Merge branch 'master' into w2p-46063_truncation-implementation

Conflicts:
	src/app/object-list/item-list-element/item-list-element.component.ts
	src/app/object-list/search-result-list-element/item-search-result/item-search-result-list-element.component.scss
	src/app/shared/object-list/search-result-list-element/item-search-result/item-search-result-list-element.component.ts
	src/styles/_custom_variables.scss
	src/styles/_mixins.scss

.gitignore

@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ npm-debug.log
 /coverage/
 
 .idea
+*.iml
 *.ngfactory.ts
 *.css.shim.ts
 *.scss.shim.ts

.travis.yml

@@ -1,11 +1,7 @@
 sudo: required
 dist: trusty
 addons:
-  apt:
-    sources:
-      - google-chrome
-    packages:
-      - google-chrome-stable
+  - chrome: stable
 
 language: node_js
 
@@ -24,14 +20,7 @@ before_install:
 install:
   - travis_retry yarn install
 
-before_script:
-  - travis_wait yarn run lint
-  - travis_wait yarn run build
-  - export CHROME_BIN=chromium-browser
-  - export DISPLAY=:99.0
-  - sh -e /etc/init.d/xvfb start
-  - sleep 3
-
 script:
+  - yarn run build
   - yarn run ci
   - cat coverage/lcov.info | ./node_modules/coveralls/bin/coveralls.js

karma.conf.js

@@ -146,11 +146,6 @@ module.exports = function (config) {
     ],
 
     customLaunchers: {
-      // Continuous integraation with Chrome - launcher
-      'ChromeTravisCi': {
-        base: 'Chrome',
-        flags: ['--no-sandbox']
-      },
       // Remote Selenium Server with Chrome - launcher
       'SeleniumChrome': {
         base: 'WebDriver',
@@ -173,9 +168,5 @@ module.exports = function (config) {
 
   };
 
-  if (process.env.TRAVIS) {
-    configuration.browsers = ['ChromeTravisCi'];
-  }
-
   config.set(configuration);
 };

package.json

@@ -55,15 +55,16 @@
     "debug:server": "node-nightly --inspect --debug-brk dist/server.js",
     "debug:build": "node-nightly --inspect --debug-brk node_modules/webpack/bin/webpack.js",
     "debug:build:prod": "node-nightly --inspect --debug-brk node_modules/webpack/bin/webpack.js --env.aot --env.client --env.server -p",
-    "ci": "yarn run lint && yarn run build:aot && yarn run test && npm-run-all -p -r server e2e",
+    "ci": "yarn run lint && yarn run build:aot && yarn run test:headless && npm-run-all -p -r server e2e",
     "protractor": "node node_modules/protractor/bin/protractor",
     "pree2e": "yarn run webdriver:update",
     "e2e": "yarn run protractor",
     "test": "karma start --single-run",
+    "test:headless": "karma start --single-run --browsers ChromeHeadless",
     "test:watch": "karma start --no-single-run --auto-watch",
     "webdriver:start": "node node_modules/protractor/bin/webdriver-manager start --seleniumPort 4444",
     "webdriver:update": "node node_modules/protractor/bin/webdriver-manager update --standalone",
-    "lint": "tslint \"src/**/*.ts\" || true && tslint \"e2e/**/*.ts\" || true",
+    "lint": "tslint \"src/**/*.ts\" && tslint \"e2e/**/*.ts\"",
     "docs": "typedoc --options typedoc.json ./src/",
     "coverage": "http-server -c-1 -o -p 9875 ./coverage"
   },
@@ -106,6 +107,7 @@
     "reflect-metadata": "0.1.10",
     "rxjs": "5.4.3",
     "ts-md5": "1.2.2",
+    "uuid": "^3.1.0",
     "webfontloader": "1.6.28",
     "zone.js": "0.8.18"
   },
@@ -125,6 +127,7 @@
     "@types/node": "8.0.34",
     "@types/serve-static": "1.7.32",
     "@types/source-map": "0.5.1",
+    "@types/uuid": "^3.4.3",
     "@types/webfontloader": "1.6.29",
     "ajv": "5.2.3",
     "ajv-keywords": "2.1.0",

protractor.conf.js

@@ -31,7 +31,10 @@ exports.config = {
   capabilities: {
     'browserName': 'chrome',
     'version': '',
-    'platform': 'ANY'
+    'platform': 'ANY',
+    'chromeOptions': {
+      'args': [ '--headless', '--disable-gpu' ]
+    }
   },
   // -----------------------------------------------------------------
   // Browser and Capabilities: Firefox

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

@@ -41,13 +41,13 @@
     <ng-container *ngVar="(itemRDObs | async) as itemRD">
       <div *ngIf="itemRD?.hasSucceeded" @fadeIn>
         <h2>{{'collection.page.browse.recent.head' | translate}}</h2>
-        <ds-object-list
+        <ds-viewable-collection
           [config]="paginationConfig"
           [sortConfig]="sortConfig"
           [objects]="itemRD"
           [hideGear]="false"
           (paginationChange)="onPaginationChange($event)">
-        </ds-object-list>
+        </ds-viewable-collection>
       </div>
       <ds-error *ngIf="itemRD?.hasFailed" message="{{'error.recent-submissions' | translate}}"></ds-error>
       <ds-loading *ngIf="!itemRD || itemRD.isLoading" message="{{'loading.recent-submissions' | translate}}"></ds-loading>

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

@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import { Subscription } from 'rxjs/Subscription';
 import { SortOptions } from '../core/cache/models/sort-options.model';
 import { CollectionDataService } from '../core/data/collection-data.service';
 import { ItemDataService } from '../core/data/item-data.service';
+import { PaginatedList } from '../core/data/paginated-list';
 import { RemoteData } from '../core/data/remote-data';
 
 import { MetadataService } from '../core/metadata/metadata.service';
@@ -30,7 +31,7 @@ import { PaginationComponentOptions } from '../shared/pagination/pagination-comp
 })
 export class CollectionPageComponent implements OnInit, OnDestroy {
   collectionRDObs: Observable<RemoteData<Collection>>;
-  itemRDObs: Observable<RemoteData<Item[]>>;
+  itemRDObs: Observable<RemoteData<PaginatedList<Item>>>;
   logoRDObs: Observable<RemoteData<Bitstream>>;
   paginationConfig: PaginationComponentOptions;
   sortConfig: SortOptions;

src/app/+community-page/sub-collection-list/community-page-sub-collection-list.component.html

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
   <div *ngIf="subCollectionsRD?.hasSucceeded" @fadeIn>
     <h2>{{'community.sub-collection-list.head' | translate}}</h2>
     <ul>
-      <li *ngFor="let collection of subCollectionsRD?.payload">
+      <li *ngFor="let collection of subCollectionsRD?.payload?.page">
         <p>
           <span class="lead"><a [routerLink]="['/collections', collection.id]">{{collection.name}}</a></span><br>
           <span class="text-muted">{{collection.shortDescription}}</span>

src/app/+community-page/sub-collection-list/community-page-sub-collection-list.component.ts

@@ -1,11 +1,12 @@
 import { Component, OnInit } from '@angular/core';
+import { Observable } from 'rxjs/Observable';
 
 import { CollectionDataService } from '../../core/data/collection-data.service';
+import { PaginatedList } from '../../core/data/paginated-list';
 import { RemoteData } from '../../core/data/remote-data';
 import { Collection } from '../../core/shared/collection.model';
 
 import { fadeIn } from '../../shared/animations/fade';
-import { Observable } from 'rxjs/Observable';
 
 @Component({
   selector: 'ds-community-page-sub-collection-list',
@@ -14,7 +15,7 @@ import { Observable } from 'rxjs/Observable';
   animations:[fadeIn]
 })
 export class CommunityPageSubCollectionListComponent implements OnInit {
-  subCollectionsRDObs: Observable<RemoteData<Collection[]>>;
+  subCollectionsRDObs: Observable<RemoteData<PaginatedList<Collection>>>;
 
   constructor(private cds: CollectionDataService) {
 

src/app/+home-page/top-level-community-list/top-level-community-list.component.html

@@ -1,15 +1,13 @@
 <ng-container *ngVar="(communitiesRDObs | async) as communitiesRD">
-  <div *ngIf="communitiesRD?.hasSucceeded" @fadeInOut>
-    <h2>{{'home.top-level-communities.head' | translate}}</h2>
-    <p class="lead">{{'home.top-level-communities.help' | translate}}</p>
-    <ds-object-list
-      [config]="config"
-      [sortConfig]="sortConfig"
-      [objects]="communitiesRD"
-      [hideGear]="true"
-      (paginationChange)="updatePage($event)">
-    </ds-object-list>
-  </div>
-  <ds-error *ngIf="communitiesRD?.hasFailed" message="{{'error.top-level-communites' | translate}}"></ds-error>
-  <ds-loading *ngIf="communitiesRD?.isLoading" message="{{'loading.top-level-communities' | translate}}"></ds-loading>
-</ng-container>
+  <div *ngIf="communitiesRD?.hasSucceeded " @fadeInOut>
+  <h2>{{'home.top-level-communities.head' | translate}}</h2>
+  <p class="lead">{{'home.top-level-communities.help' | translate}}</p>
+  <ds-viewable-collection
+    [config]="config"
+    [sortConfig]="sortConfig"
+    [objects]="communitiesRD"
+    (paginationChange)="updatePage($event)">
+  </ds-viewable-collection>
+</div>
+<ds-error *ngIf="communitiesRD?.hasFailed " message="{{'error.top-level-communites' | translate}}"></ds-error>
+<ds-loading *ngIf="communitiesRD?.isLoading " message="{{'loading.top-level-communities' | translate}}"></ds-loading></ng-container>

src/app/+home-page/top-level-community-list/top-level-community-list.component.ts

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import { ChangeDetectionStrategy, Component } from '@angular/core';
 import { Observable } from 'rxjs/Observable';
 import { SortOptions } from '../../core/cache/models/sort-options.model';
 import { CommunityDataService } from '../../core/data/community-data.service';
+import { PaginatedList } from '../../core/data/paginated-list';
 
 import { RemoteData } from '../../core/data/remote-data';
 import { Community } from '../../core/shared/community.model';
@@ -17,7 +18,7 @@ import { PaginationComponentOptions } from '../../shared/pagination/pagination-c
   animations: [fadeInOut]
 })
 export class TopLevelCommunityListComponent {
-  communitiesRDObs: Observable<RemoteData<Community[]>>;
+  communitiesRDObs: Observable<RemoteData<PaginatedList<Community>>>;
   config: PaginationComponentOptions;
   sortConfig: SortOptions;
 

src/app/+search-page/search-filters/search-filter/search-facet-filter/search-facet-filter.component.spec.ts

@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ describe('SearchFacetFilterComponent', () => {
     }
   ];
   let filterService;
-  let page = Observable.of(0)
+  const page = Observable.of(0)
   beforeEach(async(() => {
     TestBed.configureTestingModule({
       imports: [TranslateModule.forRoot(), RouterTestingModule.withRoutes([]), NoopAnimationsModule, FormsModule],
@@ -147,8 +147,8 @@ describe('SearchFacetFilterComponent', () => {
 
     it('should return the correct number of items shown (this equals the page count x page size)', () => {
       const sub = count.subscribe((c) => {
-        const subsub = comp.currentPage.subscribe((page) => {
-          expect(c).toBe(page * mockFilterConfig.pageSize);
+        const subsub = comp.currentPage.subscribe((currentPage) => {
+          expect(c).toBe(currentPage * mockFilterConfig.pageSize);
         });
         subsub.unsubscribe()
       });
@@ -188,4 +188,4 @@ describe('SearchFacetFilterComponent', () => {
       expect(filterService.getPage).toHaveBeenCalledWith(mockFilterConfig.name)
     });
   });
-});
+});

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

@@ -166,6 +166,4 @@ describe('SearchFilterComponent', () => {
       sub.unsubscribe();
     });
   });
-
-
 });

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

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
                         [query]="query"
                         [scope]="(scopeObjectRDObs | async)?.payload"
                         [currentParams]="currentParams"
-                        [scopes]="(scopeListRDObs | async)?.payload">
+                        [scopes]="(scopeListRDObs | async)?.payload?.page">
         </ds-search-form>
       <div class="row">
         <div id="search-body"
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
               </button>
             </div>
             <ds-search-results [searchResults]="resultsRDObs | async"
-                               [searchConfig]="searchOptions"></ds-search-results>
+                               [searchConfig]="searchOptions" [sortConfig]="sortConfig"></ds-search-results>
           </div>
         </div>
       </div>

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

@@ -109,10 +109,10 @@ describe('SearchPageComponent', () => {
   });
 
   describe('when update search results is called', () => {
-    let pagination;
-    let sort;
+    let paginationUpdate;
+    let sortUpdate;
     beforeEach(() => {
-      pagination = Object.assign(
+      paginationUpdate = Object.assign(
         {},
         new PaginationComponentOptions(),
         {
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ describe('SearchPageComponent', () => {
           pageSize: 15
         }
       );
-      sort = Object.assign({},
+      sortUpdate = Object.assign({},
         new SortOptions(),
         {
           direction: SortDirection.Ascending,

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

@@ -1,16 +1,19 @@
 import { ChangeDetectionStrategy, Component, OnDestroy, OnInit } from '@angular/core';
 import { ActivatedRoute } from '@angular/router';
 import { Observable } from 'rxjs/Observable';
+import { SortOptions } from '../core/cache/models/sort-options.model';
 import { CommunityDataService } from '../core/data/community-data.service';
+import { PaginatedList } from '../core/data/paginated-list';
 import { RemoteData } from '../core/data/remote-data';
 import { Community } from '../core/shared/community.model';
 import { DSpaceObject } from '../core/shared/dspace-object.model';
+import { pushInOut } from '../shared/animations/push';
 import { isNotEmpty } from '../shared/empty.util';
-import { SearchOptions } from './search-options.model';
+import { HostWindowService } from '../shared/host-window.service';
+import { PaginationComponentOptions } from '../shared/pagination/pagination-component-options.model';
+import { SearchOptions, ViewMode } from './search-options.model';
 import { SearchResult } from './search-result.model';
 import { SearchService } from './search-service/search.service';
-import { pushInOut } from '../shared/animations/push';
-import { HostWindowService } from '../shared/host-window.service';
 import { SearchSidebarService } from './search-sidebar/search-sidebar.service';
 
 /**
@@ -36,7 +39,8 @@ export class SearchPageComponent implements OnInit, OnDestroy {
   resultsRDObs: Observable<RemoteData<Array<SearchResult<DSpaceObject>>>>;
   currentParams = {};
   searchOptions: SearchOptions;
-  scopeListRDObs: Observable<RemoteData<Community[]>>;
+  sortConfig: SortOptions;
+  scopeListRDObs: Observable<RemoteData<PaginatedList<Community>>>;
   isMobileView: Observable<boolean>;
 
   constructor(private service: SearchService,
@@ -51,6 +55,13 @@ export class SearchPageComponent implements OnInit, OnDestroy {
     );
     this.scopeListRDObs = communityService.findAll();
     // Initial pagination config
+    const pagination: PaginationComponentOptions = new PaginationComponentOptions();
+    pagination.id = 'search-results-pagination';
+    pagination.currentPage = 1;
+    pagination.pageSize = 10;
+
+    const sort: SortOptions = new SortOptions();
+    this.sortConfig = sort;
     this.searchOptions = this.service.searchOptions;
   }
 
@@ -63,16 +74,31 @@ export class SearchPageComponent implements OnInit, OnDestroy {
           this.query = params.query || '';
           this.scope = params.scope;
           const page = +params.page || this.searchOptions.pagination.currentPage;
-          const pageSize = +params.pageSize || this.searchOptions.pagination.pageSize;
+          let pageSize = +params.pageSize || this.searchOptions.pagination.pageSize;
+          let pageSizeOptions: number[] = [5, 10, 20, 40, 60, 80, 100];
+
+          if (isNotEmpty(params.view) && params.view === ViewMode.Grid) {
+            pageSizeOptions = [12, 24, 36, 48 , 50, 62, 74, 84];
+            if (pageSizeOptions.indexOf(pageSize) === -1) {
+              pageSize = 12;
+            }
+          }
+          if (isNotEmpty(params.view) && params.view === ViewMode.List) {
+            if (pageSizeOptions.indexOf(pageSize) === -1) {
+              pageSize = 10;
+            }
+          }
+
           const sortDirection = +params.sortDirection || this.searchOptions.sort.direction;
           const pagination = Object.assign({},
             this.searchOptions.pagination,
-            { currentPage: page, pageSize: pageSize }
+            { currentPage: page, pageSize: pageSize, pageSizeOptions: pageSizeOptions}
           );
           const sort = Object.assign({},
             this.searchOptions.sort,
             { direction: sortDirection, field: params.sortField }
           );
+
           this.updateSearchResults({
             pagination: pagination,
             sort: sort
@@ -88,6 +114,7 @@ export class SearchPageComponent implements OnInit, OnDestroy {
 
   private updateSearchResults(searchOptions) {
     this.resultsRDObs = this.service.search(this.query, this.scope, searchOptions);
+    this.searchOptions = searchOptions;
   }
 
   ngOnDestroy() {

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

@@ -4,9 +4,12 @@ import { SharedModule } from '../shared/shared.module';
 import { SearchPageRoutingModule } from './search-page-routing.module';
 import { SearchPageComponent } from './search-page.component';
 import { SearchResultsComponent } from './search-results/search-results.component';
-import { ItemSearchResultListElementComponent } from '../object-list/search-result-list-element/item-search-result/item-search-result-list-element.component';
-import { CollectionSearchResultListElementComponent } from '../object-list/search-result-list-element/collection-search-result/collection-search-result-list-element.component';
-import { CommunitySearchResultListElementComponent } from '../object-list/search-result-list-element/community-search-result/community-search-result-list-element.component';
+import { ItemSearchResultListElementComponent } from '../shared/object-list/search-result-list-element/item-search-result/item-search-result-list-element.component';
+import { CollectionSearchResultListElementComponent } from '../shared/object-list/search-result-list-element/collection-search-result/collection-search-result-list-element.component';
+import { CommunitySearchResultListElementComponent } from '../shared/object-list/search-result-list-element/community-search-result/community-search-result-list-element.component';
+import { ItemSearchResultGridElementComponent } from '../shared/object-grid/search-result-grid-element/item-search-result/item-search-result-grid-element.component';
+import { CommunitySearchResultGridElementComponent } from '../shared/object-grid/search-result-grid-element/community-search-result/community-search-result-grid-element.component'
+import { CollectionSearchResultGridElementComponent } from '../shared/object-grid/search-result-grid-element/collection-search-result/collection-search-result-grid-element.component';
 import { SearchService } from './search-service/search.service';
 import { SearchSidebarComponent } from './search-sidebar/search-sidebar.component';
 import { SearchSidebarService } from './search-sidebar/search-sidebar.service';
@@ -37,6 +40,10 @@ const effects = [
     ItemSearchResultListElementComponent,
     CollectionSearchResultListElementComponent,
     CommunitySearchResultListElementComponent,
+    ItemSearchResultGridElementComponent,
+    CollectionSearchResultGridElementComponent,
+    CommunitySearchResultGridElementComponent,
+    CommunitySearchResultListElementComponent,
     SearchFiltersComponent,
     SearchFilterComponent,
     SearchFacetFilterComponent
@@ -49,7 +56,11 @@ const effects = [
   entryComponents: [
     ItemSearchResultListElementComponent,
     CollectionSearchResultListElementComponent,
-    CommunitySearchResultListElementComponent
+    CommunitySearchResultListElementComponent,
+    ItemSearchResultGridElementComponent,
+    CollectionSearchResultGridElementComponent,
+    CommunitySearchResultGridElementComponent,
   ]
 })
-export class SearchPageModule { }
+export class SearchPageModule {
+}

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

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import { DSpaceObject } from '../core/shared/dspace-object.model';
 import { Metadatum } from '../core/shared/metadatum.model';
-import { ListableObject } from '../object-list/listable-object/listable-object.model';
+import { ListableObject } from '../shared/object-collection/shared/listable-object.model';
 
 export class SearchResult<T extends DSpaceObject> implements ListableObject {
 

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

@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 <div *ngIf="searchResults?.hasSucceeded && !searchResults?.isLoading" @fadeIn>
   <h2 *ngIf="searchResults?.payload ?.length > 0">{{ 'search.results.head' | translate }}</h2>
-<ds-object-list
+<ds-viewable-collection
   [config]="searchConfig.pagination"
   [sortConfig]="searchConfig.sort"
   [objects]="searchResults"
   [hideGear]="true">
-</ds-object-list></div>
+</ds-viewable-collection></div>
 <ds-loading *ngIf="searchResults?.isLoading" message="{{'loading.search-results' | translate}}"></ds-loading>
 <ds-error *ngIf="searchResults?.hasFailed" message="{{'error.search-results' | translate}}"></ds-error>

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

@@ -2,7 +2,8 @@ import { Component, Input } from '@angular/core';
 import { RemoteData } from '../../core/data/remote-data';
 import { DSpaceObject } from '../../core/shared/dspace-object.model';
 import { fadeIn, fadeInOut } from '../../shared/animations/fade';
-import { SearchOptions } from '../search-options.model';
+import { SearchOptions, ViewMode } from '../search-options.model';
+import { SortOptions } from '../../core/cache/models/sort-options.model';
 import { SearchResult } from '../search-result.model';
 
 /**
@@ -21,4 +22,6 @@ import { SearchResult } from '../search-result.model';
 export class SearchResultsComponent {
   @Input() searchResults: RemoteData<Array<SearchResult<DSpaceObject>>>;
   @Input() searchConfig: SearchOptions;
+  @Input() sortConfig: SortOptions;
+  @Input() viewMode: ViewMode;
 }

