AngularJS - Using NgRoute's params in a controller name

Question

I have a route set up in AngularJS, with a variable parameter.

This is an extension of this question; I can use params in a variable templateUrl like so:

.when('/course/:lesson', {
    templateUrl: function(params){
         return '/partials/course/' + params.lesson;
    }
    //...
})

However, if I try to do something for a variable controller name I get an unknown provider error

.when('/course/:lesson', {
    templateUrl: function(params){
         return '/partials/course/' + params.lesson;
    },
    controller: function(params){
         return params.lesson + 'Ctrl';
    }
})

Basically, instead of writing 100 different routes which all follow the exact same structure, I want to take whatever the lesson variable is and map it to the /partials/course/{{lesson}} route as well as the {{lesson}}Ctrl controller.

Is this possible?

Answer 1

You could do something like below, not cleaner one. But it will work

controller: function($scope, $controller, $routeParams){
     $controller($routeParams.lesson + 'Ctrl', {$scope: $scope});
}

Handling such situation will be easier, if you will look at ui.router, which has controllerProvider which will work like you were trying.