feat($state): is/includes/get work on relative stateOrName

src/state.js

@@ -137,6 +137,8 @@ function $StateProvider(   $urlRouterProvider,   $urlMatcherFactory) {
 
     if (path) {
       if (!base) throw new Error("No reference point given for path '"  + name + "'");
+      base = findState(base);
+
       var rel = name.split("."), i = 0, pathLength = rel.length, current = base;
 
       for (; i < pathLength; i++) {
@@ -973,8 +975,8 @@ function $StateProvider(   $urlRouterProvider,   $urlMatcherFactory) {
      *
      * @description
      * Similar to {@link ui.router.state.$state#methods_includes $state.includes},
-     * but only checks for the full state name. If params is supplied then it will be 
-     * tested for strict equality against the current active params object, so all params 
+     * but only checks for the full state name. If params is supplied then it will be
+     * tested for strict equality against the current active params object, so all params
      * must match with none missing and no extras.
      *
      * @example
@@ -990,13 +992,19 @@ function $StateProvider(   $urlRouterProvider,   $urlMatcherFactory) {
      * <div ng-class="{highlighted: $state.is('.item')}">Item</div>
      * </pre>
      *
-     * @param {string|object} stateName The state name (absolute or relative) or state object you'd like to check.
-     * @param {object=} params A param object, e.g. `{sectionId: section.id}`, that you'd like 
+     * @param {string|object} stateOrName The state name (absolute or relative) or state object you'd like to check.
+     * @param {object=} params A param object, e.g. `{sectionId: section.id}`, that you'd like
      * to test against the current active state.
+     * @param {object=} options An options object.  The options are:
+     *
+     * - **`relative`** - {string|object} -  If `stateOrName` is a relative state name and `options.relative` is set, .is will
+     * test relative to `options.relative` state (or name).
+     *
      * @returns {boolean} Returns true if it is the state.
      */
-    $state.is = function is(stateOrName, params) {
-      var state = findState(stateOrName);
+    $state.is = function is(stateOrName, params, options) {
+      options = extend({ relative: $state.$current }, options || {});
+      var state = findState(stateOrName, options.relative);
 
       if (!isDefined(state)) {
         return undefined;
@@ -1051,19 +1059,25 @@ function $StateProvider(   $urlRouterProvider,   $urlMatcherFactory) {
      *
      * @param {string} stateOrName A partial name, relative name, or glob pattern
      * to be searched for within the current state name.
-     * @param {object} params A param object, e.g. `{sectionId: section.id}`,
+     * @param {object=} params A param object, e.g. `{sectionId: section.id}`,
      * that you'd like to test against the current active state.
+     * @param {object=} options An options object.  The options are:
+     *
+     * - **`relative`** - {string|object=} -  If `stateOrName` is a relative state reference and `options.relative` is set,
+     * .includes will test relative to `options.relative` state (or name).
+     *
      * @returns {boolean} Returns true if it does include the state
      */
-    $state.includes = function includes(stateOrName, params) {
+    $state.includes = function includes(stateOrName, params, options) {
+      options = extend({ relative: $state.$current }, options || {});
       if (isString(stateOrName) && isGlob(stateOrName)) {
         if (!doesStateMatchGlob(stateOrName)) {
           return false;
         }
         stateOrName = $state.$current.name;
       }
-      var state = findState(stateOrName);
 
+      var state = findState(stateOrName, options.relative);
       if (!isDefined(state)) {
         return undefined;
       }
@@ -1132,13 +1146,14 @@ function $StateProvider(   $urlRouterProvider,   $urlMatcherFactory) {
      * @description
      * Returns the state configuration object for any specific state or all states.
      *
-     * @param {string|Sbject=} stateOrName (absolute or relative) If provided, will only get the config for
+     * @param {string|object=} stateOrName (absolute or relative) If provided, will only get the config for
      * the requested state. If not provided, returns an array of ALL state configs.
+     * @param {string|object=} context When stateOrName is a relative state reference, the state will be retrieved relative to context.
      * @returns {Object|Array} State configuration object or array of all objects.
      */
     $state.get = function (stateOrName, context) {
       if (arguments.length === 0) return objectKeys(states).map(function(name) { return states[name].self; });
-      var state = findState(stateOrName, context);
+      var state = findState(stateOrName, context || $state.$current);
       return (state && state.self) ? state.self : null;
     };
 

test/stateSpec.js

@@ -527,10 +527,25 @@ describe('state', function () {
 
     it('should return true when the current state is passed with matching parameters', inject(function ($state, $q) {
       $state.transitionTo(D, {x: 'foo', y: 'bar'}); $q.flush();
+      expect($state.is(D)).toBe(true);
       expect($state.is(D, {x: 'foo', y: 'bar'})).toBe(true);
       expect($state.is('D', {x: 'foo', y: 'bar'})).toBe(true);
       expect($state.is(D, {x: 'bar', y: 'foo'})).toBe(false);
     }));
+
+    it('should work for relative states', inject(function ($state, $q) {
+      var options = { relative: $state.get('about') };
+
+      $state.transitionTo('about.person'); $q.flush();
+      expect($state.is('.person', undefined, options)).toBe(true);
+
+      $state.transitionTo('about.person', { person: 'bob' }); $q.flush();
+      expect($state.is('.person', { person: 'bob' }, options)).toBe(true);
+      expect($state.is('.person', { person: 'john' }, options)).toBe(false);
+
+      options.relative = $state.get('about.person.item');
+      expect($state.is('^', undefined, options)).toBe(true);
+    }));
   });
 
   describe('.includes()', function () {
@@ -580,6 +595,18 @@ describe('state', function () {
       expect($state.includes('about.*.*', {person: 'bob'})).toBe(true);
       expect($state.includes('about.*.*', {person: 'shawn'})).toBe(false);
     }));
+
+    it('should work for relative states', inject(function ($state, $q) {
+      $state.transitionTo('about.person.item', { person: 'bob', id: 5 }); $q.flush();
+
+      expect($state.includes('.person', undefined, { relative: 'about' } )).toBe(true);
+      expect($state.includes('.person', null, { relative: 'about' } )).toBe(true);
+
+      expect($state.includes('^', undefined, { relative: $state.get('about.person.item') })).toBe(true);
+
+      expect($state.includes('.person', { person: 'bob' }, { relative: $state.get('about') } )).toBe(true);
+      expect($state.includes('.person', { person: 'steve' }, { relative: $state.get('about') } )).toBe(false);
+    }));
   });
 
   describe('.current', function () {
@@ -595,7 +622,6 @@ describe('state', function () {
     }));
   });
 
-
   describe('$current', function () {
     it('is always defined', inject(function ($state) {
       expect($state.$current).toBeDefined();
@@ -741,6 +767,18 @@ describe('state', function () {
       expect(list.map(function(state) { return state.name; })).toEqual(names);
     }));
 
+    it('should work for relative states', inject(function ($state) {
+      var about = $state.get('about');
+
+      var person = $state.get('.person', about);
+      expect(person.url).toBe('/:person');
+      expect($state.get('^', 'about.person').url).toBe('/about');
+
+      var item = $state.get('.person.item', about);
+      expect(item.url).toBe('/:id');
+      expect($state.get('^.^', item).url).toBe('/about');
+    }));
+
     it("should return undefined on invalid state query", inject(function ($state) {
       expect($state.get(null)).toBeNull();
       expect($state.get(false)).toBeNull();