fetch resource endpoints from HAL response instead of hardcoding them

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

@@ -8,12 +8,12 @@ import { ResponseCacheService } from '../response-cache.service';
 import { RequestEntry } from '../../data/request.reducer';
 import { hasValue, isNotEmpty } from '../../../shared/empty.util';
 import { ResponseCacheEntry } from '../response-cache.reducer';
-import { ErrorResponse, SuccessResponse } from '../response-cache.models';
+import { ErrorResponse, DSOSuccessResponse } from '../response-cache.models';
 import { RemoteData } from '../../data/remote-data';
 import { GenericConstructor } from '../../shared/generic-constructor';
 import { getMapsTo, getRelationMetadata, getRelationships } from './build-decorators';
 import { NormalizedObjectFactory } from '../models/normalized-object-factory';
-import { Request } from '../../data/request.models';
+import { RestRequest } from '../../data/request.models';
 
 @Injectable()
 export class RemoteDataBuildService {
@@ -25,19 +25,26 @@ export class RemoteDataBuildService {
   }
 
   buildSingle<TNormalized extends CacheableObject, TDomain>(
-    href: string,
+    hrefObs: string | Observable<string>,
     normalizedType: GenericConstructor<TNormalized>
   ): RemoteData<TDomain> {
-    const requestHrefObs = this.objectCache.getRequestHrefBySelfLink(href);
+    if (typeof hrefObs === 'string') {
+      hrefObs = Observable.of(hrefObs);
+    }
+
+    const requestHrefObs = hrefObs.flatMap((href: string) =>
+      this.objectCache.getRequestHrefBySelfLink(href));
 
     const requestObs = Observable.race(
-      this.requestService.get(href).filter((entry) => hasValue(entry)),
+      hrefObs.flatMap((href: string) => this.requestService.get(href))
+        .filter((entry) => hasValue(entry)),
       requestHrefObs.flatMap((requestHref) =>
         this.requestService.get(requestHref)).filter((entry) => hasValue(entry))
     );
 
     const responseCacheObs = Observable.race(
-      this.responseCache.get(href).filter((entry) => hasValue(entry)),
+      hrefObs.flatMap((href: string) => this.responseCache.get(href))
+        .filter((entry) => hasValue(entry)),
       requestHrefObs.flatMap((requestHref) => this.responseCache.get(requestHref)).filter((entry) => hasValue(entry))
     );
 
@@ -60,17 +67,18 @@ export class RemoteDataBuildService {
     /* tslint:disable:no-string-literal */
     const pageInfo = responseCacheObs
       .filter((entry: ResponseCacheEntry) => hasValue(entry.response) && hasValue(entry.response['pageInfo']))
-      .map((entry: ResponseCacheEntry) => (entry.response as SuccessResponse).pageInfo)
+      .map((entry: ResponseCacheEntry) => (entry.response as DSOSuccessResponse).pageInfo)
       .distinctUntilChanged();
     /* tslint:enable:no-string-literal */
 
     // always use self link if that is cached, only if it isn't, get it via the response.
     const payload =
       Observable.combineLatest(
-        this.objectCache.getBySelfLink<TNormalized>(href, normalizedType).startWith(undefined),
+        hrefObs.flatMap((href: string) => this.objectCache.getBySelfLink<TNormalized>(href, normalizedType))
+          .startWith(undefined),
         responseCacheObs
           .filter((entry: ResponseCacheEntry) => entry.response.isSuccessful)
-          .map((entry: ResponseCacheEntry) => (entry.response as SuccessResponse).resourceSelfLinks)
+          .map((entry: ResponseCacheEntry) => (entry.response as DSOSuccessResponse).resourceSelfLinks)
           .flatMap((resourceSelfLinks: string[]) => {
             if (isNotEmpty(resourceSelfLinks)) {
               return this.objectCache.getBySelfLink(resourceSelfLinks[0], normalizedType);
@@ -93,7 +101,7 @@ export class RemoteDataBuildService {
         }).distinctUntilChanged();
 
     return new RemoteData(
-      href,
+      hrefObs,
       requestPending,
       responsePending,
       isSuccessFul,
@@ -105,12 +113,17 @@ export class RemoteDataBuildService {
   }
 
