Merge branch 'main' into iiif-mirador

.github/workflows/build.yml

@@ -16,6 +16,9 @@ jobs:
       DSPACE_REST_PORT: 8080
       DSPACE_REST_NAMESPACE: '/server'
       DSPACE_REST_SSL: false
+      # When Chrome version is specified, we pin to a specific version of Chrome & ChromeDriver
+      # Comment this out to use the latest release of both.
+      CHROME_VERSION: "90.0.4430.212-1"
     strategy:
       # Create a matrix of Node versions to test against (in parallel)
       matrix:
@@ -34,10 +37,20 @@ jobs:
         with:
           node-version: ${{ matrix.node-version }}
 
-      - name: Install latest Chrome (for e2e tests)
+      # If CHROME_VERSION env variable specified above, then pin to that version.
+      # Otherwise, just install latest version of Chrome.
+      - name: Install Chrome (for e2e tests)
         run: |
+          if [[ -z "${CHROME_VERSION}" ]]
+          then
+             echo "Installing latest stable version"
              sudo apt-get update
              sudo apt-get --only-upgrade install google-chrome-stable -y
+          else
+             echo "Installing version ${CHROME_VERSION}"
+             wget -q "https://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb/pool/main/g/google-chrome-stable/google-chrome-stable_${CHROME_VERSION}_amd64.deb"
+             sudo dpkg -i "google-chrome-stable_${CHROME_VERSION}_amd64.deb"
+          fi
           google-chrome --version
 
       # https://github.com/actions/cache/blob/main/examples.md#node---yarn
@@ -53,8 +66,11 @@ jobs:
           key: ${{ runner.os }}-yarn-${{ hashFiles('**/yarn.lock') }}
           restore-keys: ${{ runner.os }}-yarn-
 
-      - name: Install the latest chromedriver compatible with the installed chrome version
-        run: yarn global add chromedriver --detect_chromedriver_version
+      - name: Install latest ChromeDriver compatible with installed Chrome
+        # needs to be npm, the --detect_chromedriver_version flag doesn't work with yarn global
+        run: |
+          npm install -g chromedriver --detect_chromedriver_version
+          chromedriver -v
 
       - name: Install Yarn dependencies
         run: yarn install --frozen-lockfile

SECURITY.md

@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+# Security Policy
+
+## Supported Versions
+
+For information regarding which versions of DSpace are currently under support, please see our DSpace Software Support Policy:
+
+https://wiki.lyrasis.org/display/DSPACE/DSpace+Software+Support+Policy
+
+## Reporting a Vulnerability
+
+If you believe you have found a security vulnerability in a supported version of DSpace, we encourage you to let us know right away.
+We will investigate all legitimate reports and do our best to quickly fix the problem. Please see our DSpace Software Support Policy
+for information on privately reporting vulnerabilities:
+
+https://wiki.lyrasis.org/display/DSPACE/DSpace+Software+Support+Policy

angular.json

@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@
               "src/robots.txt"
             ],
             "styles": [
+              "src/styles/startup.scss",
               {
                 "input": "src/styles/base-theme.scss",
                 "inject": false,

docker/README.md

@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 # Docker Compose files
 
+***
+:warning: **NOT PRODUCTION READY**  The below Docker Compose resources are not guaranteed "production ready" at this time. They have been built for development/testing only. Therefore, DSpace Docker images may not be fully secured or up-to-date. While you are welcome to base your own images on these DSpace images/resources, these should not be used "as is" in any production scenario.
+***
+
 ## docker directory
 - docker-compose.yml
   - Starts DSpace Angular with Docker Compose from the current branch.  This file assumes that a DSpace 7 REST instance will also be started in Docker.

e2e/protractor.conf.js

@@ -69,7 +69,6 @@ exports.config = {
   plugins: [{
     path: '../node_modules/protractor-istanbul-plugin'
   }],
-
   framework: 'jasmine',
   jasmineNodeOpts: {
     showColors: true,
@@ -85,7 +84,7 @@ exports.config = {
   onPrepare: function () {
     jasmine.getEnv().addReporter(new SpecReporter({
       spec: {
-        displayStacktrace: true
+        displayStacktrace: 'pretty'
       }
     }));
   }

e2e/src/item-statistics/item-statistics.e2e-spec.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+import { ProtractorPage } from './item-statistics.po';
+import { browser } from 'protractor';
+import { UIURLCombiner } from '../../../src/app/core/url-combiner/ui-url-combiner';
+
+describe('protractor Item statics', () => {
+  let page: ProtractorPage;
+
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    page = new ProtractorPage();
+  });
+
+  it('should contain element ds-item-page when navigating when navigating to an item page', () => {
+    page.navigateToItemPage();
+    expect<any>(page.elementTagExists('ds-item-page')).toEqual(true);
+    expect<any>(page.elementTagExists('ds-item-statistics-page')).toEqual(false);
+  });
+
+  it('should redirect to the entity page when navigating to an item page', () => {
+    page.navigateToItemPage();
+    expect(browser.getCurrentUrl()).toEqual(new UIURLCombiner(page.ENTITYPAGE).toString());
+    expect(browser.getCurrentUrl()).not.toEqual(new UIURLCombiner(page.ITEMSTATISTICSPAGE).toString());
+    expect(browser.getCurrentUrl()).not.toEqual(new UIURLCombiner(page.ITEMPAGE).toString());
+  });
+
+  it('should contain element ds-item-statistics-page when navigating when navigating to an item statistics page', () => {
+    page.navigateToItemStatisticsPage();
+    expect<any>(page.elementTagExists('ds-item-statistics-page')).toEqual(true);
+    expect<any>(page.elementTagExists('ds-item-page')).toEqual(false);
+  });
+  it('should contain the item statistics page url when navigating to an item statistics page', () => {
+    page.navigateToItemStatisticsPage();
+    expect(browser.getCurrentUrl()).toEqual(new UIURLCombiner(page.ITEMSTATISTICSPAGE).toString());
+    expect(browser.getCurrentUrl()).not.toEqual(new UIURLCombiner(page.ENTITYPAGE).toString());
+    expect(browser.getCurrentUrl()).not.toEqual(new UIURLCombiner(page.ITEMPAGE).toString());
+  });
+});

e2e/src/item-statistics/item-statistics.po.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+import { browser, element, by } from 'protractor';
+
+export class ProtractorPage {
+  ITEMPAGE = '/items/e98b0f27-5c19-49a0-960d-eb6ad5287067';
+  ENTITYPAGE = '/entities/publication/e98b0f27-5c19-49a0-960d-eb6ad5287067';
+  ITEMSTATISTICSPAGE = '/statistics/items/e98b0f27-5c19-49a0-960d-eb6ad5287067';
+
+  navigateToItemPage() {
+    return browser.get(this.ITEMPAGE);
+  }
+  navigateToItemStatisticsPage() {
+    return browser.get(this.ITEMSTATISTICSPAGE);
+  }
+
+  elementTagExists(tag: string) {
+    return element(by.tagName(tag)).isPresent();
+  }
+}

package.json

@@ -61,7 +61,8 @@
   },
   "private": true,
   "resolutions": {
-    "minimist": "^1.2.5"
+    "minimist": "^1.2.5",
+    "webdriver-manager": "^12.1.8"
   },
   "dependencies": {
     "@angular/animations": "~10.2.3",

src/app/+admin/admin-import-metadata-page/metadata-import-page.component.spec.ts

@@ -6,10 +6,7 @@ import { By } from '@angular/platform-browser';
 import { Router } from '@angular/router';
 import { RouterTestingModule } from '@angular/router/testing';
 import { TranslateModule } from '@ngx-translate/core';
-import { of as observableOf } from 'rxjs';
-import { AuthService } from '../../core/auth/auth.service';
 import { METADATA_IMPORT_SCRIPT_NAME, ScriptDataService } from '../../core/data/processes/script-data.service';
-import { EPerson } from '../../core/eperson/models/eperson.model';
 import { ProcessParameter } from '../../process-page/processes/process-parameter.model';
 import { NotificationsService } from '../../shared/notifications/notifications.service';
 import { NotificationsServiceStub } from '../../shared/testing/notifications-service.stub';
@@ -22,12 +19,9 @@ describe('MetadataImportPageComponent', () => {
   let comp: MetadataImportPageComponent;
   let fixture: ComponentFixture<MetadataImportPageComponent>;
 
-  let user;
-
   let notificationService: NotificationsServiceStub;
   let scriptService: any;
   let router;
-  let authService;
   let locationStub;
 
   function init() {
@@ -37,13 +31,6 @@ describe('MetadataImportPageComponent', () => {
         invoke: createSuccessfulRemoteDataObject$({ processId: '45' })
       }
     );
-    user = Object.assign(new EPerson(), {
-      id: 'userId',
-      email: 'user@test.com'
-    });
-    authService = jasmine.createSpyObj('authService', {
-      getAuthenticatedUserFromStore: observableOf(user)
-    });
     router = jasmine.createSpyObj('router', {
       navigateByUrl: jasmine.createSpy('navigateByUrl')
     });
@@ -65,7 +52,6 @@ describe('MetadataImportPageComponent', () => {
         { provide: NotificationsService, useValue: notificationService },
         { provide: ScriptDataService, useValue: scriptService },
         { provide: Router, useValue: router },
-        { provide: AuthService, useValue: authService },
         { provide: Location, useValue: locationStub },
       ],
       schemas: [NO_ERRORS_SCHEMA]
@@ -107,9 +93,8 @@ describe('MetadataImportPageComponent', () => {
         proceed.click();
         fixture.detectChanges();
       }));
-      it('metadata-import script is invoked with its -e currentUserEmail, -f fileName and the mockFile', () => {
+      it('metadata-import script is invoked with -f fileName and the mockFile', () => {
         const parameterValues: ProcessParameter[] = [
-          Object.assign(new ProcessParameter(), { name: '-e', value: user.email }),
           Object.assign(new ProcessParameter(), { name: '-f', value: 'filename.txt' }),
         ];
         expect(scriptService.invoke).toHaveBeenCalledWith(METADATA_IMPORT_SCRIPT_NAME, parameterValues, [fileMock]);

src/app/+admin/admin-import-metadata-page/metadata-import-page.component.ts

@@ -23,20 +23,14 @@ import { getProcessDetailRoute } from '../../process-page/process-page-routing.p
 /**
  * Component that represents a metadata import page for administrators
  */
-export class MetadataImportPageComponent implements OnInit {
+export class MetadataImportPageComponent {
 
   /**
    * The current value of the file
    */
   fileObject: File;
 
-  /**
-   * The authenticated user's email
-   */
-  private currentUserEmail$: Observable<string>;
-
-  public constructor(protected authService: AuthService,
-                     private location: Location,
+  public constructor(private location: Location,
                      protected translate: TranslateService,
                      protected notificationsService: NotificationsService,
                      private scriptDataService: ScriptDataService,
@@ -51,15 +45,6 @@ export class MetadataImportPageComponent implements OnInit {
     this.fileObject = file;
   }
 
-  /**
-   * Method provided by Angular. Invoked after the constructor.
-   */
-  ngOnInit() {
-    this.currentUserEmail$ = this.authService.getAuthenticatedUserFromStore().pipe(
-      map((user: EPerson) => user.email)
-    );
-  }
-
   /**
    * When return button is pressed go to previous location
    */
@@ -68,22 +53,17 @@ export class MetadataImportPageComponent implements OnInit {
   }
 
   /**
-   * Starts import-metadata script with -e currentUserEmail -f fileName (and the selected file)
+   * Starts import-metadata script with -f fileName (and the selected file)
    */
   public importMetadata() {
     if (this.fileObject == null) {
       this.notificationsService.error(this.translate.get('admin.metadata-import.page.error.addFile'));
     } else {
-      this.currentUserEmail$.pipe(
-        switchMap((email: string) => {
-          if (isNotEmpty(email)) {
       const parameterValues: ProcessParameter[] = [
-              Object.assign(new ProcessParameter(), { name: '-e', value: email }),
         Object.assign(new ProcessParameter(), { name: '-f', value: this.fileObject.name }),
       ];
-            return this.scriptDataService.invoke(METADATA_IMPORT_SCRIPT_NAME, parameterValues, [this.fileObject]);
-          }
-        }),
+
+      this.scriptDataService.invoke(METADATA_IMPORT_SCRIPT_NAME, parameterValues, [this.fileObject]).pipe(
         getFirstCompletedRemoteData(),
       ).subscribe((rd: RemoteData<Process>) => {
         if (rd.hasSucceeded) {

src/app/+admin/admin-sidebar/admin-sidebar-section/admin-sidebar-section.component.html

@@ -1,11 +1,10 @@
 <li class="sidebar-section">
-    <a class="nav-item nav-link shortcut-icon" attr.aria-labelledby="sidebarName-{{section.id}}" [title]="('menu.section.icon.' + section.id) | translate" [routerLink]="itemModel.link">
+    <a href="javascript:void(0);" class="nav-item nav-link shortcut-icon" attr.aria-labelledby="sidebarName-{{section.id}}" [title]="('menu.section.icon.' + section.id) | translate" [routerLink]="itemModel.link">
         <i class="fas fa-{{section.icon}} fa-fw"></i>
     </a>
     <div class="sidebar-collapsible">
         <span id="sidebarName-{{section.id}}" class="section-header-text">
-          <ng-container
-            *ngComponentOutlet="(sectionMap$ | async).get(section.id).component; injector: (sectionMap$ | async).get(section.id).injector;"></ng-container>
+        <a class="nav-item nav-link"  tabindex="-1" [routerLink]="itemModel.link">{{itemModel.text | translate}}</a>
         </span>
     </div>
 </li>

src/app/+admin/admin-sidebar/admin-sidebar.component.html

@@ -10,14 +10,14 @@
     <div class="sidebar-top-level-items">
         <ul class="navbar-nav">
             <li class="admin-menu-header sidebar-section">
-                <a class="shortcut-icon navbar-brand mr-0" href="#">
+                <a class="shortcut-icon navbar-brand mr-0" href="javascript:void(0);">
                 <span class="logo-wrapper">
                     <img class="admin-logo" src="assets/images/dspace-logo-mini.svg"
                          [alt]="('menu.header.image.logo') | translate">
                 </span>
                 </a>
                 <div class="sidebar-collapsible">
-                    <a class="navbar-brand mr-0" href="#">
+                    <a class="navbar-brand mr-0" href="javascript:void(0);">
                         <h4 class="section-header-text mb-0">{{'menu.header.admin' |
                             translate}}</h4>
                     </a>
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
     <div class="navbar-nav">
         <div class="sidebar-section" id="sidebar-collapse-toggle">
             <a class="nav-item nav-link shortcut-icon"
-               href="#"
+               href="javascript:void(0);"
                (click)="toggle($event)">
                 <i *ngIf="(menuCollapsed | async)" class="fas fa-fw fa-angle-double-right"
                    [title]="'menu.section.icon.pin' | translate"></i>
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
             </a>
             <div class="sidebar-collapsible">
                 <a class="nav-item nav-link sidebar-section"
-                   href="#"
+                   href="javascript:void(0);"
                    (click)="toggle($event)">
                     <span *ngIf="menuCollapsed | async" class="section-header-text">{{'menu.section.pin' | translate }}</span>
                     <span *ngIf="!(menuCollapsed | async)" class="section-header-text">{{'menu.section.unpin' | translate }}</span>

src/app/+admin/admin-sidebar/admin-sidebar.component.ts

@@ -531,14 +531,17 @@ export class AdminSidebarComponent extends MenuComponent implements OnInit {
    * Create menu sections dependent on whether or not the current user can manage access control groups
    */
   createAccessControlMenuSections() {
-    this.authorizationService.isAuthorized(FeatureID.CanManageGroups).subscribe((authorized) => {
+    observableCombineLatest(
+      this.authorizationService.isAuthorized(FeatureID.AdministratorOf),
+      this.authorizationService.isAuthorized(FeatureID.CanManageGroups)
+    ).subscribe(([isSiteAdmin, canManageGroups]) => {
       const menuList = [
         /* Access Control */
         {
           id: 'access_control_people',
           parentID: 'access_control',
           active: false,
-          visible: authorized,
+          visible: isSiteAdmin,
           model: {
             type: MenuItemType.LINK,
             text: 'menu.section.access_control_people',
@@ -549,7 +552,7 @@ export class AdminSidebarComponent extends MenuComponent implements OnInit {
           id: 'access_control_groups',
           parentID: 'access_control',
           active: false,
-          visible: authorized,
+          visible: canManageGroups,
           model: {
             type: MenuItemType.LINK,
             text: 'menu.section.access_control_groups',
@@ -571,7 +574,7 @@ export class AdminSidebarComponent extends MenuComponent implements OnInit {
         {
           id: 'access_control',
           active: false,
-          visible: authorized,
+          visible: canManageGroups || isSiteAdmin,
           model: {
             type: MenuItemType.TEXT,
             text: 'menu.section.access_control'

src/app/+admin/admin-sidebar/expandable-admin-sidebar-section/expandable-admin-sidebar-section.component.html

@@ -3,12 +3,12 @@
      value: ((expanded | async) ? 'endBackground' : 'startBackground'),
      params: {endColor: (sidebarActiveBg | async)}}">
     <div class="icon-wrapper">
-        <a class="nav-item nav-link shortcut-icon" attr.aria.labelledby="sidebarName-{{section.id}}" [title]="('menu.section.icon.' + section.id) | translate" (click)="toggleSection($event)" href="#">
+        <a class="nav-item nav-link shortcut-icon" attr.aria.labelledby="sidebarName-{{section.id}}" [title]="('menu.section.icon.' + section.id) | translate" (click)="toggleSection($event)" href="javascript:void(0);">
             <i class="fas fa-{{section.icon}} fa-fw"></i>
         </a>
     </div>
     <div class="sidebar-collapsible">
-        <a class="nav-item nav-link" href="#"
+        <a class="nav-item nav-link" href="javascript:void(0);" tabindex="-1"
            (click)="toggleSection($event)">
             <span id="sidebarName-{{section.id}}" class="section-header-text">
                 <ng-container

src/app/+bitstream-page/bitstream-authorizations/bitstream-authorizations.component.html

@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+<div class="container">
+  <ds-resource-policies [resourceType]="'bitstream'" [resourceUUID]="(dsoRD$ | async)?.payload?.id"></ds-resource-policies>
+  <div class="button-row bottom">
+    <div class="text-right">
+      <a [routerLink]="['/bitstreams', (dsoRD$ | async)?.payload?.id, 'edit']" role="button" class="btn btn-outline-secondary mr-1">
+        <i class="fas fa-arrow-left"></i> {{'bitstream.edit.return' | translate}}
+      </a>
+    </div>
+  </div>
+</div>

src/app/+bitstream-page/bitstream-authorizations/bitstream-authorizations.component.spec.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,84 @@
+import { CommonModule } from '@angular/common';
+import { ChangeDetectorRef, NO_ERRORS_SCHEMA } from '@angular/core';
+import { ComponentFixture, TestBed, waitForAsync } from '@angular/core/testing';
+import { ActivatedRoute } from '@angular/router';
+
+import { cold } from 'jasmine-marbles';
+import { of as observableOf } from 'rxjs';
+import { TranslateLoader, TranslateModule } from '@ngx-translate/core';
+
+import { DSpaceObject } from '../../core/shared/dspace-object.model';
+import { BitstreamAuthorizationsComponent } from './bitstream-authorizations.component';
+import { Bitstream } from '../../core/shared/bitstream.model';
+import { createSuccessfulRemoteDataObject } from '../../shared/remote-data.utils';
+import { TranslateLoaderMock } from '../../shared/mocks/translate-loader.mock';
+
+describe('BitstreamAuthorizationsComponent', () => {
+  let comp: BitstreamAuthorizationsComponent<DSpaceObject>;
+  let fixture: ComponentFixture<BitstreamAuthorizationsComponent<any>>;
+
+  const bitstream = Object.assign(new Bitstream(), {
+    sizeBytes: 10000,
+    metadata: {
+      'dc.title': [
+        {
+          value: 'file name',
+          language: null
+        }
+      ]
+    },
+    _links: {
+      content: { href: 'file-selflink' }
+    }
+  });
+
+  const bitstreamRD = createSuccessfulRemoteDataObject(bitstream);
+
+  const routeStub = {
+    data: observableOf({
+      bitstream: bitstreamRD
+    })
+  };
+
+  beforeEach(waitForAsync(() => {
+    TestBed.configureTestingModule({
+      imports: [
+        CommonModule,
+        TranslateModule.forRoot({
+          loader: {
+            provide: TranslateLoader,
+            useClass: TranslateLoaderMock
+          }
+        })
+      ],
+      declarations: [BitstreamAuthorizationsComponent],
+      providers: [
+        { provide: ActivatedRoute, useValue: routeStub },
+        ChangeDetectorRef,
+        BitstreamAuthorizationsComponent,
+      ],
+      schemas: [NO_ERRORS_SCHEMA],
+    }).compileComponents();
+  }));
+
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    fixture = TestBed.createComponent(BitstreamAuthorizationsComponent);
+    comp = fixture.componentInstance;
+    fixture.detectChanges();
+  });
+
+  afterEach(() => {
+    comp = null;
+    fixture.destroy();
+  });
+
+  it('should create', () => {
+    expect(comp).toBeTruthy();
+  });
+
+  it('should init dso remote data properly', (done) => {
+    const expected = cold('(a|)', { a: bitstreamRD });
+    expect(comp.dsoRD$).toBeObservable(expected);
+    done();
+  });
+});

src/app/+bitstream-page/bitstream-authorizations/bitstream-authorizations.component.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+import { Component, OnInit } from '@angular/core';
+import { ActivatedRoute } from '@angular/router';
+
+import { Observable } from 'rxjs';
+import { first, map } from 'rxjs/operators';
+
+import { RemoteData } from '../../core/data/remote-data';
+import { DSpaceObject } from '../../core/shared/dspace-object.model';
+
+@Component({
+  selector: 'ds-collection-authorizations',
+  templateUrl: './bitstream-authorizations.component.html',
+})
+/**
+ * Component that handles the Collection Authorizations
+ */
+export class BitstreamAuthorizationsComponent<TDomain extends DSpaceObject> implements OnInit {
+
+  /**
+   * The initial DSO object
+   */
+  public dsoRD$: Observable<RemoteData<TDomain>>;
+
+  /**
+   * Initialize instance variables
+   *
+   * @param {ActivatedRoute} route
+   */
+  constructor(
+    private route: ActivatedRoute
+  ) {
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Initialize the component, setting up the collection
+   */
+  ngOnInit(): void {
+    this.dsoRD$ = this.route.data.pipe(first(), map((data) => data.bitstream));
+  }
+}

src/app/+bitstream-page/bitstream-page-routing.module.ts

@@ -4,8 +4,14 @@ import { EditBitstreamPageComponent } from './edit-bitstream-page/edit-bitstream
 import { AuthenticatedGuard } from '../core/auth/authenticated.guard';
 import { BitstreamPageResolver } from './bitstream-page.resolver';
 import { BitstreamDownloadPageComponent } from '../shared/bitstream-download-page/bitstream-download-page.component';
+import { ResourcePolicyTargetResolver } from '../shared/resource-policies/resolvers/resource-policy-target.resolver';
+import { ResourcePolicyCreateComponent } from '../shared/resource-policies/create/resource-policy-create.component';
+import { ResourcePolicyResolver } from '../shared/resource-policies/resolvers/resource-policy.resolver';
+import { ResourcePolicyEditComponent } from '../shared/resource-policies/edit/resource-policy-edit.component';
+import { BitstreamAuthorizationsComponent } from './bitstream-authorizations/bitstream-authorizations.component';
 
 const EDIT_BITSTREAM_PATH = ':id/edit';
+const EDIT_BITSTREAM_AUTHORIZATIONS_PATH = ':id/authorizations';
 
 /**
  * Routing module to help navigate Bitstream pages
@@ -27,6 +33,36 @@ const EDIT_BITSTREAM_PATH = ':id/edit';
           bitstream: BitstreamPageResolver
         },
         canActivate: [AuthenticatedGuard]
+      },
+      {
+        path: EDIT_BITSTREAM_AUTHORIZATIONS_PATH,
+
+        children: [
+          {
+            path: 'create',
+            resolve: {
+              resourcePolicyTarget: ResourcePolicyTargetResolver
+            },
+            component: ResourcePolicyCreateComponent,
+            data: { title: 'resource-policies.create.page.title', showBreadcrumbs: true }
+          },
+          {
+            path: 'edit',
+            resolve: {
+              resourcePolicy: ResourcePolicyResolver
+            },
+            component: ResourcePolicyEditComponent,
+            data: { title: 'resource-policies.edit.page.title', showBreadcrumbs: true }
+          },
+          {
+            path: '',
+            resolve: {
+              bitstream: BitstreamPageResolver
+            },
+            component: BitstreamAuthorizationsComponent,
+            data: { title: 'bitstream.edit.authorizations.title', showBreadcrumbs: true }
+          }
+        ]
       }
     ])
   ],

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

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import { CommonModule } from '@angular/common';
 import { SharedModule } from '../shared/shared.module';
 import { EditBitstreamPageComponent } from './edit-bitstream-page/edit-bitstream-page.component';
 import { BitstreamPageRoutingModule } from './bitstream-page-routing.module';
+import { BitstreamAuthorizationsComponent } from './bitstream-authorizations/bitstream-authorizations.component';
 
