Angular modules and dependency injection

Question

Let's say: I use a module called constants .

angular.module("constants", [])
.constant("A", 10);

I want to use this constant A in another module:

angular.module("moduleThatUseConstants", ["constants"])
.service("B", ["A", Services.B]); // here I use A

That works ! But what if I already have another constant (or controller etc) called A ?

angular.module("moduleThatUseConstants", ["constants"])
.service("A", [Services.A]); 
.service("B", ["A", Services.B]); // ???

Question: How to specify that A comes from the module constants ? I tried:

.service("B", ["constants.A", Services.B]); 

But that doesn't work $injector:unpr Unknown Provider "constants.A"

Answer 1

You cannot achieve this. The later one with the same name will always be resolved. This is one of the shortcomings of DI in Angular 1.x. I expect to see a solution to this in the Angular 2 DI.