Function getControllers

test/angular/1.4/angular.js:8427–8464

(directiveName, require, $element, elementControllers)

      function getControllers(directiveName, require, $element, elementControllers) {
        var value;

        if (isString(require)) {
          var match = require.match(REQUIRE_PREFIX_REGEXP);
          var name = require.substring(match[0].length);
          var inheritType = match[1] || match[3];
          var optional = match[2] === '?';

          //If only parents then start at the parent element
          if (inheritType === '^^') {
            $element = $element.parent();
          //Otherwise attempt getting the controller from elementControllers in case
          //the element is transcluded (and has no data) and to avoid .data if possible
          } else {
            value = elementControllers && elementControllers[name];
            value = value && value.instance;
          }

          if (!value) {
            var dataName = '$' + name + 'Controller';
            value = inheritType ? $element.inheritedData(dataName) : $element.data(dataName);
          }

          if (!value && !optional) {
            throw $compileMinErr('ctreq',
                "Controller '{0}', required by directive '{1}', can't be found!",
                name, directiveName);
          }
        } else if (isArray(require)) {
          value = [];
          for (var i = 0, ii = require.length; i < ii; i++) {
            value[i] = getControllers(directiveName, require[i], $element, elementControllers);
          }
        }

        return value || null;
      }

      function setupControllers($element, attrs, transcludeFn, controllerDirectives, isolateScope, scope) {
        var elementControllers = createMap();