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

app.controller('MainCtrl', function($scope) {
  $scope.name = 'World';
  $scope.items = [{ item: 'item1' }, { item: 'item2' }, { item: 'item3' }, { item: 'item4' }];
}).filter('testFilter', function() {
  var result = {};
  
  return function(items) {
    itemsHash = items;
    if (!result[itemsHash]) result[itemsHash] = angular.copy(items);
    return result[itemsHash];
  }
});
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html ng-app="plunker">

  <head>
    <meta charset="utf-8" />
    <title>AngularJS Plunker</title>
    <script>document.write('<base href="' + document.location + '" />');</script>
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="style.css" />
    <script data-require="angularjs@1.5.5" data-semver="1.5.5" src="https://code.angularjs.org/1.5.5/angular.js"></script>
    <script src="app.js"></script>
  </head>

  <body ng-controller="MainCtrl">
    <p>Hello {{name}}!</p>
    <div ng-repeat="item in items | testFilter">
      Item: {{item.item}}
    </div>
  </body>

</html>
/* Put your css in here */