   buildList<TNormalized extends CacheableObject, TDomain>(
-    href: string,
+    hrefObs: string | Observable<string>,
     normalizedType: GenericConstructor<TNormalized>
   ): RemoteData<TDomain[]> {
-    const requestObs = this.requestService.get(href)
+    if (typeof hrefObs === 'string') {
+      hrefObs = Observable.of(hrefObs);
+    }
+
+    const requestObs = hrefObs.flatMap((href: string) => this.requestService.get(href))
+      .filter((entry) => hasValue(entry));
+    const responseCacheObs = hrefObs.flatMap((href: string) => this.responseCache.get(href))
       .filter((entry) => hasValue(entry));
-    const responseCacheObs = this.responseCache.get(href).filter((entry) => hasValue(entry));
 
     const requestPending = requestObs.map((entry: RequestEntry) => entry.requestPending).distinctUntilChanged();
 
@@ -131,13 +144,13 @@ export class RemoteDataBuildService {
     /* tslint:disable:no-string-literal */
     const pageInfo = responseCacheObs
       .filter((entry: ResponseCacheEntry) => hasValue(entry.response) && hasValue(entry.response['pageInfo']))
-      .map((entry: ResponseCacheEntry) => (entry.response as SuccessResponse).pageInfo)
+      .map((entry: ResponseCacheEntry) => (entry.response as DSOSuccessResponse).pageInfo)
       .distinctUntilChanged();
     /* tslint:enable:no-string-literal */
 
     const payload = responseCacheObs
       .filter((entry: ResponseCacheEntry) => entry.response.isSuccessful)
-      .map((entry: ResponseCacheEntry) => (entry.response as SuccessResponse).resourceSelfLinks)
+      .map((entry: ResponseCacheEntry) => (entry.response as DSOSuccessResponse).resourceSelfLinks)
       .flatMap((resourceUUIDs: string[]) => {
         return this.objectCache.getList(resourceUUIDs, normalizedType)
           .map((normList: TNormalized[]) => {
@@ -149,7 +162,7 @@ export class RemoteDataBuildService {
       .distinctUntilChanged();
 
     return new RemoteData(
-      href,
+      hrefObs,
       requestPending,
       responsePending,
       isSuccessFul,
@@ -174,7 +187,7 @@ export class RemoteDataBuildService {
           // are dispatched, but sometimes don't arrive. I'm unsure why atm.
           setTimeout(() => {
             normalized[relationship].forEach((href: string) => {
-              this.requestService.configure(new Request(href))
+              this.requestService.configure(new RestRequest(href))
             });
           }, 0);
 
@@ -192,7 +205,7 @@ export class RemoteDataBuildService {
           // without the setTimeout, the actions inside requestService.configure
           // are dispatched, but sometimes don't arrive. I'm unsure why atm.
           setTimeout(() => {
-            this.requestService.configure(new Request(normalized[relationship]));
+            this.requestService.configure(new RestRequest(normalized[relationship]));
           }, 0);
 
           // The rest API can return a single URL to represent a list of resources (e.g. /items/:id/bitstreams)
@@ -259,7 +272,7 @@ export class RemoteDataBuildService {
       // This is an aggregated object, it doesn't necessarily correspond
       // to a single REST endpoint, so instead of a self link, use the
       // current time in ms for a somewhat unique id
-      `${new Date().getTime()}`,
+      Observable.of(`${new Date().getTime()}`),
       requestPending,
       responsePending,
       isSuccessFul,

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

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import { Action } from '@ngrx/store';
 
 import { type } from '../../shared/ngrx/type';
-import { Response } from './response-cache.models';
+import { RestResponse } from './response-cache.models';
 
 /**
  * The list of ResponseCacheAction type definitions
@@ -17,12 +17,12 @@ export class ResponseCacheAddAction implements Action {
   type = ResponseCacheActionTypes.ADD;
   payload: {
     key: string,
-    response: Response
+    response: RestResponse
     timeAdded: number;
     msToLive: number;
   };
 
