feat(http): support request/response promise chaining

myApp.factory('myAroundInterceptor', function($rootScope, $timeout) {
    return function(configPromise, responsePromise) {
        return {
            request: configPromise.then(function(config) {
                return config
            });
            response: responsePromise.then(function(response) {
                return 'ha!';
            }
        });
}

myApp.config(function($httpProvider){
    $httpProvider.aroundInterceptors.push('myAroundInterceptor');
});

src/ng/compile.js

@@ -1018,10 +1018,10 @@ function $CompileProvider($provide) {
 
 
           while(linkQueue.length) {
-            var controller = linkQueue.pop(),
-                linkRootElement = linkQueue.pop(),
-                beforeTemplateLinkNode = linkQueue.pop(),
-                scope = linkQueue.pop(),
+            var scope = linkQueue.shift(),
+                beforeTemplateLinkNode = linkQueue.shift(),
+                linkRootElement = linkQueue.shift(),
+                controller = linkQueue.shift(),
                 linkNode = compileNode;
 
             if (beforeTemplateLinkNode !== beforeTemplateCompileNode) {

src/ng/http.js

@@ -155,20 +155,52 @@ function $HttpProvider() {
     xsrfHeaderName: 'X-XSRF-TOKEN'
   };
 
-  var providerResponseInterceptors = this.responseInterceptors = [];
+  /**
+   * Are order by request. I.E. they are applied in the same order as
+   * array on request, but revers order on response.
+   */
+  var interceptorFactories = this.interceptors = [];
+  /**
+   * For historical reasons, response interceptors ordered by the order in which
+   * they are applied to response. (This is in revers to interceptorFactories)
+   */
+  var responseInterceptorFactories = this.responseInterceptors = [];
 
   this.$get = ['$httpBackend', '$browser', '$cacheFactory', '$rootScope', '$q', '$injector',
       function($httpBackend, $browser, $cacheFactory, $rootScope, $q, $injector) {
 
-    var defaultCache = $cacheFactory('$http'),
-        responseInterceptors = [];
+    var defaultCache = $cacheFactory('$http');
 
-    forEach(providerResponseInterceptors, function(interceptor) {
-      responseInterceptors.push(
-          isString(interceptor)
-              ? $injector.get(interceptor)
-              : $injector.invoke(interceptor)
-      );
+    /**
+     * Interceptors stored in reverse order. Inner interceptors before outer interceptors.
+     * The reversal is needed so that we can build up the interception chain around the
+     * server request.
+     */
+    var reversedInterceptors = [];
+
+    forEach(interceptorFactories, function(interceptorFactory) {
+      reversedInterceptors.unshift(isString(interceptorFactory)
+          ? $injector.get(interceptorFactory) : $injector.invoke(interceptorFactory));
+    });
+
+    forEach(responseInterceptorFactories, function(interceptorFactory, index) {
+      var responseFn = isString(interceptorFactory)
+          ? $injector.get(interceptorFactory)
+          : $injector.invoke(interceptorFactory);
+
+      /**
+       * Response interceptors go before "around" interceptors (no real reason, just
+       * had to pick one.) But they are already revesed, so we can't use unshift, hence
+       * the splice.
+       */
+      reversedInterceptors.splice(index, 0, {
+        response: function(response) {
+          return responseFn($q.when(response));
+        },
+        responseError: function(response) {
+          return responseFn($q.reject(response));
+        }
+      });
     });
 
