Merge remote-tracking branch 'dspace/master' into w2p-50632_Replace-mock-registry-service-with-implementation

Conflicts:
	src/app/app-routing.module.ts
	src/app/core/cache/response-cache.models.ts

README.md

@@ -23,9 +23,6 @@ git clone https://github.com/DSpace/dspace-angular.git
 # change directory to our repo
 cd dspace-angular
 
-# install the global dependencies
-yarn run global
-
 # install the local dependencies
 yarn install
 

package.json

@@ -99,8 +99,10 @@
     "font-awesome": "4.7.0",
     "http-server": "0.11.1",
     "https": "1.0.0",
+    "js-cookie": "2.2.0",
     "js.clone": "0.0.3",
     "jsonschema": "1.2.2",
+    "jwt-decode": "^2.2.0",
     "methods": "1.1.2",
     "morgan": "1.9.0",
     "ngx-pagination": "3.0.3",
@@ -124,6 +126,7 @@
     "@types/express-serve-static-core": "4.11.1",
     "@types/hammerjs": "2.0.35",
     "@types/jasmine": "^2.8.6",
+    "@types/js-cookie": "2.1.0",
     "@types/memory-cache": "0.2.0",
     "@types/mime": "2.0.0",
     "@types/node": "^9.4.6",

resources/i18n/en.json

@@ -46,7 +46,9 @@
     }
   },
   "nav": {
-    "home": "Home"
+    "home": "Home",
+    "login": "Log In",
+    "logout": "Log Out"
   },
   "pagination": {
     "results-per-page": "Results Per Page",
@@ -203,5 +205,31 @@
     "item": "Error fetching item",
     "objects": "Error fetching objects",
     "search-results": "Error fetching search results"
+  },
+  "login": {
+    "title": "Login",
+    "form": {
+      "header": "Please log in to DSpace",
+      "email": "Email address",
+      "forgot-password": "Have you forgotten your password?",
+      "new-user": "New user? Click here to register.",
+      "password": "Password",
+      "submit": "Log in"
+    }
+  },
+  "logout": {
+    "title": "Logout",
+    "form": {
+      "header": "Log out from DSpace",
+      "submit": "Log out"
+    }
+  },
+  "auth": {
+    "messages": {
+      "expired": "Your session has expired. Please log in again."
+    },
+    "errors": {
+      "invalid-user": "Invalid email or password."
+    }
   }
 }

src/app/+login-page/login-page-routing.module.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+import { NgModule } from '@angular/core';
+import { RouterModule } from '@angular/router';
+
+import { LoginPageComponent } from './login-page.component';
+
+@NgModule({
+  imports: [
+    RouterModule.forChild([
+      { path: '', component: LoginPageComponent, data: { title: 'login.title' } }
+    ])
+  ]
+})
+export class LoginPageRoutingModule { }

src/app/+login-page/login-page.component.html

@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+<div class="container w-100 h-100">
+  <div class="text-center mt-5 row justify-content-center">
+    <div>
+      <img class="mb-4 login-logo" src="assets/images/dspace-logo.png">
+      <h1 class="h3 mb-0 font-weight-normal">{{"login.form.header" | translate}}</h1>
+      <ds-log-in></ds-log-in>
+    </div>
+  </div>
+</div>

src/app/+login-page/login-page.component.scss

@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+@import '../../styles/variables.scss';
+
+.login-logo {
+  height: $login-logo-height;
+  width: $login-logo-width;
+}

src/app/+login-page/login-page.component.spec.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+import { NO_ERRORS_SCHEMA } from '@angular/core';
+import { async, ComponentFixture, TestBed } from '@angular/core/testing';
+
+import { Store } from '@ngrx/store';
+import { TranslateModule } from '@ngx-translate/core';
+import { Observable } from 'rxjs/Observable';
+import 'rxjs/add/observable/of';
+
+import { LoginPageComponent } from './login-page.component';
+
+describe('LoginPageComponent', () => {
+  let comp: LoginPageComponent;
+  let fixture: ComponentFixture<LoginPageComponent>;
+
+  const store: Store<LoginPageComponent> = jasmine.createSpyObj('store', {
+    /* tslint:disable:no-empty */
+    dispatch: {},
+    /* tslint:enable:no-empty */
+    select: Observable.of(true)
+  });
+
+  beforeEach(async(() => {
+    TestBed.configureTestingModule({
+      imports: [
+        TranslateModule.forRoot()
+      ],
+      declarations: [LoginPageComponent],
+      providers: [
+        {
+          provide: Store, useValue: store
+        }
+      ],
+      schemas: [NO_ERRORS_SCHEMA]
+    }).compileComponents();
+  }));
+
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    fixture = TestBed.createComponent(LoginPageComponent);
+    comp = fixture.componentInstance; // SearchPageComponent test instance
+    fixture.detectChanges();
+  });
+
+  it('should create instance', () => {
+    expect(comp).toBeDefined()
+  });
+
+});

src/app/+login-page/login-page.component.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+import { Component, OnDestroy } from '@angular/core';
+
+import { Store } from '@ngrx/store';
+
+import { AppState } from '../app.reducer';
+import { ResetAuthenticationMessagesAction } from '../core/auth/auth.actions';
+
+@Component({
+  selector: 'ds-login-page',
+  styleUrls: ['./login-page.component.scss'],
+  templateUrl: './login-page.component.html'
+})
+export class LoginPageComponent implements OnDestroy {
+
+  constructor(private store: Store<AppState>) {}
+
+  ngOnDestroy() {
+    // Clear all authentication messages when leaving login page
+    this.store.dispatch(new ResetAuthenticationMessagesAction());
+  }
+}

src/app/+login-page/login-page.module.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+import { CommonModule } from '@angular/common';
+import { NgModule } from '@angular/core';
+import { SharedModule } from '../shared/shared.module';
+import { LoginPageComponent } from './login-page.component';
+import { LoginPageRoutingModule } from './login-page-routing.module';
+
+@NgModule({
+  imports: [
+    LoginPageRoutingModule,
+    CommonModule,
+    SharedModule,
+  ],
+  declarations: [
+    LoginPageComponent
+  ]
+})
+export class LoginPageModule {
+
+}

src/app/+logout-page/logout-page-routing.module.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+import { NgModule } from '@angular/core';
+import { RouterModule } from '@angular/router';
+
+import { LogoutPageComponent } from './logout-page.component';
+import { AuthenticatedGuard } from '../core/auth/authenticated.guard';
+
+@NgModule({
+  imports: [
+    RouterModule.forChild([
+      {
+        canActivate: [AuthenticatedGuard],
+        path: '',
+        component: LogoutPageComponent,
+        data: { title: 'logout.title' }
+      }
+    ])
+  ]
+})
+export class LogoutPageRoutingModule { }

src/app/+logout-page/logout-page.component.html

@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+<div class="container w-100 h-100">
+  <div class="text-center mt-5 row justify-content-md-center">
+    <div>
+      <img class="mb-4 login-logo" src="assets/images/dspace-logo.png">
+      <h1 class="h3 mb-0 font-weight-normal">{{"logout.form.header" | translate}}</h1>
+      <ds-log-out></ds-log-out>
+    </div>
+  </div>
+</div>

src/app/+logout-page/logout-page.component.scss

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+@import '../+login-page/login-page.component.scss';

src/app/+logout-page/logout-page.component.spec.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+import { NO_ERRORS_SCHEMA } from '@angular/core';
+import { async, ComponentFixture, TestBed } from '@angular/core/testing';
+import { TranslateModule } from '@ngx-translate/core';
+
+import { LogoutPageComponent } from './logout-page.component';
+
+describe('LogoutPageComponent', () => {
+  let comp: LogoutPageComponent;
+  let fixture: ComponentFixture<LogoutPageComponent>;
+
+  beforeEach(async(() => {
+    TestBed.configureTestingModule({
+      imports: [
+        TranslateModule.forRoot()
+      ],
+      declarations: [LogoutPageComponent],
+      schemas: [NO_ERRORS_SCHEMA]
+    }).compileComponents();
+  }));
+
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    fixture = TestBed.createComponent(LogoutPageComponent);
+    comp = fixture.componentInstance; // SearchPageComponent test instance
+    fixture.detectChanges();
+  });
+
+  it('should create instance', () => {
+    expect(comp).toBeDefined()
+  });
+
+});

src/app/+logout-page/logout-page.component.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+import { Component } from '@angular/core';
+
+@Component({
+  selector: 'ds-logout-page',
+  styleUrls: ['./logout-page.component.scss'],
+  templateUrl: './logout-page.component.html'
+})
+export class LogoutPageComponent {
+
+}

src/app/+logout-page/logout-page.module.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+import { CommonModule } from '@angular/common';
+import { NgModule } from '@angular/core';
+import { SharedModule } from '../shared/shared.module';
+import { LogoutPageComponent } from './logout-page.component';
+import { LogoutPageRoutingModule } from './logout-page-routing.module';
+
+@NgModule({
+  imports: [
+    LogoutPageRoutingModule,
+    CommonModule,
+    SharedModule,
+  ],
+  declarations: [
+    LogoutPageComponent
+  ]
+})
+export class LogoutPageModule {
+
+}

src/app/+search-page/search-filters/search-filter/search-filter.service.ts

@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ import {
 import { hasValue, isEmpty, isNotEmpty, } from '../../../shared/empty.util';
 import { SearchFilterConfig } from '../../search-service/search-filter-config.model';
 import { SearchService } from '../../search-service/search.service';
-import { RouteService } from '../../../shared/route.service';
+import { RouteService } from '../../../shared/services/route.service';
 import ObjectExpression from 'rollup/dist/typings/ast/nodes/ObjectExpression';
 import { SortDirection, SortOptions } from '../../../core/cache/models/sort-options.model';
 import { PaginationComponentOptions } from '../../../shared/pagination/pagination-component-options.model';

src/app/+search-page/search-options.model.ts

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import { isNotEmpty } from '../shared/empty.util';
 import { URLCombiner } from '../core/url-combiner/url-combiner';
-import 'core-js/fn/object/entries';
+import 'core-js/library/fn/object/entries';
 
 export enum ViewMode {
   List = 'list',

src/app/+search-page/search-page.component.html

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <div class="container">
   <div class="search-page row">
-        <ds-search-sidebar *ngIf="!(isMobileView$ | async)" class="col-3 sidebar-md-sticky"
+        <ds-search-sidebar *ngIf="!(isXsOrSm$ | async)" class="col-3 sidebar-md-sticky"
                            id="search-sidebar"
                            [resultCount]="(resultsRD$ | async)?.pageInfo?.totalElements"></ds-search-sidebar>
         <div class="col-12 col-md-9">
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
         <div id="search-body"
              class="row-offcanvas row-offcanvas-left"
              [@pushInOut]="(isSidebarCollapsed() | async) ? 'collapsed' : 'expanded'">
-          <ds-search-sidebar *ngIf="(isMobileView$ | async)" class="col-12"
+          <ds-search-sidebar *ngIf="(isXsOrSm$ | async)" class="col-12"
                              id="search-sidebar-sm"
                              [resultCount]="(resultsRD$ | async)?.pageInfo?.totalElements"
                              (toggleSidebar)="closeSidebar()"

src/app/+search-page/search-page.component.spec.ts

@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import { Store } from '@ngrx/store';
 import { TranslateModule } from '@ngx-translate/core';
 import { cold, hot } from 'jasmine-marbles';
 import { Observable } from 'rxjs/Observable';
+import 'rxjs/add/observable/of';
 import { SortDirection, SortOptions } from '../core/cache/models/sort-options.model';
 import { CommunityDataService } from '../core/data/community-data.service';
 import { HostWindowService } from '../shared/host-window.service';
@@ -77,7 +78,8 @@ describe('SearchPageComponent', () => {
           provide: HostWindowService, useValue: jasmine.createSpyObj('hostWindowService',
           {
             isXs: Observable.of(true),
-            isSm: Observable.of(false)
+            isSm: Observable.of(false),
+            isXsOrSm: Observable.of(true)
           })
         },
         {

src/app/+search-page/search-page.component.ts

@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ export class SearchPageComponent implements OnInit {
   searchOptions$: Observable<PaginatedSearchOptions>;
   sortConfig: SortOptions;
   scopeListRD$: Observable<RemoteData<PaginatedList<Community>>>;
-  isMobileView$: Observable<boolean>;
+  isXsOrSm$: Observable<boolean>;
   pageSize;
   pageSizeOptions;
   defaults = {
@@ -52,11 +52,7 @@ export class SearchPageComponent implements OnInit {
               private sidebarService: SearchSidebarService,
               private windowService: HostWindowService,
               private filterService: SearchFilterService) {
-    this.isMobileView$ = Observable.combineLatest(
-      this.windowService.isXs(),
-      this.windowService.isSm(),
-      ((isXs, isSm) => isXs || isSm)
-    );
+    this.isXsOrSm$ = this.windowService.isXsOrSm();
     this.scopeListRD$ = communityService.findAll();
   }
 

src/app/+search-page/search-service/search.service.spec.ts

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import { Component } from '@angular/core';
 import { SearchService } from './search.service';
 import { ItemDataService } from './../../core/data/item-data.service';
 import { ViewMode } from '../../+search-page/search-options.model';
-import { RouteService } from '../../shared/route.service';
+import { RouteService } from '../../shared/services/route.service';
 import { GLOBAL_CONFIG } from '../../../config';
 import { RemoteDataBuildService } from '../../core/cache/builders/remote-data-build.service';
 import { ActivatedRoute, Router, UrlTree } from '@angular/router';

src/app/+search-page/search-service/search.service.ts

@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ import { RequestService } from '../../core/data/request.service';
 import { DSpaceObject } from '../../core/shared/dspace-object.model';
 import { GenericConstructor } from '../../core/shared/generic-constructor';
 import { HALEndpointService } from '../../core/shared/hal-endpoint.service';
+import { configureRequest } from '../../core/shared/operators';
 import { URLCombiner } from '../../core/url-combiner/url-combiner';
 import { hasValue, isEmpty, isNotEmpty } from '../../shared/empty.util';
 import { PaginationComponentOptions } from '../../shared/pagination/pagination-component-options.model';
@@ -78,7 +79,7 @@ export class SearchService implements OnDestroy {
           }
         });
       }),
-      tap((request: RestRequest) => this.requestService.configure(request)),
+      configureRequest(this.requestService)
     );
     const requestEntryObs = requestObs.pipe(
       flatMap((request: RestRequest) => this.requestService.getByHref(request.href))
@@ -153,7 +154,7 @@ export class SearchService implements OnDestroy {
           }
         });
       }),
-      tap((request: RestRequest) => this.requestService.configure(request)),
+      configureRequest(this.requestService)
     );
 
     const requestEntryObs = requestObs.pipe(
@@ -188,7 +189,7 @@ export class SearchService implements OnDestroy {
           }
         });
       }),
-      tap((request: RestRequest) => this.requestService.configure(request)),
+      configureRequest(this.requestService)
     );
 
     const requestEntryObs = requestObs.pipe(

src/app/+search-page/search-sidebar/search-sidebar.service.spec.ts

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import { SearchSidebarService } from './search-sidebar.service';
 import { AppState } from '../../app.reducer';
 import { async, inject, TestBed } from '@angular/core/testing';
 import { Observable } from 'rxjs/Observable';
+import 'rxjs/add/observable/of';
 import { SearchSidebarCollapseAction, SearchSidebarExpandAction } from './search-sidebar.actions';
 import { HostWindowService } from '../../shared/host-window.service';
 
@@ -17,7 +18,8 @@ describe('SearchSidebarService', () => {
   const windowService = jasmine.createSpyObj('hostWindowService',
     {
       isXs: Observable.of(true),
-      isSm: Observable.of(false)
+      isSm: Observable.of(false),
+      isXsOrSm: Observable.of(true)
     });
   beforeEach(async(() => {
     TestBed.configureTestingModule({

src/app/+search-page/search-sidebar/search-sidebar.service.ts

@@ -11,22 +11,17 @@ const sidebarCollapsedSelector = createSelector(sidebarStateSelector, (sidebar:
 
 @Injectable()
 export class SearchSidebarService {
-  private isMobileView: Observable<boolean>;
+  private isXsOrSm$: Observable<boolean>;
   private isCollapsdeInStored: Observable<boolean>;
 
   constructor(private store: Store<AppState>, private windowService: HostWindowService) {
-    this.isMobileView =
-      Observable.combineLatest(
-        this.windowService.isXs(),
-        this.windowService.isSm(),
-        ((isXs, isSm) => isXs || isSm)
-      );
+    this.isXsOrSm$ = this.windowService.isXsOrSm();
     this.isCollapsdeInStored = this.store.select(sidebarCollapsedSelector);
   }
 
   get isCollapsed(): Observable<boolean> {
     return Observable.combineLatest(
-      this.isMobileView,
+      this.isXsOrSm$,
       this.isCollapsdeInStored,
       (mobile, store) => mobile ? store : true);
   }

src/app/app-routing.module.ts

@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@ import { PageNotFoundComponent } from './pagenotfound/pagenotfound.component';
       { path: 'items', loadChildren: './+item-page/item-page.module#ItemPageModule' },
       { path: 'search', loadChildren: './+search-page/search-page.module#SearchPageModule' },
       { path: 'admin', loadChildren: './+admin/admin.module#AdminModule' },
+      { path: 'login', loadChildren: './+login-page/login-page.module#LoginPageModule' },
+      { path: 'logout', loadChildren: './+logout-page/logout-page.module#LogoutPageModule' },
       { path: '**', pathMatch: 'full', component: PageNotFoundComponent },
     ])
   ],

src/app/app.component.spec.ts

@@ -26,12 +26,14 @@ import { HostWindowResizeAction } from './shared/host-window.actions';
 import { MetadataService } from './core/metadata/metadata.service';
 
 import { GLOBAL_CONFIG, ENV_CONFIG } from '../config';
-import { NativeWindowRef, NativeWindowService } from './shared/window.service';
+import { NativeWindowRef, NativeWindowService } from './shared/services/window.service';
 
 import { MockTranslateLoader } from './shared/mocks/mock-translate-loader';
 import { MockMetadataService } from './shared/mocks/mock-metadata-service';
 import { Angulartics2GoogleAnalytics } from 'angulartics2/ga';
 import { AngularticsMock } from './shared/mocks/mock-angulartics.service';
+import { AuthServiceMock } from './shared/mocks/mock-auth.service';
+import { AuthService } from './core/auth/auth.service';
 
 let comp: AppComponent;
 let fixture: ComponentFixture<AppComponent>;
@@ -59,6 +61,7 @@ describe('App component', () => {
         { provide: NativeWindowService, useValue: new NativeWindowRef() },
         { provide: MetadataService, useValue: new MockMetadataService() },
         { provide: Angulartics2GoogleAnalytics, useValue: new AngularticsMock() },
+        { provide: AuthService, useValue: new AuthServiceMock() },
         AppComponent
       ],
       schemas: [CUSTOM_ELEMENTS_SCHEMA]

src/app/app.component.ts

@@ -9,7 +9,9 @@ import { GLOBAL_CONFIG, GlobalConfig } from '../config';
 import { MetadataService } from './core/metadata/metadata.service';
 import { HostWindowResizeAction } from './shared/host-window.actions';
 import { HostWindowState } from './shared/host-window.reducer';
-import { NativeWindowRef, NativeWindowService } from './shared/window.service';
+import { NativeWindowRef, NativeWindowService } from './shared/services/window.service';
+import { isAuthenticated } from './core/auth/selectors';
+import { AuthService } from './core/auth/auth.service';
 import { Angulartics2GoogleAnalytics } from 'angulartics2/ga';
 
 @Component({
@@ -27,7 +29,8 @@ export class AppComponent implements OnInit {
     private translate: TranslateService,
     private store: Store<HostWindowState>,
     private metadata: MetadataService,
-    private angulartics2GoogleAnalytics: Angulartics2GoogleAnalytics
+    private angulartics2GoogleAnalytics: Angulartics2GoogleAnalytics,
+    private authService: AuthService
   ) {
     // this language will be used as a fallback when a translation isn't found in the current language
     translate.setDefaultLang('en');
@@ -46,6 +49,13 @@ export class AppComponent implements OnInit {
     const color: string = this.config.production ? 'red' : 'green';
     console.info(`Environment: %c${env}`, `color: ${color}; font-weight: bold;`);
     this.dispatchWindowSize(this._window.nativeWindow.innerWidth, this._window.nativeWindow.innerHeight);
+
+    // Whether is not authenticathed try to retrieve a possible stored auth token
+    this.store.select(isAuthenticated)
+      .take(1)
+      .filter((authenticated) => !authenticated)
+      .subscribe((authenticated) => this.authService.checkAuthenticationToken());
+
   }
 
   @HostListener('window:resize', ['$event'])

src/app/app.module.ts

@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ import { PageNotFoundComponent } from './pagenotfound/pagenotfound.component';
 import { DSpaceRouterStateSerializer } from './shared/ngrx/dspace-router-state-serializer';
 import { NotificationsBoardComponent } from './shared/notifications/notifications-board/notifications-board.component';
 import { NotificationComponent } from './shared/notifications/notification/notification.component';
+import { SharedModule } from './shared/shared.module';
 
 export function getConfig() {
   return ENV_CONFIG;
@@ -53,6 +54,7 @@ if (!ENV_CONFIG.production) {
 @NgModule({
   imports: [
     CommonModule,
+    SharedModule,
     HttpClientModule,
     AppRoutingModule,
     CoreModule.forRoot(),

src/app/app.reducer.ts

@@ -33,3 +33,5 @@ export const appReducers: ActionReducerMap<AppState> = {
   searchFilter: filterReducer,
   truncatable: truncatableReducer
 };
+
+export const routerStateSelector = (state: AppState) => state.router;

src/app/core/auth/auth-object-factory.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+import { AuthType } from './auth-type';
+import { GenericConstructor } from '../shared/generic-constructor';
+import { NormalizedAuthStatus } from './models/normalized-auth-status.model';
+import { NormalizedDSpaceObject } from '../cache/models/normalized-dspace-object.model';
+import { NormalizedEpersonModel } from '../eperson/models/NormalizedEperson.model';
+
+export class AuthObjectFactory {
+  public static getConstructor(type): GenericConstructor<NormalizedDSpaceObject> {
+    switch (type) {
+      case AuthType.Eperson: {
+        return NormalizedEpersonModel
+      }
+
+      case AuthType.Status: {
+        return NormalizedAuthStatus
+      }
+
+      default: {
+        return undefined;
+      }
+    }
+  }
+}

src/app/core/auth/auth-request.service.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
+import { Inject, Injectable } from '@angular/core';
+import { HALEndpointService } from '../shared/hal-endpoint.service';
+import { ResponseCacheService } from '../cache/response-cache.service';
+import { RequestService } from '../data/request.service';
+import { GLOBAL_CONFIG } from '../../../config';
+import { GlobalConfig } from '../../../config/global-config.interface';
+import { Observable } from 'rxjs/Observable';
+import { isNotEmpty } from '../../shared/empty.util';
+import { AuthGetRequest, AuthPostRequest, PostRequest, RestRequest } from '../data/request.models';
+import { ResponseCacheEntry } from '../cache/response-cache.reducer';
+import { AuthStatusResponse, ErrorResponse, RestResponse } from '../cache/response-cache.models';
+import { HttpOptions } from '../dspace-rest-v2/dspace-rest-v2.service';
+
+@Injectable()
+export class AuthRequestService {
+  protected linkName = 'authn';
+  protected browseEndpoint = '';
+
+  constructor(@Inject(GLOBAL_CONFIG) protected EnvConfig: GlobalConfig,
+              protected halService: HALEndpointService,
+              protected responseCache: ResponseCacheService,
+              protected requestService: RequestService) {
+  }
+
+  protected fetchRequest(request: RestRequest): Observable<any> {
+    const [successResponse, errorResponse] = this.responseCache.get(request.href)
+      .map((entry: ResponseCacheEntry) => entry.response)
+      // TODO to review when https://github.com/DSpace/dspace-angular/issues/217 will be fixed
+      .do(() => this.responseCache.remove(request.href))
+      .partition((response: RestResponse) => response.isSuccessful);
+    return Observable.merge(
+      errorResponse.flatMap((response: ErrorResponse) =>
+        Observable.throw(new Error(response.errorMessage))),
+      successResponse
+        .filter((response: AuthStatusResponse) => isNotEmpty(response))
+        .map((response: AuthStatusResponse) => response.response)
+        .distinctUntilChanged());
+  }
+
+  protected getEndpointByMethod(endpoint: string, method: string): string {
+    return isNotEmpty(method) ? `${endpoint}/${method}` : `${endpoint}`;
+  }
+
+  public postToEndpoint(method: string, body: any, options?: HttpOptions): Observable<any> {
+    return this.halService.getEndpoint(this.linkName)
+      .filter((href: string) => isNotEmpty(href))
+      .map((endpointURL) => this.getEndpointByMethod(endpointURL, method))
+      .distinctUntilChanged()
+      .map((endpointURL: string) => new AuthPostRequest(this.requestService.generateRequestId(), endpointURL, body, options))
+      .do((request: PostRequest) => this.requestService.configure(request, true))
+      .flatMap((request: PostRequest) => this.fetchRequest(request))
+      .distinctUntilChanged();
+  }
+
+  public getRequest(method: string, options?: HttpOptions): Observable<any> {
+    return this.halService.getEndpoint(this.linkName)
+      .filter((href: string) => isNotEmpty(href))
+      .map((endpointURL) => this.getEndpointByMethod(endpointURL, method))
+      .distinctUntilChanged()
+      .map((endpointURL: string) => new AuthGetRequest(this.requestService.generateRequestId(), endpointURL, options))
+      .do((request: PostRequest) => this.requestService.configure(request, true))
+      .flatMap((request: PostRequest) => this.fetchRequest(request))
+      .distinctUntilChanged();
+  }
+}

src/app/core/auth/auth-response-parsing.service.spec.ts

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+import { AuthStatusResponse } from '../cache/response-cache.models';
+
+import { ObjectCacheService } from '../cache/object-cache.service';
+import { GlobalConfig } from '../../../config/global-config.interface';
+
+import { Store } from '@ngrx/store';
+import { CoreState } from '../core.reducers';
+import { AuthStatus } from './models/auth-status.model';
+import { AuthResponseParsingService } from './auth-response-parsing.service';
+import { AuthGetRequest, AuthPostRequest } from '../data/request.models';
+
+describe('ConfigResponseParsingService', () => {
+  let service: AuthResponseParsingService;
+
+  const EnvConfig = {} as GlobalConfig;
+  const store = {} as Store<CoreState>;
+  const objectCacheService = new ObjectCacheService(store);
+
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    service = new AuthResponseParsingService(EnvConfig, objectCacheService);
+  });
+
+  describe('parse', () => {
+    const validRequest = new AuthPostRequest(
+      '69f375b5-19f4-4453-8c7a-7dc5c55aafbb',
+      'https://rest.api/dspace-spring-rest/api/authn/login',
+      'password=test&user=myself@testshib.org');
+
+    const validRequest2 = new AuthGetRequest(
+      '69f375b5-19f4-4453-8c7a-7dc5c55aafbb',
+      'https://rest.api/dspace-spring-rest/api/authn/status');
+
+    const validResponse = {
+      payload: {
+        authenticated: true,
+        id: null,
+        okay: true,
+        token: {
+          accessToken: 'eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJlaWQiOiI0ZGM3MGFiNS1jZDczLTQ5MmYtYjAwNy0zMTc5ZDJkOTI5NmIiLCJzZyI6W10sImV4cCI6MTUyNjMxODMyMn0.ASmvcbJFBfzhN7D5ncloWnaVZr5dLtgTuOgHaCKiimc',
+          expires: 1526318322000
+        },
+      } as AuthStatus,
+      statusCode: '200'
+    };
+
+    const validResponse1 = {
+      payload: {},
+      statusCode: '404'
+    };
+
+    const validResponse2 = {
+      payload: {
+        authenticated: true,
+        id: null,
+        okay: true,
+        type: 'status',
+        _embedded: {
+          eperson: {
+            canLogIn: true,
+            email: 'myself@testshib.org',
+            groups: [],
+            handle: null,
+            id: '4dc70ab5-cd73-492f-b007-3179d2d9296b',
+            lastActive: '2018-05-14T17:03:31.277+0000',
+            metadata: [
+              {
+                key: 'eperson.firstname',
+                language: null,
+                value: 'User'
+              },
+              {
+                key: 'eperson.lastname',
+                language: null,
+                value: 'Test'
+              },
+              {
+                key: 'eperson.language',
+                language: null,
+                value: 'en'
+              }
+            ],
+            name: 'User Test',
+            netid: 'myself@testshib.org',
+            requireCertificate: false,
+            selfRegistered: false,
+            type: 'eperson',
+            uuid: '4dc70ab5-cd73-492f-b007-3179d2d9296b',
+            _links: {
+              self: 'https://hasselt-dspace.dev01.4science.it/dspace-spring-rest/api/eperson/epersons/4dc70ab5-cd73-492f-b007-3179d2d9296b'
+            }
+          }
+        },
+        _links: {
+          eperson: 'https://hasselt-dspace.dev01.4science.it/dspace-spring-rest/api/eperson/epersons/4dc70ab5-cd73-492f-b007-3179d2d9296b',
+          self: 'https://hasselt-dspace.dev01.4science.it/dspace-spring-rest/api/authn/status'
+        }
+      },
+      statusCode: '200'
+    };
+
+    it('should return a AuthStatusResponse if data contains a valid AuthStatus object as payload', () => {
+      const response = service.parse(validRequest, validResponse);
+      expect(response.constructor).toBe(AuthStatusResponse);
+    });
+
+    it('should return a AuthStatusResponse if data contains a valid endpoint response', () => {
+      const response = service.parse(validRequest2, validResponse2);
+      expect(response.constructor).toBe(AuthStatusResponse);
+    });
+
+    it('should return a AuthStatusResponse if data contains an empty 404 endpoint response', () => {
+      const response = service.parse(validRequest, validResponse1);
+      expect(response.constructor).toBe(AuthStatusResponse);
+    });
+
+  });
+});