 /**
  * This module handles all components that are necessary for Bitstream related pages
@@ -14,6 +15,7 @@ import { BitstreamPageRoutingModule } from './bitstream-page-routing.module';
     BitstreamPageRoutingModule
   ],
   declarations: [
+    BitstreamAuthorizationsComponent,
     EditBitstreamPageComponent
   ]
 })

src/app/+bitstream-page/bitstream-page.resolver.ts

@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ export class BitstreamPageResolver implements Resolve<RemoteData<Bitstream>> {
      */
     get followLinks(): FollowLinkConfig<Bitstream>[] {
         return [
-            followLink('bundle', undefined, true, true, true, followLink('item')),
+            followLink('bundle', {}, followLink('item')),
             followLink('format')
         ];
     }

src/app/+bitstream-page/edit-bitstream-page/edit-bitstream-page.component.html

@@ -19,7 +19,11 @@
                   [submitLabel]="'form.save'"
                   (submitForm)="onSubmit()"
                   (cancel)="onCancel()"
-                  (dfChange)="onChange($event)"></ds-form>
+                  (dfChange)="onChange($event)">
+          <div additional class="container py-3">
+            <a [routerLink]="['/bitstreams', bitstreamRD?.payload?.id, 'authorizations']">{{'bitstream.edit.authorizations.link' | translate}}</a>
+          </div>
+        </ds-form>
       </div>
     </div>
     <ds-error *ngIf="bitstreamRD?.hasFailed" message="{{'error.bitstream' | translate}}"></ds-error>

src/app/+bitstream-page/edit-bitstream-page/edit-bitstream-page.component.spec.ts

@@ -18,12 +18,8 @@ import { hasValue } from '../../shared/empty.util';
 import { FormControl, FormGroup } from '@angular/forms';
 import { FileSizePipe } from '../../shared/utils/file-size-pipe';
 import { VarDirective } from '../../shared/utils/var.directive';
-import {
-  createSuccessfulRemoteDataObject,
-  createSuccessfulRemoteDataObject$
-} from '../../shared/remote-data.utils';
-import { RouterStub } from '../../shared/testing/router.stub';
-import { getEntityEditRoute, getItemEditRoute } from '../../+item-page/item-page-routing-paths';
+import { createSuccessfulRemoteDataObject, createSuccessfulRemoteDataObject$ } from '../../shared/remote-data.utils';
+import { getEntityEditRoute } from '../../+item-page/item-page-routing-paths';
 import { createPaginatedList } from '../../shared/testing/utils.test';
 import { Item } from '../../core/shared/item.model';
 
@@ -39,7 +35,6 @@ let bitstream: Bitstream;
 let selectedFormat: BitstreamFormat;
 let allFormats: BitstreamFormat[];
 let router: Router;
-let routerStub;
 
 describe('EditBitstreamPageComponent', () => {
   let comp: EditBitstreamPageComponent;
@@ -129,10 +124,6 @@ describe('EditBitstreamPageComponent', () => {
       findAll: createSuccessfulRemoteDataObject$(createPaginatedList(allFormats))
     });
 
-    const itemPageUrl = `fake-url/some-uuid`;
-    routerStub = Object.assign(new RouterStub(), {
-      url: `${itemPageUrl}`
-    });
     TestBed.configureTestingModule({
       imports: [TranslateModule.forRoot(), RouterTestingModule],
       declarations: [EditBitstreamPageComponent, FileSizePipe, VarDirective],
@@ -142,7 +133,6 @@ describe('EditBitstreamPageComponent', () => {
         { provide: ActivatedRoute, useValue: { data: observableOf({ bitstream: createSuccessfulRemoteDataObject(bitstream) }), snapshot: { queryParams: {} } } },
         { provide: BitstreamDataService, useValue: bitstreamService },
         { provide: BitstreamFormatDataService, useValue: bitstreamFormatService },
-        { provide: Router, useValue: routerStub },
         ChangeDetectorRef
       ],
       schemas: [NO_ERRORS_SCHEMA]
@@ -154,7 +144,8 @@ describe('EditBitstreamPageComponent', () => {
     fixture = TestBed.createComponent(EditBitstreamPageComponent);
     comp = fixture.componentInstance;
     fixture.detectChanges();
-    router = (comp as any).router;
+    router = TestBed.inject(Router);
+    spyOn(router, 'navigate');
   });
 
   describe('on startup', () => {
@@ -241,14 +232,14 @@ describe('EditBitstreamPageComponent', () => {
     it('should redirect to the item edit page on the bitstreams tab with the itemId from the component', () => {
       comp.itemId = 'some-uuid1';
       comp.navigateToItemEditBitstreams();
-      expect(routerStub.navigate).toHaveBeenCalledWith([getEntityEditRoute(null, 'some-uuid1'), 'bitstreams']);
+      expect(router.navigate).toHaveBeenCalledWith([getEntityEditRoute(null, 'some-uuid1'), 'bitstreams']);
     });
   });
   describe('when navigateToItemEditBitstreams is called, and the component does not have an itemId', () => {
     it('should redirect to the item edit page on the bitstreams tab with the itemId from the bundle links ', () => {
       comp.itemId = undefined;
       comp.navigateToItemEditBitstreams();
-      expect(routerStub.navigate).toHaveBeenCalledWith([getEntityEditRoute(null, 'some-uuid'), 'bitstreams']);
+      expect(router.navigate).toHaveBeenCalledWith([getEntityEditRoute(null, 'some-uuid'), 'bitstreams']);
     });
   });
 });

src/app/+bitstream-page/edit-bitstream-page/edit-bitstream-page.component.ts

@@ -19,10 +19,10 @@ import { cloneDeep } from 'lodash';
 import { BitstreamDataService } from '../../core/data/bitstream-data.service';
 import {
   getAllSucceededRemoteDataPayload,
-  getFirstSucceededRemoteDataPayload,
-  getRemoteDataPayload,
+  getFirstCompletedRemoteData,
   getFirstSucceededRemoteData,
-  getFirstCompletedRemoteData
+  getFirstSucceededRemoteDataPayload,
+  getRemoteDataPayload
 } from '../../core/shared/operators';
 import { NotificationsService } from '../../shared/notifications/notifications.service';
 import { BitstreamFormatDataService } from '../../core/data/bitstream-format-data.service';
@@ -131,15 +131,6 @@ export class EditBitstreamPageComponent implements OnInit, OnDestroy {
     rows: 10
   });
 
-  /**
-   * The Dynamic Input Model for the file's embargo (disabled on this page)
-   */
-  embargoModel = new DynamicInputModel({
-    id: 'embargo',
-    name: 'embargo',
-    disabled: true
-  });
-
   /**
    * The Dynamic Input Model for the selected format
    */
@@ -159,7 +150,7 @@ export class EditBitstreamPageComponent implements OnInit, OnDestroy {
   /**
    * All input models in a simple array for easier iterations
    */
-  inputModels = [this.fileNameModel, this.primaryBitstreamModel, this.descriptionModel, this.embargoModel, this.selectedFormatModel, this.newFormatModel];
+  inputModels = [this.fileNameModel, this.primaryBitstreamModel, this.descriptionModel, this.selectedFormatModel, this.newFormatModel];
 
   /**
    * The dynamic form fields used for editing the information of a bitstream
@@ -179,12 +170,6 @@ export class EditBitstreamPageComponent implements OnInit, OnDestroy {
         this.descriptionModel
       ]
     }),
-    new DynamicFormGroupModel({
-      id: 'embargoContainer',
-      group: [
-        this.embargoModel
-      ]
-    }),
     new DynamicFormGroupModel({
       id: 'formatContainer',
       group: [
@@ -243,11 +228,6 @@ export class EditBitstreamPageComponent implements OnInit, OnDestroy {
         host: 'row'
       }
     },
-    embargoContainer: {
-      grid: {
-        host: 'row'
-      }
-    },
     formatContainer: {
       grid: {
         host: 'row'

src/app/+browse-by/+browse-by-metadata-page/browse-by-metadata-page.component.ts

@@ -167,7 +167,6 @@ export class BrowseByMetadataPageComponent implements OnInit {
    * @param value          The value of the browse-entry to display items for
    */
   updatePageWithItems(searchOptions: BrowseEntrySearchOptions, value: string) {
-    console.log('updatePAge', searchOptions);
     this.items$ = this.browseService.getBrowseItemsFor(value, searchOptions);
   }
 

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

@@ -1,6 +1,11 @@
 import { ChangeDetectionStrategy, Component, OnInit } from '@angular/core';
 import { ActivatedRoute, Router } from '@angular/router';
-import { BehaviorSubject, combineLatest as observableCombineLatest, Observable, Subject } from 'rxjs';
+import {
+  BehaviorSubject,
+  combineLatest as observableCombineLatest,
+  Observable,
+  Subject
+} from 'rxjs';
 import { filter, map, mergeMap, startWith, switchMap, take } from 'rxjs/operators';
 import { PaginatedSearchOptions } from '../shared/search/paginated-search-options.model';
 import { SearchService } from '../core/shared/search/search.service';
@@ -8,8 +13,6 @@ import { SortDirection, SortOptions } from '../core/cache/models/sort-options.mo
 import { CollectionDataService } from '../core/data/collection-data.service';
 import { PaginatedList } from '../core/data/paginated-list.model';
 import { RemoteData } from '../core/data/remote-data';
-
-import { MetadataService } from '../core/metadata/metadata.service';
 import { Bitstream } from '../core/shared/bitstream.model';
 
 import { Collection } from '../core/shared/collection.model';
@@ -65,7 +68,6 @@ export class CollectionPageComponent implements OnInit {
   constructor(
     private collectionDataService: CollectionDataService,
     private searchService: SearchService,
-    private metadata: MetadataService,
     private route: ActivatedRoute,
     private router: Router,
     private authService: AuthService,
@@ -122,10 +124,6 @@ export class CollectionPageComponent implements OnInit {
       getAllSucceededRemoteDataPayload(),
       map((collection) => getCollectionPageRoute(collection.id))
     );
-
-    this.route.queryParams.pipe(take(1)).subscribe((params) => {
-      this.metadata.processRemoteData(this.collectionRD$);
-    });
   }
 
   isNotEmpty(object: any) {

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

@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ import { ResolvedAction } from '../core/resolving/resolver.actions';
  * Requesting them as embeds will limit the number of requests
  */
 export const COLLECTION_PAGE_LINKS_TO_FOLLOW: FollowLinkConfig<Collection>[] = [
-  followLink('parentCommunity', undefined, true, true, true,
+  followLink('parentCommunity', {},
     followLink('parentCommunity')
   ),
   followLink('logo')

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

@@ -2,15 +2,16 @@
     <div class="row">
         <ng-container *ngVar="(dsoRD$ | async)?.payload as dso">
             <div class="col-12 pb-4">
-                <h2 id="header" class="border-bottom pb-2">{{ 'community.delete.head' | translate}}</h2>
-                <p class="pb-2">{{ 'community.delete.text' | translate:{ dso: dso.name } }}</p>
+                <h2 id="header" class="border-bottom pb-2">{{ 'collection.delete.head' | translate}}</h2>
+                <p class="pb-2">{{ 'collection.delete.text' | translate:{ dso: dso.name } }}</p>
                 <div class="form-group row">
                   <div class="col text-right">
-                    <button class="btn btn-outline-secondary" (click)="onCancel(dso)">
-                      <i class="fas fa-times"></i> {{'community.delete.cancel' | translate}}
+                    <button class="btn btn-outline-secondary" (click)="onCancel(dso)" [disabled]="(processing$ | async)">
+                      <i class="fas fa-times"></i> {{'collection.delete.cancel' | translate}}
                     </button>
-                    <button class="btn btn-danger mr-2" (click)="onConfirm(dso)">
-                      <i class="fas fa-trash"></i> {{'community.delete.confirm' | translate}}
+                    <button class="btn btn-danger mr-2" (click)="onConfirm(dso)" [disabled]="(processing$ | async)">
+                      <span *ngIf="processing$ | async"><i class='fas fa-circle-notch fa-spin'></i> {{'collection.delete.processing' | translate}}</span>
+                      <span *ngIf="!(processing$ | async)"><i class="fas fa-trash"></i> {{'collection.delete.confirm' | translate}}</span>
                     </button>
                   </div>
                 </div>

src/app/+community-page/delete-community-page/delete-community-page.component.html

@@ -6,11 +6,12 @@
                 <p class="pb-2">{{ 'community.delete.text' | translate:{ dso: dso.name } }}</p>
                 <div class="form-group row">
                     <div class="col text-right">
-                        <button class="btn btn-outline-secondary" (click)="onCancel(dso)">
+                        <button class="btn btn-outline-secondary" (click)="onCancel(dso)" [disabled]="(processing$ | async)">
                             <i class="fas fa-times"></i> {{'community.delete.cancel' | translate}}
                         </button>
-                        <button class="btn btn-danger mr-2" (click)="onConfirm(dso)">
-                            <i class="fas fa-trash"></i> {{'community.delete.confirm' | translate}}
+                        <button class="btn btn-danger mr-2" (click)="onConfirm(dso)" [disabled]="(processing$ | async)">
+                            <span *ngIf="processing$ | async"><i class='fas fa-circle-notch fa-spin'></i> {{'community.delete.processing' | translate}}</span>
+                            <span *ngIf="!(processing$ | async)"><i class="fas fa-trash"></i> {{'community.delete.confirm' | translate}}</span>
                         </button>
                     </div>
                 </div>

src/app/+home-page/home-page-routing.module.ts

@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ import { ThemedHomePageComponent } from './themed-home-page.component';
               id: 'statistics_site',
               active: true,
               visible: true,
+              index: 2,
               model: {
                 type: MenuItemType.LINK,
                 text: 'menu.section.statistics',

src/app/+item-page/edit-item-page/abstract-item-update/abstract-item-update.component.ts

@@ -15,9 +15,9 @@ import { RemoteData } from '../../../core/data/remote-data';
 import { AbstractTrackableComponent } from '../../../shared/trackable/abstract-trackable.component';
 import { environment } from '../../../../environments/environment';
 import { getItemPageRoute } from '../../item-page-routing-paths';
-import { ITEM_PAGE_LINKS_TO_FOLLOW } from '../../item-page.resolver';
 import { getAllSucceededRemoteData } from '../../../core/shared/operators';
 import { hasValue } from '../../../shared/empty.util';
+import { ITEM_PAGE_LINKS_TO_FOLLOW } from '../../item.resolver';
 
 @Component({
   selector: 'ds-abstract-item-update',

src/app/+item-page/edit-item-page/item-authorizations/item-authorizations.component.ts

@@ -4,10 +4,9 @@ import { ActivatedRoute } from '@angular/router';
 import { BehaviorSubject, Observable, of as observableOf, Subscription } from 'rxjs';
 import { catchError, filter, first, map, mergeMap, take } from 'rxjs/operators';
 
-import { PaginatedList, buildPaginatedList } from '../../../core/data/paginated-list.model';
+import { buildPaginatedList, PaginatedList } from '../../../core/data/paginated-list.model';
 import {
-  getFirstSucceededRemoteDataPayload,
-  getFirstSucceededRemoteDataWithNotEmptyPayload
+  getFirstSucceededRemoteDataPayload, getFirstSucceededRemoteDataWithNotEmptyPayload,
 } from '../../../core/shared/operators';
 import { Item } from '../../../core/shared/item.model';
 import { followLink } from '../../../shared/utils/follow-link-config.model';
@@ -15,7 +14,6 @@ import { LinkService } from '../../../core/cache/builders/link.service';
 import { Bundle } from '../../../core/shared/bundle.model';
 import { hasValue, isNotEmpty } from '../../../shared/empty.util';
 import { Bitstream } from '../../../core/shared/bitstream.model';
-import { FindListOptions } from '../../../core/data/request.models';
 
 /**
  * Interface for a bundle's bitstream map entry
@@ -79,7 +77,7 @@ export class ItemAuthorizationsComponent implements OnInit, OnDestroy {
       getFirstSucceededRemoteDataWithNotEmptyPayload(),
       map((item: Item) => this.linkService.resolveLink(
         item,
-        followLink('bundles', new FindListOptions(), true, true, true, followLink('bitstreams'))
+        followLink('bundles', {}, followLink('bitstreams'))
       ))
     ) as Observable<Item>;
 

src/app/+item-page/edit-item-page/item-move/item-move.component.html

@@ -5,19 +5,16 @@
             <p>{{'item.edit.move.description' | translate}}</p>
             <div class="row">
                 <div class="col-12">
-                    <ds-dso-input-suggestions #f id="search-form"
-                                          [suggestions]="(collectionSearchResults | async)"
-                                          [placeholder]="'item.edit.move.search.placeholder'| translate"
-                                          [action]="getCurrentUrl()"
-                                          [name]="'item-move'"
-                                          [(ngModel)]="selectedCollectionName"
-                                          (clickSuggestion)="onClick($event)"
-                                          (typeSuggestion)="resetCollection($event)"
-                                          (findSuggestions)="findSuggestions($event)"
-                                          (click)="f.open()"
-                                          ngDefaultControl>
-                    </ds-dso-input-suggestions>
-
+                  <div class="card mb-3">
+                    <div class="card-header">{{'dso-selector.placeholder' | translate: { type: 'collection' } }}</div>
+                    <div class="card-body">
+                      <ds-authorized-collection-selector [types]="COLLECTIONS"
+                                                         [currentDSOId]="selectedCollection ? selectedCollection.id : originalCollection.id"
+                                                         (onSelect)="selectDso($event)">
+                      </ds-authorized-collection-selector>
+                    </div>
+                    <div></div>
+                  </div>
                 </div>
             </div>
             <div class="row">
@@ -33,16 +30,24 @@
                 </div>
             </div>
 
-            <button (click)="moveCollection()" class="btn btn-primary" [disabled]=!canSubmit>
-                <span *ngIf="!processing"> {{'item.edit.move.move' | translate}}</span>
-                <span *ngIf="processing"><i class='fas fa-circle-notch fa-spin'></i>
-                    {{'item.edit.move.processing' | translate}}
+          <div class="button-row bottom">
+            <div class="float-right">
+              <button [routerLink]="[(itemPageRoute$ | async), 'edit']" class="btn btn-outline-secondary">
+                <i class="fas fa-arrow-left"></i> {{'item.edit.move.cancel' | translate}}
+              </button>
+              <button class="btn btn-primary mr-0" [disabled]="!canMove" (click)="moveToCollection()">
+              <span *ngIf="!processing">
+                <i class="fas fa-save"></i> {{'item.edit.move.save-button' | translate}}
+              </span>
+                <span *ngIf="processing">
+                <i class="fas fa-circle-notch fa-spin"></i> {{'item.edit.move.processing' | translate}}
               </span>
               </button>
-            <button [routerLink]="[(itemPageRoute$ | async), 'edit']"
-                    class="btn btn-outline-secondary">
-                {{'item.edit.move.cancel' | translate}}
+              <button class="btn btn-danger" [disabled]="!canSubmit" (click)="discard()">
+                <i class="fas fa-times"></i> {{"item.edit.move.discard-button" | translate}}
               </button>
             </div>
           </div>
         </div>
+    </div>
+</div>

src/app/+item-page/edit-item-page/item-move/item-move.component.spec.ts

@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@ import {
   createSuccessfulRemoteDataObject$
 } from '../../../shared/remote-data.utils';
 import { createPaginatedList } from '../../../shared/testing/utils.test';
+import { RequestService } from '../../../core/data/request.service';
+import { getMockRequestService } from '../../../shared/mocks/request.service.mock';
 
 describe('ItemMoveComponent', () => {
   let comp: ItemMoveComponent;
@@ -47,18 +49,25 @@ describe('ItemMoveComponent', () => {
     name: 'Test collection 2'
   });
 
-  const mockItemDataService = jasmine.createSpyObj({
-    moveToCollection: createSuccessfulRemoteDataObject$(collection1)
+  let itemDataService;
+
+  const mockItemDataServiceSuccess = jasmine.createSpyObj({
+    moveToCollection: createSuccessfulRemoteDataObject$(collection1),
+    findById: createSuccessfulRemoteDataObject$(mockItem),
   });
 
   const mockItemDataServiceFail = jasmine.createSpyObj({
-    moveToCollection: createFailedRemoteDataObject$('Internal server error', 500)
+    moveToCollection: createFailedRemoteDataObject$('Internal server error', 500),
+    findById: createSuccessfulRemoteDataObject$(mockItem),
   });
 
   const routeStub = {
     data: observableOf({
       dso: createSuccessfulRemoteDataObject(Object.assign(new Item(), {
-        id: 'item1'
+        id: 'item1',
+        owningCollection: createSuccessfulRemoteDataObject$(Object.assign(new Collection(), {
+          id: 'originalOwningCollection',
+        }))
       }))
     })
   };
@@ -79,8 +88,9 @@ describe('ItemMoveComponent', () => {
 
   const notificationsServiceStub = new NotificationsServiceStub();
 
-  describe('ItemMoveComponent success', () => {
-    beforeEach(() => {
+  const init = (mockItemDataService) => {
+    itemDataService = mockItemDataService;
+
     TestBed.configureTestingModule({
       imports: [CommonModule, FormsModule, RouterTestingModule.withRoutes([]), TranslateModule.forRoot(), NgbModule],
       declarations: [ItemMoveComponent],
@@ -90,6 +100,7 @@ describe('ItemMoveComponent', () => {
         { provide: ItemDataService, useValue: mockItemDataService },
         { provide: NotificationsService, useValue: notificationsServiceStub },
         { provide: SearchService, useValue: mockSearchService },
+        { provide: RequestService, useValue: getMockRequestService() },
       ], schemas: [
         CUSTOM_ELEMENTS_SCHEMA
       ]
@@ -97,25 +108,20 @@ describe('ItemMoveComponent', () => {
     fixture = TestBed.createComponent(ItemMoveComponent);
     comp = fixture.componentInstance;
     fixture.detectChanges();
-    });
-    it('should load suggestions', () => {
-      const expected = [
-        collection1,
-        collection2
-      ];
+  };
 
-      comp.collectionSearchResults.subscribe((value) => {
-          expect(value).toEqual(expected);
-        }
-      );
+  describe('ItemMoveComponent success', () => {
+    beforeEach(() => {
+      init(mockItemDataServiceSuccess);
     });
+
     it('should get current url ', () => {
       expect(comp.getCurrentUrl()).toEqual('fake-url/fake-id/edit');
     });
-    it('should on click select the correct collection name and id', () => {
+    it('should select the correct collection name and id on click', () => {
       const data = collection1;
 
-      comp.onClick(data);
+      comp.selectDso(data);
 
       expect(comp.selectedCollectionName).toEqual('Test collection 1');
       expect(comp.selectedCollection).toEqual(collection1);
@@ -128,12 +134,12 @@ describe('ItemMoveComponent', () => {
         });
         comp.selectedCollectionName = 'selected-collection-id';
         comp.selectedCollection = collection1;
-        comp.moveCollection();
+        comp.moveToCollection();
 
-        expect(mockItemDataService.moveToCollection).toHaveBeenCalledWith('item-id', collection1);
+        expect(itemDataService.moveToCollection).toHaveBeenCalledWith('item-id', collection1);
       });
       it('should call notificationsService success message on success', () => {
-        comp.moveCollection();
+        comp.moveToCollection();
 
         expect(notificationsServiceStub.success).toHaveBeenCalled();
       });
@@ -142,26 +148,11 @@ describe('ItemMoveComponent', () => {
 
   describe('ItemMoveComponent fail', () => {
     beforeEach(() => {
-      TestBed.configureTestingModule({
-        imports: [CommonModule, FormsModule, RouterTestingModule.withRoutes([]), TranslateModule.forRoot(), NgbModule],
-        declarations: [ItemMoveComponent],
-        providers: [
-          { provide: ActivatedRoute, useValue: routeStub },
-          { provide: Router, useValue: routerStub },
-          { provide: ItemDataService, useValue: mockItemDataServiceFail },
-          { provide: NotificationsService, useValue: notificationsServiceStub },
-          { provide: SearchService, useValue: mockSearchService },
-        ], schemas: [
-          CUSTOM_ELEMENTS_SCHEMA
-        ]
-      }).compileComponents();
-      fixture = TestBed.createComponent(ItemMoveComponent);
-      comp = fixture.componentInstance;
-      fixture.detectChanges();
+      init(mockItemDataServiceFail);
     });
 
     it('should call notificationsService error message on fail', () => {
-      comp.moveCollection();
+      comp.moveToCollection();
 
       expect(notificationsServiceStub.error).toHaveBeenCalled();
     });

src/app/+item-page/edit-item-page/item-move/item-move.component.ts

@@ -1,25 +1,21 @@
 import { Component, OnInit } from '@angular/core';
-import { first, map } from 'rxjs/operators';
+import { map, switchMap } from 'rxjs/operators';
 import { DSpaceObjectType } from '../../../core/shared/dspace-object-type.model';
 import { RemoteData } from '../../../core/data/remote-data';
-import { DSpaceObject } from '../../../core/shared/dspace-object.model';
-import { PaginatedList } from '../../../core/data/paginated-list.model';
 import { Item } from '../../../core/shared/item.model';
 import { ActivatedRoute, Router } from '@angular/router';
 import { NotificationsService } from '../../../shared/notifications/notifications.service';
 import { TranslateService } from '@ngx-translate/core';
 import {
-  getFirstSucceededRemoteData,
-  getFirstCompletedRemoteData, getAllSucceededRemoteDataPayload
+  getAllSucceededRemoteDataPayload, getFirstCompletedRemoteData, getFirstSucceededRemoteData, getRemoteDataPayload,
 } from '../../../core/shared/operators';
 import { ItemDataService } from '../../../core/data/item-data.service';
-import { Observable, of as observableOf } from 'rxjs';
+import { Observable } from 'rxjs';
 import { Collection } from '../../../core/shared/collection.model';
-import { PaginationComponentOptions } from '../../../shared/pagination/pagination-component-options.model';
 import { SearchService } from '../../../core/shared/search/search.service';
-import { PaginatedSearchOptions } from '../../../shared/search/paginated-search-options.model';
-import { SearchResult } from '../../../shared/search/search-result.model';
 import { getItemEditRoute, getItemPageRoute } from '../../item-page-routing-paths';
+import { followLink } from '../../../shared/utils/follow-link-config.model';
+import { RequestService } from '../../../core/data/request.service';
 
