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How to initialize a service by calling a function from the service itself

I wrote a service. with a function inside it. Is it possible to initialize the service with that function? Have a look at this code.

app.factory('SidebarService',function(){
  var self = this;
  self.init();
  return{
    init : function(){
      alert("This is sidebar");
    }
  };

});

I tried to call the init by self.init();. But it is not working.

Pluker Link : http://plnkr.co/edit/gYw2VlneeUIJ7kHJF0Xz?p=preview

Solution 
  • app.factory('SidebarService',function(){
    var obj = {};
    obj.init = function(){
        alert("This is sidebar");
    }  
    obj.init();
    return obj;  
});

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