AngularJS : How to watch service variables?

Question

I have a service, say:

factory(\'aService\', [\'$rootScope\', \'$resource\', function ($rootScope, $resource) {
  var service = {
    foo: []
  };

  return          


        

Answer 1

==UPDATED==

Very simple now in $watch.

Pen here.

HTML:

  

    
FooController
    

      

        
Send one item
        
Send two items
        
Send three items
      
      

        
Send name: Sheldon
        
Send name: Leonard
        
Send name: Penny
      
    
  

  

    
BarController
    
Name is: {{ name }}
    
{{ item.name }}
  

JavaScript:

var app = angular.module('app', []);

app.factory('PostmanService', function() {
  var Postman = {};
  Postman.set = function(key, val) {
    Postman[key] = val;
  };
  Postman.get = function(key) {
    return Postman[key];
  };
  Postman.watch = function($scope, key, onChange) {
    return $scope.$watch(
      // This function returns the value being watched. It is called for each turn of the $digest loop
      function() {
        return Postman.get(key);
      },
      // This is the change listener, called when the value returned from the above function changes
      function(newValue, oldValue) {
        if (newValue !== oldValue) {
          // Only update if the value changed
          $scope[key] = newValue;
          // Run onChange if it is function
          if (angular.isFunction(onChange)) {
            onChange(newValue, oldValue);
          }
        }
      }
    );
  };
  return Postman;
});

app.controller('FooCtrl', ['$scope', 'PostmanService', function($scope, PostmanService) {
  $scope.setItems = function(items) {
    PostmanService.set('items', items);
  };
  $scope.setName = function(name) {
    PostmanService.set('name', name);
  };
}]);

app.controller('BarCtrl', ['$scope', 'PostmanService', function($scope, PostmanService) {
  $scope.items = [];
  $scope.name = '';
  PostmanService.watch($scope, 'items');
  PostmanService.watch($scope, 'name', function(newVal, oldVal) {
    alert('Hi, ' + newVal + '!');
  });
}]);