src/app/core/auth/auth-response-parsing.service.ts

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+import { Inject, Injectable } from '@angular/core';
+
+import { AuthObjectFactory } from './auth-object-factory';
+import { BaseResponseParsingService } from '../data/base-response-parsing.service';
+import { AuthStatusResponse, RestResponse } from '../cache/response-cache.models';
+import { DSpaceRESTV2Response } from '../dspace-rest-v2/dspace-rest-v2-response.model';
+import { GLOBAL_CONFIG } from '../../../config';
+import { GlobalConfig } from '../../../config/global-config.interface';
+import { isNotEmpty } from '../../shared/empty.util';
+import { ObjectCacheService } from '../cache/object-cache.service';
+import { ResponseParsingService } from '../data/parsing.service';
+import { RestRequest } from '../data/request.models';
+import { AuthType } from './auth-type';
+import { AuthStatus } from './models/auth-status.model';
+
+@Injectable()
+export class AuthResponseParsingService extends BaseResponseParsingService implements ResponseParsingService {
+
+  protected objectFactory = AuthObjectFactory;
+  protected toCache = false;
+
+  constructor(@Inject(GLOBAL_CONFIG) protected EnvConfig: GlobalConfig,
+              protected objectCache: ObjectCacheService,) {
+    super();
+  }
+
+  parse(request: RestRequest, data: DSpaceRESTV2Response): RestResponse {
+    if (isNotEmpty(data.payload) && isNotEmpty(data.payload._links) && (data.statusCode === '200' || data.statusCode === 'OK')) {
+      const response = this.process<AuthStatus, AuthType>(data.payload, request.href);
+      return new AuthStatusResponse(response[Object.keys(response)[0]][0], data.statusCode);
+    } else {
+      return new AuthStatusResponse(data.payload as AuthStatus, data.statusCode);
+    }
+  }
+
+}

src/app/core/auth/auth-type.ts

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+export enum AuthType {
+  Eperson = 'eperson',
+  Status = 'status'
+}

src/app/core/auth/auth.actions.ts

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+// import @ngrx
+import { Action } from '@ngrx/store';
+
+// import type function
+import { type } from '../../shared/ngrx/type';
+
+// import models
+import { Eperson } from '../eperson/models/eperson.model';
+import { AuthTokenInfo } from './models/auth-token-info.model';
+
+export const AuthActionTypes = {
+  AUTHENTICATE: type('dspace/auth/AUTHENTICATE'),
+  AUTHENTICATE_ERROR: type('dspace/auth/AUTHENTICATE_ERROR'),
+  AUTHENTICATE_SUCCESS: type('dspace/auth/AUTHENTICATE_SUCCESS'),
+  AUTHENTICATED: type('dspace/auth/AUTHENTICATED'),
+  AUTHENTICATED_ERROR: type('dspace/auth/AUTHENTICATED_ERROR'),
+  AUTHENTICATED_SUCCESS: type('dspace/auth/AUTHENTICATED_SUCCESS'),
+  CHECK_AUTHENTICATION_TOKEN: type('dspace/auth/CHECK_AUTHENTICATION_TOKEN'),
+  CHECK_AUTHENTICATION_TOKEN_ERROR: type('dspace/auth/CHECK_AUTHENTICATION_TOKEN_ERROR'),
+  REDIRECT_TOKEN_EXPIRED: type('dspace/auth/REDIRECT_TOKEN_EXPIRED'),
+  REDIRECT_AUTHENTICATION_REQUIRED: type('dspace/auth/REDIRECT_AUTHENTICATION_REQUIRED'),
+  REFRESH_TOKEN: type('dspace/auth/REFRESH_TOKEN'),
+  REFRESH_TOKEN_SUCCESS: type('dspace/auth/REFRESH_TOKEN_SUCCESS'),
+  REFRESH_TOKEN_ERROR: type('dspace/auth/REFRESH_TOKEN_ERROR'),
+  ADD_MESSAGE: type('dspace/auth/ADD_MESSAGE'),
+  RESET_MESSAGES: type('dspace/auth/RESET_MESSAGES'),
+  LOG_OUT: type('dspace/auth/LOG_OUT'),
+  LOG_OUT_ERROR: type('dspace/auth/LOG_OUT_ERROR'),
+  LOG_OUT_SUCCESS: type('dspace/auth/LOG_OUT_SUCCESS'),
+  REGISTRATION: type('dspace/auth/REGISTRATION'),
+  REGISTRATION_ERROR: type('dspace/auth/REGISTRATION_ERROR'),
+  REGISTRATION_SUCCESS: type('dspace/auth/REGISTRATION_SUCCESS'),
+  SET_REDIRECT_URL: type('dspace/auth/SET_REDIRECT_URL'),
+};
+
+/* tslint:disable:max-classes-per-file */
+
+/**
+ * Authenticate.
+ * @class AuthenticateAction
+ * @implements {Action}
+ */
+export class AuthenticateAction implements Action {
+  public type: string = AuthActionTypes.AUTHENTICATE;
+  payload: {
+    email: string;
+    password: string
+  };
+
+  constructor(email: string, password: string) {
+    this.payload = { email, password };
+  }
+}
+
+/**
+ * Checks if user is authenticated.
+ * @class AuthenticatedAction
+ * @implements {Action}
+ */
+export class AuthenticatedAction implements Action {
+  public type: string = AuthActionTypes.AUTHENTICATED;
+  payload: AuthTokenInfo;
+
+  constructor(token: AuthTokenInfo) {
+    this.payload = token;
+  }
+}
+
+/**
+ * Authenticated check success.
+ * @class AuthenticatedSuccessAction
+ * @implements {Action}
+ */
+export class AuthenticatedSuccessAction implements Action {
+  public type: string = AuthActionTypes.AUTHENTICATED_SUCCESS;
+  payload: {
+    authenticated: boolean;
+    authToken: AuthTokenInfo;
+    user: Eperson
+  };
+
+  constructor(authenticated: boolean, authToken: AuthTokenInfo, user: Eperson) {
+    this.payload = { authenticated, authToken, user };
+  }
+}
+
+/**
+ * Authenticated check error.
+ * @class AuthenticatedErrorAction
+ * @implements {Action}
+ */
+export class AuthenticatedErrorAction implements Action {
+  public type: string = AuthActionTypes.AUTHENTICATED_ERROR;
+  payload: Error;
+
+  constructor(payload: Error) {
+    this.payload = payload ;
+  }
+}
+
+/**
+ * Authentication error.
+ * @class AuthenticationErrorAction
+ * @implements {Action}
+ */
+export class AuthenticationErrorAction implements Action {
+  public type: string = AuthActionTypes.AUTHENTICATE_ERROR;
+  payload: Error;
+
+  constructor(payload: Error) {
+    this.payload = payload ;
+  }
+}
+
+/**
+ * Authentication success.
+ * @class AuthenticationSuccessAction
+ * @implements {Action}
+ */
+export class AuthenticationSuccessAction implements Action {
+  public type: string = AuthActionTypes.AUTHENTICATE_SUCCESS;
+  payload: AuthTokenInfo;
+
+  constructor(token: AuthTokenInfo) {
+    this.payload = token;
+  }
+}
+
+/**
+ * Check if token is already present upon initial load.
+ * @class CheckAuthenticationTokenAction
+ * @implements {Action}
+ */
+export class CheckAuthenticationTokenAction implements Action {
+  public type: string = AuthActionTypes.CHECK_AUTHENTICATION_TOKEN;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Check Authentication Token Error.
+ * @class CheckAuthenticationTokenErrorAction
+ * @implements {Action}
+ */
+export class CheckAuthenticationTokenErrorAction implements Action {
+  public type: string = AuthActionTypes.CHECK_AUTHENTICATION_TOKEN_ERROR;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Sign out.
+ * @class LogOutAction
+ * @implements {Action}
+ */
+export class LogOutAction implements Action {
+  public type: string = AuthActionTypes.LOG_OUT;
+  constructor(public payload?: any) {}
+}
+
+/**
+ * Sign out error.
+ * @class LogOutErrorAction
+ * @implements {Action}
+ */
+export class LogOutErrorAction implements Action {
+  public type: string = AuthActionTypes.LOG_OUT_ERROR;
+  payload: Error;
+
+  constructor(payload: Error) {
+    this.payload = payload ;
+  }
+}
+
+/**
+ * Sign out success.
+ * @class LogOutSuccessAction
+ * @implements {Action}
+ */
+export class LogOutSuccessAction implements Action {
+  public type: string = AuthActionTypes.LOG_OUT_SUCCESS;
+  constructor(public payload?: any) {}
+}
+
+/**
+ * Redirect to login page when authentication is required.
+ * @class RedirectWhenAuthenticationIsRequiredAction
+ * @implements {Action}
+ */
+export class RedirectWhenAuthenticationIsRequiredAction implements Action {
+  public type: string = AuthActionTypes.REDIRECT_AUTHENTICATION_REQUIRED;
+  payload: string;
+
+  constructor(message: string) {
+    this.payload = message ;
+  }
+}
+
+/**
+ * Redirect to login page when token is expired.
+ * @class RedirectWhenTokenExpiredAction
+ * @implements {Action}
+ */
+export class RedirectWhenTokenExpiredAction implements Action {
+  public type: string = AuthActionTypes.REDIRECT_TOKEN_EXPIRED;
+  payload: string;
+
+  constructor(message: string) {
+    this.payload = message ;
+  }
+}
+
+/**
+ * Refresh authentication token.
+ * @class RefreshTokenAction
+ * @implements {Action}
+ */
+export class RefreshTokenAction implements Action {
+  public type: string = AuthActionTypes.REFRESH_TOKEN;
+  payload: AuthTokenInfo;
+
+  constructor(token: AuthTokenInfo) {
+    this.payload = token;
+  }
+}
+
+/**
+ * Refresh authentication token success.
+ * @class RefreshTokenSuccessAction
+ * @implements {Action}
+ */
+export class RefreshTokenSuccessAction implements Action {
+  public type: string = AuthActionTypes.REFRESH_TOKEN_SUCCESS;
+  payload: AuthTokenInfo;
+
+  constructor(token: AuthTokenInfo) {
+    this.payload = token;
+  }
+}
+
+/**
+ * Refresh authentication token error.
+ * @class RefreshTokenErrorAction
+ * @implements {Action}
+ */
+export class RefreshTokenErrorAction implements Action {
+  public type: string = AuthActionTypes.REFRESH_TOKEN_ERROR;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Sign up.
+ * @class RegistrationAction
+ * @implements {Action}
+ */
+export class RegistrationAction implements Action {
+  public type: string = AuthActionTypes.REGISTRATION;
+  payload: Eperson;
+
+  constructor(user: Eperson) {
+    this.payload = user;
+  }
+}
+
+/**
+ * Sign up error.
+ * @class RegistrationErrorAction
+ * @implements {Action}
+ */
+export class RegistrationErrorAction implements Action {
+  public type: string = AuthActionTypes.REGISTRATION_ERROR;
+  payload: Error;
+
+  constructor(payload: Error) {
+    this.payload = payload ;
+  }
+}
+
+/**
+ * Sign up success.
+ * @class RegistrationSuccessAction
+ * @implements {Action}
+ */
+export class RegistrationSuccessAction implements Action {
+  public type: string = AuthActionTypes.REGISTRATION_SUCCESS;
+  payload: Eperson;
+
+  constructor(user: Eperson) {
+    this.payload = user;
+  }
+}
+
+/**
+ * Add uthentication message.
+ * @class AddAuthenticationMessageAction
+ * @implements {Action}
+ */
+export class AddAuthenticationMessageAction implements Action {
+  public type: string = AuthActionTypes.ADD_MESSAGE;
+  payload: string;
+
+  constructor(message: string) {
+    this.payload = message;
+  }
+}
+
+/**
+ * Reset error.
+ * @class ResetAuthenticationMessagesAction
+ * @implements {Action}
+ */
+export class ResetAuthenticationMessagesAction implements Action {
+  public type: string = AuthActionTypes.RESET_MESSAGES;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Change the redirect url.
+ * @class SetRedirectUrlAction
+ * @implements {Action}
+ */
+export class SetRedirectUrlAction implements Action {
+  public type: string = AuthActionTypes.SET_REDIRECT_URL;
+  payload: string;
+
+  constructor(url: string) {
+    this.payload = url ;
+  }
+}
+
+/* tslint:enable:max-classes-per-file */
+
+/**
+ * Actions type.
+ * @type {AuthActions}
+ */
+export type AuthActions
+  = AuthenticateAction
+  | AuthenticatedAction
+  | AuthenticatedErrorAction
+  | AuthenticatedSuccessAction
+  | AuthenticationErrorAction
+  | AuthenticationSuccessAction
+  | CheckAuthenticationTokenAction
+  | CheckAuthenticationTokenErrorAction
+  | RedirectWhenAuthenticationIsRequiredAction
+  | RedirectWhenTokenExpiredAction
+  | RegistrationAction
+  | RegistrationErrorAction
+  | RegistrationSuccessAction
+  | AddAuthenticationMessageAction
+  | ResetAuthenticationMessagesAction;

src/app/core/auth/auth.effects.spec.ts

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+import { TestBed } from '@angular/core/testing';
+
+import { provideMockActions } from '@ngrx/effects/testing';
+import { Store } from '@ngrx/store';
+import { cold, hot } from 'jasmine-marbles';
+
+import { Observable } from 'rxjs/Observable';
+import 'rxjs/add/observable/of'
+
+import { AuthEffects } from './auth.effects';
+import {
+  AuthActionTypes,
+  AuthenticatedAction,
+  AuthenticatedErrorAction,
+  AuthenticatedSuccessAction,
+  AuthenticationErrorAction,
+  AuthenticationSuccessAction,
+  CheckAuthenticationTokenErrorAction,
+  LogOutErrorAction,
+  LogOutSuccessAction,
+  RefreshTokenErrorAction,
+  RefreshTokenSuccessAction
+} from './auth.actions';
+import { AuthServiceStub } from '../../shared/testing/auth-service-stub';
+import { AuthService } from './auth.service';
+import { TruncatablesState } from '../../shared/truncatable/truncatable.reducer';
+
+import { EpersonMock } from '../../shared/testing/eperson-mock';
+
+describe('AuthEffects', () => {
+  let authEffects: AuthEffects;
+  let actions: Observable<any>;
+
+  const authServiceStub = new AuthServiceStub();
+  const store: Store<TruncatablesState> = jasmine.createSpyObj('store', {
+    /* tslint:disable:no-empty */
+    dispatch: {},
+    /* tslint:enable:no-empty */
+    select: Observable.of(true)
+  });
+  const token = authServiceStub.getToken();
+
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    TestBed.configureTestingModule({
+      providers: [
+        AuthEffects,
+        {provide: AuthService, useValue: authServiceStub},
+        {provide: Store, useValue: store},
+        provideMockActions(() => actions),
+        // other providers
+      ],
+    });
+
+    authEffects = TestBed.get(AuthEffects);
+  });
+
+  describe('authenticate$', () => {
+    describe('when credentials are correct', () => {
+      it('should return a AUTHENTICATE_SUCCESS action in response to a AUTHENTICATE action', () => {
+        actions = hot('--a-', {
+          a: {
+            type: AuthActionTypes.AUTHENTICATE,
+            payload: {email: 'user', password: 'password'}
+          }
+        });
+
+        const expected = cold('--b-', {b: new AuthenticationSuccessAction(token)});
+
+        expect(authEffects.authenticate$).toBeObservable(expected);
+      });
+    });
+
+    describe('when credentials are wrong', () => {
+      it('should return a AUTHENTICATE_ERROR action in response to a AUTHENTICATE action', () => {
+        spyOn((authEffects as any).authService, 'authenticate').and.returnValue(Observable.throw(new Error('Message Error test')));
+
+        actions = hot('--a-', {
+          a: {
+            type: AuthActionTypes.AUTHENTICATE,
+            payload: {email: 'user', password: 'wrongpassword'}
+          }
+        });
+
+        const expected = cold('--b-', {b: new AuthenticationErrorAction(new Error('Message Error test'))});
+
+        expect(authEffects.authenticate$).toBeObservable(expected);
+      });
+    });
+  });
+
+  describe('authenticateSuccess$', () => {
+
+    it('should return a AUTHENTICATED action in response to a AUTHENTICATE_SUCCESS action', () => {
+      actions = hot('--a-', {a: {type: AuthActionTypes.AUTHENTICATE_SUCCESS, payload: token}});
+
+      const expected = cold('--b-', {b: new AuthenticatedAction(token)});
+
+      expect(authEffects.authenticateSuccess$).toBeObservable(expected);
+    });
+  });
+
+  describe('authenticated$', () => {
+
+    describe('when token is valid', () => {
+      it('should return a AUTHENTICATED_SUCCESS action in response to a AUTHENTICATED action', () => {
+        actions = hot('--a-', {a: {type: AuthActionTypes.AUTHENTICATED, payload: token}});
+
+        const expected = cold('--b-', {b: new AuthenticatedSuccessAction(true, token, EpersonMock)});
+
+        expect(authEffects.authenticated$).toBeObservable(expected);
+      });
+    });
+
+    describe('when token is not valid', () => {
+      it('should return a AUTHENTICATED_ERROR action in response to a AUTHENTICATED action', () => {
+        spyOn((authEffects as any).authService, 'authenticatedUser').and.returnValue(Observable.throw(new Error('Message Error test')));
+
+        actions = hot('--a-', {a: {type: AuthActionTypes.AUTHENTICATED, payload: token}});
+
+        const expected = cold('--b-', {b: new AuthenticatedErrorAction(new Error('Message Error test'))});
+
+        expect(authEffects.authenticated$).toBeObservable(expected);
+      });
+    });
+  });
+
+  describe('checkToken$', () => {
+
+    describe('when check token succeeded', () => {
+      it('should return a AUTHENTICATED action in response to a CHECK_AUTHENTICATION_TOKEN action', () => {
+
+        actions = hot('--a-', {a: {type: AuthActionTypes.CHECK_AUTHENTICATION_TOKEN}});
+
+        const expected = cold('--b-', {b: new AuthenticatedAction(token)});
+
+        expect(authEffects.checkToken$).toBeObservable(expected);
+      });
+    });
+
+    describe('when check token failed', () => {
+      it('should return a CHECK_AUTHENTICATION_TOKEN_ERROR action in response to a CHECK_AUTHENTICATION_TOKEN action', () => {
+        spyOn((authEffects as any).authService, 'hasValidAuthenticationToken').and.returnValue(Observable.throw(''));
+
+        actions = hot('--a-', {a: {type: AuthActionTypes.CHECK_AUTHENTICATION_TOKEN, payload: token}});
+
+        const expected = cold('--b-', {b: new CheckAuthenticationTokenErrorAction()});
+
+        expect(authEffects.checkToken$).toBeObservable(expected);
+      });
+    })
+  });
+
+  describe('refreshToken$', () => {
+
+    describe('when refresh token succeeded', () => {
+      it('should return a REFRESH_TOKEN_SUCCESS action in response to a REFRESH_TOKEN action', () => {
+
+        actions = hot('--a-', {a: {type: AuthActionTypes.REFRESH_TOKEN}});
+
+        const expected = cold('--b-', {b: new RefreshTokenSuccessAction(token)});
+
+        expect(authEffects.refreshToken$).toBeObservable(expected);
+      });
+    });
+
+    describe('when refresh token failed', () => {
+      it('should return a REFRESH_TOKEN_ERROR action in response to a REFRESH_TOKEN action', () => {
+        spyOn((authEffects as any).authService, 'refreshAuthenticationToken').and.returnValue(Observable.throw(''));
+
+        actions = hot('--a-', {a: {type: AuthActionTypes.REFRESH_TOKEN, payload: token}});
+
+        const expected = cold('--b-', {b: new RefreshTokenErrorAction()});
+
+        expect(authEffects.refreshToken$).toBeObservable(expected);
+      });
+    })
+  });
+
+  describe('logOut$', () => {
+
+    describe('when refresh token succeeded', () => {
+      it('should return a LOG_OUT_SUCCESS action in response to a LOG_OUT action', () => {
+
+        actions = hot('--a-', {a: {type: AuthActionTypes.LOG_OUT}});
+
+        const expected = cold('--b-', {b: new LogOutSuccessAction()});
+
+        expect(authEffects.logOut$).toBeObservable(expected);
+      });
+    });
+
+    describe('when refresh token failed', () => {
+      it('should return a REFRESH_TOKEN_ERROR action in response to a LOG_OUT action', () => {
+        spyOn((authEffects as any).authService, 'logout').and.returnValue(Observable.throw(new Error('Message Error test')));
+
+        actions = hot('--a-', {a: {type: AuthActionTypes.LOG_OUT, payload: token}});
+
+        const expected = cold('--b-', {b: new LogOutErrorAction(new Error('Message Error test'))});
+
+        expect(authEffects.logOut$).toBeObservable(expected);
+      });
+    })
+  });
+});

src/app/core/auth/auth.effects.ts

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+import { Injectable } from '@angular/core';
+
+// import @ngrx
+import { Actions, Effect } from '@ngrx/effects';
+import { Action, Store } from '@ngrx/store';
+
+// import rxjs
+import { Observable } from 'rxjs/Observable';
+
+// import services
+import { AuthService } from './auth.service';
+// import actions
+import {
+  AuthActionTypes,
+  AuthenticateAction,
+  AuthenticatedAction,
+  AuthenticatedErrorAction,
+  AuthenticatedSuccessAction,
+  AuthenticationErrorAction,
+  AuthenticationSuccessAction,
+  CheckAuthenticationTokenErrorAction,
+  LogOutErrorAction,
+  LogOutSuccessAction,
+  RefreshTokenAction,
+  RefreshTokenErrorAction,
+  RefreshTokenSuccessAction,
+  RegistrationAction,
+  RegistrationErrorAction,
+  RegistrationSuccessAction
+} from './auth.actions';
+import { Eperson } from '../eperson/models/eperson.model';
+import { AuthStatus } from './models/auth-status.model';
+import { AuthTokenInfo } from './models/auth-token-info.model';
+import { AppState } from '../../app.reducer';
+import { isAuthenticated } from './selectors';
+import { StoreActionTypes } from '../../store.actions';
+
+@Injectable()
+export class AuthEffects {
+
+  /**
+   * Authenticate user.
+   * @method authenticate
+   */
+  @Effect()
+  public authenticate$: Observable<Action> = this.actions$
+    .ofType(AuthActionTypes.AUTHENTICATE)
+    .switchMap((action: AuthenticateAction) => {
+      return this.authService.authenticate(action.payload.email, action.payload.password)
+        .first()
+        .map((response: AuthStatus) => new AuthenticationSuccessAction(response.token))
+        .catch((error) => Observable.of(new AuthenticationErrorAction(error)));
+    });
+
+  @Effect()
+  public authenticateSuccess$: Observable<Action> = this.actions$
+    .ofType(AuthActionTypes.AUTHENTICATE_SUCCESS)
+    .do((action: AuthenticationSuccessAction) => this.authService.storeToken(action.payload))
+    .map((action: AuthenticationSuccessAction) => new AuthenticatedAction(action.payload));
+
+  @Effect()
+  public authenticated$: Observable<Action> = this.actions$
+    .ofType(AuthActionTypes.AUTHENTICATED)
+    .switchMap((action: AuthenticatedAction) => {
+      return this.authService.authenticatedUser(action.payload)
+        .map((user: Eperson) => new AuthenticatedSuccessAction((user !== null), action.payload, user))
+        .catch((error) => Observable.of(new AuthenticatedErrorAction(error)));
+    });
+
+  // It means "reacts to this action but don't send another"
+  @Effect({dispatch: false})
+  public authenticatedError$: Observable<Action> = this.actions$
+    .ofType(AuthActionTypes.AUTHENTICATED_ERROR)
+    .do((action: LogOutSuccessAction) => this.authService.removeToken());
+
+  @Effect()
+  public checkToken$: Observable<Action> = this.actions$
+    .ofType(AuthActionTypes.CHECK_AUTHENTICATION_TOKEN)
+    .switchMap(() => {
+      return this.authService.hasValidAuthenticationToken()
+        .map((token: AuthTokenInfo) => new AuthenticatedAction(token))
+        .catch((error) => Observable.of(new CheckAuthenticationTokenErrorAction()));
+    });
+
+  @Effect()
+  public createUser$: Observable<Action> = this.actions$
+    .ofType(AuthActionTypes.REGISTRATION)
+    .debounceTime(500) // to remove when functionality is implemented
+    .switchMap((action: RegistrationAction) => {
+      return this.authService.create(action.payload)
+        .map((user: Eperson) => new RegistrationSuccessAction(user))
+        .catch((error) => Observable.of(new RegistrationErrorAction(error)));
+    });
+
+  @Effect()
+  public refreshToken$: Observable<Action> = this.actions$
+    .ofType(AuthActionTypes.REFRESH_TOKEN)
+    .switchMap((action: RefreshTokenAction) => {
+      return this.authService.refreshAuthenticationToken(action.payload)
+        .map((token: AuthTokenInfo) => new RefreshTokenSuccessAction(token))
+        .catch((error) => Observable.of(new RefreshTokenErrorAction()));
+    });
+
+  // It means "reacts to this action but don't send another"
+  @Effect({dispatch: false})
+  public refreshTokenSuccess$: Observable<Action> = this.actions$
+    .ofType(AuthActionTypes.REFRESH_TOKEN_SUCCESS)
+    .do((action: RefreshTokenSuccessAction) => this.authService.replaceToken(action.payload));
+
+  /**
+   * When the store is rehydrated in the browser,
+   * clear a possible invalid token or authentication errors
+   */
+  @Effect({dispatch: false})
+  public clearInvalidTokenOnRehydrate$: Observable<any> = this.actions$
+    .ofType(StoreActionTypes.REHYDRATE)
+    .switchMap(() => {
+      return this.store.select(isAuthenticated)
+        .take(1)
+        .filter((authenticated) => !authenticated)
+        .do(() => this.authService.removeToken())
+        .do(() => this.authService.resetAuthenticationError());
+    });
+
+  @Effect()
+  public logOut$: Observable<Action> = this.actions$
+    .ofType(AuthActionTypes.LOG_OUT)
+    .switchMap(() => {
+      return this.authService.logout()
+        .map((value) => new LogOutSuccessAction())
+        .catch((error) => Observable.of(new LogOutErrorAction(error)));
+    });
+
+  @Effect({dispatch: false})
+  public logOutSuccess$: Observable<Action> = this.actions$
+    .ofType(AuthActionTypes.LOG_OUT_SUCCESS)
+    .do(() => this.authService.removeToken())
+    .do(() => this.authService.clearRedirectUrl())
+    .do(() => this.authService.refreshAfterLogout());
+
+  @Effect({dispatch: false})
+  public redirectToLogin$: Observable<Action> = this.actions$
+    .ofType(AuthActionTypes.REDIRECT_AUTHENTICATION_REQUIRED)
+    .do(() => this.authService.removeToken())
+    .do(() => this.authService.redirectToLogin());
+
+  @Effect({dispatch: false})
+  public redirectToLoginTokenExpired$: Observable<Action> = this.actions$
+    .ofType(AuthActionTypes.REDIRECT_TOKEN_EXPIRED)
+    .do(() => this.authService.removeToken())
+    .do(() => this.authService.redirectToLoginWhenTokenExpired());
+
+  /**
+   * @constructor
+   * @param {Actions} actions$
+   * @param {AuthService} authService
+   * @param {Store} store
+   */
+  constructor(private actions$: Actions,
+              private authService: AuthService,
+              private store: Store<AppState>) {
+  }
+}