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

@@ -1,23 +1,24 @@
 import { Injectable, OnDestroy } from '@angular/core';
-import { RemoteData } from '../../core/data/remote-data';
+import { ActivatedRoute, NavigationExtras, Router } from '@angular/router';
 import { Observable } from 'rxjs/Observable';
-import { SearchResult } from '../search-result.model';
-import { ItemDataService } from '../../core/data/item-data.service';
-import { PageInfo } from '../../core/shared/page-info.model';
-import { DSpaceObject } from '../../core/shared/dspace-object.model';
-import { SearchOptions } from '../search-options.model';
-import { hasValue, isNotEmpty } from '../../shared/empty.util';
-import { Metadatum } from '../../core/shared/metadatum.model';
-import { Item } from '../../core/shared/item.model';
-import { ItemSearchResult } from '../../object-list/search-result-list-element/item-search-result/item-search-result.model';
-import { SearchFilterConfig } from './search-filter-config.model';
-import { FilterType } from './filter-type.model';
-import { FacetValue } from './facet-value.model';
 import { ViewMode } from '../../+search-page/search-options.model';
-import { Router, NavigationExtras, ActivatedRoute } from '@angular/router';
-import { RouteService } from '../../shared/route.service';
-import { PaginationComponentOptions } from '../../shared/pagination/pagination-component-options.model';
 import { SortOptions } from '../../core/cache/models/sort-options.model';
+import { ItemDataService } from '../../core/data/item-data.service';
+import { PaginatedList } from '../../core/data/paginated-list';
+import { RemoteData } from '../../core/data/remote-data';
+import { DSpaceObject } from '../../core/shared/dspace-object.model';
+import { Item } from '../../core/shared/item.model';
+import { Metadatum } from '../../core/shared/metadatum.model';
+import { PageInfo } from '../../core/shared/page-info.model';
+import { hasValue, isNotEmpty } from '../../shared/empty.util';
+import { ItemSearchResult } from '../../shared/object-collection/shared/item-search-result.model';
+import { PaginationComponentOptions } from '../../shared/pagination/pagination-component-options.model';
+import { RouteService } from '../../shared/route.service';
+import { SearchOptions } from '../search-options.model';
+import { SearchResult } from '../search-result.model';
+import { FacetValue } from './facet-value.model';
+import { FilterType } from './filter-type.model';
+import { SearchFilterConfig } from './search-filter-config.model';
 
 function shuffle(array: any[]) {
   let i = 0;
@@ -100,7 +101,7 @@ export class SearchService implements OnDestroy {
   }
 
   search(query: string, scopeId?: string, searchOptions?: SearchOptions): Observable<RemoteData<Array<SearchResult<DSpaceObject>>>> {
-    this.searchOptions = this.searchOptions;
+    this.searchOptions = searchOptions;
     let self = `https://dspace7.4science.it/dspace-spring-rest/api/search?query=${query}`;
     if (hasValue(scopeId)) {
       self += `&scope=${scopeId}`;
@@ -118,8 +119,7 @@ export class SearchService implements OnDestroy {
       self += `&sortField=${searchOptions.sort.field}`;
     }
 
-    const errorMessage = undefined;
-    const statusCode = '200';
+    const error = undefined;
     const returningPageInfo = new PageInfo();
 
     if (isNotEmpty(searchOptions)) {
@@ -137,13 +137,12 @@ export class SearchService implements OnDestroy {
     });
 
     return itemsObs
-      .filter((rd: RemoteData<Item[]>) => rd.hasSucceeded)
-      .map((rd: RemoteData<Item[]>) => {
+      .filter((rd: RemoteData<PaginatedList<Item>>) => rd.hasSucceeded)
+      .map((rd: RemoteData<PaginatedList<Item>>) => {
 
-        const totalElements = rd.pageInfo.totalElements > 20 ? 20 : rd.pageInfo.totalElements;
-        const pageInfo = Object.assign({}, rd.pageInfo, { totalElements: totalElements });
+        const totalElements = rd.payload.totalElements > 20 ? 20 : rd.payload.totalElements;
 
-        const payload = shuffle(rd.payload)
+        const page = shuffle(rd.payload.page)
           .map((item: Item, index: number) => {
             const mockResult: SearchResult<DSpaceObject> = new ItemSearchResult();
             mockResult.dspaceObject = item;
@@ -154,24 +153,20 @@ export class SearchService implements OnDestroy {
             return mockResult;
           });
 
+        const payload = Object.assign({}, rd.payload, { totalElements: totalElements, page });
+
         return new RemoteData(
-          self,
           rd.isRequestPending,
           rd.isResponsePending,
           rd.hasSucceeded,
-          errorMessage,
-          statusCode,
-          pageInfo,
+          error,
           payload
         )
       }).startWith(new RemoteData(
-        '',
         true,
         false,
         undefined,
         undefined,
-        undefined,
-        undefined,
         undefined
       ));
   }
@@ -180,17 +175,12 @@ export class SearchService implements OnDestroy {
     const requestPending = false;
     const responsePending = false;
     const isSuccessful = true;
-    const errorMessage = undefined;
-    const statusCode = '200';
-    const returningPageInfo = new PageInfo();
+    const error = undefined;
     return Observable.of(new RemoteData(
-      'https://dspace7.4science.it/dspace-spring-rest/api/search',
       requestPending,
       responsePending,
       isSuccessful,
-      errorMessage,
-      statusCode,
-      returningPageInfo,
+      error,
       this.config
     ));
   }
@@ -198,12 +188,12 @@ export class SearchService implements OnDestroy {
   getFacetValuesFor(searchFilterConfigName: string): Observable<RemoteData<FacetValue[]>> {
     const filterConfig = this.config.find((config: SearchFilterConfig) => config.name === searchFilterConfigName);
     return this.routeService.getQueryParameterValues(filterConfig.paramName).map((selectedValues: string[]) => {
-        const values: FacetValue[] = [];
+        const payload: FacetValue[] = [];
         const totalFilters = 13;
         for (let i = 0; i < totalFilters; i++) {
           const value = searchFilterConfigName + ' ' + (i + 1);
           if (!selectedValues.includes(value)) {
-            values.push({
+            payload.push({
               value: value,
               count: Math.floor(Math.random() * 20) + 20 * (totalFilters - i), // make sure first results have the highest (random) count
               search: decodeURI(this.router.url) + (this.router.url.includes('?') ? '&' : '?') + filterConfig.paramName + '=' + value
@@ -213,18 +203,13 @@ export class SearchService implements OnDestroy {
         const requestPending = false;
         const responsePending = false;
         const isSuccessful = true;
-        const errorMessage = undefined;
-        const statusCode = '200';
-        const returningPageInfo = new PageInfo();
+        const error = undefined;
         return new RemoteData(
-          'https://dspace7.4science.it/dspace-spring-rest/api/search',
           requestPending,
           responsePending,
           isSuccessful,
-          errorMessage,
-          statusCode,
-          returningPageInfo,
-          values
+          error,
+          payload
         )
       }
     )

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

@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
     <h5>{{ 'search.sidebar.settings.rpp' | translate}}</h5>
 
     <select class="form-control" (change)="reloadRPP($event)">
-        <option *ngFor="let item of searchOptions.pagination.pageSizeOptions" [value]="item"
+        <option *ngFor="let item of pageSizeOptions" [value]="item"
                 [selected]="item === searchOptions.pagination.pageSize ? 'selected': null">
             {{item}}
         </option>

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

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import { Component, Input, OnInit } from '@angular/core';
 import { SearchService } from '../search-service/search.service';
-import { SearchOptions } from '../search-options.model';
+import { SearchOptions, ViewMode } from '../search-options.model';
 import { SortDirection } from '../../core/cache/models/sort-options.model';
 import { ActivatedRoute, NavigationExtras, Router } from '@angular/router';
 
@@ -20,6 +20,9 @@ export class SearchSettingsComponent implements OnInit {
    * Number of items per page.
    */
   public pageSize;
+  @Input() public pageSizeOptions;
+  public listPageSizeOptions: number[] = [5, 10, 20, 40, 60, 80, 100];
+  public gridPageSizeOptions: number[] = [12, 24, 36, 48 , 50, 62, 74, 84];
 
   private sub;
   private scope: string;
@@ -36,6 +39,7 @@ export class SearchSettingsComponent implements OnInit {
   ngOnInit(): void {
     this.searchOptions = this.service.searchOptions;
     this.pageSize = this.searchOptions.pagination.pageSize;
+    this.pageSizeOptions = this.searchOptions.pagination.pageSizeOptions;
     this.sub = this.route
       .queryParams
       .subscribe((params) => {
@@ -45,6 +49,11 @@ export class SearchSettingsComponent implements OnInit {
         this.page  = +params.page || this.searchOptions.pagination.currentPage;
         this.pageSize = +params.pageSize || this.searchOptions.pagination.pageSize;
         this.direction = +params.sortDirection || this.searchOptions.sort.direction;
+        if (params.view === ViewMode.Grid) {
+          this.pageSizeOptions = this.gridPageSizeOptions;
+        } else {
+          this.pageSizeOptions = this.listPageSizeOptions;
+        }
       });
   }
 

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

@@ -15,6 +15,4 @@ import { Component, EventEmitter, Input, Output } from '@angular/core';
 export class SearchSidebarComponent {
   @Input() resultCount;
   @Output() toggleSidebar = new EventEmitter<boolean>();
-  constructor() {
-  }
 }

src/app/app.module.ts

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import { NgModule } from '@angular/core';
 import { CommonModule, APP_BASE_HREF } from '@angular/common';
-import { HttpModule } from '@angular/http';
+import { HttpClientModule } from '@angular/common/http';
 
 import { EffectsModule } from '@ngrx/effects';
 import { StoreModule, MetaReducer, META_REDUCERS } from '@ngrx/store';
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ if (!ENV_CONFIG.production) {
 @NgModule({
   imports: [
     CommonModule,
-    HttpModule,
+    HttpClientModule,
     AppRoutingModule,
     CoreModule.forRoot(),
     NgbModule.forRoot(),

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

@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+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';
@@ -73,20 +75,16 @@ describe('BrowseService', () => {
   ];
 
   function initMockResponseCacheService(isSuccessful: boolean) {
-    return jasmine.createSpyObj('responseCache', {
-      get: cold('b-', {
-        b: {
-          response: {
-            isSuccessful,
-            browseDefinitions,
-          }
+    const rcs = getMockResponseCacheService();
+    (rcs.get as any).and.returnValue(cold('b-', {
+      b: {
+        response: {
+          isSuccessful,
+          browseDefinitions,
         }
-      })
-    });
-  }
-
-  function initMockRequestService() {
-    return jasmine.createSpyObj('requestService', ['configure']);
+      }
+    }));
+    return rcs;
   }
 
   function initTestService() {
@@ -106,7 +104,7 @@ describe('BrowseService', () => {
     describe('if getEndpoint fires', () => {
       beforeEach(() => {
         responseCache = initMockResponseCacheService(true);
-        requestService = initMockRequestService();
+        requestService = getMockRequestService();
         service = initTestService();
         spyOn(service, 'getEndpoint').and
           .returnValue(hot('--a-', { a: browsesEndpointURL }));
@@ -157,7 +155,7 @@ describe('BrowseService', () => {
       it('should configure a new BrowseEndpointRequest', () => {
         const metadatumKey = 'dc.date.issued';
         const linkName = 'items';
-        const expected = new BrowseEndpointRequest(browsesEndpointURL);
+        const expected = new BrowseEndpointRequest(requestService.generateRequestId(), browsesEndpointURL);
 
         scheduler.schedule(() => service.getBrowseURLFor(metadatumKey, linkName).subscribe());
         scheduler.flush();
@@ -171,7 +169,7 @@ describe('BrowseService', () => {
     describe('if getEndpoint doesn\'t fire', () => {
       it('should return undefined', () => {
         responseCache = initMockResponseCacheService(true);
-        requestService = initMockRequestService();
+        requestService = getMockRequestService();
         service = initTestService();
         spyOn(service, 'getEndpoint').and
           .returnValue(hot('----'));
@@ -188,7 +186,7 @@ describe('BrowseService', () => {
     describe('if the browses endpoint can\'t be retrieved', () => {
       it('should throw an error', () => {
         responseCache = initMockResponseCacheService(false);
-        requestService = initMockRequestService();
+        requestService = getMockRequestService();
         service = initTestService();
         spyOn(service, 'getEndpoint').and
           .returnValue(hot('--a-', { a: browsesEndpointURL }));

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

@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ export class BrowseService extends HALEndpointService {
     return this.getEndpoint()
       .filter((href: string) => isNotEmpty(href))
       .distinctUntilChanged()
-      .map((endpointURL: string) => new BrowseEndpointRequest(endpointURL))
+      .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)

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

@@ -1,20 +1,21 @@
 import { Injectable } from '@angular/core';
 import { Observable } from 'rxjs/Observable';
+import { hasValue, 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 } from '../../data/request.models';
+import { RequestEntry } from '../../data/request.reducer';
+import { RequestService } from '../../data/request.service';
+import { GenericConstructor } from '../../shared/generic-constructor';
+import { NormalizedObjectFactory } from '../models/normalized-object-factory';
 
 import { CacheableObject } from '../object-cache.reducer';
 import { ObjectCacheService } from '../object-cache.service';
-import { RequestService } from '../../data/request.service';
-import { ResponseCacheService } from '../response-cache.service';
-import { RequestEntry } from '../../data/request.reducer';
-import { hasValue, isNotEmpty } from '../../../shared/empty.util';
+import { DSOSuccessResponse, ErrorResponse } from '../response-cache.models';
 import { ResponseCacheEntry } from '../response-cache.reducer';
-import { ErrorResponse, DSOSuccessResponse } from '../response-cache.models';
-import { RemoteData } from '../../data/remote-data';
-import { GenericConstructor } from '../../shared/generic-constructor';
+import { ResponseCacheService } from '../response-cache.service';
 import { getMapsTo, getRelationMetadata, getRelationships } from './build-decorators';
-import { NormalizedObjectFactory } from '../models/normalized-object-factory';
-import { RestRequest } from '../../data/request.models';
-import { PageInfo } from '../../shared/page-info.model';
 
 @Injectable()
 export class RemoteDataBuildService {
@@ -37,10 +38,10 @@ export class RemoteDataBuildService {
       this.objectCache.getRequestHrefBySelfLink(href));
 
     const requestObs = Observable.race(
-      hrefObs.flatMap((href: string) => this.requestService.get(href))
+      hrefObs.flatMap((href: string) => this.requestService.getByHref(href))
         .filter((entry) => hasValue(entry)),
       requestHrefObs.flatMap((requestHref) =>
-        this.requestService.get(requestHref)).filter((entry) => hasValue(entry))
+        this.requestService.getByHref(requestHref)).filter((entry) => hasValue(entry))
     );
 
     const responseCacheObs = Observable.race(
@@ -87,33 +88,19 @@ export class RemoteDataBuildService {
       (href: string, reqEntry: RequestEntry, resEntry: ResponseCacheEntry, payload: T) => {
         const requestPending = hasValue(reqEntry.requestPending) ? reqEntry.requestPending : true;
         const responsePending = hasValue(reqEntry.responsePending) ? reqEntry.responsePending : false;
-        let isSuccessFul: boolean;
-        let errorMessage: string;
-        let statusCode: string;
-        let pageInfo: PageInfo;
+        let isSuccessful: boolean;
+        let error: RemoteDataError;
         if (hasValue(resEntry) && hasValue(resEntry.response)) {
-          isSuccessFul = resEntry.response.isSuccessful;
-          errorMessage = isSuccessFul === false ? (resEntry.response as ErrorResponse).errorMessage : undefined;
-          statusCode = resEntry.response.statusCode;
-
-          if (hasValue((resEntry.response as DSOSuccessResponse).pageInfo)) {
-            const resPageInfo = (resEntry.response as DSOSuccessResponse).pageInfo;
-            if (isNotEmpty(resPageInfo) && resPageInfo.currentPage >= 0) {
-              pageInfo = Object.assign({}, resPageInfo, { currentPage: resPageInfo.currentPage + 1 });
-            } else {
-              pageInfo = resPageInfo;
-            }
-          }
+          isSuccessful = resEntry.response.isSuccessful;
+          const errorMessage = isSuccessful === false ? (resEntry.response as ErrorResponse).errorMessage : undefined;
+          error = new RemoteDataError(resEntry.response.statusCode, errorMessage);
         }
 
         return new RemoteData(
-          href,
           requestPending,
           responsePending,
-          isSuccessFul,
-          errorMessage,
-          statusCode,
-          pageInfo,
+          isSuccessful,
+          error,
           payload
         );
       });
@@ -122,17 +109,17 @@ export class RemoteDataBuildService {
   buildList<TNormalized extends CacheableObject, TDomain>(
     hrefObs: string | Observable<string>,
     normalizedType: GenericConstructor<TNormalized>
-  ): Observable<RemoteData<TDomain[]>> {
+  ): Observable<RemoteData<TDomain[] | PaginatedList<TDomain>>> {
     if (typeof hrefObs === 'string') {
       hrefObs = Observable.of(hrefObs);
     }
 
-    const requestObs = hrefObs.flatMap((href: string) => this.requestService.get(href))
+    const requestObs = 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 payloadObs = responseCacheObs
+    const tDomainListObs = responseCacheObs
       .filter((entry: ResponseCacheEntry) => entry.response.isSuccessful)
       .map((entry: ResponseCacheEntry) => (entry.response as DSOSuccessResponse).resourceSelfLinks)
       .flatMap((resourceUUIDs: string[]) => {
@@ -146,6 +133,27 @@ export class RemoteDataBuildService {
       .startWith([])
       .distinctUntilChanged();
 
+    const pageInfoObs = responseCacheObs
+      .filter((entry: ResponseCacheEntry) => entry.response.isSuccessful)
+      .map((entry: ResponseCacheEntry) => {
+        if (hasValue((entry.response as DSOSuccessResponse).pageInfo)) {
+          const resPageInfo = (entry.response as DSOSuccessResponse).pageInfo;
+          if (isNotEmpty(resPageInfo) && resPageInfo.currentPage >= 0) {
+            return Object.assign({}, resPageInfo, { currentPage: resPageInfo.currentPage + 1 });
+          } else {
+            return resPageInfo;
+          }
+        }
+      });
+
+    const payloadObs = Observable.combineLatest(tDomainListObs, pageInfoObs, (tDomainList, pageInfo) => {
+      if (hasValue(pageInfo)) {
+        return new PaginatedList(pageInfo, tDomainList);
+      } else {
+        return tDomainList;
+      }
+    });
+
     return this.toRemoteDataObservable(hrefObs, requestObs, responseCacheObs, payloadObs);
   }
 
@@ -160,7 +168,7 @@ export class RemoteDataBuildService {
         const resourceConstructor = NormalizedObjectFactory.getConstructor(resourceType);
         if (Array.isArray(normalized[relationship])) {
           normalized[relationship].forEach((href: string) => {
-            this.requestService.configure(new RestRequest(href))
+            this.requestService.configure(new GetRequest(this.requestService.generateRequestId(), href))
           });
 
           const rdArr = [];
@@ -174,7 +182,7 @@ export class RemoteDataBuildService {
             links[relationship] = rdArr[0];
           }
         } else {
-          this.requestService.configure(new RestRequest(normalized[relationship]));
+          this.requestService.configure(new GetRequest(this.requestService.generateRequestId(), normalized[relationship]));
 
           // The rest API can return a single URL to represent a list of resources (e.g. /items/:id/bitstreams)
           // in that case only 1 href will be stored in the normalized obj (so the isArray above fails),
@@ -204,40 +212,37 @@ export class RemoteDataBuildService {
           .map((d: RemoteData<T>) => d.isResponsePending)
           .every((b: boolean) => b === true);
 
-        const isSuccessFul: boolean = arr
+        const isSuccessful: boolean = arr
           .map((d: RemoteData<T>) => d.hasSucceeded)
           .every((b: boolean) => b === true);
 
         const errorMessage: string = arr
-          .map((d: RemoteData<T>) => d.errorMessage)
-          .map((e: string, idx: number) => {
+          .map((d: RemoteData<T>) => d.error)
+          .map((e: RemoteDataError, idx: number) => {
             if (hasValue(e)) {
-              return `[${idx}]: ${e}`;
+              return `[${idx}]: ${e.message}`;
             }
           }).filter((e: string) => hasValue(e))
           .join(', ');
 
         const statusCode: string = arr
-          .map((d: RemoteData<T>) => d.statusCode)
-          .map((c: string, idx: number) => {
-            if (hasValue(c)) {
-              return `[${idx}]: ${c}`;
+          .map((d: RemoteData<T>) => d.error)
+          .map((e: RemoteDataError, idx: number) => {
+            if (hasValue(e)) {
+              return `[${idx}]: ${e.statusCode}`;
             }
           }).filter((c: string) => hasValue(c))
           .join(', ');
 
-        const pageInfo = undefined;
+        const error = new RemoteDataError(statusCode, errorMessage);
 
         const payload: T[] = arr.map((d: RemoteData<T>) => d.payload);
 
         return new RemoteData(
-          `dspace-angular://aggregated/object/${new Date().getTime()}`,
           requestPending,
           responsePending,
-          isSuccessFul,
-          errorMessage,
-          statusCode,
-          pageInfo,
+          isSuccessful,
+          error,
           payload
         );
       })

src/app/core/cache/object-cache.effects.spec.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+import { TestBed } from '@angular/core/testing';
+import { Observable } from 'rxjs/Observable';
+import { provideMockActions } from '@ngrx/effects/testing';
+import { cold, hot } from 'jasmine-marbles';
+import { ObjectCacheEffects } from './object-cache.effects';
+import { ResetObjectCacheTimestampsAction } from './object-cache.actions';
+import { StoreActionTypes } from '../../store.actions';
+
+describe('ObjectCacheEffects', () => {
+  let cacheEffects: ObjectCacheEffects;
+  let actions: Observable<any>;
+  const timestamp = 10000;
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    TestBed.configureTestingModule({
+      providers: [
+        ObjectCacheEffects,
+        provideMockActions(() => actions),
+        // other providers
+      ],
+    });
+
+    cacheEffects = TestBed.get(ObjectCacheEffects);
+  });
+
+  describe('fixTimestampsOnRehydrate$', () => {
+
+    it('should return a RESET_TIMESTAMPS action in response to a REHYDRATE action', () => {
+      spyOn(Date.prototype, 'getTime').and.callFake(() => {
+        return timestamp;
+      });
+      actions = hot('--a-', { a: { type: StoreActionTypes.REHYDRATE, payload: {} } });
+
+      const expected = cold('--b-', { b: new ResetObjectCacheTimestampsAction(new Date().getTime()) });
+
+      expect(cacheEffects.fixTimestampsOnRehydrate).toBeObservable(expected);
+    });
+  });
+});

src/app/core/cache/object-cache.effects.ts

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import { Injectable } from '@angular/core';
 import { Actions, Effect } from '@ngrx/effects';
 
 import { StoreActionTypes } from '../../store.actions';
-import { ResetObjectCacheTimestampsAction } from '../cache/object-cache.actions';
+import { ResetObjectCacheTimestampsAction } from './object-cache.actions';
 