-  constructor(key: string, response: Response, timeAdded: number, msToLive: number) {
+  constructor(key: string, response: RestResponse, timeAdded: number, msToLive: number) {
     this.payload = { key, response, timeAdded, msToLive };
   }
 }

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

@@ -2,14 +2,14 @@ import { RequestError } from '../data/request.models';
 import { PageInfo } from '../shared/page-info.model';
 
 /* tslint:disable:max-classes-per-file */
-export class Response {
+export class RestResponse {
   constructor(
     public isSuccessful: boolean,
     public statusCode: string
   ) { }
 }
 
-export class SuccessResponse extends Response {
+export class DSOSuccessResponse extends RestResponse {
   constructor(
     public resourceSelfLinks: string[],
     public statusCode: string,
@@ -19,7 +19,16 @@ export class SuccessResponse extends Response {
   }
 }
 
-export class ErrorResponse extends Response {
+export class RootSuccessResponse extends RestResponse {
+  constructor(
+    public endpointMap: { [linkName: string]: string },
+    public statusCode: string,
+  ) {
+    super(true, statusCode);
+  }
+}
+
+export class ErrorResponse extends RestResponse {
   errorMessage: string;
 
   constructor(error: RequestError) {

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

@@ -5,14 +5,14 @@ import {
 } from './response-cache.actions';
 import { CacheEntry } from './cache-entry';
 import { hasValue } from '../../shared/empty.util';
-import { Response } from './response-cache.models';
+import { RestResponse } from './response-cache.models';
 
 /**
  * An entry in the ResponseCache
  */
 export class ResponseCacheEntry implements CacheEntry {
   key: string;
-  response: Response;
+  response: RestResponse;
   timeAdded: number;
   msToLive: number;
 }

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

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import { Observable } from 'rxjs/Observable';
 import { ResponseCacheEntry } from './response-cache.reducer';
 import { hasNoValue } from '../../shared/empty.util';
 import { ResponseCacheRemoveAction, ResponseCacheAddAction } from './response-cache.actions';
-import { Response } from './response-cache.models';
+import { RestResponse } from './response-cache.models';
 import { CoreState } from '../core.reducers';
 import { keySelector } from '../shared/selectors';
 
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ export class ResponseCacheService {
     private store: Store<CoreState>
   ) { }
 
-  add(key: string, response: Response, msToLive: number): Observable<ResponseCacheEntry> {
+  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));

src/app/core/core.module.ts

@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@ import { coreEffects } from './core.effects';
 import { EffectsModule } from '@ngrx/effects';
 import { StoreModule } from '@ngrx/store';
 import { coreReducers } from './core.reducers';
+import { DSOResponseParsingService } from './data/dso-response-parsing.service';
+import { RootResponseParsingService } from './data/root-response-parsing.service';
 
 const IMPORTS = [
   CommonModule,
@@ -43,7 +45,9 @@ const PROVIDERS = [
   PaginationComponentOptions,
   ResponseCacheService,
   RequestService,
-  RemoteDataBuildService
+  RemoteDataBuildService,
+  DSOResponseParsingService,
+  RootResponseParsingService
 ];
 
 @NgModule({

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

@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ import { Store } from '@ngrx/store';
 
 import { DataService } from './data.service';
 import { Collection } from '../shared/collection.model';
-import { ObjectCacheService } from '../cache/object-cache.service';
 import { ResponseCacheService } from '../cache/response-cache.service';
 import { NormalizedCollection } from '../cache/models/normalized-collection.model';
 import { CoreState } from '../core.reducers';
@@ -13,11 +12,10 @@ import { GLOBAL_CONFIG, GlobalConfig } from '../../../config';
 
 @Injectable()
 export class CollectionDataService extends DataService<NormalizedCollection, Collection> {
-  protected resourceEndpoint = '/core/collections';
+  protected linkName = 'collections';
   protected browseEndpoint = '/discover/browses/dateissued/collections';
 
   constructor(
-    protected objectCache: ObjectCacheService,
     protected responseCache: ResponseCacheService,
     protected requestService: RequestService,
     protected rdbService: RemoteDataBuildService,

