angular using ui-select2 to assign an object as a model property - jquery-select2

Question

Hypothetical example to illustrate a problem I am having using angular-UI select2. Let's say I have a screen where I want to edit a "game" model. A game, among other things has players. I want to be able to set the players via a select2 drop down menu. Here's some example code:
app.js
$scope.getGamePromise().then(function(results) {
$scope.game = results;
console.log(game.players); //prints [{name:'Joe',age: 15},{name:'Sally',age:16}]
});
$scope.players = [
{
name: 'Joe',
age: 15
},
{
name: 'Fred',
age: 14
},
{
name: 'Sally',
age: 16
},
{
name: 'Lucy',
age: 13
}
]
view.html
<select ngModel="game.players" ui-select2 multiple>
<option ng-repeat="player in players" value="player">{{ player.name }}</option>
</select>
When I want to save this 'game' object, I send the game object up to the server. The server is expecting game.players to be an array of objects. However, what is being sent up is a string. I am moderately familiar with angular, and completely new to select2. How can I get my select2 to set game.players as an array of objects instead of strings?

Answer 1

I guess you find another solution or you don't have the problem anymore. Anyway I post it here:
Use
<input>
instead of
<select>
Example:
<input type="hidden" ui-select2="playersCfg" ng-model="players"/>
And following configuration:
$scope.playersCfg = {
multiple: true,
allowClear: true,
data: { results: Player.query(), text: 'name' },
formatResult: function(item) {
return "<div class='select2-user-result'>" + item.name + "</div>";
},
formatSelection: function(item) {
return item.name;
}
};
Player.query()
is a resource which returns a list of player containing a name (name) and an identifier (id)
Hope it would help somebody!