 @Component({
   selector: 'ds-item-move',
@@ -38,7 +34,8 @@ export class ItemMoveComponent implements OnInit {
 
   inheritPolicies = false;
   itemRD$: Observable<RemoteData<Item>>;
-  collectionSearchResults: Observable<any[]> = observableOf([]);
+  originalCollection: Collection;
+
   selectedCollectionName: string;
   selectedCollection: Collection;
   canSubmit = false;
@@ -46,23 +43,26 @@ export class ItemMoveComponent implements OnInit {
   item: Item;
   processing = false;
 
-  pagination = new PaginationComponentOptions();
-
   /**
    * Route to the item's page
    */
   itemPageRoute$: Observable<string>;
 
+  COLLECTIONS = [DSpaceObjectType.COLLECTION];
+
   constructor(private route: ActivatedRoute,
               private router: Router,
               private notificationsService: NotificationsService,
               private itemDataService: ItemDataService,
               private searchService: SearchService,
-              private translateService: TranslateService) {
-  }
+              private translateService: TranslateService,
+              private requestService: RequestService,
+  ) {}
 
   ngOnInit(): void {
-    this.itemRD$ = this.route.data.pipe(map((data) => data.dso), getFirstSucceededRemoteData()) as Observable<RemoteData<Item>>;
+    this.itemRD$ = this.route.data.pipe(
+      map((data) => data.dso), getFirstSucceededRemoteData()
+    ) as Observable<RemoteData<Item>>;
     this.itemPageRoute$ = this.itemRD$.pipe(
       getAllSucceededRemoteDataPayload(),
       map((item) => getItemPageRoute(item))
@@ -71,43 +71,22 @@ export class ItemMoveComponent implements OnInit {
         this.item = rd.payload;
       }
     );
-    this.pagination.pageSize = 5;
-    this.loadSuggestions('');
-  }
-
-  /**
-   * Find suggestions based on entered query
-   * @param query - Search query
-   */
-  findSuggestions(query): void {
-    this.loadSuggestions(query);
-  }
-
-  /**
-   * Load all available collections to move the item to.
-   *  TODO: When the API support it, only fetch collections where user has ADD rights to.
-   */
-  loadSuggestions(query): void {
-    this.collectionSearchResults = this.searchService.search(new PaginatedSearchOptions({
-      pagination: this.pagination,
-      dsoTypes: [DSpaceObjectType.COLLECTION],
-      query: query
-    })).pipe(
-      first(),
-      map((rd: RemoteData<PaginatedList<SearchResult<DSpaceObject>>>) => {
-        return rd.payload.page.map((searchResult) => {
-          return searchResult.indexableObject;
+    this.itemRD$.pipe(
+      getFirstSucceededRemoteData(),
+      getRemoteDataPayload(),
+      switchMap((item) => item.owningCollection),
+      getFirstSucceededRemoteData(),
+      getRemoteDataPayload(),
+    ).subscribe((collection) => {
+      this.originalCollection = collection;
     });
-      }) ,
-    );
-
   }
 
   /**
    * Set the collection name and id based on the selected value
    * @param data - obtained from the ds-input-suggestions component
    */
-  onClick(data: any): void {
+  selectDso(data: any): void {
     this.selectedCollection = data;
     this.selectedCollectionName = data.name;
     this.canSubmit = true;
@@ -123,26 +102,41 @@ export class ItemMoveComponent implements OnInit {
   /**
    * Moves the item to a new collection based on the selected collection
    */
-  moveCollection() {
+  moveToCollection() {
     this.processing = true;
-    this.itemDataService.moveToCollection(this.item.id, this.selectedCollection).pipe(getFirstCompletedRemoteData()).subscribe(
-      (response: RemoteData<Collection>) => {
-        this.router.navigate([getItemEditRoute(this.item)]);
+    const move$ = this.itemDataService.moveToCollection(this.item.id, this.selectedCollection)
+      .pipe(getFirstCompletedRemoteData());
+
+    move$.subscribe((response: RemoteData<any>) => {
       if (response.hasSucceeded) {
         this.notificationsService.success(this.translateService.get('item.edit.move.success'));
       } else {
         this.notificationsService.error(this.translateService.get('item.edit.move.error'));
       }
+    });
+
+    move$.pipe(
+      switchMap(() => this.requestService.setStaleByHrefSubstring(this.item.id)),
+      switchMap(() =>
+        this.itemDataService.findById(
+          this.item.id,
+          false,
+          true,
+          followLink('owningCollection')
+      )),
+      getFirstCompletedRemoteData()
+    ).subscribe(() => {
       this.processing = false;
-      }
-    );
+      this.router.navigate([getItemEditRoute(this.item)]);
+    });
   }
 
-  /**
-   * Resets the can submit when the user changes the content of the input field
-   * @param data
-   */
-  resetCollection(data: any) {
+  discard(): void {
+    this.selectedCollection = null;
     this.canSubmit = false;
   }
+
+  get canMove(): boolean {
+    return this.canSubmit && this.selectedCollection?.id !== this.originalCollection.id;
+  }
 }

src/app/+item-page/edit-item-page/item-relationships/edit-relationship-list/edit-relationship-list.component.html

@@ -6,8 +6,15 @@
     </button>
 </h5>
 <ng-container *ngVar="updates$ | async as updates">
-    <ng-container *ngIf="updates">
+    <ng-container *ngIf="updates && !(loading$ | async)">
         <ng-container *ngVar="updates | dsObjectValues as updateValues">
+          <ds-pagination
+            [paginationOptions]="paginationConfig"
+            [pageInfoState]="(relationshipsRd$ | async)?.payload?.pageInfo"
+            [collectionSize]="(relationshipsRd$ | async)?.payload?.totalElements + (this.nbAddedFields$ | async)"
+            [hideGear]="true"
+            [hidePagerWhenSinglePage]="true">
+            <div class="my-2">
               <ds-edit-relationship *ngFor="let updateValue of updateValues; trackBy: trackUpdate"
                                     class="relationship-row d-block alert"
                                     [fieldUpdate]="updateValue || {}"
@@ -19,8 +26,10 @@
                                         'alert-danger': updateValue.changeType === 2
                                   }">
               </ds-edit-relationship>
+            </div>
+          </ds-pagination>
           <div *ngIf="updateValues.length === 0">{{"item.edit.relationships.no-relationships" | translate}}</div>
         </ng-container>
     </ng-container>
-    <ds-loading *ngIf="!updates"></ds-loading>
+    <ds-loading *ngIf="loading$ | async"></ds-loading>
 </ng-container>

src/app/+item-page/edit-item-page/item-relationships/edit-relationship-list/edit-relationship-list.component.spec.ts

@@ -16,6 +16,12 @@ import { SharedModule } from '../../../../shared/shared.module';
 import { EditRelationshipListComponent } from './edit-relationship-list.component';
 import { createSuccessfulRemoteDataObject$ } from '../../../../shared/remote-data.utils';
 import { createPaginatedList } from '../../../../shared/testing/utils.test';
+import { PaginationService } from '../../../../core/pagination/pagination.service';
+import { PaginationServiceStub } from '../../../../shared/testing/pagination-service.stub';
+import { HostWindowService } from '../../../../shared/host-window.service';
+import { HostWindowServiceStub } from '../../../../shared/testing/host-window-service.stub';
+import { PaginationComponent } from '../../../../shared/pagination/pagination.component';
+import { PaginationComponentOptions } from '../../../../shared/pagination/pagination-component-options.model';
 
 let comp: EditRelationshipListComponent;
 let fixture: ComponentFixture<EditRelationshipListComponent>;
@@ -25,6 +31,8 @@ let linkService;
 let objectUpdatesService;
 let relationshipService;
 let selectableListService;
+let paginationService;
+let hostWindowService;
 
 const url = 'http://test-url.com/test-url';
 
@@ -37,9 +45,21 @@ let fieldUpdate1;
 let fieldUpdate2;
 let relationships;
 let relationshipType;
+let paginationOptions;
 
 describe('EditRelationshipListComponent', () => {
 
+  const resetComponent = () => {
+    fixture = TestBed.createComponent(EditRelationshipListComponent);
+    comp = fixture.componentInstance;
+    de = fixture.debugElement;
+    comp.item = item;
+    comp.itemType = entityType;
+    comp.url = url;
+    comp.relationshipType = relationshipType;
+    fixture.detectChanges();
+  };
+
   beforeEach(waitForAsync(() => {
 
     entityType = Object.assign(new ItemType(), {
@@ -63,6 +83,12 @@ describe('EditRelationshipListComponent', () => {
       rightwardType: 'isPublicationOfAuthor',
     });
 
+    paginationOptions = Object.assign(new PaginationComponentOptions(), {
+      id: `er${relationshipType.id}`,
+      pageSize: 5,
+      currentPage: 1,
+    });
+
     author1 = Object.assign(new Item(), {
       id: 'author1',
       uuid: 'author1'
@@ -141,6 +167,10 @@ describe('EditRelationshipListComponent', () => {
       resolveLinks: () => null,
     };
 
+    paginationService = new PaginationServiceStub(paginationOptions);
+
+    hostWindowService = new HostWindowServiceStub(1200);
+
     TestBed.configureTestingModule({
       imports: [SharedModule, TranslateModule.forRoot()],
       declarations: [EditRelationshipListComponent],
@@ -149,22 +179,15 @@ describe('EditRelationshipListComponent', () => {
         { provide: RelationshipService, useValue: relationshipService },
         { provide: SelectableListService, useValue: selectableListService },
         { provide: LinkService, useValue: linkService },
+        { provide: PaginationService, useValue: paginationService },
+        { provide: HostWindowService, useValue: hostWindowService },
       ], schemas: [
         NO_ERRORS_SCHEMA
       ]
     }).compileComponents();
-  }));
 
-  beforeEach(() => {
-    fixture = TestBed.createComponent(EditRelationshipListComponent);
-    comp = fixture.componentInstance;
-    de = fixture.debugElement;
-    comp.item = item;
-    comp.itemType = entityType;
-    comp.url = url;
-    comp.relationshipType = relationshipType;
-    fixture.detectChanges();
-  });
+    resetComponent();
+  }));
 
   describe('changeType is REMOVE', () => {
     beforeEach(() => {
@@ -176,4 +199,82 @@ describe('EditRelationshipListComponent', () => {
       expect(element.classList).toContain('alert-danger');
     });
   });
+
+  describe('pagination component', () => {
+    let paginationComp: PaginationComponent;
+
+    beforeEach(() => {
+      paginationComp = de.query(By.css('ds-pagination')).componentInstance;
+    });
+
+    it('should receive the correct pagination config', () => {
+      expect(paginationComp.paginationOptions).toEqual(paginationOptions);
+    });
+
+    it('should receive correct collection size', () => {
+      expect(paginationComp.collectionSize).toEqual(relationships.length);
+    });
+
+  });
+
+  describe('relationshipService.getItemRelationshipsByLabel', () => {
+    it('should receive the correct pagination info', () => {
+      expect(relationshipService.getItemRelationshipsByLabel).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+
+      const callArgs = relationshipService.getItemRelationshipsByLabel.calls.mostRecent().args;
+      const findListOptions = callArgs[2];
+
+      expect(findListOptions.elementsPerPage).toEqual(paginationOptions.pageSize);
+      expect(findListOptions.currentPage).toEqual(paginationOptions.currentPage);
+    });
+
+    describe('when the publication is on the left side of the relationship', () => {
+      beforeEach(() => {
+        relationshipType = Object.assign(new RelationshipType(), {
+          id: '1',
+          uuid: '1',
+          leftType: createSuccessfulRemoteDataObject$(entityType), // publication
+          rightType: createSuccessfulRemoteDataObject$(relatedEntityType), // author
+          leftwardType: 'isAuthorOfPublication',
+          rightwardType: 'isPublicationOfAuthor',
+        });
+        relationshipService.getItemRelationshipsByLabel.calls.reset();
+        resetComponent();
+      });
+
+      it('should fetch isAuthorOfPublication', () => {
+        expect(relationshipService.getItemRelationshipsByLabel).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+
+        const callArgs = relationshipService.getItemRelationshipsByLabel.calls.mostRecent().args;
+        const label = callArgs[1];
+
+        expect(label).toEqual('isAuthorOfPublication');
+      });
+    });
+
+    describe('when the publication is on the right side of the relationship', () => {
+      beforeEach(() => {
+        relationshipType = Object.assign(new RelationshipType(), {
+          id: '1',
+          uuid: '1',
+          leftType: createSuccessfulRemoteDataObject$(relatedEntityType), // author
+          rightType: createSuccessfulRemoteDataObject$(entityType), // publication
+          leftwardType: 'isPublicationOfAuthor',
+          rightwardType: 'isAuthorOfPublication',
+        });
+        relationshipService.getItemRelationshipsByLabel.calls.reset();
+        resetComponent();
+      });
+
+      it('should fetch isAuthorOfPublication', () => {
+        expect(relationshipService.getItemRelationshipsByLabel).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+
+        const callArgs = relationshipService.getItemRelationshipsByLabel.calls.mostRecent().args;
+        const label = callArgs[1];
+
+        expect(label).toEqual('isAuthorOfPublication');
+      });
+    });
+  });
+
 });

src/app/+item-page/edit-item-page/item-relationships/edit-relationship-list/edit-relationship-list.component.ts

@@ -1,9 +1,14 @@
-import { Component, Input, OnInit } from '@angular/core';
+import { Component, Input, OnInit, OnDestroy } from '@angular/core';
 import { NgbModal, NgbModalRef } from '@ng-bootstrap/ng-bootstrap';
 import { LinkService } from '../../../../core/cache/builders/link.service';
 import { FieldChangeType } from '../../../../core/data/object-updates/object-updates.actions';
 import { ObjectUpdatesService } from '../../../../core/data/object-updates/object-updates.service';
-import { combineLatest as observableCombineLatest, Observable, of } from 'rxjs';
+import {
+  combineLatest as observableCombineLatest,
+  Observable,
+  of as observableOf,
+  from as observableFrom
+} from 'rxjs';
 import {
   FieldUpdate,
   FieldUpdates,
@@ -11,14 +16,24 @@ import {
 } from '../../../../core/data/object-updates/object-updates.reducer';
 import { RelationshipService } from '../../../../core/data/relationship.service';
 import { Item } from '../../../../core/shared/item.model';
-import { defaultIfEmpty, map, mergeMap, switchMap, take, startWith } from 'rxjs/operators';
-import { hasValue, hasValueOperator } from '../../../../shared/empty.util';
+import {
+  defaultIfEmpty,
+  map,
+  mergeMap,
+  switchMap,
+  take,
+  startWith,
+  toArray,
+  tap
+} from 'rxjs/operators';
+import { hasValue, hasValueOperator, hasNoValue } from '../../../../shared/empty.util';
 import { Relationship } from '../../../../core/shared/item-relationships/relationship.model';
 import { RelationshipType } from '../../../../core/shared/item-relationships/relationship-type.model';
 import {
-  getAllSucceededRemoteData,
   getRemoteDataPayload,
-  getFirstSucceededRemoteData, getFirstSucceededRemoteDataPayload,
+  getFirstSucceededRemoteData,
+  getFirstSucceededRemoteDataPayload,
+  getAllSucceededRemoteData,
 } from '../../../../core/shared/operators';
 import { ItemType } from '../../../../core/shared/item-relationships/item-type.model';
 import { DsDynamicLookupRelationModalComponent } from '../../../../shared/form/builder/ds-dynamic-form-ui/relation-lookup-modal/dynamic-lookup-relation-modal.component';
@@ -30,6 +45,10 @@ import { followLink } from '../../../../shared/utils/follow-link-config.model';
 import { PaginatedList } from '../../../../core/data/paginated-list.model';
 import { RemoteData } from '../../../../core/data/remote-data';
 import { Collection } from '../../../../core/shared/collection.model';
+import { BehaviorSubject } from 'rxjs/internal/BehaviorSubject';
+import { Subscription } from 'rxjs/internal/Subscription';
+import { PaginationComponentOptions } from '../../../../shared/pagination/pagination-component-options.model';
+import { PaginationService } from '../../../../core/pagination/pagination.service';
 
 @Component({
   selector: 'ds-edit-relationship-list',
@@ -40,7 +59,7 @@ import { Collection } from '../../../../core/shared/collection.model';
  * A component creating a list of editable relationships of a certain type
  * The relationships are rendered as a list of related items
  */
-export class EditRelationshipListComponent implements OnInit {
+export class EditRelationshipListComponent implements OnInit, OnDestroy {
 
   /**
    * The item to display related items for
@@ -60,6 +79,17 @@ export class EditRelationshipListComponent implements OnInit {
    */
   @Input() relationshipType: RelationshipType;
 
+  /**
+   * Observable that emits the left and right item type of {@link relationshipType} simultaneously.
+   */
+  private relationshipLeftAndRightType$: Observable<[ItemType, ItemType]>;
+
+  /**
+   * Observable that emits true if {@link itemType} is on the left-hand side of {@link relationshipType},
+   * false if it is on the right-hand side and undefined in the rare case that it is on neither side.
+   */
+  private currentItemIsLeftItem$: Observable<boolean>;
+
   private relatedEntityType$: Observable<ItemType>;
 
   /**
@@ -70,7 +100,38 @@ export class EditRelationshipListComponent implements OnInit {
   /**
    * The FieldUpdates for the relationships in question
    */
-  updates$: Observable<FieldUpdates>;
+  updates$: BehaviorSubject<FieldUpdates> = new BehaviorSubject(undefined);
+
+  /**
+   * The RemoteData for the relationships
+   */
+  relationshipsRd$: BehaviorSubject<RemoteData<PaginatedList<Relationship>>> = new BehaviorSubject(undefined);
+
+  /**
+   * Whether the current page is the last page
+   */
+  isLastPage$: BehaviorSubject<boolean> = new BehaviorSubject(true);
+
+  /**
+   * Whether we're loading
+   */
+  loading$: BehaviorSubject<boolean> = new BehaviorSubject(true);
+
+  /**
+   * The number of added fields that haven't been saved yet
+   */
+  nbAddedFields$: BehaviorSubject<number> = new BehaviorSubject(0);
+
+  /**
+   * Array to track all subscriptions and unsubscribe them onDestroy
+   * @type {Array}
+   */
+  private subs: Subscription[] = [];
+
+  /**
+   * The pagination config
+   */
+  paginationConfig: PaginationComponentOptions;
 
   /**
    * A reference to the lookup window
@@ -82,6 +143,7 @@ export class EditRelationshipListComponent implements OnInit {
     protected linkService: LinkService,
     protected relationshipService: RelationshipService,
     protected modalService: NgbModal,
+    protected paginationService: PaginationService,
     protected selectableListService: SelectableListService,
   ) {
   }
@@ -172,6 +234,10 @@ export class EditRelationshipListComponent implements OnInit {
                   this.objectUpdatesService.saveAddFieldUpdate(this.url, update);
                 });
             }
+
+            this.loading$.next(true);
+            // emit the last page again to trigger a fieldupdates refresh
+            this.relationshipsRd$.next(this.relationshipsRd$.getValue());
           });
       });
     };
@@ -186,6 +252,10 @@ export class EditRelationshipListComponent implements OnInit {
             )
           );
       });
+
+      this.loading$.next(true);
+      // emit the last page again to trigger a fieldupdates refresh
+      this.relationshipsRd$.next(this.relationshipsRd$.getValue());
     };
     this.relatedEntityType$
       .pipe(take(1))
@@ -212,10 +282,10 @@ export class EditRelationshipListComponent implements OnInit {
                 if (field.relationship) {
                   return this.getRelatedItem(field.relationship);
                 } else {
-                  return of(field.relatedItem);
+                  return observableOf(field.relatedItem);
                 }
               })
-          ) : of([])
+          ) : observableOf([])
       ),
       take(1),
       map((items) => items.map((item) => {
@@ -267,15 +337,16 @@ export class EditRelationshipListComponent implements OnInit {
   }
 
   ngOnInit(): void {
-
-    this.relatedEntityType$ =
-      observableCombineLatest([
+    // store the left and right type of the relationship in a single observable
+    this.relationshipLeftAndRightType$ = observableCombineLatest([
       this.relationshipType.leftType,
       this.relationshipType.rightType,
     ].map((type) => type.pipe(
       getFirstSucceededRemoteData(),
       getRemoteDataPayload(),
-      ))).pipe(
+    ))) as Observable<[ItemType, ItemType]>;
+
+    this.relatedEntityType$ = this.relationshipLeftAndRightType$.pipe(
       map((relatedTypes: ItemType[]) => relatedTypes.find((relatedType) => relatedType.uuid !== this.itemType.uuid)),
       hasValueOperator()
     );
@@ -286,65 +357,142 @@ export class EditRelationshipListComponent implements OnInit {
       (relatedEntityType) => this.listId = `edit-relationship-${this.itemType.id}-${relatedEntityType.id}`
     );
 
-    this.updates$ = this.getItemRelationships().pipe(
-      switchMap((relationships) =>
-        observableCombineLatest(
-          relationships.map((relationship) => this.relationshipService.isLeftItem(relationship, this.item))
+    this.currentItemIsLeftItem$ = this.relationshipLeftAndRightType$.pipe(
+      map(([leftType, rightType]: [ItemType, ItemType]) => {
+        if (leftType.id === this.itemType.id) {
+          return true;
+        }
+
+        if (rightType.id === this.itemType.id) {
+          return false;
+        }
+
+        // should never happen...
+        console.warn(`The item ${this.item.uuid} is not on the right or the left side of relationship type ${this.relationshipType.uuid}`);
+        return undefined;
+      })
+    );
+
+    // initialize the pagination options
+    this.paginationConfig = new PaginationComponentOptions();
+    this.paginationConfig.id = `er${this.relationshipType.id}`;
+    this.paginationConfig.pageSize = 5;
+    this.paginationConfig.currentPage = 1;
+
+    // get the pagination params from the route
+    const currentPagination$ = this.paginationService.getCurrentPagination(
+      this.paginationConfig.id,
+      this.paginationConfig
     ).pipe(
-          defaultIfEmpty([]),
-          map((isLeftItemArray) => isLeftItemArray.map((isLeftItem, index) => {
-            const relationship = relationships[index];
-            const nameVariant = isLeftItem ? relationship.rightwardValue : relationship.leftwardValue;
+      tap(() => this.loading$.next(true))
+    );
+
+    this.subs.push(
+      observableCombineLatest([
+        currentPagination$,
+        this.currentItemIsLeftItem$,
+      ]).pipe(
+        switchMap(([currentPagination, currentItemIsLeftItem]: [PaginationComponentOptions, boolean]) =>
+          // get the relationships for the current item, relationshiptype and page
+          this.relationshipService.getItemRelationshipsByLabel(
+            this.item,
+            currentItemIsLeftItem ? this.relationshipType.leftwardType : this.relationshipType.rightwardType,
+            {
+              elementsPerPage: currentPagination.pageSize,
+              currentPage: currentPagination.currentPage,
+            },
+            false,
+            true,
+            followLink('leftItem'),
+            followLink('rightItem'),
+          )),
+      ).subscribe((rd: RemoteData<PaginatedList<Relationship>>) => {
+        this.relationshipsRd$.next(rd);
+      })
+    );
+
+    // keep isLastPage$ up to date based on relationshipsRd$
+    this.subs.push(this.relationshipsRd$.pipe(
+      hasValueOperator(),
+      getAllSucceededRemoteData()
+    ).subscribe((rd: RemoteData<PaginatedList<Relationship>>) => {
+      this.isLastPage$.next(hasNoValue(rd.payload._links.next));
+    }));
+
+    this.subs.push(this.relationshipsRd$.pipe(
+      hasValueOperator(),
+      getAllSucceededRemoteData(),
+      switchMap((rd: RemoteData<PaginatedList<Relationship>>) =>
+        // emit each relationship in the page separately
+        observableFrom(rd.payload.page).pipe(
+          mergeMap((relationship: Relationship) =>
+            // check for each relationship whether it's the left item
+            this.relationshipService.isLeftItem(relationship, this.item).pipe(
+              // emit an array containing both the relationship and whether it's the left item,
+              // as we'll need both
+              map((isLeftItem: boolean) => [relationship, isLeftItem])
+            )
+          ),
+          map(([relationship, isLeftItem]: [Relationship, boolean]) => {
+            // turn it into a RelationshipIdentifiable, an
+            const nameVariant =
+              isLeftItem ? relationship.rightwardValue : relationship.leftwardValue;
             return {
               uuid: relationship.id,
               type: this.relationshipType,
               relationship,
               nameVariant,
             } as RelationshipIdentifiable;
-          })),
+          }),
+          // wait until all relationships have been processed, and emit them all as a single array
+          toArray(),
+          // if the pipe above completes without emitting anything, emit an empty array instead
+          defaultIfEmpty([])
       )),
-      switchMap((initialFields) => this.objectUpdatesService.getFieldUpdates(this.url, initialFields).pipe(
-        map((fieldUpdates) => {
+      switchMap((nextFields: RelationshipIdentifiable[]) => {
+        // Get a list that contains the unsaved changes for the page, as well as the page of
+        // RelationshipIdentifiables, as a single list of FieldUpdates
+        return this.objectUpdatesService.getFieldUpdates(this.url, nextFields).pipe(
+          map((fieldUpdates: FieldUpdates) => {
             const fieldUpdatesFiltered: FieldUpdates = {};
+            this.nbAddedFields$.next(0);
+            // iterate over the fieldupdates and filter out the ones that pertain to this
+            // relationshiptype
             Object.keys(fieldUpdates).forEach((uuid) => {
               if (hasValue(fieldUpdates[uuid])) {
-              const field = fieldUpdates[uuid].field;
-              if ((field as RelationshipIdentifiable).type.id === this.relationshipType.id) {
+                const field = fieldUpdates[uuid].field as RelationshipIdentifiable;
+                // only include fieldupdates regarding this RelationshipType
+                if (field.type.id === this.relationshipType.id) {
+                  // if it's a newly added relationship
+                  if (fieldUpdates[uuid].changeType === FieldChangeType.ADD) {
+                    // increase the counter that tracks new relationships
+                    this.nbAddedFields$.next(this.nbAddedFields$.getValue() + 1);
+                    if (this.isLastPage$.getValue() === true) {
+                      // only include newly added relationships to the output if we're on the last
+                      // page
                       fieldUpdatesFiltered[uuid] = fieldUpdates[uuid];
                     }
+                  } else {
+                    // include all others
+                    fieldUpdatesFiltered[uuid] = fieldUpdates[uuid];
+                  }
+                }
               }
             });
             return fieldUpdatesFiltered;
           }),
-      )),
-      startWith({}),
         );
+      }),
+      startWith({}),
+    ).subscribe((updates: FieldUpdates) => {
+      this.loading$.next(false);
+      this.updates$.next(updates);
+    }));
   }
 
