Class Ember.inject

public
Defined in: packages/ember-runtime/lib/inject.js:4
Module: ember

Namespace for injection helper methods.

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controller (name) Ember.InjectedProperty public

Module: ember

Defined in packages/ember-runtime/lib/controllers/controller.js:31

Available since v1.10.0

name
String
(optional) name of the controller to inject, defaults to the property's name
returns
Ember.InjectedProperty
injection descriptor instance

Creates a property that lazily looks up another controller in the container. Can only be used when defining another controller.

Example:

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App.PostController = Ember.Controller.extend({
  posts: Ember.inject.controller()
});

This example will create a posts property on the post controller that looks up the posts controller in the container, making it easy to reference other controllers. This is functionally equivalent to:

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App.PostController = Ember.Controller.extend({
  needs: 'posts',
  posts: Ember.computed.alias('controllers.posts')
});

service (name) Ember.InjectedProperty public

Module: ember

Defined in packages/ember-runtime/lib/system/service.js:5

Available since v1.10.0

name
String
(optional) name of the service to inject, defaults to the property's name
returns
Ember.InjectedProperty
injection descriptor instance

Creates a property that lazily looks up a service in the container. There are no restrictions as to what objects a service can be injected into.

Example:

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App.ApplicationRoute = Ember.Route.extend({
  authManager: Ember.inject.service('auth'),

  model: function() {
    return this.get('authManager').findCurrentUser();
  }
});

This example will create an authManager property on the application route that looks up the auth service in the container, making it easily accessible in the model hook.