 @Injectable()
 export class ObjectCacheEffects {

src/app/core/cache/object-cache.reducer.ts

@@ -5,6 +5,12 @@ import {
 import { hasValue } from '../../shared/empty.util';
 import { CacheEntry } from './cache-entry';
 
+export enum DirtyType {
+  Created = 'Created',
+  Updated = 'Updated',
+  Deleted = 'Deleted'
+}
+
 /**
  * An interface to represent objects that can be cached
  *
@@ -13,6 +19,11 @@ import { CacheEntry } from './cache-entry';
 export interface CacheableObject {
   uuid?: string;
   self: string;
+  // isNew: boolean;
+  // dirtyType: DirtyType;
+  // hasDirtyAttributes: boolean;
+  // changedAttributes: AttributeDiffh;
+  // save(): void;
 }
 
 /**

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

@@ -2,20 +2,21 @@ import { Injectable } from '@angular/core';
 import { MemoizedSelector, Store } from '@ngrx/store';
 
 import { Observable } from 'rxjs/Observable';
+import { IndexName } from '../index/index.reducer';
 
 import { ObjectCacheEntry, CacheableObject } from './object-cache.reducer';
 import { AddToObjectCacheAction, RemoveFromObjectCacheAction } from './object-cache.actions';
 import { hasNoValue } from '../../shared/empty.util';
 import { GenericConstructor } from '../shared/generic-constructor';
-import { CoreState } from '../core.reducers';
-import { keySelector } from '../shared/selectors';
+import { coreSelector, CoreState } from '../core.reducers';
+import { pathSelector } from '../shared/selectors';
 
 function selfLinkFromUuidSelector(uuid: string): MemoizedSelector<CoreState, string> {
-  return keySelector<string>('index/uuid', uuid);
+  return pathSelector<CoreState, string>(coreSelector, 'index', IndexName.OBJECT, uuid);
 }
 
 function entryFromSelfLinkSelector(selfLink: string): MemoizedSelector<CoreState, ObjectCacheEntry> {
-  return keySelector<ObjectCacheEntry>('data/object', selfLink);
+  return pathSelector<CoreState, ObjectCacheEntry>(coreSelector, 'data/object', selfLink);
 }
 
 /**
@@ -60,7 +61,7 @@ export class ObjectCacheService {
    * the cached plain javascript object in to an instance of
    * a class.
    *
-   * e.g. get('c96588c6-72d3-425d-9d47-fa896255a695', Item)
+   * e.g. getByUUID('c96588c6-72d3-425d-9d47-fa896255a695', Item)
    *
    * @param uuid
    *    The UUID of the object to get

src/app/core/cache/response-cache.effects.spec.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+import { TestBed } from '@angular/core/testing';
+import { Observable } from 'rxjs/Observable';
+import { provideMockActions } from '@ngrx/effects/testing';
+import { cold, hot } from 'jasmine-marbles';
+import { StoreActionTypes } from '../../store.actions';
+import { ResponseCacheEffects } from './response-cache.effects';
+import { ResetResponseCacheTimestampsAction } from './response-cache.actions';
+
+describe('ResponseCacheEffects', () => {
+  let cacheEffects: ResponseCacheEffects;
+  let actions: Observable<any>;
+  const timestamp = 10000;
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    TestBed.configureTestingModule({
+      providers: [
+        ResponseCacheEffects,
+        provideMockActions(() => actions),
+        // other providers
+      ],
+    });
+
+    cacheEffects = TestBed.get(ResponseCacheEffects);
+  });
+
+  describe('fixTimestampsOnRehydrate$', () => {
+
+    it('should return a RESET_TIMESTAMPS action in response to a REHYDRATE action', () => {
+      spyOn(Date.prototype, 'getTime').and.callFake(() => {
+        return timestamp;
+      });
+      actions = hot('--a-', { a: { type: StoreActionTypes.REHYDRATE, payload: {} } });
+
+      const expected = cold('--b-', { b: new ResetResponseCacheTimestampsAction(new Date().getTime()) });
+
+      expect(cacheEffects.fixTimestampsOnRehydrate).toBeObservable(expected);
+    });
+  });
+});

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

@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 import { Injectable } from '@angular/core';
 import { Actions, Effect } from '@ngrx/effects';
 
-import { ResetResponseCacheTimestampsAction } from '../cache/response-cache.actions';
+import { ResetResponseCacheTimestampsAction } from './response-cache.actions';
 import { StoreActionTypes } from '../../store.actions';
 
 @Injectable()
-export class RequestCacheEffects {
+export class ResponseCacheEffects {
 
   /**
    * When the store is rehydrated in the browser, set all cache

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

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import { RequestError } from '../data/request.models';
 import { PageInfo } from '../shared/page-info.model';
 import { BrowseDefinition } from '../shared/browse-definition.model';
+import { ConfigObject } from '../shared/config/config.model';
 
 /* tslint:disable:max-classes-per-file */
 export class RestResponse {
@@ -51,4 +52,14 @@ export class ErrorResponse extends RestResponse {
     this.errorMessage = error.message;
   }
 }
+
+export class ConfigSuccessResponse extends RestResponse {
+  constructor(
+    public configDefinition: ConfigObject[],
+    public statusCode: string,
+    public pageInfo?: PageInfo
+  ) {
+    super(true, statusCode);
+  }
+}
 /* tslint:enable:max-classes-per-file */

src/app/core/cache/response-cache.reducer.spec.ts

@@ -4,8 +4,9 @@ import { responseCacheReducer, ResponseCacheState } from './response-cache.reduc
 
 import {
   ResponseCacheRemoveAction,
-  ResetResponseCacheTimestampsAction
+  ResetResponseCacheTimestampsAction, ResponseCacheAddAction
 } from './response-cache.actions';
+import { RestResponse } from './response-cache.models';
 
 class NullAction extends ResponseCacheRemoveAction {
   type = null;
@@ -16,212 +17,108 @@ class NullAction extends ResponseCacheRemoveAction {
   }
 }
 
-// describe('responseCacheReducer', () => {
-//   const keys = ['125c17f89046283c5f0640722aac9feb', 'a06c3006a41caec5d635af099b0c780c'];
-//   const services = [new OpaqueToken('service1'), new OpaqueToken('service2')];
-//   const msToLive = 900000;
-//   const uuids = [
-//     '9e32a2e2-6b91-4236-a361-995ccdc14c60',
-//     '598ce822-c357-46f3-ab70-63724d02d6ad',
-//     'be8325f7-243b-49f4-8a4b-df2b793ff3b5'
-//   ];
-//   const resourceID = '9978';
-//   const paginationOptions = { 'resultsPerPage': 10, 'currentPage': 1 };
-//   const sortOptions = { 'field': 'id', 'direction': 0 };
-//   const testState = {
-//     [keys[0]]: {
-//       'key': keys[0],
-//       'service': services[0],
-//       'resourceUUIDs': [uuids[0], uuids[1]],
-//       'isLoading': false,
-//       'paginationOptions': paginationOptions,
-//       'sortOptions': sortOptions,
-//       'timeAdded': new Date().getTime(),
-//       'msToLive': msToLive
-//     },
-//     [keys[1]]: {
-//       'key': keys[1],
-//       'service': services[1],
-//       'resourceID': resourceID,
-//       'resourceUUIDs': [uuids[2]],
-//       'isLoading': false,
-//       'timeAdded': new Date().getTime(),
-//       'msToLive': msToLive
-//     }
-//   };
-//   deepFreeze(testState);
-//   const errorState: {} = {
-//     [keys[0]]: {
-//       errorMessage: 'error',
-//       resourceUUIDs: uuids
-//     }
-//   };
-//   deepFreeze(errorState);
-//
-//
-//   it('should return the current state when no valid actions have been made', () => {
-//     const action = new NullAction();
-//     const newState = responseCacheReducer(testState, action);
-//
-//     expect(newState).toEqual(testState);
-//   });
-//
-//   it('should start with an empty cache', () => {
-//     const action = new NullAction();
-//     const initialState = responseCacheReducer(undefined, action);
-//
-//     expect(initialState).toEqual(Object.create(null));
-//   });
-//
-//   describe('FIND_BY_ID', () => {
-//     const action = new ResponseCacheFindByIDAction(keys[0], services[0], resourceID);
-//
-//     it('should perform the action without affecting the previous state', () => {
-//       //testState has already been frozen above
-//       responseCacheReducer(testState, action);
-//     });
-//
-//     it('should add the request to the cache', () => {
-//       const state = Object.create(null);
-//       const newState = responseCacheReducer(state, action);
-//       expect(newState[keys[0]].key).toBe(keys[0]);
-//       expect(newState[keys[0]].service).toEqual(services[0]);
-//       expect(newState[keys[0]].resourceID).toBe(resourceID);
-//     });
-//
-//     it('should set responsePending to true', () => {
-//       const state = Object.create(null);
-//       const newState = responseCacheReducer(state, action);
-//       expect(newState[keys[0]].responsePending).toBe(true);
-//     });
-//
-//     it('should remove any previous error message or resourceUUID for the request', () => {
-//       const newState = responseCacheReducer(errorState, action);
-//       expect(newState[keys[0]].resourceUUIDs.length).toBe(0);
-//       expect(newState[keys[0]].errorMessage).toBeUndefined();
-//     });
-//   });
-//
-//   describe('FIND_ALL', () => {
-//     const action = new ResponseCacheFindAllAction(keys[0], services[0], resourceID, paginationOptions, sortOptions);
-//
-//     it('should perform the action without affecting the previous state', () => {
-//       //testState has already been frozen above
-//       responseCacheReducer(testState, action);
-//     });
-//
-//     it('should add the request to the cache', () => {
-//       const state = Object.create(null);
-//       const newState = responseCacheReducer(state, action);
-//       expect(newState[keys[0]].key).toBe(keys[0]);
-//       expect(newState[keys[0]].service).toEqual(services[0]);
-//       expect(newState[keys[0]].scopeID).toBe(resourceID);
-//       expect(newState[keys[0]].paginationOptions).toEqual(paginationOptions);
-//       expect(newState[keys[0]].sortOptions).toEqual(sortOptions);
-//     });
-//
-//     it('should set responsePending to true', () => {
-//       const state = Object.create(null);
-//       const newState = responseCacheReducer(state, action);
-//       expect(newState[keys[0]].responsePending).toBe(true);
-//     });
-//
-//     it('should remove any previous error message or resourceUUIDs for the request', () => {
-//       const newState = responseCacheReducer(errorState, action);
-//       expect(newState[keys[0]].resourceUUIDs.length).toBe(0);
-//       expect(newState[keys[0]].errorMessage).toBeUndefined();
-//     });
-//   });
-//
-//   describe('SUCCESS', () => {
-//     const successUUIDs = [uuids[0], uuids[2]];
-//     const successTimeAdded = new Date().getTime();
-//     const successMsToLive = 5;
-//     const action = new ResponseCacheSuccessAction(keys[0], successUUIDs, successTimeAdded, successMsToLive);
-//
-//     it('should perform the action without affecting the previous state', () => {
-//       //testState has already been frozen above
-//       responseCacheReducer(testState, action);
-//     });
-//
-//     it('should add the response to the cached request', () => {
-//       const newState = responseCacheReducer(testState, action);
-//       expect(newState[keys[0]].resourceUUIDs).toBe(successUUIDs);
-//       expect(newState[keys[0]].timeAdded).toBe(successTimeAdded);
-//       expect(newState[keys[0]].msToLive).toBe(successMsToLive);
-//     });
-//
-//     it('should set responsePending to false', () => {
-//       const newState = responseCacheReducer(testState, action);
-//       expect(newState[keys[0]].responsePending).toBe(false);
-//     });
-//
-//     it('should remove any previous error message for the request', () => {
-//       const newState = responseCacheReducer(errorState, action);
-//       expect(newState[keys[0]].errorMessage).toBeUndefined();
-//     });
-//   });
-//
-//   describe('ERROR', () => {
-//     const errorMsg = 'errorMsg';
-//     const action = new ResponseCacheErrorAction(keys[0], errorMsg);
-//
-//     it('should perform the action without affecting the previous state', () => {
-//       //testState has already been frozen above
-//       responseCacheReducer(testState, action);
-//     });
-//
-//     it('should set an error message for the request', () => {
-//       const newState = responseCacheReducer(errorState, action);
-//       expect(newState[keys[0]].errorMessage).toBe(errorMsg);
-//     });
-//
-//     it('should set responsePending to false', () => {
-//       const newState = responseCacheReducer(testState, action);
-//       expect(newState[keys[0]].responsePending).toBe(false);
-//     });
-//   });
-//
-//   describe('REMOVE', () => {
-//     it('should perform the action without affecting the previous state', () => {
-//       const action = new ResponseCacheRemoveAction(keys[0]);
-//       //testState has already been frozen above
-//       responseCacheReducer(testState, action);
-//     });
-//
-//     it('should remove the specified request from the cache', () => {
-//       const action = new ResponseCacheRemoveAction(keys[0]);
-//       const newState = responseCacheReducer(testState, action);
-//       expect(testState[keys[0]]).not.toBeUndefined();
-//       expect(newState[keys[0]]).toBeUndefined();
-//     });
-//
-//     it('shouldn't do anything when the specified key isn't cached', () => {
-//       const wrongKey = 'this isn't cached';
-//       const action = new ResponseCacheRemoveAction(wrongKey);
-//       const newState = responseCacheReducer(testState, action);
-//       expect(testState[wrongKey]).toBeUndefined();
-//       expect(newState).toEqual(testState);
-//     });
-//   });
-//
-//   describe('RESET_TIMESTAMPS', () => {
-//     const newTimeStamp = new Date().getTime();
-//     const action = new ResetResponseCacheTimestampsAction(newTimeStamp);
-//
-//     it('should perform the action without affecting the previous state', () => {
-//       //testState has already been frozen above
-//       responseCacheReducer(testState, action);
-//     });
-//
-//     it('should set the timestamp of all requests in the cache', () => {
-//       const newState = responseCacheReducer(testState, action);
-//       Object.keys(newState).forEach((key) => {
-//         expect(newState[key].timeAdded).toEqual(newTimeStamp);
-//       });
-//     });
-//
-//   });
-//
-//
-// });
+describe('responseCacheReducer', () => {
+  const keys = ['125c17f89046283c5f0640722aac9feb', 'a06c3006a41caec5d635af099b0c780c'];
+  const msToLive = 900000;
+  const uuids = [
+    '9e32a2e2-6b91-4236-a361-995ccdc14c60',
+    '598ce822-c357-46f3-ab70-63724d02d6ad',
+    'be8325f7-243b-49f4-8a4b-df2b793ff3b5'
+  ];
+  const testState: ResponseCacheState = {
+    [keys[0]]: {
+      key: keys[0],
+      response: new RestResponse(true, '200'),
+      timeAdded: new Date().getTime(),
+      msToLive: msToLive
+    },
+    [keys[1]]: {
+      key: keys[1],
+      response: new RestResponse(true, '200'),
+      timeAdded: new Date().getTime(),
+      msToLive: msToLive
+    }
+  };
+  deepFreeze(testState);
+  const errorState: {} = {
+    [keys[0]]: {
+      errorMessage: 'error',
+      resourceUUIDs: uuids
+    }
+  };
+  deepFreeze(errorState);
+
+  it('should return the current state when no valid actions have been made', () => {
+    const action = new NullAction();
+    const newState = responseCacheReducer(testState, action);
+
+    expect(newState).toEqual(testState);
+  });
+
+  it('should start with an empty cache', () => {
+    const action = new NullAction();
+    const initialState = responseCacheReducer(undefined, action);
+
+    expect(initialState).toEqual(Object.create(null));
+  });
+
+  describe('ADD', () => {
+    const addTimeAdded = new Date().getTime();
+    const addMsToLive = 5;
+    const addResponse = new RestResponse(true, '200');
+    const action = new ResponseCacheAddAction(keys[0], addResponse, addTimeAdded, addMsToLive);
+
+    it('should perform the action without affecting the previous state', () => {
+      // testState has already been frozen above
+      responseCacheReducer(testState, action);
+    });
+
+    it('should add the response to the cached request', () => {
+      const newState = responseCacheReducer(testState, action);
+      expect(newState[keys[0]].timeAdded).toBe(addTimeAdded);
+      expect(newState[keys[0]].msToLive).toBe(addMsToLive);
+      expect(newState[keys[0]].response).toBe(addResponse);
+    });
+  });
+
+  describe('REMOVE', () => {
+    it('should perform the action without affecting the previous state', () => {
+      const action = new ResponseCacheRemoveAction(keys[0]);
+      // testState has already been frozen above
+      responseCacheReducer(testState, action);
+    });
+
+    it('should remove the specified request from the cache', () => {
+      const action = new ResponseCacheRemoveAction(keys[0]);
+      const newState = responseCacheReducer(testState, action);
+      expect(testState[keys[0]]).not.toBeUndefined();
+      expect(newState[keys[0]]).toBeUndefined();
+    });
+
+    it('shouldn\'t do anything when the specified key isn\'t cached', () => {
+      const wrongKey = 'this isn\'t cached';
+      const action = new ResponseCacheRemoveAction(wrongKey);
+      const newState = responseCacheReducer(testState, action);
+      expect(testState[wrongKey]).toBeUndefined();
+      expect(newState).toEqual(testState);
+    });
+  });
+
+  describe('RESET_TIMESTAMPS', () => {
+    const newTimeStamp = new Date().getTime();
+    const action = new ResetResponseCacheTimestampsAction(newTimeStamp);
+
+    it('should perform the action without affecting the previous state', () => {
+      // testState has already been frozen above
+      responseCacheReducer(testState, action);
+    });
+
+    it('should set the timestamp of all requests in the cache', () => {
+      const newState = responseCacheReducer(testState, action);
+      Object.keys(newState).forEach((key) => {
+        expect(newState[key].timeAdded).toEqual(newTimeStamp);
+      });
+    });
+
+  });
+});

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

@@ -1,147 +1,83 @@
-import { OpaqueToken } from '@angular/core';
-import { Observable } from 'rxjs/Observable';
 import { Store } from '@ngrx/store';
 
 import { ResponseCacheService } from './response-cache.service';
-import { ResponseCacheState, ResponseCacheEntry } from './response-cache.reducer';
+import { Observable } from 'rxjs/Observable';
+import { CoreState } from '../core.reducers';
+import { RestResponse } from './response-cache.models';
+import { ResponseCacheEntry } from './response-cache.reducer';
 
