What you are experiencing is actually the result of how JavaScript behaves.
A factory will inject whatever the factory function returns.
A service will instantiate an object by calling "new" on the function.
In JavaScript if a function returns an object that object is what is
returned when "new" is called on it. If the function does not return an
object "this" object is returned.
Therefore the following function will return the same thing in both cases
below:
function Person() {
return { name: "John" };
}
var person1 = Person();
var person2 = new Person();
// person1 = { name: "John" }
// person2 = { name: "John" }
On the other hand the following will not work:
function Person() {
this.name = "John";
}
var person1 = Person();
var person2 = new Person();
// person1 = undefined
// person2 = { name: "John" }
For this reason the first version of Person which returns an object will
work the same in both factory and service. Factory uses the return value
while service invokes "new" on the function. The second approach is the
more common approach and it would only work with service.
On Friday, November 27, 2015 at 5:19:52 PM UTC-5, binaryMoods wrote:
>
> Hi Sander
>
> Awesome! That was my suspicion. Thank you for taking time to answer my
> questions!
>
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