How can AngularJS factory return an object

angularjs, javascript

Solution

First of all, you aren't returning a factory, but a service. It's a factory that creates a service, so adjust your naming convention like so: `app.factory('someService'`

Your code is a mess and has errors, so I'll just show you the basics of returning a service object.

app.factory('someService', function() {
  var someService = {  //build this object however you want
    add: function() {

    },
    save: function() {

    }
  };

  return someService; //return the object
}); //end factory

in your controller: `someService.add();`

Problem

I have a requirement in which i should write factory. This factory should contain 3 function init, save and delete I should call init function from controller. This function returns an object. This object has the function to execute the add and delete function. how can i achieve this? Following is my code, It execute the init function successfully but when i try to use the object which was returned in add or delete, it says object is empty ``` angularApp.factory('SomeFactory', function(){ var client = new Client(); // this client is defined in another javascript file // this is the object which we should return var clientReady = function () { var cv = client.GetVersion(); showIDs(); }; return { initClient:function(requiredUID){ client.setAttribute("clientReadyCallback",clientReady); }//, }; var add = function () { client.someapi; }; var delete = function () { client.someapi; };` }); in controller i call the below calls SomeFactory.initClient("username"); SomeFactory.add();// throws error ``` How can i achieve this?

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