-// describe('ResponseCacheService', () => {
-//   let service: ResponseCacheService;
-//   let store: Store<ResponseCacheState>;
-//
-//   const keys = ['125c17f89046283c5f0640722aac9feb', 'a06c3006a41caec5d635af099b0c780c'];
-//   const serviceTokens = [new OpaqueToken('service1'), new OpaqueToken('service2')];
-//   const resourceID = '9978';
-//   const paginationOptions = { 'resultsPerPage': 10, 'currentPage': 1 };
-//   const sortOptions = { 'field': 'id', 'direction': 0 };
-//   const timestamp = new Date().getTime();
-//   const validCacheEntry = (key) => {
-//     return {
-//       key: key,
-//       timeAdded: timestamp,
-//       msToLive: 24 * 60 * 60 * 1000 // a day
-//     }
-//   };
-//   const invalidCacheEntry = (key) => {
-//     return {
-//       key: key,
-//       timeAdded: 0,
-//       msToLive: 0
-//     }
-//   };
-//
-//   beforeEach(() => {
-//     store = new Store<ResponseCacheState>(undefined, undefined, undefined);
-//     spyOn(store, 'dispatch');
-//     service = new ResponseCacheService(store);
-//     spyOn(window, 'Date').and.returnValue({ getTime: () => timestamp });
-//   });
-//
-//   describe('findAll', () => {
-//     beforeEach(() => {
-//       spyOn(service, 'get').and.callFake((key) => Observable.of({key: key}));
-//     });
-//     describe('if the key isn't cached', () => {
-//       beforeEach(() => {
-//           spyOn(service, 'has').and.returnValue(false);
-//       });
-//       it('should dispatch a FIND_ALL action with the key, service, scopeID, paginationOptions and sortOptions', () => {
-//         service.findAll(keys[0], serviceTokens[0], resourceID, paginationOptions, sortOptions);
-//         expect(store.dispatch).toHaveBeenCalledWith(new ResponseCacheFindAllAction(keys[0], serviceTokens[0], resourceID, paginationOptions, sortOptions))
-//       });
-//       it('should return an observable of the newly cached request with the specified key', () => {
-//         let result: ResponseCacheEntry;
-//         service.findAll(keys[0], serviceTokens[0], resourceID, paginationOptions, sortOptions).take(1).subscribe(entry => result = entry);
-//         expect(result.key).toEqual(keys[0]);
-//       });
-//     });
-//     describe('if the key is already cached', () => {
-//       beforeEach(() => {
-//           spyOn(service, 'has').and.returnValue(true);
-//       });
-//       it('shouldn't dispatch anything', () => {
-//         service.findAll(keys[0], serviceTokens[0], resourceID, paginationOptions, sortOptions);
-//         expect(store.dispatch).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
-//       });
-//       it('should return an observable of the existing cached request with the specified key', () => {
-//         let result: ResponseCacheEntry;
-//         service.findAll(keys[0], serviceTokens[0], resourceID, paginationOptions, sortOptions).take(1).subscribe(entry => result = entry);
-//         expect(result.key).toEqual(keys[0]);
-//       });
-//     });
-//   });
-//
-//   describe('findById', () => {
-//     beforeEach(() => {
-//       spyOn(service, 'get').and.callFake((key) => Observable.of({key: key}));
-//     });
-//     describe('if the key isn't cached', () => {
-//       beforeEach(() => {
-//           spyOn(service, 'has').and.returnValue(false);
-//       });
-//       it('should dispatch a FIND_BY_ID action with the key, service, and resourceID', () => {
-//         service.findById(keys[0], serviceTokens[0], resourceID);
-//         expect(store.dispatch).toHaveBeenCalledWith(new ResponseCacheFindByIDAction(keys[0], serviceTokens[0], resourceID))
-//       });
-//       it('should return an observable of the newly cached request with the specified key', () => {
-//         let result: ResponseCacheEntry;
-//         service.findById(keys[0], serviceTokens[0], resourceID).take(1).subscribe(entry => result = entry);
-//         expect(result.key).toEqual(keys[0]);
-//       });
-//     });
-//     describe('if the key is already cached', () => {
-//       beforeEach(() => {
-//           spyOn(service, 'has').and.returnValue(true);
-//       });
-//       it('shouldn't dispatch anything', () => {
-//         service.findById(keys[0], serviceTokens[0], resourceID);
-//         expect(store.dispatch).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
-//       });
-//       it('should return an observable of the existing cached request with the specified key', () => {
-//         let result: ResponseCacheEntry;
-//         service.findById(keys[0], serviceTokens[0], resourceID).take(1).subscribe(entry => result = entry);
-//         expect(result.key).toEqual(keys[0]);
-//       });
-//     });
-//   });
-//
-//   describe('get', () => {
-//     it('should return an observable of the cached request with the specified key', () => {
-//       spyOn(store, 'select').and.callFake((...args:Array<any>) => {
-//         return Observable.of(validCacheEntry(args[args.length - 1]));
-//       });
-//
-//       let testObj: ResponseCacheEntry;
-//       service.get(keys[1]).take(1).subscribe(entry => testObj = entry);
-//       expect(testObj.key).toEqual(keys[1]);
-//     });
-//
-//     it('should not return a cached request that has exceeded its time to live', () => {
-//       spyOn(store, 'select').and.callFake((...args:Array<any>) => {
-//         return Observable.of(invalidCacheEntry(args[args.length - 1]));
-//       });
-//
-//       let getObsHasFired = false;
-//       const subscription = service.get(keys[1]).subscribe(entry => getObsHasFired = true);
-//       expect(getObsHasFired).toBe(false);
-//       subscription.unsubscribe();
-//     });
-//   });
-//
-//   describe('has', () => {
-//     it('should return true if the request with the supplied key is cached and still valid', () => {
-//       spyOn(store, 'select').and.returnValue(Observable.of(validCacheEntry(keys[1])));
-//       expect(service.has(keys[1])).toBe(true);
-//     });
-//
-//     it('should return false if the request with the supplied key isn't cached', () => {
-//       spyOn(store, 'select').and.returnValue(Observable.of(undefined));
-//       expect(service.has(keys[1])).toBe(false);
-//     });
-//
-//     it('should return false if the request with the supplied key is cached but has exceeded its time to live', () => {
-//       spyOn(store, 'select').and.returnValue(Observable.of(invalidCacheEntry(keys[1])));
-//       expect(service.has(keys[1])).toBe(false);
-//     });
-//   });
-// });
+describe('ResponseCacheService', () => {
+  let service: ResponseCacheService;
+  let store: Store<CoreState>;
+
+  const keys = ['125c17f89046283c5f0640722aac9feb', 'a06c3006a41caec5d635af099b0c780c'];
+  const timestamp = new Date().getTime();
+  const validCacheEntry = (key) => {
+    return {
+      key: key,
+      response: new RestResponse(true, '200'),
+      timeAdded: timestamp,
+      msToLive: 24 * 60 * 60 * 1000 // a day
+    }
+  };
+  const invalidCacheEntry = (key) => {
+    return {
+      key: key,
+      response: new RestResponse(true, '200'),
+      timeAdded: 0,
+      msToLive: 0
+    }
+  };
+
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    store = new Store<CoreState>(undefined, undefined, undefined);
+    spyOn(store, 'dispatch');
+    service = new ResponseCacheService(store);
+    spyOn(Date.prototype, 'getTime').and.callFake(() => {
+      return timestamp;
+    });
+  });
+
+  describe('get', () => {
+    it('should return an observable of the cached request with the specified key', () => {
+      spyOn(store, 'select').and.callFake((...args: any[]) => {
+        return Observable.of(validCacheEntry(keys[1]));
+      });
+
+      let testObj: ResponseCacheEntry;
+      service.get(keys[1]).first().subscribe((entry) => {
+        console.log(entry);
+        testObj = entry;
+      });
+      expect(testObj.key).toEqual(keys[1]);
+    });
+
+    it('should not return a cached request that has exceeded its time to live', () => {
+      spyOn(store, 'select').and.callFake((...args: any[]) => {
+        return Observable.of(invalidCacheEntry(keys[1]));
+      });
+
+      let getObsHasFired = false;
+      const subscription = service.get(keys[1]).subscribe((entry) => getObsHasFired = true);
+      expect(getObsHasFired).toBe(false);
+      subscription.unsubscribe();
+    });
+  });
+
+  describe('has', () => {
+    it('should return true if the request with the supplied key is cached and still valid', () => {
+      spyOn(store, 'select').and.returnValue(Observable.of(validCacheEntry(keys[1])));
+      expect(service.has(keys[1])).toBe(true);
+    });
+
+    it('should return false if the request with the supplied key isn\'t cached', () => {
+      spyOn(store, 'select').and.returnValue(Observable.of(undefined));
+      expect(service.has(keys[1])).toBe(false);
+    });
+
+    it('should return false if the request with the supplied key is cached but has exceeded its time to live', () => {
+      spyOn(store, 'select').and.returnValue(Observable.of(invalidCacheEntry(keys[1])));
+      expect(service.has(keys[1])).toBe(false);
+    });
+  });
+});

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

@@ -7,11 +7,11 @@ import { ResponseCacheEntry } from './response-cache.reducer';
 import { hasNoValue } from '../../shared/empty.util';
 import { ResponseCacheRemoveAction, ResponseCacheAddAction } from './response-cache.actions';
 import { RestResponse } from './response-cache.models';
-import { CoreState } from '../core.reducers';
-import { keySelector } from '../shared/selectors';
+import { coreSelector, CoreState } from '../core.reducers';
+import { pathSelector } from '../shared/selectors';
 
 function entryFromKeySelector(key: string): MemoizedSelector<CoreState, ResponseCacheEntry> {
-  return keySelector<ResponseCacheEntry>('data/response', key);
+  return pathSelector<CoreState, ResponseCacheEntry>(coreSelector, 'data/response', key);
 }
 
 /**
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@ export class ResponseCacheService {
 
   add(key: string, response: RestResponse, msToLive: number): Observable<ResponseCacheEntry> {
     if (!this.has(key)) {
-      // this.store.dispatch(new ResponseCacheFindAllAction(key, service, scopeID, paginationOptions, sortOptions));
       this.store.dispatch(new ResponseCacheAddAction(key, response, new Date().getTime(), msToLive));
     }
     return this.get(key);

src/app/core/config/config-data.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+import { PageInfo } from '../shared/page-info.model';
+import { ConfigObject } from '../shared/config/config.model';
+
+/**
+ * A class to represent the data retrieved by a configuration service
+ */
+export class ConfigData {
+  constructor(
+    public pageInfo: PageInfo,
+    public payload: ConfigObject[]
+  ) {
+  }
+}

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

@@ -0,0 +1,100 @@
+import { cold, getTestScheduler, hot } from 'jasmine-marbles';
+import { TestScheduler } from 'rxjs/Rx';
+import { GlobalConfig } from '../../../config';
+import { getMockRequestService } from '../../shared/mocks/mock-request.service';
+import { ResponseCacheService } from '../cache/response-cache.service';
+import { ConfigService } from './config.service';
+import { RequestService } from '../data/request.service';
+import { ConfigRequest, FindAllOptions } from '../data/request.models';
+
+const LINK_NAME = 'test';
+const BROWSE = 'search/findByCollection';
+
+class TestService extends ConfigService {
+  protected linkName = LINK_NAME;
+  protected browseEndpoint = BROWSE;
+
+  constructor(
+    protected responseCache: ResponseCacheService,
+    protected requestService: RequestService,
+    protected EnvConfig: GlobalConfig
+  ) {
+    super();
+  }
+}
+
+describe('ConfigService', () => {
+  let scheduler: TestScheduler;
+  let service: TestService;
+  let responseCache: ResponseCacheService;
+  let requestService: RequestService;
+
+  const envConfig = {} as GlobalConfig;
+  const findOptions: FindAllOptions = new FindAllOptions();
+
+  const scopeName = 'traditional';
+  const scopeID = 'd9d30c0c-69b7-4369-8397-ca67c888974d';
+  const configEndpoint = 'https://rest.api/config';
+  const serviceEndpoint = `${configEndpoint}/${LINK_NAME}`;
+  const scopedEndpoint = `${serviceEndpoint}/${scopeName}`;
+  const searchEndpoint = `${serviceEndpoint}/${BROWSE}?uuid=${scopeID}`;
+
+  function initMockResponseCacheService(isSuccessful: boolean): ResponseCacheService {
+    return jasmine.createSpyObj('responseCache', {
+      get: cold('c-', {
+        c: { response: { isSuccessful } }
+      })
+    });
+  }
+
+  function initTestService(): TestService {
+    return new TestService(
+      responseCache,
+      requestService,
+      envConfig
+    );
+  }
+
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    responseCache = initMockResponseCacheService(true);
+    requestService = getMockRequestService();
+    service = initTestService();
+    scheduler = getTestScheduler();
+    spyOn(service, 'getEndpoint').and
+      .returnValue(hot('--a-', { a: serviceEndpoint }));
+  });
+
+  describe('getConfigByHref', () => {
+
+    it('should configure a new ConfigRequest', () => {
+      const expected = new ConfigRequest(requestService.generateRequestId(), scopedEndpoint);
+      scheduler.schedule(() => service.getConfigByHref(scopedEndpoint).subscribe());
+      scheduler.flush();
+
+      expect(requestService.configure).toHaveBeenCalledWith(expected);
+    });
+  });
+
+  describe('getConfigByName', () => {
+
+    it('should configure a new ConfigRequest', () => {
+      const expected = new ConfigRequest(requestService.generateRequestId(), scopedEndpoint);
+      scheduler.schedule(() => service.getConfigByName(scopeName).subscribe());
+      scheduler.flush();
+
+      expect(requestService.configure).toHaveBeenCalledWith(expected);
+    });
+  });
+
+  describe('getConfigBySearch', () => {
+
+    it('should configure a new ConfigRequest', () => {
+      findOptions.scopeID = scopeID;
+      const expected = new ConfigRequest(requestService.generateRequestId(), searchEndpoint);
+      scheduler.schedule(() => service.getConfigBySearch(findOptions).subscribe());
+      scheduler.flush();
+
+      expect(requestService.configure).toHaveBeenCalledWith(expected);
+    });
+  });
+});

src/app/core/config/config.service.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,113 @@
+import { Injectable } from '@angular/core';
+
+import { Observable } from 'rxjs/Observable';
+
+import { RequestService } from '../data/request.service';
+import { ResponseCacheService } from '../cache/response-cache.service';
+import { GlobalConfig } from '../../../config/global-config.interface';
+import { ConfigSuccessResponse, ErrorResponse, RestResponse } from '../cache/response-cache.models';
+import { ConfigRequest, FindAllOptions, RestRequest } from '../data/request.models';
+import { ResponseCacheEntry } from '../cache/response-cache.reducer';
+import { hasValue, isNotEmpty } from '../../shared/empty.util';
+import { HALEndpointService } from '../shared/hal-endpoint.service';
+import { ConfigData } from './config-data';
+
+export abstract class ConfigService extends HALEndpointService {
+  protected request: ConfigRequest;
+  protected abstract responseCache: ResponseCacheService;
+  protected abstract requestService: RequestService;
+  protected abstract linkName: string;
+  protected abstract EnvConfig: GlobalConfig;
+  protected abstract browseEndpoint: string;
+
+  protected getConfig(request: RestRequest): Observable<ConfigData> {
+    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 config`))),
+      successResponse
+        .filter((response: ConfigSuccessResponse) => isNotEmpty(response) && isNotEmpty(response.configDefinition))
+        .map((response: ConfigSuccessResponse) => new ConfigData(response.pageInfo, response.configDefinition))
+        .distinctUntilChanged());
+  }
+
+  protected getConfigByNameHref(endpoint, resourceName): string {
+    return `${endpoint}/${resourceName}`;
+  }
+
+  protected getConfigSearchHref(endpoint, options: FindAllOptions = {}): string {
+    let result;
+    const args = [];
+
+    if (hasValue(options.scopeID)) {
+      result = `${endpoint}/${this.browseEndpoint}`;
+      args.push(`uuid=${options.scopeID}`);
+    } else {
+      result = endpoint;
+    }
+
+    if (hasValue(options.currentPage) && typeof options.currentPage === 'number') {
+      /* TODO: this is a temporary fix for the pagination start index (0 or 1) discrepancy between the rest and the frontend respectively */
+      args.push(`page=${options.currentPage - 1}`);
+    }
+
+    if (hasValue(options.elementsPerPage)) {
+      args.push(`size=${options.elementsPerPage}`);
+    }
+
+    if (hasValue(options.sort)) {
+      let direction = 'asc';
+      if (options.sort.direction === 1) {
+        direction = 'desc';
+      }
+      args.push(`sort=${options.sort.field},${direction}`);
+    }
+
+    if (isNotEmpty(args)) {
+      result = `${result}?${args.join('&')}`;
+    }
+    return result;
+  }
+
+  public getConfigAll(): Observable<ConfigData> {
+    return this.getEndpoint()
+      .filter((href: string) => isNotEmpty(href))
+      .distinctUntilChanged()
+      .map((endpointURL: string) => new ConfigRequest(this.requestService.generateRequestId(), endpointURL))
+      .do((request: RestRequest) => this.requestService.configure(request))
+      .flatMap((request: RestRequest) => this.getConfig(request))
+      .distinctUntilChanged();
+  }
+
+  public getConfigByHref(href: string): Observable<ConfigData> {
+    const request = new ConfigRequest(this.requestService.generateRequestId(), href);
+    this.requestService.configure(request);
+
+    return this.getConfig(request);
+  }
+
+  public getConfigByName(name: string): Observable<ConfigData> {
+    return this.getEndpoint()
+      .map((endpoint: string) => this.getConfigByNameHref(endpoint, name))
+      .filter((href: string) => isNotEmpty(href))
+      .distinctUntilChanged()
+      .map((endpointURL: string) => new ConfigRequest(this.requestService.generateRequestId(), endpointURL))
+      .do((request: RestRequest) => this.requestService.configure(request))
+      .flatMap((request: RestRequest) => this.getConfig(request))
+      .distinctUntilChanged();
+  }
+
+  public getConfigBySearch(options: FindAllOptions = {}): Observable<ConfigData> {
+    return this.getEndpoint()
+      .map((endpoint: string) => this.getConfigSearchHref(endpoint, options))
+      .filter((href: string) => isNotEmpty(href))
+      .distinctUntilChanged()
+      .map((endpointURL: string) => new ConfigRequest(this.requestService.generateRequestId(), endpointURL))
+      .do((request: RestRequest) => this.requestService.configure(request))
+      .flatMap((request: RestRequest) => this.getConfig(request))
+      .distinctUntilChanged();
+  }
+
+}

src/app/core/config/submission-definitions-config.service.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+import { Inject, Injectable } from '@angular/core';
+
+import { ConfigService } from './config.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';
+
+@Injectable()
+export class SubmissionDefinitionsConfigService extends ConfigService {
+  protected linkName = 'submissiondefinitions';
+  protected browseEndpoint = 'search/findByCollection';
+
+  constructor(
+    protected responseCache: ResponseCacheService,
+    protected requestService: RequestService,
+    @Inject(GLOBAL_CONFIG) protected EnvConfig: GlobalConfig) {
+    super();
+  }
+
+}

src/app/core/config/submission-forms-config.service.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+import { Inject, Injectable } from '@angular/core';
+
+import { ConfigService } from './config.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';
+
+@Injectable()
+export class SubmissionFormsConfigService extends ConfigService {
+  protected linkName = 'submissionforms';
+  protected browseEndpoint = '';
+
+  constructor(
+    protected responseCache: ResponseCacheService,
+    protected requestService: RequestService,
+    @Inject(GLOBAL_CONFIG) protected EnvConfig: GlobalConfig) {
+    super();
+  }
+
+}

src/app/core/config/submission-sections-config.service.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+import { Inject, Injectable } from '@angular/core';
+
+import { ConfigService } from './config.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';
+
+@Injectable()
+export class SubmissionSectionsConfigService extends ConfigService {
+  protected linkName = 'submissionsections';
+  protected browseEndpoint = '';
+
+  constructor(
+    protected responseCache: ResponseCacheService,
+    protected requestService: RequestService,
+    @Inject(GLOBAL_CONFIG) protected EnvConfig: GlobalConfig) {
+    super();
+  }
+
+}

src/app/core/core.effects.ts

@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 
-import { ObjectCacheEffects } from './data/object-cache.effects';
-import { RequestCacheEffects } from './data/request-cache.effects';
-import { UUIDIndexEffects } from './index/uuid-index.effects';
+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';
 
 export const coreEffects = [
-  RequestCacheEffects,
+  ResponseCacheEffects,
   RequestEffects,
   ObjectCacheEffects,
   UUIDIndexEffects,

src/app/core/core.module.ts

@@ -32,7 +32,12 @@ import { ServerResponseService } from '../shared/server-response.service';
 import { NativeWindowFactory, NativeWindowService } from '../shared/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 { 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';
 
 const IMPORTS = [
   CommonModule,
@@ -66,7 +71,12 @@ const PROVIDERS = [
   ServerResponseService,
   BrowseResponseParsingService,
   BrowseService,
+  ConfigResponseParsingService,
   RouteService,
+  SubmissionDefinitionsConfigService,
+  SubmissionFormsConfigService,
+  SubmissionSectionsConfigService,
+  UUIDService,
   { provide: NativeWindowService, useFactory: NativeWindowFactory }
 ];
 

src/app/core/core.reducers.ts

@@ -2,21 +2,21 @@ import { ActionReducerMap, createFeatureSelector } from '@ngrx/store';
 
 import { responseCacheReducer, ResponseCacheState } from './cache/response-cache.reducer';
 import { objectCacheReducer, ObjectCacheState } from './cache/object-cache.reducer';
-import { uuidIndexReducer, UUIDIndexState } from './index/uuid-index.reducer';
+import { indexReducer, IndexState } from './index/index.reducer';
 import { requestReducer, RequestState } from './data/request.reducer';
 
 export interface CoreState {
   'data/object': ObjectCacheState,
   'data/response': ResponseCacheState,
   'data/request': RequestState,
-  'index/uuid': UUIDIndexState
+  'index': IndexState
 }
 
 export const coreReducers: ActionReducerMap<CoreState> = {
   'data/object': objectCacheReducer,
   'data/response': responseCacheReducer,
   'data/request': requestReducer,
-  'index/uuid': uuidIndexReducer
+  'index': indexReducer
 };
 
 export const coreSelector = createFeatureSelector<CoreState>('core');

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

@@ -0,0 +1,135 @@
+import { hasNoValue, hasValue, isNotEmpty } from '../../shared/empty.util';
+import { DSpaceRESTv2Serializer } from '../dspace-rest-v2/dspace-rest-v2.serializer';
+import { CacheableObject } from '../cache/object-cache.reducer';
+import { PageInfo } from '../shared/page-info.model';
+import { ObjectCacheService } from '../cache/object-cache.service';
+import { GlobalConfig } from '../../../config/global-config.interface';
+import { NormalizedObject } from '../cache/models/normalized-object.model';
+import { GenericConstructor } from '../shared/generic-constructor';
+
+function isObjectLevel(halObj: any) {
+  return isNotEmpty(halObj._links) && hasValue(halObj._links.self);
+}
+
+function isPaginatedResponse(halObj: any) {
+  return isNotEmpty(halObj.page) && hasValue(halObj._embedded);
+}
+
+/* tslint:disable:max-classes-per-file */
+
+class ProcessRequestDTO<ObjectDomain> {
+  [key: string]: ObjectDomain[]
+}
+
+export abstract class BaseResponseParsingService {
+  protected abstract EnvConfig: GlobalConfig;
+  protected abstract objectCache: ObjectCacheService;
+  protected abstract objectFactory: any;
+  protected abstract toCache: boolean;
+
+  protected process<ObjectDomain,ObjectType>(data: any, requestHref: string): ProcessRequestDTO<ObjectDomain> {
+
+    if (isNotEmpty(data)) {
+      if (isPaginatedResponse(data)) {
+        return this.process(data._embedded, requestHref);
+      } else if (isObjectLevel(data)) {
+        return { topLevel: this.deserializeAndCache(data, requestHref) };
+      } else {
+        const result = new ProcessRequestDTO<ObjectDomain>();
+        if (Array.isArray(data)) {
+          result.topLevel = [];
+          data.forEach((datum) => {
+            if (isPaginatedResponse(datum)) {
+              const obj = this.process(datum, requestHref);
+              result.topLevel = [...result.topLevel, ...this.flattenSingleKeyObject(obj)];
+            } else {
+              result.topLevel = [...result.topLevel, ...this.deserializeAndCache<ObjectDomain,ObjectType>(datum, requestHref)];
+            }
+          });
+        } else {
+          Object.keys(data)
+            .filter((property) => data.hasOwnProperty(property))
+            .filter((property) => hasValue(data[property]))
+            .forEach((property) => {
+              if (isPaginatedResponse(data[property])) {
+                const obj = this.process(data[property], requestHref);
+                result[property] = this.flattenSingleKeyObject(obj);
+              } else {
+                result[property] = this.deserializeAndCache(data[property], requestHref);
+              }
+            });
+        }
+        return result;
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+  protected deserializeAndCache<ObjectDomain,ObjectType>(obj, requestHref: string): ObjectDomain[] {
+    if (Array.isArray(obj)) {
+      let result = [];
+      obj.forEach((o) => result = [...result, ...this.deserializeAndCache<ObjectDomain,ObjectType>(o, requestHref)]);
+      return result;
+    }
+
+    const type: ObjectType = obj.type;
+    if (hasValue(type)) {
+      const normObjConstructor = this.objectFactory.getConstructor(type) as GenericConstructor<ObjectDomain>;
+
+      if (hasValue(normObjConstructor)) {
+        const serializer = new DSpaceRESTv2Serializer(normObjConstructor);
+
+        let processed;
+        if (isNotEmpty(obj._embedded)) {
+          processed = this.process<ObjectDomain,ObjectType>(obj._embedded, requestHref);
+        }
+        const normalizedObj: any = serializer.deserialize(obj);
+
+        if (isNotEmpty(processed)) {
+          const processedList = {};
+          Object.keys(processed).forEach((key) => {
+            processedList[key] = processed[key].map((no: NormalizedObject) => (this.toCache) ? no.self : no);
+          });
+          Object.assign(normalizedObj, processedList);
+        }
+
+        if (this.toCache) {
+          this.addToObjectCache(normalizedObj, requestHref);
+        }
+        return [normalizedObj] as any;
+
+      } else {
+        // TODO: move check to Validator?
+        // throw new Error(`The server returned an object with an unknown a known type: ${type}`);
+        return [];
+      }
+
+    } else {
+      // TODO: move check to Validator
+      // throw new Error(`The server returned an object without a type: ${JSON.stringify(obj)}`);
+      return [];
+    }
+  }
+
+  protected addToObjectCache(co: CacheableObject, requestHref: string): void {
+    if (hasNoValue(co) || hasNoValue(co.self)) {
+      throw new Error('The server returned an invalid object');
+    }
+    this.objectCache.add(co, this.EnvConfig.cache.msToLive, requestHref);
+  }
+
+  protected processPageInfo(pageObj: any): PageInfo {
+    if (isNotEmpty(pageObj)) {
+      return new DSpaceRESTv2Serializer(PageInfo).deserialize(pageObj);
+    } else {
+      return undefined;
+    }
+  }
+
+  protected flattenSingleKeyObject(obj: any): any {
+    const keys = Object.keys(obj);
+    if (keys.length !== 1) {
+      throw new Error(`Expected an object with a single key, got: ${JSON.stringify(obj)}`);
+    }
+    return obj[keys[0]];
+  }
+}

