EmberJs using inject.controller to access parent data

Question

I am trying to access from a child template to its parent data in the previous versions of emberjs this could have be done using the needs keyword:

app.RepositoriesController = Ember.Controller.extend({
    needs: "user",
    user : Ember.computed.alias("controllers.user");
 });

from what I understand with the new ember version this should be done like the following (as the needs keywords became deprecated):

app.RepositoriesController = Ember.Controller.extend({
    user: Ember.inject.controller('user')
});

but it doesn't seems to work in my html code I use the following line which is blank:

{{user.name}}

Thanks!

Answer 1

All you need to do is call:

user: Ember.inject.controller()

And ember is smart enough to automatically pick up the correct controller based on the property key.

http://emberjs.com/api/classes/Ember.inject.html#method_controller