-  private getItemRelationships() {
-    this.linkService.resolveLink(this.item,
-      followLink('relationships', undefined, true, true, true,
-        followLink('relationshipType'),
-        followLink('leftItem'),
-        followLink('rightItem'),
-      ));
-    return this.item.relationships.pipe(
-      getAllSucceededRemoteData(),
-      map((relationships: RemoteData<PaginatedList<Relationship>>) => relationships.payload.page.filter((relationship: Relationship) => hasValue(relationship))),
-      switchMap((itemRelationships: Relationship[]) =>
-        observableCombineLatest(
-          itemRelationships
-            .map((relationship) => relationship.relationshipType.pipe(
-              getFirstSucceededRemoteData(),
-              getRemoteDataPayload(),
-            ))
-        ).pipe(
-          defaultIfEmpty([]),
-          map((relationshipTypes) => itemRelationships.filter(
-            (relationship, index) => relationshipTypes[index].id === this.relationshipType.id)
-          ),
-        )
-      ),
-    );
+  ngOnDestroy(): void {
+    this.subs
+      .filter((subscription) => hasValue(subscription))
+      .forEach((subscription) => subscription.unsubscribe());
   }
 }

src/app/+item-page/edit-item-page/item-relationships/item-relationships.component.ts

@@ -227,7 +227,6 @@ export class ItemRelationshipsComponent extends AbstractItemUpdateComponent {
    * Sends all initial values of this item to the object updates service
    */
   public initializeOriginalFields() {
-    console.log('init');
     return this.relationshipService.getRelatedItems(this.item).pipe(
       take(1),
     ).subscribe((items: Item[]) => {

src/app/+item-page/field-components/metadata-field-wrapper/metadata-field-wrapper.component.html

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-<div class="simple-view-element" [class.d-none]="content.textContent.trim().length === 0 && hasNoValue(content.querySelector('img'))">
+<div class="simple-view-element" [class.d-none]="hideIfNoTextContent && content.textContent.trim().length === 0">
   <h5 class="simple-view-element-header" *ngIf="label">{{ label }}</h5>
   <div #content class="simple-view-element-body">
     <ng-content></ng-content>

src/app/+item-page/field-components/metadata-field-wrapper/metadata-field-wrapper.component.spec.ts

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { Component } from '@angular/core';
+import { Component, Input } from '@angular/core';
 import { waitForAsync, ComponentFixture, TestBed } from '@angular/core/testing';
 
 import { MetadataFieldWrapperComponent } from './metadata-field-wrapper.component';
@@ -6,35 +6,34 @@ import { MetadataFieldWrapperComponent } from './metadata-field-wrapper.componen
 /* tslint:disable:max-classes-per-file */
 @Component({
     selector: 'ds-component-without-content',
-    template: '<ds-metadata-field-wrapper [label]="\'test label\'">\n' +
+    template: '<ds-metadata-field-wrapper [hideIfNoTextContent]="hideIfNoTextContent" [label]="\'test label\'">\n' +
       '</ds-metadata-field-wrapper>'
 })
-class NoContentComponent {}
+class NoContentComponent {
+  public hideIfNoTextContent = true;
+}
 
 @Component({
     selector: 'ds-component-with-empty-spans',
-    template: '<ds-metadata-field-wrapper [label]="\'test label\'">\n' +
+    template: '<ds-metadata-field-wrapper [hideIfNoTextContent]="hideIfNoTextContent" [label]="\'test label\'">\n' +
       '    <span></span>\n' +
       '    <span></span>\n' +
       '</ds-metadata-field-wrapper>'
 })
-class SpanContentComponent {}
+class SpanContentComponent {
+  @Input() hideIfNoTextContent = true;
+}
 
 @Component({
     selector: 'ds-component-with-text',
-    template: '<ds-metadata-field-wrapper [label]="\'test label\'">\n' +
+    template: '<ds-metadata-field-wrapper [hideIfNoTextContent]="hideIfNoTextContent" [label]="\'test label\'">\n' +
       '    <span>The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog</span>\n' +
       '</ds-metadata-field-wrapper>'
 })
-class TextContentComponent {}
+class TextContentComponent {
+  @Input() hideIfNoTextContent = true;
+}
 
-@Component({
-    selector: 'ds-component-with-image',
-    template: '<ds-metadata-field-wrapper [label]="\'test label\'">\n' +
-      '    <img src="https://some/image.png" alt="an alt text">\n' +
-      '</ds-metadata-field-wrapper>'
-})
-class ImgContentComponent {}
 /* tslint:enable:max-classes-per-file */
 
 describe('MetadataFieldWrapperComponent', () => {
@@ -43,7 +42,7 @@ describe('MetadataFieldWrapperComponent', () => {
 
   beforeEach(waitForAsync(() => {
     TestBed.configureTestingModule({
-      declarations: [MetadataFieldWrapperComponent, NoContentComponent, SpanContentComponent, TextContentComponent, ImgContentComponent]
+      declarations: [MetadataFieldWrapperComponent, NoContentComponent, SpanContentComponent, TextContentComponent]
     }).compileComponents();
   }));
 
@@ -58,6 +57,7 @@ describe('MetadataFieldWrapperComponent', () => {
     expect(component).toBeDefined();
   });
 
+  describe('with hideIfNoTextContent=true', () => {
     it('should not show the component when there is no content', () => {
       const parentFixture = TestBed.createComponent(NoContentComponent);
       parentFixture.detectChanges();
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ describe('MetadataFieldWrapperComponent', () => {
       expect(nativeWrapper.classList.contains('d-none')).toBe(true);
     });
 
-  it('should not show the component when there is DOM content but not text or an image', () => {
+    it('should not show the component when there is no text content', () => {
       const parentFixture = TestBed.createComponent(SpanContentComponent);
       parentFixture.detectChanges();
       const parentNative = parentFixture.nativeElement;
@@ -82,14 +82,35 @@ describe('MetadataFieldWrapperComponent', () => {
       parentFixture.detectChanges();
       expect(nativeWrapper.classList.contains('d-none')).toBe(false);
     });
+  });
 
-  it('should show the component when there is img content', () => {
-    const parentFixture = TestBed.createComponent(ImgContentComponent);
+  describe('with hideIfNoTextContent=false', () => {
+    it('should show the component when there is no content', () => {
+      const parentFixture = TestBed.createComponent(NoContentComponent);
+      parentFixture.componentInstance.hideIfNoTextContent = false;
+      parentFixture.detectChanges();
+      const parentNative = parentFixture.nativeElement;
+      const nativeWrapper = parentNative.querySelector(wrapperSelector);
+      expect(nativeWrapper.classList.contains('d-none')).toBe(false);
+    });
+
+    it('should show the component when there is no text content', () => {
+      const parentFixture = TestBed.createComponent(SpanContentComponent);
+      parentFixture.componentInstance.hideIfNoTextContent = false;
+      parentFixture.detectChanges();
+      const parentNative = parentFixture.nativeElement;
+      const nativeWrapper = parentNative.querySelector(wrapperSelector);
+      expect(nativeWrapper.classList.contains('d-none')).toBe(false);
+    });
+
+    it('should show the component when there is text content', () => {
+      const parentFixture = TestBed.createComponent(TextContentComponent);
+      parentFixture.componentInstance.hideIfNoTextContent = false;
       parentFixture.detectChanges();
       const parentNative = parentFixture.nativeElement;
       const nativeWrapper = parentNative.querySelector(wrapperSelector);
       parentFixture.detectChanges();
       expect(nativeWrapper.classList.contains('d-none')).toBe(false);
     });
-
+  });
 });

src/app/+item-page/field-components/metadata-field-wrapper/metadata-field-wrapper.component.ts

@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 import { Component, Input } from '@angular/core';
-import { hasNoValue } from '../../../shared/empty.util';
 
 /**
  * This component renders any content inside this wrapper.
@@ -17,10 +16,5 @@ export class MetadataFieldWrapperComponent {
    */
   @Input() label: string;
 
-  /**
-   * Make hasNoValue() available in the template
-   */
-  hasNoValue(o: any): boolean {
-    return hasNoValue(o);
-  }
+  @Input() hideIfNoTextContent = true;
 }

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

@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
                            [retainScrollPosition]="true">
 
 
-                <div class="file-section row" *ngFor="let file of originals?.page;">
+                <div class="file-section row mb-3" *ngFor="let file of originals?.page;">
                     <div class="col-3">
                         <ds-thumbnail [thumbnail]="(file.thumbnail | async)?.payload"></ds-thumbnail>
                     </div>

src/app/+item-page/full/field-components/file-section/full-file-section.component.ts

@@ -68,7 +68,8 @@ export class FullFileSectionComponent extends FileSectionComponent implements On
         {elementsPerPage: options.pageSize, currentPage: options.currentPage},
         true,
         true,
-        followLink('format')
+        followLink('format'),
+        followLink('thumbnail'),
       )),
       tap((rd: RemoteData<PaginatedList<Bitstream>>) => {
           if (hasValue(rd.errorMessage)) {
@@ -85,7 +86,8 @@ export class FullFileSectionComponent extends FileSectionComponent implements On
         {elementsPerPage: options.pageSize, currentPage: options.currentPage},
         true,
         true,
-        followLink('format')
+        followLink('format'),
+        followLink('thumbnail'),
       )),
       tap((rd: RemoteData<PaginatedList<Bitstream>>) => {
           if (hasValue(rd.errorMessage)) {

src/app/+item-page/full/full-item-page.component.html

@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
           <ds-dso-page-edit-button [pageRoute]="itemPageRoute$ | async" [dso]="item" [tooltipMsg]="'item.page.edit'"></ds-dso-page-edit-button>
         </div>
       </div>
-      <div class="simple-view-link my-3">
+      <div class="simple-view-link my-3" *ngIf="!fromWfi">
         <a class="btn btn-outline-primary" [routerLink]="[(itemPageRoute$ | async)]">
           {{"item.page.link.simple" | translate}}
         </a>
@@ -29,6 +29,11 @@
       <ds-item-page-full-file-section [item]="item"></ds-item-page-full-file-section>
       <ds-item-page-collections [item]="item"></ds-item-page-collections>
       <ds-item-versions class="mt-2" [item]="item"></ds-item-versions>
+      <div class="button-row bottom" *ngIf="fromWfi">
+        <div class="text-right">
+          <button class="btn btn-outline-secondary mr-1" (click)="back()"><i class="fas fa-arrow-left"></i> {{'item.page.return' | translate}}</button>
+        </div>
+      </div>
     </div>
   </div>
   <ds-error *ngIf="itemRD?.hasFailed" message="{{'error.item' | translate}}"></ds-error>

src/app/+item-page/full/full-item-page.component.spec.ts

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { ComponentFixture, TestBed, waitForAsync } from '@angular/core/testing';
+import { ComponentFixture, fakeAsync, TestBed, waitForAsync } from '@angular/core/testing';
 import { ItemDataService } from '../../core/data/item-data.service';
 import { TranslateLoader, TranslateModule } from '@ngx-translate/core';
 import { TranslateLoaderMock } from '../../shared/mocks/translate-loader.mock';
@@ -29,9 +29,7 @@ const mockItem: Item = Object.assign(new Item(), {
     ]
   }
 });
-const routeStub = Object.assign(new ActivatedRouteStub(), {
-  data: observableOf({ dso: createSuccessfulRemoteDataObject(mockItem) })
-});
+
 const metadataServiceStub = {
   /* tslint:disable:no-empty */
   processRemoteData: () => {
@@ -44,6 +42,10 @@ describe('FullItemPageComponent', () => {
   let fixture: ComponentFixture<FullItemPageComponent>;
 
   let authService: AuthService;
+  let routeStub: ActivatedRouteStub;
+  let routeData;
+
+
 
   beforeEach(waitForAsync(() => {
     authService = jasmine.createSpyObj('authService', {
@@ -51,6 +53,14 @@ describe('FullItemPageComponent', () => {
       setRedirectUrl: {}
     });
 
+    routeData = {
+      dso: createSuccessfulRemoteDataObject(mockItem),
+    };
+
+    routeStub = Object.assign(new ActivatedRouteStub(), {
+      data: observableOf(routeData)
+    });
+
     TestBed.configureTestingModule({
       imports: [TranslateModule.forRoot({
         loader: {
@@ -84,4 +94,21 @@ describe('FullItemPageComponent', () => {
       expect(table.nativeElement.innerHTML).toContain(metadatum.value);
     }
   });
+
+  it('should show simple view button when not originated from workflow item', () => {
+    expect(comp.fromWfi).toBe(false);
+    const simpleViewBtn = fixture.debugElement.query(By.css('.simple-view-link'));
+    expect(simpleViewBtn).toBeTruthy();
+  });
+
+  it('should not show simple view button when originated from workflow', fakeAsync(() => {
+    routeData.wfi = createSuccessfulRemoteDataObject$({ id: 'wfiId'});
+    comp.ngOnInit();
+    fixture.detectChanges();
+    fixture.whenStable().then(() => {
+      expect(comp.fromWfi).toBe(true);
+      const simpleViewBtn = fixture.debugElement.query(By.css('.simple-view-link'));
+      expect(simpleViewBtn).toBeFalsy();
+    });
+  }));
 });

src/app/+item-page/full/full-item-page.component.ts

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import { filter, map } from 'rxjs/operators';
-import { ChangeDetectionStrategy, Component, OnInit } from '@angular/core';
-import { ActivatedRoute, Router } from '@angular/router';
+import { ChangeDetectionStrategy, Component, OnDestroy, OnInit } from '@angular/core';
+import { ActivatedRoute, Data, Router } from '@angular/router';
 
 import { Observable ,  BehaviorSubject } from 'rxjs';
 
@@ -11,11 +11,11 @@ import { ItemDataService } from '../../core/data/item-data.service';
 import { RemoteData } from '../../core/data/remote-data';
 import { Item } from '../../core/shared/item.model';
 
-import { MetadataService } from '../../core/metadata/metadata.service';
-
 import { fadeInOut } from '../../shared/animations/fade';
 import { hasValue } from '../../shared/empty.util';
 import { AuthService } from '../../core/auth/auth.service';
+import { Location } from '@angular/common';
+
 
 /**
  * This component renders a full item page.
@@ -29,14 +29,25 @@ import { AuthService } from '../../core/auth/auth.service';
   changeDetection: ChangeDetectionStrategy.OnPush,
   animations: [fadeInOut]
 })
-export class FullItemPageComponent extends ItemPageComponent implements OnInit {
+export class FullItemPageComponent extends ItemPageComponent implements OnInit, OnDestroy {
 
   itemRD$: BehaviorSubject<RemoteData<Item>>;
 
   metadata$: Observable<MetadataMap>;
 
-  constructor(route: ActivatedRoute, router: Router, items: ItemDataService, metadataService: MetadataService, authService: AuthService) {
-    super(route, router, items, metadataService, authService);
+  /**
+   * True when the itemRD has been originated from its workflowitem, false otherwise.
+   */
+  fromWfi = false;
+
+  subs = [];
+
+  constructor(protected route: ActivatedRoute,
+              router: Router,
+              items: ItemDataService,
+              authService: AuthService,
+              private _location: Location) {
+    super(route, router, items, authService);
   }
 
   /*** AoT inheritance fix, will hopefully be resolved in the near future **/
@@ -46,5 +57,21 @@ export class FullItemPageComponent extends ItemPageComponent implements OnInit {
       map((rd: RemoteData<Item>) => rd.payload),
       filter((item: Item) => hasValue(item)),
       map((item: Item) => item.metadata),);
+
+    this.subs.push(this.route.data.subscribe((data: Data) => {
+        this.fromWfi = hasValue(data.wfi);
+      })
+    );
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Navigate back in browser history.
+   */
+  back() {
+    this._location.back();
+  }
+
+  ngOnDestroy() {
+    this.subs.filter((sub) => hasValue(sub)).forEach((sub) => sub.unsubscribe());
   }
 }

src/app/+item-page/item-page.resolver.ts

@@ -4,39 +4,24 @@ import { Observable } from 'rxjs';
 import { RemoteData } from '../core/data/remote-data';
 import { ItemDataService } from '../core/data/item-data.service';
 import { Item } from '../core/shared/item.model';
-import { followLink, FollowLinkConfig } from '../shared/utils/follow-link-config.model';
-import { FindListOptions } from '../core/data/request.models';
-import { getFirstCompletedRemoteData } from '../core/shared/operators';
 import { Store } from '@ngrx/store';
-import { ResolvedAction } from '../core/resolving/resolver.actions';
 import { map } from 'rxjs/operators';
 import { hasValue } from '../shared/empty.util';
 import { getItemPageRoute } from './item-page-routing-paths';
+import { ItemResolver } from './item.resolver';
 
 /**
- * The self links defined in this list are expected to be requested somewhere in the near future
- * Requesting them as embeds will limit the number of requests
- */
-export const ITEM_PAGE_LINKS_TO_FOLLOW: FollowLinkConfig<Item>[] = [
-  followLink('owningCollection', undefined, true, true, true,
-    followLink('parentCommunity', undefined, true, true, true,
-      followLink('parentCommunity'))
-  ),
-  followLink('bundles', new FindListOptions(), true, true, true, followLink('bitstreams')),
-  followLink('relationships'),
-  followLink('version', undefined, true, true, true, followLink('versionhistory')),
-];
-
-/**
- * This class represents a resolver that requests a specific item before the route is activated
+ * This class represents a resolver that requests a specific item before the route is activated and will redirect to the
+ * entity page
  */
 @Injectable()
-export class ItemPageResolver implements Resolve<RemoteData<Item>> {
+export class ItemPageResolver extends ItemResolver {
   constructor(
-    private itemService: ItemDataService,
-    private store: Store<any>,
-    private router: Router
+    protected itemService: ItemDataService,
+    protected store: Store<any>,
+    protected router: Router
   ) {
+    super(itemService, store, router);
   }
 
   /**
@@ -47,12 +32,7 @@ export class ItemPageResolver implements Resolve<RemoteData<Item>> {
    * or an error if something went wrong
    */
   resolve(route: ActivatedRouteSnapshot, state: RouterStateSnapshot): Observable<RemoteData<Item>> {
-    const itemRD$ = this.itemService.findById(route.params.id,
-      true,
-      false,
-      ...ITEM_PAGE_LINKS_TO_FOLLOW
-    ).pipe(
-      getFirstCompletedRemoteData(),
+    return super.resolve(route, state).pipe(
       map((rd: RemoteData<Item>) => {
         if (rd.hasSucceeded && hasValue(rd.payload)) {
           const itemRoute = getItemPageRoute(rd.payload);
@@ -66,11 +46,5 @@ export class ItemPageResolver implements Resolve<RemoteData<Item>> {
         return rd;
       })
     );
-
-    itemRD$.subscribe((itemRD: RemoteData<Item>) => {
-      this.store.dispatch(new ResolvedAction(state.url, itemRD.payload));
-    });
-
-    return itemRD$;
   }
 }

src/app/+item-page/item.resolver.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+import { Injectable } from '@angular/core';
+import { ActivatedRouteSnapshot, Resolve, Router, RouterStateSnapshot } from '@angular/router';
+import { Observable } from 'rxjs';
+import { RemoteData } from '../core/data/remote-data';
+import { ItemDataService } from '../core/data/item-data.service';
+import { Item } from '../core/shared/item.model';
+import { followLink, FollowLinkConfig } from '../shared/utils/follow-link-config.model';
+import { getFirstCompletedRemoteData } from '../core/shared/operators';
+import { Store } from '@ngrx/store';
+import { ResolvedAction } from '../core/resolving/resolver.actions';
+
+/**
+ * The self links defined in this list are expected to be requested somewhere in the near future
+ * Requesting them as embeds will limit the number of requests
+ */
+export const ITEM_PAGE_LINKS_TO_FOLLOW: FollowLinkConfig<Item>[] = [
+  followLink('owningCollection', {},
+    followLink('parentCommunity', {},
+      followLink('parentCommunity'))
+  ),
+  followLink('relationships'),
+  followLink('version', {}, followLink('versionhistory')),
+  followLink('thumbnail')
+];
+
+/**
+ * This class represents a resolver that requests a specific item before the route is activated
+ */
+@Injectable()
+export class ItemResolver implements Resolve<RemoteData<Item>> {
+  constructor(
+    protected itemService: ItemDataService,
+    protected store: Store<any>,
+    protected router: Router
+  ) {
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Method for resolving an item based on the parameters in the current route
+   * @param {ActivatedRouteSnapshot} route The current ActivatedRouteSnapshot
+   * @param {RouterStateSnapshot} state The current RouterStateSnapshot
+   * @returns Observable<<RemoteData<Item>> Emits the found item based on the parameters in the current route,
+   * or an error if something went wrong
+   */
+  resolve(route: ActivatedRouteSnapshot, state: RouterStateSnapshot): Observable<RemoteData<Item>> {
+    const itemRD$ = this.itemService.findById(route.params.id,
+      true,
+      false,
+      ...ITEM_PAGE_LINKS_TO_FOLLOW
+    ).pipe(
+      getFirstCompletedRemoteData(),
+    );
+
+    itemRD$.subscribe((itemRD: RemoteData<Item>) => {
+      this.store.dispatch(new ResolvedAction(state.url, itemRD.payload));
+    });
+
+    return itemRD$;
+  }
+}

src/app/+item-page/simple/field-components/specific-field/author/item-page-author-field.component.ts

@@ -8,7 +8,11 @@ import { ItemPageFieldComponent } from '../item-page-field.component';
   templateUrl: '../item-page-field.component.html'
 })
 /**
- * This component is used for displaying the author (dc.contributor.author, dc.creator and dc.contributor) metadata of an item
+ * This component is used for displaying the author (dc.contributor.author, dc.creator and
+ * dc.contributor) metadata of an item.
+ *
+ * Note that it purely deals with metadata. It won't turn related Person authors into links to their
+ * item page. For that use a {@link MetadataRepresentationListComponent} instead.
  */
 export class ItemPageAuthorFieldComponent extends ItemPageFieldComponent {
 

src/app/+item-page/simple/item-page.component.ts

@@ -8,8 +8,6 @@ import { RemoteData } from '../../core/data/remote-data';
 
 import { Item } from '../../core/shared/item.model';
 
-import { MetadataService } from '../../core/metadata/metadata.service';
-
 import { fadeInOut } from '../../shared/animations/fade';
 import { getAllSucceededRemoteDataPayload, redirectOn4xx } from '../../core/shared/operators';
 import { ViewMode } from '../../core/shared/view-mode.model';
@@ -51,10 +49,9 @@ export class ItemPageComponent implements OnInit {
   itemPageRoute$: Observable<string>;
 
   constructor(
-    private route: ActivatedRoute,
+    protected route: ActivatedRoute,
     private router: Router,
     private items: ItemDataService,
-    private metadataService: MetadataService,
     private authService: AuthService,
   ) { }
 
