我提出了这个问题，但事实证明，我的问题是，当我应该使用angular的$interval提供程序时，我却使用了setInterval。setTimeout也是如此(使用$timeout代替)。我知道这不是OP问题的答案，但它可能会有所帮助，就像它帮助了我一样。

你可以在$rootScope中插入服务，然后观察:

myApp.run(function($rootScope, aService){
    $rootScope.aService = aService;
    $rootScope.$watch('aService', function(){
        alert('Watch');
    }, true);
});

在你的控制器中:

myApp.controller('main', function($scope){
    $scope.aService.foo = 'change';
});

另一个选择是使用外部库，例如:https://github.com/melanke/Watch.JS

"发射架:IE +， f4 +，稳定基金5+

您可以观察一个、多个或所有对象属性的变化。

例子:

var ex3 = {
    attr1: 0,
    attr2: "initial value of attr2",
    attr3: ["a", 3, null]
};   
watch(ex3, function(){
    alert("some attribute of ex3 changes!");
});
ex3.attr3.push("new value");​

看看这个活塞:这是我能想到的最简单的例子?

http://jsfiddle.net/HEdJF/

<div ng-app="myApp">
    <div ng-controller="FirstCtrl">
        <input type="text" ng-model="Data.FirstName"><!-- Input entered here -->
        <br>Input is : <strong>{{Data.FirstName}}</strong><!-- Successfully updates here -->
    </div>
    <hr>
    <div ng-controller="SecondCtrl">
        Input should also be here: {{Data.FirstName}}<!-- How do I automatically updated it here? -->
    </div>
</div>



// declare the app with no dependencies
var myApp = angular.module('myApp', []);
myApp.factory('Data', function(){
   return { FirstName: '' };
});

myApp.controller('FirstCtrl', function( $scope, Data ){
    $scope.Data = Data;
});

myApp.controller('SecondCtrl', function( $scope, Data ){
    $scope.Data = Data;
});

据我所知，你不需要做那么复杂的事情。您已经将foo从服务分配到作用域，并且由于foo是一个数组(反过来又是一个对象，它是通过引用分配的!)． 所以，你所需要做的就是这样:

function FooCtrl($scope, aService) {                                                                                                                              
  $scope.foo = aService.foo;

 }

如果这个Ctrl中的其他变量依赖于foo的变化，那么是的，你需要一个手表来观察foo并对该变量进行更改。但只要是简单的参考观看是不必要的。希望这能有所帮助。

没有手表或观察者回调(http://jsfiddle.net/zymotik/853wvv7s/):

JavaScript:

angular.module("Demo", [])
    .factory("DemoService", function($timeout) {

        function DemoService() {
            var self = this;
            self.name = "Demo Service";

            self.count = 0;

            self.counter = function(){
                self.count++;
                $timeout(self.counter, 1000);
            }

            self.addOneHundred = function(){
                self.count+=100;
            }

            self.counter();
        }

        return new DemoService();

    })
    .controller("DemoController", function($scope, DemoService) {

        $scope.service = DemoService;

        $scope.minusOneHundred = function() {
            DemoService.count -= 100;
        }

    });

HTML

<div ng-app="Demo" ng-controller="DemoController">
    <div>
        <h4>{{service.name}}</h4>
        <p>Count: {{service.count}}</p>
    </div>
</div>

这个JavaScript在我们从服务返回一个对象而不是一个值时工作。当一个JavaScript对象从服务返回时，Angular会向它的所有属性中添加手表。

还要注意，我使用'var self = this'，因为我需要在$timeout执行时保持对原始对象的引用，否则'this'将引用窗口对象。

= = = =更新

在$watch中非常简单。

笔在这里。

HTML:

<div class="container" data-ng-app="app">

  <div class="well" data-ng-controller="FooCtrl">
    <p><strong>FooController</strong></p>
    <div class="row">
      <div class="col-sm-6">
        <p><a href="" ng-click="setItems([ { name: 'I am single item' } ])">Send one item</a></p>
        <p><a href="" ng-click="setItems([ { name: 'Item 1 of 2' }, { name: 'Item 2 of 2' } ])">Send two items</a></p>
        <p><a href="" ng-click="setItems([ { name: 'Item 1 of 3' }, { name: 'Item 2 of 3' }, { name: 'Item 3 of 3' } ])">Send three items</a></p>
      </div>
      <div class="col-sm-6">
        <p><a href="" ng-click="setName('Sheldon')">Send name: Sheldon</a></p>
        <p><a href="" ng-click="setName('Leonard')">Send name: Leonard</a></p>
        <p><a href="" ng-click="setName('Penny')">Send name: Penny</a></p>
      </div>
    </div>
  </div>

  <div class="well" data-ng-controller="BarCtrl">
    <p><strong>BarController</strong></p>
    <p ng-if="name">Name is: {{ name }}</p>
    <div ng-repeat="item in items">{{ item.name }}</div>
  </div>

</div>

JavaScript:

var app = angular.module('app', []);

app.factory('PostmanService', function() {
  var Postman = {};
  Postman.set = function(key, val) {
    Postman[key] = val;
  };
  Postman.get = function(key) {
    return Postman[key];
  };
  Postman.watch = function($scope, key, onChange) {
    return $scope.$watch(
      // This function returns the value being watched. It is called for each turn of the $digest loop
      function() {
        return Postman.get(key);
      },
      // This is the change listener, called when the value returned from the above function changes
      function(newValue, oldValue) {
        if (newValue !== oldValue) {
          // Only update if the value changed
          $scope[key] = newValue;
          // Run onChange if it is function
          if (angular.isFunction(onChange)) {
            onChange(newValue, oldValue);
          }
        }
      }
    );
  };
  return Postman;
});

app.controller('FooCtrl', ['$scope', 'PostmanService', function($scope, PostmanService) {
  $scope.setItems = function(items) {
    PostmanService.set('items', items);
  };
  $scope.setName = function(name) {
    PostmanService.set('name', name);
  };
}]);

app.controller('BarCtrl', ['$scope', 'PostmanService', function($scope, PostmanService) {
  $scope.items = [];
  $scope.name = '';
  PostmanService.watch($scope, 'items');
  PostmanService.watch($scope, 'name', function(newVal, oldVal) {
    alert('Hi, ' + newVal + '!');
  });
}]);