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Templating AngularJS App
<html ng-app="TemplateApp">
<head>
<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.11.0/jquery.min.js"></script>
<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/angularjs/1.2.15/angular.min.js"></script>
</head>
<body>
<div ng-controller="TemplateController">
<h1>Input</h1>
<div id="templateInputs">
</div>
<h1>Template</h1>
<textarea ng-model="template">
</textarea>
<h1>Output</h1>
<div compile="template | breakFilter"></div>
</div>
<script>
var app = angular.module("TemplateApp", []);
app.controller("TemplateController", ["$scope", "$compile", function($scope, $compile) {
$scope.$watch("template", function(template) {
if (template != undefined) {
matches = getMatches(template, /{{([^{]*)}}/g, 1);
if (matches != undefined) {
$('#templateInputs').html("");
for(i = 0; i < matches.length; i++) {
$('#templateInputs').append('<input type="text" ng-model="' + matches[i] + '" placeholder=' + matches[i] + '>');
}
$compile($('#templateInputs').contents())($scope);
}
}
});
getMatches = function(string, regex, index) {
index || (index = 1); // default to the first capturing group
var matches = [];
var match;
while (match = regex.exec(string)) {
matches.push(match[index]);
}
return matches;
}
}]);
app.directive('compile', ['$compile', function ($compile) {
return function(scope, element, attrs) {
scope.$watch(
function(scope) {
// watch the 'compile' expression for changes
return scope.$eval(attrs.compile);
},
function(value) {
// when the 'compile' expression changes
// assign it into the current DOM
element.html(value);
// compile the new DOM and link it to the current
// scope.
// NOTE: we only compile .childNodes so that
// we don't get into infinite loop compiling ourselves
$compile(element.contents())(scope);
}
);
};
}]);
app.filter('breakFilter', function () {
return function (text) {
if (text !== undefined) return text.replace(/\n/g, '<br />');
};
});
</script>
</body>
</html>
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