@@ -66,7 +63,6 @@ export class ItemPageComponent implements OnInit {
       map((data) => data.dso as RemoteData<Item>),
       redirectOn4xx(this.router, this.authService)
     );
-    this.metadataService.processRemoteData(this.itemRD$);
     this.itemPageRoute$ = this.itemRD$.pipe(
       getAllSucceededRemoteDataPayload(),
       map((item) => getItemPageRoute(item))

src/app/+item-page/simple/item-types/publication/publication.component.html

@@ -9,8 +9,8 @@
 <div class="row">
   <div class="col-xs-12 col-md-4">
     <ng-container *ngIf="!mediaViewer.image">
-      <ds-metadata-field-wrapper>
-        <ds-thumbnail [thumbnail]="getThumbnail() | async"></ds-thumbnail>
+      <ds-metadata-field-wrapper [hideIfNoTextContent]="false">
+        <ds-thumbnail [thumbnail]="object?.thumbnail | async"></ds-thumbnail>
       </ds-metadata-field-wrapper>
     </ng-container>
     <ng-container *ngIf="mediaViewer.image">
@@ -18,7 +18,12 @@
     </ng-container>
     <ds-item-page-file-section [item]="object"></ds-item-page-file-section>
     <ds-item-page-date-field [item]="object"></ds-item-page-date-field>
-    <ds-item-page-author-field [item]="object"></ds-item-page-author-field>
+    <ds-metadata-representation-list class="ds-item-page-mixed-author-field"
+      [parentItem]="object"
+      [itemType]="'Person'"
+      [metadataFields]="['dc.contributor.author', 'dc.creator']"
+      [label]="'relationships.isAuthorOf' | translate">
+    </ds-metadata-representation-list>
     <ds-generic-item-page-field [item]="object"
       [fields]="['journal.title']"
       [label]="'publication.page.journal-title'">
@@ -37,12 +42,6 @@
     </ds-generic-item-page-field>
   </div>
   <div class="col-xs-12 col-md-6">
-    <ds-metadata-representation-list
-      [parentItem]="object"
-      [itemType]="'Person'"
-      [metadataField]="'dc.contributor.author'"
-      [label]="'relationships.isAuthorOf' | translate">
-    </ds-metadata-representation-list>
     <ds-related-items
       [parentItem]="object"
       [relationType]="'isProjectOfPublication'"

src/app/+item-page/simple/item-types/publication/publication.component.spec.ts

@@ -88,9 +88,14 @@ describe('PublicationComponent', () => {
     expect(fields.length).toBeGreaterThanOrEqual(1);
   });
 
-  it('should contain a component to display the author', () => {
+  it('should not contain a metadata only author field', () => {
     const fields = fixture.debugElement.queryAll(By.css('ds-item-page-author-field'));
-    expect(fields.length).toBeGreaterThanOrEqual(1);
+    expect(fields.length).toBe(0);
+  });
+
+  it('should contain a mixed metadata and relationship field for authors', () => {
+    const fields = fixture.debugElement.queryAll(By.css('.ds-item-page-mixed-author-field'));
+    expect(fields.length).toBe(1);
   });
 
   it('should contain a component to display the abstract', () => {

src/app/+item-page/simple/item-types/shared/item.component.ts

@@ -1,10 +1,6 @@
 import { Component, Input, OnInit } from '@angular/core';
-import { Observable } from 'rxjs';
 import { environment } from '../../../../../environments/environment';
-import { BitstreamDataService } from '../../../../core/data/bitstream-data.service';
-import { Bitstream } from '../../../../core/shared/bitstream.model';
 import { Item } from '../../../../core/shared/item.model';
-import { getFirstSucceededRemoteDataPayload } from '../../../../core/shared/operators';
 import { getItemPageRoute } from '../../../item-page-routing-paths';
 
 @Component({
@@ -21,19 +17,10 @@ export class ItemComponent implements OnInit {
    * Route to the item page
    */
   itemPageRoute: string;
-  mediaViewer = environment.mediaViewer;
 
-  constructor(protected bitstreamDataService: BitstreamDataService) {
-  }
+  mediaViewer = environment.mediaViewer;
 
   ngOnInit(): void {
     this.itemPageRoute = getItemPageRoute(this.object);
   }
-
-  // TODO refactor to return RemoteData, and thumbnail template to deal with loading
-  getThumbnail(): Observable<Bitstream> {
-    return this.bitstreamDataService.getThumbnailFor(this.object).pipe(
-      getFirstSucceededRemoteDataPayload()
-    );
-  }
 }

src/app/+item-page/simple/item-types/untyped-item/untyped-item.component.html

@@ -9,8 +9,8 @@
 <div class="row">
   <div class="col-xs-12 col-md-4">
     <ng-container *ngIf="!mediaViewer.image">
-      <ds-metadata-field-wrapper>
-        <ds-thumbnail [thumbnail]="getThumbnail() | async"></ds-thumbnail>
+      <ds-metadata-field-wrapper [hideIfNoTextContent]="false">
+        <ds-thumbnail [thumbnail]="object?.thumbnail | async"></ds-thumbnail>
       </ds-metadata-field-wrapper>
     </ng-container>
     <ng-container *ngIf="mediaViewer.image">
@@ -18,7 +18,12 @@
     </ng-container>
     <ds-item-page-file-section [item]="object"></ds-item-page-file-section>
     <ds-item-page-date-field [item]="object"></ds-item-page-date-field>
-    <ds-item-page-author-field [item]="object"></ds-item-page-author-field>
+    <ds-metadata-representation-list class="ds-item-page-mixed-author-field"
+      [parentItem]="object"
+      [itemType]="'Person'"
+      [metadataFields]="['dc.contributor.author', 'dc.creator']"
+      [label]="'relationships.isAuthorOf' | translate">
+    </ds-metadata-representation-list>
     <ds-generic-item-page-field [item]="object"
       [fields]="['journal.title']"
       [label]="'item.page.journal-title'">
@@ -37,12 +42,6 @@
     </ds-generic-item-page-field>
   </div>
   <div class="col-xs-12 col-md-6">
-    <ds-metadata-representation-list
-      [parentItem]="object"
-      [itemType]="'Person'"
-      [metadataField]="'dc.contributor.author'"
-      [label]="'relationships.isAuthorOf' | translate">
-    </ds-metadata-representation-list>
     <ds-item-page-abstract-field [item]="object"></ds-item-page-abstract-field>
     <ds-generic-item-page-field [item]="object"
       [fields]="['dc.description']"

src/app/+item-page/simple/item-types/untyped-item/untyped-item.component.spec.ts

@@ -89,9 +89,14 @@ describe('UntypedItemComponent', () => {
     expect(fields.length).toBeGreaterThanOrEqual(1);
   });
 
-  it('should contain a component to display the author', () => {
+  it('should not contain a metadata only author field', () => {
     const fields = fixture.debugElement.queryAll(By.css('ds-item-page-author-field'));
-    expect(fields.length).toBeGreaterThanOrEqual(1);
+    expect(fields.length).toBe(0);
+  });
+
+  it('should contain a mixed metadata and relationship field for authors', () => {
+    const fields = fixture.debugElement.queryAll(By.css('.ds-item-page-mixed-author-field'));
+    expect(fields.length).toBe(1);
   });
 
   it('should contain a component to display the abstract', () => {

src/app/+item-page/simple/metadata-representation-list/metadata-representation-list.component.spec.ts

@@ -5,13 +5,13 @@ import { MetadataRepresentationListComponent } from './metadata-representation-l
 import { RelationshipService } from '../../../core/data/relationship.service';
 import { Item } from '../../../core/shared/item.model';
 import { Relationship } from '../../../core/shared/item-relationships/relationship.model';
-import { createSuccessfulRemoteDataObject$ } from '../../../shared/remote-data.utils';
+import { createSuccessfulRemoteDataObject$, createFailedRemoteDataObject$ } from '../../../shared/remote-data.utils';
 import { TranslateModule } from '@ngx-translate/core';
 import { VarDirective } from '../../../shared/utils/var.directive';
 import { of as observableOf } from 'rxjs';
 
 const itemType = 'Person';
-const metadataField = 'dc.contributor.author';
+const metadataFields = ['dc.contributor.author', 'dc.creator'];
 const parentItem: Item = Object.assign(new Item(), {
   id: 'parent-item',
   metadata: {
@@ -28,6 +28,20 @@ const parentItem: Item = Object.assign(new Item(), {
         place: 1
       }
     ],
+    'dc.creator': [
+      {
+        language: null,
+        value: 'Related Creator with authority',
+        authority: 'virtual::related-creator',
+        place: 3,
+      },
+      {
+        language: null,
+        value: 'Related Creator with authority - unauthorized',
+        authority: 'virtual::related-creator-unauthorized',
+        place: 4,
+      },
+    ],
     'dc.title': [
       {
         language: null,
@@ -47,21 +61,49 @@ const relatedAuthor: Item = Object.assign(new Item(), {
     ]
   }
 });
-const relation: Relationship = Object.assign(new Relationship(), {
+const relatedCreator: Item = Object.assign(new Item(), {
+  id: 'related-creator',
+  metadata: {
+    'dc.title': [
+      {
+        language: null,
+        value: 'Related Creator'
+      }
+    ],
+    'dspace.entity.type': 'Person',
+  }
+});
+const authorRelation: Relationship = Object.assign(new Relationship(), {
   leftItem: createSuccessfulRemoteDataObject$(parentItem),
   rightItem: createSuccessfulRemoteDataObject$(relatedAuthor)
 });
-let relationshipService: RelationshipService;
+const creatorRelation: Relationship = Object.assign(new Relationship(), {
+  leftItem: createSuccessfulRemoteDataObject$(parentItem),
+  rightItem: createSuccessfulRemoteDataObject$(relatedCreator),
+});
+const creatorRelationUnauthorized: Relationship = Object.assign(new Relationship(), {
+  leftItem: createSuccessfulRemoteDataObject$(parentItem),
+  rightItem: createFailedRemoteDataObject$('Unauthorized', 401),
+});
+let relationshipService;
 
 describe('MetadataRepresentationListComponent', () => {
   let comp: MetadataRepresentationListComponent;
   let fixture: ComponentFixture<MetadataRepresentationListComponent>;
 
-  relationshipService = jasmine.createSpyObj('relationshipService',
-    {
-      findById: createSuccessfulRemoteDataObject$(relation)
+  relationshipService = {
+    findById: (id: string) => {
+      if (id === 'related-author') {
+        return createSuccessfulRemoteDataObject$(authorRelation);
       }
-  );
+      if (id === 'related-creator') {
+        return createSuccessfulRemoteDataObject$(creatorRelation);
+      }
+      if (id === 'related-creator-unauthorized') {
+        return createSuccessfulRemoteDataObject$(creatorRelationUnauthorized);
+      }
+    },
+  };
 
   beforeEach(waitForAsync(() => {
     TestBed.configureTestingModule({
@@ -81,13 +123,13 @@ describe('MetadataRepresentationListComponent', () => {
     comp = fixture.componentInstance;
     comp.parentItem = parentItem;
     comp.itemType = itemType;
-    comp.metadataField = metadataField;
+    comp.metadataFields = metadataFields;
     fixture.detectChanges();
   }));
 
-  it('should load 2 ds-metadata-representation-loader components', () => {
+  it('should load 4 ds-metadata-representation-loader components', () => {
     const fields = fixture.debugElement.queryAll(By.css('ds-metadata-representation-loader'));
-    expect(fields.length).toBe(2);
+    expect(fields.length).toBe(4);
   });
 
   it('should contain one page of items', () => {

src/app/+item-page/simple/metadata-representation-list/metadata-representation-list.component.ts

@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ export class MetadataRepresentationListComponent extends AbstractIncrementalList
   /**
    * The metadata field to use for fetching metadata from the item
    */
-  @Input() metadataField: string;
+  @Input() metadataFields: string[];
 
   /**
    * An i18n label to use as a title for the list
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ export class MetadataRepresentationListComponent extends AbstractIncrementalList
    * @param page  The page to fetch
    */
   getPage(page: number): Observable<MetadataRepresentation[]> {
-    const metadata = this.parentItem.findMetadataSortedByPlace(this.metadataField);
+    const metadata = this.parentItem.findMetadataSortedByPlace(this.metadataFields);
     this.total = metadata.length;
     return this.resolveMetadataRepresentations(metadata, page);
   }
@@ -91,9 +91,11 @@ export class MetadataRepresentationListComponent extends AbstractIncrementalList
               getFirstSucceededRemoteData(),
               switchMap((relRD: RemoteData<Relationship>) =>
                 observableCombineLatest(relRD.payload.leftItem, relRD.payload.rightItem).pipe(
-                  filter(([leftItem, rightItem]) => leftItem.hasSucceeded && rightItem.hasSucceeded),
+                  filter(([leftItem, rightItem]) => leftItem.hasCompleted && rightItem.hasCompleted),
                   map(([leftItem, rightItem]) => {
-                    if (leftItem.payload.id === this.parentItem.id) {
+                    if (!leftItem.hasSucceeded || !rightItem.hasSucceeded) {
+                      return observableOf(Object.assign(new MetadatumRepresentation(this.itemType), metadatum));
+                    } else if (rightItem.hasSucceeded && leftItem.payload.id === this.parentItem.id) {
                       return rightItem.payload;
                     } else if (rightItem.payload.id === this.parentItem.id) {
                       return leftItem.payload;

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

@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@ import { currentPath } from '../shared/utils/route.utils';
 import { Router } from '@angular/router';
 import { Context } from '../core/shared/context.model';
 import { SortOptions } from '../core/cache/models/sort-options.model';
+import { followLink } from '../shared/utils/follow-link-config.model';
+import { Item } from '../core/shared/item.model';
 
 @Component({
   selector: 'ds-search',
@@ -128,8 +130,11 @@ export class SearchComponent implements OnInit {
     this.searchLink = this.getSearchLink();
     this.searchOptions$ = this.getSearchOptions();
     this.sub = this.searchOptions$.pipe(
-      switchMap((options) => this.service.search(options).pipe(getFirstSucceededRemoteData(), startWith(undefined))))
-      .subscribe((results) => {
+      switchMap((options) => this.service.search(
+          options, undefined, true, true, followLink<Item>('thumbnail', { isOptional: true })
+        ).pipe(getFirstSucceededRemoteData(), startWith(undefined))
+      )
+    ).subscribe((results) => {
         this.resultsRD$.next(results);
       });
     this.scopeListRD$ = this.searchConfigService.getCurrentScope('').pipe(

src/app/+workflowitems-edit-page/item-from-workflow.resolver.spec.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+import { first } from 'rxjs/operators';
+import { WorkflowItemDataService } from '../core/submission/workflowitem-data.service';
+import { createSuccessfulRemoteDataObject$ } from '../shared/remote-data.utils';
+import { ItemFromWorkflowResolver } from './item-from-workflow.resolver';
+
+describe('ItemFromWorkflowResolver', () => {
+  describe('resolve', () => {
+    let resolver: ItemFromWorkflowResolver;
+    let wfiService: WorkflowItemDataService;
+    const uuid = '1234-65487-12354-1235';
+    const itemUuid = '8888-8888-8888-8888';
+    const wfi = {
+      id: uuid,
+      item: createSuccessfulRemoteDataObject$({ id: itemUuid })
+    };
+
+
+    beforeEach(() => {
+      wfiService = {
+        findById: (id: string) => createSuccessfulRemoteDataObject$(wfi)
+      } as any;
+      resolver = new ItemFromWorkflowResolver(wfiService, null);
+    });
+
+    it('should resolve a an item from from the workflow item with the correct id', (done) => {
+      resolver.resolve({ params: { id: uuid } } as any, undefined)
+        .pipe(first())
+        .subscribe(
+          (resolved) => {
+            expect(resolved.payload.id).toEqual(itemUuid);
+            done();
+          }
+        );
+    });
+  });
+});

src/app/+workflowitems-edit-page/item-from-workflow.resolver.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+import { Injectable } from '@angular/core';
+import { ActivatedRouteSnapshot, Resolve, RouterStateSnapshot } from '@angular/router';
+import { Observable } from 'rxjs';
+import { RemoteData } from '../core/data/remote-data';
+import { Item } from '../core/shared/item.model';
+import { followLink } from '../shared/utils/follow-link-config.model';
+import { getFirstCompletedRemoteData } from '../core/shared/operators';
+import { Store } from '@ngrx/store';
+import { WorkflowItemDataService } from '../core/submission/workflowitem-data.service';
+import { WorkflowItem } from '../core/submission/models/workflowitem.model';
+import { switchMap } from 'rxjs/operators';
+
+/**
+ * This class represents a resolver that requests a specific item before the route is activated
+ */
+@Injectable()
+export class ItemFromWorkflowResolver implements Resolve<RemoteData<Item>> {
+  constructor(
+    private workflowItemService: WorkflowItemDataService,
+    protected store: Store<any>
+  ) {
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Method for resolving an item based on the parameters in the current route
+   * @param {ActivatedRouteSnapshot} route The current ActivatedRouteSnapshot
+   * @param {RouterStateSnapshot} state The current RouterStateSnapshot
+   * @returns Observable<<RemoteData<Item>> Emits the found item based on the parameters in the current route,
+   * or an error if something went wrong
+   */
+  resolve(route: ActivatedRouteSnapshot, state: RouterStateSnapshot): Observable<RemoteData<Item>> {
+    const itemRD$ = this.workflowItemService.findById(route.params.id,
+      true,
+      false,
+      followLink('item'),
+    ).pipe(
+      getFirstCompletedRemoteData(),
+      switchMap((wfiRD: RemoteData<WorkflowItem>) => wfiRD.payload.item as Observable<RemoteData<Item>>),
+      getFirstCompletedRemoteData()
+    );
+    return itemRD$;
+  }
+}

src/app/+workflowitems-edit-page/workflowitems-edit-page-routing-paths.ts

@@ -8,6 +8,9 @@ export function getWorkflowItemPageRoute(wfiId: string) {
 export function getWorkflowItemEditRoute(wfiId: string) {
   return new URLCombiner(getWorkflowItemModuleRoute(), wfiId, WORKFLOW_ITEM_EDIT_PATH).toString();
 }
+export function getWorkflowItemViewRoute(wfiId: string) {
+  return new URLCombiner(getWorkflowItemModuleRoute(), wfiId, WORKFLOW_ITEM_VIEW_PATH).toString();
+}
 
 export function getWorkflowItemDeleteRoute(wfiId: string) {
   return new URLCombiner(getWorkflowItemModuleRoute(), wfiId, WORKFLOW_ITEM_DELETE_PATH).toString();
@@ -19,4 +22,5 @@ export function getWorkflowItemSendBackRoute(wfiId: string) {
 
 export const WORKFLOW_ITEM_EDIT_PATH = 'edit';
 export const WORKFLOW_ITEM_DELETE_PATH = 'delete';
+export const WORKFLOW_ITEM_VIEW_PATH = 'view';
 export const WORKFLOW_ITEM_SEND_BACK_PATH = 'sendback';

src/app/+workflowitems-edit-page/workflowitems-edit-page-routing.module.ts

@@ -6,12 +6,15 @@ import { WorkflowItemPageResolver } from './workflow-item-page.resolver';
 import {
   WORKFLOW_ITEM_DELETE_PATH,
   WORKFLOW_ITEM_EDIT_PATH,
-  WORKFLOW_ITEM_SEND_BACK_PATH
+  WORKFLOW_ITEM_SEND_BACK_PATH,
+  WORKFLOW_ITEM_VIEW_PATH
 } from './workflowitems-edit-page-routing-paths';
 import { ThemedSubmissionEditComponent } from '../submission/edit/themed-submission-edit.component';
 import { ThemedWorkflowItemDeleteComponent } from './workflow-item-delete/themed-workflow-item-delete.component';
 import { ThemedWorkflowItemSendBackComponent } from './workflow-item-send-back/themed-workflow-item-send-back.component';
 import { I18nBreadcrumbResolver } from '../core/breadcrumbs/i18n-breadcrumb.resolver';
+import { ItemFromWorkflowResolver } from './item-from-workflow.resolver';
+import { ThemedFullItemPageComponent } from '../+item-page/full/themed-full-item-page.component';
 
 @NgModule({
   imports: [
@@ -29,6 +32,16 @@ import { I18nBreadcrumbResolver } from '../core/breadcrumbs/i18n-breadcrumb.reso
             },
             data: { title: 'workflow-item.edit.title', breadcrumbKey: 'workflow-item.edit' }
           },
+          {
+            canActivate: [AuthenticatedGuard],
+            path: WORKFLOW_ITEM_VIEW_PATH,
+            component: ThemedFullItemPageComponent,
+            resolve: {
+              dso: ItemFromWorkflowResolver,
+              breadcrumb: I18nBreadcrumbResolver
+            },
+            data: { title: 'workflow-item.view.title', breadcrumbKey: 'workflow-item.view' }
+          },
           {
             canActivate: [AuthenticatedGuard],
             path: WORKFLOW_ITEM_DELETE_PATH,
@@ -51,7 +64,7 @@ import { I18nBreadcrumbResolver } from '../core/breadcrumbs/i18n-breadcrumb.reso
       }]
     )
   ],
-  providers: [WorkflowItemPageResolver]
+  providers: [WorkflowItemPageResolver, ItemFromWorkflowResolver]
 })
 /**
  * This module defines the default component to load when navigating to the workflowitems edit page path.

src/app/+workflowitems-edit-page/workflowitems-edit-page.module.ts

@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ import { WorkflowItemDeleteComponent } from './workflow-item-delete/workflow-ite
 import { WorkflowItemSendBackComponent } from './workflow-item-send-back/workflow-item-send-back.component';
 import { ThemedWorkflowItemDeleteComponent } from './workflow-item-delete/themed-workflow-item-delete.component';
 import { ThemedWorkflowItemSendBackComponent } from './workflow-item-send-back/themed-workflow-item-send-back.component';
+import { StatisticsModule } from '../statistics/statistics.module';
+import { ItemPageModule } from '../+item-page/item-page.module';
 
 @NgModule({
   imports: [
@@ -14,8 +16,15 @@ import { ThemedWorkflowItemSendBackComponent } from './workflow-item-send-back/t
     CommonModule,
     SharedModule,
     SubmissionModule,
+    StatisticsModule,
+    ItemPageModule
   ],
-  declarations: [WorkflowItemDeleteComponent, ThemedWorkflowItemDeleteComponent, WorkflowItemSendBackComponent, ThemedWorkflowItemSendBackComponent]
+  declarations: [
+    WorkflowItemDeleteComponent,
+    ThemedWorkflowItemDeleteComponent,
+    WorkflowItemSendBackComponent,
+    ThemedWorkflowItemSendBackComponent
+  ]
 })
 /**
  * This module handles all modules that need to access the workflowitems edit page.

src/app/access-control/access-control-routing-paths.ts

@@ -3,6 +3,10 @@ import { getAccessControlModuleRoute } from '../app-routing-paths';
 
 export const GROUP_EDIT_PATH = 'groups';
 
+export function getGroupsRoute() {
+  return new URLCombiner(getAccessControlModuleRoute(), GROUP_EDIT_PATH).toString();
+}
+
 export function getGroupEditRoute(id: string) {
   return new URLCombiner(getAccessControlModuleRoute(), GROUP_EDIT_PATH, id).toString();
 }

src/app/access-control/access-control-routing.module.ts

@@ -5,6 +5,9 @@ import { GroupFormComponent } from './group-registry/group-form/group-form.compo
 import { GroupsRegistryComponent } from './group-registry/groups-registry.component';
 import { GROUP_EDIT_PATH } from './access-control-routing-paths';
 import { I18nBreadcrumbResolver } from '../core/breadcrumbs/i18n-breadcrumb.resolver';
+import { GroupPageGuard } from './group-registry/group-page.guard';
+import { GroupAdministratorGuard } from '../core/data/feature-authorization/feature-authorization-guard/group-administrator.guard';
+import { SiteAdministratorGuard } from '../core/data/feature-authorization/feature-authorization-guard/site-administrator.guard';
 
