Add dependency to Angular module after it's been created

Question

Do you guys know if it's possible to add a module dependency after it's been created? Something like that:

// init module in file A angular.module("myApp", []);  // retrieve module in file B and add new dependencies: mod = angular.module("myApp"); // now I want to add an 'ngResource' dependency to mod // ??? 

EDIT: I understand this may seem a weird question. I am working on a component based app organization and want too see if a subcomponent can add dependencies to it parent component module without defining its own module. Something like that:

app/  components/    |__componentA/          |__app.js // initializes component A module         |__subcomponentA/                |__app.js // want to add subcomponentA dependencies to componentA module from here 

My alternative is simply declare all subcomponentA dependencies directly on the componentA module, but from organization point of view, I'd prefer to keep these dependencies inside the subcomponentA directory, so if I later decide to remove the subcomponentA from the app, I don't need to remember to remove its dependencies from the componentA module. I want everything that concerns subcomponentA to be grouped inside the subcomponentA directory. My build script will ensure that componentA code is processed before the subcomponetA is, though.

Thank you to everyone who takes a stab at this.

Answer 1

I use the following method for this and working fine for me.

var app = angular.module("myApp", []);  angular.module("myApp").requires.push('ngResource');