fixed issues with related resources that have a single link for a hasMany relationship (e.g. item.bitstreams)

src/app/core/cache/builders/build-decorators.ts

@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ export const getMapsTo = function(target: any) {
   return Reflect.getOwnMetadata(mapsToMetadataKey, target);
 };
 
-export const relationship = function(value: ResourceType): any {
+export const relationship = function(value: ResourceType, isList: boolean = false): any {
   return function (target: any, propertyKey: string, descriptor: PropertyDescriptor) {
     if (!target || !propertyKey) {
       return;
@@ -28,11 +28,11 @@ export const relationship = function(value: ResourceType): any {
     }
     relationshipMap.set(target.constructor, metaDataList);
 
-    return Reflect.metadata(relationshipKey, value).apply(this, arguments);
+    return Reflect.metadata(relationshipKey, { resourceType: value, isList }).apply(this, arguments);
   };
 };
 
-export const getResourceType = function(target: any, propertyKey: string) {
+export const getRelationMetadata = function(target: any, propertyKey: string) {
   return Reflect.getMetadata(relationshipKey, target, propertyKey);
 };
 

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

@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ import { ErrorResponse, SuccessResponse } from "../response-cache.models";
 import { Observable } from "rxjs/Observable";
 import { RemoteData } from "../../data/remote-data";
 import { GenericConstructor } from "../../shared/generic-constructor";
-import { getMapsTo, getResourceType, getRelationships } from "./build-decorators";
+import { getMapsTo, getRelationMetadata, getRelationships } from "./build-decorators";
 import { NormalizedObjectFactory } from "../models/normalized-object-factory";
 import { Request } from "../../data/request.models";
 
@@ -64,11 +64,26 @@ export class RemoteDataBuildService {
       .map((entry: ResponseCacheEntry) => (<SuccessResponse> entry.response).pageInfo)
       .distinctUntilChanged();
 
-    const payload = this.objectCache.getBySelfLink<TNormalized>(href, normalizedType)
+    const payload =
-      .map((normalized: TNormalized) => {
+      Observable.race(
+        this.objectCache.getBySelfLink<TNormalized>(href, normalizedType),
+        responseCacheObs
+          .filter((entry: ResponseCacheEntry) => entry.response.isSuccessful)
+          .map((entry: ResponseCacheEntry) => (<SuccessResponse> entry.response).resourceUUIDs)
+          .flatMap((resourceUUIDs: Array<string>) => {
+            if (isNotEmpty(resourceUUIDs)) {
+              return this.objectCache.get(resourceUUIDs[0], normalizedType);
+            }
+            else {
+              return Observable.of(undefined);
+            }
+          })
+          .distinctUntilChanged()
+      ).map((normalized: TNormalized) => {
         return this.build<TNormalized, TDomain>(normalized);
       });
 
+
     return new RemoteData(
       href,
       requestPending,
@@ -143,7 +158,7 @@ export class RemoteDataBuildService {
 
     relationships.forEach((relationship: string) => {
       if (hasValue(normalized[relationship])) {
-        const resourceType = getResourceType(normalized, relationship);
+        const { resourceType, isList } = getRelationMetadata(normalized, relationship);
         const resourceConstructor = NormalizedObjectFactory.getConstructor(resourceType);
         if (Array.isArray(normalized[relationship])) {
           // without the setTimeout, the actions inside requestService.configure
@@ -168,7 +183,14 @@ export class RemoteDataBuildService {
             this.requestService.configure(new Request(normalized[relationship]));
           },0);
 
-          links[relationship] = this.buildSingle(normalized[relationship], resourceConstructor);
+          // 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),
+          // but it should still be built as a list
+          if (isList) {
+            links[relationship] = this.buildList(normalized[relationship], resourceConstructor);
+          } else {
+            links[relationship] = this.buildSingle(normalized[relationship], resourceConstructor);
+          }
         }
       }
     });

src/app/core/cache/models/normalized-bitstream-format.model.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+import { NormalizedObject } from "./normalized-object.model";
+import { inheritSerialization } from "cerialize";
+
+@inheritSerialization(NormalizedObject)
+export class NormalizedBitstreamFormat extends NormalizedObject {
+  //TODO this class was created as a placeholder when we connected to the live rest api
+
+  get uuid(): string {
+    return this.self;
+  }
+}

src/app/core/cache/models/normalized-bitstream.model.ts

@@ -9,10 +9,10 @@ import { ResourceType } from "../../shared/resource-type";
 export class NormalizedBitstream extends NormalizedDSpaceObject {
 
   /**
-   * The size of this bitstream in bytes(?)
+   * The size of this bitstream in bytes
    */
   @autoserialize
-  size: number;
+  sizeBytes: number;
 