 @NgModule({
   imports: [
@@ -15,7 +18,8 @@ import { I18nBreadcrumbResolver } from '../core/breadcrumbs/i18n-breadcrumb.reso
         resolve: {
           breadcrumb: I18nBreadcrumbResolver
         },
-        data: { title: 'admin.access-control.epeople.title', breadcrumbKey: 'admin.access-control.epeople' }
+        data: { title: 'admin.access-control.epeople.title', breadcrumbKey: 'admin.access-control.epeople' },
+        canActivate: [SiteAdministratorGuard]
       },
       {
         path: GROUP_EDIT_PATH,
@@ -23,7 +27,8 @@ import { I18nBreadcrumbResolver } from '../core/breadcrumbs/i18n-breadcrumb.reso
         resolve: {
           breadcrumb: I18nBreadcrumbResolver
         },
-        data: { title: 'admin.access-control.groups.title', breadcrumbKey: 'admin.access-control.groups' }
+        data: { title: 'admin.access-control.groups.title', breadcrumbKey: 'admin.access-control.groups' },
+        canActivate: [GroupAdministratorGuard]
       },
       {
         path: `${GROUP_EDIT_PATH}/newGroup`,
@@ -31,7 +36,8 @@ import { I18nBreadcrumbResolver } from '../core/breadcrumbs/i18n-breadcrumb.reso
         resolve: {
           breadcrumb: I18nBreadcrumbResolver
         },
-        data: { title: 'admin.access-control.groups.title.addGroup', breadcrumbKey: 'admin.access-control.groups.addGroup' }
+        data: { title: 'admin.access-control.groups.title.addGroup', breadcrumbKey: 'admin.access-control.groups.addGroup' },
+        canActivate: [GroupAdministratorGuard]
       },
       {
         path: `${GROUP_EDIT_PATH}/:groupId`,
@@ -39,7 +45,8 @@ import { I18nBreadcrumbResolver } from '../core/breadcrumbs/i18n-breadcrumb.reso
         resolve: {
           breadcrumb: I18nBreadcrumbResolver
         },
-        data: { title: 'admin.access-control.groups.title.singleGroup', breadcrumbKey: 'admin.access-control.groups.singleGroup' }
+        data: { title: 'admin.access-control.groups.title.singleGroup', breadcrumbKey: 'admin.access-control.groups.singleGroup' },
+        canActivate: [GroupPageGuard]
       }
     ])
   ]

src/app/access-control/group-registry/group-page.guard.spec.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+import { GroupPageGuard } from './group-page.guard';
+import { HALEndpointService } from '../../core/shared/hal-endpoint.service';
+import { AuthorizationDataService } from '../../core/data/feature-authorization/authorization-data.service';
+import { ActivatedRouteSnapshot, Router } from '@angular/router';
+import { of as observableOf } from 'rxjs';
+import { AuthService } from '../../core/auth/auth.service';
+import { FeatureID } from '../../core/data/feature-authorization/feature-id';
+
+describe('GroupPageGuard', () => {
+  const groupsEndpointUrl = 'https://test.org/api/eperson/groups';
+  const groupUuid = '0d6f89df-f95a-4829-943c-f21f434fb892';
+  const groupEndpointUrl = `${groupsEndpointUrl}/${groupUuid}`;
+  const routeSnapshotWithGroupId = {
+    params: {
+      groupId: groupUuid,
+    }
+  } as unknown as ActivatedRouteSnapshot;
+
+  let guard: GroupPageGuard;
+  let halEndpointService: HALEndpointService;
+  let authorizationService: AuthorizationDataService;
+  let router: Router;
+  let authService: AuthService;
+
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    halEndpointService = jasmine.createSpyObj(['getEndpoint']);
+    (halEndpointService as any).getEndpoint.and.returnValue(observableOf(groupsEndpointUrl));
+
+    authorizationService = jasmine.createSpyObj(['isAuthorized']);
+    // NOTE: value is set in beforeEach
+
+    router = jasmine.createSpyObj(['parseUrl']);
+    (router as any).parseUrl.and.returnValue = {};
+
+    authService = jasmine.createSpyObj(['isAuthenticated']);
+    (authService as any).isAuthenticated.and.returnValue(observableOf(true));
+
+    guard = new GroupPageGuard(halEndpointService, authorizationService, router, authService);
+  });
+
+  it('should be created', () => {
+    expect(guard).toBeTruthy();
+  });
+
+  describe('canActivate', () => {
+    describe('when the current user can manage the group', () => {
+      beforeEach(() => {
+        (authorizationService as any).isAuthorized.and.returnValue(observableOf(true));
+      });
+
+      it('should return true', (done) => {
+        guard.canActivate(
+          routeSnapshotWithGroupId, { url: 'current-url'} as any
+        ).subscribe((result) => {
+          expect(authorizationService.isAuthorized).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+            FeatureID.CanManageGroup, groupEndpointUrl, undefined
+          );
+          expect(result).toBeTrue();
+          done();
+        });
+      });
+    });
+
+    describe('when the current user can not manage the group', () => {
+      beforeEach(() => {
+        (authorizationService as any).isAuthorized.and.returnValue(observableOf(false));
+      });
+
+      it('should not return true', (done) => {
+        guard.canActivate(
+          routeSnapshotWithGroupId, { url: 'current-url'} as any
+        ).subscribe((result) => {
+          expect(authorizationService.isAuthorized).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+            FeatureID.CanManageGroup, groupEndpointUrl, undefined
+          );
+          expect(result).not.toBeTrue();
+          done();
+        });
+      });
+    });
+  });
+
+});

src/app/access-control/group-registry/group-page.guard.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+import { Injectable } from '@angular/core';
+import { ActivatedRouteSnapshot, Router, RouterStateSnapshot } from '@angular/router';
+import { Observable, of as observableOf } from 'rxjs';
+import { FeatureID } from '../../core/data/feature-authorization/feature-id';
+import { AuthorizationDataService } from '../../core/data/feature-authorization/authorization-data.service';
+import { AuthService } from '../../core/auth/auth.service';
+import { SomeFeatureAuthorizationGuard } from '../../core/data/feature-authorization/feature-authorization-guard/some-feature-authorization.guard';
+import { HALEndpointService } from '../../core/shared/hal-endpoint.service';
+import { map } from 'rxjs/operators';
+
+@Injectable({
+  providedIn: 'root'
+})
+export class GroupPageGuard extends SomeFeatureAuthorizationGuard {
+
+  protected groupsEndpoint = 'groups';
+
+  constructor(protected halEndpointService: HALEndpointService,
+              protected authorizationService: AuthorizationDataService,
+              protected router: Router,
+              protected authService: AuthService) {
+    super(authorizationService, router, authService);
+  }
+
+  getFeatureIDs(route: ActivatedRouteSnapshot, state: RouterStateSnapshot): Observable<FeatureID[]> {
+    return observableOf([FeatureID.CanManageGroup]);
+  }
+
+  getObjectUrl(route: ActivatedRouteSnapshot, state: RouterStateSnapshot): Observable<string> {
+    return this.halEndpointService.getEndpoint(this.groupsEndpoint).pipe(
+      map(groupsUrl => `${groupsUrl}/${route?.params?.groupId}`)
+    );
+  }
+
+}

src/app/access-control/group-registry/groups-registry.component.html

@@ -33,9 +33,9 @@
         </div>
       </form>
 
-      <ds-loading *ngIf="searching$ | async"></ds-loading>
+      <ds-loading *ngIf="loading$ | async"></ds-loading>
       <ds-pagination
-        *ngIf="(pageInfoState$ | async)?.totalElements > 0 && !(searching$ | async)"
+        *ngIf="(pageInfoState$ | async)?.totalElements > 0 && !(loading$ | async)"
         [paginationOptions]="config"
         [pageInfoState]="pageInfoState$"
         [collectionSize]="(pageInfoState$ | async)?.totalElements"
@@ -59,11 +59,23 @@
               <td>{{groupDto.epersons?.totalElements + groupDto.subgroups?.totalElements}}</td>
               <td>
                 <div class="btn-group edit-field">
-                  <button [routerLink]="groupService.getGroupEditPageRouterLink(groupDto.group)"
-                          class="btn btn-outline-primary btn-sm"
-                          title="{{messagePrefix + 'table.edit.buttons.edit' | translate: {name: groupDto.group.name} }}">
+                  <ng-container [ngSwitch]="groupDto.ableToEdit">
+                    <button *ngSwitchCase="true"
+                      [routerLink]="groupService.getGroupEditPageRouterLink(groupDto.group)"
+                      class="btn btn-outline-primary btn-sm btn-edit"
+                      title="{{messagePrefix + 'table.edit.buttons.edit' | translate: {name: groupDto.group.name} }}"
+                    >
                       <i class="fas fa-edit fa-fw"></i>
                     </button>
+                    <button *ngSwitchCase="false"
+                      [disabled]="true"
+                      class="btn btn-outline-primary btn-sm btn-edit"
+                      placement="left"
+                      [ngbTooltip]="'admin.access-control.epeople.table.edit.buttons.edit-disabled' | translate"
+                    >
+                      <i class="fas fa-edit fa-fw"></i>
+                    </button>
+                  </ng-container>
                   <button *ngIf="!groupDto.group?.permanent && groupDto.ableToDelete"
                           (click)="deleteGroup(groupDto)" class="btn btn-outline-danger btn-sm"
                           title="{{messagePrefix + 'table.edit.buttons.remove' | translate: {name: groupDto.group.name} }}">

src/app/access-control/group-registry/groups-registry.component.spec.ts

@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ import { routeServiceStub } from '../../shared/testing/route-service.stub';
 import { RouterMock } from '../../shared/mocks/router.mock';
 import { PaginationService } from '../../core/pagination/pagination.service';
 import { PaginationServiceStub } from '../../shared/testing/pagination-service.stub';
+import { FeatureID } from '../../core/data/feature-authorization/feature-id';
 
 describe('GroupRegistryComponent', () => {
   let component: GroupsRegistryComponent;
@@ -43,6 +44,26 @@ describe('GroupRegistryComponent', () => {
   let mockEPeople;
   let paginationService;
 
+  /**
+   * Set authorizationService.isAuthorized to return the following values.
+   * @param isAdmin whether or not the current user is an admin.
+   * @param canManageGroup whether or not the current user can manage all groups.
+   */
+  const setIsAuthorized = (isAdmin: boolean, canManageGroup: boolean) => {
+    (authorizationService as any).isAuthorized.and.callFake((featureId?: FeatureID) => {
+      switch (featureId) {
+        case FeatureID.AdministratorOf:
+          return observableOf(isAdmin);
+        case FeatureID.CanManageGroup:
+          return observableOf(canManageGroup);
+        case FeatureID.CanDelete:
+          return observableOf(true);
+        default:
+          throw new Error(`setIsAuthorized: this fake implementation does not support ${featureId}.`);
+      }
+    });
+  };
+
   beforeEach(waitForAsync(() => {
     mockGroups = [GroupMock, GroupMock2];
     mockEPeople = [EPersonMock, EPersonMock2];
@@ -131,9 +152,8 @@ describe('GroupRegistryComponent', () => {
         return createSuccessfulRemoteDataObject$(undefined);
       }
     };
-    authorizationService = jasmine.createSpyObj('authorizationService', {
-      isAuthorized: observableOf(true)
-    });
+    authorizationService = jasmine.createSpyObj('authorizationService', ['isAuthorized']);
+    setIsAuthorized(true, true);
     paginationService = new PaginationServiceStub();
     TestBed.configureTestingModule({
       imports: [CommonModule, NgbModule, FormsModule, ReactiveFormsModule, BrowserModule,
@@ -180,6 +200,81 @@ describe('GroupRegistryComponent', () => {
     });
   });
 
+  describe('edit buttons', () => {
+    describe('when the user is a general admin', () => {
+      beforeEach(fakeAsync(() => {
+        // NOTE: setting canManageGroup to false should not matter, since isAdmin takes priority
+        setIsAuthorized(true, false);
+
+        // force rerender after setup changes
+        component.search({ query: '' });
+        tick();
+        fixture.detectChanges();
+      }));
+
+      it('should be active', () => {
+        const editButtonsFound = fixture.debugElement.queryAll(By.css('#groups tr td:nth-child(4) button.btn-edit'));
+        expect(editButtonsFound.length).toEqual(2);
+        editButtonsFound.forEach((editButtonFound) => {
+          expect(editButtonFound.nativeElement.disabled).toBeFalse();
+        });
+      });
+
+      it('should not check the canManageGroup permissions', () => {
+        expect(authorizationService.isAuthorized).not.toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+          FeatureID.CanManageGroup, mockGroups[0].self
+        );
+        expect(authorizationService.isAuthorized).not.toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+          FeatureID.CanManageGroup, mockGroups[0].self, undefined // treated differently
+        );
+        expect(authorizationService.isAuthorized).not.toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+          FeatureID.CanManageGroup, mockGroups[1].self
+        );
+        expect(authorizationService.isAuthorized).not.toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+          FeatureID.CanManageGroup, mockGroups[1].self, undefined // treated differently
+        );
+      });
+    });
+
+    describe('when the user can edit the groups', () => {
+      beforeEach(fakeAsync(() => {
+        setIsAuthorized(false, true);
+
+        // force rerender after setup changes
+        component.search({ query: '' });
+        tick();
+        fixture.detectChanges();
+      }));
+
+      it('should be active', () => {
+        const editButtonsFound = fixture.debugElement.queryAll(By.css('#groups tr td:nth-child(4) button.btn-edit'));
+        expect(editButtonsFound.length).toEqual(2);
+        editButtonsFound.forEach((editButtonFound) => {
+          expect(editButtonFound.nativeElement.disabled).toBeFalse();
+        });
+      });
+    });
+
+    describe('when the user can not edit the groups', () => {
+      beforeEach(fakeAsync(() => {
+        setIsAuthorized(false, false);
+
+        // force rerender after setup changes
+        component.search({ query: '' });
+        tick();
+        fixture.detectChanges();
+      }));
+
+      it('should not be active', () => {
+        const editButtonsFound = fixture.debugElement.queryAll(By.css('#groups tr td:nth-child(4) button.btn-edit'));
+        expect(editButtonsFound.length).toEqual(2);
+        editButtonsFound.forEach((editButtonFound) => {
+          expect(editButtonFound.nativeElement.disabled).toBeTrue();
+        });
+      });
+    });
+  });
+
   describe('search', () => {
     describe('when searching with query', () => {
       let groupIdsFound;

src/app/access-control/group-registry/groups-registry.component.ts

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import {
   of as observableOf,
   Subscription
 } from 'rxjs';
-import { catchError, map, switchMap, take } from 'rxjs/operators';
+import { catchError, map, switchMap, take, tap } from 'rxjs/operators';
 import { DSpaceObjectDataService } from '../../core/data/dspace-object-data.service';
 import { AuthorizationDataService } from '../../core/data/feature-authorization/authorization-data.service';
 import { FeatureID } from '../../core/data/feature-authorization/feature-id';
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ export class GroupsRegistryComponent implements OnInit, OnDestroy {
   /**
    * A boolean representing if a search is pending
    */
-  searching$: BehaviorSubject<boolean> = new BehaviorSubject<boolean>(false);
+  loading$: BehaviorSubject<boolean> = new BehaviorSubject<boolean>(false);
 
   // Current search in groups registry
   currentSearchQuery: string;
@@ -118,12 +118,12 @@ export class GroupsRegistryComponent implements OnInit, OnDestroy {
    * @param data  Contains query param
    */
   search(data: any) {
-    this.searching$.next(true);
     if (hasValue(this.searchSub)) {
       this.searchSub.unsubscribe();
       this.subs = this.subs.filter((sub: Subscription) => sub !== this.searchSub);
     }
     this.searchSub = this.paginationService.getCurrentPagination(this.config.id, this.config).pipe(
+      tap(() => this.loading$.next(true)),
       switchMap((paginationOptions) => {
         const query: string = data.query;
         if (query != null && this.currentSearchQuery !== query) {
@@ -141,18 +141,22 @@ export class GroupsRegistryComponent implements OnInit, OnDestroy {
         if (groups.page.length === 0) {
           return observableOf(buildPaginatedList(groups.pageInfo, []));
         }
+        return this.authorizationService.isAuthorized(FeatureID.AdministratorOf).pipe(
+          switchMap((isSiteAdmin: boolean) => {
             return observableCombineLatest(groups.page.map((group: Group) => {
-          if (!this.deletedGroupsIds.includes(group.id)) {
+              if (hasValue(group) && !this.deletedGroupsIds.includes(group.id)) {
                 return observableCombineLatest([
-              this.authorizationService.isAuthorized(FeatureID.CanDelete, hasValue(group) ? group.self : undefined),
+                  this.authorizationService.isAuthorized(FeatureID.CanDelete, group.self),
+                  this.canManageGroup$(isSiteAdmin, group),
                   this.hasLinkedDSO(group),
                   this.getSubgroups(group),
                   this.getMembers(group)
                 ]).pipe(
-              map(([isAuthorized, hasLinkedDSO, subgroups, members]:
-                     [boolean, boolean, RemoteData<PaginatedList<Group>>, RemoteData<PaginatedList<EPerson>>]) => {
+                  map(([canDelete, canManageGroup, hasLinkedDSO, subgroups, members]:
+                         [boolean, boolean, boolean, RemoteData<PaginatedList<Group>>, RemoteData<PaginatedList<EPerson>>]) => {
                       const groupDtoModel: GroupDtoModel = new GroupDtoModel();
-                  groupDtoModel.ableToDelete = isAuthorized && !hasLinkedDSO;
+                      groupDtoModel.ableToDelete = canDelete && !hasLinkedDSO;
+                      groupDtoModel.ableToEdit = canManageGroup;
                       groupDtoModel.group = group;
                       groupDtoModel.subgroups = subgroups.payload;
                       groupDtoModel.epersons = members.payload;
@@ -165,15 +169,25 @@ export class GroupsRegistryComponent implements OnInit, OnDestroy {
               return buildPaginatedList(groups.pageInfo, dtos);
             }));
           })
+        );
+      })
     ).subscribe((value: PaginatedList<GroupDtoModel>) => {
       this.groupsDto$.next(value);
       this.pageInfoState$.next(value.pageInfo);
-      this.searching$.next(false);
+      this.loading$.next(false);
     });
 
     this.subs.push(this.searchSub);
       }
 
+  canManageGroup$(isSiteAdmin: boolean, group: Group): Observable<boolean> {
+    if (isSiteAdmin) {
+      return observableOf(true);
+    } else {
+      return this.authorizationService.isAuthorized(FeatureID.CanManageGroup, group.self);
+    }
+  }
+
   /**
    * Delete Group
    */

src/app/app.component.html

@@ -1 +1,3 @@
-<ds-themed-root [isNotAuthBlocking]="isNotAuthBlocking$ | async" [isLoading]="isLoading$ | async"></ds-themed-root>
+<ds-themed-root
+  [shouldShowFullscreenLoader]="(isAuthBlocking$ | async) || (isThemeLoading$ | async)"
+  [shouldShowRouteLoader]="isRouteLoading$ | async"></ds-themed-root>

src/app/app.component.ts

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { delay, map, distinctUntilChanged, filter, take } from 'rxjs/operators';
+import { delay, distinctUntilChanged, filter, take, withLatestFrom } from 'rxjs/operators';
 import {
   AfterViewInit,
   ChangeDetectionStrategy,
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import {
   Inject,
   OnInit,
   Optional,
+  PLATFORM_ID,
 } from '@angular/core';
 import { NavigationCancel, NavigationEnd, NavigationStart, Router } from '@angular/router';
 
@@ -32,11 +33,13 @@ import { LocaleService } from './core/locale/locale.service';
 import { hasValue, isNotEmpty } from './shared/empty.util';
 import { KlaroService } from './shared/cookies/klaro.service';
 import { GoogleAnalyticsService } from './statistics/google-analytics.service';
-import { DOCUMENT } from '@angular/common';
+import { DOCUMENT, isPlatformBrowser } from '@angular/common';
 import { ThemeService } from './shared/theme-support/theme.service';
 import { BASE_THEME_NAME } from './shared/theme-support/theme.constants';
 import { DEFAULT_THEME_CONFIG } from './shared/theme-support/theme.effects';
 import { BreadcrumbsService } from './breadcrumbs/breadcrumbs.service';
+import { IdleModalComponent } from './shared/idle-modal/idle-modal.component';
+import { NgbModal } from '@ng-bootstrap/ng-bootstrap';
 
 @Component({
   selector: 'ds-app',
@@ -45,7 +48,6 @@ import { BreadcrumbsService } from './breadcrumbs/breadcrumbs.service';
   changeDetection: ChangeDetectionStrategy.OnPush,
 })
 export class AppComponent implements OnInit, AfterViewInit {
-  isLoading$: BehaviorSubject<boolean> = new BehaviorSubject(true);
   sidebarVisible: Observable<boolean>;
   slideSidebarOver: Observable<boolean>;
   collapsedSidebarWidth: Observable<string>;
@@ -57,11 +59,28 @@ export class AppComponent implements OnInit, AfterViewInit {
   /**
    * Whether or not the authentication is currently blocking the UI
    */
-  isNotAuthBlocking$: Observable<boolean>;
+  isAuthBlocking$: Observable<boolean>;
+
+  /**
+   * Whether or not the app is in the process of rerouting
+   */
+  isRouteLoading$: BehaviorSubject<boolean> = new BehaviorSubject(true);
+
+  /**
+   * Whether or not the theme is in the process of being swapped
+   */
+  isThemeLoading$: BehaviorSubject<boolean> = new BehaviorSubject(false);
+
+
+  /**
+   * Whether or not the idle modal is is currently open
+   */
+  idleModalOpen: boolean;
 
   constructor(
     @Inject(NativeWindowService) private _window: NativeWindowRef,
     @Inject(DOCUMENT) private document: any,
+    @Inject(PLATFORM_ID) private platformId: any,
     private themeService: ThemeService,
     private translate: TranslateService,
     private store: Store<HostWindowState>,
@@ -75,6 +94,7 @@ export class AppComponent implements OnInit, AfterViewInit {
     private windowService: HostWindowService,
     private localeService: LocaleService,
     private breadcrumbsService: BreadcrumbsService,
+    private modalService: NgbModal,
     @Optional() private cookiesService: KlaroService,
     @Optional() private googleAnalyticsService: GoogleAnalyticsService,
   ) {
@@ -83,6 +103,10 @@ export class AppComponent implements OnInit, AfterViewInit {
     this.models = models;
 
     this.themeService.getThemeName$().subscribe((themeName: string) => {
+      if (isPlatformBrowser(this.platformId)) {
+        // the theme css will never download server side, so this should only happen on the browser
+        this.isThemeLoading$.next(true);
+      }
       if (hasValue(themeName)) {
         this.setThemeCss(themeName);
       } else if (hasValue(DEFAULT_THEME_CONFIG)) {
@@ -92,6 +116,11 @@ export class AppComponent implements OnInit, AfterViewInit {
       }
     });
 
+    if (isPlatformBrowser(this.platformId)) {
+      this.authService.trackTokenExpiration();
+      this.trackIdleModal();
+    }
+
     // Load all the languages that are defined as active from the config file
     translate.addLangs(environment.languages.filter((LangConfig) => LangConfig.active === true).map((a) => a.code));
 
@@ -114,17 +143,15 @@ export class AppComponent implements OnInit, AfterViewInit {
       console.info(environment);
     }
     this.storeCSSVariables();
-
   }
 
   ngOnInit() {
-    this.isNotAuthBlocking$ = this.store.pipe(select(isAuthenticationBlocking)).pipe(
-      map((isBlocking: boolean) => isBlocking === false),
+    this.isAuthBlocking$ = this.store.pipe(select(isAuthenticationBlocking)).pipe(
       distinctUntilChanged()
     );
-    this.isNotAuthBlocking$
+    this.isAuthBlocking$
       .pipe(
-        filter((notBlocking: boolean) => notBlocking),
+        filter((isBlocking: boolean) => isBlocking === false),
         take(1)
       ).subscribe(() => this.initializeKlaro());
 
@@ -156,12 +183,12 @@ export class AppComponent implements OnInit, AfterViewInit {
       delay(0)
     ).subscribe((event) => {
       if (event instanceof NavigationStart) {
-        this.isLoading$.next(true);
+        this.isRouteLoading$.next(true);
       } else if (
         event instanceof NavigationEnd ||
         event instanceof NavigationCancel
       ) {
-        this.isLoading$.next(false);
+        this.isRouteLoading$.next(false);
       }
     });
   }
@@ -209,7 +236,28 @@ export class AppComponent implements OnInit, AfterViewInit {
           }
         });
       }
+      // the fact that this callback is used, proves we're on the browser.
+      this.isThemeLoading$.next(false);
     };
     head.appendChild(link);
   }
+
+  private trackIdleModal() {
+    const isIdle$ = this.authService.isUserIdle();
+    const isAuthenticated$ = this.authService.isAuthenticated();
+    isIdle$.pipe(withLatestFrom(isAuthenticated$))
+      .subscribe(([userIdle, authenticated]) => {
+        if (userIdle && authenticated) {
+          if (!this.idleModalOpen) {
+            const modalRef = this.modalService.open(IdleModalComponent, { ariaLabelledBy: 'idle-modal.header' });
+            this.idleModalOpen = true;
+            modalRef.componentInstance.response.pipe(take(1)).subscribe((closed: boolean) => {
+              if (closed) {
+                this.idleModalOpen = false;
+              }
+            });
+          }
+        }
+      });
+  }
 }

src/app/app.module.ts

@@ -46,6 +46,8 @@ import { ThemedForbiddenComponent } from './forbidden/themed-forbidden.component
 import { ThemedHeaderComponent } from './header/themed-header.component';
 import { ThemedFooterComponent } from './footer/themed-footer.component';
 import { ThemedBreadcrumbsComponent } from './breadcrumbs/themed-breadcrumbs.component';
+import { ThemedHeaderNavbarWrapperComponent } from './header-nav-wrapper/themed-header-navbar-wrapper.component';
+import { IdleModalComponent } from './shared/idle-modal/idle-modal.component';
 
 export function getBase() {
   return environment.ui.nameSpace;
@@ -129,6 +131,7 @@ const DECLARATIONS = [
   HeaderComponent,
   ThemedHeaderComponent,
   HeaderNavbarWrapperComponent,
+  ThemedHeaderNavbarWrapperComponent,
   AdminSidebarComponent,
   AdminSidebarSectionComponent,
   ExpandableAdminSidebarSectionComponent,
@@ -142,6 +145,7 @@ const DECLARATIONS = [
   ThemedBreadcrumbsComponent,
   ForbiddenComponent,
   ThemedForbiddenComponent,
+  IdleModalComponent
 ];
 
 const EXPORTS = [

src/app/community-list-page/community-list-service.ts

@@ -174,8 +174,8 @@ export class CommunityListService {
           direction: options.sort.direction
         }
       },
-      followLink('subcommunities', this.configOnePage, true, true),
-      followLink('collections', this.configOnePage, true, true))
+      followLink('subcommunities', { findListOptions: this.configOnePage }),
+      followLink('collections', { findListOptions: this.configOnePage }))
       .pipe(
         getFirstSucceededRemoteData(),
         map((results) => results.payload),
@@ -242,8 +242,8 @@ export class CommunityListService {
             elementsPerPage: MAX_COMCOLS_PER_PAGE,
             currentPage: i
           },
-          followLink('subcommunities', this.configOnePage, true, true),
-          followLink('collections', this.configOnePage, true, true))
+          followLink('subcommunities', { findListOptions: this.configOnePage }),
+          followLink('collections', { findListOptions: this.configOnePage }))
           .pipe(
             getFirstCompletedRemoteData(),
             switchMap((rd: RemoteData<PaginatedList<Community>>) => {

src/app/core/auth/auth.actions.ts

@@ -34,7 +34,9 @@ export const AuthActionTypes = {
   RETRIEVE_AUTHENTICATED_EPERSON: type('dspace/auth/RETRIEVE_AUTHENTICATED_EPERSON'),
   RETRIEVE_AUTHENTICATED_EPERSON_SUCCESS: type('dspace/auth/RETRIEVE_AUTHENTICATED_EPERSON_SUCCESS'),
   RETRIEVE_AUTHENTICATED_EPERSON_ERROR: type('dspace/auth/RETRIEVE_AUTHENTICATED_EPERSON_ERROR'),
-  REDIRECT_AFTER_LOGIN_SUCCESS: type('dspace/auth/REDIRECT_AFTER_LOGIN_SUCCESS')
+  REDIRECT_AFTER_LOGIN_SUCCESS: type('dspace/auth/REDIRECT_AFTER_LOGIN_SUCCESS'),
+  SET_USER_AS_IDLE: type('dspace/auth/SET_USER_AS_IDLE'),
+  UNSET_USER_AS_IDLE: type('dspace/auth/UNSET_USER_AS_IDLE')
 };
 
