentController full locals

component-controller.js

describe('angular-component-controller', function() {
  
  // save injected parameters of controller
  var injected = {};
  var controller;

  // @see $https://docs.angularjs.org/api/ngMock/service/$componentController
  // we need to extract those from $compile instead of use as locals
  angular.module('locals', []).controller('controller',
    ['$attrs', function($attrs) {
      // save $attrs to make use of $observe
      injected.$attrs = $attrs;
    }]
  );
  
  beforeEach(module('locals'));
  
  beforeEach(inject(function($rootScope, $compile, $componentController) {
    // invoke dummy controller to get $attrs
    $compile('<span ng-controller="controller">')($rootScope);
    
    var locals = {};
    locals.$scope = $rootScope.$new();
    locals.$attrs = injected.$attrs;
    	
    var bindings = {};
    	
    controller = $componentController('component', locals, bindings);
  }));

});