feat(Module): add info() method

The new `info()` method lets developers store arbitrary information about
their module for consumption later.

Closes angular#15225

docs/content/error/ng/aobj.ngdoc

@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+@ngdoc error
+@name ng:aobj
+@fullName Invalid Argument
+@description
+
+The argument passed should be an object. Check the value that was passed to the function where
+this error was thrown.

src/loader.js

@@ -79,6 +79,9 @@ function setupModuleLoader(window) {
      * @returns {angular.Module} new module with the {@link angular.Module} api.
      */
     return function module(name, requires, configFn) {
+
+      var info = {};
+
       var assertNotHasOwnProperty = function(name, context) {
         if (name === 'hasOwnProperty') {
           throw ngMinErr('badname', 'hasOwnProperty is not a valid {0} name', context);
@@ -114,6 +117,45 @@ function setupModuleLoader(window) {
           _configBlocks: configBlocks,
           _runBlocks: runBlocks,
 
+          /**
+           * @ngdoc method
+           * @name angular.Module#info
+           * @module ng
+           *
+           * @param {Object=} info Information about the module
+           * @returns {Object|Module} The current info object for this module if called as a getter,
+           *                          or `this` if called as a setter.
+           *
+           * @description
+           * Read and write custom information about this module.
+           * For example you could put the version of the module in here.
+           *
+           * ```js
+           * angular.module('myModule', []).info({ version: '1.0.0' });
+           * ```
+           *
+           * The version could then be read back out by accessing the module elsewhere:
+           *
+           * ```
+           * var version = angular.module('myModule').info().version;
+           * ```
+           *
+           * You can also retrieve this information during runtime via the
+           * {@link $injector#modules `$injector.modules`} property:
+           *
+           * ```js
+           * var version = $injector.modules['myModule'].info().version;
+           * ```
+           */
+          info: function(value) {
+            if (isDefined(value)) {
+              if (!isObject(value)) throw ngMinErr('aobj', 'Argument \'{0}\' must be an object', 'value');
+              info = value;
+              return this;
+            }
+            return info;
+          },
+
           /**
            * @ngdoc property
            * @name angular.Module#requires

test/loaderSpec.js

@@ -156,4 +156,35 @@ describe('module loader', function() {
   it('should expose `$$minErr` on the `angular` object', function() {
     expect(window.angular.$$minErr).toEqual(jasmine.any(Function));
   });
+
+  describe('Module', function() {
+    describe('info()', function() {
+      var theModule;
+
+      beforeEach(function() {
+        theModule = angular.module('theModule', []);
+      });
+
+      it('should default to an empty object', function() {
+        expect(theModule.info()).toEqual({});
+      });
+
+      it('should store the object passed as a param', function() {
+        theModule.info({ version: '1.2' });
+        expect(theModule.info()).toEqual({ version: '1.2' });
+      });
+
+      it('should throw if the parameter is not an object', function() {
+        expect(function() {
+          theModule.info('some text');
+        }).toThrowMinErr('ng', 'aobj');
+      });
+
+      it('should completely replace the previous info object', function() {
+        theModule.info({ value: 'X' });
+        theModule.info({ newValue: 'Y' });
+        expect(theModule.info()).toEqual({ newValue: 'Y' });
+      });
+    });
+  });
 });