 
@@ -310,7 +342,90 @@ function $HttpProvider() {
      * To skip it, set configuration property `cache` to `false`.
      * 
      *
-     * # Response interceptors
+     * # Interceptors
+     *
+     * Before you start creating interceptors, be sure to understand the
+     * {@link ng.$q $q and deferred/promise APIs}.
+     *
+     * For purposes of global error handling, authentication or any kind of synchronous or
+     * asynchronous pre-processing of request or postprocessing of responses, it is desirable to be
+     * able to intercept requests before they are handed to the server and
+     * responses  before they are handed over to the application code that
+     * initiated these requests. The interceptors leverage the {@link ng.$q
+     * promise APIs} to fulfil this need for both synchronous and asynchronous pre-processing.
+     *
+     * The interceptors are service factories that are registered with the $httpProvider by
+     * adding them to the `$httpProvider.interceptors` array. The factory is called and
+     * injected with dependencies (if specified) and returns the interceptor.
+     *
+     * There are two kinds of interceptors (and two kinds of rejection interceptors):
+     *
+     *   * `request`: interceptors get called with http `config` object. The function is free to modify
+     *     the `config` or create a new one. The function needs to return the `config` directly or as a
+     *     promise.
+     *   * `requestError`: interceptor gets called when a previous interceptor threw an error or resolved
+     *      with a rejection.
+     *   * `response`: interceptors get called with http `response` object. The function is free to modify
+     *     the `response` or create a new one. The function needs to return the `response` directly or as a
+     *     promise.
+     *   * `responseError`: interceptor gets called when a previous interceptor threw an error or resolved
+     *      with a rejection.
+     *
+     *
+     * <pre>
+     *   // register the interceptor as a service
+     *   $provide.factory('myHttpInterceptor', function($q, dependency1, dependency2) {
+     *     return {
+     *       // optional method
+     *       'request': function(config) {
+     *         // do something on success
+     *         return config || $q.when(config);
+     *       },
+     *
+     *       // optional method
+     *      'requestError': function(rejection) {
+     *         // do something on error
+     *         if (canRecover(rejection)) {
+     *           return responseOrNewPromise
+     *         }
+     *         return $q.reject(rejection);
+     *       },
+     *
+     *
+     *
+     *       // optional method
+     *       'response': function(response) {
+     *         // do something on success
+     *         return response || $q.when(response);
+     *       },
+     *
+     *       // optional method
+     *      'responseError': function(rejection) {
+     *         // do something on error
+     *         if (canRecover(rejection)) {
+     *           return responseOrNewPromise
+     *         }
+     *         return $q.reject(rejection);
+     *       };
+     *     }
+     *   });
+     *
+     *   $httpProvider.interceptors.push('myHttpInterceptor');
+     *
+     *
+     *   // register the interceptor via an anonymous factory
+     *   $httpProvider.interceptors.push(function($q, dependency1, dependency2) {
+     *     return {
+     *      'request': function(config) {
+     *          // same as above
+     *       },
+     *       'response': function(response) {
+     *          // same as above
+     *       }
+     *   });
+     * </pre>
+     *
+     * # Response interceptors (DEPRECATED)
      *
      * Before you start creating interceptors, be sure to understand the
      * {@link ng.$q $q and deferred/promise APIs}.
@@ -526,45 +641,66 @@ function $HttpProvider() {
         </file>
       </example>
      */
-    function $http(config) {
+    function $http(requestConfig) {
+      var config = {
+        transformRequest: defaults.transformRequest,
+        transformResponse: defaults.transformResponse
+      };
+      var headers = {};
+
+      extend(config, requestConfig);
+      config.headers = headers;
       config.method = uppercase(config.method);
 
-      var xsrfHeader = {},
-          xsrfCookieName = config.xsrfCookieName || defaults.xsrfCookieName,
-          xsrfHeaderName = config.xsrfHeaderName || defaults.xsrfHeaderName,
-          xsrfToken = isSameDomain(config.url, $browser.url()) ?
-                          $browser.cookies()[xsrfCookieName] : undefined;
-      xsrfHeader[xsrfHeaderName] = xsrfToken;
-
-      var reqTransformFn = config.transformRequest || defaults.transformRequest,
-          respTransformFn = config.transformResponse || defaults.transformResponse,
-          defHeaders = defaults.headers,
-          reqHeaders = extend(xsrfHeader,
-              defHeaders.common, defHeaders[lowercase(config.method)], config.headers),
-          reqData = transformData(config.data, headersGetter(reqHeaders), reqTransformFn),
-          promise;
-
-      // strip content-type if data is undefined
-      if (isUndefined(config.data)) {
-        delete reqHeaders['Content-Type'];
-      }
+      extend(headers,
+          defaults.headers.common,
+          defaults.headers[lowercase(config.method)],
+          requestConfig.headers);
 
-      if (isUndefined(config.withCredentials) && !isUndefined(defaults.withCredentials)) {
-        config.withCredentials = defaults.withCredentials;
+      var xsrfValue = isSameDomain(config.url, $browser.url())
+          ? $browser.cookies()[config.xsrfCookieName || defaults.xsrfCookieName]
+          : undefined;
+      if (xsrfValue) {
+        headers[(config.xsrfHeaderName || defaults.xsrfHeaderName)] = xsrfValue;
       }
 
-      // send request
-      promise = sendReq(config, reqData, reqHeaders);
 
+      var serverRequest = function(config) {
+        var reqData = transformData(config.data, headersGetter(headers), config.transformRequest);
 
-      // transform future response
-      promise = promise.then(transformResponse, transformResponse);
+        // strip content-type if data is undefined
+        if (isUndefined(config.data)) {
+          delete headers['Content-Type'];
+        }
+
+        if (isUndefined(config.withCredentials) && !isUndefined(defaults.withCredentials)) {
+          config.withCredentials = defaults.withCredentials;
+        }
+
+        // send request
+        return sendReq(config, reqData, headers).then(transformResponse, transformResponse);
+      };
+
+      var chain = [serverRequest, undefined];
+      var promise = $q.when(config);
 