 /* tslint:disable:max-classes-per-file */
@@ -292,10 +294,13 @@ export class ResetAuthenticationMessagesAction implements Action {
 export class RetrieveAuthMethodsAction implements Action {
   public type: string = AuthActionTypes.RETRIEVE_AUTH_METHODS;
 
-  payload: AuthStatus;
+  payload: {
+    status: AuthStatus;
+    blocking: boolean;
+  };
 
-  constructor(authStatus: AuthStatus) {
-    this.payload = authStatus;
+  constructor(status: AuthStatus, blocking: boolean) {
+    this.payload = { status, blocking };
   }
 }
 
@@ -306,10 +311,14 @@ export class RetrieveAuthMethodsAction implements Action {
  */
 export class RetrieveAuthMethodsSuccessAction implements Action {
   public type: string = AuthActionTypes.RETRIEVE_AUTH_METHODS_SUCCESS;
-  payload: AuthMethod[];
 
-  constructor(authMethods: AuthMethod[] ) {
-    this.payload = authMethods;
+  payload: {
+    authMethods: AuthMethod[];
+    blocking: boolean;
+  };
+
+  constructor(authMethods: AuthMethod[], blocking: boolean ) {
+    this.payload = { authMethods, blocking };
   }
 }
 
@@ -320,6 +329,12 @@ export class RetrieveAuthMethodsSuccessAction implements Action {
  */
 export class RetrieveAuthMethodsErrorAction implements Action {
   public type: string = AuthActionTypes.RETRIEVE_AUTH_METHODS_ERROR;
+
+  payload: boolean;
+
+  constructor(blocking: boolean) {
+    this.payload = blocking;
+  }
 }
 
 /**
@@ -391,6 +406,24 @@ export class RetrieveAuthenticatedEpersonErrorAction implements Action {
     this.payload = payload ;
   }
 }
+
+/**
+ * Set the current user as being idle.
+ * @class SetUserAsIdleAction
+ * @implements {Action}
+ */
+export class SetUserAsIdleAction implements Action {
+  public type: string = AuthActionTypes.SET_USER_AS_IDLE;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Unset the current user as being idle.
+ * @class UnsetUserAsIdleAction
+ * @implements {Action}
+ */
+export class UnsetUserAsIdleAction implements Action {
+  public type: string = AuthActionTypes.UNSET_USER_AS_IDLE;
+}
 /* tslint:enable:max-classes-per-file */
 
 /**
@@ -421,4 +454,7 @@ export type AuthActions
   | RetrieveAuthenticatedEpersonErrorAction
   | RetrieveAuthenticatedEpersonSuccessAction
   | SetRedirectUrlAction
-  | RedirectAfterLoginSuccessAction;
+  | RedirectAfterLoginSuccessAction
+  | SetUserAsIdleAction
+  | UnsetUserAsIdleAction;
+

src/app/core/auth/auth.effects.spec.ts

@@ -43,10 +43,12 @@ describe('AuthEffects', () => {
   let initialState;
   let token;
   let store: MockStore<AppState>;
+  let authStatus;
 
   function init() {
     authServiceStub = new AuthServiceStub();
     token = authServiceStub.getToken();
+    authStatus = Object.assign(new AuthStatus(), {});
     initialState = {
       core: {
         auth: {
@@ -217,19 +219,41 @@ describe('AuthEffects', () => {
         expect(authEffects.checkTokenCookie$).toBeObservable(expected);
       });
 
+      describe('on CSR', () => {
         it('should return a RETRIEVE_AUTH_METHODS action in response to a CHECK_AUTHENTICATION_TOKEN_COOKIE action when authenticated is false', () => {
           spyOn((authEffects as any).authService, 'checkAuthenticationCookie').and.returnValue(
             observableOf(
               { authenticated: false })
           );
+          spyOn((authEffects as any).authService, 'getRetrieveAuthMethodsAction').and.returnValue(
+            new RetrieveAuthMethodsAction({ authenticated: false } as AuthStatus, false)
+          );
           actions = hot('--a-', { a: { type: AuthActionTypes.CHECK_AUTHENTICATION_TOKEN_COOKIE } });
 
-        const expected = cold('--b-', { b: new RetrieveAuthMethodsAction({ authenticated: false } as AuthStatus) });
+          const expected = cold('--b-', { b: new RetrieveAuthMethodsAction({ authenticated: false } as AuthStatus, false) });
 
           expect(authEffects.checkTokenCookie$).toBeObservable(expected);
         });
       });
 
+      describe('on SSR', () => {
+        it('should return a RETRIEVE_AUTH_METHODS action in response to a CHECK_AUTHENTICATION_TOKEN_COOKIE action when authenticated is false', () => {
+          spyOn((authEffects as any).authService, 'checkAuthenticationCookie').and.returnValue(
+            observableOf(
+              { authenticated: false })
+          );
+          spyOn((authEffects as any).authService, 'getRetrieveAuthMethodsAction').and.returnValue(
+            new RetrieveAuthMethodsAction({ authenticated: false } as AuthStatus, true)
+          );
+          actions = hot('--a-', { a: { type: AuthActionTypes.CHECK_AUTHENTICATION_TOKEN_COOKIE } });
+
+          const expected = cold('--b-', { b: new RetrieveAuthMethodsAction({ authenticated: false } as AuthStatus, true) });
+
+          expect(authEffects.checkTokenCookie$).toBeObservable(expected);
+        });
+      });
+    });
+
     describe('when check token failed', () => {
       it('should return a AUTHENTICATED_ERROR action in response to a CHECK_AUTHENTICATION_TOKEN_COOKIE action', () => {
         spyOn((authEffects as any).authService, 'checkAuthenticationCookie').and.returnValue(observableThrow(new Error('Message Error test')));
@@ -359,11 +383,17 @@ describe('AuthEffects', () => {
 
   describe('retrieveMethods$', () => {
 
+    describe('on CSR', () => {
       describe('when retrieve authentication methods succeeded', () => {
         it('should return a RETRIEVE_AUTH_METHODS_SUCCESS action in response to a RETRIEVE_AUTH_METHODS action', () => {
-        actions = hot('--a-', { a: { type: AuthActionTypes.RETRIEVE_AUTH_METHODS } });
+          actions = hot('--a-', { a:
+            {
+              type: AuthActionTypes.RETRIEVE_AUTH_METHODS,
+              payload: { status: authStatus, blocking: false}
+            }
+          });
 
-        const expected = cold('--b-', { b: new RetrieveAuthMethodsSuccessAction(authMethodsMock) });
+          const expected = cold('--b-', { b: new RetrieveAuthMethodsSuccessAction(authMethodsMock, false) });
 
           expect(authEffects.retrieveMethods$).toBeObservable(expected);
         });
@@ -373,15 +403,56 @@ describe('AuthEffects', () => {
         it('should return a RETRIEVE_AUTH_METHODS_ERROR action in response to a RETRIEVE_AUTH_METHODS action', () => {
           spyOn((authEffects as any).authService, 'retrieveAuthMethodsFromAuthStatus').and.returnValue(observableThrow(''));
 
-        actions = hot('--a-', { a: { type: AuthActionTypes.RETRIEVE_AUTH_METHODS } });
+          actions = hot('--a-', { a:
+            {
+              type: AuthActionTypes.RETRIEVE_AUTH_METHODS,
+              payload: { status: authStatus, blocking: false}
+            }
+          });
 
-        const expected = cold('--b-', { b: new RetrieveAuthMethodsErrorAction() });
+          const expected = cold('--b-', { b: new RetrieveAuthMethodsErrorAction(false) });
 
           expect(authEffects.retrieveMethods$).toBeObservable(expected);
         });
       });
     });
 
+    describe('on SSR', () => {
+      describe('when retrieve authentication methods succeeded', () => {
+        it('should return a RETRIEVE_AUTH_METHODS_SUCCESS action in response to a RETRIEVE_AUTH_METHODS action', () => {
+          actions = hot('--a-', { a:
+            {
+              type: AuthActionTypes.RETRIEVE_AUTH_METHODS,
+              payload: { status: authStatus, blocking: true}
+            }
+          });
+
+          const expected = cold('--b-', { b: new RetrieveAuthMethodsSuccessAction(authMethodsMock, true) });
+
+          expect(authEffects.retrieveMethods$).toBeObservable(expected);
+        });
+      });
+
+      describe('when retrieve authentication methods failed', () => {
+        it('should return a RETRIEVE_AUTH_METHODS_ERROR action in response to a RETRIEVE_AUTH_METHODS action', () => {
+          spyOn((authEffects as any).authService, 'retrieveAuthMethodsFromAuthStatus').and.returnValue(observableThrow(''));
+
+          actions = hot('--a-', { a:
+            {
+              type: AuthActionTypes.RETRIEVE_AUTH_METHODS,
+              payload: { status: authStatus, blocking: true}
+            }
+          });
+
+          const expected = cold('--b-', { b: new RetrieveAuthMethodsErrorAction(true) });
+
+          expect(authEffects.retrieveMethods$).toBeObservable(expected);
+        });
+      });
+    });
+
+  });
+
   describe('clearInvalidTokenOnRehydrate$', () => {
 
     beforeEach(() => {

src/app/core/auth/auth.effects.ts

@@ -1,7 +1,13 @@
-import { Injectable } from '@angular/core';
+import { Injectable, NgZone } from '@angular/core';
 
-import { combineLatest as observableCombineLatest, Observable, of as observableOf } from 'rxjs';
-import { catchError, filter, map, switchMap, take, tap } from 'rxjs/operators';
+import {
+  combineLatest as observableCombineLatest,
+  Observable,
+  of as observableOf,
+  timer,
+  asyncScheduler, queueScheduler
+} from 'rxjs';
+import { catchError, filter, map, switchMap, take, tap, observeOn } from 'rxjs/operators';
 // import @ngrx
 import { Actions, Effect, ofType } from '@ngrx/effects';
 import { Action, select, Store } from '@ngrx/store';
@@ -37,9 +43,19 @@ import {
   RetrieveAuthMethodsAction,
   RetrieveAuthMethodsErrorAction,
   RetrieveAuthMethodsSuccessAction,
-  RetrieveTokenAction
+  RetrieveTokenAction, SetUserAsIdleAction
 } from './auth.actions';
 import { hasValue } from '../../shared/empty.util';
+import { environment } from '../../../environments/environment';
+import { RequestActionTypes } from '../data/request.actions';
+import { NotificationsActionTypes } from '../../shared/notifications/notifications.actions';
+import { LeaveZoneScheduler } from '../utilities/leave-zone.scheduler';
+import { EnterZoneScheduler } from '../utilities/enter-zone.scheduler';
+
+// Action Types that do not break/prevent the user from an idle state
+const IDLE_TIMER_IGNORE_TYPES: string[]
+  = [...Object.values(AuthActionTypes).filter((t: string) => t !== AuthActionTypes.UNSET_USER_AS_IDLE),
+  ...Object.values(RequestActionTypes), ...Object.values(NotificationsActionTypes)];
 
 @Injectable()
 export class AuthEffects {
@@ -145,7 +161,7 @@ export class AuthEffects {
           if (response.authenticated) {
             return new RetrieveTokenAction();
           } else {
-            return new RetrieveAuthMethodsAction(response);
+            return this.authService.getRetrieveAuthMethodsAction(response);
           }
         }),
         catchError((error) => observableOf(new AuthenticatedErrorAction(error)))
@@ -234,21 +250,43 @@ export class AuthEffects {
     .pipe(
       ofType(AuthActionTypes.RETRIEVE_AUTH_METHODS),
       switchMap((action: RetrieveAuthMethodsAction) => {
-        return this.authService.retrieveAuthMethodsFromAuthStatus(action.payload)
+        return this.authService.retrieveAuthMethodsFromAuthStatus(action.payload.status)
           .pipe(
-            map((authMethodModels: AuthMethod[]) => new RetrieveAuthMethodsSuccessAction(authMethodModels)),
-            catchError((error) => observableOf(new RetrieveAuthMethodsErrorAction()))
+            map((authMethodModels: AuthMethod[]) => new RetrieveAuthMethodsSuccessAction(authMethodModels, action.payload.blocking)),
+            catchError((error) => observableOf(new RetrieveAuthMethodsErrorAction(action.payload.blocking)))
           );
       })
     );
 
+  /**
+   * For any action that is not in {@link IDLE_TIMER_IGNORE_TYPES} that comes in => Start the idleness timer
+   * If the idleness timer runs out (so no un-ignored action come through for that amount of time)
+   * => Return the action to set the user as idle ({@link SetUserAsIdleAction})
+   * @method trackIdleness
+   */
+  @Effect()
+  public trackIdleness$: Observable<Action> = this.actions$.pipe(
+    filter((action: Action) => !IDLE_TIMER_IGNORE_TYPES.includes(action.type)),
+    // Using switchMap the effect will stop subscribing to the previous timer if a new action comes
+    // in, and start a new timer
+    switchMap(() =>
+      // Start a timer outside of Angular's zone
+      timer(environment.auth.ui.timeUntilIdle, new LeaveZoneScheduler(this.zone, asyncScheduler))
+    ),
+    // Re-enter the zone to dispatch the action
+    observeOn(new EnterZoneScheduler(this.zone, queueScheduler)),
+    map(() => new SetUserAsIdleAction()),
+  );
+
   /**
    * @constructor
    * @param {Actions} actions$
+   * @param {NgZone} zone
    * @param {AuthService} authService
    * @param {Store} store
    */
   constructor(private actions$: Actions,
+              private zone: NgZone,
               private authService: AuthService,
               private store: Store<AppState>) {
   }

src/app/core/auth/auth.interceptor.ts

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import { Observable, of as observableOf, throwError as observableThrowError } from 'rxjs';
 
-import { catchError, filter, map } from 'rxjs/operators';
+import { catchError, map } from 'rxjs/operators';
 import { Injectable, Injector } from '@angular/core';
 import {
   HttpErrorResponse,
@@ -12,14 +12,13 @@ import {
   HttpResponse,
   HttpResponseBase
 } from '@angular/common/http';
-import { find } from 'lodash';
 
 import { AppState } from '../../app.reducer';
 import { AuthService } from './auth.service';
 import { AuthStatus } from './models/auth-status.model';
 import { AuthTokenInfo } from './models/auth-token-info.model';
-import { hasValue, isNotEmpty, isNotNull, isUndefined } from '../../shared/empty.util';
-import { RedirectWhenTokenExpiredAction, RefreshTokenAction } from './auth.actions';
+import { hasValue, isNotEmpty, isNotNull } from '../../shared/empty.util';
+import { RedirectWhenTokenExpiredAction } from './auth.actions';
 import { Store } from '@ngrx/store';
 import { Router } from '@angular/router';
 import { AuthMethod } from './models/auth.method';
@@ -28,7 +27,7 @@ import { AuthMethodType } from './models/auth.method-type';
 @Injectable()
 export class AuthInterceptor implements HttpInterceptor {
 
-  // Intercetor is called twice per request,
+  // Interceptor is called twice per request,
   // so to prevent RefreshTokenAction is dispatched twice
   // we're creating a refresh token request list
   protected refreshTokenRequestUrls = [];
@@ -216,23 +215,8 @@ export class AuthInterceptor implements HttpInterceptor {
     let authorization: string;
 
     if (authService.isTokenExpired()) {
-      authService.setRedirectUrl(this.router.url);
-      // The access token is expired
-      // Redirect to the login route
-      this.store.dispatch(new RedirectWhenTokenExpiredAction('auth.messages.expired'));
       return observableOf(null);
     } else if ((!this.isAuthRequest(req) || this.isLogoutResponse(req)) && isNotEmpty(token)) {
-      // Intercept a request that is not to the authentication endpoint
-      authService.isTokenExpiring().pipe(
-        filter((isExpiring) => isExpiring))
-        .subscribe(() => {
-          // If the current request url is already in the refresh token request list, skip it
-          if (isUndefined(find(this.refreshTokenRequestUrls, req.url))) {
-            // When a token is about to expire, refresh it
-            this.store.dispatch(new RefreshTokenAction(token));
-            this.refreshTokenRequestUrls.push(req.url);
-          }
-        });
       // Get the auth header from the service.
       authorization = authService.buildAuthHeader(token);
       let newHeaders = req.headers.set('authorization', authorization);

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

@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ import {
   RetrieveAuthMethodsAction,
   RetrieveAuthMethodsErrorAction,
   RetrieveAuthMethodsSuccessAction,
-  SetRedirectUrlAction
+  SetRedirectUrlAction, SetUserAsIdleAction, UnsetUserAsIdleAction
 } from './auth.actions';
 import { AuthTokenInfo } from './models/auth-token-info.model';
 import { EPersonMock } from '../../shared/testing/eperson.mock';
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ describe('authReducer', () => {
       loaded: false,
       blocking: true,
       loading: false,
+      idle: false
     };
     const action = new AuthenticateAction('user', 'password');
     const newState = authReducer(initialState, action);
@@ -53,7 +54,8 @@ describe('authReducer', () => {
       blocking: true,
       error: undefined,
       loading: true,
-      info: undefined
+      info: undefined,
+      idle: false
     };
 
     expect(newState).toEqual(state);
@@ -66,7 +68,8 @@ describe('authReducer', () => {
       error: undefined,
       blocking: true,
       loading: true,
-      info: undefined
+      info: undefined,
+      idle: false
     };
     const action = new AuthenticationSuccessAction(mockTokenInfo);
     const newState = authReducer(initialState, action);
@@ -81,7 +84,8 @@ describe('authReducer', () => {
       error: undefined,
       blocking: true,
       loading: true,
-      info: undefined
+      info: undefined,
+      idle: false
     };
     const action = new AuthenticationErrorAction(mockError);
     const newState = authReducer(initialState, action);
@@ -92,7 +96,8 @@ describe('authReducer', () => {
       loading: false,
       info: undefined,
       authToken: undefined,
-      error: 'Test error message'
+      error: 'Test error message',
+      idle: false
     };
 
     expect(newState).toEqual(state);
@@ -105,7 +110,8 @@ describe('authReducer', () => {
       loaded: false,
       error: undefined,
       loading: true,
-      info: undefined
+      info: undefined,
+      idle: false
     };
     const action = new AuthenticatedAction(mockTokenInfo);
     const newState = authReducer(initialState, action);
@@ -115,7 +121,8 @@ describe('authReducer', () => {
       loaded: false,
       error: undefined,
       loading: true,
-      info: undefined
+      info: undefined,
+      idle: false
     };
     expect(newState).toEqual(state);
   });
@@ -127,7 +134,8 @@ describe('authReducer', () => {
       error: undefined,
       blocking: true,
       loading: true,
-      info: undefined
+      info: undefined,
+      idle: false
     };
     const action = new AuthenticatedSuccessAction(true, mockTokenInfo, EPersonMock._links.self.href);
     const newState = authReducer(initialState, action);
@@ -138,7 +146,8 @@ describe('authReducer', () => {
       error: undefined,
       blocking: true,
       loading: true,
-      info: undefined
+      info: undefined,
+      idle: false
     };
     expect(newState).toEqual(state);
   });
@@ -150,7 +159,8 @@ describe('authReducer', () => {
       error: undefined,
       blocking: true,
       loading: true,
-      info: undefined
+      info: undefined,
+      idle: false
     };
     const action = new AuthenticatedErrorAction(mockError);
     const newState = authReducer(initialState, action);
@@ -161,7 +171,8 @@ describe('authReducer', () => {
       loaded: true,
       blocking: false,
       loading: false,
-      info: undefined
+      info: undefined,
+      idle: false
     };
     expect(newState).toEqual(state);
   });
@@ -172,6 +183,7 @@ describe('authReducer', () => {
       loaded: false,
       blocking: false,
       loading: false,
+      idle: false
     };
     const action = new CheckAuthenticationTokenAction();
     const newState = authReducer(initialState, action);
@@ -180,6 +192,7 @@ describe('authReducer', () => {
       loaded: false,
       blocking: true,
       loading: true,
+      idle: false
     };
     expect(newState).toEqual(state);
   });
@@ -190,6 +203,7 @@ describe('authReducer', () => {
       loaded: false,
       blocking: false,
       loading: true,
+      idle: false
     };
     const action = new CheckAuthenticationTokenCookieAction();
     const newState = authReducer(initialState, action);
@@ -198,6 +212,7 @@ describe('authReducer', () => {
       loaded: false,
       blocking: true,
       loading: true,
+      idle: false
     };
     expect(newState).toEqual(state);
   });
@@ -211,7 +226,8 @@ describe('authReducer', () => {
       blocking: false,
       loading: false,
       info: undefined,
-      userId: EPersonMock.id
+      userId: EPersonMock.id,
+      idle: false
     };
 
     const action = new LogOutAction();
@@ -229,7 +245,8 @@ describe('authReducer', () => {
       blocking: false,
       loading: false,
       info: undefined,
-      userId: EPersonMock.id
+      userId: EPersonMock.id,
+      idle: false
     };
 
     const action = new LogOutSuccessAction();
@@ -243,7 +260,8 @@ describe('authReducer', () => {
       loading: true,
       info: undefined,
       refreshing: false,
-      userId: undefined
+      userId: undefined,
+      idle: false
     };
     expect(newState).toEqual(state);
   });
@@ -257,7 +275,8 @@ describe('authReducer', () => {
       blocking: false,
       loading: false,
       info: undefined,
-      userId: EPersonMock.id
+      userId: EPersonMock.id,
+      idle: false
     };
 
     const action = new LogOutErrorAction(mockError);
@@ -270,7 +289,8 @@ describe('authReducer', () => {
       blocking: false,
       loading: false,
       info: undefined,
-      userId: EPersonMock.id
+      userId: EPersonMock.id,
+      idle: false
     };
     expect(newState).toEqual(state);
   });
@@ -283,7 +303,8 @@ describe('authReducer', () => {
       error: undefined,
       blocking: true,
       loading: true,
-      info: undefined
+      info: undefined,
+      idle: false
     };
     const action = new RetrieveAuthenticatedEpersonSuccessAction(EPersonMock.id);
     const newState = authReducer(initialState, action);
@@ -295,7 +316,8 @@ describe('authReducer', () => {
       blocking: false,
       loading: false,
       info: undefined,
-      userId: EPersonMock.id
+      userId: EPersonMock.id,
+      idle: false
     };
     expect(newState).toEqual(state);
   });
@@ -307,7 +329,8 @@ describe('authReducer', () => {
       error: undefined,
       blocking: true,
       loading: true,
-      info: undefined
+      info: undefined,
+      idle: false
     };
     const action = new RetrieveAuthenticatedEpersonErrorAction(mockError);
     const newState = authReducer(initialState, action);
@@ -318,7 +341,8 @@ describe('authReducer', () => {
       loaded: true,
       blocking: false,
       loading: false,
-      info: undefined
+      info: undefined,
+      idle: false
     };
     expect(newState).toEqual(state);
   });
@@ -332,7 +356,8 @@ describe('authReducer', () => {
       blocking: false,
       loading: false,
       info: undefined,
-      userId: EPersonMock.id
+      userId: EPersonMock.id,
+      idle: false
     };
     const newTokenInfo = new AuthTokenInfo('Refreshed token');
     const action = new RefreshTokenAction(newTokenInfo);
@@ -346,7 +371,8 @@ describe('authReducer', () => {
       loading: false,
       info: undefined,
       userId: EPersonMock.id,
-      refreshing: true
+      refreshing: true,
+      idle: false
     };
     expect(newState).toEqual(state);
   });
@@ -361,7 +387,8 @@ describe('authReducer', () => {
       loading: false,
       info: undefined,
       userId: EPersonMock.id,
-      refreshing: true
+      refreshing: true,
+      idle: false
     };
     const newTokenInfo = new AuthTokenInfo('Refreshed token');
     const action = new RefreshTokenSuccessAction(newTokenInfo);
@@ -375,7 +402,8 @@ describe('authReducer', () => {
       loading: false,
       info: undefined,
       userId: EPersonMock.id,
-      refreshing: false
+      refreshing: false,
+      idle: false
     };
     expect(newState).toEqual(state);
   });
@@ -390,7 +418,8 @@ describe('authReducer', () => {
       loading: false,
       info: undefined,
       userId: EPersonMock.id,
-      refreshing: true
+      refreshing: true,
+      idle: false
     };
     const action = new RefreshTokenErrorAction();
     const newState = authReducer(initialState, action);
@@ -403,7 +432,8 @@ describe('authReducer', () => {
       loading: false,
       info: undefined,
       refreshing: false,
-      userId: undefined
+      userId: undefined,
+      idle: false
     };
     expect(newState).toEqual(state);
   });
@@ -417,7 +447,8 @@ describe('authReducer', () => {
       blocking: false,
       loading: false,
       info: undefined,
-      userId: EPersonMock.id
+      userId: EPersonMock.id,
+      idle: false
     };
 
     state = {
@@ -428,7 +459,8 @@ describe('authReducer', () => {
       loading: false,
       error: undefined,
       info: 'Message',
-      userId: undefined
+      userId: undefined,
+      idle: false
     };
   });
 