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

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import { BrowseResponseParsingService } from './browse-response-parsing.service'
 import { BrowseEndpointRequest } from './request.models';
 import { BrowseSuccessResponse, ErrorResponse } from '../cache/response-cache.models';
 import { BrowseDefinition } from '../shared/browse-definition.model';
+import { DSpaceRESTV2Response } from '../dspace-rest-v2/dspace-rest-v2-response.model';
 
 describe('BrowseResponseParsingService', () => {
   let service: BrowseResponseParsingService;
@@ -11,7 +12,7 @@ describe('BrowseResponseParsingService', () => {
   });
 
   describe('parse', () => {
-    const validRequest = new BrowseEndpointRequest('https://rest.api/discover/browses');
+    const validRequest = new BrowseEndpointRequest('clients/b186e8ce-e99c-4183-bc9a-42b4821bdb78', 'https://rest.api/discover/browses');
 
     const validResponse = {
       payload: {
@@ -48,7 +49,7 @@ describe('BrowseResponseParsingService', () => {
         _links: { self: { href: 'https://rest.api/discover/browses' } },
         page: { size: 20, totalElements: 2, totalPages: 1, number: 0 }
       }, statusCode: '200'
-    };
+    } as DSpaceRESTV2Response;
 
     const invalidResponse1 = {
       payload: {
@@ -71,22 +72,21 @@ describe('BrowseResponseParsingService', () => {
         _links: { self: { href: 'https://rest.api/discover/browses' } },
         page: { size: 20, totalElements: 2, totalPages: 1, number: 0 }
       }, statusCode: '200'
-    };
+    } as DSpaceRESTV2Response;
 
     const invalidResponse2 = {
       payload: {
-        browses: [{}, {}],
         _links: { self: { href: 'https://rest.api/discover/browses' } },
         page: { size: 20, totalElements: 2, totalPages: 1, number: 0 }
       }, statusCode: '200'
-    };
+    } as DSpaceRESTV2Response ;
 
     const invalidResponse3 = {
       payload: {
         _links: { self: { href: 'https://rest.api/discover/browses' } },
         page: { size: 20, totalElements: 2, totalPages: 1, number: 0 }
       }, statusCode: '500'
-    };
+    } as DSpaceRESTV2Response;
 
     const definitions = [
       Object.assign(new BrowseDefinition(), {

src/app/core/data/comcol-data.service.spec.ts

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import { Store } from '@ngrx/store';
 import { cold, getTestScheduler, hot } from 'jasmine-marbles';
 import { TestScheduler } from 'rxjs/Rx';
 import { GlobalConfig } from '../../../config';
+import { getMockRequestService } from '../../shared/mocks/mock-request.service';
 import { RemoteDataBuildService } from '../cache/builders/remote-data-build.service';
 import { NormalizedCommunity } from '../cache/models/normalized-community.model';
 import { CacheableObject } from '../cache/object-cache.reducer';
@@ -62,11 +63,7 @@ describe('ComColDataService', () => {
     });
   }
 
-  function initMockRequestService(): RequestService {
-    return jasmine.createSpyObj('requestService', ['configure']);
-  }
-
-  function initMockResponceCacheService(isSuccessful: boolean): ResponseCacheService {
+  function initMockResponseCacheService(isSuccessful: boolean): ResponseCacheService {
     return jasmine.createSpyObj('responseCache', {
       get: cold('c-', {
         c: { response: { isSuccessful } }
@@ -105,12 +102,12 @@ describe('ComColDataService', () => {
 
     it('should configure a new FindByIDRequest for the scope Community', () => {
       cds = initMockCommunityDataService();
-      requestService = initMockRequestService();
+      requestService = getMockRequestService();
       objectCache = initMockObjectCacheService();
-      responseCache = initMockResponceCacheService(true);
+      responseCache = initMockResponseCacheService(true);
       service = initTestService();
 
-      const expected = new FindByIDRequest(communityEndpoint, scopeID);
+      const expected = new FindByIDRequest(requestService.generateRequestId(), communityEndpoint, scopeID);
 
       scheduler.schedule(() => service.getScopedEndpoint(scopeID).subscribe());
       scheduler.flush();
@@ -121,9 +118,9 @@ describe('ComColDataService', () => {
     describe('if the scope Community can be found', () => {
       beforeEach(() => {
         cds = initMockCommunityDataService();
-        requestService = initMockRequestService();
+        requestService = getMockRequestService();
         objectCache = initMockObjectCacheService();
-        responseCache = initMockResponceCacheService(true);
+        responseCache = initMockResponseCacheService(true);
         service = initTestService();
       });
 
@@ -144,9 +141,9 @@ describe('ComColDataService', () => {
     describe('if the scope Community can\'t be found', () => {
       beforeEach(() => {
         cds = initMockCommunityDataService();
-        requestService = initMockRequestService();
+        requestService = getMockRequestService();
         objectCache = initMockObjectCacheService();
-        responseCache = initMockResponceCacheService(false);
+        responseCache = initMockResponseCacheService(false);
         service = initTestService();
       });
 
@@ -161,14 +158,14 @@ describe('ComColDataService', () => {
     describe('if the scope is not specified', () => {
       beforeEach(() => {
         cds = initMockCommunityDataService();
-        requestService = initMockRequestService();
+        requestService = getMockRequestService();
         objectCache = initMockObjectCacheService();
-        responseCache = initMockResponceCacheService(true);
+        responseCache = initMockResponseCacheService(true);
         service = initTestService();
       });
 
       it('should return this.getEndpoint()', () => {
-        spyOn(service, 'getEndpoint').and.returnValue(cold('--e-', { e: serviceEndpoint }))
+        spyOn(service, 'getEndpoint').and.returnValue(cold('--e-', { e: serviceEndpoint }));
 
         const result = service.getScopedEndpoint(undefined);
         const expected = cold('--f-', { f: serviceEndpoint });

src/app/core/data/comcol-data.service.ts

@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ export abstract class ComColDataService<TNormalized extends CacheableObject, TDo
         .filter((href: string) => isNotEmpty(href))
         .take(1)
         .do((href: string) => {
-          const request = new FindByIDRequest(href, scopeID);
+          const request = new FindByIDRequest(this.requestService.generateRequestId(), href, scopeID);
           this.requestService.configure(request);
         });
 

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

@@ -0,0 +1,241 @@
+import { ConfigSuccessResponse, ErrorResponse } from '../cache/response-cache.models';
+import { DSpaceRESTV2Response } from '../dspace-rest-v2/dspace-rest-v2-response.model';
+import { ConfigResponseParsingService } from './config-response-parsing.service';
+import { ObjectCacheService } from '../cache/object-cache.service';
+import { GlobalConfig } from '../../../config/global-config.interface';
+import { ConfigRequest } from './request.models';
+
+import { Store } from '@ngrx/store';
+import { CoreState } from '../core.reducers';
+import { SubmissionDefinitionsModel } from '../shared/config/config-submission-definitions.model';
+import { SubmissionSectionModel } from '../shared/config/config-submission-section.model';
+
+describe('ConfigResponseParsingService', () => {
+  let service: ConfigResponseParsingService;
+
+  const EnvConfig = {} as GlobalConfig;
+  const store = {} as Store<CoreState>;
+  const objectCacheService = new ObjectCacheService(store);
+
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    service = new ConfigResponseParsingService(EnvConfig, objectCacheService);
+  });
+
+  describe('parse', () => {
+    const validRequest = new ConfigRequest('69f375b5-19f4-4453-8c7a-7dc5c55aafbb', 'https://rest.api/config/submissiondefinitions/traditional');
+
+    const validResponse = {
+      payload: {
+        id:'traditional',
+        name:'traditional',
+        type:'submissiondefinition',
+        isDefault:true,
+        _links:{
+          sections:{
+            href:'https://rest.api/config/submissiondefinitions/traditional/sections'
+          },self:{
+            href:'https://rest.api/config/submissiondefinitions/traditional'
+          }
+        },
+        _embedded:{
+          sections:{
+            page:{
+              number:0,
+              size:4,
+              totalPages:1,totalElements:4
+            },
+            _embedded:[
+              {
+                id:'traditionalpageone',header:'submit.progressbar.describe.stepone',
+                mandatory:true,
+                sectionType:'submission-form',
+                visibility:{
+                  main:null,
+                  other:'READONLY'
+                },
+                type:'submissionsection',
+                _links:{
+                  self:{
+                    href:'https://rest.api/config/submissionsections/traditionalpageone'
+                  },
+                  config:{
+                    href:'https://rest.api/config/submissionforms/traditionalpageone'
+                  }
+                }
+              }, {
+                id:'traditionalpagetwo',
+                header:'submit.progressbar.describe.steptwo',
+                mandatory:true,
+                sectionType:'submission-form',
+                visibility:{
+                  main:null,
+                  other:'READONLY'
+                },
+                type:'submissionsection',
+                _links:{
+                  self:{
+                    href:'https://rest.api/config/submissionsections/traditionalpagetwo'
+                  },
+                  config:{
+                    href:'https://rest.api/config/submissionforms/traditionalpagetwo'
+                  }
+                }
+              }, {
+                id:'upload',
+                header:'submit.progressbar.upload',
+                mandatory:false,
+                sectionType:'upload',
+                visibility:{
+                  main:null,
+                  other:'READONLY'
+                },
+                type:'submissionsection',
+                _links:{
+                  self:{
+                    href:'https://rest.api/config/submissionsections/upload'
+                  },
+                  config: {
+                    href:'https://rest.api/config/submissionuploads/upload'
+                  }
+                }
+              }, {
+                id:'license',
+                header:'submit.progressbar.license',
+                mandatory:true,
+                sectionType:'license',
+                visibility:{
+                  main:null,
+                  other:'READONLY'
+                },
+                type:'submissionsection',
+                _links:{
+                  self:{
+                    href:'https://rest.api/config/submissionsections/license'
+                  }
+                }
+              }
+            ],
+            _links:{
+              self:'https://rest.api/config/submissiondefinitions/traditional/sections'
+            }
+          }
+        }
+      },
+      statusCode:'200'
+    };
+
+    const invalidResponse1 = {
+      payload: {},
+      statusCode:'200'
+    };
+
+    const invalidResponse2 = {
+      payload: {
+        id:'traditional',
+        name:'traditional',
+        type:'submissiondefinition',
+        isDefault:true,
+        _links:{},
+        _embedded:{
+          sections:{
+            page:{
+              number:0,
+              size:4,
+              totalPages:1,totalElements:4
+            },
+            _embedded:[{},{}],
+            _links:{
+              self:'https://rest.api/config/submissiondefinitions/traditional/sections'
+            }
+          }
+        }
+      },
+      statusCode:'200'
+    };
+
+    const invalidResponse3 = {
+      payload: {
+        _links: { self: { href: 'https://rest.api/config/submissiondefinitions/traditional' } },
+        page: { size: 20, totalElements: 2, totalPages: 1, number: 0 }
+      }, statusCode: '500'
+    };
+
+    const definitions = [
+      Object.assign(new SubmissionDefinitionsModel(), {
+        isDefault: true,
+        name: 'traditional',
+        type: 'submissiondefinition',
+        _links: {},
+        sections: [
+          Object.assign(new SubmissionSectionModel(), {
+            header: 'submit.progressbar.describe.stepone',
+            mandatory: true,
+            sectionType: 'submission-form',
+            visibility:{
+              main:null,
+              other:'READONLY'
+            },
+            type: 'submissionsection',
+            _links: {}
+          }),
+          Object.assign(new SubmissionSectionModel(), {
+            header: 'submit.progressbar.describe.steptwo',
+            mandatory: true,
+            sectionType: 'submission-form',
+            visibility:{
+              main:null,
+              other:'READONLY'
+            },
+            type: 'submissionsection',
+            _links: {}
+          }),
+          Object.assign(new SubmissionSectionModel(), {
+            header: 'submit.progressbar.upload',
+            mandatory: false,
+            sectionType: 'upload',
+            visibility:{
+              main:null,
+              other:'READONLY'
+            },
+            type: 'submissionsection',
+            _links: {}
+          }),
+          Object.assign(new SubmissionSectionModel(), {
+            header: 'submit.progressbar.license',
+            mandatory: true,
+            sectionType: 'license',
+            visibility:{
+              main:null,
+              other:'READONLY'
+            },
+            type: 'submissionsection',
+            _links: {}
+          })
+        ]
+      })
+    ];
+
+    it('should return a ConfigSuccessResponse if data contains a valid config endpoint response', () => {
+      const response = service.parse(validRequest, validResponse);
+      expect(response.constructor).toBe(ConfigSuccessResponse);
+    });
+
+    it('should return an ErrorResponse if data contains an invalid config endpoint response', () => {
+      const response1 = service.parse(validRequest, invalidResponse1);
+      const response2 = service.parse(validRequest, invalidResponse2);
+      expect(response1.constructor).toBe(ErrorResponse);
+      expect(response2.constructor).toBe(ErrorResponse);
+    });
+
+    it('should return an ErrorResponse if data contains a statuscode other than 200', () => {
+      const response = service.parse(validRequest, invalidResponse3);
+      expect(response.constructor).toBe(ErrorResponse);
+    });
+
+    it('should return a ConfigSuccessResponse with the ConfigDefinitions in data', () => {
+      const response = service.parse(validRequest, validResponse);
+      expect((response as any).configDefinition).toEqual(definitions);
+    });
+
+  });
+});

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

@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+import { Inject, 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 { ConfigSuccessResponse, ErrorResponse, RestResponse } from '../cache/response-cache.models';
+import { isNotEmpty } from '../../shared/empty.util';
+import { ConfigObjectFactory } from '../shared/config/config-object-factory';
+
+import { ConfigObject } from '../shared/config/config.model';
+import { ConfigType } from '../shared/config/config-type';
+import { BaseResponseParsingService } from './base-response-parsing.service';
+import { GLOBAL_CONFIG } from '../../../config';
+import { GlobalConfig } from '../../../config/global-config.interface';
+import { ObjectCacheService } from '../cache/object-cache.service';
+
+@Injectable()
+export class ConfigResponseParsingService extends BaseResponseParsingService implements ResponseParsingService {
+
+  protected objectFactory = ConfigObjectFactory;
+  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') {
+      const configDefinition = this.process<ConfigObject,ConfigType>(data.payload, request.href);
+      return new ConfigSuccessResponse(configDefinition[Object.keys(configDefinition)[0]], data.statusCode, this.processPageInfo(data.payload.page));
+    } else {
+      return new ErrorResponse(
+        Object.assign(
+          new Error('Unexpected response from config endpoint'),
+          {statusText: data.statusCode}
+        )
+      );
+    }
+  }
+
+}

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

@@ -8,10 +8,11 @@ import { ResponseCacheService } from '../cache/response-cache.service';
 import { CoreState } from '../core.reducers';
 import { GenericConstructor } from '../shared/generic-constructor';
 import { HALEndpointService } from '../shared/hal-endpoint.service';
-import { RemoteData } from './remote-data';
-import { FindAllOptions, FindAllRequest, FindByIDRequest, RestRequest } from './request.models';
-import { RequestService } from './request.service';
 import { URLCombiner } from '../url-combiner/url-combiner';
+import { PaginatedList } from './paginated-list';
+import { RemoteData } from './remote-data';
+import { FindAllOptions, FindAllRequest, FindByIDRequest, GetRequest } from './request.models';
+import { RequestService } from './request.service';
 
 export abstract class DataService<TNormalized extends CacheableObject, TDomain> extends HALEndpointService {
   protected abstract responseCache: ResponseCacheService;
@@ -63,7 +64,7 @@ export abstract class DataService<TNormalized extends CacheableObject, TDomain>
     }
   }
 
-  findAll(options: FindAllOptions = {}): Observable<RemoteData<TDomain[]>> {
+  findAll(options: FindAllOptions = {}): Observable<RemoteData<PaginatedList<TDomain>>> {
     const hrefObs = this.getEndpoint().filter((href: string) => isNotEmpty(href))
       .flatMap((endpoint: string) => this.getFindAllHref(endpoint, options));
 
@@ -71,11 +72,11 @@ export abstract class DataService<TNormalized extends CacheableObject, TDomain>
       .filter((href: string) => hasValue(href))
       .take(1)
       .subscribe((href: string) => {
-        const request = new FindAllRequest(href, options);
+        const request = new FindAllRequest(this.requestService.generateRequestId(), href, options);
         this.requestService.configure(request);
       });
 
-    return this.rdbService.buildList<TNormalized, TDomain>(hrefObs, this.normalizedResourceType);
+    return this.rdbService.buildList<TNormalized, TDomain>(hrefObs, this.normalizedResourceType) as Observable<RemoteData<PaginatedList<TDomain>>>;
   }
 
   getFindByIDHref(endpoint, resourceID): string {
@@ -90,7 +91,7 @@ export abstract class DataService<TNormalized extends CacheableObject, TDomain>
       .filter((href: string) => hasValue(href))
       .take(1)
       .subscribe((href: string) => {
-        const request = new FindByIDRequest(href, id);
+        const request = new FindByIDRequest(this.requestService.generateRequestId(), href, id);
         this.requestService.configure(request);
       });
 
@@ -98,8 +99,25 @@ export abstract class DataService<TNormalized extends CacheableObject, TDomain>
   }
 
   findByHref(href: string): Observable<RemoteData<TDomain>> {
-    this.requestService.configure(new RestRequest(href));
+    this.requestService.configure(new GetRequest(this.requestService.generateRequestId(), href));
     return this.rdbService.buildSingle<TNormalized, TDomain>(href, this.normalizedResourceType);
   }
 
+  // TODO implement, after the structure of the REST server's POST response is finalized
+  // create(dso: DSpaceObject): Observable<RemoteData<TDomain>> {
+  //   const postHrefObs = this.getEndpoint();
+  //
+  //   // TODO ID is unknown at this point
+  //   const idHrefObs = postHrefObs.map((href: string) => this.getFindByIDHref(href, dso.id));
+  //
+  //   postHrefObs
+  //     .filter((href: string) => hasValue(href))
+  //     .take(1)
+  //     .subscribe((href: string) => {
+  //       const request = new RestRequest(this.requestService.generateRequestId(), href, RestRequestMethod.Post, dso);
+  //       this.requestService.configure(request);
+  //     });
+  //
+  //   return this.rdbService.buildSingle<TNormalized, TDomain>(idHrefObs, this.normalizedResourceType);
+  // }
 }

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

@@ -1,149 +1,34 @@
-import { ObjectCacheService } from '../cache/object-cache.service';
 import { Inject, Injectable } from '@angular/core';
+
+import { ObjectCacheService } from '../cache/object-cache.service';
 import { GlobalConfig } from '../../../config/global-config.interface';
 import { GLOBAL_CONFIG } from '../../../config';
 import { NormalizedObject } from '../cache/models/normalized-object.model';
-import { hasNoValue, hasValue, isNotEmpty } from '../../shared/empty.util';
 import { ResourceType } from '../shared/resource-type';
 import { NormalizedObjectFactory } from '../cache/models/normalized-object-factory';
-import { DSpaceRESTv2Serializer } from '../dspace-rest-v2/dspace-rest-v2.serializer';
-import { CacheableObject } from '../cache/object-cache.reducer';
 import { DSpaceRESTV2Response } from '../dspace-rest-v2/dspace-rest-v2-response.model';
 import { RestResponse, DSOSuccessResponse } from '../cache/response-cache.models';
 import { RestRequest } from './request.models';
-import { PageInfo } from '../shared/page-info.model';
+
 import { ResponseParsingService } from './parsing.service';
-
-function isObjectLevel(halObj: any) {
-  return isNotEmpty(halObj._links) && hasValue(halObj._links.self);
-}
-
-function isPaginatedResponse(halObj: any) {
-  return isNotEmpty(halObj.page) && hasValue(halObj._embedded);
-}
-
-function flattenSingleKeyObject(obj: any): any {
-  const keys = Object.keys(obj);
-  if (keys.length !== 1) {
-    throw new Error(`Expected an object with a single key, got: ${JSON.stringify(obj)}`);
-  }
-  return obj[keys[0]];
-}
-
-/* tslint:disable:max-classes-per-file */
-class ProcessRequestDTO {
-  [key: string]: NormalizedObject[]
-}
+import { BaseResponseParsingService } from './base-response-parsing.service';
 
