Updated queue to work when parent is declared as a property on the state. Added test for cross-module implementation.

Author: theJoeBiz

src/state.js

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 $StateProvider.$inject = ['$urlRouterProvider', '$urlMatcherFactoryProvider', '$locationProvider'];
 function $StateProvider(   $urlRouterProvider,   $urlMatcherFactory,           $locationProvider) {
 
-  var root, states = {}, $state, queue = [];
+  var root, states = {}, $state, queue = {};
 
   // Builds state properties from definition passed to registerState()
   var stateBuilder = {
@@ -163,12 +163,15 @@ function $StateProvider(   $urlRouterProvider,   $urlMatcherFactory,           $
     if (!isString(name) || name.indexOf('@') >= 0) throw new Error("State must have a valid name");
     if (states[name]) throw new Error("State '" + name + "'' is already defined");
 
+    // Get parent name
+    var parentName =
+      (name.indexOf('.') !== -1) ? name.substring(0, name.lastIndexOf('.'))
+        : (isString(state.parent)) ? state.parent
+        : '';
+
     // If parent is not registered yet, add state to queue and register later
-    if (name.indexOf('.') !== -1) {
-      var parentName = name.substring(0, name.lastIndexOf('.'));
-      if (!states[parentName]) {
-        return queueState(parentName, state.self);
-      }
+    if (parentName && !states[parentName]) {
+      return queueState(parentName, state.self);
     }
 
     for (var key in stateBuilder) {

test/stateSpec.js

@@ -26,8 +26,6 @@ describe('state', function () {
       H = { data: {propA: 'propA', propB: 'propB'} },
       HH = { parent: H },
       HHH = {parent: HH, data: {propA: 'overriddenA', propC: 'propC'} },
-      J = {},
-      JJ = {},
       AppInjectable = {};
 
   beforeEach(module(function ($stateProvider, $provide) {
@@ -47,8 +45,6 @@ describe('state', function () {
       .state('H', H)
       .state('HH', HH)
       .state('HHH', HHH)
-      .state('JJ.J', J)
-      .state('JJ', JJ)
 
       .state('home', { url: "/" })
       .state('home.item', { url: "front/:id" })
@@ -542,8 +538,6 @@ describe('state', function () {
         'H',
         'HH',
         'HHH',
-        'JJ',
-        'JJ.J',
         'about',
         'about.person',
         'about.person.item',
@@ -721,3 +715,38 @@ describe('state', function () {
 
   });
 });
+
+describe('state queue', function(){
+  angular.module('ui.router.queue.test', ['ui.router.queue.test.dependency'])
+    .config(function($stateProvider) {
+      $stateProvider
+        .state('queue-test-a', {})
+        .state('queue-test-b-child', { parent: 'queue-test-b' })
+        .state('queue-test-b', {});
+    });
+  angular.module('ui.router.queue.test.dependency', [])
+    .config(function($stateProvider) {
+      $stateProvider
+        .state('queue-test-a.child', {})
+    });
+
+  var expectedStates = ['','queue-test-a', 'queue-test-a.child', 'queue-test-b', 'queue-test-b-child'];
+
+  it('should work across modules', function() {
+    module('ui.router.queue.test', 'ui.router.queue.test.dependency');
+
+    inject(function ($state) {
+      var list = $state.get().sort(function(a, b) { return (a.name > b.name) - (b.name > a.name); });
+      expect(list.map(function(state) { return state.name; })).toEqual(expectedStates);
+    });
+  });
+
+  it('should work when parent is name string', function() {
+    module('ui.router.queue.test', 'ui.router.queue.test.dependency');
+
+    inject(function ($state) {
+      var list = $state.get().sort(function(a, b) { return (a.name > b.name) - (b.name > a.name); });
+      expect(list.map(function(state) { return state.name; })).toEqual(expectedStates);
+    });
+  });
+});