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

@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ import { Store } from '@ngrx/store';
 
 import { DataService } from './data.service';
 import { Community } from '../shared/community.model';
-import { ObjectCacheService } from '../cache/object-cache.service';
 import { ResponseCacheService } from '../cache/response-cache.service';
 import { NormalizedCommunity } from '../cache/models/normalized-community.model';
 import { CoreState } from '../core.reducers';
@@ -14,11 +13,10 @@ import { GLOBAL_CONFIG, GlobalConfig } from '../../../config';
 
 @Injectable()
 export class CommunityDataService extends DataService<NormalizedCommunity, Community> {
-  protected resourceEndpoint = '/core/communities';
+  protected linkName = 'communities';
   protected browseEndpoint = '/discover/browses/dateissued/communities';
 
   constructor(
-    protected objectCache: ObjectCacheService,
     protected responseCache: ResponseCacheService,
     protected requestService: RequestService,
     protected rdbService: RemoteDataBuildService,

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

@@ -1,9 +1,11 @@
-import { ObjectCacheService } from '../cache/object-cache.service';
 import { ResponseCacheService } from '../cache/response-cache.service';
 import { CacheableObject } from '../cache/object-cache.reducer';
 import { hasValue, isNotEmpty } from '../../shared/empty.util';
 import { RemoteData } from './remote-data';
-import { FindAllOptions, FindAllRequest, FindByIDRequest, Request } from './request.models';
+import {
+  FindAllOptions, FindAllRequest, FindByIDRequest, RestRequest,
+  RootEndpointRequest
+} from './request.models';
 import { Store } from '@ngrx/store';
 import { CoreState } from '../core.reducers';
 import { RequestService } from './request.service';
@@ -12,14 +14,15 @@ import { GenericConstructor } from '../shared/generic-constructor';
 import { GlobalConfig } from '../../../config';
 import { RESTURLCombiner } from '../url-combiner/rest-url-combiner';
 import { Observable } from 'rxjs/Observable';
+import { ResponseCacheEntry } from '../cache/response-cache.reducer';
+import { RootSuccessResponse } from '../cache/response-cache.models';
 
 export abstract class DataService<TNormalized extends CacheableObject, TDomain> {
-  protected abstract objectCache: ObjectCacheService;
   protected abstract responseCache: ResponseCacheService;
   protected abstract requestService: RequestService;
   protected abstract rdbService: RemoteDataBuildService;
   protected abstract store: Store<CoreState>;
-  protected abstract resourceEndpoint: string;
+  protected abstract linkName: string;
   protected abstract browseEndpoint: string;
 
   constructor(
@@ -30,21 +33,23 @@ export abstract class DataService<TNormalized extends CacheableObject, TDomain>
   }
 
   private getEndpoint(linkName: string): Observable<string> {
-    const apiUrl = new RESTURLCombiner(this.EnvConfig, '/').toString();
+    const request = new RootEndpointRequest(this.EnvConfig);
-    this.requestService.configure(new Request(apiUrl));
+    this.requestService.configure(request);
-    // TODO fetch from store
+    return this.responseCache.get(request.href)
-    return Observable.of(undefined);
+      .map((entry: ResponseCacheEntry) => entry.response)
+      .filter((response: RootSuccessResponse) => isNotEmpty(response) && isNotEmpty(response.endpointMap))
+      .map((response: RootSuccessResponse) => response.endpointMap[linkName])
   }
 
-  protected getFindAllHref(options: FindAllOptions = {}): string {
+  protected getFindAllHref(endpoint, options: FindAllOptions = {}): string {
     let result;
     const args = [];
 
     if (hasValue(options.scopeID)) {
-      result = this.browseEndpoint;
+      result = new RESTURLCombiner(this.EnvConfig, this.browseEndpoint).toString();
       args.push(`scope=${options.scopeID}`);
     } else {
-      result = this.resourceEndpoint;
+      result = endpoint;
     }
 
     if (hasValue(options.currentPage) && typeof options.currentPage === 'number') {
@@ -67,31 +72,41 @@ export abstract class DataService<TNormalized extends CacheableObject, TDomain>
     if (isNotEmpty(args)) {
       result = `${result}?${args.join('&')}`;
     }
-    return new RESTURLCombiner(this.EnvConfig, result).toString();
+    return result;
   }
 
