Description
Determines if two objects or value are equivalent.
To be equivalent, they must pass == comparison or be of the same type and have all their
properties pass == comparison. During property comparision properties of function type and
properties with name starting with $ are ignored.
Supports values types, arrays and objects.
Note: this function is used to augment the Object type in angular expressions. See
angular.Object for more info.
Usage
angular.Object.equals(o1, o2);
Parameters
Returns
{boolean}
–
True if arguments are equal.
Example
Salutation: <input type="text" name="greeting.salutation" value="Hello" /><br/>
Name: <input type="text" name="greeting.name" value="world"/><br/>
<hr/>
The <code>greeting</code> object is
<span ng:hide="greeting.$equals({salutation:'Hello', name:'world'})">NOT</span> equal to
<code>{salutation:'Hello', name:'world'}</code>.
<pre>greeting={{greeting}}</pre>
it('should print that initialy greeting is equal to the hardcoded value object', function() {
expect(element('.doc-example input[name=greeting.salutation]').val()).toBe('Hello');
expect(element('.doc-example input[name=greeting.name]').val()).toBe('world');
expect(element('.doc-example span').css('display')).toBe('none');
});
it('should say that the objects are not equal when the form is modified', function() {
input('greeting.name').enter('kitty');
expect(element('.doc-example span').css('display')).toBe('inline');
});