src/app/core/auth/auth.interceptor.spec.ts

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+import { TestBed } from '@angular/core/testing';
+import { HttpClientTestingModule, HttpTestingController, } from '@angular/common/http/testing';
+import { HTTP_INTERCEPTORS } from '@angular/common/http';
+import { Router } from '@angular/router';
+
+import { Store } from '@ngrx/store';
+import { Observable } from 'rxjs/Observable';
+
+import { AuthInterceptor } from './auth.interceptor';
+import { AuthService } from './auth.service';
+import { DSpaceRESTv2Service } from '../dspace-rest-v2/dspace-rest-v2.service';
+import { RestRequestMethod } from '../data/request.models';
+import { RouterStub } from '../../shared/testing/router-stub';
+import { TruncatablesState } from '../../shared/truncatable/truncatable.reducer';
+import { AuthServiceStub } from '../../shared/testing/auth-service-stub';
+
+describe(`AuthInterceptor`, () => {
+  let service: DSpaceRESTv2Service;
+  let httpMock: HttpTestingController;
+
+  const authServiceStub = new AuthServiceStub();
+  const store: Store<TruncatablesState> = jasmine.createSpyObj('store', {
+    /* tslint:disable:no-empty */
+    dispatch: {},
+    /* tslint:enable:no-empty */
+    select: Observable.of(true)
+  });
+
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    TestBed.configureTestingModule({
+      imports: [HttpClientTestingModule],
+      providers: [
+        DSpaceRESTv2Service,
+        {provide: AuthService, useValue: authServiceStub},
+        {provide: Router, useClass: RouterStub},
+        {
+          provide: HTTP_INTERCEPTORS,
+          useClass: AuthInterceptor,
+          multi: true,
+        },
+        {provide: Store, useValue: store},
+      ],
+    });
+
+    service = TestBed.get(DSpaceRESTv2Service);
+    httpMock = TestBed.get(HttpTestingController);
+  });
+
+  describe('when has a valid token', () => {
+
+    it('should not add an Authorization header when we’re sending a HTTP request to \'authn\' endpoint', () => {
+      service.request(RestRequestMethod.Post, 'dspace-spring-rest/api/authn/login', 'password=password&user=user').subscribe((response) => {
+        expect(response).toBeTruthy();
+      });
+
+      const httpRequest = httpMock.expectOne(`dspace-spring-rest/api/authn/login`);
+
+      const token = httpRequest.request.headers.get('authorization');
+      expect(token).toBeNull();
+    });
+
+    it('should add an Authorization header when we’re sending a HTTP request to \'authn\' endpoint', () => {
+      service.request(RestRequestMethod.Post, 'dspace-spring-rest/api/submission/workspaceitems', 'test').subscribe((response) => {
+        expect(response).toBeTruthy();
+      });
+
+      const httpRequest = httpMock.expectOne(`dspace-spring-rest/api/submission/workspaceitems`);
+
+      expect(httpRequest.request.headers.has('authorization'));
+      const token = httpRequest.request.headers.get('authorization');
+      expect(token).toBe('Bearer token_test');
+    });
+
+  });
+
+  describe('when has an expired token', () => {
+
+    beforeEach(() => {
+      authServiceStub.setTokenAsExpired();
+    });
+
+    afterEach(() => {
+      authServiceStub.setTokenAsNotExpired();
+    });
+
+    it('should redirect to login', () => {
+
+      service.request(RestRequestMethod.Post, 'dspace-spring-rest/api/submission/workspaceitems', 'password=password&user=user').subscribe((response) => {
+        expect(response).toBeTruthy();
+      });
+
+      service.request(RestRequestMethod.Post, 'dspace-spring-rest/api/submission/workspaceitems', 'password=password&user=user');
+
+      httpMock.expectNone('dspace-spring-rest/api/submission/workspaceitems');
+    });
+  })
+
+});

src/app/core/auth/auth.interceptor.ts

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+import { Injectable, Injector } from '@angular/core';
+import {
+  HttpEvent, HttpInterceptor, HttpHandler, HttpRequest, HttpResponse,
+  HttpErrorResponse, HttpResponseBase
+} from '@angular/common/http';
+
+import { Observable } from 'rxjs/Rx';
+import 'rxjs/add/observable/throw'
+import 'rxjs/add/operator/catch';
+
+import { find } from 'lodash';
+
+import { AppState } from '../../app.reducer';
+import { AuthService } from './auth.service';
+import { AuthStatus } from './models/auth-status.model';
+import { AuthTokenInfo } from './models/auth-token-info.model';
+import { isNotEmpty, isUndefined } from '../../shared/empty.util';
+import { RedirectWhenTokenExpiredAction, RefreshTokenAction } from './auth.actions';
+import { Store } from '@ngrx/store';
+import { Router } from '@angular/router';
+
+@Injectable()
+export class AuthInterceptor implements HttpInterceptor {
+
+  // Intercetor is called twice per request,
+  // so to prevent RefreshTokenAction is dispatched twice
+  // we're creating a refresh token request list
+  protected refreshTokenRequestUrls = [];
+
+  constructor(private inj: Injector, private router: Router, private store: Store<AppState>) { }
+
+  private isUnauthorized(response: HttpResponseBase): boolean {
+    // invalid_token The access token provided is expired, revoked, malformed, or invalid for other reasons
+    return response.status === 401;
+  }
+
+  private isSuccess(response: HttpResponseBase): boolean {
+    return response.status === 200;
+  }
+
+  private isAuthRequest(http: HttpRequest<any> | HttpResponseBase): boolean {
+    return http && http.url
+      && (http.url.endsWith('/authn/login')
+        || http.url.endsWith('/authn/logout')
+        || http.url.endsWith('/authn/status'));
+  }
+
+  private isLoginResponse(http: HttpRequest<any> | HttpResponseBase): boolean {
+    return http.url && http.url.endsWith('/authn/login');
+  }
+
+  private isLogoutResponse(http: HttpRequest<any> | HttpResponseBase): boolean {
+    return http.url && http.url.endsWith('/authn/logout');
+  }
+
+  private makeAuthStatusObject(authenticated:boolean, accessToken?: string, error?: string): AuthStatus {
+    const authStatus = new AuthStatus();
+    authStatus.id = null;
+    authStatus.okay = true;
+    if (authenticated) {
+      authStatus.authenticated = true;
+      authStatus.token = new AuthTokenInfo(accessToken);
+    } else {
+      authStatus.authenticated = false;
+      authStatus.error = isNotEmpty(error) ? ((typeof error === 'string') ? JSON.parse(error) : error) : null;
+    }
+    return authStatus;
+  }
+
+  intercept(req: HttpRequest<any>, next: HttpHandler): Observable<HttpEvent<any>> {
+
+    const authService = this.inj.get(AuthService);
+
+    const token = authService.getToken();
+    let newReq;
+
+    if (authService.isTokenExpired()) {
+      authService.setRedirectUrl(this.router.url);
+      // The access token is expired
+      // Redirect to the login route
+      this.store.dispatch(new RedirectWhenTokenExpiredAction('auth.messages.expired'));
+      return Observable.of(null);
+    } else if (!this.isAuthRequest(req) && isNotEmpty(token)) {
+      // Intercept a request that is not to the authentication endpoint
+      authService.isTokenExpiring()
+        .filter((isExpiring) => isExpiring)
+        .subscribe(() => {
+          // If the current request url is already in the refresh token request list, skip it
+          if (isUndefined(find(this.refreshTokenRequestUrls, req.url))) {
+            // When a token is about to expire, refresh it
+            this.store.dispatch(new RefreshTokenAction(token));
+            this.refreshTokenRequestUrls.push(req.url);
+          }
+        });
+      // Get the auth header from the service.
+      const Authorization = authService.buildAuthHeader(token);
+      // Clone the request to add the new header.
+      newReq = req.clone({headers: req.headers.set('authorization', Authorization)});
+    } else {
+      newReq = req;
+    }
+
+    // Pass on the new request instead of the original request.
+    return next.handle(newReq)
+      .map((response) => {
+        // Intercept a Login/Logout response
+        if (response instanceof HttpResponse && this.isSuccess(response) && (this.isLoginResponse(response) || this.isLogoutResponse(response))) {
+          // It's a success Login/Logout response
+          let authRes: HttpResponse<any>;
+          if (this.isLoginResponse(response)) {
+            // login successfully
+            const newToken = response.headers.get('authorization');
+            authRes = response.clone({body: this.makeAuthStatusObject(true, newToken)});
+
+            // clean eventually refresh Requests list
+            this.refreshTokenRequestUrls = [];
+          } else {
+            // logout successfully
+            authRes = response.clone({body: this.makeAuthStatusObject(false)});
+          }
+          return authRes;
+        } else {
+          return response;
+        }
+      })
+      .catch((error, caught) => {
+        // Intercept an error response
+        if (error instanceof HttpErrorResponse) {
+          // Checks if is a response from a request to an authentication endpoint
+          if (this.isAuthRequest(error)) {
+            // clean eventually refresh Requests list
+            this.refreshTokenRequestUrls = [];
+            // Create a new HttpResponse and return it, so it can be handle properly by AuthService.
+            const authResponse = new HttpResponse({
+              body: this.makeAuthStatusObject(false, null, error.error),
+              headers: error.headers,
+              status: error.status,
+              statusText: error.statusText,
+              url: error.url
+            });
+            return Observable.of(authResponse);
+          } else if (this.isUnauthorized(error)) {
+            // The access token provided is expired, revoked, malformed, or invalid for other reasons
+            // Redirect to the login route
+            this.store.dispatch(new RedirectWhenTokenExpiredAction('auth.messages.expired'));
+          }
+        }
+        // Return error response as is.
+        return Observable.throw(error);
+      }) as any;
+
+  }
+}

src/app/core/auth/auth.reducer.spec.ts

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+import { authReducer, AuthState } from './auth.reducer';
+import {
+  AddAuthenticationMessageAction,
+  AuthenticateAction,
+  AuthenticatedAction,
+  AuthenticatedErrorAction,
+  AuthenticatedSuccessAction,
+  AuthenticationErrorAction,
+  AuthenticationSuccessAction,
+  CheckAuthenticationTokenAction,
+  CheckAuthenticationTokenErrorAction,
+  LogOutAction,
+  LogOutErrorAction,
+  LogOutSuccessAction,
+  RedirectWhenAuthenticationIsRequiredAction,
+  RedirectWhenTokenExpiredAction,
+  RefreshTokenAction,
+  RefreshTokenErrorAction,
+  RefreshTokenSuccessAction,
+  ResetAuthenticationMessagesAction,
+  SetRedirectUrlAction
+} from './auth.actions';
+import { AuthTokenInfo } from './models/auth-token-info.model';
+import { EpersonMock } from '../../shared/testing/eperson-mock';
+
+describe('authReducer', () => {
+
+  let initialState: AuthState;
+  let state: AuthState;
+  const mockTokenInfo = new AuthTokenInfo('test_token');
+  const mockError = new Error('Test error message');
+
+  it('should properly set the state, in response to a AUTHENTICATE action', () => {
+    initialState = {
+      authenticated: false,
+      loaded: false,
+      loading: false,
+    };
+    const action = new AuthenticateAction('user', 'password');
+    const newState = authReducer(initialState, action);
+    state = {
+      authenticated: false,
+      loaded: false,
+      error: undefined,
+      loading: true,
+      info: undefined
+    };
+
+    expect(newState).toEqual(state);
+  });
+
+  it('should properly set the state, in response to a AUTHENTICATE_SUCCESS action', () => {
+    initialState = {
+      authenticated: false,
+      loaded: false,
+      error: undefined,
+      loading: true,
+      info: undefined
+    };
+    const action = new AuthenticationSuccessAction(mockTokenInfo);
+    const newState = authReducer(initialState, action);
+
+    expect(newState).toEqual(initialState);
+  });
+
+  it('should properly set the state, in response to a AUTHENTICATE_ERROR action', () => {
+    initialState = {
+      authenticated: false,
+      loaded: false,
+      error: undefined,
+      loading: true,
+      info: undefined
+    };
+    const action = new AuthenticationErrorAction(mockError);
+    const newState = authReducer(initialState, action);
+    state = {
+      authenticated: false,
+      loaded: false,
+      loading: false,
+      info: undefined,
+      authToken: undefined,
+      error: 'Test error message'
+    };
+
+    expect(newState).toEqual(state);
+  });
+
+  it('should properly set the state, in response to a AUTHENTICATED action', () => {
+    initialState = {
+      authenticated: false,
+      loaded: false,
+      error: undefined,
+      loading: true,
+      info: undefined
+    };
+    const action = new AuthenticatedAction(mockTokenInfo);
+    const newState = authReducer(initialState, action);
+
+    expect(newState).toEqual(initialState);
+  });
+
+  it('should properly set the state, in response to a AUTHENTICATED_SUCCESS action', () => {
+    initialState = {
+      authenticated: false,
+      loaded: false,
+      error: undefined,
+      loading: true,
+      info: undefined
+    };
+    const action = new AuthenticatedSuccessAction(true, mockTokenInfo, EpersonMock);
+    const newState = authReducer(initialState, action);
+    state = {
+      authenticated: true,
+      authToken: mockTokenInfo,
+      loaded: true,
+      error: undefined,
+      loading: false,
+      info: undefined,
+      user: EpersonMock
+    };
+    expect(newState).toEqual(state);
+  });
+
+  it('should properly set the state, in response to a AUTHENTICATED_ERROR action', () => {
+    initialState = {
+      authenticated: false,
+      loaded: false,
+      error: undefined,
+      loading: true,
+      info: undefined
+    };
+    const action = new AuthenticatedErrorAction(mockError);
+    const newState = authReducer(initialState, action);
+    state = {
+      authenticated: false,
+      authToken: undefined,
+      error: 'Test error message',
+      loaded: true,
+      loading: false,
+      info: undefined
+    };
+    expect(newState).toEqual(state);
+  });
+
+  it('should properly set the state, in response to a CHECK_AUTHENTICATION_TOKEN action', () => {
+    initialState = {
+      authenticated: false,
+      loaded: false,
+      loading: false,
+    };
+    const action = new CheckAuthenticationTokenAction();
+    const newState = authReducer(initialState, action);
+    state = {
+      authenticated: false,
+      loaded: false,
+      loading: true,
+    };
+    expect(newState).toEqual(state);
+  });
+
+  it('should properly set the state, in response to a CHECK_AUTHENTICATION_TOKEN_ERROR action', () => {
+    initialState = {
+      authenticated: false,
+      loaded: false,
+      loading: true,
+    };
+    const action = new CheckAuthenticationTokenErrorAction();
+    const newState = authReducer(initialState, action);
+    state = {
+      authenticated: false,
+      loaded: false,
+      loading: false,
+    };
+    expect(newState).toEqual(state);
+  });
+
+  it('should properly set the state, in response to a LOG_OUT action', () => {
+    initialState = {
+      authenticated: true,
+      authToken: mockTokenInfo,
+      loaded: true,
+      error: undefined,
+      loading: false,
+      info: undefined,
+      user: EpersonMock
+    };
+
+    const action = new LogOutAction();
+    const newState = authReducer(initialState, action);
+
+    expect(newState).toEqual(initialState);
+  });
+
+  it('should properly set the state, in response to a LOG_OUT_SUCCESS action', () => {
+    initialState = {
+      authenticated: true,
+      authToken: mockTokenInfo,
+      loaded: true,
+      error: undefined,
+      loading: false,
+      info: undefined,
+      user: EpersonMock
+    };
+
+    const action = new LogOutSuccessAction();
+    const newState = authReducer(initialState, action);
+    state = {
+      authenticated: false,
+      authToken: undefined,
+      error: undefined,
+      loaded: false,
+      loading: false,
+      info: undefined,
+      refreshing: false,
+      user: undefined
+    };
+    expect(newState).toEqual(state);
+  });
+
+  it('should properly set the state, in response to a LOG_OUT_ERROR action', () => {
+    initialState = {
+      authenticated: true,
+      authToken: mockTokenInfo,
+      loaded: true,
+      error: undefined,
+      loading: false,
+      info: undefined,
+      user: EpersonMock
+    };
+
+    const action = new LogOutErrorAction(mockError);
+    const newState = authReducer(initialState, action);
+    state = {
+      authenticated: true,
+      authToken: mockTokenInfo,
+      loaded: true,
+      error: 'Test error message',
+      loading: false,
+      info: undefined,
+      user: EpersonMock
+    };
+    expect(newState).toEqual(state);
+  });
+
+  it('should properly set the state, in response to a REFRESH_TOKEN action', () => {
+    initialState = {
+      authenticated: true,
+      authToken: mockTokenInfo,
+      loaded: true,
+      error: undefined,
+      loading: false,
+      info: undefined,
+      user: EpersonMock
+    };
+    const newTokenInfo = new AuthTokenInfo('Refreshed token');
+    const action = new RefreshTokenAction(newTokenInfo);
+    const newState = authReducer(initialState, action);
+    state = {
+      authenticated: true,
+      authToken: mockTokenInfo,
+      loaded: true,
+      error: undefined,
+      loading: false,
+      info: undefined,
+      user: EpersonMock,
+      refreshing: true
+    };
+    expect(newState).toEqual(state);
+  });
+
+  it('should properly set the state, in response to a REFRESH_TOKEN_SUCCESS action', () => {
+    initialState = {
+      authenticated: true,
+      authToken: mockTokenInfo,
+      loaded: true,
+      error: undefined,
+      loading: false,
+      info: undefined,
+      user: EpersonMock,
+      refreshing: true
+    };
+    const newTokenInfo = new AuthTokenInfo('Refreshed token');
+    const action = new RefreshTokenSuccessAction(newTokenInfo);
+    const newState = authReducer(initialState, action);
+    state = {
+      authenticated: true,
+      authToken: newTokenInfo,
+      loaded: true,
+      error: undefined,
+      loading: false,
+      info: undefined,
+      user: EpersonMock,
+      refreshing: false
+    };
+    expect(newState).toEqual(state);
+  });
+
+  it('should properly set the state, in response to a REFRESH_TOKEN_ERROR action', () => {
+    initialState = {
+      authenticated: true,
+      authToken: mockTokenInfo,
+      loaded: true,
+      error: undefined,
+      loading: false,
+      info: undefined,
+      user: EpersonMock,
+      refreshing: true
+    };
+    const action = new RefreshTokenErrorAction();
+    const newState = authReducer(initialState, action);
+    state = {
+      authenticated: false,
+      authToken: undefined,
+      error: undefined,
+      loaded: false,
+      loading: false,
+      info: undefined,
+      refreshing: false,
+      user: undefined
+    };
+    expect(newState).toEqual(state);
+  });
+
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    initialState = {
+      authenticated: true,
+      authToken: mockTokenInfo,
+      loaded: true,
+      error: undefined,
+      loading: false,
+      info: undefined,
+      user: EpersonMock
+    };
+
+    state = {
+      authenticated: false,
+      authToken: undefined,
+      loaded: false,
+      loading: false,
+      error: undefined,
+      info: 'Message',
+      user: undefined
+    };
+  });
+
+  it('should properly set the state, in response to a REDIRECT_AUTHENTICATION_REQUIRED action', () => {
+    const action = new RedirectWhenAuthenticationIsRequiredAction('Message');
+    const newState = authReducer(initialState, action);
+    expect(newState).toEqual(state);
+  });
+
+  it('should properly set the state, in response to a REDIRECT_TOKEN_EXPIRED action', () => {
+    const action = new RedirectWhenTokenExpiredAction('Message');
+    const newState = authReducer(initialState, action);
+    expect(newState).toEqual(state);
+  });
+
+  it('should properly set the state, in response to a ADD_MESSAGE action', () => {
+    initialState = {
+      authenticated: false,
+      loaded: false,
+      loading: false,
+    };
+    const action = new AddAuthenticationMessageAction('Message');
+    const newState = authReducer(initialState, action);
+    state = {
+      authenticated: false,
+      loaded: false,
+      loading: false,
+      info: 'Message'
+    };
+    expect(newState).toEqual(state);
+  });
+
+  it('should properly set the state, in response to a RESET_MESSAGES action', () => {
+    initialState = {
+      authenticated: false,
+      loaded: false,
+      loading: false,
+      error: 'Error',
+      info: 'Message'
+    };
+    const action = new ResetAuthenticationMessagesAction();
+    const newState = authReducer(initialState, action);
+    state = {
+      authenticated: false,
+      loaded: false,
+      loading: false,
+      error: undefined,
+      info: undefined
+    };
+    expect(newState).toEqual(state);
+  });
+
+  it('should properly set the state, in response to a SET_REDIRECT_URL action', () => {
+    initialState = {
+      authenticated: false,
+      loaded: false,
+      loading: false
+    };
+    const action = new SetRedirectUrlAction('redirect.url');
+    const newState = authReducer(initialState, action);
+    state = {
+      authenticated: false,
+      loaded: false,
+      loading: false,
+      redirectUrl: 'redirect.url'
+    };
+    expect(newState).toEqual(state);
+  });
+});

src/app/core/auth/auth.reducer.ts

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+// import actions
+import {
+  AddAuthenticationMessageAction,
+  AuthActions,
+  AuthActionTypes,
+  AuthenticatedSuccessAction,
+  AuthenticationErrorAction,
+  LogOutErrorAction,
+  RedirectWhenAuthenticationIsRequiredAction,
+  RedirectWhenTokenExpiredAction,
+  RefreshTokenSuccessAction,
+  SetRedirectUrlAction
+} from './auth.actions';
+// import models
+import { Eperson } from '../eperson/models/eperson.model';
+import { AuthTokenInfo } from './models/auth-token-info.model';
+
+/**
+ * The auth state.
+ * @interface State
+ */
+export interface AuthState {
+
+  // boolean if user is authenticated
+  authenticated: boolean;
+
+  // the authentication token
+  authToken?: AuthTokenInfo;
+
+  // error message
+  error?: string;
+
+  // true if we have attempted existing auth session
+  loaded: boolean;
+
+  // true when loading
+  loading: boolean;
+
+  // info message
+  info?: string;
+
+  // redirect url after login
+  redirectUrl?: string;
+
+  // true when refreshing token
+  refreshing?: boolean;
+
+  // the authenticated user
+  user?: Eperson;
+}
+
+/**
+ * The initial state.
+ */
+const initialState: AuthState = {
+  authenticated: false,
+  loaded: false,
+  loading: false,
+};
+
+/**
+ * The reducer function.
+ * @function reducer
+ * @param {State} state Current state
+ * @param {AuthActions} action Incoming action
+ */
+export function authReducer(state: any = initialState, action: AuthActions): AuthState {
+
+  switch (action.type) {
+    case AuthActionTypes.AUTHENTICATE:
+      return Object.assign({}, state, {
+        error: undefined,
+        loading: true,
+        info: undefined
+      });
+
+    case AuthActionTypes.AUTHENTICATED:
+      return Object.assign({}, state, {
+        loading: true
+      });
+
+    case AuthActionTypes.AUTHENTICATED_ERROR:
+      return Object.assign({}, state, {
+        authenticated: false,
+        authToken: undefined,
+        error: (action as AuthenticationErrorAction).payload.message,
+        loaded: true,
+        loading: false
+      });
+
+    case AuthActionTypes.AUTHENTICATED_SUCCESS:
+      return Object.assign({}, state, {
+        authenticated: true,
+        authToken: (action as AuthenticatedSuccessAction).payload.authToken,
+        loaded: true,
+        error: undefined,
+        loading: false,
+        info: undefined,
+        user: (action as AuthenticatedSuccessAction).payload.user
+      });
+
+    case AuthActionTypes.AUTHENTICATE_ERROR:
+    case AuthActionTypes.REGISTRATION_ERROR:
+      return Object.assign({}, state, {
+        authenticated: false,
+        authToken: undefined,
+        error: (action as AuthenticationErrorAction).payload.message,
+        loading: false
+      });
+
+    case AuthActionTypes.AUTHENTICATED:
+    case AuthActionTypes.AUTHENTICATE_SUCCESS:
+    case AuthActionTypes.LOG_OUT:
+      return state;
+
+    case AuthActionTypes.CHECK_AUTHENTICATION_TOKEN:
+      return Object.assign({}, state, {
+        loading: true
+      });
+
+    case AuthActionTypes.CHECK_AUTHENTICATION_TOKEN_ERROR:
+      return Object.assign({}, state, {
+        loading: false
+      });
+
+    case AuthActionTypes.LOG_OUT_ERROR:
+      return Object.assign({}, state, {
+        authenticated: true,
+        error: (action as LogOutErrorAction).payload.message
+      });
+
+    case AuthActionTypes.LOG_OUT_SUCCESS:
+    case AuthActionTypes.REFRESH_TOKEN_ERROR:
+      return Object.assign({}, state, {
+        authenticated: false,
+        authToken: undefined,
+        error: undefined,
+        loaded: false,
+        loading: false,
+        info: undefined,
+        refreshing: false,
+        user: undefined
+      });
+
+    case AuthActionTypes.REDIRECT_AUTHENTICATION_REQUIRED:
+    case AuthActionTypes.REDIRECT_TOKEN_EXPIRED:
+      return Object.assign({}, state, {
+        authenticated: false,
+        authToken: undefined,
+        loaded: false,
+        loading: false,
+        info: (action as RedirectWhenTokenExpiredAction as RedirectWhenAuthenticationIsRequiredAction).payload,
+        user: undefined
+      });
+
+    case AuthActionTypes.REGISTRATION:
+      return Object.assign({}, state, {
+        authenticated: false,
+        authToken: undefined,
+        error: undefined,
+        loading: true,
+        info: undefined
+      });
+
+    case AuthActionTypes.REGISTRATION_SUCCESS:
+      return state;
+
+    case AuthActionTypes.REFRESH_TOKEN:
+      return Object.assign({}, state, {
+        refreshing: true,
+      });
+
+    case AuthActionTypes.REFRESH_TOKEN_SUCCESS:
+      return Object.assign({}, state, {
+        authToken: (action as RefreshTokenSuccessAction).payload,
+        refreshing: false,
+      });
+
+    case AuthActionTypes.ADD_MESSAGE:
+      return Object.assign({}, state, {
+        info: (action as AddAuthenticationMessageAction).payload,
+      });
+
+    case AuthActionTypes.RESET_MESSAGES:
+      return Object.assign({}, state, {
+        error: undefined,
+        info: undefined,
+      });
+
+    case AuthActionTypes.SET_REDIRECT_URL:
+      return Object.assign({}, state, {
+        redirectUrl: (action as SetRedirectUrlAction).payload,
+      });
+
+    default:
+      return state;
+  }
+}

