Angular.js service to manage alerts - used primarily with ui.bootstrap

alertsManager.js

/**
 * Author: William Gallios <[email protected]>
 * 
 * License: MIT
 *
 * @param msg - Alert Message
 * @param type (optional) - warning|success|danger|info
 * @param header (optional) - header of alert
 *
 * Usage: alertsManager.addAlert('You're doing a great yob!', 'success', 'Wow!');
 *
 *
 */
app.factory('alertsManager', function ($rootScope, $log) {
    return {
        alerts: [],
        addAlert: function(msg, type, header)
        {
            if (msg === undefined) return false;
            if (type === undefined) type = 'warning';

            type = type.toLowerCase();

            if (header === undefined)
            {
                if (type === 'warning') header = 'Warning';
                if (type === 'success') header = 'Success';
                if (type === 'danger' || type == 'error') header = 'Error';
                if (type === 'info') header = "Information";
            }

            var $index = this.alerts.push({
                header: header,
                type: type,
                msg: msg
            }) - 1;
        
            var alert = this.alerts[$index];

            var timeout = this.setClearTimeout(alert);

            this.alerts[$index].timeout = timeout;

            return true;
        },
        removeAlert: function (alert)
        {
            var self = this;
            
            var $index = self.alerts.indexOf(alert);
            
            clearTimeout(self.alerts[$index].timeout);
            
            self.alerts.splice($index, 1);

            $rootScope.$apply();
        },
        clearAlerts: function ()
        {
            var self = this;

            angular.forEach(self.alerts, function (alert, k) {
                self.removeAlert(k);
            });
        },
        setClearTimeout: function (alert)
        {
            var self = this;

            var timeout = setTimeout(function(){
                self.removeAlert(alert);
            }, 3000);

            return timeout;
        }
    };
});