 @Injectable()
-export class DSOResponseParsingService implements ResponseParsingService {
+export class DSOResponseParsingService extends BaseResponseParsingService implements ResponseParsingService {
+
+  protected objectFactory = NormalizedObjectFactory;
+  protected toCache = true;
+
   constructor(
-    @Inject(GLOBAL_CONFIG) private EnvConfig: GlobalConfig,
-    private objectCache: ObjectCacheService,
-  ) {
+    @Inject(GLOBAL_CONFIG) protected EnvConfig: GlobalConfig,
+    protected objectCache: ObjectCacheService,
+  ) { super();
   }
 
   parse(request: RestRequest, data: DSpaceRESTV2Response): RestResponse {
-    const processRequestDTO = this.process(data.payload, request.href);
-    const selfLinks = flattenSingleKeyObject(processRequestDTO).map((no) => no.self);
+    const processRequestDTO = this.process<NormalizedObject,ResourceType>(data.payload, request.href);
+    const selfLinks = this.flattenSingleKeyObject(processRequestDTO).map((no) => no.self);
     return new DSOSuccessResponse(selfLinks, data.statusCode, this.processPageInfo(data.payload.page))
   }
 
-  protected process(data: any, requestHref: string): ProcessRequestDTO {
-
-    if (isNotEmpty(data)) {
-      if (isPaginatedResponse(data)) {
-        return this.process(data._embedded, requestHref);
-      } else if (isObjectLevel(data)) {
-        return { topLevel: this.deserializeAndCache(data, requestHref) };
-      } else {
-        const result = new ProcessRequestDTO();
-        if (Array.isArray(data)) {
-          result.topLevel = [];
-          data.forEach((datum) => {
-            if (isPaginatedResponse(datum)) {
-              const obj = this.process(datum, requestHref);
-              result.topLevel = [...result.topLevel, ...flattenSingleKeyObject(obj)];
-            } else {
-              result.topLevel = [...result.topLevel, ...this.deserializeAndCache(datum, requestHref)];
-            }
-          });
-        } else {
-          Object.keys(data)
-            .filter((property) => data.hasOwnProperty(property))
-            .filter((property) => hasValue(data[property]))
-            .forEach((property) => {
-              if (isPaginatedResponse(data[property])) {
-                const obj = this.process(data[property], requestHref);
-                result[property] = flattenSingleKeyObject(obj);
-              } else {
-                result[property] = this.deserializeAndCache(data[property], requestHref);
-              }
-            });
-        }
-        return result;
-      }
-    }
-  }
-
-  protected deserializeAndCache(obj, requestHref: string): NormalizedObject[] {
-    if (Array.isArray(obj)) {
-      let result = [];
-      obj.forEach((o) => result = [...result, ...this.deserializeAndCache(o, requestHref)])
-      return result;
-    }
-
-    const type: ResourceType = obj.type;
-    if (hasValue(type)) {
-      const normObjConstructor = NormalizedObjectFactory.getConstructor(type);
-
-      if (hasValue(normObjConstructor)) {
-        const serializer = new DSpaceRESTv2Serializer(normObjConstructor);
-
-        let processed;
-        if (isNotEmpty(obj._embedded)) {
-          processed = this.process(obj._embedded, requestHref);
-        }
-        const normalizedObj = serializer.deserialize(obj);
-
-        if (isNotEmpty(processed)) {
-          const linksOnly = {};
-          Object.keys(processed).forEach((key) => {
-            linksOnly[key] = processed[key].map((no: NormalizedObject) => no.self);
-          });
-          Object.assign(normalizedObj, linksOnly);
-        }
-
-        this.addToObjectCache(normalizedObj, requestHref);
-        return [normalizedObj];
-
-      } else {
-        // TODO: move check to Validator?
-        // throw new Error(`The server returned an object with an unknown a known type: ${type}`);
-        return [];
-      }
-
-    } else {
-      // TODO: move check to Validator
-      // throw new Error(`The server returned an object without a type: ${JSON.stringify(obj)}`);
-      return [];
-    }
-  }
-
-  protected addToObjectCache(co: CacheableObject, requestHref: string): void {
-    if (hasNoValue(co) || hasNoValue(co.self)) {
-      throw new Error('The server returned an invalid object');
-    }
-    this.objectCache.add(co, this.EnvConfig.cache.msToLive, requestHref);
-  }
-
-  protected processPageInfo(pageObj: any): PageInfo {
-    if (isNotEmpty(pageObj)) {
-      return new DSpaceRESTv2Serializer(PageInfo).deserialize(pageObj);
-    } else {
-      return undefined;
-    }
-  }
-
 }
-/* tslint:enable:max-classes-per-file */

src/app/core/data/paginated-list.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+import { PageInfo } from '../shared/page-info.model';
+
+export class PaginatedList<T> {
+
+  constructor(
+    private pageInfo: PageInfo,
+    public page: T[]
+  ) {
+  }
+
+  get elementsPerPage(): number {
+    return this.pageInfo.elementsPerPage;
+  }
+
+  set elementsPerPage(value: number) {
+    this.pageInfo.elementsPerPage = value;
+  }
+
+  get totalElements(): number {
+    return this.pageInfo.totalElements;
+  }
+
+  set totalElements(value: number) {
+    this.pageInfo.totalElements = value;
+  }
+
+  get totalPages(): number {
+    return this.pageInfo.totalPages;
+  }
+
+  set totalPages(value: number) {
+    this.pageInfo.totalPages = value;
+  }
+
+  get currentPage(): number {
+    return this.pageInfo.currentPage;
+  }
+
+  set currentPage(value: number) {
+    this.pageInfo.currentPage = value;
+  }
+}

src/app/core/data/remote-data-error.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+export class RemoteDataError {
+  constructor(
+    public statusCode: string,
+    public message: string
+  ) {
+  }
+}

src/app/core/data/remote-data.ts

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-import { PageInfo } from '../shared/page-info.model';
 import { hasValue } from '../../shared/empty.util';
+import { RemoteDataError } from './remote-data-error';
 
 export enum RemoteDataState {
   RequestPending = 'RequestPending',
@@ -13,21 +13,18 @@ export enum RemoteDataState {
  */
 export class RemoteData<T> {
   constructor(
-    public self: string,
     private requestPending: boolean,
     private responsePending: boolean,
-    private isSuccessFul: boolean,
-    public errorMessage: string,
-    public statusCode: string,
-    public pageInfo: PageInfo,
+    private isSuccessful: boolean,
+    public error: RemoteDataError,
     public payload: T
   ) {
   }
 
   get state(): RemoteDataState {
-    if (this.isSuccessFul === true && hasValue(this.payload)) {
+    if (this.isSuccessful === true && hasValue(this.payload)) {
       return RemoteDataState.Success
-    } else if (this.isSuccessFul === false) {
+    } else if (this.isSuccessful === false) {
       return RemoteDataState.Failed
     } else if (this.requestPending === true) {
       return RemoteDataState.RequestPending

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

@@ -27,8 +27,14 @@ export class RequestExecuteAction implements Action {
   type = RequestActionTypes.EXECUTE;
   payload: string;
 
-  constructor(key: string) {
-    this.payload = key
+  /**
+   * Create a new RequestExecuteAction
+   *
+   * @param uuid
+   *    the request's uuid
+   */
+  constructor(uuid: string) {
+    this.payload = uuid
   }
 }
 
@@ -42,11 +48,11 @@ export class RequestCompleteAction implements Action {
   /**
    * Create a new RequestCompleteAction
    *
-   * @param key
-   *    the key under which  this request is stored,
+   * @param uuid
+   *    the request's uuid
    */
-  constructor(key: string) {
-    this.payload = key;
+  constructor(uuid: string) {
+    this.payload = uuid;
   }
 }
 /* tslint:enable:max-classes-per-file */

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

@@ -1,18 +1,23 @@
 import { Inject, Injectable, Injector } from '@angular/core';
+import { Request } from '@angular/http';
+import { RequestArgs } from '@angular/http/src/interfaces';
 import { Actions, Effect } from '@ngrx/effects';
 // tslint:disable-next-line:import-blacklist
 import { Observable } from 'rxjs';
 
 import { GLOBAL_CONFIG, GlobalConfig } from '../../../config';
+import { isNotEmpty } from '../../shared/empty.util';
 import { ErrorResponse, RestResponse } from '../cache/response-cache.models';
 import { ResponseCacheService } from '../cache/response-cache.service';
 import { DSpaceRESTV2Response } from '../dspace-rest-v2/dspace-rest-v2-response.model';
 
 import { DSpaceRESTv2Service } from '../dspace-rest-v2/dspace-rest-v2.service';
 import { RequestActionTypes, RequestCompleteAction, RequestExecuteAction } from './request.actions';
-import { RequestError } from './request.models';
+import { RequestError, RestRequest } from './request.models';
 import { RequestEntry } from './request.reducer';
 import { RequestService } from './request.service';
+import { DSpaceRESTv2Serializer } from '../dspace-rest-v2/dspace-rest-v2.serializer';
+import { NormalizedObjectFactory } from '../cache/models/normalized-object-factory';
 
 @Injectable()
 export class RequestEffects {
@@ -20,18 +25,24 @@ export class RequestEffects {
   @Effect() execute = this.actions$
     .ofType(RequestActionTypes.EXECUTE)
     .flatMap((action: RequestExecuteAction) => {
-      return this.requestService.get(action.payload)
+      return this.requestService.getByUUID(action.payload)
         .take(1);
     })
-    .flatMap((entry: RequestEntry) => {
-      return this.restApi.get(entry.request.href)
+    .map((entry: RequestEntry) => entry.request)
+    .flatMap((request: RestRequest) => {
+      let body;
+      if (isNotEmpty(request.body)) {
+        const serializer = new DSpaceRESTv2Serializer(NormalizedObjectFactory.getConstructor(request.body.type));
+        body = JSON.stringify(serializer.serialize(request.body));
+      }
+      return this.restApi.request(request.method, request.href, body)
         .map((data: DSpaceRESTV2Response) =>
-          this.injector.get(entry.request.getResponseParser()).parse(entry.request, data))
-        .do((response: RestResponse) => this.responseCache.add(entry.request.href, response, this.EnvConfig.cache.msToLive))
-        .map((response: RestResponse) => new RequestCompleteAction(entry.request.href))
+          this.injector.get(request.getResponseParser()).parse(request, data))
+        .do((response: RestResponse) => this.responseCache.add(request.href, response, this.EnvConfig.cache.msToLive))
+        .map((response: RestResponse) => new RequestCompleteAction(request.uuid))
         .catch((error: RequestError) => Observable.of(new ErrorResponse(error))
-          .do((response: RestResponse) => this.responseCache.add(entry.request.href, response, this.EnvConfig.cache.msToLive))
-          .map((response: RestResponse) => new RequestCompleteAction(entry.request.href)));
+          .do((response: RestResponse) => this.responseCache.add(request.href, response, this.EnvConfig.cache.msToLive))
+          .map((response: RestResponse) => new RequestCompleteAction(request.uuid)));
     });
 
   constructor(

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

@@ -6,24 +6,120 @@ import { DSOResponseParsingService } from './dso-response-parsing.service';
 import { ResponseParsingService } from './parsing.service';
 import { RootResponseParsingService } from './root-response-parsing.service';
 import { BrowseResponseParsingService } from './browse-response-parsing.service';
+import { ConfigResponseParsingService } from './config-response-parsing.service';
 
 /* tslint:disable:max-classes-per-file */
-export class RestRequest {
+
+/**
+ * Represents a Request Method.
+ *
+ * I didn't reuse the RequestMethod enum in @angular/http because
+ * it uses numbers. The string values here are more clear when
+ * debugging.
+ *
+ * The ones commented out are still unsupported in the rest of the codebase
+ */
+export enum RestRequestMethod {
+  Get = 'GET',
+  Post = 'POST',
+  Put = 'PUT',
+  Delete = 'DELETE',
+  Options = 'OPTIONS',
+  Head = 'HEAD',
+  Patch = 'PATCH'
+}
+
+export abstract class RestRequest {
   constructor(
+    public uuid: string,
     public href: string,
-  ) { }
+    public method: RestRequestMethod = RestRequestMethod.Get,
+    public body?: any
+  ) {
+  }
 
   getResponseParser(): GenericConstructor<ResponseParsingService> {
     return DSOResponseParsingService;
   }
 }
 
-export class FindByIDRequest extends RestRequest {
+export class GetRequest extends RestRequest {
   constructor(
+    public uuid: string,
+    public href: string,
+    public body?: any
+  )  {
+    super(uuid, href, RestRequestMethod.Get, body)
+  }
+}
+
+export class PostRequest extends RestRequest {
+  constructor(
+    public uuid: string,
+    public href: string,
+    public body?: any
+  )  {
+    super(uuid, href, RestRequestMethod.Post, body)
+  }
+}
+
+export class PutRequest extends RestRequest {
+  constructor(
+    public uuid: string,
+    public href: string,
+    public body?: any
+  )  {
+    super(uuid, href, RestRequestMethod.Put, body)
+  }
+}
+
+export class DeleteRequest extends RestRequest {
+  constructor(
+    public uuid: string,
+    public href: string,
+    public body?: any
+  )  {
+    super(uuid, href, RestRequestMethod.Delete, body)
+  }
+}
+
+export class OptionsRequest extends RestRequest {
+  constructor(
+    public uuid: string,
+    public href: string,
+    public body?: any
+  )  {
+    super(uuid, href, RestRequestMethod.Options, body)
+  }
+}
+
+export class HeadRequest extends RestRequest {
+  constructor(
+    public uuid: string,
+    public href: string,
+    public body?: any
+  )  {
+    super(uuid, href, RestRequestMethod.Head, body)
+  }
+}
+
+export class PatchRequest extends RestRequest {
+  constructor(
+    public uuid: string,
+    public href: string,
+    public body?: any
+  )  {
+    super(uuid, href, RestRequestMethod.Patch, body)
+  }
+}
+
+export class FindByIDRequest extends GetRequest {
+  constructor(
+    uuid: string,
     href: string,
     public resourceID: string
   ) {
-    super(href);
+    super(uuid, href);
   }
 }
 
@@ -34,19 +130,20 @@ export class FindAllOptions {
   sort?: SortOptions;
 }
 
-export class FindAllRequest extends RestRequest {
+export class FindAllRequest extends GetRequest {
   constructor(
+    uuid: string,
     href: string,
     public options?: FindAllOptions,
   ) {
-    super(href);
+    super(uuid, href);
   }
 }
 
-export class RootEndpointRequest extends RestRequest {
-  constructor(EnvConfig: GlobalConfig) {
+export class RootEndpointRequest extends GetRequest {
+  constructor(uuid: string, EnvConfig: GlobalConfig) {
     const href = new RESTURLCombiner(EnvConfig, '/').toString();
-    super(href);
+    super(uuid, href);
   }
 
   getResponseParser(): GenericConstructor<ResponseParsingService> {
@@ -54,9 +151,9 @@ export class RootEndpointRequest extends RestRequest {
   }
 }
 
-export class BrowseEndpointRequest extends RestRequest {
-  constructor(href: string) {
-    super(href);
+export class BrowseEndpointRequest extends GetRequest {
+  constructor(uuid: string, href: string) {
+    super(uuid, href);
   }
 
   getResponseParser(): GenericConstructor<ResponseParsingService> {
@@ -64,6 +161,16 @@ export class BrowseEndpointRequest extends RestRequest {
   }
 }
 
+export class ConfigRequest extends GetRequest {
+  constructor(uuid: string, href: string) {
+    super(uuid, href);
+  }
+
+  getResponseParser(): GenericConstructor<ResponseParsingService> {
+    return ConfigResponseParsingService;
+  }
+}
+
 export class RequestError extends Error {
   statusText: string;
 }

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

@@ -0,0 +1,85 @@
+import * as deepFreeze from 'deep-freeze';
+
+import { requestReducer, RequestState } from './request.reducer';
+import {
+  RequestCompleteAction, RequestConfigureAction, RequestExecuteAction
+} from './request.actions';
+import { GetRequest, RestRequest } from './request.models';
+
+class NullAction extends RequestCompleteAction {
+  type = null;
+  payload = null;
+
+  constructor() {
+    super(null);
+  }
+}
+
+describe('requestReducer', () => {
+  const id1 = 'clients/eca2ea1d-6a6a-4f62-8907-176d5fec5014';
+  const id2 = 'clients/eb7cde2e-a03f-4f0b-ac5d-888a4ef2b4eb';
+  const link1 = 'https://dspace7.4science.it/dspace-spring-rest/api/core/items/567a639f-f5ff-4126-807c-b7d0910808c8';
+  const link2 = 'https://dspace7.4science.it/dspace-spring-rest/api/core/items/1911e8a4-6939-490c-b58b-a5d70f8d91fb';
+  const testState: RequestState = {
+    [id1]: {
+      request: new GetRequest(id1, link1),
+      requestPending: false,
+      responsePending: false,
+      completed: false
+    }
+  };
+  deepFreeze(testState);
+
+  it('should return the current state when no valid actions have been made', () => {
+    const action = new NullAction();
+    const newState = requestReducer(testState, action);
+
+    expect(newState).toEqual(testState);
+  });
+
+  it('should start with an empty state', () => {
+    const action = new NullAction();
+    const initialState = requestReducer(undefined, action);
+
+    expect(initialState).toEqual(Object.create(null));
+  });
+
+  it('should add the new RestRequest and set \'requestPending\' to true, \'responsePending\' to false and \'completed\' to false for the given RestRequest in the state, in response to a CONFIGURE action', () => {
+    const state = testState;
+    const request = new GetRequest(id2, link2);
+
+    const action = new RequestConfigureAction(request);
+    const newState = requestReducer(state, action);
+
+    expect(newState[id2].request.uuid).toEqual(id2);
+    expect(newState[id2].request.href).toEqual(link2);
+    expect(newState[id2].requestPending).toEqual(true);
+    expect(newState[id2].responsePending).toEqual(false);
+    expect(newState[id2].completed).toEqual(false);
+  });
+
+  it('should set \'requestPending\' to false, \'responsePending\' to true and leave \'completed\' untouched for the given RestRequest in the state, in response to an EXECUTE action', () => {
+    const state = testState;
+
+    const action = new RequestExecuteAction(id1);
+    const newState = requestReducer(state, action);
+
+    expect(newState[id1].request.uuid).toEqual(id1);
+    expect(newState[id1].request.href).toEqual(link1);
+    expect(newState[id1].requestPending).toEqual(false);
+    expect(newState[id1].responsePending).toEqual(true);
+    expect(newState[id1].completed).toEqual(state[id1].completed);
+  });
+  it('should leave \'requestPending\' untouched, set \'responsePending\' to false and \'completed\' to true for the given RestRequest in the state, in response to a COMPLETE action', () => {
+    const state = testState;
+
+    const action = new RequestCompleteAction(id1);
+    const newState = requestReducer(state, action);
+
+    expect(newState[id1].request.uuid).toEqual(id1);
+    expect(newState[id1].request.href).toEqual(link1);
+    expect(newState[id1].requestPending).toEqual(state[id1].requestPending);
+    expect(newState[id1].responsePending).toEqual(false);
+    expect(newState[id1].completed).toEqual(true);
+  });
+});

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

@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ export class RequestEntry {
 }
 
 export interface RequestState {
-  [key: string]: RequestEntry
+  [uuid: string]: RequestEntry
 }
 
 // Object.create(null) ensures the object has no default js properties (e.g. `__proto__`)
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ export function requestReducer(state = initialState, action: RequestAction): Req
 
 function configureRequest(state: RequestState, action: RequestConfigureAction): RequestState {
   return Object.assign({}, state, {
-    [action.payload.href]: {
+    [action.payload.uuid]: {
       request: action.payload,
       requestPending: true,
       responsePending: false,

