Fixed server side form validation

config/environment.default.js

@@ -22,6 +22,14 @@ module.exports = {
     // msToLive: 1000, // 15 minutes
     control: 'max-age=60' // revalidate browser
   },
+  // Form settings
+  form: {
+    // NOTE: Map server-side validators to comparative Angular form validators
+    validatorMap: {
+      required: 'required',
+      regex: 'pattern'
+    }
+  },
   // Notifications
   notifications: {
     rtl: false,

src/app/shared/form/form.component.spec.ts

@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ import { FormState } from './form.reducer';
 import { FormChangeAction, FormStatusChangeAction } from './form.actions';
 import { MockStore } from '../testing/mock-store';
 import { FormFieldMetadataValueObject } from './builder/models/form-field-metadata-value.model';
+import { GLOBAL_CONFIG } from '../../../config';
 
 function createTestComponent<T>(html: string, type: { new(...args: any[]): T }): ComponentFixture<T> {
   TestBed.overrideComponent(type, {
@@ -102,11 +103,19 @@ export const TEST_FORM_MODEL_WITH_ARRAY = [
 ];
 
 describe('FormComponent test suite', () => {
-
   let testComp: TestComponent;
   let formComp: FormComponent;
   let testFixture: ComponentFixture<TestComponent>;
   let formFixture: ComponentFixture<FormComponent>;
+
+  const config = {
+    form: {
+      validatorMap: {
+        required: 'required',
+        regex: 'pattern'
+      }
+    }
+  } as any;
   const formState: FormState = {
     testForm: {
       data: {
@@ -146,6 +155,7 @@ describe('FormComponent test suite', () => {
         FormBuilderService,
         FormComponent,
         FormService,
+        {provide: GLOBAL_CONFIG, useValue: config},
         {
           provide: Store, useValue: store
         }

src/app/shared/form/form.service.spec.ts

@@ -13,8 +13,17 @@ import { FormService } from './form.service';
 import { FormBuilderService } from './builder/form-builder.service';
 import { AppState } from '../../app.reducer';
 import { formReducer } from './form.reducer';
+import { GlobalConfig } from '../../../config/global-config.interface';
 
 describe('FormService test suite', () => {
+  const config = {
+    form: {
+      validatorMap: {
+        required: 'required',
+          regex: 'pattern'
+      }
+    }
+  } as any;
   const formId = 'testForm';
   let service: FormService;
   let builderService: FormBuilderService;
@@ -98,7 +107,7 @@ describe('FormService test suite', () => {
       });
     builderService = formBuilderService;
     formGroup = builderService.createFormGroup(formModel);
-    service = new FormService(formBuilderService, store);
+    service = new FormService(config, formBuilderService, store);
   }));
 
   it('should check whether form state is init', () => {

src/app/shared/form/form.service.ts

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { Injectable } from '@angular/core';
+import { Inject, Injectable } from '@angular/core';
 import { AbstractControl, FormControl, FormGroup } from '@angular/forms';
 import { Observable } from 'rxjs/Observable';
 import { Store } from '@ngrx/store';
@@ -6,15 +6,18 @@ import { Store } from '@ngrx/store';
 import { AppState } from '../../app.reducer';
 import { formObjectFromIdSelector } from './selectors';
 import { FormBuilderService } from './builder/form-builder.service';
-import { DynamicFormControlModel, DynamicFormGroupModel } from '@ng-dynamic-forms/core';
+import { DynamicFormControlModel } from '@ng-dynamic-forms/core';
-import { isEmpty, isNotEmpty, isNotUndefined } from '../empty.util';
+import { isEmpty, isNotUndefined } from '../empty.util';
-import { find, uniqueId } from 'lodash';
+import { uniqueId } from 'lodash';
-import { FormChangeAction, FormRemoveErrorAction } from './form.actions';
+import { FormChangeAction } from './form.actions';
+import { GLOBAL_CONFIG, GlobalConfig } from '../../../config';
 
 @Injectable()
 export class FormService {
 
-  constructor(private formBuilderService: FormBuilderService,
+  constructor(
+    @Inject(GLOBAL_CONFIG) public config: GlobalConfig,
+    private formBuilderService: FormBuilderService,
     private store: Store<AppState>) {
   }
 
@@ -38,6 +41,16 @@ export class FormService {
       .distinctUntilChanged();
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Method to retrieve form's errors from state
+   */
+  public getFormErrors(formId: string): Observable<any> {
+    return this.store.select(formObjectFromIdSelector(formId))
+      .filter((state) => isNotUndefined(state))
+      .map((state) => state.errors)
+      .distinctUntilChanged();
+  }
+
   /**
    * Method to retrieve form's data from state
    */
@@ -66,50 +79,42 @@ export class FormService {
   }
 
   public addErrorToField(field: AbstractControl, model: DynamicFormControlModel, message: string) {
-
     const error = {}; // create the error object
+    const errorKey = this.getValidatorNameFromMap(message);
+    let errorMsg = message;
 
