$resource service docs

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/**
* @workInProgress
* @ngdoc function
* @ngdoc service
* @name angular.service.$resource
* @requires $xhr
* @requires $xhr.cache
*
* @description
* Is a factory which creates a resource object which lets you interact with
* <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Representational_State_Transfer" target="_blank">RESTful</a>
* server-side data sources.
* Resource object has action methods which provide high-level behaviors without
* the need to interact with the low level $xhr or XMLHttpRequest().
* Is a factory which creates a resource object that lets you interact with
* [RESTful](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Representational_State_Transfer) server-side data sources.
*
* The returned resource object has action methods which provide high-level behaviors without
* the need to interact with the low level {@link angular.service.$xhr $xhr} service or
* raw XMLHttpRequest.
*
* @param {string} url A parameterized URL template with parameters prefixed by `:` as in
* `/user/:username`.
*
* @param {Object=} paramDefaults Default values for `url` parameters. These can be overridden in
* `actions` methods.
*
* Each key value in the parameter object is first bound to url template if present and then any
* excess keys are appended to the url search query after the `?`.
*
* Given a template `/path/:verb` and parameter `{verb:'greet', salutation:'Hello'}` results in
* URL `/path/greet?salutation=Hello`.
*
* If the parameter value is prefixed with `@` then the value of that parameter is extracted from
* the data object (useful for non-GET operations).
*
* @param {Object.<Object>=} actions Hash with declaration of custom action that should extend the
* default set of resource actions. The declaration should be created in the following format:
*
* {action1: {method:?, params:?, isArray:?, verifyCache:?},
* action2: {method:?, params:?, isArray:?, verifyCache:?},
* ...}
*
* Where:
*
* - `action` {string} The name of action. This name becomes the name of the method on your
* resource object.
* - `method` {string} HTTP request method. Valid methods are: `GET`, `POST`, `PUT`, `DELETE`,
* and `JSON` (also known as JSONP).
* - `params` {object=} Optional set of pre-bound parameters for this action.
* - isArray {boolean=} If true then the returned object for this action is an array, see
* `returns` section.
* - verifyCache {boolean=} If true then whenever cache hit occurs, the object is returned and
* an async request will be made to the server and the resources as well as the cache will be
* updated when the response is received.
*
* @returns {Object} A resource "class" object with methods for the default set of resource actions
* optionally extended with custom `actions`. The default set contains these actions:
*
* { 'get': {method:'GET'},
* 'save': {method:'POST'},
* 'query': {method:'GET', isArray:true},
* 'remove': {method:'DELETE'},
* 'delete': {method:'DELETE'} };
*
* Calling these methods invoke an {@link angular.service.$xhr} with the specified http method,
* destination and parameters. When the data is returned from the server then the object is an
* instance of the resource class `save`, `remove` and `delete` actions are available on it as
* methods with the `$` prefix. This allows you to easily perform CRUD operations (create, read,
* update, delete) on server-side data like this:
* <pre>
var User = $resource('/user/:userId', {userId:'@id'});
var user = User.get({userId:123}, function(){
user.abc = true;
user.$save();
});
</pre>
*
* It is important to realize that invoking a $resource object method immediately returns an
* empty reference (object or array depending on `isArray`). Once the data is returned from the
* server the existing reference is populated with the actual data. This is a useful trick since
* usually the resource is assigned to a model which is then rendered by the view. Having an empty
* object results in no rendering, once the data arrives from the server then the object is
* populated with the data and the view automatically re-renders itself showing the new data. This
* means that in most case one never has to write a callback function for the action methods.
*
* The action methods on the class object or instance object can be invoked with the following
* parameters:
*
* - HTTP GET "class" actions: `Resource.action([parameters], [callback])`
* - non-GET "class" actions: `Resource.action(postData, [parameters], [callback])`
* - non-GET instance actions: `instance.$action([parameters], [callback])`
*
*
* @example
*
* # Credit card resource
*
* <pre>
// Define CreditCard class
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u.$save();
});
</pre>
*
*
* @param {string} url A parameterized URL template with parameters prefixed by `:` as in
* `/user/:username`.
* @param {Object=} paramDefaults Default values for `url` parameters. These can be overridden in
* `actions` methods.
* @param {Object.<Object>=} actions Map of actions available for the resource.
*
* Each resource comes preconfigured with `get`, `save`, `query`, `remove`, and `delete` to
* mimic the RESTful philosophy.
*
* To create your own actions, pass in a map keyed on action names (e.g. `'charge'`) with
* elements consisting of these properties:
*
* - `{string} method`: Request method type. Valid methods are: `GET`, `POST`, `PUT`, `DELETE`,
* and [`JSON`](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JSON#JSONP) (also known as JSONP).
* - `{Object=} params`: Set of pre-bound parameters for the action.
* - `{boolean=} isArray`: If true then the returned object for this action is an array, see the
* pre-binding section.
* - `{boolean=} verifyCache`: If true then items returned from cache, are double checked by
* running the query again and updating the resource asynchroniously.
*
* Each service comes preconfigured with the following overridable actions:
* <pre>
* { 'get': {method:'GET'},
'save': {method:'POST'},
'query': {method:'GET', isArray:true},
'remove': {method:'DELETE'},
'delete': {method:'DELETE'} };
* </pre>
*
* @returns {Object} A resource "class".
*
* @example
* # Buzz client
Let's look at what a buzz client created with the `$resource` service looks like:
<doc:example>
<doc:source>
<script>