   findAll(options: FindAllOptions = {}): RemoteData<TDomain[]> {
-    const href = this.getFindAllHref(options);
+    const hrefObs = this.getEndpoint(this.linkName)
+      .map((endpoint: string) => this.getFindAllHref(endpoint, options));
+
+    hrefObs
+      .subscribe((href: string) => {
         const request = new FindAllRequest(href, options);
         this.requestService.configure(request);
-    return this.rdbService.buildList<TNormalized, TDomain>(href, this.normalizedResourceType);
+      });
-    // return this.rdbService.buildList(href);
+
+    return this.rdbService.buildList<TNormalized, TDomain>(hrefObs, this.normalizedResourceType);
   }
 
-  protected getFindByIDHref(resourceID): string {
+  protected getFindByIDHref(endpoint, resourceID): string {
-    return new RESTURLCombiner(this.EnvConfig, `${this.resourceEndpoint}/${resourceID}`).toString();
+    return `${endpoint}/${resourceID}`;
   }
 
   findById(id: string): RemoteData<TDomain> {
-    const href = this.getFindByIDHref(id);
+    const hrefObs = this.getEndpoint(this.linkName)
+      .map((endpoint: string) => this.getFindByIDHref(endpoint, id));
+
+    hrefObs
+      .subscribe((href: string) => {
         const request = new FindByIDRequest(href, id);
         this.requestService.configure(request);
-    return this.rdbService.buildSingle<TNormalized, TDomain>(href, this.normalizedResourceType);
+      });
-    // return this.rdbService.buildSingle(href);
+
+    return this.rdbService.buildSingle<TNormalized, TDomain>(hrefObs, this.normalizedResourceType);
   }
 
   findByHref(href: string): RemoteData<TDomain> {
-    this.requestService.configure(new Request(href));
+    this.requestService.configure(new RestRequest(href));
     return this.rdbService.buildSingle<TNormalized, TDomain>(href, this.normalizedResourceType);
     // return this.rdbService.buildSingle(href));
   }

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

@@ -0,0 +1,149 @@
+import { ObjectCacheService } from '../cache/object-cache.service';
+import { Inject, Injectable } from '@angular/core';
+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[]
+}
+
+@Injectable()
+export class DSOResponseParsingService implements ResponseParsingService {
+  constructor(
+    @Inject(GLOBAL_CONFIG) private EnvConfig: GlobalConfig,
+    private objectCache: ObjectCacheService,
+  ) {
+  }
+
+  parse(request: RestRequest, data: DSpaceRESTV2Response): RestResponse {
+    const processRequestDTO = this.process(data.payload, request.href);
+    const selfLinks = 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/item-data.service.ts

@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ import { Store } from '@ngrx/store';
 
 import { DataService } from './data.service';
 import { Item } from '../shared/item.model';
-import { ObjectCacheService } from '../cache/object-cache.service';
 import { ResponseCacheService } from '../cache/response-cache.service';
 import { CoreState } from '../core.reducers';
 import { NormalizedItem } from '../cache/models/normalized-item.model';
@@ -14,11 +13,10 @@ import { GLOBAL_CONFIG, GlobalConfig } from '../../../config';
 
 @Injectable()
 export class ItemDataService extends DataService<NormalizedItem, Item> {
-  protected resourceEndpoint = '/core/items';
+  protected linkName = 'items';
   protected browseEndpoint = '/discover/browses/dateissued/items';
 
   constructor(
-    protected objectCache: ObjectCacheService,
     protected responseCache: ResponseCacheService,
     protected requestService: RequestService,
     protected rdbService: RemoteDataBuildService,

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

@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+import { DSpaceRESTV2Response } from '../dspace-rest-v2/dspace-rest-v2-response.model';
+import { RestRequest } from './request.models';
+import { RestResponse } from '../cache/response-cache.models';
+
+export interface ResponseParsingService {
+  parse(request: RestRequest, data: DSpaceRESTV2Response): RestResponse;
+}