     // if form control model has not errorMessages object, create it
     if (!model.errorMessages) {
       model.errorMessages = {};
     }
 
-    // Use correct error messages from the model
-    const lastArray = message.split('.');
-    if (lastArray && lastArray.length > 0) {
     // check if error code is already present in the set of model's validators
-      const last = lastArray[lastArray.length - 1];
+    if (isEmpty(model.errorMessages[errorKey])) {
-      const modelMsg = model.errorMessages[last];
-      if (isEmpty(modelMsg)) {
-        const errorKey = uniqueId('error-'); // create a single key for the error
-        error[errorKey] = true;
       // put the error message in the form control model
       model.errorMessages[errorKey] = message;
     } else {
-        error[last] = modelMsg;
+      // Use correct error messages from the model
-      }
+      errorMsg = model.errorMessages[errorKey];
     }
 
+    if (!field.hasError(errorKey)) {
+      error[errorKey] = true;
       // add the error in the form control
       field.setErrors(error);
+    }
+
     field.markAsTouched();
   }
 
   public removeErrorFromField(field: AbstractControl, model: DynamicFormControlModel, messageKey: string) {
     const error = {};
+    const errorKey = this.getValidatorNameFromMap(messageKey);
 
-    if (messageKey.includes('.')) {
+    if (field.hasError(errorKey)) {
-      // Use correct error messages from the model
+      error[errorKey] = null;
-      const lastArray = messageKey.split('.');
-      if (lastArray && lastArray.length > 0) {
-        const last = lastArray[lastArray.length - 1];
-        error[last] = null;
-      }
-    } else {
-      error[messageKey] = null;
-    }
-
       field.setErrors(error);
+    }
+
     field.markAsUntouched();
   }
 
@@ -118,4 +123,14 @@ export class FormService {
     formGroup.reset();
     this.store.dispatch(new FormChangeAction(formId, formGroup.value));
   }
+
+  private getValidatorNameFromMap(validator): string {
+    if (validator.includes('.')) {
+      const splitArray = validator.split('.');
+      if (splitArray && splitArray.length > 0) {
+        validator = this.getValidatorNameFromMap(splitArray[splitArray.length - 1]);
+      }
+    }
+    return (this.config.form.validatorMap.hasOwnProperty(validator)) ? this.config.form.validatorMap[validator] : validator;
+  }
 }

src/app/shared/number-picker/number-picker.component.html

@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
       placeholder="{{placeholder}}"
       [name]="name"
       [(ngModel)]="value"
+      (blur)="onBlur($event); $event.stopPropagation();"
       (change)="update($event); $event.stopPropagation();"
       (focus)="onFocus($event); $event.stopPropagation();"
       [readonly]="disabled"

src/app/shared/number-picker/number-picker.component.ts

@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ export class NumberPickerComponent implements OnInit, ControlValueAccessor {
 
   @Output() selected = new EventEmitter<number>();
   @Output() remove = new EventEmitter<number>();
+  @Output() blur = new EventEmitter<any>();
   @Output() change = new EventEmitter<any>();
   @Output() focus = new EventEmitter<any>();
 
@@ -114,6 +115,10 @@ export class NumberPickerComponent implements OnInit, ControlValueAccessor {
     }
   }
 
+  onBlur(event) {
+    this.blur.emit(event);
+  }
+
   onFocus(event) {
     if (this.value) {
       this.startValue = this.value;

src/config/form-config.interfaces.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+import { Config } from './config.interface';
+
+export interface ValidatorMap {
+  [validator: string]: string;
+}
+
+export interface FormConfig extends Config {
+  validatorMap: ValidatorMap;
+}

src/config/global-config.interface.ts

@@ -3,12 +3,14 @@ import { ServerConfig } from './server-config.interface';
 import { CacheConfig } from './cache-config.interface';
 import { UniversalConfig } from './universal-config.interface';
 import { INotificationBoardOptions } from './notifications-config.interfaces';
+import { FormConfig } from './form-config.interfaces';
 
 export interface GlobalConfig extends Config {
   ui: ServerConfig;
   rest: ServerConfig;
   production: boolean;
   cache: CacheConfig;
+  form: FormConfig;
   notifications: INotificationBoardOptions;
   universal: UniversalConfig;
   gaTrackingId: string;