src/app/core/auth/auth.service.spec.ts

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+import { async, inject, TestBed } from '@angular/core/testing';
+import { CommonModule } from '@angular/common';
+import { ActivatedRoute, Router } from '@angular/router';
+
+import { Store, StoreModule } from '@ngrx/store';
+import { Observable } from 'rxjs/Observable';
+import { REQUEST } from '@nguniversal/express-engine/tokens';
+import 'rxjs/add/observable/of';
+
+import { authReducer, AuthState } from './auth.reducer';
+import { NativeWindowRef, NativeWindowService } from '../../shared/services/window.service';
+import { AuthService } from './auth.service';
+import { RouterStub } from '../../shared/testing/router-stub';
+import { ActivatedRouteStub } from '../../shared/testing/active-router-stub';
+
+import { CookieService } from '../../shared/services/cookie.service';
+import { AuthRequestServiceStub } from '../../shared/testing/auth-request-service-stub';
+import { AuthRequestService } from './auth-request.service';
+import { AuthStatus } from './models/auth-status.model';
+import { AuthTokenInfo } from './models/auth-token-info.model';
+import { Eperson } from '../eperson/models/eperson.model';
+import { EpersonMock } from '../../shared/testing/eperson-mock';
+import { AppState } from '../../app.reducer';
+import { ClientCookieService } from '../../shared/services/client-cookie.service';
+
+describe('AuthService test', () => {
+
+  const mockStore: Store<AuthState> = jasmine.createSpyObj('store', {
+    dispatch: {},
+    select: Observable.of(true)
+  });
+  let authService: AuthService;
+  const authRequest = new AuthRequestServiceStub();
+  const window = new NativeWindowRef();
+  const routerStub = new RouterStub();
+  const routeStub = new ActivatedRouteStub();
+  let storage: CookieService;
+  const token: AuthTokenInfo = new AuthTokenInfo('test_token');
+  token.expires = Date.now() + (1000 * 60 * 60);
+  let authenticatedState = {
+    authenticated: true,
+    loaded: true,
+    loading: false,
+    authToken: token,
+    user: EpersonMock
+  };
+
+  describe('', () => {
+
+    beforeEach(() => {
+      TestBed.configureTestingModule({
+        imports: [
+          CommonModule,
+          StoreModule.forRoot({authReducer}),
+        ],
+        declarations: [],
+        providers: [
+          {provide: AuthRequestService, useValue: authRequest},
+          {provide: NativeWindowService, useValue: window},
+          {provide: REQUEST, useValue: {}},
+          {provide: Router, useValue: routerStub},
+          {provide: ActivatedRoute, useValue: routeStub},
+          {provide: Store, useValue: mockStore},
+          CookieService,
+          AuthService
+        ],
+      });
+      authService = TestBed.get(AuthService);
+    });
+
+    it('should return the authentication status object when user credentials are correct', () => {
+      authService.authenticate('user', 'password').subscribe((status: AuthStatus) => {
+        expect(status).toBeDefined();
+      });
+    });
+
+    it('should throw an error when user credentials are wrong', () => {
+      expect(authService.authenticate.bind(null, 'user', 'passwordwrong')).toThrow();
+    });
+
+    it('should return the authenticated user object when user token is valid', () => {
+      authService.authenticatedUser(new AuthTokenInfo('test_token')).subscribe((user: Eperson) => {
+        expect(user).toBeDefined();
+      });
+    });
+
+    it('should throw an error when user credentials when user token is not valid', () => {
+      expect(authService.authenticatedUser.bind(null, new AuthTokenInfo('test_token_expired'))).toThrow();
+    });
+
+    it('should return a valid refreshed token', () => {
+      authService.refreshAuthenticationToken(new AuthTokenInfo('test_token')).subscribe((tokenState: AuthTokenInfo) => {
+        expect(tokenState).toBeDefined();
+      });
+    });
+
+    it('should throw an error when is not possible to refresh token', () => {
+      expect(authService.refreshAuthenticationToken.bind(null, new AuthTokenInfo('test_token_expired'))).toThrow();
+    });
+
+    it('should return true when logout succeeded', () => {
+      authService.logout().subscribe((status: boolean) => {
+        expect(status).toBe(true);
+      });
+    });
+
+    it('should throw an error when logout is not succeeded', () => {
+      expect(authService.logout.bind(null)).toThrow();
+    });
+
+  });
+
+  describe('', () => {
+
+    beforeEach(async(() => {
+      TestBed.configureTestingModule({
+        imports: [
+          StoreModule.forRoot({authReducer})
+        ],
+        providers: [
+          {provide: AuthRequestService, useValue: authRequest},
+          {provide: REQUEST, useValue: {}},
+          {provide: Router, useValue: routerStub},
+          CookieService
+        ]
+      }).compileComponents();
+    }));
+
+    beforeEach(inject([CookieService, AuthRequestService, Store, Router], (cookieService: CookieService, authReqService: AuthRequestService, store: Store<AppState>, router: Router) => {
+      store
+        .subscribe((state) => {
+          (state as any).core = Object.create({});
+          (state as any).core.auth = authenticatedState;
+        });
+      authService = new AuthService({}, window, authReqService, router, cookieService, store);
+    }));
+
+    it('should return true when user is logged in', () => {
+      authService.isAuthenticated().subscribe((status: boolean) => {
+        expect(status).toBe(true);
+      });
+    });
+
+    it('should return token object when it is valid', () => {
+      authService.hasValidAuthenticationToken().subscribe((tokenState: AuthTokenInfo) => {
+        expect(tokenState).toBe(token);
+      });
+    });
+
+    it('should return a token object', () => {
+      const result = authService.getToken();
+      expect(result).toBe(token);
+    });
+
+    it('should return false when token is not expired', () => {
+      const result = authService.isTokenExpired();
+      expect(result).toBe(false);
+    });
+
+  });
+
+  describe('', () => {
+
+    beforeEach(async(() => {
+      TestBed.configureTestingModule({
+        imports: [
+          StoreModule.forRoot({authReducer})
+        ],
+        providers: [
+          {provide: AuthRequestService, useValue: authRequest},
+          {provide: REQUEST, useValue: {}},
+          {provide: Router, useValue: routerStub},
+          ClientCookieService,
+          CookieService
+        ]
+      }).compileComponents();
+    }));
+
+    beforeEach(inject([ClientCookieService, AuthRequestService, Store, Router], (cookieService: ClientCookieService, authReqService: AuthRequestService, store: Store<AppState>, router: Router) => {
+      const expiredToken: AuthTokenInfo = new AuthTokenInfo('test_token');
+      expiredToken.expires = Date.now() - (1000 * 60 * 60);
+      authenticatedState = {
+        authenticated: true,
+        loaded: true,
+        loading: false,
+        authToken: expiredToken,
+        user: EpersonMock
+      };
+      store
+        .subscribe((state) => {
+          (state as any).core = Object.create({});
+          (state as any).core.auth = authenticatedState;
+        });
+      authService = new AuthService({}, window, authReqService, router, cookieService, store);
+      storage = (authService as any).storage;
+      spyOn(storage, 'get');
+      spyOn(storage, 'remove');
+      spyOn(storage, 'set');
+    }));
+
+    it('should throw false when token is not valid', () => {
+      expect(authService.hasValidAuthenticationToken.bind(null)).toThrow();
+    });
+
+    it('should return true when token is expired', () => {
+      const result = authService.isTokenExpired();
+      expect(result).toBe(true);
+    });
+
+    it('should save token into storage', () => {
+      authService.storeToken(token);
+      expect(storage.set).toHaveBeenCalled();
+    });
+
+    it('should remove token from storage', () => {
+      authService.removeToken();
+      expect(storage.remove).toHaveBeenCalled();
+    });
+
+  });
+});

src/app/core/auth/auth.service.ts

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+import { Inject, Injectable } from '@angular/core';
+import { PRIMARY_OUTLET, Router, UrlSegmentGroup, UrlTree } from '@angular/router';
+import { HttpHeaders } from '@angular/common/http';
+import { REQUEST } from '@nguniversal/express-engine/tokens';
+
+import { RouterReducerState } from '@ngrx/router-store';
+import { Store } from '@ngrx/store';
+import { CookieAttributes } from 'js-cookie';
+import { Observable } from 'rxjs/Observable';
+import { map, withLatestFrom } from 'rxjs/operators';
+
+import { Eperson } from '../eperson/models/eperson.model';
+import { AuthRequestService } from './auth-request.service';
+
+import { HttpOptions } from '../dspace-rest-v2/dspace-rest-v2.service';
+import { AuthStatus } from './models/auth-status.model';
+import { AuthTokenInfo, TOKENITEM } from './models/auth-token-info.model';
+import { isEmpty, isNotEmpty, isNotNull, isNotUndefined } from '../../shared/empty.util';
+import { CookieService } from '../../shared/services/cookie.service';
+import { getAuthenticationToken, getRedirectUrl, isAuthenticated, isTokenRefreshing } from './selectors';
+import { AppState, routerStateSelector } from '../../app.reducer';
+import { ResetAuthenticationMessagesAction, SetRedirectUrlAction } from './auth.actions';
+import { NativeWindowRef, NativeWindowService } from '../../shared/services/window.service';
+import { Base64EncodeUrl } from '../../shared/utils/encode-decode.util';
+
+export const LOGIN_ROUTE = '/login';
+export const LOGOUT_ROUTE = '/logout';
+
+export const REDIRECT_COOKIE = 'dsRedirectUrl';
+
+/**
+ * The auth service.
+ */
+@Injectable()
+export class AuthService {
+
+  /**
+   * True if authenticated
+   * @type boolean
+   */
+  protected _authenticated: boolean;
+
+  constructor(@Inject(REQUEST) protected req: any,
+              @Inject(NativeWindowService) protected _window: NativeWindowRef,
+              protected authRequestService: AuthRequestService,
+              protected router: Router,
+              protected storage: CookieService,
+              protected store: Store<AppState>) {
+    this.store.select(isAuthenticated)
+      .startWith(false)
+      .subscribe((authenticated: boolean) => this._authenticated = authenticated);
+
+    // If current route is different from the one setted in authentication guard
+    // and is not the login route, clear redirect url and messages
+    const routeUrl$ = this.store.select(routerStateSelector)
+      .filter((routerState: RouterReducerState) => isNotUndefined(routerState) && isNotUndefined(routerState.state))
+      .filter((routerState: RouterReducerState) => !this.isLoginRoute(routerState.state.url))
+      .map((routerState: RouterReducerState) => routerState.state.url);
+    const redirectUrl$ = this.store.select(getRedirectUrl).distinctUntilChanged();
+    routeUrl$.pipe(
+      withLatestFrom(redirectUrl$),
+      map(([routeUrl, redirectUrl]) => [routeUrl, redirectUrl])
+    ).filter(([routeUrl, redirectUrl]) => isNotEmpty(redirectUrl) && (routeUrl !== redirectUrl))
+      .subscribe(() => {
+        this.clearRedirectUrl();
+      });
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Check if is a login page route
+   *
+   * @param {string} url
+   * @returns {Boolean}.
+   */
+  protected isLoginRoute(url: string) {
+    const urlTree: UrlTree = this.router.parseUrl(url);
+    const g: UrlSegmentGroup = urlTree.root.children[PRIMARY_OUTLET];
+    const segment = '/' + g.toString();
+    return segment === LOGIN_ROUTE;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Authenticate the user
+   *
+   * @param {string} user The user name
+   * @param {string} password The user's password
+   * @returns {Observable<User>} The authenticated user observable.
+   */
+  public authenticate(user: string, password: string): Observable<AuthStatus> {
+    // Attempt authenticating the user using the supplied credentials.
+    const body = (`password=${Base64EncodeUrl(password)}&user=${Base64EncodeUrl(user)}`);
+    const options: HttpOptions = Object.create({});
+    let headers = new HttpHeaders();
+    headers = headers.append('Content-Type', 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded');
+    options.headers = headers;
+    return this.authRequestService.postToEndpoint('login', body, options)
+      .map((status: AuthStatus) => {
+        if (status.authenticated) {
+          return status;
+        } else {
+          throw(new Error('Invalid email or password'));
+        }
+      })
+
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Determines if the user is authenticated
+   * @returns {Observable<boolean>}
+   */
+  public isAuthenticated(): Observable<boolean> {
+    return this.store.select(isAuthenticated);
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Returns the authenticated user
+   * @returns {User}
+   */
+  public authenticatedUser(token: AuthTokenInfo): Observable<Eperson> {
+    // Determine if the user has an existing auth session on the server
+    const options: HttpOptions = Object.create({});
+    let headers = new HttpHeaders();
+    headers = headers.append('Accept', 'application/json');
+    headers = headers.append('Authorization', `Bearer ${token.accessToken}`);
+    options.headers = headers;
+    return this.authRequestService.getRequest('status', options)
+      .map((status: AuthStatus) => {
+        if (status.authenticated) {
+          return status.eperson[0];
+        } else {
+          throw(new Error('Not authenticated'));
+        }
+      });
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Checks if token is present into browser storage and is valid. (NB Check is done only on SSR)
+   */
+  public checkAuthenticationToken() {
+    return
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Checks if token is present into storage and is not expired
+   */
+  public hasValidAuthenticationToken(): Observable<AuthTokenInfo> {
+    return this.store.select(getAuthenticationToken)
+      .take(1)
+      .map((authTokenInfo: AuthTokenInfo) => {
+        let token: AuthTokenInfo;
+        // Retrieve authentication token info and check if is valid
+        token = isNotEmpty(authTokenInfo) ? authTokenInfo : this.storage.get(TOKENITEM);
+        if (isNotEmpty(token) && token.hasOwnProperty('accessToken') && isNotEmpty(token.accessToken) && !this.isTokenExpired(token)) {
+          return token;
+        } else {
+          throw false;
+        }
+      });
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Checks if token is present into storage
+   */
+  public refreshAuthenticationToken(token: AuthTokenInfo): Observable<AuthTokenInfo> {
+    const options: HttpOptions = Object.create({});
+    let headers = new HttpHeaders();
+    headers = headers.append('Accept', 'application/json');
+    headers = headers.append('Authorization', `Bearer ${token.accessToken}`);
+    options.headers = headers;
+    return this.authRequestService.postToEndpoint('login', {}, options)
+      .map((status: AuthStatus) => {
+        if (status.authenticated) {
+          return status.token;
+        } else {
+          throw(new Error('Not authenticated'));
+        }
+      });
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Clear authentication errors
+   */
+  public resetAuthenticationError(): void {
+    this.store.dispatch(new ResetAuthenticationMessagesAction());
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Create a new user
+   * @returns {User}
+   */
+  public create(user: Eperson): Observable<Eperson> {
+    // Normally you would do an HTTP request to POST the user
+    // details and then return the new user object
+    // but, let's just return the new user for this example.
+    // this._authenticated = true;
+    return Observable.of(user);
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * End session
+   * @returns {Observable<boolean>}
+   */
+  public logout(): Observable<boolean> {
+    // Send a request that sign end the session
+    let headers = new HttpHeaders();
+    headers = headers.append('Content-Type', 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded');
+    const options: HttpOptions = Object.create({headers, responseType: 'text'});
+    return this.authRequestService.getRequest('logout', options)
+      .map((status: AuthStatus) => {
+        if (!status.authenticated) {
+          return true;
+        } else {
+          throw(new Error('auth.errors.invalid-user'));
+        }
+      })
+
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Retrieve authentication token info and make authorization header
+   * @returns {string}
+   */
+  public buildAuthHeader(token?: AuthTokenInfo): string {
+    if (isEmpty(token)) {
+      token = this.getToken();
+    }
+    return (this._authenticated && isNotNull(token)) ? `Bearer ${token.accessToken}` : '';
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Get authentication token info
+   * @returns {AuthTokenInfo}
+   */
+  public getToken(): AuthTokenInfo {
+    let token: AuthTokenInfo;
+    this.store.select(getAuthenticationToken)
+      .subscribe((authTokenInfo: AuthTokenInfo) => {
+        // Retrieve authentication token info and check if is valid
+        token = authTokenInfo || null;
+      });
+    return token;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Check if a token is next to be expired
+   * @returns {boolean}
+   */
+  public isTokenExpiring(): Observable<boolean> {
+    return this.store.select(isTokenRefreshing)
+      .first()
+      .map((isRefreshing: boolean) => {
+        if (this.isTokenExpired() || isRefreshing) {
+          return false;
+        } else {
+          const token = this.getToken();
+          return token.expires - (60 * 5 * 1000) < Date.now();
+        }
+      })
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Check if a token is expired
+   * @returns {boolean}
+   */
+  public isTokenExpired(token?: AuthTokenInfo): boolean {
+    token = token || this.getToken();
+    return token && token.expires < Date.now();
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Save authentication token info
+   *
+   * @param {AuthTokenInfo} token The token to save
+   * @returns {AuthTokenInfo}
+   */
+  public storeToken(token: AuthTokenInfo) {
+    // Add 1 day to the current date
+    const expireDate = Date.now() + (1000 * 60 * 60 * 24);
+
+    // Set the cookie expire date
+    const expires = new Date(expireDate);
+    const options: CookieAttributes = {expires: expires};
+
+    // Save cookie with the token
+    return this.storage.set(TOKENITEM, token, options);
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Remove authentication token info
+   */
+  public removeToken() {
+    return this.storage.remove(TOKENITEM);
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Replace authentication token info with a new one
+   */
+  public replaceToken(token: AuthTokenInfo) {
+    this.removeToken();
+    return this.storeToken(token);
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Redirect to the login route
+   */
+  public redirectToLogin() {
+    this.router.navigate([LOGIN_ROUTE]);
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Redirect to the login route when token has expired
+   */
+  public redirectToLoginWhenTokenExpired() {
+    const redirectUrl = LOGIN_ROUTE + '?expired=true';
+    if (this._window.nativeWindow.location) {
+      // Hard redirect to login page, so that all state is definitely lost
+      this._window.nativeWindow.location.href = redirectUrl;
+    } else {
+      this.router.navigateByUrl(redirectUrl);
+    }
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Redirect to the route navigated before the login
+   */
+  public redirectToPreviousUrl() {
+    this.getRedirectUrl()
+      .first()
+      .subscribe((redirectUrl) => {
+        if (isNotEmpty(redirectUrl)) {
+          this.clearRedirectUrl();
+
+          // override the route reuse strategy
+          this.router.routeReuseStrategy.shouldReuseRoute = () => {
+            return false;
+          };
+          this.router.navigated = false;
+          const url = decodeURIComponent(redirectUrl);
+          this.router.navigateByUrl(url);
+        } else {
+          this.router.navigate(['/']);
+        }
+      })
+
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Refresh route navigated
+   */
+  public refreshAfterLogout() {
+    this.router.navigate(['/home']);
+    // Hard redirect to home page, so that all state is definitely lost
+    this._window.nativeWindow.location.href = '/home';
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Get redirect url
+   */
+  getRedirectUrl(): Observable<string> {
+    const redirectUrl = this.storage.get(REDIRECT_COOKIE);
+    if (isNotEmpty(redirectUrl)) {
+      return Observable.of(redirectUrl);
+    } else {
+      return this.store.select(getRedirectUrl);
+    }
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Set redirect url
+   */
+  setRedirectUrl(url: string) {
+    // Add 1 hour to the current date
+    const expireDate = Date.now() + (1000 * 60 * 60);
+
+    // Set the cookie expire date
+    const expires = new Date(expireDate);
+    const options: CookieAttributes = {expires: expires};
+    this.storage.set(REDIRECT_COOKIE, url, options);
+    this.store.dispatch(new SetRedirectUrlAction(isNotUndefined(url) ? url : ''));
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Clear redirect url
+   */
+  clearRedirectUrl() {
+    this.store.dispatch(new SetRedirectUrlAction(''));
+    this.storage.remove(REDIRECT_COOKIE);
+  }
+}

src/app/core/auth/authenticated.guard.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,70 @@
+import { Injectable } from '@angular/core';
+import { ActivatedRouteSnapshot, CanActivate, CanLoad, Route, Router, RouterStateSnapshot } from '@angular/router';
+
+import { Observable } from 'rxjs/Observable';
+import { Store } from '@ngrx/store';
+
+// reducers
+import { CoreState } from '../core.reducers';
+import { isAuthenticated, isAuthenticationLoading } from './selectors';
+import { AuthService } from './auth.service';
+import { RedirectWhenAuthenticationIsRequiredAction } from './auth.actions';
+import { isEmpty } from '../../shared/empty.util';
+
+/**
+ * Prevent unauthorized activating and loading of routes
+ * @class AuthenticatedGuard
+ */
+@Injectable()
+export class AuthenticatedGuard implements CanActivate, CanLoad {
+
+  /**
+   * @constructor
+   */
+  constructor(private authService: AuthService, private router: Router, private store: Store<CoreState>) {}
+
+  /**
+   * True when user is authenticated
+   * @method canActivate
+   */
+  canActivate(route: ActivatedRouteSnapshot, state: RouterStateSnapshot): Observable<boolean> {
+    const url = state.url;
+    return this.handleAuth(url);
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * True when user is authenticated
+   * @method canActivateChild
+   */
+  canActivateChild(route: ActivatedRouteSnapshot, state: RouterStateSnapshot): Observable<boolean> {
+    return this.canActivate(route, state);
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * True when user is authenticated
+   * @method canLoad
+   */
+  canLoad(route: Route): Observable<boolean> {
+    const url = `/${route.path}`;
+
+    return this.handleAuth(url);
+  }
+
+  private handleAuth(url: string): Observable<boolean> {
+    // get observable
+    const observable = this.store.select(isAuthenticated);
+
+    // redirect to sign in page if user is not authenticated
+    observable
+      // .filter(() => isEmpty(this.router.routerState.snapshot.url) || this.router.routerState.snapshot.url === url)
+      .take(1)
+      .subscribe((authenticated) => {
+        if (!authenticated) {
+          this.authService.setRedirectUrl(url);
+          this.store.dispatch(new RedirectWhenAuthenticationIsRequiredAction('Login required'));
+        }
+    });
+
+    return observable;
+  }
+}

src/app/core/auth/models/auth-error.model.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+export interface AuthError {
+  error: string,
+  message: string,
+  path: string,
+  status: number
+  timestamp: number
+}

src/app/core/auth/models/auth-status.model.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+import { AuthError } from './auth-error.model';
+import { AuthTokenInfo } from './auth-token-info.model';
+import { DSpaceObject } from '../../shared/dspace-object.model';
+import { Eperson } from '../../eperson/models/eperson.model';
+
+export class AuthStatus {
+
+  id: string;
+
+  okay: boolean;
+
+  authenticated: boolean;
+
+  error?: AuthError;
+
+  eperson: Eperson[];
+
+  token?: AuthTokenInfo;
+
+  self: string;
+}

src/app/core/auth/models/auth-token-info.model.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+import { default as decode } from 'jwt-decode';
+
+export const TOKENITEM = 'dsAuthInfo';
+
+export class AuthTokenInfo {
+  public accessToken: string;
+  public expires: number;
+
+  constructor(token: string) {
+    this.accessToken = token.replace('Bearer ', '');
+    try {
+      const tokenClaims = decode(this.accessToken);
+      // exp claim is in seconds, convert it se to milliseconds
+      this.expires = tokenClaims.exp * 1000;
+    } catch (err) {
+      this.expires = 0;
+    }
+  }
+}

src/app/core/auth/models/normalized-auth-status.model.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+import { AuthStatus } from './auth-status.model';
+import { autoserialize, autoserializeAs, inheritSerialization } from 'cerialize';
+import { mapsTo } from '../../cache/builders/build-decorators';
+import { NormalizedDSpaceObject } from '../../cache/models/normalized-dspace-object.model';
+import { Eperson } from '../../eperson/models/eperson.model';
+
+@mapsTo(AuthStatus)
+@inheritSerialization(NormalizedDSpaceObject)
+export class NormalizedAuthStatus extends NormalizedDSpaceObject {
+
+  /**
+   * True if REST API is up and running, should never return false
+   */
+  @autoserialize
+  okay: boolean;
+
+  /**
+   * True if the token is valid, false if there was no token or the token wasn't valid
+   */
+  @autoserialize
+  authenticated: boolean;
+
+  @autoserializeAs(Eperson)
+  eperson: Eperson[];
+
+}

src/app/core/auth/selectors.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,204 @@
+import { createSelector } from '@ngrx/store';
+
+/**
+ * Every reducer module's default export is the reducer function itself. In
+ * addition, each module should export a type or interface that describes
+ * the state of the reducer plus any selector functions. The `* as`
+ * notation packages up all of the exports into a single object.
+ */
+import { AuthState } from './auth.reducer';
+import { AppState } from '../../app.reducer';
+
+/**
+ * Returns the user state.
+ * @function getUserState
+ * @param {AppState} state Top level state.
+ * @return {AuthState}
+ */
+export const getAuthState = (state: any) => state.core.auth;
+
+/**
+ * Returns true if the user is authenticated.
+ * @function _isAuthenticated
+ * @param {State} state
+ * @returns {boolean}
+ */
+const _isAuthenticated = (state: AuthState) => state.authenticated;
+
+/**
+ * Returns true if the authenticated has loaded.
+ * @function _isAuthenticatedLoaded
+ * @param {State} state
+ * @returns {boolean}
+ */
+const _isAuthenticatedLoaded = (state: AuthState) => state.loaded;
+
+/**
+ * Return the users state
+ * @function _getAuthenticatedUser
+ * @param {State} state
+ * @returns {User}
+ */
+const _getAuthenticatedUser = (state: AuthState) => state.user;
+
+/**
+ * Returns the authentication error.
+ * @function _getAuthenticationError
+ * @param {State} state
+ * @returns {string}
+ */
+const _getAuthenticationError = (state: AuthState) => state.error;
+
+/**
+ * Returns the authentication info message.
+ * @function _getAuthenticationInfo
+ * @param {State} state
+ * @returns {string}
+ */
+const _getAuthenticationInfo = (state: AuthState) => state.info;
+
+/**
+ * Returns true if request is in progress.
+ * @function _isLoading
+ * @param {State} state
+ * @returns {boolean}
+ */
+const _isLoading = (state: AuthState) => state.loading;
+
+/**
+ * Returns true if a refresh token request is in progress.
+ * @function _isRefreshing
+ * @param {State} state
+ * @returns {boolean}
+ */
+const _isRefreshing = (state: AuthState) => state.refreshing;
+
+/**
+ * Returns the authentication token.
+ * @function _getAuthenticationToken
+ * @param {State} state
+ * @returns {AuthToken}
+ */
+const _getAuthenticationToken = (state: AuthState) => state.authToken;
+
+/**
+ * Returns the sign out error.
+ * @function _getLogOutError
+ * @param {State} state
+ * @returns {string}
+ */
+const _getLogOutError = (state: AuthState) => state.error;
+
+/**
+ * Returns the sign up error.
+ * @function _getRegistrationError
+ * @param {State} state
+ * @returns {string}
+ */
+const _getRegistrationError = (state: AuthState) => state.error;
+
+/**
+ * Returns the redirect url.
+ * @function _getRedirectUrl
+ * @param {State} state
+ * @returns {string}
+ */
+const _getRedirectUrl = (state: AuthState) => state.redirectUrl;
+
+/**
+ * Returns the authenticated user
+ * @function getAuthenticatedUser
+ * @param {AuthState} state
+ * @param {any} props
+ * @return {User}
+ */
+export const getAuthenticatedUser = createSelector(getAuthState, _getAuthenticatedUser);
+
+/**
+ * Returns the authentication error.
+ * @function getAuthenticationError
+ * @param {AuthState} state
+ * @param {any} props
+ * @return {Error}
+ */
+export const getAuthenticationError = createSelector(getAuthState, _getAuthenticationError);
+
+/**
+ * Returns the authentication info message.
+ * @function getAuthenticationInfo
+ * @param {AuthState} state
+ * @param {any} props
+ * @return {string}
+ */
+export const getAuthenticationInfo = createSelector(getAuthState, _getAuthenticationInfo);
+
+/**
+ * Returns true if the user is authenticated
+ * @function isAuthenticated
+ * @param {AuthState} state
+ * @param {any} props
+ * @return {boolean}
+ */
+export const isAuthenticated = createSelector(getAuthState, _isAuthenticated);
+
+/**
+ * Returns true if the user is authenticated
+ * @function isAuthenticated
+ * @param {AuthState} state
+ * @param {any} props
+ * @return {boolean}
+ */
+export const isAuthenticatedLoaded = createSelector(getAuthState, _isAuthenticatedLoaded);
+
+/**
+ * Returns true if the authentication request is loading.
+ * @function isAuthenticationLoading
+ * @param {AuthState} state
+ * @param {any} props
+ * @return {boolean}
+ */
+export const isAuthenticationLoading = createSelector(getAuthState, _isLoading);
+
+/**
+ * Returns true if the refresh token request is loading.
+ * @function isTokenRefreshing
+ * @param {AuthState} state
+ * @param {any} props
+ * @return {boolean}
+ */
+export const isTokenRefreshing = createSelector(getAuthState, _isRefreshing);
+
+/**
+ * Returns the authentication token.
+ * @function getAuthenticationToken
+ * @param {State} state
+ * @returns {AuthToken}
+ */
+export const getAuthenticationToken = createSelector(getAuthState, _getAuthenticationToken);
+
+/**
+ * Returns the log out error.
+ * @function getLogOutError
+ * @param {AuthState} state
+ * @param {any} props
+ * @return {Error}
+ */
+export const getLogOutError = createSelector(getAuthState, _getLogOutError);
+
+/**
+ * Returns the registration error.
+ * @function getRegistrationError
+ * @param {AuthState} state
+ * @param {any} props
+ * @return {Error}
+ */
+export const getRegistrationError = createSelector(getAuthState, _getRegistrationError);
+
+/**
+ * Returns the redirect url.
+ * @function getRedirectUrl
+ * @param {AuthState} state
+ * @param {any} props
+ * @return {string}
+ */
+export const getRedirectUrl = createSelector(getAuthState, _getRedirectUrl);