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

@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ export enum RemoteDataState {
  */
 export class RemoteData<T> {
   constructor(
-    public self: string,
+    public self: Observable<string>,
     private requestPending: Observable<boolean>,
     private responsePending: Observable<boolean>,
     private isSuccessFul: Observable<boolean>,

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

@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 import { Action } from '@ngrx/store';
 import { type } from '../../shared/ngrx/type';
-import { CacheableObject } from '../cache/object-cache.reducer';
+import { RestRequest } from './request.models';
-import { Request } from './request.models';
 
 /**
  * The list of RequestAction type definitions
@@ -15,10 +14,10 @@ export const RequestActionTypes = {
 /* tslint:disable:max-classes-per-file */
 export class RequestConfigureAction implements Action {
   type = RequestActionTypes.CONFIGURE;
-  payload: Request;
+  payload: RestRequest;
 
   constructor(
-    request: Request
+    request: RestRequest
   ) {
     this.payload = request;
   }

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

@@ -1,48 +1,18 @@
-import { Injectable, Inject } from '@angular/core';
+import { Inject, Injectable, Injector } from '@angular/core';
 import { Actions, Effect } from '@ngrx/effects';
-
 // tslint:disable-next-line:import-blacklist
 import { Observable } from 'rxjs';
 
-import { DSpaceRESTv2Service } from '../dspace-rest-v2/dspace-rest-v2.service';
+import { GLOBAL_CONFIG, GlobalConfig } from '../../../config';
-import { ObjectCacheService } from '../cache/object-cache.service';
+import { ErrorResponse, RestResponse } from '../cache/response-cache.models';
-import { DSpaceRESTV2Response } from '../dspace-rest-v2/dspace-rest-v2-response.model';
-import { DSpaceRESTv2Serializer } from '../dspace-rest-v2/dspace-rest-v2.serializer';
-import { CacheableObject } from '../cache/object-cache.reducer';
-import { Response, SuccessResponse, ErrorResponse } from '../cache/response-cache.models';
-import { hasNoValue, hasValue, isEmpty, isNotEmpty } from '../../shared/empty.util';
-import { RequestEntry } from './request.reducer';
-import { RequestActionTypes, RequestExecuteAction, RequestCompleteAction } from './request.actions';
 import { ResponseCacheService } from '../cache/response-cache.service';
-import { RequestService } from './request.service';
+import { DSpaceRESTV2Response } from '../dspace-rest-v2/dspace-rest-v2-response.model';
-import { NormalizedObjectFactory } from '../cache/models/normalized-object-factory';
+
-import { ResourceType } from '../shared/resource-type';
+import { DSpaceRESTv2Service } from '../dspace-rest-v2/dspace-rest-v2.service';
+import { RequestActionTypes, RequestCompleteAction, RequestExecuteAction } from './request.actions';
 import { RequestError } from './request.models';
-import { PageInfo } from '../shared/page-info.model';
+import { RequestEntry } from './request.reducer';
-import { NormalizedObject } from '../cache/models/normalized-object.model';
+import { RequestService } from './request.service';
-
-import { GlobalConfig, GLOBAL_CONFIG } from '../../../config';
-
-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[]
-}
 
 @Injectable()
 export class RequestEffects {
@@ -55,121 +25,23 @@ export class RequestEffects {
     })
     .flatMap((entry: RequestEntry) => {
       return this.restApi.get(entry.request.href)
-        .map((data: DSpaceRESTV2Response) => {
+        .map((data: DSpaceRESTV2Response) =>
-          const processRequestDTO = this.process(data.payload, entry.request.href);
+          this.injector.get(entry.request.getResponseParser()).parse(entry.request, data))
-          const selfLinks = flattenSingleKeyObject(processRequestDTO).map((no) => no.self);
+        .do((response: RestResponse) => this.responseCache.add(entry.request.href, response, this.EnvConfig.cache.msToLive))
-          return new SuccessResponse(selfLinks, data.statusCode, this.processPageInfo(data.payload.page))
+        .map((response: RestResponse) => new RequestCompleteAction(entry.request.href))
-        }).do((response: Response) => this.responseCache.add(entry.request.href, response, this.EnvConfig.cache.msToLive))
-        .map((response: Response) => new RequestCompleteAction(entry.request.href))
         .catch((error: RequestError) => Observable.of(new ErrorResponse(error))
-          .do((response: Response) => this.responseCache.add(entry.request.href, response, this.EnvConfig.cache.msToLive))
+          .do((response: RestResponse) => this.responseCache.add(entry.request.href, response, this.EnvConfig.cache.msToLive))
-          .map((response: Response) => new RequestCompleteAction(entry.request.href)));
+          .map((response: RestResponse) => new RequestCompleteAction(entry.request.href)));
     });
 
