Moved the context @Input() to the loaders (since they are not always required for all the loaders) & added AbstractComponentLoaderComponent documentation

src/app/browse-by/browse-by-switcher/browse-by-switcher.component.ts

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import { GenericConstructor } from '../../core/shared/generic-constructor';
 import { AbstractComponentLoaderComponent } from '../../shared/abstract-component-loader/abstract-component-loader.component';
 import { AbstractBrowseByTypeComponent } from '../abstract-browse-by-type.component';
 import { BrowseByDataType } from './browse-by-data-type';
+import { Context } from '../../core/shared/context.model';
 
 @Component({
   selector: 'ds-browse-by-switcher',
@@ -11,15 +12,17 @@ import { BrowseByDataType } from './browse-by-data-type';
 })
 export class BrowseBySwitcherComponent extends AbstractComponentLoaderComponent<AbstractBrowseByTypeComponent> {
 
+  @Input() context: Context;
+
   @Input() browseByType: BrowseByDataType;
 
   protected inputNamesDependentForComponent: (keyof this & string)[] = [
-    ...this.inputNamesDependentForComponent,
+    'context',
     'browseByType',
   ];
 
   protected inputNames: (keyof this & string)[] = [
-    ...this.inputNames,
+    'context',
     'browseByType',
   ];
 

src/app/shared/abstract-component-loader/abstract-component-loader.component.ts

@@ -1,22 +1,27 @@
-import { Component, ComponentRef, Input, OnChanges, OnDestroy, OnInit, SimpleChanges, ViewChild, ViewContainerRef } from '@angular/core';
+import { Component, ComponentRef, OnChanges, OnDestroy, OnInit, SimpleChanges, ViewChild, ViewContainerRef } from '@angular/core';
-import { Context } from '../../core/shared/context.model';
 import { ThemeService } from '../theme-support/theme.service';
 import { GenericConstructor } from '../../core/shared/generic-constructor';
 import { hasValue, isNotEmpty } from '../empty.util';
 import { Subscription } from 'rxjs';
 import { DynamicComponentLoaderDirective } from './dynamic-component-loader.directive';
 
+/**
+ * To create a new loader component you will need to:
+ * <ul>
+ *   <li>Create a new LoaderComponent component extending this component</li>
+ *   <li>Point the templateUrl to this component's templateUrl</li>
+ *   <li>Add all the @Input()/@Output() names that the dynamically generated components should inherit from the loader to the inputNames/outputNames lists</li>
+ *   <li>Create a decorator file containing the new decorator function, a map containing all the collected {@link Component}s and a function to retrieve the {@link Component}</li>
+ *   <li>Call the function to retrieve the correct {@link Component} in getComponent()</li>
+ *   <li>Add all the @Input()s you had to used in getComponent() in the inputNamesDependentForComponent array</li>
+ * </ul>
+ */
 @Component({
   selector: 'ds-abstract-component-loader',
   templateUrl: './abstract-component-loader.component.html',
 })
 export abstract class AbstractComponentLoaderComponent<T> implements OnInit, OnChanges, OnDestroy {
 
-  /**
-   * The optional context
-   */
-  @Input() context: Context;
-
   /**
    * Directive to determine where the dynamic child component is located
    */
@@ -33,20 +38,21 @@ export abstract class AbstractComponentLoaderComponent<T> implements OnInit, OnC
   protected subs: Subscription[] = [];
 
   /**
-   * The @{@link Input}() that are used to find the matching component using {@link getComponent}. When the value of
+   * The @Input() that are used to find the matching component using {@link getComponent}. When the value of
-   * one of these @{@link Input}() change this loader needs to retrieve the best matching component again using the
+   * one of these @Input() change this loader needs to retrieve the best matching component again using the
    * {@link getComponent} method.
    */
-  protected inputNamesDependentForComponent: (keyof this & string)[] = [
+  protected inputNamesDependentForComponent: (keyof this & string)[] = [];
-    'context',
-  ];
 
-  protected inputNames: (keyof this & string)[] = [
+  /**
-    'context',
+   * The list of the @Input() names that should be passed down to the dynamically created components.
-  ];
+   */
+  protected inputNames: (keyof this & string)[] = [];
 
-  protected outputNames: (keyof this & string)[] = [
+  /**
-  ];
+   * The list of the @Output() names that should be passed down to the dynamically created components.
+   */
+  protected outputNames: (keyof this & string)[] = [];
 
   constructor(
     protected themeService: ThemeService,

src/app/shared/metadata-representation/metadata-representation-loader.component.ts

@@ -19,13 +19,20 @@ import { AbstractComponentLoaderComponent } from '../abstract-component-loader/a
  */
 export class MetadataRepresentationLoaderComponent extends AbstractComponentLoaderComponent<MetadataRepresentationListElementComponent> {
 
+  @Input() context: Context;
+
   /**
    * The item or metadata to determine the component for
    */
   @Input() mdRepresentation: MetadataRepresentation;
 
+  protected inputNamesDependentForComponent: (keyof this & string)[] = [
+    'context',
+    'mdRepresentation',
+  ];
+
   protected inputNames: (keyof this & string)[] = [
-    ...this.inputNames,
+    'context',
     'mdRepresentation',
   ];
 

src/app/shared/mydspace-actions/claimed-task/switcher/claimed-task-actions-loader.component.ts

@@ -47,7 +47,6 @@ export class ClaimedTaskActionsLoaderComponent extends AbstractComponentLoaderCo
    * The list of input and output names for the dynamic component
    */
   protected inputNames: (keyof this & string)[] = [
-    ...this.inputNames,
     'item',
     'object',
     'option',
@@ -55,7 +54,6 @@ export class ClaimedTaskActionsLoaderComponent extends AbstractComponentLoaderCo
   ];
 
   protected outputNames: (keyof this & string)[] = [
-    ...this.outputNames,
     'processCompleted',
   ];
 

src/app/shared/object-collection/shared/listable-object/listable-object-component-loader.component.ts

@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ export class ListableObjectComponentLoaderComponent extends AbstractComponentLoa
   /**
    * Whether to show the thumbnail preview
    */
-  @Input() showThumbnails;
+  @Input() showThumbnails: boolean;
 
   /**
    * The value to display for this element
@@ -70,13 +70,19 @@ export class ListableObjectComponentLoaderComponent extends AbstractComponentLoa
    */
   @Output() contentChange = new EventEmitter<ListableObject>();
 
+  protected inputNamesDependentForComponent: (keyof this & string)[] = [
+    'object',
+    'viewMode',
+    'context',
+  ];
+
   /**
    * The list of input and output names for the dynamic component
    */
   protected inputNames: (keyof this & string)[] = [
-    ...this.inputNames,
     'object',
     'index',
+    'context',
     'linkType',
     'listID',
     'showLabel',
@@ -86,7 +92,6 @@ export class ListableObjectComponentLoaderComponent extends AbstractComponentLoa
   ];
 
   protected outputNames: (keyof this & string)[] = [
-    ...this.outputNames,
     'contentChange',
   ];