src/app/core/auth/server-auth.service.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,74 @@
+import { Injectable } from '@angular/core';
+
+import { Observable } from 'rxjs/Observable';
+import { HttpHeaders } from '@angular/common/http';
+import { HttpOptions } from '../dspace-rest-v2/dspace-rest-v2.service';
+import { AuthStatus } from './models/auth-status.model';
+import { isNotEmpty } from '../../shared/empty.util';
+import { AuthService } from './auth.service';
+import { AuthTokenInfo } from './models/auth-token-info.model';
+import { CheckAuthenticationTokenAction } from './auth.actions';
+import { Eperson } from '../eperson/models/eperson.model';
+
+/**
+ * The auth service.
+ */
+@Injectable()
+export class ServerAuthService extends AuthService {
+
+  /**
+   * Returns the authenticated user
+   * @returns {User}
+   */
+  public authenticatedUser(token: AuthTokenInfo): Observable<Eperson> {
+    // Determine if the user has an existing auth session on the server
+    const options: HttpOptions = Object.create({});
+    let headers = new HttpHeaders();
+
+    headers = headers.append('Accept', 'application/json');
+    headers = headers.append('Authorization', `Bearer ${token.accessToken}`);
+    // NB this is used to pass server client IP check.
+    const clientIp = this.req.get('x-forwarded-for') || this.req.connection.remoteAddress;
+    headers = headers.append('X-Forwarded-For', clientIp);
+
+    options.headers = headers;
+    return this.authRequestService.getRequest('status', options)
+      .map((status: AuthStatus) => {
+        if (status.authenticated) {
+          return status.eperson[0];
+        } else {
+          throw(new Error('Not authenticated'));
+        }
+      });
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Checks if token is present into browser storage and is valid. (NB Check is done only on SSR)
+   */
+  public checkAuthenticationToken() {
+    this.store.dispatch(new CheckAuthenticationTokenAction())
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Redirect to the route navigated before the login
+   */
+  public redirectToPreviousUrl() {
+    this.getRedirectUrl()
+      .first()
+      .subscribe((redirectUrl) => {
+        if (isNotEmpty(redirectUrl)) {
+          // override the route reuse strategy
+          this.router.routeReuseStrategy.shouldReuseRoute = () => {
+            return false;
+          };
+          this.router.navigated = false;
+          const url = decodeURIComponent(redirectUrl);
+          this.router.navigateByUrl(url);
+        } else {
+          this.router.navigate(['/']);
+        }
+      })
+
+  }
+
+}

src/app/core/browse/browse.service.spec.ts

@@ -1,24 +1,28 @@
+import { cold, getTestScheduler, hot } from 'jasmine-marbles';
+import { TestScheduler } from 'rxjs/Rx';
+import { getMockRemoteDataBuildService } from '../../shared/mocks/mock-remote-data-build.service';
 import { getMockRequestService } from '../../shared/mocks/mock-request.service';
 import { getMockResponseCacheService } from '../../shared/mocks/mock-response-cache.service';
-import { BrowseService } from './browse.service';
-import { ResponseCacheService } from '../cache/response-cache.service';
-import { RequestService } from '../data/request.service';
-import { hot, cold, getTestScheduler } from 'jasmine-marbles';
-import { BrowseDefinition } from '../shared/browse-definition.model';
-import { BrowseEndpointRequest } from '../data/request.models';
-import { TestScheduler } from 'rxjs/Rx';
 import { HALEndpointServiceStub } from '../../shared/testing/hal-endpoint-service-stub';
+import { RemoteDataBuildService } from '../cache/builders/remote-data-build.service';
+import { ResponseCacheService } from '../cache/response-cache.service';
+import { BrowseEndpointRequest, BrowseEntriesRequest } from '../data/request.models';
+import { RequestService } from '../data/request.service';
+import { BrowseDefinition } from '../shared/browse-definition.model';
+import { BrowseService } from './browse.service';
 
 describe('BrowseService', () => {
   let scheduler: TestScheduler;
   let service: BrowseService;
   let responseCache: ResponseCacheService;
   let requestService: RequestService;
+  let rdbService: RemoteDataBuildService;
 
   const browsesEndpointURL = 'https://rest.api/browses';
   const halService: any = new HALEndpointServiceStub(browsesEndpointURL);
   const browseDefinitions = [
     Object.assign(new BrowseDefinition(), {
+      id: 'date',
       metadataBrowse: false,
       sortOptions: [
         {
@@ -45,6 +49,7 @@ describe('BrowseService', () => {
       }
     }),
     Object.assign(new BrowseDefinition(), {
+      id: 'author',
       metadataBrowse: true,
       sortOptions: [
         {
@@ -80,7 +85,7 @@ describe('BrowseService', () => {
       b: {
         response: {
           isSuccessful,
-          browseDefinitions,
+          payload: browseDefinitions,
         }
       }
     }));
@@ -91,7 +96,8 @@ describe('BrowseService', () => {
     return new BrowseService(
       responseCache,
       requestService,
-      halService
+      halService,
+      rdbService
     );
   }
 
@@ -99,15 +105,99 @@ describe('BrowseService', () => {
     scheduler = getTestScheduler();
   });
 
-  describe('getBrowseURLFor', () => {
+  describe('getBrowseDefinitions', () => {
 
-    describe('if getEndpoint fires', () => {
     beforeEach(() => {
       responseCache = initMockResponseCacheService(true);
       requestService = getMockRequestService();
+      rdbService = getMockRemoteDataBuildService();
       service = initTestService();
       spyOn(halService, 'getEndpoint').and
         .returnValue(hot('--a-', { a: browsesEndpointURL }));
+      spyOn(rdbService, 'toRemoteDataObservable').and.callThrough();
+    });
+
+    it('should configure a new BrowseEndpointRequest', () => {
+      const expected = new BrowseEndpointRequest(requestService.generateRequestId(), browsesEndpointURL);
+
+      scheduler.schedule(() => service.getBrowseDefinitions().subscribe());
+      scheduler.flush();
+
+      expect(requestService.configure).toHaveBeenCalledWith(expected);
+    });
+
+    it('should call RemoteDataBuildService to create the RemoteData Observable', () => {
+      service.getBrowseDefinitions();
+
+      expect(rdbService.toRemoteDataObservable).toHaveBeenCalled();
+
+    });
+
+    it('should return a RemoteData object containing the correct BrowseDefinition[]', () => {
+      const expected = cold('--a-', { a: {
+        payload: browseDefinitions
+      }});
+
+      expect(service.getBrowseDefinitions()).toBeObservable(expected);
+    });
+
+  });
+
+  describe('getBrowseEntriesFor', () => {
+    beforeEach(() => {
+      responseCache = initMockResponseCacheService(true);
+      requestService = getMockRequestService();
+      rdbService = getMockRemoteDataBuildService();
+      service = initTestService();
+      spyOn(service, 'getBrowseDefinitions').and
+        .returnValue(hot('--a-', { a: {
+            payload: browseDefinitions
+          }}));
+      spyOn(rdbService, 'toRemoteDataObservable').and.callThrough();
+    });
+
+    describe('when called with a valid browse definition id', () => {
+      it('should configure a new BrowseEntriesRequest', () => {
+        const expected = new BrowseEntriesRequest(requestService.generateRequestId(), browseDefinitions[1]._links.entries);
+
+        scheduler.schedule(() => service.getBrowseEntriesFor(browseDefinitions[1].id).subscribe());
+        scheduler.flush();
+
+        expect(requestService.configure).toHaveBeenCalledWith(expected);
+      });
+
+      it('should call RemoteDataBuildService to create the RemoteData Observable', () => {
+        service.getBrowseEntriesFor(browseDefinitions[1].id);
+
+        expect(rdbService.toRemoteDataObservable).toHaveBeenCalled();
+
+      });
+
+    });
+
+    describe('when called with an invalid browse definition id', () => {
+      it('should throw an Error', () => {
+
+        const definitionID = 'invalidID';
+        const expected = cold('--#-', undefined, new Error(`No metadata browse definition could be found for id '${definitionID}'`))
+
+        expect(service.getBrowseEntriesFor(definitionID)).toBeObservable(expected);
+      });
+    });
+  });
+
+  describe('getBrowseURLFor', () => {
+
+    describe('if getBrowseDefinitions fires', () => {
+      beforeEach(() => {
+        responseCache = initMockResponseCacheService(true);
+        requestService = getMockRequestService();
+        rdbService = getMockRemoteDataBuildService();
+        service = initTestService();
+        spyOn(service, 'getBrowseDefinitions').and
+          .returnValue(hot('--a-', { a: {
+              payload: browseDefinitions
+            }}));
       });
 
       it('should return the URL for the given metadatumKey and linkPath', () => {
@@ -152,26 +242,15 @@ describe('BrowseService', () => {
         expect(result).toBeObservable(expected);
       });
 
-      it('should configure a new BrowseEndpointRequest', () => {
-        const metadatumKey = 'dc.date.issued';
-        const linkPath = 'items';
-        const expected = new BrowseEndpointRequest(requestService.generateRequestId(), browsesEndpointURL);
-
-        scheduler.schedule(() => service.getBrowseURLFor(metadatumKey, linkPath).subscribe());
-        scheduler.flush();
-
-        expect(requestService.configure).toHaveBeenCalledWith(expected);
-
     });
 
-    });
-
-    describe('if getEndpoint doesn\'t fire', () => {
+    describe('if getBrowseDefinitions doesn\'t fire', () => {
       it('should return undefined', () => {
         responseCache = initMockResponseCacheService(true);
         requestService = getMockRequestService();
+        rdbService = getMockRemoteDataBuildService();
         service = initTestService();
-        spyOn(halService, 'getEndpoint').and
+        spyOn(service, 'getBrowseDefinitions').and
           .returnValue(hot('----'));
 
         const metadatumKey = 'dc.date.issued';
@@ -182,22 +261,5 @@ describe('BrowseService', () => {
         expect(result).toBeObservable(expected);
       });
     });
-
-    describe('if the browses endpoint can\'t be retrieved', () => {
-      it('should throw an error', () => {
-        responseCache = initMockResponseCacheService(false);
-        requestService = getMockRequestService();
-        service = initTestService();
-        spyOn(halService, 'getEndpoint').and
-          .returnValue(hot('--a-', { a: browsesEndpointURL }));
-
-        const metadatumKey = 'dc.date.issued';
-        const linkPath = 'items';
-
-        const result = service.getBrowseURLFor(metadatumKey, linkPath);
-        const expected = cold('c-#-', { c: undefined }, new Error(`Couldn't retrieve the browses endpoint`));
-        expect(result).toBeObservable(expected);
-      });
-    });
   });
 });

src/app/core/browse/browse.service.ts

@@ -1,15 +1,34 @@
-import { Inject, Injectable } from '@angular/core';
+import { Injectable } from '@angular/core';
 import { Observable } from 'rxjs/Observable';
-import { GLOBAL_CONFIG } from '../../../config';
-import { GlobalConfig } from '../../../config/global-config.interface';
-import { isEmpty, isNotEmpty } from '../../shared/empty.util';
-import { BrowseSuccessResponse, ErrorResponse, RestResponse } from '../cache/response-cache.models';
+import { distinctUntilChanged, map, startWith } from 'rxjs/operators';
+import {
+  ensureArrayHasValue,
+  hasValueOperator,
+  isEmpty,
+  isNotEmpty,
+  isNotEmptyOperator
+} from '../../shared/empty.util';
+import { PaginationComponentOptions } from '../../shared/pagination/pagination-component-options.model';
+import { RemoteDataBuildService } from '../cache/builders/remote-data-build.service';
+import { SortOptions } from '../cache/models/sort-options.model';
+import { GenericSuccessResponse } from '../cache/response-cache.models';
 import { ResponseCacheEntry } from '../cache/response-cache.reducer';
 import { ResponseCacheService } from '../cache/response-cache.service';
-import { BrowseEndpointRequest, RestRequest } from '../data/request.models';
+import { PaginatedList } from '../data/paginated-list';
+import { RemoteData } from '../data/remote-data';
+import { BrowseEndpointRequest, BrowseEntriesRequest, RestRequest } from '../data/request.models';
 import { RequestService } from '../data/request.service';
 import { BrowseDefinition } from '../shared/browse-definition.model';
+import { BrowseEntry } from '../shared/browse-entry.model';
 import { HALEndpointService } from '../shared/hal-endpoint.service';
+import {
+  configureRequest,
+  filterSuccessfulResponses,
+  getRemoteDataPayload,
+  getRequestFromSelflink,
+  getResponseFromSelflink
+} from '../shared/operators';
+import { URLCombiner } from '../url-combiner/url-combiner';
 
 @Injectable()
 export class BrowseService {
@@ -31,42 +50,106 @@ export class BrowseService {
   constructor(
     protected responseCache: ResponseCacheService,
     protected requestService: RequestService,
-    protected halService: HALEndpointService) {
+    protected halService: HALEndpointService,
+    private rdb: RemoteDataBuildService,
+  ) {
+  }
+
+  getBrowseDefinitions(): Observable<RemoteData<BrowseDefinition[]>> {
+    const request$ = this.halService.getEndpoint(this.linkPath).pipe(
+      isNotEmptyOperator(),
+      distinctUntilChanged(),
+      map((endpointURL: string) => new BrowseEndpointRequest(this.requestService.generateRequestId(), endpointURL)),
+      configureRequest(this.requestService)
+    );
+
+    const href$ = request$.pipe(map((request: RestRequest) => request.href));
+    const requestEntry$ = href$.pipe(getRequestFromSelflink(this.requestService));
+    const responseCache$ = href$.pipe(getResponseFromSelflink(this.responseCache));
+    const payload$ = responseCache$.pipe(
+      filterSuccessfulResponses(),
+      map((entry: ResponseCacheEntry) => entry.response),
+      map((response: GenericSuccessResponse<BrowseDefinition[]>) => response.payload),
+      ensureArrayHasValue(),
+      distinctUntilChanged()
+    );
+
+    return this.rdb.toRemoteDataObservable(requestEntry$, responseCache$, payload$);
+  }
+
+  getBrowseEntriesFor(definitionID: string, options: {
+    pagination?: PaginationComponentOptions;
+    sort?: SortOptions;
+  } = {}): Observable<RemoteData<PaginatedList<BrowseEntry>>> {
+    const request$ = this.getBrowseDefinitions().pipe(
+      getRemoteDataPayload(),
+      map((browseDefinitions: BrowseDefinition[]) => browseDefinitions
+        .find((def: BrowseDefinition) => def.id === definitionID && def.metadataBrowse === true)
+      ),
+      map((def: BrowseDefinition) => {
+        if (isNotEmpty(def)) {
+          return def._links;
+        } else {
+          throw new Error(`No metadata browse definition could be found for id '${definitionID}'`);
+        }
+      }),
+      hasValueOperator(),
+      map((_links: any) => _links.entries),
+      hasValueOperator(),
+      map((href: string) => {
+        // TODO nearly identical to PaginatedSearchOptions => refactor
+        const args = [];
+        if (isNotEmpty(options.sort)) {
+          args.push(`sort=${options.sort.field},${options.sort.direction}`);
+        }
+        if (isNotEmpty(options.pagination)) {
+          args.push(`page=${options.pagination.currentPage - 1}`);
+          args.push(`size=${options.pagination.pageSize}`);
+        }
+        if (isNotEmpty(args)) {
+          href = new URLCombiner(href, `?${args.join('&')}`).toString();
+        }
+        return href;
+      }),
+      map((endpointURL: string) => new BrowseEntriesRequest(this.requestService.generateRequestId(), endpointURL)),
+      configureRequest(this.requestService)
+    );
+
+    const href$ = request$.pipe(map((request: RestRequest) => request.href));
+
+    const requestEntry$ = href$.pipe(getRequestFromSelflink(this.requestService));
+    const responseCache$ = href$.pipe(getResponseFromSelflink(this.responseCache));
+
+    const payload$ = responseCache$.pipe(
+      filterSuccessfulResponses(),
+      map((entry: ResponseCacheEntry) => entry.response),
+      map((response: GenericSuccessResponse<BrowseEntry[]>) => new PaginatedList(response.pageInfo, response.payload)),
+      distinctUntilChanged()
+    );
+
+    return this.rdb.toRemoteDataObservable(requestEntry$, responseCache$, payload$);
   }
 
   getBrowseURLFor(metadatumKey: string, linkPath: string): Observable<string> {
     const searchKeyArray = BrowseService.toSearchKeyArray(metadatumKey);
-    return this.halService.getEndpoint(this.linkPath)
-      .filter((href: string) => isNotEmpty(href))
-      .distinctUntilChanged()
-      .map((endpointURL: string) => new BrowseEndpointRequest(this.requestService.generateRequestId(), endpointURL))
-      .do((request: RestRequest) => this.requestService.configure(request))
-      .flatMap((request: RestRequest) => {
-        const [successResponse, errorResponse] = this.responseCache.get(request.href)
-          .map((entry: ResponseCacheEntry) => entry.response)
-          .partition((response: RestResponse) => response.isSuccessful);
-
-        return Observable.merge(
-          errorResponse.flatMap((response: ErrorResponse) =>
-            Observable.throw(new Error(`Couldn't retrieve the browses endpoint`))),
-          successResponse
-            .filter((response: BrowseSuccessResponse) => isNotEmpty(response.browseDefinitions))
-            .map((response: BrowseSuccessResponse) => response.browseDefinitions)
-            .map((browseDefinitions: BrowseDefinition[]) => browseDefinitions
+    return this.getBrowseDefinitions().pipe(
+      getRemoteDataPayload(),
+      map((browseDefinitions: BrowseDefinition[]) => browseDefinitions
         .find((def: BrowseDefinition) => {
           const matchingKeys = def.metadataKeys.find((key: string) => searchKeyArray.indexOf(key) >= 0);
           return isNotEmpty(matchingKeys);
         })
-            ).map((def: BrowseDefinition) => {
+      ),
+      map((def: BrowseDefinition) => {
         if (isEmpty(def) || isEmpty(def._links) || isEmpty(def._links[linkPath])) {
           throw new Error(`A browse endpoint for ${linkPath} on ${metadatumKey} isn't configured`);
         } else {
           return def._links[linkPath];
         }
-          })
+      }),
+      startWith(undefined),
+      distinctUntilChanged()
     );
-      }).startWith(undefined)
-      .distinctUntilChanged();
   }
 
 }

src/app/core/cache/builders/remote-data-build.service.ts

@@ -1,28 +1,25 @@
 import { Injectable } from '@angular/core';
 import { Observable } from 'rxjs/Observable';
-import { map, tap } from 'rxjs/operators';
-import { NormalizedSearchResult } from '../../../+search-page/normalized-search-result.model';
-import { SearchResult } from '../../../+search-page/search-result.model';
-import { SearchQueryResponse } from '../../../+search-page/search-service/search-query-response.model';
-import { hasValue, isEmpty, isNotEmpty } from '../../../shared/empty.util';
+import { distinctUntilChanged, flatMap, map, startWith } from 'rxjs/operators';
+import { hasValue, hasValueOperator, isEmpty, isNotEmpty } from '../../../shared/empty.util';
 import { PaginatedList } from '../../data/paginated-list';
 import { RemoteData } from '../../data/remote-data';
 import { RemoteDataError } from '../../data/remote-data-error';
-import { GetRequest, RestRequest } from '../../data/request.models';
+import { GetRequest } from '../../data/request.models';
 import { RequestEntry } from '../../data/request.reducer';
 import { RequestService } from '../../data/request.service';
-import { DSpaceObject } from '../../shared/dspace-object.model';
-import { GenericConstructor } from '../../shared/generic-constructor';
-import { NormalizedDSpaceObject } from '../models/normalized-dspace-object.model';
-import { NormalizedObjectFactory } from '../models/normalized-object-factory';
-
-import { CacheableObject } from '../object-cache.reducer';
+import { NormalizedObject } from '../models/normalized-object.model';
 import { ObjectCacheService } from '../object-cache.service';
-import { DSOSuccessResponse, ErrorResponse, SearchSuccessResponse } from '../response-cache.models';
+import { DSOSuccessResponse, ErrorResponse } from '../response-cache.models';
 import { ResponseCacheEntry } from '../response-cache.reducer';
 import { ResponseCacheService } from '../response-cache.service';
 import { getMapsTo, getRelationMetadata, getRelationships } from './build-decorators';
-import { NormalizedObject } from '../models/normalized-object.model';
+import {
+  getRequestFromSelflink,
+  getResourceLinksFromResponse,
+  getResponseFromSelflink,
+  filterSuccessfulResponses
+} from '../../shared/operators';
 
 @Injectable()
 export class RemoteDataBuildService {
@@ -31,43 +28,42 @@ export class RemoteDataBuildService {
               protected requestService: RequestService) {
   }
 
-  buildSingle<TNormalized extends NormalizedObject, TDomain>(hrefObs: string | Observable<string>): Observable<RemoteData<TDomain>> {
-    if (typeof hrefObs === 'string') {
-      hrefObs = Observable.of(hrefObs);
+  buildSingle<TNormalized extends NormalizedObject, TDomain>(href$: string | Observable<string>): Observable<RemoteData<TDomain>> {
+    if (typeof href$ === 'string') {
+      href$ = Observable.of(href$);
     }
-    const requestHrefObs = hrefObs.flatMap((href: string) =>
-      this.objectCache.getRequestHrefBySelfLink(href));
+    const requestHref$ = href$.pipe(flatMap((href: string) =>
+      this.objectCache.getRequestHrefBySelfLink(href)));
 
-    const requestEntryObs = Observable.race(
-      hrefObs.flatMap((href: string) => this.requestService.getByHref(href))
-        .filter((entry) => hasValue(entry)),
-      requestHrefObs.flatMap((requestHref) =>
-        this.requestService.getByHref(requestHref)).filter((entry) => hasValue(entry))
+    const requestEntry$ = Observable.race(
+      href$.pipe(getRequestFromSelflink(this.requestService)),
+      requestHref$.pipe(getRequestFromSelflink(this.requestService))
     );
 
-    const responseCacheObs = Observable.race(
-      hrefObs.flatMap((href: string) => this.responseCache.get(href))
-        .filter((entry) => hasValue(entry)),
-      requestHrefObs.flatMap((requestHref) => this.responseCache.get(requestHref)).filter((entry) => hasValue(entry))
+    const responseCache$ = Observable.race(
+      href$.pipe(getResponseFromSelflink(this.responseCache)),
+      requestHref$.pipe(getResponseFromSelflink(this.responseCache))
     );
 
     // always use self link if that is cached, only if it isn't, get it via the response.
-    const payloadObs =
+    const payload$ =
       Observable.combineLatest(
-        hrefObs.flatMap((href: string) => this.objectCache.getBySelfLink<TNormalized>(href))
-          .startWith(undefined),
-        responseCacheObs
-          .filter((entry: ResponseCacheEntry) => entry.response.isSuccessful)
-          .map((entry: ResponseCacheEntry) => (entry.response as DSOSuccessResponse).resourceSelfLinks)
-          .flatMap((resourceSelfLinks: string[]) => {
+        href$.pipe(
+          flatMap((href: string) => this.objectCache.getBySelfLink<TNormalized>(href)),
+          startWith(undefined)
+        ),
+        responseCache$.pipe(
+          getResourceLinksFromResponse(),
+          flatMap((resourceSelfLinks: string[]) => {
             if (isNotEmpty(resourceSelfLinks)) {
               return this.objectCache.getBySelfLink(resourceSelfLinks[0]);
             } else {
               return Observable.of(undefined);
             }
-          })
-          .distinctUntilChanged()
-          .startWith(undefined),
+          }),
+          distinctUntilChanged(),
+          startWith(undefined)
+        ),
         (fromSelfLink, fromResponse) => {
           if (hasValue(fromSelfLink)) {
             return fromSelfLink;
@@ -75,17 +71,19 @@ export class RemoteDataBuildService {
             return fromResponse;
           }
         }
-      ).filter((normalized) => hasValue(normalized))
-        .map((normalized: TNormalized) => {
+      ).pipe(
+        hasValueOperator(),
+        map((normalized: TNormalized) => {
           return this.build<TNormalized, TDomain>(normalized);
-        })
-        .startWith(undefined)
-        .distinctUntilChanged();
-    return this.toRemoteDataObservable(requestEntryObs, responseCacheObs, payloadObs);
+        }),
+        startWith(undefined),
+        distinctUntilChanged()
+      );
+    return this.toRemoteDataObservable(requestEntry$, responseCache$, payload$);
   }
 
-  toRemoteDataObservable<T>(requestEntryObs: Observable<RequestEntry>, responseCacheObs: Observable<ResponseCacheEntry>, payloadObs: Observable<T>) {
-    return Observable.combineLatest(requestEntryObs, responseCacheObs.startWith(undefined), payloadObs,
+  toRemoteDataObservable<T>(requestEntry$: Observable<RequestEntry>, responseCache$: Observable<ResponseCacheEntry>, payload$: Observable<T>) {
+    return Observable.combineLatest(requestEntry$, responseCache$.startWith(undefined), payload$,
       (reqEntry: RequestEntry, resEntry: ResponseCacheEntry, payload: T) => {
         const requestPending = hasValue(reqEntry.requestPending) ? reqEntry.requestPending : true;
         const responsePending = hasValue(reqEntry.responsePending) ? reqEntry.responsePending : false;
@@ -109,33 +107,31 @@ export class RemoteDataBuildService {
       });
   }
 
-  buildList<TNormalized extends NormalizedObject, TDomain>(hrefObs: string | Observable<string>): Observable<RemoteData<TDomain[] | PaginatedList<TDomain>>> {
-    if (typeof hrefObs === 'string') {
-      hrefObs = Observable.of(hrefObs);
+  buildList<TNormalized extends NormalizedObject, TDomain>(href$: string | Observable<string>): Observable<RemoteData<TDomain[] | PaginatedList<TDomain>>> {
+    if (typeof href$ === 'string') {
+      href$ = Observable.of(href$);
     }
 
-    const requestEntryObs = hrefObs.flatMap((href: string) => this.requestService.getByHref(href))
-      .filter((entry) => hasValue(entry));
-    const responseCacheObs = hrefObs.flatMap((href: string) => this.responseCache.get(href))
-      .filter((entry) => hasValue(entry));
+    const requestEntry$ = href$.pipe(getRequestFromSelflink(this.requestService));
+    const responseCache$ = href$.pipe(getResponseFromSelflink(this.responseCache));
 
-    const tDomainListObs = responseCacheObs
-      .filter((entry: ResponseCacheEntry) => entry.response.isSuccessful)
-      .map((entry: ResponseCacheEntry) => (entry.response as DSOSuccessResponse).resourceSelfLinks)
-      .flatMap((resourceUUIDs: string[]) => {
+    const tDomainList$ = responseCache$.pipe(
+      getResourceLinksFromResponse(),
+      flatMap((resourceUUIDs: string[]) => {
         return this.objectCache.getList(resourceUUIDs)
           .map((normList: TNormalized[]) => {
             return normList.map((normalized: TNormalized) => {
               return this.build<TNormalized, TDomain>(normalized);
             });
           });
-      })
-      .startWith([])
-      .distinctUntilChanged();
+      }),
+      startWith([]),
+      distinctUntilChanged()
+    );
 
-    const pageInfoObs = responseCacheObs
-      .filter((entry: ResponseCacheEntry) => entry.response.isSuccessful)
-      .map((entry: ResponseCacheEntry) => {
+    const pageInfo$ = responseCache$.pipe(
+      filterSuccessfulResponses(),
+      map((entry: ResponseCacheEntry) => {
         if (hasValue((entry.response as DSOSuccessResponse).pageInfo)) {
           const resPageInfo = (entry.response as DSOSuccessResponse).pageInfo;
           if (isNotEmpty(resPageInfo) && resPageInfo.currentPage >= 0) {
@@ -144,9 +140,10 @@ export class RemoteDataBuildService {
             return resPageInfo;
           }
         }
-      });
+      })
+  );
 
-    const payloadObs = Observable.combineLatest(tDomainListObs, pageInfoObs, (tDomainList, pageInfo) => {
+    const payload$ = Observable.combineLatest(tDomainList$, pageInfo$, (tDomainList, pageInfo) => {
       if (hasValue(pageInfo)) {
         return new PaginatedList(pageInfo, tDomainList);
       } else {
@@ -154,7 +151,7 @@ export class RemoteDataBuildService {
       }
     });
 
