Manually moving transcluded content - angularjs

Question

I have a directive foo whose template includes a list via ng-repeat:
<div>
<h5>I want to insert transcluded template into body of the li:</h5>
<ul>
<li ng-repeat='item in items'>
<!-- need item template here -->
</li>
</ul>
</div>
I want the template for each item to (optionally) to be specifiable at the point of usage of the directive:
<foo items='people'>
<h5>{{item.name}}</h5>
</foo>
<foo items='people'>
{{item.name}} is {{item.age}} years old.
</foo>
So I need the innerHTML of the directive (e.g. <h5>{{item.name}}</h5>) to be copied to the marked location in the directive template.
<ng-transclude> does this, but it gives the transcluded items the scope of the directive rather than the item. I also need to be able to optionally pull the item template from somewhere else. So I need to do the transclusion manually.
I have access to the transcluded content during link:, but at that point the list item in question is gone!
<div>
<h5>I need to insert transcluded template into body of the li:</h5>
<ul>
<!-- ngRepeat: item in items -->
</ul>
</div>
I think I need to do it during compile, but the transclusion function passed to the compile function is deprecated.
Found a way to do it with a second directive, but that seems unnecessary...

Answer 1

You can achieve that using $interpolate service and changing a bit your approach please see demo here http://plnkr.co/edit/bSb7fEWiMTdNVJYyiXD8?p=preview
set your dynamic template as attribute in directive.
<foo template="'<h1>{{item.name}}</h1>'" items="people"></foo>
and change your directive to :
app.directive('foo', function($interpolate) {
return {
scope: {
items: '=',
template:'='
},
restrict: 'E',
transclude: true,
templateUrl: 'foo-template.html',
link: function(scope, element, attributes, controller, transclude) {
//interpolate your template like below
scope.getValue= function(item) {
var exp = $interpolate(scope.template);
var result =exp({item:item})
return result;
}
}
}
});
and in your template use ng-bind-html
<li ng-repeat='item in items'>
<div ng-bind-html="getValue(item)"></div>
</li>
don't forget to add ngSanitize module to your app