fix($compile): use correct parent element when requiring on html element

Narretz · web-flow · commit aa7d45e8040f · 2018-07-27T17:10:25.000+02:00
Fixes angular#16535 Closes angular#16647
diff --git a/src/ng/compile.js b/src/ng/compile.js
@@ -2960,7 +2960,14 @@ function $CompileProvider($provide, $$sanitizeUriProvider) {
 
         if (!value) {
           var dataName = '$' + name + 'Controller';
-          value = inheritType ? $element.inheritedData(dataName) : $element.data(dataName);
+
+          if (inheritType === '^^' && $element[0] && $element[0].nodeType === NODE_TYPE_DOCUMENT) {
+            // inheritedData() uses the documentElement when it finds the document, so we would
+            // require from the element itself.
+            value = null;
+          } else {
+            value = inheritType ? $element.inheritedData(dataName) : $element.data(dataName);
+          }
         }
 
         if (!value && !optional) {
diff --git a/test/e2e/fixtures/directive-require-html/index.html b/test/e2e/fixtures/directive-require-html/index.html
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+<!DOCTYPE html>
+<html ng-app="test" require-directive require-target-directive>
+  <body>
+    <div id="container"></div>
+    <script src="angular.js"></script>
+    <script src="script.js"></script>
+  </body>
+</html>
diff --git a/test/e2e/fixtures/directive-require-html/script.js b/test/e2e/fixtures/directive-require-html/script.js
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+'use strict';
+
+angular.
+  module('test', []).
+    provider('$exceptionHandler', /** @this */ function() {
+      this.$get = [function() {
+        return function(error) {
+          window.document.querySelector('#container').textContent = error && error.message;
+        };
+      }];
+  }).
+
+  directive('requireDirective', function() {
+    return {
+      require: '^^requireTargetDirective',
+      link: function(scope, element, attrs, ctrl) {
+        window.document.querySelector('#container').textContent = ctrl.content;
+      }
+    };
+  }).
+  directive('requireTargetDirective', function() {
+    return {
+      controller: function() {
+        this.content = 'requiredContent';
+      }
+    };
+  });
+
diff --git a/test/e2e/tests/directive-require-html.spec.js b/test/e2e/tests/directive-require-html.spec.js
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+'use strict';
+
+describe('require parent controller on html element', function() {
+  it('should not use the html element as the parent element', function() {
+
+    loadFixture('directive-require-html');
+
+    expect(element(by.id('container')).getText()).toContain('Controller \'requireTargetDirective\', required by directive \'requireDirective\', can\'t be found!');
+  });
+});