-    return this.toRemoteDataObservable(requestEntryObs, responseCacheObs, payloadObs);
+    return this.toRemoteDataObservable(requestEntry$, responseCache$, payload$);
   }
 
   build<TNormalized, TDomain>(normalized: TNormalized): TDomain {

src/app/core/cache/response-cache.models.ts

@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import { SearchQueryResponse } from '../../+search-page/search-service/search-query-response.model';
 import { RequestError } from '../data/request.models';
+import { BrowseEntry } from '../shared/browse-entry.model';
 import { PageInfo } from '../shared/page-info.model';
 import { BrowseDefinition } from '../shared/browse-definition.model';
 import { ConfigObject } from '../shared/config/config.model';
@@ -9,12 +10,16 @@ import { RegistryMetadataschemasResponse } from '../registry/registry-metadatasc
 import { MetadataSchema } from '../metadata/metadataschema.model';
 import { RegistryMetadatafieldsResponse } from '../registry/registry-metadatafields-response.model';
 import { RegistryBitstreamformatsResponse } from '../registry/registry-bitstreamformats-response.model';
+import { AuthTokenInfo } from '../auth/models/auth-token-info.model';
+import { NormalizedAuthStatus } from '../auth/models/normalized-auth-status.model';
+import { AuthStatus } from '../auth/models/auth-status.model';
 
 /* tslint:disable:max-classes-per-file */
 export class RestResponse {
+  public toCache = true;
   constructor(
     public isSuccessful: boolean,
-    public statusCode: string
+    public statusCode: string,
   ) { }
 }
 
@@ -121,10 +126,11 @@ export class EndpointMapSuccessResponse extends RestResponse {
   }
 }
 
-export class BrowseSuccessResponse extends RestResponse {
+export class GenericSuccessResponse<T> extends RestResponse {
   constructor(
-    public browseDefinitions: BrowseDefinition[],
-    public statusCode: string
+    public payload: T,
+    public statusCode: string,
+    public pageInfo?: PageInfo
   ) {
     super(true, statusCode);
   }
@@ -149,4 +155,15 @@ export class ConfigSuccessResponse extends RestResponse {
     super(true, statusCode);
   }
 }
+
+export class AuthStatusResponse extends RestResponse {
+  public toCache = false;
+  constructor(
+    public response: AuthStatus,
+    public statusCode: string
+  ) {
+    super(true, statusCode);
+  }
+}
+
 /* tslint:enable:max-classes-per-file */

src/app/core/cache/response-cache.service.ts

@@ -65,6 +65,11 @@ export class ResponseCacheService {
     return result;
   }
 
+  remove(key: string): void {
+    if (this.has(key)) {
+      this.store.dispatch(new ResponseCacheRemoveAction(key));
+    }
+  }
   /**
    * Check whether a ResponseCacheEntry should still be cached
    *

src/app/core/core.effects.ts

@@ -3,10 +3,12 @@ import { ObjectCacheEffects } from './cache/object-cache.effects';
 import { ResponseCacheEffects } from './cache/response-cache.effects';
 import { UUIDIndexEffects } from './index/index.effects';
 import { RequestEffects } from './data/request.effects';
+import { AuthEffects } from './auth/auth.effects';
 
 export const coreEffects = [
   ResponseCacheEffects,
   RequestEffects,
   ObjectCacheEffects,
-  UUIDIndexEffects
+  UUIDIndexEffects,
+  AuthEffects
 ];

src/app/core/core.module.ts

@@ -14,7 +14,8 @@ import { coreReducers } from './core.reducers';
 
 import { isNotEmpty } from '../shared/empty.util';
 
-import { ApiService } from '../shared/api.service';
+import { ApiService } from '../shared/services/api.service';
+import { BrowseEntriesResponseParsingService } from './data/browse-entries-response-parsing.service';
 import { CollectionDataService } from './data/collection-data.service';
 import { CommunityDataService } from './data/community-data.service';
 import { DebugResponseParsingService } from './data/debug-response-parsing.service';
@@ -30,16 +31,21 @@ import { RemoteDataBuildService } from './cache/builders/remote-data-build.servi
 import { RequestService } from './data/request.service';
 import { ResponseCacheService } from './cache/response-cache.service';
 import { EndpointMapResponseParsingService } from './data/endpoint-map-response-parsing.service';
-import { ServerResponseService } from '../shared/server-response.service';
-import { NativeWindowFactory, NativeWindowService } from '../shared/window.service';
+import { ServerResponseService } from '../shared/services/server-response.service';
+import { NativeWindowFactory, NativeWindowService } from '../shared/services/window.service';
 import { BrowseService } from './browse/browse.service';
 import { BrowseResponseParsingService } from './data/browse-response-parsing.service';
 import { ConfigResponseParsingService } from './data/config-response-parsing.service';
-import { RouteService } from '../shared/route.service';
+import { RouteService } from '../shared/services/route.service';
 import { SubmissionDefinitionsConfigService } from './config/submission-definitions-config.service';
 import { SubmissionFormsConfigService } from './config/submission-forms-config.service';
 import { SubmissionSectionsConfigService } from './config/submission-sections-config.service';
 import { UUIDService } from './shared/uuid.service';
+import { AuthenticatedGuard } from './auth/authenticated.guard';
+import { AuthRequestService } from './auth/auth-request.service';
+import { AuthResponseParsingService } from './auth/auth-response-parsing.service';
+import { HTTP_INTERCEPTORS } from '@angular/common/http';
+import { AuthInterceptor } from './auth/auth.interceptor';
 import { HALEndpointService } from './shared/hal-endpoint.service';
 import { FacetValueResponseParsingService } from './data/facet-value-response-parsing.service';
 import { FacetValueMapResponseParsingService } from './data/facet-value-map-response-parsing.service';
@@ -67,6 +73,9 @@ const EXPORTS = [
 
 const PROVIDERS = [
   ApiService,
+  AuthenticatedGuard,
+  AuthRequestService,
+  AuthResponseParsingService,
   CommunityDataService,
   CollectionDataService,
   DSOResponseParsingService,
@@ -93,6 +102,7 @@ const PROVIDERS = [
   SearchResponseParsingService,
   ServerResponseService,
   BrowseResponseParsingService,
+  BrowseEntriesResponseParsingService,
   BrowseService,
   ConfigResponseParsingService,
   RouteService,
@@ -100,6 +110,12 @@ const PROVIDERS = [
   SubmissionFormsConfigService,
   SubmissionSectionsConfigService,
   UUIDService,
+  // register AuthInterceptor as HttpInterceptor
+  {
+    provide: HTTP_INTERCEPTORS,
+    useClass: AuthInterceptor,
+    multi: true
+  },
   NotificationsService,
   { provide: NativeWindowService, useFactory: NativeWindowFactory }
 ];

src/app/core/core.reducers.ts

@@ -4,19 +4,22 @@ import { responseCacheReducer, ResponseCacheState } from './cache/response-cache
 import { objectCacheReducer, ObjectCacheState } from './cache/object-cache.reducer';
 import { indexReducer, IndexState } from './index/index.reducer';
 import { requestReducer, RequestState } from './data/request.reducer';
+import { authReducer, AuthState } from './auth/auth.reducer';
 
 export interface CoreState {
   'data/object': ObjectCacheState,
   'data/response': ResponseCacheState,
   'data/request': RequestState,
-  'index': IndexState
+  'index': IndexState,
+  'auth': AuthState,
 }
 
 export const coreReducers: ActionReducerMap<CoreState> = {
   'data/object': objectCacheReducer,
   'data/response': responseCacheReducer,
   'data/request': requestReducer,
-  'index': indexReducer
+  'index': indexReducer,
+  'auth': authReducer
 };
 
 export const coreSelector = createFeatureSelector<CoreState>('core');

src/app/core/data/browse-entries-response-parsing.service.spec.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,146 @@
+import { getMockObjectCacheService } from '../../shared/mocks/mock-object-cache.service';
+import { ErrorResponse, GenericSuccessResponse } from '../cache/response-cache.models';
+import { DSpaceRESTV2Response } from '../dspace-rest-v2/dspace-rest-v2-response.model';
+import { BrowseEntriesResponseParsingService } from './browse-entries-response-parsing.service';
+import { BrowseEntriesRequest } from './request.models';
+
+describe('BrowseEntriesResponseParsingService', () => {
+  let service: BrowseEntriesResponseParsingService;
+
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    service = new BrowseEntriesResponseParsingService(undefined, getMockObjectCacheService());
+  });
+
+  describe('parse', () => {
+    const request = new BrowseEntriesRequest('client/f5b4ccb8-fbb0-4548-b558-f234d9fdfad6', 'https://rest.api/discover/browses/author/entries');
+
+    const validResponse = {
+      payload: {
+        _embedded: {
+          browseEntries: [
+            {
+              authority: null,
+              value: 'Arulmozhiyal, Ramaswamy',
+              valueLang: null,
+              count: 1,
+              type: 'browseEntry',
+              _links: {
+                items: {
+                  href: 'https://rest.api/discover/browses/author/items?filterValue=Arulmozhiyal, Ramaswamy'
+                }
+              }
+            },
+            {
+              authority: null,
+              value: 'Bastida-Jumilla, Ma Consuelo',
+              valueLang: null,
+              count: 1,
+              type: 'browseEntry',
+              _links: {
+                items: {
+                  href: 'https://rest.api/discover/browses/author/items?filterValue=Bastida-Jumilla, Ma Consuelo'
+                }
+              }
+            },
+            {
+              authority: null,
+              value: 'Cao, Binggang',
+              valueLang: null,
+              count: 1,
+              type: 'browseEntry',
+              _links: {
+                items: {
+                  href: 'https://rest.api/discover/browses/author/items?filterValue=Cao, Binggang'
+                }
+              }
+            },
+            {
+              authority: null,
+              value: 'Castelli, Mauro',
+              valueLang: null,
+              count: 1,
+              type: 'browseEntry',
+              _links: {
+                items: {
+                  href: 'https://rest.api/discover/browses/author/items?filterValue=Castelli, Mauro'
+                }
+              }
+            },
+            {
+              authority: null,
+              value: 'Cat, Lily',
+              valueLang: null,
+              count: 1,
+              type: 'browseEntry',
+              _links: {
+                items: {
+                  href: 'https://rest.api/discover/browses/author/items?filterValue=Cat, Lily'
+                }
+              }
+            }
+          ]
+        },
+        _links: {
+          first: {
+            href: 'https://rest.api/discover/browses/author/entries?page=0&size=5'
+          },
+          self: {
+            href: 'https://rest.api/discover/browses/author/entries'
+          },
+          next: {
+            href: 'https://rest.api/discover/browses/author/entries?page=1&size=5'
+          },
+          last: {
+            href: 'https://rest.api/discover/browses/author/entries?page=9&size=5'
+          }
+        },
+        page: {
+          size: 5,
+          totalElements: 50,
+          totalPages: 10,
+          number: 0
+        }
+      },
+      statusCode: '200'
+    } as DSpaceRESTV2Response;
+
+    const invalidResponseNotAList = {
+      payload: {
+        authority: null,
+        value: 'Arulmozhiyal, Ramaswamy',
+        valueLang: null,
+        count: 1,
+        type: 'browseEntry',
+        _links: {
+          self: {
+            href: 'https://rest.api/discover/browses/author/entries'
+          },
+          items: {
+            href: 'https://rest.api/discover/browses/author/items?filterValue=Arulmozhiyal, Ramaswamy'
+          }
+        },
+      },
+      statusCode: '200'
+    } as DSpaceRESTV2Response;
+
+    const invalidResponseStatusCode = {
+      payload: {}, statusCode: '500'
+    } as DSpaceRESTV2Response;
+
+    it('should return a GenericSuccessResponse if data contains a valid browse entries response', () => {
+      const response = service.parse(request, validResponse);
+      expect(response.constructor).toBe(GenericSuccessResponse);
+    });
+
+    it('should return an ErrorResponse if data contains an invalid browse entries response', () => {
+      const response = service.parse(request, invalidResponseNotAList);
+      expect(response.constructor).toBe(ErrorResponse);
+    });
+
+    it('should return an ErrorResponse if data contains a statuscode other than 200', () => {
+      const response = service.parse(request, invalidResponseStatusCode);
+      expect(response.constructor).toBe(ErrorResponse);
+    });
+
+  });
+});

src/app/core/data/browse-entries-response-parsing.service.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+import { Inject, Injectable } from '@angular/core';
+import { GLOBAL_CONFIG } from '../../../config';
+import { GlobalConfig } from '../../../config/global-config.interface';
+import { isNotEmpty } from '../../shared/empty.util';
+import { ObjectCacheService } from '../cache/object-cache.service';
+import {
+  ErrorResponse,
+  GenericSuccessResponse,
+  RestResponse
+} from '../cache/response-cache.models';
+import { DSpaceRESTV2Response } from '../dspace-rest-v2/dspace-rest-v2-response.model';
+import { DSpaceRESTv2Serializer } from '../dspace-rest-v2/dspace-rest-v2.serializer';
+import { BrowseEntry } from '../shared/browse-entry.model';
+import { BaseResponseParsingService } from './base-response-parsing.service';
+import { ResponseParsingService } from './parsing.service';
+import { RestRequest } from './request.models';
+
+@Injectable()
+export class BrowseEntriesResponseParsingService extends BaseResponseParsingService implements ResponseParsingService {
+
+  protected objectFactory = {
+    getConstructor: () => BrowseEntry
+  };
+  protected toCache = false;
+
+  constructor(
+    @Inject(GLOBAL_CONFIG) protected EnvConfig: GlobalConfig,
+    protected objectCache: ObjectCacheService,
+  ) { super();
+  }
+
+  parse(request: RestRequest, data: DSpaceRESTV2Response): RestResponse {
+    if (isNotEmpty(data.payload) && isNotEmpty(data.payload._embedded)
+      && Array.isArray(data.payload._embedded[Object.keys(data.payload._embedded)[0]])) {
+      const serializer = new DSpaceRESTv2Serializer(BrowseEntry);
+      const browseEntries = serializer.deserializeArray(data.payload._embedded[Object.keys(data.payload._embedded)[0]]);
+      return new GenericSuccessResponse(browseEntries, data.statusCode, this.processPageInfo(data.payload));
+    } else {
+      return new ErrorResponse(
+        Object.assign(
+          new Error('Unexpected response from browse endpoint'),
+          { statusText: data.statusCode }
+        )
+      );
+    }
+  }
+
+}

src/app/core/data/browse-response-parsing.service.spec.ts

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import { BrowseResponseParsingService } from './browse-response-parsing.service';
 import { BrowseEndpointRequest } from './request.models';
-import { BrowseSuccessResponse, ErrorResponse } from '../cache/response-cache.models';
+import { GenericSuccessResponse, ErrorResponse } from '../cache/response-cache.models';
 import { BrowseDefinition } from '../shared/browse-definition.model';
 import { DSpaceRESTV2Response } from '../dspace-rest-v2/dspace-rest-v2-response.model';
 
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ describe('BrowseResponseParsingService', () => {
   });
 
   describe('parse', () => {
-    const validRequest = new BrowseEndpointRequest('clients/b186e8ce-e99c-4183-bc9a-42b4821bdb78', 'https://rest.api/discover/browses');
+    const validRequest = new BrowseEndpointRequest('client/b186e8ce-e99c-4183-bc9a-42b4821bdb78', 'https://rest.api/discover/browses');
 
     const validResponse = {
       payload: {
@@ -138,9 +138,9 @@ describe('BrowseResponseParsingService', () => {
       })
     ];
 
-    it('should return a BrowseSuccessResponse if data contains a valid browse endpoint response', () => {
+    it('should return a GenericSuccessResponse if data contains a valid browse endpoint response', () => {
       const response = service.parse(validRequest, validResponse);
-      expect(response.constructor).toBe(BrowseSuccessResponse);
+      expect(response.constructor).toBe(GenericSuccessResponse);
     });
 
     it('should return an ErrorResponse if data contains an invalid browse endpoint response', () => {
@@ -155,9 +155,9 @@ describe('BrowseResponseParsingService', () => {
       expect(response.constructor).toBe(ErrorResponse);
     });
 
-    it('should return a BrowseSuccessResponse with the BrowseDefinitions in data', () => {
+    it('should return a GenericSuccessResponse with the BrowseDefinitions in data', () => {
       const response = service.parse(validRequest, validResponse);
-      expect((response as BrowseSuccessResponse).browseDefinitions).toEqual(definitions);
+      expect((response as GenericSuccessResponse<BrowseDefinition[]>).payload).toEqual(definitions);
     });
 
   });

src/app/core/data/browse-response-parsing.service.ts

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import { Injectable } from '@angular/core';
 import { ResponseParsingService } from './parsing.service';
 import { RestRequest } from './request.models';
 import { DSpaceRESTV2Response } from '../dspace-rest-v2/dspace-rest-v2-response.model';
-import { BrowseSuccessResponse, ErrorResponse, RestResponse } from '../cache/response-cache.models';
+import { GenericSuccessResponse, ErrorResponse, RestResponse } from '../cache/response-cache.models';
 import { isNotEmpty } from '../../shared/empty.util';
 import { DSpaceRESTv2Serializer } from '../dspace-rest-v2/dspace-rest-v2.serializer';
 import { BrowseDefinition } from '../shared/browse-definition.model';
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ export class BrowseResponseParsingService implements ResponseParsingService {
       && Array.isArray(data.payload._embedded[Object.keys(data.payload._embedded)[0]])) {
       const serializer = new DSpaceRESTv2Serializer(BrowseDefinition);
       const browseDefinitions = serializer.deserializeArray(data.payload._embedded[Object.keys(data.payload._embedded)[0]]);
-      return new BrowseSuccessResponse(browseDefinitions, data.statusCode);
+      return new GenericSuccessResponse(browseDefinitions, data.statusCode);
     } else {
       return new ErrorResponse(
         Object.assign(

src/app/core/data/request.effects.ts

@@ -33,9 +33,9 @@ export class RequestEffects {
       let body;
       if (isNotEmpty(request.body)) {
         const serializer = new DSpaceRESTv2Serializer(NormalizedObjectFactory.getConstructor(request.body.type));
-        body = JSON.stringify(serializer.serialize(request.body));
+        body = serializer.serialize(request.body);
       }
-      return this.restApi.request(request.method, request.href, body)
+      return this.restApi.request(request.method, request.href, body, request.options)
         .map((data: DSpaceRESTV2Response) =>
           this.injector.get(request.getResponseParser()).parse(request, data))
         .do((response: RestResponse) => this.responseCache.add(request.href, response, this.EnvConfig.cache.msToLive))

src/app/core/data/request.models.ts

@@ -2,11 +2,15 @@ import { SortOptions } from '../cache/models/sort-options.model';
 import { GenericConstructor } from '../shared/generic-constructor';
 import { GlobalConfig } from '../../../config/global-config.interface';
 import { RESTURLCombiner } from '../url-combiner/rest-url-combiner';
+import { BrowseEntriesResponseParsingService } from './browse-entries-response-parsing.service';
 import { DSOResponseParsingService } from './dso-response-parsing.service';
 import { ResponseParsingService } from './parsing.service';
 import { EndpointMapResponseParsingService } from './endpoint-map-response-parsing.service';
 import { BrowseResponseParsingService } from './browse-response-parsing.service';
 import { ConfigResponseParsingService } from './config-response-parsing.service';
+import { AuthResponseParsingService } from '../auth/auth-response-parsing.service';
+import { HttpOptions } from '../dspace-rest-v2/dspace-rest-v2.service';
+import { HttpHeaders } from '@angular/common/http';
 
 /* tslint:disable:max-classes-per-file */
 
@@ -34,7 +38,8 @@ export abstract class RestRequest {
     public uuid: string,
     public href: string,
     public method: RestRequestMethod = RestRequestMethod.Get,
-    public body?: any
+    public body?: any,
+    public options?: HttpOptions
   ) {
   }
 
@@ -47,7 +52,8 @@ export class GetRequest extends RestRequest {
   constructor(
     public uuid: string,
     public href: string,
-    public body?: any
+    public body?: any,
+    public options?: HttpOptions
   )  {
     super(uuid, href, RestRequestMethod.Get, body)
   }
@@ -57,7 +63,8 @@ export class PostRequest extends RestRequest {
   constructor(
     public uuid: string,
     public href: string,
-    public body?: any
+    public body?: any,
+    public options?: HttpOptions
   )  {
     super(uuid, href, RestRequestMethod.Post, body)
   }
@@ -67,7 +74,8 @@ export class PutRequest extends RestRequest {
   constructor(
     public uuid: string,
     public href: string,
-    public body?: any
+    public body?: any,
+    public options?: HttpOptions
   )  {
     super(uuid, href, RestRequestMethod.Put, body)
   }
@@ -77,7 +85,8 @@ export class DeleteRequest extends RestRequest {
   constructor(
     public uuid: string,
     public href: string,
-    public body?: any
+    public body?: any,
+    public options?: HttpOptions
   )  {
     super(uuid, href, RestRequestMethod.Delete, body)
   }
@@ -87,7 +96,8 @@ export class OptionsRequest extends RestRequest {
   constructor(
     public uuid: string,
     public href: string,
-    public body?: any
+    public body?: any,
+    public options?: HttpOptions
   )  {
     super(uuid, href, RestRequestMethod.Options, body)
   }
@@ -97,7 +107,8 @@ export class HeadRequest extends RestRequest {
   constructor(
     public uuid: string,
     public href: string,
-    public body?: any
+    public body?: any,
+    public options?: HttpOptions
   )  {
     super(uuid, href, RestRequestMethod.Head, body)
   }
@@ -107,7 +118,8 @@ export class PatchRequest extends RestRequest {
   constructor(
     public uuid: string,
     public href: string,
-    public body?: any
+    public body?: any,
+    public options?: HttpOptions
   )  {
     super(uuid, href, RestRequestMethod.Patch, body)
   }
@@ -134,7 +146,7 @@ export class FindAllRequest extends GetRequest {
   constructor(
     uuid: string,
     href: string,
-    public options?: FindAllOptions,
+    public body?: FindAllOptions,
   ) {
     super(uuid, href);
   }
@@ -164,6 +176,12 @@ export class BrowseEndpointRequest extends GetRequest {
   }
 }
 
+export class BrowseEntriesRequest extends GetRequest {
+  getResponseParser(): GenericConstructor<ResponseParsingService> {
+    return BrowseEntriesResponseParsingService;
+  }
+}
+
 export class ConfigRequest extends GetRequest {
   constructor(uuid: string, href: string) {
     super(uuid, href);
@@ -174,6 +192,26 @@ export class ConfigRequest extends GetRequest {
   }
 }
 
+export class AuthPostRequest extends PostRequest {
+  constructor(uuid: string, href: string, public body?: any, public options?: HttpOptions) {
+    super(uuid, href, body, options);
+  }
+
+  getResponseParser(): GenericConstructor<ResponseParsingService> {
+    return AuthResponseParsingService;
+  }
+}
+
+export class AuthGetRequest extends GetRequest {
+  constructor(uuid: string, href: string, public options?: HttpOptions) {
+    super(uuid, href, null, options);
+  }
+
+  getResponseParser(): GenericConstructor<ResponseParsingService> {
+    return AuthResponseParsingService;
+  }
+}
+
 export class RequestError extends Error {
   statusText: string;
 }

src/app/core/data/request.service.spec.ts

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import { Store } from '@ngrx/store';
 import { cold, hot } from 'jasmine-marbles';
 import { Observable } from 'rxjs/Observable';
+import 'rxjs/add/observable/of';
 import { getMockObjectCacheService } from '../../shared/mocks/mock-object-cache.service';
 import { getMockResponseCacheService } from '../../shared/mocks/mock-response-cache.service';
 import { getMockStore } from '../../shared/mocks/mock-store';
@@ -229,6 +230,11 @@ describe('RequestService', () => {
         request = testGetRequest;
       });
 
+      it('should track it on it\'s way to the store', () => {
+        spyOn(serviceAsAny, 'trackRequestsOnTheirWayToTheStore');
+        service.configure(request);
+        expect(serviceAsAny.trackRequestsOnTheirWayToTheStore).toHaveBeenCalledWith(request);
+      });
       describe('and it isn\'t cached or pending', () => {
         beforeEach(() => {
           spyOn(serviceAsAny, 'isCachedOrPending').and.returnValue(false);
@@ -271,6 +277,28 @@ describe('RequestService', () => {
         service.configure(testPatchRequest);
         expect(serviceAsAny.dispatchRequest).toHaveBeenCalledWith(testPatchRequest);
       });
+
+      it('shouldn\'t track it on it\'s way to the store', () => {
+        spyOn(serviceAsAny, 'trackRequestsOnTheirWayToTheStore');
+
+        serviceAsAny.dispatchRequest(testPostRequest);
+        expect(serviceAsAny.trackRequestsOnTheirWayToTheStore).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+
+        serviceAsAny.dispatchRequest(testPutRequest);
+        expect(serviceAsAny.trackRequestsOnTheirWayToTheStore).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+
+        serviceAsAny.dispatchRequest(testDeleteRequest);
+        expect(serviceAsAny.trackRequestsOnTheirWayToTheStore).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+
+        serviceAsAny.dispatchRequest(testOptionsRequest);
+        expect(serviceAsAny.trackRequestsOnTheirWayToTheStore).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+
+        serviceAsAny.dispatchRequest(testHeadRequest);
+        expect(serviceAsAny.trackRequestsOnTheirWayToTheStore).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+
+        serviceAsAny.dispatchRequest(testPatchRequest);
+        expect(serviceAsAny.trackRequestsOnTheirWayToTheStore).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+      });
     });
   });
 
@@ -381,43 +409,6 @@ describe('RequestService', () => {
       serviceAsAny.dispatchRequest(request);
       expect(store.dispatch).toHaveBeenCalledWith(new RequestExecuteAction(request.uuid));
     });
-
-    describe('when it\'s a GET request', () => {
-      let request: RestRequest;
-      beforeEach(() => {
-        request = testGetRequest;
-      });
-
-      it('should track it on it\'s way to the store', () => {
-        spyOn(serviceAsAny, 'trackRequestsOnTheirWayToTheStore');
-        serviceAsAny.dispatchRequest(request);
-        expect(serviceAsAny.trackRequestsOnTheirWayToTheStore).toHaveBeenCalledWith(request);
-      });
-    });
-
-    describe('when it\'s not a GET request', () => {
-      it('shouldn\'t track it', () => {
-        spyOn(serviceAsAny, 'trackRequestsOnTheirWayToTheStore');
-
-        serviceAsAny.dispatchRequest(testPostRequest);
-        expect(serviceAsAny.trackRequestsOnTheirWayToTheStore).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
-
-        serviceAsAny.dispatchRequest(testPutRequest);
-        expect(serviceAsAny.trackRequestsOnTheirWayToTheStore).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
-
-        serviceAsAny.dispatchRequest(testDeleteRequest);
-        expect(serviceAsAny.trackRequestsOnTheirWayToTheStore).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
-
-        serviceAsAny.dispatchRequest(testOptionsRequest);
-        expect(serviceAsAny.trackRequestsOnTheirWayToTheStore).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
-
-        serviceAsAny.dispatchRequest(testHeadRequest);
-        expect(serviceAsAny.trackRequestsOnTheirWayToTheStore).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
-
-        serviceAsAny.dispatchRequest(testPatchRequest);
-        expect(serviceAsAny.trackRequestsOnTheirWayToTheStore).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
-      });
-    });
   });
 
   describe('trackRequestsOnTheirWayToTheStore', () => {

src/app/core/data/request.service.ts

@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ import { RequestConfigureAction, RequestExecuteAction } from './request.actions'
 import { GetRequest, RestRequest, RestRequestMethod } from './request.models';
 
 import { RequestEntry, RequestState } from './request.reducer';
+import { ResponseCacheRemoveAction } from '../cache/response-cache.actions';
 
 @Injectable()
 export class RequestService {
@@ -66,9 +67,14 @@ export class RequestService {
       .flatMap((uuid: string) => this.getByUUID(uuid));
   }
 
-  configure<T extends CacheableObject>(request: RestRequest): void {
-    if (request.method !== RestRequestMethod.Get || !this.isCachedOrPending(request)) {
+  // TODO to review "overrideRequest" param when https://github.com/DSpace/dspace-angular/issues/217 will be fixed
+  configure<T extends CacheableObject>(request: RestRequest, forceBypassCache: boolean = false): void {
+    const isGetRequest = request.method === RestRequestMethod.Get;
+    if (!isGetRequest || !this.isCachedOrPending(request) || forceBypassCache) {
       this.dispatchRequest(request);
+      if (isGetRequest && !forceBypassCache) {
+        this.trackRequestsOnTheirWayToTheStore(request);
+      }
     }
   }
 