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

@@ -0,0 +1,446 @@
+import { Store } from '@ngrx/store';
+import { cold, hot } from 'jasmine-marbles';
+import { Observable } from 'rxjs/Observable';
+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';
+import { defaultUUID, getMockUUIDService } from '../../shared/mocks/mock-uuid.service';
+import { ObjectCacheService } from '../cache/object-cache.service';
+import { ResponseCacheService } from '../cache/response-cache.service';
+import { CoreState } from '../core.reducers';
+import { UUIDService } from '../shared/uuid.service';
+import { RequestConfigureAction, RequestExecuteAction } from './request.actions';
+import {
+  DeleteRequest,
+  GetRequest,
+  HeadRequest,
+  OptionsRequest,
+  PatchRequest,
+  PostRequest,
+  PutRequest, RestRequest
+} from './request.models';
+import { RequestService } from './request.service';
+
+describe('RequestService', () => {
+  let service: RequestService;
+  let serviceAsAny: any;
+  let objectCache: ObjectCacheService;
+  let responseCache: ResponseCacheService;
+  let uuidService: UUIDService;
+  let store: Store<CoreState>;
+
+  const testUUID = '5f2a0d2a-effa-4d54-bd54-5663b960f9eb';
+  const testHref = 'https://rest.api/endpoint/selfLink';
+  const testGetRequest = new GetRequest(testUUID, testHref);
+  const testPostRequest = new PostRequest(testUUID, testHref);
+  const testPutRequest = new PutRequest(testUUID, testHref);
+  const testDeleteRequest = new DeleteRequest(testUUID, testHref);
+  const testOptionsRequest = new OptionsRequest(testUUID, testHref);
+  const testHeadRequest = new HeadRequest(testUUID, testHref);
+  const testPatchRequest = new PatchRequest(testUUID, testHref);
+
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    objectCache = getMockObjectCacheService();
+    (objectCache.hasBySelfLink as any).and.returnValue(false);
+
+    responseCache = getMockResponseCacheService();
+    (responseCache.has as any).and.returnValue(false);
+    (responseCache.get as any).and.returnValue(Observable.of(undefined));
+
+    uuidService = getMockUUIDService();
+
+    store = getMockStore<CoreState>();
+    (store.select as any).and.returnValue(Observable.of(undefined));
+
+    service = new RequestService(
+      objectCache,
+      responseCache,
+      uuidService,
+      store
+    );
+    serviceAsAny = service as any;
+  });
+
+  describe('generateRequestId', () => {
+    it('should generate a new request ID', () => {
+      const result = service.generateRequestId();
+      const expected = `client/${defaultUUID}`;
+
+      expect(result).toBe(expected);
+    });
+  });
+
+  describe('isPending', () => {
+    describe('before the request is configured', () => {
+      beforeEach(() => {
+        spyOn(service, 'getByHref').and.returnValue(Observable.of(undefined));
+      });
+
+      it('should return false', () => {
+        const result = service.isPending(testGetRequest);
+        const expected = false;
+
+        expect(result).toBe(expected);
+      });
+    });
+
+    describe('when the request has been configured but hasn\'t reached the store yet', () => {
+      beforeEach(() => {
+        spyOn(service, 'getByHref').and.returnValue(Observable.of(undefined));
+        serviceAsAny.requestsOnTheirWayToTheStore = [testHref];
+      });
+
+      it('should return true', () => {
+        const result = service.isPending(testGetRequest);
+        const expected = true;
+
+        expect(result).toBe(expected);
+      });
+    });
+
+    describe('when the request has reached the store, before the server responds', () => {
+      beforeEach(() => {
+        spyOn(service, 'getByHref').and.returnValue(Observable.of({
+          completed: false
+        }))
+      });
+
+      it('should return true', () => {
+        const result = service.isPending(testGetRequest);
+        const expected = true;
+
+        expect(result).toBe(expected);
+      });
+    });
+
+    describe('after the server responds', () => {
+      beforeEach(() => {
+        spyOn(service, 'getByHref').and.returnValues(Observable.of({
+          completed: true
+        }));
+      });
+
+      it('should return false', () => {
+        const result = service.isPending(testGetRequest);
+        const expected = false;
+
+        expect(result).toBe(expected);
+      });
+    });
+
+  });
+
+  describe('getByUUID', () => {
+    describe('if the request with the specified UUID exists in the store', () => {
+      beforeEach(() => {
+        (store.select as any).and.returnValues(hot('a', {
+          a: {
+            completed: true
+          }
+        }));
+      });
+
+      it('should return an Observable of the RequestEntry', () => {
+        const result = service.getByUUID(testUUID);
+        const expected = cold('b', {
+          b: {
+            completed: true
+          }
+        });
+
+        expect(result).toBeObservable(expected);
+      });
+    });
+
+    describe('if the request with the specified UUID doesn\'t exist in the store', () => {
+      beforeEach(() => {
+        (store.select as any).and.returnValues(hot('a', {
+          a: undefined
+        }));
+      });
+
+      it('should return an Observable of undefined', () => {
+        const result = service.getByUUID(testUUID);
+        const expected = cold('b', {
+          b: undefined
+        });
+
+        expect(result).toBeObservable(expected);
+      });
+    });
+
+  });
+
+  describe('getByHref', () => {
+    describe('when the request with the specified href exists in the store', () => {
+      beforeEach(() => {
+        (store.select as any).and.returnValues(hot('a', {
+          a: testUUID
+        }));
+        spyOn(service, 'getByUUID').and.returnValue(cold('b', {
+          b: {
+            completed: true
+          }
+        }));
+      });
+
+      it('should return an Observable of the RequestEntry', () => {
+        const result = service.getByHref(testHref);
+        const expected = cold('c', {
+          c: {
+            completed: true
+          }
+        });
+
+        expect(result).toBeObservable(expected);
+      });
+    });
+
+    describe('when the request with the specified href doesn\'t exist in the store', () => {
+      beforeEach(() => {
+        (store.select as any).and.returnValues(hot('a', {
+          a: undefined
+        }));
+        spyOn(service, 'getByUUID').and.returnValue(cold('b', {
+          b: undefined
+        }));
+      });
+
+      it('should return an Observable of undefined', () => {
+        const result = service.getByHref(testHref);
+        const expected = cold('c', {
+          c: undefined
+        });
+
+        expect(result).toBeObservable(expected);
+      });
+    });
+  });
+
+  describe('configure', () => {
+    beforeEach(() => {
+      spyOn(serviceAsAny, 'dispatchRequest');
+    });
+
+    describe('when the request is a GET request', () => {
+      let request: RestRequest;
+
+      beforeEach(() => {
+        request = testGetRequest;
+      });
+
+      describe('and it isn\'t cached or pending', () => {
+        beforeEach(() => {
+          spyOn(serviceAsAny, 'isCachedOrPending').and.returnValue(false);
+        });
+
+        it('should dispatch the request', () => {
+          service.configure(request);
+          expect(serviceAsAny.dispatchRequest).toHaveBeenCalledWith(request);
+        });
+      });
+      describe('and it is already cached or pending', () => {
+        beforeEach(() => {
+          spyOn(serviceAsAny, 'isCachedOrPending').and.returnValue(true);
+        });
+
+        it('shouldn\'t dispatch the request', () => {
+          service.configure(request);
+          expect(serviceAsAny.dispatchRequest).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+        });
+      });
+    });
+
+    describe('when the request isn\'t a GET request', () => {
+      it('should dispatch the request', () => {
+        service.configure(testPostRequest);
+        expect(serviceAsAny.dispatchRequest).toHaveBeenCalledWith(testPostRequest);
+
+        service.configure(testPutRequest);
+        expect(serviceAsAny.dispatchRequest).toHaveBeenCalledWith(testPutRequest);
+
+        service.configure(testDeleteRequest);
+        expect(serviceAsAny.dispatchRequest).toHaveBeenCalledWith(testDeleteRequest);
+
+        service.configure(testOptionsRequest);
+        expect(serviceAsAny.dispatchRequest).toHaveBeenCalledWith(testOptionsRequest);
+
+        service.configure(testHeadRequest);
+        expect(serviceAsAny.dispatchRequest).toHaveBeenCalledWith(testHeadRequest);
+
+        service.configure(testPatchRequest);
+        expect(serviceAsAny.dispatchRequest).toHaveBeenCalledWith(testPatchRequest);
+      });
+    });
+  });
+
+  describe('isCachedOrPending', () => {
+    describe('when the request is cached', () => {
+      describe('in the ObjectCache', () => {
+        beforeEach(() => {
+          (objectCache.hasBySelfLink as any).and.returnValues(true);
+        });
+
+        it('should return true', () => {
+          const result = serviceAsAny.isCachedOrPending(testGetRequest);
+          const expected = true;
+
+          expect(result).toEqual(expected);
+        });
+      });
+      describe('in the responseCache', () => {
+        beforeEach(() => {
+          (responseCache.has as any).and.returnValues(true);
+        });
+
+        describe('and it\'s a DSOSuccessResponse', () => {
+          beforeEach(() => {
+            (responseCache.get as any).and.returnValues(Observable.of({
+                response: {
+                  isSuccessful: true,
+                  resourceSelfLinks: [
+                    'https://rest.api/endpoint/selfLink1',
+                    'https://rest.api/endpoint/selfLink2'
+                  ]
+                }
+              }
+            ));
+          });
+
+          it('should return true if all top level links in the response are cached in the object cache', () => {
+            (objectCache.hasBySelfLink as any).and.returnValues(false, true, true);
+
+            const result = serviceAsAny.isCachedOrPending(testGetRequest);
+            const expected = true;
+
+            expect(result).toEqual(expected);
+          });
+          it('should return false if not all top level links in the response are cached in the object cache', () => {
+            (objectCache.hasBySelfLink as any).and.returnValues(false, true, false);
+
+            const result = serviceAsAny.isCachedOrPending(testGetRequest);
+            const expected = false;
+
+            expect(result).toEqual(expected);
+          });
+        });
+        describe('and it isn\'t a DSOSuccessResponse', () => {
+          beforeEach(() => {
+            (objectCache.hasBySelfLink as any).and.returnValues(false);
+            (responseCache.has as any).and.returnValues(true);
+            (responseCache.get as any).and.returnValues(Observable.of({
+                response: {
+                  isSuccessful: true
+                }
+              }
+            ));
+          });
+
+          it('should return true', () => {
+            const result = serviceAsAny.isCachedOrPending(testGetRequest);
+            const expected = true;
+
+            expect(result).toEqual(expected);
+          });
+        });
+      });
+    });
+
+    describe('when the request is pending', () => {
+      beforeEach(() => {
+        spyOn(service, 'isPending').and.returnValue(true);
+      });
+
+      it('should return true', () => {
+        const result = serviceAsAny.isCachedOrPending(testGetRequest);
+        const expected = true;
+
+        expect(result).toEqual(expected);
+      });
+    });
+
+    describe('when the request is neither cached nor pending', () => {
+      it('should return false', () => {
+        const result = serviceAsAny.isCachedOrPending(testGetRequest);
+        const expected = false;
+
+        expect(result).toEqual(expected);
+      });
+    });
+  });
+
+  describe('dispatchRequest', () => {
+    it('should dispatch a RequestConfigureAction', () => {
+      const request = testGetRequest;
+      serviceAsAny.dispatchRequest(request);
+      expect(store.dispatch).toHaveBeenCalledWith(new RequestConfigureAction(request));
+    });
+
+    it('should dispatch a RequestExecuteAction', () => {
+      const request = testGetRequest;
+      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', () => {
+    let request: GetRequest;
+
+    beforeEach(() => {
+      request = testGetRequest;
+    });
+
+    describe('when the method is called with a new request', () => {
+      it('should start tracking the request', () => {
+        expect(serviceAsAny.requestsOnTheirWayToTheStore.includes(request.href)).toBeFalsy();
+        serviceAsAny.trackRequestsOnTheirWayToTheStore(request);
+        expect(serviceAsAny.requestsOnTheirWayToTheStore.includes(request.href)).toBeTruthy();
+      });
+    });
+
+    describe('when the request is added to the store', () => {
+      it('should stop tracking the request', () => {
+        (store.select as any).and.returnValues(Observable.of({ request }));
+        serviceAsAny.trackRequestsOnTheirWayToTheStore(request);
+        expect(serviceAsAny.requestsOnTheirWayToTheStore.includes(request.href)).toBeFalsy();
+      });
+    });
+  });
+});

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

@@ -10,43 +10,45 @@ import { DSOSuccessResponse, RestResponse } from '../cache/response-cache.models
 import { ResponseCacheEntry } from '../cache/response-cache.reducer';
 import { ResponseCacheService } from '../cache/response-cache.service';
 import { coreSelector, CoreState } from '../core.reducers';
-import { keySelector } from '../shared/selectors';
+import { IndexName } from '../index/index.reducer';
+import { pathSelector } from '../shared/selectors';
+import { UUIDService } from '../shared/uuid.service';
 import { RequestConfigureAction, RequestExecuteAction } from './request.actions';
-import { RestRequest } from './request.models';
+import { GetRequest, RestRequest, RestRequestMethod } from './request.models';
 
 import { RequestEntry, RequestState } from './request.reducer';
 
-function entryFromHrefSelector(href: string): MemoizedSelector<CoreState, RequestEntry> {
-  return keySelector<RequestEntry>('data/request', href);
-}
-
-export function requestStateSelector(): MemoizedSelector<CoreState, RequestState> {
-  return createSelector(coreSelector, (state: CoreState) => {
-    return state['data/request'] as RequestState;
-  });
-}
-
-
 @Injectable()
 export class RequestService {
   private requestsOnTheirWayToTheStore: string[] = [];
 
-  constructor(
-    private objectCache: ObjectCacheService,
-    private responseCache: ResponseCacheService,
-    private store: Store<CoreState>
-  ) {
+  constructor(private objectCache: ObjectCacheService,
+              private responseCache: ResponseCacheService,
+              private uuidService: UUIDService,
+              private store: Store<CoreState>) {
   }
 
-  isPending(href: string): boolean {
+  private entryFromUUIDSelector(uuid: string): MemoizedSelector<CoreState, RequestEntry> {
+    return pathSelector<CoreState, RequestEntry>(coreSelector, 'data/request', uuid);
+  }
+
+  private uuidFromHrefSelector(href: string): MemoizedSelector<CoreState, string> {
+    return pathSelector<CoreState, string>(coreSelector, 'index', IndexName.REQUEST, href);
+  }
+
+  generateRequestId(): string {
+    return `client/${this.uuidService.generate()}`;
+  }
+
+  isPending(request: GetRequest): boolean {
     // first check requests that haven't made it to the store yet
-    if (this.requestsOnTheirWayToTheStore.includes(href)) {
+    if (this.requestsOnTheirWayToTheStore.includes(request.href)) {
       return true;
     }
 
     // then check the store
     let isPending = false;
-    this.store.select(entryFromHrefSelector(href))
+    this.getByHref(request.href)
       .take(1)
       .subscribe((re: RequestEntry) => {
         isPending = (hasValue(re) && !re.completed)
@@ -55,11 +57,22 @@ export class RequestService {
     return isPending;
   }
 
-  get(href: string): Observable<RequestEntry> {
-    return this.store.select(entryFromHrefSelector(href));
+  getByUUID(uuid: string): Observable<RequestEntry> {
+    return this.store.select(this.entryFromUUIDSelector(uuid));
+  }
+
+  getByHref(href: string): Observable<RequestEntry> {
+    return this.store.select(this.uuidFromHrefSelector(href))
+      .flatMap((uuid: string) => this.getByUUID(uuid));
   }
 
   configure<T extends CacheableObject>(request: RestRequest): void {
+    if (request.method !== RestRequestMethod.Get || !this.isCachedOrPending(request)) {
+      this.dispatchRequest(request);
+    }
+  }
+
+  private isCachedOrPending(request: GetRequest) {
     let isCached = this.objectCache.hasBySelfLink(request.href);
     if (!isCached && this.responseCache.has(request.href)) {
       const [successResponse, errorResponse] = this.responseCache.get(request.href)
@@ -83,29 +96,33 @@ export class RequestService {
       ).subscribe((c) => isCached = c);
     }
 
-    const isPending = this.isPending(request.href);
+    const isPending = this.isPending(request);
 
-    if (!(isCached || isPending)) {
-      this.store.dispatch(new RequestConfigureAction(request));
-      this.store.dispatch(new RequestExecuteAction(request.href));
-      this.trackRequestsOnTheirWayToTheStore(request.href);
+    return isCached || isPending;
+  }
+
+  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);
     }
   }
 
   /**
    * ngrx action dispatches are asynchronous. But this.isPending needs to return true as soon as the
-   * configure method for a request has been executed, otherwise certain requests will happen multiple times.
+   * configure method for a GET request has been executed, otherwise certain requests will happen multiple times.
    *
-   * This method will store the href of every request that gets configured in a local variable, and
+   * This method will store the href of every GET request that gets configured in a local variable, and
    * remove it as soon as it can be found in the store.
    */
-  private trackRequestsOnTheirWayToTheStore(href: string) {
-    this.requestsOnTheirWayToTheStore = [...this.requestsOnTheirWayToTheStore, href];
-    this.store.select(entryFromHrefSelector(href))
+  private trackRequestsOnTheirWayToTheStore(request: GetRequest) {
+    this.requestsOnTheirWayToTheStore = [...this.requestsOnTheirWayToTheStore, request.href];
+    this.store.select(this.entryFromUUIDSelector(request.href))
       .filter((re: RequestEntry) => hasValue(re))
       .take(1)
       .subscribe((re: RequestEntry) => {
-        this.requestsOnTheirWayToTheStore = this.requestsOnTheirWayToTheStore.filter((pendingHref: string) => pendingHref !== href)
+        this.requestsOnTheirWayToTheStore = this.requestsOnTheirWayToTheStore.filter((pendingHref: string) => pendingHref !== request.href)
       });
   }
 }

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

@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 export interface DSpaceRESTV2Response {
   payload: {
+    [name: string]: any;
     _embedded?: any;
     _links?: any;
     page?: any;

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

@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+import { TestBed, inject } from '@angular/core/testing';
+import { HttpClientTestingModule, HttpTestingController } from '@angular/common/http/testing';
+
+import { DSpaceRESTv2Service } from './dspace-rest-v2.service';
+
+describe('DSpaceRESTv2Service', () => {
+  let dSpaceRESTv2Service: DSpaceRESTv2Service;
+  let httpMock: HttpTestingController;
+  const url = 'http://www.dspace.org/';
+  const mockError = new ErrorEvent('test error');
+
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    TestBed.configureTestingModule({
+      imports: [HttpClientTestingModule],
+      providers: [DSpaceRESTv2Service]
+    });
+
+    dSpaceRESTv2Service = TestBed.get(DSpaceRESTv2Service);
+    httpMock = TestBed.get(HttpTestingController);
+  });
+
+  afterEach(() => httpMock.verify());
+
+  it('should be created', inject([DSpaceRESTv2Service], (service: DSpaceRESTv2Service) => {
+    expect(service).toBeTruthy();
+  }));
+
+  describe('#get', () => {
+    it('should return an Observable<DSpaceRESTV2Response>', () => {
+      const mockPayload = {
+        page: 1
+      };
+      const mockStatusCode = 'GREAT';
+
+      dSpaceRESTv2Service.get(url).subscribe((response) => {
+        expect(response).toBeTruthy();
+        expect(response.statusCode).toEqual(mockStatusCode);
+        expect(response.payload.page).toEqual(mockPayload.page);
+      });
+
+      const req = httpMock.expectOne(url);
+      expect(req.request.method).toBe('GET');
+      req.flush(mockPayload, { statusText: mockStatusCode});
+    });
+  });
+
+  it('should throw an error', () => {
+    dSpaceRESTv2Service.get(url).subscribe(() => undefined, (err) => {
+      expect(err.error).toBe(mockError);
+    });
+
+    const req = httpMock.expectOne(url);
+    expect(req.request.method).toBe('GET');
+    req.error(mockError);
+  });
+
+  it('should log an error', () => {
+    spyOn(console, 'log');
+
+    dSpaceRESTv2Service.get(url).subscribe(() => undefined, (err) => {
+      expect(console.log).toHaveBeenCalled();
+    });
+
+    const req = httpMock.expectOne(url);
+    expect(req.request.method).toBe('GET');
+    req.error(mockError);
+  });
+});

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

@@ -1,19 +1,18 @@
-import { Inject, Injectable } from '@angular/core';
-import { Http, RequestOptionsArgs } from '@angular/http';
+import { Injectable } from '@angular/core';
+import { Request } from '@angular/http';
+import { HttpClient, HttpResponse } from '@angular/common/http'
 import { Observable } from 'rxjs/Observable';
+import { RestRequestMethod } from '../data/request.models';
 
-import { RESTURLCombiner } from '../url-combiner/rest-url-combiner';
 import { DSpaceRESTV2Response } from './dspace-rest-v2-response.model';
 
-import { GLOBAL_CONFIG, GlobalConfig } from '../../../config';
-
 /**
  * Service to access DSpace's REST API
  */
 @Injectable()
 export class DSpaceRESTv2Service {
 
-  constructor(private http: Http, @Inject(GLOBAL_CONFIG) private EnvConfig: GlobalConfig) {
+  constructor(private http: HttpClient) {
 
   }
 
@@ -22,14 +21,33 @@ export class DSpaceRESTv2Service {
    *
    * @param absoluteURL
    *      A URL
-   * @param options
-   *      A RequestOptionsArgs object, with options for the http call.
    * @return {Observable<string>}
    *      An Observable<string> containing the response from the server
    */
-  get(absoluteURL: string, options?: RequestOptionsArgs): Observable<DSpaceRESTV2Response> {
-    return this.http.get(absoluteURL, options)
-      .map((res) => ({ payload: res.json(), statusCode: res.statusText }))
+  get(absoluteURL: string): Observable<DSpaceRESTV2Response> {
+    return this.http.get(absoluteURL, { observe: 'response' })
+      .map((res: HttpResponse<any>) => ({ payload: res.body, statusCode: res.statusText }))
+      .catch((err) => {
+        console.log('Error: ', err);
+        return Observable.throw(err);
+      });
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Performs a request to the REST API.
+   *
+   * @param method
+   *    the HTTP method for the request
+   * @param url
+   *    the URL for the request
+   * @param body
+   *    an optional body for the request
+   * @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 }))
       .catch((err) => {
         console.log('Error: ', err);
         return Observable.throw(err);

src/app/core/index/index.actions.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,69 @@
+import { Action } from '@ngrx/store';
+
+import { type } from '../../shared/ngrx/type';
+import { IndexName } from './index.reducer';
+
+/**
+ * The list of HrefIndexAction type definitions
+ */
+export const IndexActionTypes = {
+  ADD: type('dspace/core/index/ADD'),
+  REMOVE_BY_VALUE: type('dspace/core/index/REMOVE_BY_VALUE')
+};
+
+/* tslint:disable:max-classes-per-file */
+/**
+ * An ngrx action to add an value to the index
+ */
+export class AddToIndexAction implements Action {
+  type = IndexActionTypes.ADD;
+  payload: {
+    name: IndexName;
+    value: string;
+    key: string;
+  };
+
+  /**
+   * Create a new AddToIndexAction
+   *
+   * @param name
+   *    the name of the index to add to
+   * @param key
+   *    the key to add
+   * @param value
+   *    the self link of the resource the key belongs to
+   */
+  constructor(name: IndexName, key: string, value: string) {
+    this.payload = { name, key, value };
+  }
+}
+
+/**
+ * An ngrx action to remove an value from the index
+ */
+export class RemoveFromIndexByValueAction implements Action {
+  type = IndexActionTypes.REMOVE_BY_VALUE;
+  payload: {
+    name: IndexName,
+    value: string
+  };
+
+  /**
+   * Create a new RemoveFromIndexByValueAction
+   *
+   * @param name
+   *    the name of the index to remove from
+   * @param value
+   *    the value to remove the UUID for
+   */
+  constructor(name: IndexName, value: string) {
+    this.payload = { name, value };
+  }
+
+}
+/* tslint:enable:max-classes-per-file */
+
+/**
+ * A type to encompass all HrefIndexActions
+ */
+export type IndexAction = AddToIndexAction | RemoveFromIndexByValueAction;

src/app/core/index/index.effects.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+import { Injectable } from '@angular/core';
+import { Effect, Actions } from '@ngrx/effects';
+
+import {
+  ObjectCacheActionTypes, AddToObjectCacheAction,
+  RemoveFromObjectCacheAction
+} from '../cache/object-cache.actions';
+import { RequestActionTypes, RequestConfigureAction } from '../data/request.actions';
+import { RestRequestMethod } from '../data/request.models';
+import { AddToIndexAction, RemoveFromIndexByValueAction } from './index.actions';
+import { hasValue } from '../../shared/empty.util';
+import { IndexName } from './index.reducer';
+
+@Injectable()
+export class UUIDIndexEffects {
+
+  @Effect() addObject$ = this.actions$
+    .ofType(ObjectCacheActionTypes.ADD)
+    .filter((action: AddToObjectCacheAction) => hasValue(action.payload.objectToCache.uuid))
+    .map((action: AddToObjectCacheAction) => {
+      return new AddToIndexAction(
+        IndexName.OBJECT,
+        action.payload.objectToCache.uuid,
+        action.payload.objectToCache.self
+      );
+    });
+
+  @Effect() removeObject$ = this.actions$
+    .ofType(ObjectCacheActionTypes.REMOVE)
+    .map((action: RemoveFromObjectCacheAction) => {
+      return new RemoveFromIndexByValueAction(
+        IndexName.OBJECT,
+        action.payload
+      );
+    });
+
+  @Effect() addRequest$ = this.actions$
+    .ofType(RequestActionTypes.CONFIGURE)
+    .filter((action: RequestConfigureAction) => action.payload.method === RestRequestMethod.Get)
+    .map((action: RequestConfigureAction) => {
+      return new AddToIndexAction(
+        IndexName.REQUEST,
+        action.payload.href,
+        action.payload.uuid
+      );
+    });
+
+  // @Effect() removeRequest$ = this.actions$
+  //   .ofType(ObjectCacheActionTypes.REMOVE)
+  //   .map((action: RemoveFromObjectCacheAction) => {
+  //     return new RemoveFromIndexByValueAction(
+  //       IndexName.OBJECT,
+  //       action.payload
+  //     );
+  //   });
+
+  constructor(private actions$: Actions) {
+
+  }
+
+}