   /**
    * The relative path to this Bitstream's file
@@ -42,14 +42,14 @@ export class NormalizedBitstream extends NormalizedDSpaceObject {
    * An array of Bundles that are direct parents of this Bitstream
    */
   @autoserialize
-  @relationship(ResourceType.Item)
+  @relationship(ResourceType.Item, true)
   parents: Array<string>;
 
   /**
    * The Bundle that owns this Bitstream
    */
   @autoserialize
-  @relationship(ResourceType.Item)
+  @relationship(ResourceType.Item, false)
   owner: string;
 
   /**

src/app/core/cache/models/normalized-bundle.model.ts

@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ export class NormalizedBundle extends NormalizedDSpaceObject {
    * The primary bitstream of this Bundle
    */
   @autoserialize
-  @relationship(ResourceType.Bitstream)
+  @relationship(ResourceType.Bitstream, false)
   primaryBitstream: string;
 
   /**
@@ -25,6 +25,6 @@ export class NormalizedBundle extends NormalizedDSpaceObject {
   owner: string;
 
   @autoserialize
-  @relationship(ResourceType.Bitstream)
+  @relationship(ResourceType.Bitstream, true)
   bitstreams: Array<string>;
 }

src/app/core/cache/models/normalized-collection.model.ts

@@ -18,25 +18,25 @@ export class NormalizedCollection extends NormalizedDSpaceObject {
    * The Bitstream that represents the logo of this Collection
    */
   @autoserialize
-  @relationship(ResourceType.Bitstream)
+  @relationship(ResourceType.Bitstream, false)
   logo: string;
 
   /**
    * An array of Communities that are direct parents of this Collection
    */
   @autoserialize
-  @relationship(ResourceType.Community)
+  @relationship(ResourceType.Community, true)
   parents: Array<string>;
 
   /**
    * The Community that owns this Collection
    */
   @autoserialize
-  @relationship(ResourceType.Community)
+  @relationship(ResourceType.Community, false)
   owner: string;
 
   @autoserialize
-  @relationship(ResourceType.Item)
+  @relationship(ResourceType.Item, true)
   items: Array<string>;
 
 }

src/app/core/cache/models/normalized-community.model.ts

@@ -18,25 +18,25 @@ export class NormalizedCommunity extends NormalizedDSpaceObject {
    * The Bitstream that represents the logo of this Community
    */
   @autoserialize
-  @relationship(ResourceType.Bitstream)
+  @relationship(ResourceType.Bitstream, false)
   logo: string;
 
   /**
    * An array of Communities that are direct parents of this Community
    */
   @autoserialize
-  @relationship(ResourceType.Community)
+  @relationship(ResourceType.Community, true)
   parents: Array<string>;
 
   /**
    * The Community that owns this Community
    */
   @autoserialize
-  @relationship(ResourceType.Community)
+  @relationship(ResourceType.Community, false)
   owner: string;
 
   @autoserialize
-  @relationship(ResourceType.Collection)
+  @relationship(ResourceType.Collection, true)
   collections: Array<string>;
 
 }

src/app/core/cache/models/normalized-dspace-object.model.ts

@@ -1,13 +1,19 @@
-import { autoserialize, autoserializeAs } from "cerialize";
+import { autoserialize, autoserializeAs, inheritSerialization } from "cerialize";
-import { CacheableObject } from "../object-cache.reducer";
 import { Metadatum } from "../../shared/metadatum.model";
 import { ResourceType } from "../../shared/resource-type";
+import { NormalizedObject } from "./normalized-object.model";
 
 /**
  * An abstract model class for a DSpaceObject.
  */
-export abstract class NormalizedDSpaceObject implements CacheableObject {
+export abstract class NormalizedDSpaceObject extends NormalizedObject{
 
+  /**
+   * The link to the rest endpoint where this object can be found
+   *
+   * Repeated here to make the serialization work,
+   * inheritSerialization doesn't seem to work for more than one level
+   */
   @autoserialize
   self: string;
 
@@ -22,6 +28,9 @@ export abstract class NormalizedDSpaceObject implements CacheableObject {
 
   /**
    * The universally unique identifier of this DSpaceObject
+   *
+   * Repeated here to make the serialization work,
+   * inheritSerialization doesn't seem to work for more than one level
    */
   @autoserialize
   uuid: string;

src/app/core/cache/models/normalized-item.model.ts

@@ -42,17 +42,17 @@ export class NormalizedItem extends NormalizedDSpaceObject {
    * An array of Collections that are direct parents of this Item
    */
   @autoserialize
-  @relationship(ResourceType.Collection)
+  @relationship(ResourceType.Collection, true)
   parents: Array<string>;
 
   /**
    * The Collection that owns this Item
    */
   @autoserializeAs(String, 'owningCollection')
-  @relationship(ResourceType.Collection)
+  @relationship(ResourceType.Collection, false)
   owner: string;
 