@@ -104,9 +110,6 @@ export class RequestService {
   private dispatchRequest(request: RestRequest) {
     this.store.dispatch(new RequestConfigureAction(request));
     this.store.dispatch(new RequestExecuteAction(request.uuid));
-    if (request.method === RestRequestMethod.Get) {
-      this.trackRequestsOnTheirWayToTheStore(request);
-    }
   }
 
   /**

src/app/core/dspace-rest-v2/dspace-rest-v2-response.model.ts

@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+import { HttpHeaders } from '@angular/common/http';
+
 export interface DSpaceRESTV2Response {
   payload: {
     [name: string]: any;
@@ -5,5 +7,6 @@ export interface DSpaceRESTV2Response {
     _links?: any;
     page?: any;
   },
+  headers?: HttpHeaders,
   statusCode: string
 }

src/app/core/dspace-rest-v2/dspace-rest-v2.service.ts

@@ -1,10 +1,21 @@
 import { Injectable } from '@angular/core';
 import { Request } from '@angular/http';
-import { HttpClient, HttpResponse } from '@angular/common/http'
+import { HttpClient, HttpHeaders, HttpParams, HttpResponse } from '@angular/common/http'
 import { Observable } from 'rxjs/Observable';
 import { RestRequestMethod } from '../data/request.models';
 
 import { DSpaceRESTV2Response } from './dspace-rest-v2-response.model';
+import { HttpObserve } from '@angular/common/http/src/client';
+
+export interface HttpOptions {
+  body?: any;
+  headers?: HttpHeaders;
+  params?: HttpParams;
+  observe?: HttpObserve;
+  reportProgress?: boolean;
+  responseType?: 'arraybuffer' | 'blob' | 'json' | 'text';
+  withCredentials?: boolean;
+}
 
 /**
  * Service to access DSpace's REST API
@@ -45,9 +56,18 @@ export class DSpaceRESTv2Service {
    * @return {Observable<string>}
    *      An Observable<string> containing the response from the server
    */
-  request(method: RestRequestMethod, url: string, body?: any): Observable<DSpaceRESTV2Response> {
-    return this.http.request(method, url, { body, observe: 'response' })
-      .map((res) => ({ payload: res.body, statusCode: res.statusText }))
+  request(method: RestRequestMethod, url: string, body?: any, options?: HttpOptions): Observable<DSpaceRESTV2Response> {
+    const requestOptions: HttpOptions = {};
+    requestOptions.body = body;
+    requestOptions.observe = 'response';
+    if (options && options.headers) {
+      requestOptions.headers = Object.assign(new HttpHeaders(),  options.headers);
+    }
+    if (options && options.responseType) {
+      requestOptions.responseType = options.responseType;
+    }
+    return this.http.request(method, url, requestOptions)
+      .map((res) => ({ payload: res.body, headers: res.headers, statusCode: res.statusText }))
       .catch((err) => {
         console.log('Error: ', err);
         return Observable.throw(err);

src/app/core/eperson/models/NormalizedEperson.model.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+import { autoserialize, inheritSerialization } from 'cerialize';
+import { CacheableObject } from '../../cache/object-cache.reducer';
+import { ListableObject } from '../../../shared/object-collection/shared/listable-object.model';
+import { NormalizedDSpaceObject } from '../../cache/models/normalized-dspace-object.model';
+import { Eperson } from './eperson.model';
+import { mapsTo, relationship } from '../../cache/builders/build-decorators';
+import { ResourceType } from '../../shared/resource-type';
+
+@mapsTo(Eperson)
+@inheritSerialization(NormalizedDSpaceObject)
+export class NormalizedEpersonModel extends NormalizedDSpaceObject implements CacheableObject, ListableObject {
+
+  @autoserialize
+  public handle: string;
+
+  @autoserialize
+  @relationship(ResourceType.Group, true)
+  groups: string[];
+
+  @autoserialize
+  public netid: string;
+
+  @autoserialize
+  public lastActive: string;
+
+  @autoserialize
+  public canLogIn: boolean;
+
+  @autoserialize
+  public email: string;
+
+  @autoserialize
+  public requireCertificate: boolean;
+
+  @autoserialize
+  public selfRegistered: boolean;
+}

src/app/core/eperson/models/NormalizedGroup.model.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+import { autoserialize, inheritSerialization } from 'cerialize';
+import { CacheableObject } from '../../cache/object-cache.reducer';
+import { ListableObject } from '../../../shared/object-collection/shared/listable-object.model';
+import { NormalizedDSpaceObject } from '../../cache/models/normalized-dspace-object.model';
+import { Eperson } from './eperson.model';
+import { mapsTo } from '../../cache/builders/build-decorators';
+import { Group } from './group.model';
+
+@mapsTo(Group)
+@inheritSerialization(NormalizedDSpaceObject)
+export class NormalizedGroupModel extends NormalizedDSpaceObject implements CacheableObject, ListableObject {
+
+  @autoserialize
+  public handle: string;
+
+  @autoserialize
+  public permanent: boolean;
+}

src/app/core/eperson/models/eperson.model.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+import { DSpaceObject } from '../../shared/dspace-object.model';
+import { Group } from './group.model';
+
+export class Eperson extends DSpaceObject {
+
+  public handle: string;
+
+  public groups: Group[];
+
+  public netid: string;
+
+  public lastActive: string;
+
+  public canLogIn: boolean;
+
+  public email: string;
+
+  public requireCertificate: boolean;
+
+  public selfRegistered: boolean;
+
+}

src/app/core/eperson/models/group.model.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+import { DSpaceObject } from '../../shared/dspace-object.model';
+
+export class Group extends DSpaceObject {
+
+  public handle: string;
+
+  public permanent: boolean;
+}

src/app/core/shared/browse-definition.model.ts

@@ -2,6 +2,9 @@ import { autoserialize, autoserializeAs } from 'cerialize';
 import { SortOption } from './sort-option.model';
 
 export class BrowseDefinition {
+  @autoserialize
+  id: string;
+
   @autoserialize
   metadataBrowse: boolean;
 

src/app/core/shared/browse-entry.model.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+import { autoserialize, autoserializeAs } from 'cerialize';
+
+export class BrowseEntry {
+
+  @autoserialize
+  type: string;
+
+  @autoserialize
+  authority: string;
+
+  @autoserialize
+  value: string;
+
+  @autoserializeAs('valueLang')
+  language: string;
+
+  @autoserialize
+  count: number;
+
+}

src/app/core/shared/operators.spec.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,152 @@
+import { cold, getTestScheduler, hot } from 'jasmine-marbles';
+import { TestScheduler } from '../../../../node_modules/rxjs';
+import { getMockRequestService } from '../../shared/mocks/mock-request.service';
+import { getMockResponseCacheService } from '../../shared/mocks/mock-response-cache.service';
+import { ResponseCacheEntry } from '../cache/response-cache.reducer';
+import { ResponseCacheService } from '../cache/response-cache.service';
+import { GetRequest, RestRequest } from '../data/request.models';
+import { RequestEntry } from '../data/request.reducer';
+import { RequestService } from '../data/request.service';
+import {
+  configureRequest,
+  filterSuccessfulResponses, getRemoteDataPayload,
+  getRequestFromSelflink, getResourceLinksFromResponse,
+  getResponseFromSelflink
+} from './operators';
+
+describe('Core Module - RxJS Operators', () => {
+  let scheduler: TestScheduler;
+  let requestService: RequestService;
+  const testSelfLink = 'https://rest.api/';
+
+  const testRCEs = {
+    a: { response: { isSuccessful: true, resourceSelfLinks: ['a', 'b', 'c', 'd'] } },
+    b: { response: { isSuccessful: false, resourceSelfLinks: ['e', 'f'] } },
+    c: { response: { isSuccessful: undefined, resourceSelfLinks: ['g', 'h', 'i'] } },
+    d: { response: { isSuccessful: true, resourceSelfLinks: ['j', 'k', 'l', 'm', 'n'] } },
+    e: { response: { isSuccessful: 1, resourceSelfLinks: [] } }
+  };
+
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    scheduler = getTestScheduler();
+  });
+
+  describe('getRequestFromSelflink', () => {
+
+    it('should return the RequestEntry corresponding to the self link in the source', () => {
+      requestService = getMockRequestService();
+
+      const source = hot('a', { a: testSelfLink });
+      const result = source.pipe(getRequestFromSelflink(requestService));
+      const expected = cold('a', { a: new RequestEntry()});
+
+      expect(result).toBeObservable(expected)
+    });
+
+    it('should use the requestService to fetch the request by its self link', () => {
+      requestService = getMockRequestService();
+
+      const source = hot('a', { a: testSelfLink });
+      scheduler.schedule(() => source.pipe(getRequestFromSelflink(requestService)).subscribe());
+      scheduler.flush();
+
+      expect(requestService.getByHref).toHaveBeenCalledWith(testSelfLink)
+    });
+
+    it('shouldn\'t return anything if there is no request matching the self link', () => {
+      requestService = getMockRequestService(cold('a', { a: undefined }));
+
+      const source = hot('a', { a: testSelfLink });
+      const result = source.pipe(getRequestFromSelflink(requestService));
+      const expected = cold('-');
+
+      expect(result).toBeObservable(expected)
+    });
+  });
+
+  describe('getResponseFromSelflink', () => {
+    let responseCacheService: ResponseCacheService;
+
+    beforeEach(() => {
+      scheduler = getTestScheduler();
+    });
+
+    it('should return the ResponseCacheEntry corresponding to the self link in the source', () => {
+      responseCacheService = getMockResponseCacheService();
+
+      const source = hot('a', { a: testSelfLink });
+      const result = source.pipe(getResponseFromSelflink(responseCacheService));
+      const expected = cold('a', { a: new ResponseCacheEntry()});
+
+      expect(result).toBeObservable(expected)
+    });
+
+    it('should use the responseCacheService to fetch the response by the request\'s link', () => {
+      responseCacheService = getMockResponseCacheService();
+
+      const source = hot('a', { a: testSelfLink });
+      scheduler.schedule(() => source.pipe(getResponseFromSelflink(responseCacheService)).subscribe());
+      scheduler.flush();
+
+      expect(responseCacheService.get).toHaveBeenCalledWith(testSelfLink)
+    });
+
+    it('shouldn\'t return anything if there is no response matching the request\'s link', () => {
+      responseCacheService = getMockResponseCacheService(undefined, cold('a', { a: undefined }));
+
+      const source = hot('a', { a: testSelfLink });
+      const result = source.pipe(getResponseFromSelflink(responseCacheService));
+      const expected = cold('-');
+
+      expect(result).toBeObservable(expected)
+    });
+  });
+
+  describe('filterSuccessfulResponses', () => {
+    it('should only return responses for which isSuccessful === true', () => {
+      const source = hot('abcde', testRCEs);
+      const result = source.pipe(filterSuccessfulResponses());
+      const expected = cold('a--d-', testRCEs);
+
+      expect(result).toBeObservable(expected)
+    });
+  });
+
+  describe('getResourceLinksFromResponse', () => {
+    it('should return the resourceSelfLinks for all successful responses', () => {
+      const source = hot('abcde', testRCEs);
+      const result = source.pipe(getResourceLinksFromResponse());
+      const expected = cold('a--d-', {
+        a: testRCEs.a.response.resourceSelfLinks,
+        d: testRCEs.d.response.resourceSelfLinks
+      });
+
+      expect(result).toBeObservable(expected)
+    });
+  });
+
+  describe('configureRequest', () => {
+    it('should call requestService.configure with the source request', () => {
+      requestService = getMockRequestService();
+      const testRequest = new GetRequest('6b789e31-f026-4ff8-8993-4eb3b730c841', testSelfLink);
+      const source = hot('a', { a: testRequest });
+      scheduler.schedule(() => source.pipe(configureRequest(requestService)).subscribe());
+      scheduler.flush();
+
+      expect(requestService.configure).toHaveBeenCalledWith(testRequest)
+    });
+  });
+
+  describe('getRemoteDataPayload', () => {
+    it('should return the payload of the source RemoteData', () => {
+      const testRD = { a: { payload: 'a' } };
+      const source = hot('a', testRD);
+      const result = source.pipe(getRemoteDataPayload());
+      const expected = cold('a', {
+        a: testRD.a.payload,
+      });
+
+      expect(result).toBeObservable(expected)
+    });
+  });
+});

src/app/core/shared/operators.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+import { Observable } from 'rxjs/Observable';
+import { filter, flatMap, map, tap } from 'rxjs/operators';
+import { hasValueOperator } from '../../shared/empty.util';
+import { DSOSuccessResponse } from '../cache/response-cache.models';
+import { ResponseCacheEntry } from '../cache/response-cache.reducer';
+import { ResponseCacheService } from '../cache/response-cache.service';
+import { RemoteData } from '../data/remote-data';
+import { RestRequest } from '../data/request.models';
+import { RequestEntry } from '../data/request.reducer';
+import { RequestService } from '../data/request.service';
+
+/**
+ * This file contains custom RxJS operators that can be used in multiple places
+ */
+
+export const getRequestFromSelflink = (requestService: RequestService) =>
+  (source: Observable<string>): Observable<RequestEntry> =>
+    source.pipe(
+      flatMap((href: string) => requestService.getByHref(href)),
+      hasValueOperator()
+    );
+
+export const getResponseFromSelflink = (responseCache: ResponseCacheService) =>
+  (source: Observable<string>): Observable<ResponseCacheEntry> =>
+    source.pipe(
+      flatMap((href: string) => responseCache.get(href)),
+      hasValueOperator()
+    );
+
+export const filterSuccessfulResponses = () =>
+  (source: Observable<ResponseCacheEntry>): Observable<ResponseCacheEntry> =>
+    source.pipe(filter((entry: ResponseCacheEntry) => entry.response.isSuccessful === true));
+
+export const getResourceLinksFromResponse = () =>
+  (source: Observable<ResponseCacheEntry>): Observable<string[]> =>
+    source.pipe(
+      filterSuccessfulResponses(),
+      map((entry: ResponseCacheEntry) => (entry.response as DSOSuccessResponse).resourceSelfLinks),
+    );
+
+export const configureRequest = (requestService: RequestService) =>
+  (source: Observable<RestRequest>): Observable<RestRequest> =>
+    source.pipe(tap((request: RestRequest) => requestService.configure(request)));
+
+export const getRemoteDataPayload = () =>
+  <T>(source: Observable<RemoteData<T>>): Observable<T> =>
+    source.pipe(map((remoteData: RemoteData<T>) => remoteData.payload));

src/app/core/shared/resource-type.ts

@@ -6,4 +6,6 @@ export enum ResourceType {
   Item = 'item',
   Collection = 'collection',
   Community = 'community',
+  Eperson = 'eperson',
+  Group = 'group',
 }

src/app/header/header.component.html

@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
           <a class="nav-link" routerLink="/home" routerLinkActive="active"><i class="fa fa-home fa-fw" aria-hidden="true"></i> {{ 'nav.home' | translate }}<span class="sr-only">(current)</span></a>
         </li>
       </ul>
+      <ds-auth-nav-menu></ds-auth-nav-menu>
     </div>
   </nav>
 </header>

src/app/header/header.component.spec.ts

@@ -9,6 +9,16 @@ import { Observable } from 'rxjs/Observable';
 import { HeaderComponent } from './header.component';
 import { HeaderState } from './header.reducer';
 import { HeaderToggleAction } from './header.actions';
+import { AuthNavMenuComponent } from '../shared/auth-nav-menu/auth-nav-menu.component';
+import { LogInComponent } from '../shared/log-in/log-in.component';
+import { LogOutComponent } from '../shared/log-out/log-out.component';
+import { LoadingComponent } from '../shared/loading/loading.component';
+import { ReactiveFormsModule } from '@angular/forms';
+import { HostWindowService } from '../shared/host-window.service';
+import { HostWindowServiceStub } from '../shared/testing/host-window-service-stub';
+import { RouterStub } from '../shared/testing/router-stub';
+import { Router } from '@angular/router';
+import { NoopAnimationsModule } from '@angular/platform-browser/animations';
 
 let comp: HeaderComponent;
 let fixture: ComponentFixture<HeaderComponent>;
@@ -19,8 +29,17 @@ describe('HeaderComponent', () => {
   // async beforeEach
   beforeEach(async(() => {
     TestBed.configureTestingModule({
-      imports: [StoreModule.forRoot({}), TranslateModule.forRoot(), NgbCollapseModule.forRoot()],
-      declarations: [HeaderComponent]
+      imports: [
+        StoreModule.forRoot({}),
+        TranslateModule.forRoot(),
+        NgbCollapseModule.forRoot(),
+        NoopAnimationsModule,
+        ReactiveFormsModule],
+      declarations: [HeaderComponent, AuthNavMenuComponent, LoadingComponent, LogInComponent, LogOutComponent],
+      providers: [
+        { provide: HostWindowService, useValue: new HostWindowServiceStub(800) },
+        { provide: Router, useClass: RouterStub },
+      ]
     })
       .compileComponents();  // compile template and css
   }));

src/app/header/header.component.ts

@@ -1,10 +1,12 @@
 import { Component, OnInit } from '@angular/core';
 import { createSelector, Store } from '@ngrx/store';
 import { Observable } from 'rxjs/Observable';
+import { RouterReducerState } from '@ngrx/router-store';
 
 import { HeaderState } from './header.reducer';
 import { HeaderToggleAction } from './header.actions';
 import { AppState } from '../app.reducer';
+import { HostWindowService } from '../shared/host-window.service';
 
 const headerStateSelector = (state: AppState) => state.header;
 const navCollapsedSelector = createSelector(headerStateSelector, (header: HeaderState) => header.navCollapsed);
@@ -12,17 +14,25 @@ const navCollapsedSelector = createSelector(headerStateSelector, (header: Header
 @Component({
   selector: 'ds-header',
   styleUrls: ['header.component.scss'],
-  templateUrl: 'header.component.html'
+  templateUrl: 'header.component.html',
 })
 export class HeaderComponent implements OnInit {
+  /**
+   * Whether user is authenticated.
+   * @type {Observable<string>}
+   */
+  public isAuthenticated: Observable<boolean>;
   public isNavBarCollapsed: Observable<boolean>;
+  public showAuth = false;
 
   constructor(
-    private store: Store<AppState>
+    private store: Store<AppState>,
+    private windowService: HostWindowService
   ) {
   }
 
   ngOnInit(): void {
+    // set loading
     this.isNavBarCollapsed = this.store.select(navCollapsedSelector);
   }
 

src/app/pagenotfound/pagenotfound.component.ts

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { ServerResponseService } from '../shared/server-response.service';
+import { ServerResponseService } from '../shared/services/server-response.service';
 import { Component, ChangeDetectionStrategy } from '@angular/core';
 
 @Component({

src/app/shared/auth-nav-menu/auth-nav-menu.component.html

@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+<ul class="navbar-nav" [ngClass]="{'mr-auto': (isXsOrSm$ | async)}">
+  <li *ngIf="!(isAuthenticated | async) && !(isXsOrSm$ | async) && (showAuth | async)" class="nav-item dropdown" (click)="$event.stopPropagation();">
+    <div ngbDropdown placement="bottom-right" class="d-inline-block float-right" @fadeInOut>
+      <a href="#" id="dropdownLogin" class="nav-link" (click)="$event.preventDefault()" ngbDropdownToggle><i class="fa fa-sign-in fa-fw" aria-hidden="true"></i> {{ 'nav.login' | translate }}<span class="caret"></span></a>
+      <div id="loginDropdownMenu" [ngClass]="{'pl-3 pr-3': (loading | async)}" ngbDropdownMenu aria-labelledby="dropdownLogin">
+        <ds-log-in></ds-log-in>
+      </div>
+    </div>
+  </li>
+  <li *ngIf="!(isAuthenticated | async) && (isXsOrSm$ | async)" class="nav-item">
+    <a id="loginLink" class="nav-link" routerLink="/login" routerLinkActive="active"><i class="fa fa-sign-in fa-fw" aria-hidden="true"></i> {{ 'nav.login' | translate }}<span class="sr-only">(current)</span></a>
+  </li>
+  <li *ngIf="(isAuthenticated | async) && !(isXsOrSm$ | async) && (showAuth | async)" class="nav-item">
+    <div ngbDropdown placement="bottom-right" class="d-inline-block" [ngClass]="{'float-right': !(isXsOrSm$ | async)}" @fadeInOut>
+      <a href="#" id="dropdownUser" class="nav-link" (click)="$event.preventDefault()" ngbDropdownToggle><i class="fa fa-user fa-fw" aria-hidden="true"></i>Hello {{(user | async).name}}<span class="caret"></span></a>
+      <div id="logoutDropdownMenu" ngbDropdownMenu aria-labelledby="dropdownUser">
+        <ds-log-out></ds-log-out>
+      </div>
+    </div>
+  </li>
+  <li *ngIf="(isAuthenticated | async) && (isXsOrSm$ | async)" class="nav-item">
+    <a id="logoutLink" class="nav-link" routerLink="/logout" routerLinkActive="active"><i class="fa fa-sign-out fa-fw" aria-hidden="true"></i> {{ 'nav.logout' | translate }}<span class="sr-only">(current)</span></a>
+  </li>
+</ul>
+
+

src/app/shared/auth-nav-menu/auth-nav-menu.component.scss

@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+#loginDropdownMenu, #logoutDropdownMenu {
+  min-width: 330px;
+  z-index: 1002;
+}
+
+#loginDropdownMenu {
+  min-height: 260px;
+}

src/app/shared/auth-nav-menu/auth-nav-menu.component.spec.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,297 @@
+import { CUSTOM_ELEMENTS_SCHEMA, DebugElement } from '@angular/core';
+import { async, ComponentFixture, inject, TestBed } from '@angular/core/testing';
+
+import { By } from '@angular/platform-browser';
+import { Store, StoreModule } from '@ngrx/store';
+
+import { authReducer, AuthState } from '../../core/auth/auth.reducer';
+import { EpersonMock } from '../testing/eperson-mock';
+import { TranslateModule } from '@ngx-translate/core';
+import { AppState } from '../../app.reducer';
+import { AuthNavMenuComponent } from './auth-nav-menu.component';
+import { HostWindowServiceStub } from '../testing/host-window-service-stub';
+import { HostWindowService } from '../host-window.service';
+import { NoopAnimationsModule } from '@angular/platform-browser/animations';
+import { AuthTokenInfo } from '../../core/auth/models/auth-token-info.model';
+
+describe('AuthNavMenuComponent', () => {
+
+  let component: AuthNavMenuComponent;
+  let deNavMenu: DebugElement;
+  let deNavMenuItem: DebugElement;
+  let fixture: ComponentFixture<AuthNavMenuComponent>;
+
+  const notAuthState: AuthState = {
+    authenticated: false,
+    loaded: false,
+    loading: false
+  };
+  const authState: AuthState = {
+    authenticated: true,
+    loaded: true,
+    loading: false,
+    authToken: new AuthTokenInfo('test_token'),
+    user: EpersonMock
+  };
+  let routerState = {
+    url: '/home'
+  };
+
+  describe('when is a not mobile view', () => {
+    beforeEach(async(() => {
+      const window = new HostWindowServiceStub(800);
+
+      // refine the test module by declaring the test component
+      TestBed.configureTestingModule({
+        imports: [
+          NoopAnimationsModule,
+          StoreModule.forRoot(authReducer),
+          TranslateModule.forRoot()
+        ],
+        declarations: [
+          AuthNavMenuComponent
+        ],
+        providers: [
+          {provide: HostWindowService, useValue: window},
+        ],
+        schemas: [
+          CUSTOM_ELEMENTS_SCHEMA
+        ]
+      })
+        .compileComponents();
+
+    }));
+
+    describe('when route is /login and user is not authenticated', () => {
+      routerState = {
+        url: '/login'
+      };
+      beforeEach(inject([Store], (store: Store<AppState>) => {
+        store
+          .subscribe((state) => {
+            (state as any).router = Object.create({});
+            (state as any).router.state = routerState;
+            (state as any).core = Object.create({});
+            (state as any).core.auth = notAuthState;
+          });
+
+        // create component and test fixture
+        fixture = TestBed.createComponent(AuthNavMenuComponent);
+
+        // get test component from the fixture
+        component = fixture.componentInstance;
+
+        fixture.detectChanges();
+
+        const navMenuSelector = '.navbar-nav';
+        deNavMenu = fixture.debugElement.query(By.css(navMenuSelector));
+
+        const navMenuItemSelector = 'li';
+        deNavMenuItem = deNavMenu.query(By.css(navMenuItemSelector));
+      }));
+
+      it('should not render', () => {
+        expect(component).toBeTruthy();
+        expect(deNavMenu.nativeElement).toBeDefined();
+        expect(deNavMenuItem).toBeNull();
+      });
+
+    });
+
+    describe('when route is /logout and user is authenticated', () => {
+      routerState = {
+        url: '/logout'
+      };
+      beforeEach(inject([Store], (store: Store<AppState>) => {
+        store
+          .subscribe((state) => {
+            (state as any).router = Object.create({});
+            (state as any).router.state = routerState;
+            (state as any).core = Object.create({});
+            (state as any).core.auth = authState;
+          });
+
+        // create component and test fixture
+        fixture = TestBed.createComponent(AuthNavMenuComponent);
+
+        // get test component from the fixture
+        component = fixture.componentInstance;
+
+        fixture.detectChanges();
+
+        const navMenuSelector = '.navbar-nav';
+        deNavMenu = fixture.debugElement.query(By.css(navMenuSelector));
+
+        const navMenuItemSelector = 'li';
+        deNavMenuItem = deNavMenu.query(By.css(navMenuItemSelector));
+      }));
+
+      it('should not render', () => {
+        expect(component).toBeTruthy();
+        expect(deNavMenu.nativeElement).toBeDefined();
+        expect(deNavMenuItem).toBeNull();
+      });
+
+    });
+
+    describe('when route is not /login neither /logout', () => {
+      describe('when user is not authenticated', () => {
+
+        beforeEach(inject([Store], (store: Store<AppState>) => {
+          routerState = {
+            url: '/home'
+          };
+          store
+            .subscribe((state) => {
+              (state as any).router = Object.create({});
+              (state as any).router.state = routerState;
+              (state as any).core = Object.create({});
+              (state as any).core.auth = notAuthState;
+            });
+
+          // create component and test fixture
+          fixture = TestBed.createComponent(AuthNavMenuComponent);
+
+          // get test component from the fixture
+          component = fixture.componentInstance;
+
+          fixture.detectChanges();
+
+          const navMenuSelector = '.navbar-nav';
+          deNavMenu = fixture.debugElement.query(By.css(navMenuSelector));
+
+          const navMenuItemSelector = 'li';
+          deNavMenuItem = deNavMenu.query(By.css(navMenuItemSelector));
+        }));
+
+        it('should render login dropdown menu', () => {
+          const loginDropdownMenu = deNavMenuItem.query(By.css('div[id=loginDropdownMenu]'));
+          expect(loginDropdownMenu.nativeElement).toBeDefined();
+        });
+      });
+
+      describe('when user is authenticated', () => {
+        beforeEach(inject([Store], (store: Store<AppState>) => {
+          routerState = {
+            url: '/home'
+          };
+          store
+            .subscribe((state) => {
+              (state as any).router = Object.create({});
+              (state as any).router.state = routerState;
+              (state as any).core = Object.create({});
+              (state as any).core.auth = authState;
+            });
+
+          // create component and test fixture
+          fixture = TestBed.createComponent(AuthNavMenuComponent);
+
+          // get test component from the fixture
+          component = fixture.componentInstance;
+
+          fixture.detectChanges();
+
+          const navMenuSelector = '.navbar-nav';
+          deNavMenu = fixture.debugElement.query(By.css(navMenuSelector));
+
+          const navMenuItemSelector = 'li';
+          deNavMenuItem = deNavMenu.query(By.css(navMenuItemSelector));
+        }));
+
+        it('should render logout dropdown menu', () => {
+          const logoutDropdownMenu = deNavMenuItem.query(By.css('div[id=logoutDropdownMenu]'));
+          expect(logoutDropdownMenu.nativeElement).toBeDefined();
+        });
+      })
+    })
+  });
+
+  describe('when is a mobile view', () => {
+    beforeEach(async(() => {
+      const window = new HostWindowServiceStub(300);
+
+      // refine the test module by declaring the test component
+      TestBed.configureTestingModule({
+        imports: [
+          NoopAnimationsModule,
+          StoreModule.forRoot(authReducer),
+          TranslateModule.forRoot()
+        ],
+        declarations: [
+          AuthNavMenuComponent
+        ],
+        providers: [
+          {provide: HostWindowService, useValue: window},
+        ],
+        schemas: [
+          CUSTOM_ELEMENTS_SCHEMA
+        ]
+      })
+        .compileComponents();
+
+    }));
+
+    describe('when user is not authenticated', () => {
+
+      beforeEach(inject([Store], (store: Store<AppState>) => {
+        store
+          .subscribe((state) => {
+            (state as any).router = Object.create({});
+            (state as any).router.state = routerState;
+            (state as any).core = Object.create({});
+            (state as any).core.auth = notAuthState;
+          });
+
+        // create component and test fixture
+        fixture = TestBed.createComponent(AuthNavMenuComponent);
+
+        // get test component from the fixture
+        component = fixture.componentInstance;
+
+        fixture.detectChanges();
+
+        const navMenuSelector = '.navbar-nav';
+        deNavMenu = fixture.debugElement.query(By.css(navMenuSelector));
+
+        const navMenuItemSelector = 'li';
+        deNavMenuItem = deNavMenu.query(By.css(navMenuItemSelector));
+      }));
+
+      it('should render login link', () => {
+        const loginDropdownMenu = deNavMenuItem.query(By.css('a[id=loginLink]'));
+        expect(loginDropdownMenu.nativeElement).toBeDefined();
+      });
+    });
+
+    describe('when user is authenticated', () => {
+      beforeEach(inject([Store], (store: Store<AppState>) => {
+        store
+          .subscribe((state) => {
+            (state as any).router = Object.create({});
+            (state as any).router.state = routerState;
+            (state as any).core = Object.create({});
+            (state as any).core.auth = authState;
+          });
+
+        // create component and test fixture
+        fixture = TestBed.createComponent(AuthNavMenuComponent);
+
+        // get test component from the fixture
+        component = fixture.componentInstance;
+
+        fixture.detectChanges();
+
+        const navMenuSelector = '.navbar-nav';
+        deNavMenu = fixture.debugElement.query(By.css(navMenuSelector));
+
+        const navMenuItemSelector = 'li';
+        deNavMenuItem = deNavMenu.query(By.css(navMenuItemSelector));
+      }));
+
+      it('should render logout link', inject([Store], (store: Store<AppState>) => {
+        const logoutDropdownMenu = deNavMenuItem.query(By.css('a[id=logoutLink]'));
+        expect(logoutDropdownMenu.nativeElement).toBeDefined();
+      }));
+    })
+  })
+});