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

@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+import * as deepFreeze from 'deep-freeze';
+
+import { IndexName, indexReducer, IndexState } from './index.reducer';
+import { AddToIndexAction, RemoveFromIndexByValueAction } from './index.actions';
+
+class NullAction extends AddToIndexAction {
+  type = null;
+  payload = null;
+
+  constructor() {
+    super(null, null, null);
+  }
+}
+
+describe('requestReducer', () => {
+  const key1 = '567a639f-f5ff-4126-807c-b7d0910808c8';
+  const key2 = '1911e8a4-6939-490c-b58b-a5d70f8d91fb';
+  const val1 = 'https://dspace7.4science.it/dspace-spring-rest/api/core/items/567a639f-f5ff-4126-807c-b7d0910808c8';
+  const val2 = 'https://dspace7.4science.it/dspace-spring-rest/api/core/items/1911e8a4-6939-490c-b58b-a5d70f8d91fb';
+  const testState: IndexState = {
+    [IndexName.OBJECT]: {
+      [key1]: val1
+    }
+  };
+  deepFreeze(testState);
+
+  it('should return the current state when no valid actions have been made', () => {
+    const action = new NullAction();
+    const newState = indexReducer(testState, action);
+
+    expect(newState).toEqual(testState);
+  });
+
+  it('should start with an empty state', () => {
+    const action = new NullAction();
+    const initialState = indexReducer(undefined, action);
+
+    expect(initialState).toEqual(Object.create(null));
+  });
+
+  it('should add the \'key\' with the corresponding \'value\' to the correct substate, in response to an ADD action', () => {
+    const state = testState;
+
+    const action = new AddToIndexAction(IndexName.REQUEST, key2, val2);
+    const newState = indexReducer(state, action);
+
+    expect(newState[IndexName.REQUEST][key2]).toEqual(val2);
+  });
+
+  it('should remove the given \'value\' from its corresponding \'key\' in the correct substate, in response to a REMOVE_BY_VALUE action', () => {
+    const state = testState;
+
+    const action = new RemoveFromIndexByValueAction(IndexName.OBJECT, val1);
+    const newState = indexReducer(state, action);
+
+    expect(newState[IndexName.OBJECT][key1]).toBeUndefined();
+  });
+});

src/app/core/index/index.reducer.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+import {
+  IndexAction,
+  IndexActionTypes,
+  AddToIndexAction,
+  RemoveFromIndexByValueAction
+} from './index.actions';
+
+export enum IndexName {
+  OBJECT = 'object/uuid-to-self-link',
+  REQUEST = 'get-request/href-to-uuid'
+}
+
+export interface IndexState {
+  // TODO this should be `[name in IndexName]: {` but that's currently broken,
+  // see https://github.com/Microsoft/TypeScript/issues/13042
+  [name: string]: {
+    [key: string]: string
+  }
+}
+
+// Object.create(null) ensures the object has no default js properties (e.g. `__proto__`)
+const initialState: IndexState = Object.create(null);
+
+export function indexReducer(state = initialState, action: IndexAction): IndexState {
+  switch (action.type) {
+
+    case IndexActionTypes.ADD: {
+      return addToIndex(state, action as AddToIndexAction);
+    }
+
+    case IndexActionTypes.REMOVE_BY_VALUE: {
+      return removeFromIndexByValue(state, action as RemoveFromIndexByValueAction)
+    }
+
+    default: {
+      return state;
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+function addToIndex(state: IndexState, action: AddToIndexAction): IndexState {
+  const subState = state[action.payload.name];
+  const newSubState = Object.assign({}, subState, {
+    [action.payload.key]: action.payload.value
+  });
+  return Object.assign({}, state, {
+    [action.payload.name]: newSubState
+  })
+}
+
+function removeFromIndexByValue(state: IndexState, action: RemoveFromIndexByValueAction): IndexState {
+  const subState = state[action.payload.name];
+  const newSubState = Object.create(null);
+  for (const value in subState) {
+    if (subState[value] !== action.payload.value) {
+      newSubState[value] = subState[value];
+    }
+  }
+  return Object.assign({}, state, {
+    [action.payload.name]: newSubState
+  });
+}

src/app/core/index/uuid-index.actions.ts

@@ -1,60 +0,0 @@
-import { Action } from '@ngrx/store';
-
-import { type } from '../../shared/ngrx/type';
-
-/**
- * The list of HrefIndexAction type definitions
- */
-export const UUIDIndexActionTypes = {
-  ADD: type('dspace/core/index/uuid/ADD'),
-  REMOVE_HREF: type('dspace/core/index/uuid/REMOVE_HREF')
-};
-
-/* tslint:disable:max-classes-per-file */
-/**
- * An ngrx action to add an href to the index
- */
-export class AddToUUIDIndexAction implements Action {
-  type = UUIDIndexActionTypes.ADD;
-  payload: {
-    href: string;
-    uuid: string;
-  };
-
-  /**
-   * Create a new AddToUUIDIndexAction
-   *
-   * @param uuid
-   *    the uuid to add
-   * @param href
-   *    the self link of the resource the uuid belongs to
-   */
-  constructor(uuid: string, href: string) {
-    this.payload = { href, uuid };
-  }
-}
-
-/**
- * An ngrx action to remove an href from the index
- */
-export class RemoveHrefFromUUIDIndexAction implements Action {
-  type = UUIDIndexActionTypes.REMOVE_HREF;
-  payload: string;
-
-  /**
-   * Create a new RemoveHrefFromUUIDIndexAction
-   *
-   * @param href
-   *    the href to remove the UUID for
-   */
-  constructor(href: string) {
-    this.payload = href;
-  }
-
-}
-/* tslint:enable:max-classes-per-file */
-
-/**
- * A type to encompass all HrefIndexActions
- */
-export type UUIDIndexAction = AddToUUIDIndexAction | RemoveHrefFromUUIDIndexAction;

src/app/core/index/uuid-index.effects.ts

@@ -1,34 +0,0 @@
-import { Injectable } from '@angular/core';
-import { Effect, Actions } from '@ngrx/effects';
-
-import {
-  ObjectCacheActionTypes, AddToObjectCacheAction,
-  RemoveFromObjectCacheAction
-} from '../cache/object-cache.actions';
-import { AddToUUIDIndexAction, RemoveHrefFromUUIDIndexAction } from './uuid-index.actions';
-import { hasValue } from '../../shared/empty.util';
-
-@Injectable()
-export class UUIDIndexEffects {
-
-  @Effect() add$ = this.actions$
-    .ofType(ObjectCacheActionTypes.ADD)
-    .filter((action: AddToObjectCacheAction) => hasValue(action.payload.objectToCache.uuid))
-    .map((action: AddToObjectCacheAction) => {
-      return new AddToUUIDIndexAction(
-        action.payload.objectToCache.uuid,
-        action.payload.objectToCache.self
-      );
-    });
-
-  @Effect() remove$ = this.actions$
-    .ofType(ObjectCacheActionTypes.REMOVE)
-    .map((action: RemoveFromObjectCacheAction) => {
-      return new RemoveHrefFromUUIDIndexAction(action.payload);
-    });
-
-  constructor(private actions$: Actions) {
-
-  }
-
-}

src/app/core/index/uuid-index.reducer.ts

@@ -1,46 +0,0 @@
-import {
-  UUIDIndexAction,
-  UUIDIndexActionTypes,
-  AddToUUIDIndexAction,
-  RemoveHrefFromUUIDIndexAction
-} from './uuid-index.actions';
-
-export interface UUIDIndexState {
-  [uuid: string]: string
-}
-
-// Object.create(null) ensures the object has no default js properties (e.g. `__proto__`)
-const initialState: UUIDIndexState = Object.create(null);
-
-export function uuidIndexReducer(state = initialState, action: UUIDIndexAction): UUIDIndexState {
-  switch (action.type) {
-
-    case UUIDIndexActionTypes.ADD: {
-      return addToUUIDIndex(state, action as AddToUUIDIndexAction);
-    }
-
-    case UUIDIndexActionTypes.REMOVE_HREF: {
-      return removeHrefFromUUIDIndex(state, action as RemoveHrefFromUUIDIndexAction)
-    }
-
-    default: {
-      return state;
-    }
-  }
-}
-
-function addToUUIDIndex(state: UUIDIndexState, action: AddToUUIDIndexAction): UUIDIndexState {
-  return Object.assign({}, state, {
-    [action.payload.uuid]: action.payload.href
-  });
-}
-
-function removeHrefFromUUIDIndex(state: UUIDIndexState, action: RemoveHrefFromUUIDIndexAction): UUIDIndexState {
-  const newState = Object.create(null);
-  for (const uuid in state) {
-    if (state[uuid] !== action.payload) {
-      newState[uuid] = state[uuid];
-    }
-  }
-  return newState;
-}

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

@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@ import { TranslateModule, TranslateLoader } from '@ngx-translate/core';
 import { Store, StoreModule } from '@ngrx/store';
 
 import { Observable } from 'rxjs/Observable';
+import { RemoteDataError } from '../data/remote-data-error';
+import { UUIDService } from '../shared/uuid.service';
 
 import { MetadataService } from './metadata.service';
 
@@ -64,6 +66,7 @@ describe('MetadataService', () => {
   let objectCacheService: ObjectCacheService;
   let responseCacheService: ResponseCacheService;
   let requestService: RequestService;
+  let uuidService: UUIDService;
   let remoteDataBuildService: RemoteDataBuildService;
   let itemDataService: ItemDataService;
 
@@ -82,7 +85,8 @@ describe('MetadataService', () => {
 
     objectCacheService = new ObjectCacheService(store);
     responseCacheService = new ResponseCacheService(store);
-    requestService = new RequestService(objectCacheService, responseCacheService, store);
+    uuidService = new UUIDService();
+    requestService = new RequestService(objectCacheService, responseCacheService, uuidService, store);
     remoteDataBuildService = new RemoteDataBuildService(objectCacheService, responseCacheService, requestService);
 
     TestBed.configureTestingModule({
@@ -178,13 +182,10 @@ describe('MetadataService', () => {
 
   const mockRemoteData = (mockItem: Item): Observable<RemoteData<Item>> => {
     return Observable.of(new RemoteData<Item>(
-      '',
       false,
       false,
       true,
-      '',
-      '200',
-      {} as PageInfo,
+      undefined,
       MockItem
     ));
   }

src/app/core/shared/config/config-object-factory.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+
+import { GenericConstructor } from '../../shared/generic-constructor';
+
+import { SubmissionSectionModel } from './config-submission-section.model';
+import { SubmissionFormsModel } from './config-submission-forms.model';
+import { SubmissionDefinitionsModel } from './config-submission-definitions.model';
+import { ConfigType } from './config-type';
+import { ConfigObject } from './config.model';
+
+export class ConfigObjectFactory {
+  public static getConstructor(type): GenericConstructor<ConfigObject> {
+    switch (type) {
+      case ConfigType.SubmissionDefinition:
+      case ConfigType.SubmissionDefinitions: {
+        return SubmissionDefinitionsModel
+      }
+      case ConfigType.SubmissionForm:
+      case ConfigType.SubmissionForms: {
+        return SubmissionFormsModel
+      }
+      case ConfigType.SubmissionSection:
+      case ConfigType.SubmissionSections: {
+        return SubmissionSectionModel
+      }
+      default: {
+        return undefined;
+      }
+    }
+  }
+}

src/app/core/shared/config/config-submission-definitions.model.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+import { autoserialize, autoserializeAs, inheritSerialization } from 'cerialize';
+import { ConfigObject } from './config.model';
+import { SubmissionSectionModel } from './config-submission-section.model';
+
+@inheritSerialization(ConfigObject)
+export class SubmissionDefinitionsModel extends ConfigObject {
+
+  @autoserialize
+  isDefault: boolean;
+
+  @autoserializeAs(SubmissionSectionModel)
+  sections: SubmissionSectionModel[];
+
+}

src/app/core/shared/config/config-submission-forms.model.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+import { autoserialize, autoserializeAs, inheritSerialization } from 'cerialize';
+import { ConfigObject } from './config.model';
+
+@inheritSerialization(ConfigObject)
+export class SubmissionFormsModel extends ConfigObject {
+
+  @autoserialize
+  fields: any[];
+
+}

src/app/core/shared/config/config-submission-section.model.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+import { autoserialize, autoserializeAs, inheritSerialization } from 'cerialize';
+import { ConfigObject } from './config.model';
+
+@inheritSerialization(ConfigObject)
+export class SubmissionSectionModel extends ConfigObject {
+
+  @autoserialize
+  header: string;
+
+  @autoserialize
+  mandatory: boolean;
+
+  @autoserialize
+  sectionType: string;
+
+  @autoserialize
+  visibility: {
+    main: any,
+    other: any
+  }
+
+}

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

@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+/**
+ * TODO replace with actual string enum after upgrade to TypeScript 2.4:
+ * https://github.com/Microsoft/TypeScript/pull/15486
+ */
+import { ResourceType } from '../resource-type';
+
+export enum ConfigType {
+  SubmissionDefinitions = 'submissiondefinitions',
+  SubmissionDefinition = 'submissiondefinition',
+  SubmissionForm = 'submissionform',
+  SubmissionForms = 'submissionforms',
+  SubmissionSections = 'submissionsections',
+  SubmissionSection = 'submissionsection'
+}

src/app/core/shared/config/config.model.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+import { autoserialize, autoserializeAs } from 'cerialize';
+
+export abstract class ConfigObject {
+
+  @autoserialize
+  public name: string;
+
+  @autoserialize
+  public type: string;
+
+  @autoserialize
+  public _links: {
+    [name: string]: string
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * The link to the rest endpoint where this config object can be found
+   */
+  @autoserialize
+  self: string;
+}

src/app/core/shared/dspace-object.model.ts

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import { isEmpty, isNotEmpty } from '../../shared/empty.util';
 import { CacheableObject } from '../cache/object-cache.reducer';
 import { RemoteData } from '../data/remote-data';
 import { ResourceType } from './resource-type';
-import { ListableObject } from '../../object-list/listable-object/listable-object.model';
+import { ListableObject } from '../../shared/object-collection/shared/listable-object.model';
 import { Observable } from 'rxjs/Observable';
 
 /**

src/app/core/shared/hal-endpoint.service.spec.ts

@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import { cold, hot } from 'jasmine-marbles';
 import { GlobalConfig } from '../../../config/global-config.interface';
+import { getMockRequestService } from '../../shared/mocks/mock-request.service';
 import { ResponseCacheService } from '../cache/response-cache.service';
 import { RootEndpointRequest } from '../data/request.models';
 import { RequestService } from '../data/request.service';
@@ -38,7 +39,7 @@ describe('HALEndpointService', () => {
         })
       });
 
-      requestService = jasmine.createSpyObj('requestService', ['configure']);
+      requestService = getMockRequestService();
 
       envConfig = {
         rest: { baseUrl: 'https://rest.api/' }
@@ -53,7 +54,7 @@ describe('HALEndpointService', () => {
 
     it('should configure a new RootEndpointRequest', () => {
       (service as any).getEndpointMap();
-      const expected = new RootEndpointRequest(envConfig);
+      const expected = new RootEndpointRequest(requestService.generateRequestId(), envConfig);
       expect(requestService.configure).toHaveBeenCalledWith(expected);
     });
 

src/app/core/shared/hal-endpoint.service.ts

@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ export abstract class HALEndpointService {
   protected abstract EnvConfig: GlobalConfig;
 
   protected getEndpointMap(): Observable<EndpointMap> {
-    const request = new RootEndpointRequest(this.EnvConfig);
+    const request = new RootEndpointRequest(this.requestService.generateRequestId(), this.EnvConfig);
     this.requestService.configure(request);
     return this.responseCache.get(request.href)
       .map((entry: ResponseCacheEntry) => entry.response)

src/app/core/shared/item.model.spec.ts

@@ -104,13 +104,10 @@ describe('Item', () => {
 
 function createRemoteDataObject(object: any) {
   return Observable.of(new RemoteData(
-    '',
     false,
     false,
     true,
     undefined,
-    '200',
-    new PageInfo(),
     object
   ));
 

src/app/core/shared/selectors.ts

@@ -1,13 +1,17 @@
 import { createSelector, MemoizedSelector } from '@ngrx/store';
-import { coreSelector, CoreState } from '../core.reducers';
-import { hasValue } from '../../shared/empty.util';
+import { hasNoValue, isEmpty } from '../../shared/empty.util';
 
-export function keySelector<T>(subState: string, key: string): MemoizedSelector<CoreState, T> {
-  return createSelector(coreSelector, (state: CoreState) => {
-    if (hasValue(state[subState])) {
-      return state[subState][key];
-    } else {
-      return undefined;
-    }
-  });
+export function pathSelector<From, To>(selector: MemoizedSelector<any, From>, ...path: string[]): MemoizedSelector<any, To> {
+  return createSelector(selector, (state: any) => getSubState(state, path));
+}
+
+function getSubState(state: any, path: string[]) {
+  const current = path[0];
+  const remainingPath = path.slice(1);
+  const subState = state[current];
+  if (hasNoValue(subState) || isEmpty(remainingPath)) {
+    return subState;
+  } else {
+    return getSubState(subState, remainingPath);
+  }
 }

src/app/core/shared/uuid.service.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+import { Injectable } from '@angular/core';
+import * as uuidv4 from 'uuid/v4';
+
+@Injectable()
+export class UUIDService {
+  generate(): string {
+    return uuidv4();
+  }
+}

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

@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ import { HeaderComponent } from './header.component';
 import { HeaderState } from './header.reducer';
 import { HeaderToggleAction } from './header.actions';
 
-
 let comp: HeaderComponent;
 let fixture: ComponentFixture<HeaderComponent>;
 let store: Store<HeaderState>;

src/app/object-list/collection-list-element/collection-list-element.component.scss

@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-@import '../../../styles/variables.scss';

src/app/object-list/collection-list-element/collection-list-element.component.ts

@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-import { Component, Inject } from '@angular/core';
-
-import { Collection } from '../../core/shared/collection.model';
-import { ObjectListElementComponent } from '../object-list-element/object-list-element.component';
-import { listElementFor } from '../list-element-decorator';
-
-@Component({
-  selector: 'ds-collection-list-element',
-  styleUrls: ['./collection-list-element.component.scss'],
-  templateUrl: './collection-list-element.component.html'
-})
-
-@listElementFor(Collection)
-export class CollectionListElementComponent extends ObjectListElementComponent<Collection> {}

src/app/object-list/community-list-element/community-list-element.component.scss

@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-@import '../../../styles/variables.scss';

src/app/object-list/community-list-element/community-list-element.component.ts

@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-import { Component, Input, Inject } from '@angular/core';
-
-import { Community } from '../../core/shared/community.model';
-import { ObjectListElementComponent } from '../object-list-element/object-list-element.component';
-import { listElementFor } from '../list-element-decorator';
-
-@Component({
-  selector: 'ds-community-list-element',
-  styleUrls: ['./community-list-element.component.scss'],
-  templateUrl: './community-list-element.component.html'
-})
-
-@listElementFor(Community)
-export class CommunityListElementComponent extends ObjectListElementComponent<Community> {}

src/app/object-list/item-list-element/item-list-element.component.scss

@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-@import '../../../styles/variables.scss';

src/app/object-list/item-list-element/item-list-element.component.ts

@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
-import { Component, Input, Inject } from '@angular/core';
-
-import { Item } from '../../core/shared/item.model';
-import { ObjectListElementComponent } from '../object-list-element/object-list-element.component';
-import { listElementFor } from '../list-element-decorator';
-
-@Component({
-  selector: 'ds-item-list-element',
-  styleUrls: ['./item-list-element.component.scss'],
-  templateUrl: './item-list-element.component.html'
-})
-
-@listElementFor(Item)
-export class ItemListElementComponent extends ObjectListElementComponent<Item> {
-  private lines = 3;
-}

src/app/object-list/list-element-decorator.ts

@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
-import { ListableObject } from './listable-object/listable-object.model';
-import { GenericConstructor } from '../core/shared/generic-constructor';
-
-const listElementMap = new Map();
-export function listElementFor(listable: GenericConstructor<ListableObject>) {
-  return function decorator(objectElement: any) {
-    if (!objectElement) {
-      return;
-    }
-    listElementMap.set(listable, objectElement);
-  };
-}
-
-export function getListElementFor(listable: GenericConstructor<ListableObject>) {
-  return listElementMap.get(listable);
-}

src/app/object-list/object-list-element/object-list-element.component.scss

@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-@import '../../../styles/variables.scss';
-
-:host {
-  display: block;
-  margin-bottom: $spacer;
-}

src/app/object-list/object-list-element/object-list-element.component.ts

@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-import { Component, Inject } from '@angular/core';
-import { ListableObject } from '../listable-object/listable-object.model';
-
-@Component({
-  selector: 'ds-object-list-element',
-  styleUrls: ['./object-list-element.component.scss'],
-  templateUrl: './object-list-element.component.html'
-})
-export class ObjectListElementComponent <T extends ListableObject> {
-  object: T;
-  public constructor(@Inject('objectElementProvider') public listable: ListableObject) {
-    this.object = listable as T;
-  }
-}

src/app/object-list/object-list.component.scss

@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-@import '../../styles/variables.scss';

src/app/object-list/search-result-list-element/collection-search-result/collection-search-result-list-element.component.scss

@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-@import '../../../../styles/variables.scss';