   @autoserialize
-  @relationship(ResourceType.Bitstream)
+  @relationship(ResourceType.Bitstream, true)
   bitstreams: Array<string>;
 }

src/app/core/cache/models/normalized-object-factory.ts

@@ -6,13 +6,20 @@ import { NormalizedCollection } from "./normalized-collection.model";
 import { GenericConstructor } from "../../shared/generic-constructor";
 import { NormalizedCommunity } from "./normalized-community.model";
 import { ResourceType } from "../../shared/resource-type";
+import { NormalizedObject } from "./normalized-object.model";
+import { NormalizedBitstreamFormat } from "./normalized-bitstream-format.model";
 
 export class NormalizedObjectFactory {
-  public static getConstructor(type: ResourceType): GenericConstructor<NormalizedDSpaceObject> {
+  public static getConstructor(type: ResourceType): GenericConstructor<NormalizedObject> {
     switch (type) {
       case ResourceType.Bitstream: {
         return NormalizedBitstream
       }
+      // commented out for now, bitstreamformats aren't used in the UI yet
+      // and slow things down noticeably
+      // case ResourceType.BitstreamFormat: {
+      //   return NormalizedBitstreamFormat
+      // }
       case ResourceType.Bundle: {
         return NormalizedBundle
       }

src/app/core/cache/models/normalized-object.model.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+import { CacheableObject } from "../object-cache.reducer";
+import { autoserialize } from "cerialize";
+/**
+ * An abstract model class for a NormalizedObject.
+ */
+export abstract class NormalizedObject implements CacheableObject {
+
+  /**
+   * The link to the rest endpoint where this object can be found
+   */
+  @autoserialize
+  self: string;
+
+  /**
+   * The universally unique identifier of this Object
+   */
+  @autoserialize
+  uuid: string;
+
+}

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

@@ -72,7 +72,16 @@ export class RequestEffects {
           .filter(property => data.hasOwnProperty(property))
           .filter(property => hasValue(data[property]))
           .forEach(property => {
-            uuids = [...uuids, ...this.deserializeAndCache(data[property], requestHref)];
+            let propertyUUIDs;
+
+            if (isPaginatedResponse(data[property])) {
+              propertyUUIDs = this.process(data[property], requestHref);
+            }
+            else {
+              propertyUUIDs = this.deserializeAndCache(data[property], requestHref);
+            }
+
+            uuids = [...uuids, ...propertyUUIDs];
           });
         return uuids;
       }
@@ -122,13 +131,15 @@ export class RequestEffects {
       }
       else {
         //TODO move check to Validator?
-        throw new Error(`The server returned an object with an unknown a known type: ${type}`);
+        // 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)}`);
+      // throw new Error(`The server returned an object without a type: ${JSON.stringify(obj)}`);
+      return [];
     }
   }
 

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

@@ -5,9 +5,9 @@ import { Item } from "./item.model";
 export class Bitstream extends DSpaceObject {
 
   /**
-   * The size of this bitstream in bytes(?)
+   * The size of this bitstream in bytes
    */
-  size: number;
+  sizeBytes: number;
 
   /**
    * The mime type of this Bitstream

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

@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 export enum ResourceType {
   Bundle = <any> "bundle",
   Bitstream = <any> "bitstream",
+  BitstreamFormat = <any> "bitstreamformat",
   Item = <any> "item",
   Collection = <any> "collection",
   Community = <any> "community"

src/app/item-page/field-components/collections/collections.component.html

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <ds-metadata-field-wrapper [label]="label | translate">
     <div class="collections">
-        <a *ngFor="let collection of (collections | async); let last=last;" [href]="collection?.self">
+        <a *ngFor="let collection of (collections | async); let last=last;" [routerLink]="['/collections', collection.id]">
             <span>{{collection?.name}}</span><span *ngIf="!last" [innerHTML]="separator"></span>
         </a>
     </div>

src/app/item-page/field-components/collections/collections.component.ts

@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ export class CollectionsComponent implements OnInit {
 
     label : string = "item.page.collections";
 
-    separator: string = "<br/>"
+    separator: string = "<br/>";
 
     collections: Observable<Collection[]>;
 
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ export class CollectionsComponent implements OnInit {
       //TODO this should use parents, but the collections
       // for an Item aren't returned by the REST API yet,
       // only the owning collection
-      this.collections = this.rdbs.aggregate([this.item.owner]).payload
+      this.collections = this.item.owner.payload.map(c => [c]);
     }
 
 

src/app/item-page/simple/field-components/file-section/file-section.component.html

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
     <div class="file-section">
         <a *ngFor="let file of (files | async); let last=last;" [href]="file?.url">
             <span>{{file?.name}}</span>
-            <span>({{(file?.size) | dsFileSize }})</span>
+            <span>({{(file?.sizeBytes) | dsFileSize }})</span>
             <span *ngIf="!last" innerHTML="{{separator}}"></span>
         </a>
     </div>