   constructor(
     @Inject(GLOBAL_CONFIG) private EnvConfig: GlobalConfig,
     private actions$: Actions,
     private restApi: DSpaceRESTv2Service,
-    private objectCache: ObjectCacheService,
+    private injector: Injector,
     private responseCache: ResponseCacheService,
     protected requestService: RequestService
   ) { }
 
-  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/request.models.ts

@@ -1,15 +1,23 @@
 import { SortOptions } from '../cache/models/sort-options.model';
-import { PaginationComponentOptions } from '../../shared/pagination/pagination-component-options.model';
 import { GenericConstructor } from '../shared/generic-constructor';
+import { GlobalConfig } from '../../../config/global-config.interface';
+import { RESTURLCombiner } from '../url-combiner/rest-url-combiner';
+import { DSOResponseParsingService } from './dso-response-parsing.service';
+import { ResponseParsingService } from './parsing.service';
+import { RootResponseParsingService } from './root-response-parsing.service';
 
 /* tslint:disable:max-classes-per-file */
-export class Request {
+export class RestRequest {
   constructor(
     public href: string,
   ) { }
+
+  getResponseParser(): GenericConstructor<ResponseParsingService> {
+    return DSOResponseParsingService;
+  }
 }
 
-export class FindByIDRequest extends Request {
+export class FindByIDRequest extends RestRequest {
   constructor(
     href: string,
     public resourceID: string
@@ -25,7 +33,7 @@ export class FindAllOptions {
   sort?: SortOptions;
 }
 
-export class FindAllRequest extends Request {
+export class FindAllRequest extends RestRequest {
   constructor(
     href: string,
     public options?: FindAllOptions,
@@ -34,6 +42,17 @@ export class FindAllRequest extends Request {
   }
 }
 
+export class RootEndpointRequest extends RestRequest {
+  constructor(EnvConfig: GlobalConfig) {
+    const href = new RESTURLCombiner(EnvConfig, '/').toString();
+    super(href);
+  }
+
+  getResponseParser(): GenericConstructor<ResponseParsingService> {
+    return RootResponseParsingService;
+  }
+}
+
 export class RequestError extends Error {
   statusText: string;
 }

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

@@ -1,12 +1,11 @@
-import { CacheableObject } from '../cache/object-cache.reducer';
 import {
   RequestActionTypes, RequestAction, RequestConfigureAction,
   RequestExecuteAction, RequestCompleteAction
 } from './request.actions';
-import { Request } from './request.models';
+import { RestRequest } from './request.models';
 
 export class RequestEntry {
-  request: Request;
+  request: RestRequest;
   requestPending: boolean;
   responsePending: boolean;
   completed: boolean;

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

@@ -3,18 +3,18 @@ import { Injectable } from '@angular/core';
 import { MemoizedSelector, Store } from '@ngrx/store';
 
 import { Observable } from 'rxjs/Observable';
-
-import { RequestEntry } from './request.reducer';
-import { Request } from './request.models';
 import { hasValue } from '../../shared/empty.util';
-import { RequestConfigureAction, RequestExecuteAction } from './request.actions';
-import { ResponseCacheService } from '../cache/response-cache.service';
-import { ObjectCacheService } from '../cache/object-cache.service';
 import { CacheableObject } from '../cache/object-cache.reducer';
+import { ObjectCacheService } from '../cache/object-cache.service';
+import { DSOSuccessResponse } from '../cache/response-cache.models';
 import { ResponseCacheEntry } from '../cache/response-cache.reducer';
-import { SuccessResponse } from '../cache/response-cache.models';
+import { ResponseCacheService } from '../cache/response-cache.service';
 import { CoreState } from '../core.reducers';
 import { keySelector } from '../shared/selectors';
+import { RequestConfigureAction, RequestExecuteAction } from './request.actions';
+import { RestRequest } from './request.models';
+
+import { RequestEntry } from './request.reducer';
 
