Extending ngFormController & ngModelController

[br...@facultycreative.com]

I'd like to extend ngForm & ngModel to shift the responsibility for validations onto the model, such that a mock object would look like:

user = {

      name: '',

      email: '',

      zip: '',

      id: '',

      validates: {

        name:  { presence: true },

        email: { presence: true, email: true },

        zip:   { presence: true, zip: [ zipValidator, "Must contain a valid zip code" ] }

      },

      save: angular.noop,

      find: angular.noop

    };

The test suite I've written passes fine when I actually go in and flat out change Angular, but I'd really prefer to shift to leave Angular itself alone. I tried moving off my work to form and ngModel directives that require form and ngModel's controllers, but when Angular evaluates the template, it calls ng-model, which calls formCtrl.$addControl before my directives have an opportunity to load, and thus my extensions never happen. 

Anyone know of any way to do this? Here's a gist of the changes I'm making:

https://gist.github.com/brettshollenberger/7047638

Best,

Brett

[br...@facultycreative.com]

Figured it out. The compile function does the trick. Cheers!

[Bretto]

Could you share your solution in a jsfiddle I am working on a form generation with breeze and the model is similar...