Passing objects as params between states on transition

[santyclaz]

Currently you can't pass objects as params when you transition between states. I am curious about the reasons that led to this design decision, and perhaps clean alternatives to what I am trying to do.

Some code snippets to just make clear what I am talking about:

...
$stateProvder.state('add-order', {
    templateUrl: 'order/add.html',
    controller: 'addOrderController',
    params: ['advertiser']
});
...

...
// $scope.selectedAdvertiser is an Advertiser object
$state.transitionTo('add-order', {advertiser: $scope.selectedAdvertiser});
...

...
controller('addOrderController', [..., '$stateParams', function(..., $stateParams) {
    console.log($stateParams); // output: Object {advertiser: "[object Object]"}
    ...
}]);

[nateabele]

Currently all values are normalized to strings, because parameters are handled the same for both URL and non-URL states. This will go away when #125 is implemented, so you can keep an eye out there.

If you're okay with a hacky solution in the meantime, you should be able to modify the normalize() function, and change:

normalized[name] = (value != null) ? String(value) : null;

to:

normalized[name] = (value != null) ? value : null;

I'm not sure what effect that would have on states with URLs, but you could give it a try.

[santyclaz]

@nateabele Thanks! I will implement the hacky solution for now and update the library when #125 gets pushed.

[pulkitsinghal]

@nateabele It seems that issue was resolved but there still isn't a way to pass objects as @santyclaz initially pointed out. Its a really long comment list over there with the most recent one only 8 days old as of my writing. So is it not working still or is it just that I don't have the latest release? What version officially did it get sorted out in?

[nateabele]

@pulkitsinghal This is a duplicate. Please follow #125.

[pulkitsinghal]

@nateabele that was getting a bit hard to follow so I thought I'd get a clarification here but I'll post there sure.