AngularJS $routeProvider Resolve Method Not Working - angularjs

Question

In my code, I define the following two routes:
$routeProvider.when('/problem/report', {
templateUrl: '/app/management/problem/reportAProblem.html',
controller: 'reportAProblemCtrl',
resolve: {
authorized: function($http, $location) {
var path = $location.path();
return $http.get('/svc/authorize/view?urlPath=' + path).then(function(response) {
var data = response.data;
if (response.data.result === 'NOT_AUTHORIZED') {
throw "NOT_AUTHORIZED";
}
return data;
})
}
}
});
$routeProvider.when('/problem', {
templateUrl: '/app/management/problem/problem.tmpl.html',
controller: 'problemCtrl',
resolve: {
authorized: ['$authorization', function($authorization) {
$authorization.authorize();
}]
}
});
The first case seems to work. However, the second case has had the function refactored into a Service, and AngularJS does not seem to be waiting for the Promise to resolve before displaying the page.
The refactored code looks like the following:
angular.module('authorization', [])
.factory('$authorization', ['$http', '$location',function($http, $location) {
var $authorization = {};
$authorization.authorize = function() {
var path = $location.path();
return $http.get('/svc/authorize/view?urlPath=' + path).then(function(response) {
var data = response.data;
if (response.data.result === 'NOT_AUTHORIZED') {
throw "NOT_AUTHORIZED";
}
return data;
});
}
return $authorization;
}]);
Can anyone tell me why the second case above doesn't wait for the promise to resolve before displaying the page?

Answer 1

Add return:
authorized: ['$authorization', function($authorization) { **return** $authorization.authorize(); }]