src/app/shared/auth-nav-menu/auth-nav-menu.component.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+import { Component, OnInit } from '@angular/core';
+import { Observable } from 'rxjs/Observable';
+import { RouterReducerState } from '@ngrx/router-store';
+import { Store } from '@ngrx/store';
+
+import { fadeInOut, fadeOut } from '../animations/fade';
+import { HostWindowService } from '../host-window.service';
+import { AppState, routerStateSelector } from '../../app.reducer';
+import { isNotUndefined } from '../empty.util';
+import { getAuthenticatedUser, isAuthenticated, isAuthenticationLoading } from '../../core/auth/selectors';
+import { Eperson } from '../../core/eperson/models/eperson.model';
+import { LOGIN_ROUTE, LOGOUT_ROUTE } from '../../core/auth/auth.service';
+
+@Component({
+  selector: 'ds-auth-nav-menu',
+  templateUrl: './auth-nav-menu.component.html',
+  styleUrls: ['./auth-nav-menu.component.scss'],
+  animations: [fadeInOut, fadeOut]
+})
+export class AuthNavMenuComponent implements OnInit {
+  /**
+   * Whether user is authenticated.
+   * @type {Observable<string>}
+   */
+  public isAuthenticated: Observable<boolean>;
+
+  /**
+   * True if the authentication is loading.
+   * @type {boolean}
+   */
+  public loading: Observable<boolean>;
+
+  public isXsOrSm$: Observable<boolean>;
+
+  public showAuth = Observable.of(false);
+
+  public user: Observable<Eperson>;
+
+  constructor(private store: Store<AppState>,
+              private windowService: HostWindowService) {
+    this.isXsOrSm$ = this.windowService.isXsOrSm();
+  }
+
+  ngOnInit(): void {
+    // set isAuthenticated
+    this.isAuthenticated = this.store.select(isAuthenticated);
+
+    // set loading
+    this.loading = this.store.select(isAuthenticationLoading);
+
+    this.user = this.store.select(getAuthenticatedUser);
+
+    this.showAuth = this.store.select(routerStateSelector)
+      .filter((router: RouterReducerState) => isNotUndefined(router) && isNotUndefined(router.state))
+      .map((router: RouterReducerState) => {
+        return !router.state.url.startsWith(LOGIN_ROUTE) && !router.state.url.startsWith(LOGOUT_ROUTE);
+      });
+  }
+}

src/app/shared/empty.util.spec.ts

@@ -1,6 +1,16 @@
+import { cold, hot } from 'jasmine-marbles';
 import {
-  isEmpty, hasNoValue, hasValue, isNotEmpty, isNull, isNotNull,
-  isUndefined, isNotUndefined
+  ensureArrayHasValue,
+  hasNoValue,
+  hasValue,
+  hasValueOperator,
+  isEmpty,
+  isNotEmpty,
+  isNotEmptyOperator,
+  isNotNull,
+  isNotUndefined,
+  isNull,
+  isUndefined
 } from './empty.util';
 
 describe('Empty Utils', () => {
@@ -274,6 +284,25 @@ describe('Empty Utils', () => {
 
   });
 
+  describe('hasValueOperator', () => {
+    it('should only include items from the source observable for which hasValue is true, and omit all others', () => {
+      const testData = {
+        a: null,
+        b: 'test',
+        c: true,
+        d: undefined,
+        e: 1,
+        f: {}
+      };
+
+      const source$ = hot('abcdef', testData);
+      const expected$ = cold('-bc-ef', testData);
+      const result$ = source$.pipe(hasValueOperator());
+
+      expect(result$).toBeObservable(expected$);
+    });
+  });
+
   describe('isEmpty', () => {
     it('should return true for null', () => {
       expect(isEmpty(null)).toBe(true);
@@ -393,4 +422,56 @@ describe('Empty Utils', () => {
     });
 
   });
+
+  describe('isNotEmptyOperator', () => {
+    it('should only include items from the source observable for which isNotEmpty is true, and omit all others', () => {
+      const testData = {
+        a: null,
+        b: 'test',
+        c: true,
+        d: undefined,
+        e: 1,
+        f: {},
+        g: '',
+        h: ' '
+      };
+
+      const source$ = hot('abcdefgh', testData);
+      const expected$ = cold('-bc-e--h', testData);
+      const result$ = source$.pipe(isNotEmptyOperator());
+
+      expect(result$).toBeObservable(expected$);
+    });
+  });
+
+  describe('ensureArrayHasValue', () => {
+    it('should let all arrays pass unchanged, and turn everything else in to empty arrays', () => {
+      const sourceData = {
+        a: { a: 'b' },
+        b: ['a', 'b', 'c'],
+        c: null,
+        d: [1],
+        e: undefined,
+        f: [],
+        g: () => true,
+        h: {},
+        i: ''
+      };
+
+      const expectedData = Object.assign({}, sourceData, {
+        a: [],
+        c: [],
+        e: [],
+        g: [],
+        h: [],
+        i: []
+      });
+
+      const source$ = hot('abcdefghi', sourceData);
+      const expected$ = cold('abcdefghi', expectedData);
+      const result$ = source$.pipe(ensureArrayHasValue());
+
+      expect(result$).toBeObservable(expected$);
+    });
+  });
 });

src/app/shared/empty.util.ts

@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+import { Observable } from 'rxjs/Observable';
+import { filter, map } from 'rxjs/operators';
+
 /**
  * Returns true if the passed value is null.
  * isNull();              // false
@@ -82,6 +85,14 @@ export function hasValue(obj?: any): boolean {
   return isNotUndefined(obj) && isNotNull(obj);
 }
 
+/**
+ * Filter items emitted by the source Observable by only emitting those for
+ * which hasValue is true
+ */
+export const hasValueOperator = () =>
+  <T>(source: Observable<T>): Observable<T> =>
+    source.pipe(filter((obj: T) => hasValue(obj)));
+
 /**
  * Verifies that a value is `null` or an empty string, empty array,
  * or empty function.
@@ -148,3 +159,21 @@ export function isEmpty(obj?: any): boolean {
 export function isNotEmpty(obj?: any): boolean {
   return !isEmpty(obj);
 }
+
+/**
+ * Filter items emitted by the source Observable by only emitting those for
+ * which isNotEmpty is true
+ */
+export const isNotEmptyOperator = () =>
+  <T>(source: Observable<T>): Observable<T> =>
+    source.pipe(filter((obj: T) => isNotEmpty(obj)));
+
+/**
+ * Tests each value emitted by the source Observable,
+ * let's arrays pass through, turns other values in to
+ * empty arrays. Used to be able to chain array operators
+ * on something that may not have a value
+ */
+export const ensureArrayHasValue = () =>
+  <T>(source: Observable<T[]>): Observable<T[]> =>
+    source.pipe(map((arr: T[]): T[] => Array.isArray(arr) ? arr : []));

src/app/shared/host-window.service.ts

@@ -92,4 +92,12 @@ export class HostWindowService {
       distinctUntilChanged()
     );
   }
+
+  isXsOrSm(): Observable<boolean> {
+    return Observable.combineLatest(
+        this.isXs(),
+        this.isSm(),
+        ((isXs, isSm) => isXs || isSm)
+      ).distinctUntilChanged();
+  }
 }

src/app/shared/log-in/log-in.component.html

@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+<ds-loading *ngIf="(loading | async) || (isAuthenticated | async)" class="m-5"></ds-loading>
+<form *ngIf="!(loading | async) && !(isAuthenticated | async)" class="form-login px-4 py-3" (ngSubmit)="submit()" [formGroup]="form" novalidate>
+  <label for="inputEmail" class="sr-only">{{"login.form.email" | translate}}</label>
+  <input id="inputEmail"
+         autocomplete="off"
+         autofocus
+         class="form-control form-control-lg position-relative"
+         formControlName="email"
+         placeholder="{{'login.form.email' | translate}}"
+         required
+         type="email">
+  <label for="inputPassword" class="sr-only">{{"login.form.password" | translate}}</label>
+  <input id="inputPassword"
+         autocomplete="off"
+         class="form-control form-control-lg position-relative mb-3"
+         placeholder="{{'login.form.password' | translate}}"
+         formControlName="password"
+         required
+         type="password">
+  <div *ngIf="(error | async) && hasError" class="alert alert-danger" role="alert" @fadeOut>{{ (error | async) | translate }}</div>
+  <div *ngIf="(message | async) && hasMessage" class="alert alert-info" role="alert" @fadeOut>{{ (message | async) | translate }}</div>
+  <button class="btn btn-lg btn-primary btn-block mt-3" type="submit" [disabled]="!form.valid">{{"login.form.submit" | translate}}</button>
+  <div class="dropdown-divider"></div>
+  <a class="dropdown-item" href="#">{{"login.form.new-user" | translate}}</a>
+  <a class="dropdown-item" href="#">{{"login.form.forgot-password" | translate}}</a>
+</form>
+
+

src/app/shared/log-in/log-in.component.scss

@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+@import '../../../styles/variables.scss';
+
+.form-login .form-control:focus {
+  z-index: 2;
+}
+.form-login input[type="email"] {
+  margin-bottom: -1px;
+  border-bottom-right-radius: 0;
+  border-bottom-left-radius: 0;
+}
+.form-login input[type="password"] {
+  border-top-left-radius: 0;
+  border-top-right-radius: 0;
+}
+

src/app/shared/log-in/log-in.component.spec.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,127 @@
+import { CUSTOM_ELEMENTS_SCHEMA } from '@angular/core';
+import { async, ComponentFixture, inject, TestBed } from '@angular/core/testing';
+import { FormGroup, FormsModule, ReactiveFormsModule } from '@angular/forms';
+
+import { By } from '@angular/platform-browser';
+import { Store, StoreModule } from '@ngrx/store';
+
+import { LogInComponent } from './log-in.component';
+import { authReducer } from '../../core/auth/auth.reducer';
+import { EpersonMock } from '../testing/eperson-mock';
+import { Eperson } from '../../core/eperson/models/eperson.model';
+import { TranslateModule } from '@ngx-translate/core';
+import { AuthService } from '../../core/auth/auth.service';
+import { AuthServiceStub } from '../testing/auth-service-stub';
+import { AppState } from '../../app.reducer';
+
+describe('LogInComponent', () => {
+
+  let component: LogInComponent;
+  let fixture: ComponentFixture<LogInComponent>;
+  let page: Page;
+  let user: Eperson;
+
+  const authState = {
+    authenticated: false,
+    loaded: false,
+    loading: false,
+  };
+
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    user = EpersonMock;
+  });
+
+  beforeEach(async(() => {
+    // refine the test module by declaring the test component
+    TestBed.configureTestingModule({
+      imports: [
+        FormsModule,
+        ReactiveFormsModule,
+        StoreModule.forRoot(authReducer),
+        TranslateModule.forRoot()
+      ],
+      declarations: [
+        LogInComponent
+      ],
+      providers: [
+        {provide: AuthService, useClass: AuthServiceStub}
+      ],
+      schemas: [
+        CUSTOM_ELEMENTS_SCHEMA
+      ]
+    })
+      .compileComponents();
+
+  }));
+
+  beforeEach(inject([Store], (store: Store<AppState>) => {
+    store
+      .subscribe((state) => {
+        (state as any).core = Object.create({});
+        (state as any).core.auth = authState;
+      });
+
+    // create component and test fixture
+    fixture = TestBed.createComponent(LogInComponent);
+
+    // get test component from the fixture
+    component = fixture.componentInstance;
+
+    // create page
+    page = new Page(component, fixture);
+
+    // verify the fixture is stable (no pending tasks)
+    fixture.whenStable().then(() => {
+      page.addPageElements();
+    });
+
+  }));
+
+  it('should create a FormGroup comprised of FormControls', () => {
+    fixture.detectChanges();
+    expect(component.form instanceof FormGroup).toBe(true);
+  });
+
+  it('should authenticate', () => {
+    fixture.detectChanges();
+
+    // set FormControl values
+    component.form.controls.email.setValue('user');
+    component.form.controls.password.setValue('password');
+
+    // submit form
+    component.submit();
+
+    // verify Store.dispatch() is invoked
+    expect(page.navigateSpy.calls.any()).toBe(true, 'Store.dispatch not invoked');
+  });
+});
+
+/**
+ * I represent the DOM elements and attach spies.
+ *
+ * @class Page
+ */
+class Page {
+
+  public emailInput: HTMLInputElement;
+  public navigateSpy: jasmine.Spy;
+  public passwordInput: HTMLInputElement;
+
+  constructor(private component: LogInComponent, private fixture: ComponentFixture<LogInComponent>) {
+    // use injector to get services
+    const injector = fixture.debugElement.injector;
+    const store = injector.get(Store);
+
+    // add spies
+    this.navigateSpy = spyOn(store, 'dispatch');
+  }
+
+  public addPageElements() {
+    const emailInputSelector = 'input[formcontrolname=\'email\']';
+    this.emailInput = this.fixture.debugElement.query(By.css(emailInputSelector)).nativeElement;
+
+    const passwordInputSelector = 'input[formcontrolname=\'password\']';
+    this.passwordInput = this.fixture.debugElement.query(By.css(passwordInputSelector)).nativeElement;
+  }
+}

src/app/shared/log-in/log-in.component.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,184 @@
+import { Component, OnDestroy, OnInit } from '@angular/core';
+import { FormBuilder, FormGroup, Validators } from '@angular/forms';
+
+import { Store } from '@ngrx/store';
+import { Observable } from 'rxjs/Observable';
+import 'rxjs/add/operator/filter';
+import 'rxjs/add/operator/takeWhile';
+
+import { AuthenticateAction, ResetAuthenticationMessagesAction } from '../../core/auth/auth.actions';
+
+import {
+  getAuthenticationError,
+  getAuthenticationInfo,
+  isAuthenticated,
+  isAuthenticationLoading,
+} from '../../core/auth/selectors';
+import { CoreState } from '../../core/core.reducers';
+
+import { isNotEmpty } from '../empty.util';
+import { fadeOut } from '../animations/fade';
+import { AuthService } from '../../core/auth/auth.service';
+
+/**
+ * /users/sign-in
+ * @class LogInComponent
+ */
+@Component({
+  selector: 'ds-log-in',
+  templateUrl: './log-in.component.html',
+  styleUrls: ['./log-in.component.scss'],
+  animations: [fadeOut]
+})
+export class LogInComponent implements OnDestroy, OnInit {
+
+  /**
+   * The error if authentication fails.
+   * @type {Observable<string>}
+   */
+  public error: Observable<string>;
+
+  /**
+   * Has authentication error.
+   * @type {boolean}
+   */
+  public hasError = false;
+
+  /**
+   * The authentication info message.
+   * @type {Observable<string>}
+   */
+  public message: Observable<string>;
+
+  /**
+   * Has authentication message.
+   * @type {boolean}
+   */
+  public hasMessage = false;
+
+  /**
+   * Whether user is authenticated.
+   * @type {Observable<string>}
+   */
+  public isAuthenticated: Observable<boolean>;
+
+  /**
+   * True if the authentication is loading.
+   * @type {boolean}
+   */
+  public loading: Observable<boolean>;
+
+  /**
+   * The authentication form.
+   * @type {FormGroup}
+   */
+  public form: FormGroup;
+
+  /**
+   * Component state.
+   * @type {boolean}
+   */
+  private alive = true;
+
+  /**
+   * @constructor
+   * @param {AuthService} authService
+   * @param {FormBuilder} formBuilder
+   * @param {Store<State>} store
+   */
+  constructor(
+    private authService: AuthService,
+    private formBuilder: FormBuilder,
+    private store: Store<CoreState>
+  ) {
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Lifecycle hook that is called after data-bound properties of a directive are initialized.
+   * @method ngOnInit
+   */
+  public ngOnInit() {
+    // set isAuthenticated
+    this.isAuthenticated = this.store.select(isAuthenticated);
+
+    // set formGroup
+    this.form = this.formBuilder.group({
+      email: ['', Validators.required],
+      password: ['', Validators.required]
+    });
+
+    // set error
+    this.error = this.store.select(getAuthenticationError)
+      .map((error) => {
+        this.hasError = (isNotEmpty(error));
+        return error;
+      });
+
+    // set error
+    this.message = this.store.select(getAuthenticationInfo)
+      .map((message) => {
+        this.hasMessage = (isNotEmpty(message));
+        return message;
+      });
+
+    // set loading
+    this.loading = this.store.select(isAuthenticationLoading);
+
+    // subscribe to success
+    this.store.select(isAuthenticated)
+      .takeWhile(() => this.alive)
+      .filter((authenticated) => authenticated)
+      .subscribe(() => {
+        this.authService.redirectToPreviousUrl();
+      });
+  }
+
+  /**
+   *  Lifecycle hook that is called when a directive, pipe or service is destroyed.
+   * @method ngOnDestroy
+   */
+  public ngOnDestroy() {
+    this.alive = false;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Reset error or message.
+   */
+  public resetErrorOrMessage() {
+    if (this.hasError || this.hasMessage) {
+      this.store.dispatch(new ResetAuthenticationMessagesAction());
+      this.hasError = false;
+      this.hasMessage = false;
+    }
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * To the registration page.
+   * @method register
+   */
+  public register() {
+    // TODO enable after registration process is done
+    // this.router.navigate(['/register']);
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Submit the authentication form.
+   * @method submit
+   */
+  public submit() {
+    this.resetErrorOrMessage();
+    // get email and password values
+    const email: string = this.form.get('email').value;
+    const password: string = this.form.get('password').value;
+
+    // trim values
+    email.trim();
+    password.trim();
+
+    // dispatch AuthenticationAction
+    this.store.dispatch(new AuthenticateAction(email, password));
+
+    // clear form
+    this.form.reset();
+  }
+}

src/app/shared/log-out/log-out.component.html

@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+<ds-loading *ngIf="(loading | async)"></ds-loading>
+<div *ngIf="!(loading | async)" class="form-login px-4 py-3">
+
+  <div *ngIf="(error | async) && hasError" class="alert alert-danger" role="alert" @fadeOut>{{ error | async }}</div>
+
+  <button class="btn btn-lg btn-primary btn-block mt-3" (click)="logOut()">{{"logout.form.submit" | translate}}</button>
+</div>

src/app/shared/log-out/log-out.component.scss

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+@import '../log-in/log-in.component.scss';

src/app/shared/log-out/log-out.component.spec.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,108 @@
+import { CUSTOM_ELEMENTS_SCHEMA } from '@angular/core';
+import { async, ComponentFixture, inject, TestBed } from '@angular/core/testing';
+import { FormsModule, ReactiveFormsModule } from '@angular/forms';
+
+import { Store, StoreModule } from '@ngrx/store';
+
+import { authReducer } from '../../core/auth/auth.reducer';
+import { EpersonMock } from '../testing/eperson-mock';
+import { Eperson } from '../../core/eperson/models/eperson.model';
+import { TranslateModule } from '@ngx-translate/core';
+import { Router } from '@angular/router';
+import { AppState } from '../../app.reducer';
+import { LogOutComponent } from './log-out.component';
+import { RouterStub } from '../testing/router-stub';
+
+describe('LogOutComponent', () => {
+
+  let component: LogOutComponent;
+  let fixture: ComponentFixture<LogOutComponent>;
+  let page: Page;
+  let user: Eperson;
+
+  const authState = {
+    authenticated: false,
+    loaded: false,
+    loading: false,
+  };
+  const routerStub = new RouterStub();
+
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    user = EpersonMock;
+  });
+
+  beforeEach(async(() => {
+    // refine the test module by declaring the test component
+    TestBed.configureTestingModule({
+      imports: [
+        FormsModule,
+        ReactiveFormsModule,
+        StoreModule.forRoot(authReducer),
+        TranslateModule.forRoot()
+      ],
+      declarations: [
+        LogOutComponent
+      ],
+      providers: [
+        {provide: Router, useValue: routerStub},
+      ],
+      schemas: [
+        CUSTOM_ELEMENTS_SCHEMA
+      ]
+    })
+      .compileComponents();
+
+  }));
+
+  beforeEach(inject([Store], (store: Store<AppState>) => {
+    store
+      .subscribe((state) => {
+        (state as any).core = Object.create({});
+        (state as any).core.auth = authState;
+      });
+
+    // create component and test fixture
+    fixture = TestBed.createComponent(LogOutComponent);
+
+    // get test component from the fixture
+    component = fixture.componentInstance;
+
+    // create page
+    page = new Page(component, fixture);
+
+  }));
+
+  it('should create an instance', () => {
+    expect(component).toBeTruthy();
+  });
+
+  it('should log out', () => {
+    fixture.detectChanges();
+
+    // submit form
+    component.logOut();
+
+    // verify Store.dispatch() is invoked
+    expect(page.navigateSpy.calls.any()).toBe(true, 'Store.dispatch not invoked');
+  });
+});
+
+/**
+ * I represent the DOM elements and attach spies.
+ *
+ * @class Page
+ */
+class Page {
+
+  public navigateSpy: jasmine.Spy;
+
+  constructor(private component: LogOutComponent, private fixture: ComponentFixture<LogOutComponent>) {
+    // use injector to get services
+    const injector = fixture.debugElement.injector;
+    const store = injector.get(Store);
+
+    // add spies
+    this.navigateSpy = spyOn(store, 'dispatch');
+  }
+
+}

src/app/shared/log-out/log-out.component.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,82 @@
+import { Component, OnDestroy, OnInit } from '@angular/core';
+import { Router } from '@angular/router';
+
+// @ngrx
+import { Store } from '@ngrx/store';
+
+// actions
+import { LogOutAction } from '../../core/auth/auth.actions';
+
+// reducers
+import {
+  getLogOutError,
+  isAuthenticated,
+  isAuthenticationLoading,
+} from '../../core/auth/selectors';
+
+import { AppState } from '../../app.reducer';
+import { Observable } from 'rxjs/Observable';
+import { fadeOut } from '../animations/fade';
+
+@Component({
+  selector: 'ds-log-out',
+  templateUrl: './log-out.component.html',
+  styleUrls: ['./log-out.component.scss'],
+  animations: [fadeOut]
+})
+export class LogOutComponent implements OnDestroy, OnInit {
+  /**
+   * The error if authentication fails.
+   * @type {Observable<string>}
+   */
+  public error: Observable<string>;
+
+  /**
+   * True if the logout is loading.
+   * @type {boolean}
+   */
+  public loading: Observable<boolean>;
+
+  /**
+   * Component state.
+   * @type {boolean}
+   */
+  private alive = true;
+
+  /**
+   * @constructor
+   * @param {Store<State>} store
+   */
+  constructor(private router: Router,
+              private store: Store<AppState>) { }
+
+  /**
+   *  Lifecycle hook that is called when a directive, pipe or service is destroyed.
+   */
+  public ngOnDestroy() {
+    this.alive = false;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Lifecycle hook that is called after data-bound properties of a directive are initialized.
+   */
+  ngOnInit() {
+    // set error
+    this.error = this.store.select(getLogOutError);
+
+    // set loading
+    this.loading = this.store.select(isAuthenticationLoading);
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Go to the home page.
+   */
+  public home() {
+    this.router.navigate(['/home']);
+  }
+
+  public logOut() {
+    this.store.dispatch(new LogOutAction());
+  }
+
+}

src/app/shared/mocks/mock-auth.service.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+/* tslint:disable:no-empty */
+export class AuthServiceMock {
+  public checksAuthenticationToken() {
+    return
+  }
+}

src/app/shared/mocks/mock-remote-data-build.service.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+import { Observable } from 'rxjs/Observable';
+import { map, take } from 'rxjs/operators';
+import { RemoteDataBuildService } from '../../core/cache/builders/remote-data-build.service';
+import { ResponseCacheEntry } from '../../core/cache/response-cache.reducer';
+import { RemoteData } from '../../core/data/remote-data';
+import { RequestEntry } from '../../core/data/request.reducer';
+import { hasValue } from '../empty.util';
+
+export function getMockRemoteDataBuildService(toRemoteDataObservable$?: Observable<RemoteData<any>>): RemoteDataBuildService {
+  return {
+    toRemoteDataObservable: (requestEntry$: Observable<RequestEntry>, responseCache$: Observable<ResponseCacheEntry>, payload$: Observable<any>) => {
+
+      if (hasValue(toRemoteDataObservable$)) {
+        return toRemoteDataObservable$;
+      } else {
+        return payload$.pipe(map((payload) => ({
+          payload
+        } as RemoteData<any>)))
+      }
+    }
+  } as RemoteDataBuildService;
+
+}

src/app/shared/mocks/mock-request.service.ts

@@ -1,10 +1,11 @@
+import { Observable } from 'rxjs/Observable';
 import { RequestService } from '../../core/data/request.service';
 import { RequestEntry } from '../../core/data/request.reducer';
 
-export function getMockRequestService(): RequestService {
+export function getMockRequestService(getByHref$: Observable<RequestEntry> = Observable.of(new RequestEntry())): RequestService {
   return jasmine.createSpyObj('requestService', {
-    configure: () => false,
-    generateRequestId: () => 'clients/b186e8ce-e99c-4183-bc9a-42b4821bdb78',
-    getByHref: (uuid: string) => new RequestEntry()
+    configure: false,
+    generateRequestId: 'clients/b186e8ce-e99c-4183-bc9a-42b4821bdb78',
+    getByHref: getByHref$
   });
 }

src/app/shared/mocks/mock-response-cache.service.ts

@@ -1,12 +1,16 @@
-import { ResponseCacheService } from '../../core/cache/response-cache.service';
+import { Observable } from 'rxjs/Observable';
 import { ResponseCacheEntry } from '../../core/cache/response-cache.reducer';
-import { RestResponse } from '../../core/cache/response-cache.models';
+import { ResponseCacheService } from '../../core/cache/response-cache.service';
 
-export function getMockResponseCacheService(): ResponseCacheService {
+export function getMockResponseCacheService(
+  add$: Observable<ResponseCacheEntry> = Observable.of(new ResponseCacheEntry()),
+  get$: Observable<ResponseCacheEntry> = Observable.of(new ResponseCacheEntry()),
+  has: boolean = false
+): ResponseCacheService {
   return jasmine.createSpyObj('ResponseCacheService', {
-    add: (key: string, response: RestResponse, msToLive: number) => new ResponseCacheEntry(),
-    get: (key: string) => new ResponseCacheEntry(),
-    has: (key: string) => false,
+    add: add$,
+    get: get$,
+    has,
   });
 
 }