TargetState.name() returns string | StateDeclaration | State

[dsebastien]

Currently, calling .name() on a TargetState object returns either a string, a StateDeclaration or a State.
Is this by design? Shouldn't it just return the string?

IMO:

• even if the target state does not exist (e.g., as could happen in an onInvalid callback function?), I guess that we can still get the name of the state the user tried to reach
• if API user wants to retrieve the State or StateDeclaration, then he should rather use a dedicated method (e.g., getState, getStateDeclaration)

In my case I just want to log the name of the invalid target state for debugging purposes..

[christopherthielen]

agreed. The code itself can only return a string, unless somebody has done something really weird like asking for a $state.target(stateObject) for a stateObject that hasn't actually been registered.