Services in AJS

Introduction of Services in AJS

• Services play a crucial role in AngularJS applications by promoting modularity, reusability, and separation of concerns.
• By encapsulating common functionality within services, we can create more maintainable and scalable applications.

Definition of Services in AJS

• In AngularJS, services are singletons that provide specific functionality or data throughout an application. They are an essential part of AngularJS architecture and are used to organize and share code across different application parts.
• In AngularJS, services are a fundamental part of the AJS framework, allowing us to organize and share code across the application.
• In AngularJS, services are objects designed to provide shared functionality across an application.

Characteristics of Services in AJS

• Services are singletons techniques, i.e., AngularJS creates service codes only once per application and then caches them for subsequent use. This ensures that there is only one instance of a service throughout the application, making it a perfect place to put reusable business logic, data access code, or utility functions.
• Services play a crucial role in AngularJS applications by promoting separation of concerns, code reusability, and testability.
• They allow us to write clean, modular, and maintainable code by keeping different parts of our application decoupled and focused on their specific responsibilities.
• Once we’ve defined a service in a program, we can inject it into controllers, directives, filters, and other services by specifying its name as a dependency. AngularJS will then provide the service instance when instantiating the dependent component, allowing us to access its properties and methods.
• AngularJS provides several built-in services, such as $http for making HTTP requests, $rootScope for interacting with the root scope, and $routeParams for accessing parameters in route templates.
• Additionally, we can also create several custom services as needed using the service, factory, provider, or constant methods provided by AngularJS.
• To use built-in service methods or a custom service method in an AngularJS application, we can inject it into the controller, directive, or another service section of the program where we need to use it.

Types of Services in AJS

AngularJS provides several types of services, including:-

In-built/Built-In Services in AJS

• • These are services provided by AngularJS itself, such as $http for making HTTP requests, $timeout for asynchronous operations, $location for URL manipulation, etc.
  • AngularJS provides several built-in services, but some popular built-in services in AngularJS are as follows:-

1. 1. 1. $http: This is a service for making HTTP requests to remote servers. It is used for fetching data from a server or posting data to a server.
      2. $location: It is a service that provides access to the URL in the browser’s address bar. It can be used to read or change the current URL.
      3. $timeout: It is a service for scheduling the execution of a function to be executed after a specified delay.
      4. $rootScope: The root scope service of the AngularJS application is the top-level scope that is accessible from all parts of the application.
      5. $log: It is a simple logging service that provides methods for logging messages to the console.
      6. $routeParams: A service that provides access to the parameters passed in the URL route.

Customize/Custom Service Methods

• • We can also create several of our own custom services to meet the specific needs of our application using the service(), factory(), provider(), or constant methods provided by the AngularJS module.
  • The typical customized Services methods are as follows:-

• • • .service():
      • This method is used to define a service by registering it with a constructor function.
      • When AngularJS creates a service using service(), it instantiates the constructor function using new keyword,  so we can attach properties and methods directly to this within the constructor.
      • To create a custom service using the module.service() method, which defines a constructor function that will be instantiated with the new keyword. This is useful when we want to create an object-oriented service. for example –

angular.module(‘myApp’).service(‘myService’, function() {
this.someMethod = function() {
      // Service logic codes here as program needed
};
});

• • • .factory:
      • This method allows us to define a service by providing a factory function that returns an object or function.
      • This method gives us more control over the creation process and allows for more flexible service implementations.
      • To create a custom service using the module.factory() method, which defines a factory function that returns an object or a function. Factories are more flexible than services and can return any value. for example – 

angular.module(‘myApp’).factory(‘myFactory’, function() {
return {
someMethod: function() {
     // Factory logic codes here as program needed
}
};
});

• • • .provider:
      • This method is the most configurable way to define a service in AngularJS.
      • Here, providers are objects that have a $get method, which returns the service instance.
      • This method is typically used when we need to configure a service before it’s instantiated.
    • .constant:
      • This method is used to define a service by registering a value that remains constant throughout the application’s lifecycle.
      • Constants are often used to store configuration values or other data that should not change.
    • Once a service is defined/created, we can inject it into controllers, directives, or other services using AngularJS’s dependency injection mechanism. AngularJS takes care of instantiating the service and providing it wherever it’s needed.
      • angular.module(‘myApp’).controller(‘MyController’, function($scope, myService) {
               // Use myService codes here
        myService.someMethod();
        }); 
  • Custom services are useful for encapsulating reusable functionality and promoting code reuse and maintainability in our AngularJS applications.

Uses of Services in AJS

• Services are used to encapsulate reusable logic, such as data manipulation, business logic, or interaction with external resources like APIs.
• They promote code reusability, modularity, and maintainability by keeping the concerns of different parts of our application separate.
• They are used to encapsulate reusable business logic, data access methods, or any other functionality that needs to be shared between different parts of an application safely, such as controllers, directives, or other services.