AngularJS - Dependency Injection

Dependency Injection is a software design in which components are given their dependencies instead of hard coding them within the component. It relieves a component from locating the dependency and makes dependencies configurable. It also helps in making components reusable, maintainable and testable.
AngularJS provides a supreme Dependency Injection mechanism. It provides following core components which can be injected into each other as dependencies.
Value
Factory
Service
Provider
Constant
Value is a simple JavaScript object, which is required to pass values to the controller during config phase (config phase is when AngularJS bootstraps itself).
//define a module
var mainApp = angular.module("mainApp", []);

//create a value object as "defaultInput" and pass it a data.
mainApp.value("defaultInput", 5);
...

//inject the value in the controller using its name "defaultInput"
mainApp.controller('CalcController', function($scope, CalcService, defaultInput) {
   $scope.number = defaultInput;
   $scope.result = CalcService.square($scope.number);
   
   $scope.square = function() {
      $scope.result = CalcService.square($scope.number);
   }
});
Factory is a function which is used to return value. It creates a value on demand whenever a service or a controller requires it. It generally uses a factory function to calculate and return the value.
//define a module
var mainApp = angular.module("mainApp", []);

//create a factory "MathService" which provides a method multiply to return multiplication of two numbers
mainApp.factory('MathService', function() {
   var factory = {};
   
   factory.multiply = function(a, b) {
      return a * b
   }
   return factory;
}); 

//inject the factory "MathService" in a service to utilize the multiply method of factory.
mainApp.service('CalcService', function(MathService) {
   this.square = function(a) {
      return MathService.multiply(a,a);
   }
});
...
Service is a singleton JavaScript object containing a set of functions to perform certain tasks. Service is defined using service() function and it is then injected into the controllers.
//define a module
var mainApp = angular.module("mainApp", []);
...

//create a service which defines a method square to return square of a number.
mainApp.service('CalcService', function(MathService) {
   this.square = function(a) {
      return MathService.multiply(a,a); 
   }
});

//inject the service "CalcService" into the controller
mainApp.controller('CalcController', function($scope, CalcService, defaultInput) {
   $scope.number = defaultInput;
   $scope.result = CalcService.square($scope.number);
   
   $scope.square = function() {
      $scope.result = CalcService.square($scope.number);
   }
});
Provider is used by AngularJS internally to create services, factory, etc. during the config phase. The following script can be used to create MathService that we created earlier. Provider is a special factory method with get() method which is used to return the value/service/factory.
//define a module
var mainApp = angular.module("mainApp", []);
...

//create a service using provider which defines a method square to return square of a number.
mainApp.config(function($provide) {
   $provide.provider('MathService', function() {
      this.$get = function() {
         var factory = {};  
         
         factory.multiply = function(a, b) {
            return a * b; 
         }
         return factory;
      };
   });
});
Constants are used to pass values at the config phase considering the fact that value cannot be used during the config phase.
mainApp.constant("configParam", "constant value");

The following example shows the use of all the above-mentioned directives −
<html>
   <head>
      <title>AngularJS Dependency Injection</title>
   </head>
   
   <body>
      <h2>AngularJS Sample Application</h2>
      
      <div ng-app = "mainApp" ng-controller = "CalcController">
         <p>Enter a number: <input type = "number" ng-model = "number" /></p>
         <button ng-click = "square()">X<sup>2</sup></button>
         <p>Result: {{result}}</p>
      </div>
      
      <script src = "https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/angularjs/1.3.14/angular.min.js">
      </script>
      
      <script>
         var mainApp = angular.module("mainApp", []);
         
         mainApp.config(function($provide) {
            $provide.provider('MathService', function() {
               this.$get = function() {
                  var factory = {};
                  
                  factory.multiply = function(a, b) {
                     return a * b;
                  }
                  return factory;
               };
            });
         });
			
         mainApp.value("defaultInput", 5);
         
         mainApp.factory('MathService', function() {
            var factory = {};
            
            factory.multiply = function(a, b) {
               return a * b;
            }
            return factory;
         });
         mainApp.service('CalcService', function(MathService) {
            this.square = function(a) {
               return MathService.multiply(a,a);
            }
         });
         mainApp.controller('CalcController', function($scope, CalcService, defaultInput) {
            $scope.number = defaultInput;
            $scope.result = CalcService.square($scope.number);

            $scope.square = function() {
               $scope.result = CalcService.square($scope.number);
            }
         });
      </script>
      
   </body>
</html>
Open testAngularJS.htm in a web browser and see the result.
Enter a number: 
X2

Result: {{result}}

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