       // apply interceptors
-      forEach(responseInterceptors, function(interceptor) {
-        promise = interceptor(promise);
+      forEach(reversedInterceptors, function(interceptor) {
+        if (interceptor.request || interceptor.requestError) {
+          chain.unshift(interceptor.request, interceptor.requestError);
+        }
+        if (interceptor.response || interceptor.responseError) {
+          chain.push(interceptor.response, interceptor.responseError);
+        }
       });
 
+      while(chain.length) {
+        var thenFn = chain.shift();
+        var rejectFn = chain.shift();
+
+        promise = promise.then(thenFn, rejectFn);
+      };
+
       promise.success = function(fn) {
         promise.then(function(response) {
           fn(response.data, response.status, response.headers, config);
@@ -584,7 +720,7 @@ function $HttpProvider() {
       function transformResponse(response) {
         // make a copy since the response must be cacheable
         var resp = extend({}, response, {
-          data: transformData(response.data, response.headers, respTransformFn)
+          data: transformData(response.data, response.headers, config.transformResponse)
         });
         return (isSuccess(response.status))
           ? resp

src/ngMock/angular-mocks.js

@@ -826,7 +826,7 @@ angular.mock.dump = function(object) {
    </pre>
  */
 angular.mock.$HttpBackendProvider = function() {
-  this.$get = [createHttpBackendMock];
+  this.$get = ['$rootScope', createHttpBackendMock];
 };
 
 /**
@@ -843,7 +843,7 @@ angular.mock.$HttpBackendProvider = function() {
  * @param {Object=} $browser Auto-flushing enabled if specified
  * @return {Object} Instance of $httpBackend mock
  */
-function createHttpBackendMock($delegate, $browser) {
+function createHttpBackendMock($rootScope, $delegate, $browser) {
   var definitions = [],
       expectations = [],
       responses = [],
@@ -1173,6 +1173,7 @@ function createHttpBackendMock($delegate, $browser) {
    *   is called an exception is thrown (as this typically a sign of programming error).
    */
   $httpBackend.flush = function(count) {
+    $rootScope.$digest();
     if (!responses.length) throw Error('No pending request to flush !');
 
     if (angular.isDefined(count)) {
@@ -1205,6 +1206,7 @@ function createHttpBackendMock($delegate, $browser) {
    * </pre>
    */
   $httpBackend.verifyNoOutstandingExpectation = function() {
+    $rootScope.$digest();
     if (expectations.length) {
       throw Error('Unsatisfied requests: ' + expectations.join(', '));
     }
@@ -1606,7 +1608,7 @@ angular.module('ngMockE2E', ['ng']).config(function($provide) {
  *   control how a matched request is handled.
  */
 angular.mock.e2e = {};
-angular.mock.e2e.$httpBackendDecorator = ['$delegate', '$browser', createHttpBackendMock];
+angular.mock.e2e.$httpBackendDecorator = ['$rootScope', '$delegate', '$browser', createHttpBackendMock];
 
 
 angular.mock.clearDataCache = function() {

test/ng/directive/ngIncludeSpec.js

@@ -178,25 +178,23 @@ describe('ngInclude', function() {
   it('should discard pending xhr callbacks if a new template is requested before the current ' +
       'finished loading', inject(function($rootScope, $compile, $httpBackend) {
     element = jqLite("<ng:include src='templateUrl'></ng:include>");
-    var log = [];
+    var log = {};
 
     $rootScope.templateUrl = 'myUrl1';
     $rootScope.logger = function(msg) {
-      log.push(msg);
+      log[msg] = true;
     }
     $compile(element)($rootScope);
-    expect(log.join('; ')).toEqual('');
+    expect(log).toEqual({});
 
     $httpBackend.expect('GET', 'myUrl1').respond('<div>{{logger("url1")}}</div>');
     $rootScope.$digest();
-    expect(log.join('; ')).toEqual('');
+    expect(log).toEqual({});
     $rootScope.templateUrl = 'myUrl2';
     $httpBackend.expect('GET', 'myUrl2').respond('<div>{{logger("url2")}}</div>');
-    $rootScope.$digest();
     $httpBackend.flush(); // now that we have two requests pending, flush!
 
-    expect(log.join('; ')).toEqual('url2; url2'); // it's here twice because we go through at
-                                                  // least two digest cycles
+    expect(log).toEqual({ url2 : true });
   }));