change ng:controller to create new scope hence allow nesting

src/Compiler.js

@@ -9,40 +9,42 @@ function Template(priority) {
   this.children = [];
   this.inits = [];
   this.priority = priority;
+  this.newScope = false;
 }
 
 Template.prototype = {
   init: function(element, scope) {
     var inits = {};
-    this.collectInits(element, inits);
+    this.collectInits(element, inits, scope);
     foreachSorted(inits, function(queue){
-      foreach(queue, function(fn){
-        fn(scope);
-      });
+      foreach(queue, function(fn) {fn();});
     });
   },
 
-  collectInits: function(element, inits) {
-    var queue = inits[this.priority];
+  collectInits: function(element, inits, scope) {
+    var queue = inits[this.priority], childScope = scope;
     if (!queue) {
       inits[this.priority] = queue = [];
     }
     element = jqLite(element);
+    if (this.newScope) {
+      childScope = createScope(scope);
+      scope.$onEval(childScope.$eval);
+    }
     foreach(this.inits, function(fn) {
-      queue.push(function(scope) {
-        scope.$tryEval(function(){
-          return fn.call(scope, element);
+      queue.push(function() {
+        childScope.$tryEval(function(){
+          return fn.call(childScope, element);
         }, element);
       });
     });
-
     var i,
         childNodes = element[0].childNodes,
         children = this.children,
         paths = this.paths,
         length = paths.length;
     for (i = 0; i < length; i++) {
-      children[i].collectInits(childNodes[paths[i]], inits);
+      children[i].collectInits(childNodes[paths[i]], inits, childScope);
     }
   },
 
@@ -121,7 +123,8 @@ Compiler.prototype = {
           element:function(type) {return jqLite(document.createElement(type));},
           text:function(text) {return jqLite(document.createTextNode(text));},
           descend: function(value){ if(isDefined(value)) descend = value; return descend;},
-          directives: function(value){ if(isDefined(value)) directives = value; return directives;}
+          directives: function(value){ if(isDefined(value)) directives = value; return directives;},
+          scope: function(value){ if(isDefined(value)) template.newScope = template.newScope || value ; return template.newScope;}
         };
     try {
       priority = element.attr('ng:eval-order') || priority || 0;

src/directives.js

@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ angularDirective("ng:init", function(expression){
 });
 
 angularDirective("ng:controller", function(expression){
+  this.scope(true);
   return function(element){
     var controller = getter(window, expression, true) || getter(this, expression, true);
     if (!controller)
@@ -12,7 +13,6 @@ angularDirective("ng:controller", function(expression){
     if (!isFunction(controller))
       throw "Reference '"+expression+"' is not a class.";
     this.$become(controller);
-    (this.init || noop)();
   };
 });
 

test/directivesSpec.js

@@ -254,23 +254,53 @@ describe("directives", function(){
   });
 
   describe('ng:controller', function(){
-    it('should bind', function(){
-      window.Greeter = function(){
+
+    var temp;
+
+    beforeEach(function(){
+      temp = window.temp = {};
+      temp.Greeter = function(){
+        this.$root.greeter = this;
         this.greeting = 'hello';
+        this.suffix = '!';
       };
-      window.Greeter.prototype = {
-        init: function(){
-          this.suffix = '!';
-        },
+      temp.Greeter.prototype = {
         greet: function(name) {
           return this.greeting + ' ' + name + this.suffix;
         }
       };
-      var scope = compile('<div ng:controller="Greeter"></div>');
-      expect(scope.greeting).toEqual('hello');
-      expect(scope.greet('misko')).toEqual('hello misko!');
-      window.Greeter = undefined;
     });
+
+    afterEach(function(){
+      window.temp = undefined;
+    });
+
+    it('should bind', function(){
+      var scope = compile('<div ng:controller="temp.Greeter"></div>');
+      expect(scope.greeter.greeting).toEqual('hello');
+      expect(scope.greeter.greet('misko')).toEqual('hello misko!');
+    });
+
+    it('should support nested controllers', function(){
+      temp.ChildGreeter = function() {
+        this.greeting = 'hey';
+        this.$root.childGreeter = this;
+      };
+      temp.ChildGreeter.prototype = {
+        greet: function() {
+          return this.greeting + ' dude' + this.suffix;
+        }
+      };
+      var scope = compile('<div ng:controller="temp.Greeter"><div ng:controller="temp.ChildGreeter">{{greet("misko")}}</div></div>');
+      expect(scope.greeting).not.toBeDefined();
+      expect(scope.greeter.greeting).toEqual('hello');
+      expect(scope.greeter.greet('misko')).toEqual('hello misko!');
+      expect(scope.greeter.greeting).toEqual('hello');
+      expect(scope.childGreeter.greeting).toEqual('hey');
+      expect(scope.childGreeter.$parent.greeting).toEqual('hello');
+      expect(scope.$element.text()).toEqual('hey dude!');
+    });
+
   });
 
   it('should eval things according to ng:eval-order', function(){