 function entryFromHrefSelector(href: string): MemoizedSelector<CoreState, RequestEntry> {
   return keySelector<RequestEntry>('data/request', href);
@@ -45,18 +45,25 @@ export class RequestService {
     return this.store.select(entryFromHrefSelector(href));
   }
 
-  configure<T extends CacheableObject>(request: Request): void {
+  configure<T extends CacheableObject>(request: RestRequest): void {
     let isCached = this.objectCache.hasBySelfLink(request.href);
 
     if (!isCached && this.responseCache.has(request.href)) {
-      // if it isn't cached it may be a list endpoint, if so verify
+      const [dsoSuccessResponse, otherSuccessResponse] = this.responseCache.get(request.href)
-      // every object included in the response is still cached
-      this.responseCache.get(request.href)
         .take(1)
         .filter((entry: ResponseCacheEntry) => entry.response.isSuccessful)
-        .map((entry: ResponseCacheEntry) => (entry.response as SuccessResponse).resourceSelfLinks)
+        .map((entry: ResponseCacheEntry) => entry.response)
-        .map((resourceSelfLinks: string[]) => resourceSelfLinks.every((selfLink) => this.objectCache.hasBySelfLink(selfLink)))
+        .share()
-        .subscribe((c) => isCached = c);
+        .partition((response: DSOSuccessResponse) => hasValue(response.resourceSelfLinks));
+
+      Observable.merge(
+        otherSuccessResponse.map(() => true),
+        dsoSuccessResponse // a DSOSuccessResponse should only be considered cached if all its resources are cached
+          .map((response: DSOSuccessResponse) => response.resourceSelfLinks)
+          .map((resourceSelfLinks: string[]) => resourceSelfLinks
+            .every((selfLink) => this.objectCache.hasBySelfLink(selfLink))
+          )
+      ).subscribe((c) => isCached = c);
     }
 
     const isPending = this.isPending(request.href);

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

@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+import { Inject, Injectable } from '@angular/core';
+import { GLOBAL_CONFIG } from '../../../config';
+import { GlobalConfig } from '../../../config/global-config.interface';
+import { ErrorResponse, RestResponse, RootSuccessResponse } from '../cache/response-cache.models';
+import { DSpaceRESTV2Response } from '../dspace-rest-v2/dspace-rest-v2-response.model';
+import { ResponseParsingService } from './parsing.service';
+import { RestRequest } from './request.models';
+import { isNotEmpty } from '../../shared/empty.util';
+import { RESTURLCombiner } from '../url-combiner/rest-url-combiner';
+
+@Injectable()
+export class RootResponseParsingService implements ResponseParsingService {
+  constructor(
+    @Inject(GLOBAL_CONFIG) private EnvConfig: GlobalConfig,
+  ) {
+  }
+
+  parse(request: RestRequest, data: DSpaceRESTV2Response): RestResponse {
+    if (isNotEmpty(data.payload) && isNotEmpty(data.payload._links)) {
+      const links = data.payload._links;
+      for (const link of Object.keys(links)) {
+        let href = links[link].href;
+        // TODO temporary workaround as these endpoint paths are relative, but should be absolute
+        href = new RESTURLCombiner(this.EnvConfig, href.substring(this.EnvConfig.rest.nameSpace.length)).toString();
+        links[link] = href;
+      }
+      return new RootSuccessResponse(links, data.statusCode);
+    } else {
+      return new ErrorResponse(
+        Object.assign(
+          new Error('Unexpected response from root endpoint'),
+          { statusText: data.statusCode }
+        )
+      );
+    }
+  }
+}

src/app/search/search.service.ts

@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ export class SearchService {
     });
 
     return new RemoteData(
-      self,
+      Observable.of(self),
       requestPending,
       responsePending,
       isSuccessFul,