@@ -450,6 +482,7 @@ describe('authReducer', () => {
       loaded: false,
       blocking: false,
       loading: false,
+      idle: false
     };
     const action = new AddAuthenticationMessageAction('Message');
     const newState = authReducer(initialState, action);
@@ -458,7 +491,8 @@ describe('authReducer', () => {
       loaded: false,
       blocking: false,
       loading: false,
-      info: 'Message'
+      info: 'Message',
+      idle: false
     };
     expect(newState).toEqual(state);
   });
@@ -470,7 +504,8 @@ describe('authReducer', () => {
       blocking: false,
       loading: false,
       error: 'Error',
-      info: 'Message'
+      info: 'Message',
+      idle: false
     };
     const action = new ResetAuthenticationMessagesAction();
     const newState = authReducer(initialState, action);
@@ -480,7 +515,8 @@ describe('authReducer', () => {
       blocking: false,
       loading: false,
       error: undefined,
-      info: undefined
+      info: undefined,
+      idle: false
     };
     expect(newState).toEqual(state);
   });
@@ -490,7 +526,8 @@ describe('authReducer', () => {
       authenticated: false,
       loaded: false,
       blocking: false,
-      loading: false
+      loading: false,
+      idle: false
     };
     const action = new SetRedirectUrlAction('redirect.url');
     const newState = authReducer(initialState, action);
@@ -499,7 +536,8 @@ describe('authReducer', () => {
       loaded: false,
       blocking: false,
       loading: false,
-      redirectUrl: 'redirect.url'
+      redirectUrl: 'redirect.url',
+      idle: false
     };
     expect(newState).toEqual(state);
   });
@@ -510,16 +548,18 @@ describe('authReducer', () => {
       loaded: false,
       blocking: false,
       loading: false,
-      authMethods: []
+      authMethods: [],
+      idle: false
     };
-    const action = new RetrieveAuthMethodsAction(new AuthStatus());
+    const action = new RetrieveAuthMethodsAction(new AuthStatus(), true);
     const newState = authReducer(initialState, action);
     state = {
       authenticated: false,
       loaded: false,
       blocking: true,
       loading: true,
-      authMethods: []
+      authMethods: [],
+      idle: false
     };
     expect(newState).toEqual(state);
   });
@@ -530,20 +570,48 @@ describe('authReducer', () => {
       loaded: false,
       blocking: true,
       loading: true,
-      authMethods: []
+      authMethods: [],
+      idle: false
     };
     const authMethods = [
       new AuthMethod(AuthMethodType.Password),
       new AuthMethod(AuthMethodType.Shibboleth, 'location')
     ];
-    const action = new RetrieveAuthMethodsSuccessAction(authMethods);
+    const action = new RetrieveAuthMethodsSuccessAction(authMethods, false);
     const newState = authReducer(initialState, action);
     state = {
       authenticated: false,
       loaded: false,
       blocking: false,
       loading: false,
-      authMethods: authMethods
+      authMethods: authMethods,
+      idle: false
+    };
+    expect(newState).toEqual(state);
+  });
+
+  it('should properly set the state, in response to a RETRIEVE_AUTH_METHODS_SUCCESS action with blocking as true', () => {
+    initialState = {
+      authenticated: false,
+      loaded: false,
+      blocking: true,
+      loading: true,
+      authMethods: [],
+      idle: false
+    };
+    const authMethods = [
+      new AuthMethod(AuthMethodType.Password),
+      new AuthMethod(AuthMethodType.Shibboleth, 'location')
+    ];
+    const action = new RetrieveAuthMethodsSuccessAction(authMethods, true);
+    const newState = authReducer(initialState, action);
+    state = {
+      authenticated: false,
+      loaded: false,
+      blocking: true,
+      loading: false,
+      authMethods: authMethods,
+      idle: false
     };
     expect(newState).toEqual(state);
   });
@@ -554,17 +622,84 @@ describe('authReducer', () => {
       loaded: false,
       blocking: true,
       loading: true,
-      authMethods: []
+      authMethods: [],
+      idle: false
     };
 
-    const action = new RetrieveAuthMethodsErrorAction();
+    const action = new RetrieveAuthMethodsErrorAction(false);
     const newState = authReducer(initialState, action);
     state = {
       authenticated: false,
       loaded: false,
       blocking: false,
       loading: false,
-      authMethods: [new AuthMethod(AuthMethodType.Password)]
+      authMethods: [new AuthMethod(AuthMethodType.Password)],
+      idle: false
+    };
+    expect(newState).toEqual(state);
+  });
+
+  it('should properly set the state, in response to a SET_USER_AS_IDLE action', () => {
+    initialState = {
+      authenticated: true,
+      loaded: true,
+      blocking: false,
+      loading: false,
+      idle: false
+    };
+
+    const action = new SetUserAsIdleAction();
+    const newState = authReducer(initialState, action);
+    state = {
+      authenticated: true,
+      loaded: true,
+      blocking: false,
+      loading: false,
+      idle: true
+    };
+    expect(newState).toEqual(state);
+  });
+
+  it('should properly set the state, in response to a UNSET_USER_AS_IDLE action', () => {
+    initialState = {
+      authenticated: true,
+      loaded: true,
+      blocking: false,
+      loading: false,
+      idle: true
+    };
+
+    const action = new UnsetUserAsIdleAction();
+    const newState = authReducer(initialState, action);
+    state = {
+      authenticated: true,
+      loaded: true,
+      blocking: false,
+      loading: false,
+      idle: false
+    };
+    expect(newState).toEqual(state);
+  });
+
+  it('should properly set the state, in response to a RETRIEVE_AUTH_METHODS_ERROR action with blocking as true', () => {
+    initialState = {
+      authenticated: false,
+      loaded: false,
+      blocking: true,
+      loading: true,
+      authMethods: [],
+      idle: false
+    };
+
+    const action = new RetrieveAuthMethodsErrorAction(true);
+    const newState = authReducer(initialState, action);
+    state = {
+      authenticated: false,
+      loaded: false,
+      blocking: true,
+      loading: false,
+      authMethods: [new AuthMethod(AuthMethodType.Password)],
+      idle: false
     };
     expect(newState).toEqual(state);
   });

src/app/core/auth/auth.reducer.ts

@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import {
   RedirectWhenTokenExpiredAction,
   RefreshTokenSuccessAction,
   RetrieveAuthenticatedEpersonSuccessAction,
+  RetrieveAuthMethodsErrorAction,
   RetrieveAuthMethodsSuccessAction,
   SetRedirectUrlAction
 } from './auth.actions';
@@ -58,6 +59,9 @@ export interface AuthState {
   // all authentication Methods enabled at the backend
   authMethods?: AuthMethod[];
 
+  // true when the current user is idle
+  idle: boolean;
+
 }
 
 /**
@@ -68,7 +72,8 @@ const initialState: AuthState = {
   loaded: false,
   blocking: true,
   loading: false,
-  authMethods: []
+  authMethods: [],
+  idle: false
 };
 
 /**
@@ -188,6 +193,7 @@ export function authReducer(state: any = initialState, action: AuthActions): Aut
       return Object.assign({}, state, {
         authToken: (action as RefreshTokenSuccessAction).payload,
         refreshing: false,
+        blocking: false
       });
 
     case AuthActionTypes.ADD_MESSAGE:
@@ -211,14 +217,14 @@ export function authReducer(state: any = initialState, action: AuthActions): Aut
     case AuthActionTypes.RETRIEVE_AUTH_METHODS_SUCCESS:
       return Object.assign({}, state, {
         loading: false,
-        blocking: false,
-        authMethods: (action as RetrieveAuthMethodsSuccessAction).payload
+        blocking: (action as RetrieveAuthMethodsSuccessAction).payload.blocking,
+        authMethods: (action as RetrieveAuthMethodsSuccessAction).payload.authMethods
       });
 
     case AuthActionTypes.RETRIEVE_AUTH_METHODS_ERROR:
       return Object.assign({}, state, {
         loading: false,
-        blocking: false,
+        blocking: (action as RetrieveAuthMethodsErrorAction).payload,
         authMethods: [new AuthMethod(AuthMethodType.Password)]
       });
 
@@ -233,6 +239,16 @@ export function authReducer(state: any = initialState, action: AuthActions): Aut
         blocking: true,
       });
 
+    case AuthActionTypes.SET_USER_AS_IDLE:
+      return Object.assign({}, state, {
+        idle: true,
+      });
+
+    case AuthActionTypes.UNSET_USER_AS_IDLE:
+      return Object.assign({}, state, {
+        idle: false,
+      });
+
     default:
       return state;
   }

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

@@ -27,6 +27,11 @@ import { createSuccessfulRemoteDataObject$ } from '../../shared/remote-data.util
 import { authMethodsMock } from '../../shared/testing/auth-service.stub';
 import { AuthMethod } from './models/auth.method';
 import { HardRedirectService } from '../services/hard-redirect.service';
+import { NotificationsService } from '../../shared/notifications/notifications.service';
+import { TranslateService } from '@ngx-translate/core';
+import { getMockTranslateService } from '../../shared/mocks/translate.service.mock';
+import { NotificationsServiceStub } from '../../shared/testing/notifications-service.stub';
+import { SetUserAsIdleAction, UnsetUserAsIdleAction } from './auth.actions';
 
 describe('AuthService test', () => {
 
@@ -47,6 +52,7 @@ describe('AuthService test', () => {
   let token: AuthTokenInfo;
   let authenticatedState;
   let unAuthenticatedState;
+  let idleState;
   let linkService;
   let hardRedirectService;
 
@@ -64,14 +70,24 @@ describe('AuthService test', () => {
       loaded: true,
       loading: false,
       authToken: token,
-      user: EPersonMock
+      user: EPersonMock,
+      idle: false
     };
     unAuthenticatedState = {
       authenticated: false,
       loaded: true,
       loading: false,
       authToken: undefined,
-      user: undefined
+      user: undefined,
+      idle: false
+    };
+    idleState = {
+      authenticated: true,
+      loaded: true,
+      loading: false,
+      authToken: token,
+      user: EPersonMock,
+      idle: true
     };
     authRequest = new AuthRequestServiceStub();
     routeStub = new ActivatedRouteStub();
@@ -107,6 +123,8 @@ describe('AuthService test', () => {
           { provide: Store, useValue: mockStore },
           { provide: EPersonDataService, useValue: mockEpersonDataService },
           { provide: HardRedirectService, useValue: hardRedirectService },
+          { provide: NotificationsService, useValue: NotificationsServiceStub },
+          { provide: TranslateService, useValue: getMockTranslateService() },
           CookieService,
           AuthService
         ],
@@ -180,6 +198,26 @@ describe('AuthService test', () => {
         expect(authMethods.length).toBe(2);
       });
     });
+
+    describe('setIdle true', () => {
+      beforeEach(() => {
+        authService.setIdle(true);
+      });
+
+      it('store should dispatch SetUserAsIdleAction', () => {
+        expect(mockStore.dispatch).toHaveBeenCalledWith(new SetUserAsIdleAction());
+      });
+    });
+
+    describe('setIdle false', () => {
+      beforeEach(() => {
+        authService.setIdle(false);
+      });
+
+      it('store should dispatch UnsetUserAsIdleAction', () => {
+        expect(mockStore.dispatch).toHaveBeenCalledWith(new UnsetUserAsIdleAction());
+      });
+    });
   });
 
   describe('', () => {
@@ -207,13 +245,13 @@ describe('AuthService test', () => {
       }).compileComponents();
     }));
 
-    beforeEach(inject([CookieService, AuthRequestService, Store, Router, RouteService], (cookieService: CookieService, authReqService: AuthRequestService, store: Store<AppState>, router: Router, routeService: RouteService) => {
+    beforeEach(inject([CookieService, AuthRequestService, Store, Router, RouteService], (cookieService: CookieService, authReqService: AuthRequestService, store: Store<AppState>, router: Router, routeService: RouteService, notificationsService: NotificationsService, translateService: TranslateService) => {
       store
         .subscribe((state) => {
           (state as any).core = Object.create({});
           (state as any).core.auth = authenticatedState;
         });
-      authService = new AuthService({}, window, undefined, authReqService, mockEpersonDataService, router, routeService, cookieService, store, hardRedirectService);
+      authService = new AuthService({}, window, undefined, authReqService, mockEpersonDataService, router, routeService, cookieService, store, hardRedirectService, notificationsService, translateService);
     }));
 
     it('should return true when user is logged in', () => {
@@ -250,6 +288,12 @@ describe('AuthService test', () => {
       });
     });
 
+    it('isUserIdle should return false when user is not yet idle', () => {
+      authService.isUserIdle().subscribe((status: boolean) => {
+        expect(status).toBe(false);
+      });
+    });
+
   });
 
   describe('', () => {
@@ -277,7 +321,7 @@ describe('AuthService test', () => {
       }).compileComponents();
     }));
 
-    beforeEach(inject([ClientCookieService, AuthRequestService, Store, Router, RouteService], (cookieService: ClientCookieService, authReqService: AuthRequestService, store: Store<AppState>, router: Router, routeService: RouteService) => {
+    beforeEach(inject([ClientCookieService, AuthRequestService, Store, Router, RouteService], (cookieService: ClientCookieService, authReqService: AuthRequestService, store: Store<AppState>, router: Router, routeService: RouteService, notificationsService: NotificationsService, translateService: TranslateService) => {
       const expiredToken: AuthTokenInfo = new AuthTokenInfo('test_token');
       expiredToken.expires = Date.now() - (1000 * 60 * 60);
       authenticatedState = {
@@ -292,7 +336,7 @@ describe('AuthService test', () => {
           (state as any).core = Object.create({});
           (state as any).core.auth = authenticatedState;
         });
-      authService = new AuthService({}, window, undefined, authReqService, mockEpersonDataService, router, routeService, cookieService, store, hardRedirectService);
+      authService = new AuthService({}, window, undefined, authReqService, mockEpersonDataService, router, routeService, cookieService, store, hardRedirectService, notificationsService, translateService);
       storage = (authService as any).storage;
       routeServiceMock = TestBed.inject(RouteService);
       routerStub = TestBed.inject(Router);
@@ -493,13 +537,13 @@ describe('AuthService test', () => {
       }).compileComponents();
     }));
 
-    beforeEach(inject([CookieService, AuthRequestService, Store, Router, RouteService], (cookieService: CookieService, authReqService: AuthRequestService, store: Store<AppState>, router: Router, routeService: RouteService) => {
+    beforeEach(inject([CookieService, AuthRequestService, Store, Router, RouteService], (cookieService: CookieService, authReqService: AuthRequestService, store: Store<AppState>, router: Router, routeService: RouteService, notificationsService: NotificationsService, translateService: TranslateService) => {
       store
         .subscribe((state) => {
           (state as any).core = Object.create({});
           (state as any).core.auth = unAuthenticatedState;
         });
-      authService = new AuthService({}, window, undefined, authReqService, mockEpersonDataService, router, routeService, cookieService, store, hardRedirectService);
+      authService = new AuthService({}, window, undefined, authReqService, mockEpersonDataService, router, routeService, cookieService, store, hardRedirectService, notificationsService, translateService);
     }));
 
     it('should return null for the shortlived token', () => {
@@ -508,4 +552,44 @@ describe('AuthService test', () => {
       });
     });
   });
+
+  describe('when user is idle', () => {
+    beforeEach(waitForAsync(() => {
+      init();
+      TestBed.configureTestingModule({
+        imports: [
+          StoreModule.forRoot({ authReducer }, {
+            runtimeChecks: {
+              strictStateImmutability: false,
+              strictActionImmutability: false
+            }
+          })
+        ],
+        providers: [
+          { provide: AuthRequestService, useValue: authRequest },
+          { provide: REQUEST, useValue: {} },
+          { provide: Router, useValue: routerStub },
+          { provide: RouteService, useValue: routeServiceStub },
+          { provide: RemoteDataBuildService, useValue: linkService },
+          CookieService,
+          AuthService
+        ]
+      }).compileComponents();
+    }));
+
+    beforeEach(inject([CookieService, AuthRequestService, Store, Router, RouteService], (cookieService: CookieService, authReqService: AuthRequestService, store: Store<AppState>, router: Router, routeService: RouteService, notificationsService: NotificationsService, translateService: TranslateService) => {
+      store
+        .subscribe((state) => {
+          (state as any).core = Object.create({});
+          (state as any).core.auth = idleState;
+        });
+      authService = new AuthService({}, window, undefined, authReqService, mockEpersonDataService, router, routeService, cookieService, store, hardRedirectService, notificationsService, translateService);
+    }));
+
+    it('isUserIdle should return true when user is not idle', () => {
+      authService.isUserIdle().subscribe((status: boolean) => {
+        expect(status).toBe(true);
+      });
+    });
+  });
 });

src/app/core/auth/auth.service.ts

@@ -29,13 +29,17 @@ import {
   getRedirectUrl,
   isAuthenticated,
   isAuthenticatedLoaded,
+  isIdle,
   isTokenRefreshing
 } from './selectors';
 import { AppState } from '../../app.reducer';
 import {
-  CheckAuthenticationTokenAction,
+  CheckAuthenticationTokenAction, RefreshTokenAction,
   ResetAuthenticationMessagesAction,
-  SetRedirectUrlAction
+  RetrieveAuthMethodsAction,
+  SetRedirectUrlAction,
+  SetUserAsIdleAction,
+  UnsetUserAsIdleAction
 } from './auth.actions';
 import { NativeWindowRef, NativeWindowService } from '../services/window.service';
 import { Base64EncodeUrl } from '../../shared/utils/encode-decode.util';
@@ -45,6 +49,9 @@ import { getAllSucceededRemoteDataPayload } from '../shared/operators';
 import { AuthMethod } from './models/auth.method';
 import { HardRedirectService } from '../services/hard-redirect.service';
 import { RemoteData } from '../data/remote-data';
+import { environment } from '../../../environments/environment';
+import { NotificationsService } from '../../shared/notifications/notifications.service';
+import { TranslateService } from '@ngx-translate/core';
 
 export const LOGIN_ROUTE = '/login';
 export const LOGOUT_ROUTE = '/logout';
@@ -63,6 +70,11 @@ export class AuthService {
    */
   protected _authenticated: boolean;
 
+  /**
+   * Timer to track time until token refresh
+   */
+  private tokenRefreshTimer;
+
   constructor(@Inject(REQUEST) protected req: any,
               @Inject(NativeWindowService) protected _window: NativeWindowRef,
               @Optional() @Inject(RESPONSE) private response: any,
@@ -72,7 +84,9 @@ export class AuthService {
               protected routeService: RouteService,
               protected storage: CookieService,
               protected store: Store<AppState>,
-              protected hardRedirectService: HardRedirectService
+              protected hardRedirectService: HardRedirectService,
+              private notificationService: NotificationsService,
+              private translateService: TranslateService
   ) {
     this.store.pipe(
       select(isAuthenticated),
@@ -297,7 +311,7 @@ export class AuthService {
    */
   public getToken(): AuthTokenInfo {
     let token: AuthTokenInfo;
-    this.store.pipe(select(getAuthenticationToken))
+    this.store.pipe(take(1), select(getAuthenticationToken))
       .subscribe((authTokenInfo: AuthTokenInfo) => {
         // Retrieve authentication token info and check if is valid
         token = authTokenInfo || null;
@@ -305,6 +319,44 @@ export class AuthService {
     return token;
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Method that checks when the session token from store expires and refreshes it when needed
+   */
+  public trackTokenExpiration(): void {
+    let token: AuthTokenInfo;
+    let currentlyRefreshingToken = false;
+    this.store.pipe(select(getAuthenticationToken)).subscribe((authTokenInfo: AuthTokenInfo) => {
+      // If new token is undefined an it wasn't previously => Refresh failed
+      if (currentlyRefreshingToken && token !== undefined && authTokenInfo === undefined) {
+        // Token refresh failed => Error notification => 10 second wait => Page reloads & user logged out
+        this.notificationService.error(this.translateService.get('auth.messages.token-refresh-failed'));
+        setTimeout(() => this.navigateToRedirectUrl(this.hardRedirectService.getCurrentRoute()), 10000);
+        currentlyRefreshingToken = false;
+      }
+      // If new token.expires is different => Refresh succeeded
+      if (currentlyRefreshingToken && authTokenInfo !== undefined && token.expires !== authTokenInfo.expires) {
+        currentlyRefreshingToken = false;
+      }
+      // Check if/when token needs to be refreshed
+      if (!currentlyRefreshingToken) {
+        token = authTokenInfo || null;
+        if (token !== undefined && token !== null) {
+          let timeLeftBeforeRefresh = token.expires - new Date().getTime() - environment.auth.rest.timeLeftBeforeTokenRefresh;
+          if (timeLeftBeforeRefresh < 0) {
+            timeLeftBeforeRefresh = 0;
+          }
+          if (hasValue(this.tokenRefreshTimer)) {
+            clearTimeout(this.tokenRefreshTimer);
+          }
+          this.tokenRefreshTimer = setTimeout(() => {
+            this.store.dispatch(new RefreshTokenAction(token));
+            currentlyRefreshingToken = true;
+          }, timeLeftBeforeRefresh);
+        }
+      }
+    });
+  }
+
   /**
    * Check if a token is next to be expired
    * @returns {boolean}
@@ -395,12 +447,15 @@ export class AuthService {
    * @param redirectUrl
    */
   public navigateToRedirectUrl(redirectUrl: string) {
+    // Don't do redirect if already on reload url
+    if (!hasValue(redirectUrl) || !redirectUrl.includes('/reload/')) {
       let url = `/reload/${new Date().getTime()}`;
       if (isNotEmpty(redirectUrl) && !redirectUrl.startsWith(LOGIN_ROUTE)) {
         url += `?redirect=${encodeURIComponent(redirectUrl)}`;
       }
       this.hardRedirectService.redirect(url);
     }
+  }
 
   /**
    * Refresh route navigated
@@ -518,4 +573,33 @@ export class AuthService {
     );
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Return a new instance of RetrieveAuthMethodsAction
+   *
+   * @param authStatus The auth status
+   */
+  getRetrieveAuthMethodsAction(authStatus: AuthStatus): RetrieveAuthMethodsAction {
+    return new RetrieveAuthMethodsAction(authStatus, false);
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Determines if current user is idle
+   * @returns {Observable<boolean>}
+   */
+  public isUserIdle(): Observable<boolean> {
+    return this.store.pipe(select(isIdle));
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Set idle of auth state
+   * @returns {Observable<boolean>}
+   */
+  public setIdle(idle: boolean): void {
+    if (idle) {
+      this.store.dispatch(new SetUserAsIdleAction());
+    } else {
+      this.store.dispatch(new UnsetUserAsIdleAction());
+    }
+  }
+
 }

src/app/core/auth/selectors.ts

@@ -115,6 +115,14 @@ const _getRedirectUrl = (state: AuthState) => state.redirectUrl;
 
 const _getAuthenticationMethods = (state: AuthState) => state.authMethods;
 
+/**
+ * Returns true if the user is idle.
+ * @function _isIdle
+ * @param {State} state
+ * @returns {boolean}
+ */
+const _isIdle = (state: AuthState) => state.idle;
+
 /**
  * Returns the authentication methods enabled at the backend
  * @function getAuthenticationMethods
@@ -231,3 +239,12 @@ export const getRegistrationError = createSelector(getAuthState, _getRegistratio
  * @return {string}
  */
 export const getRedirectUrl = createSelector(getAuthState, _getRedirectUrl);
+
+/**
+ * Returns true if the user is idle
+ * @function isIdle
+ * @param {AuthState} state
+ * @param {any} props
+ * @return {boolean}
+ */
+export const isIdle = createSelector(getAuthState, _isIdle);

src/app/core/auth/server-auth.service.ts

@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import { AuthService } from './auth.service';
 import { AuthStatus } from './models/auth-status.model';
 import { AuthTokenInfo } from './models/auth-token-info.model';
 import { RemoteData } from '../data/remote-data';
+import { RetrieveAuthMethodsAction } from './auth.actions';
 
 /**
  * The auth service.
@@ -60,4 +61,13 @@ export class ServerAuthService extends AuthService {
       map((rd: RemoteData<AuthStatus>) => Object.assign(new AuthStatus(), rd.payload))
     );
   }
+
+  /**
+   * Return a new instance of RetrieveAuthMethodsAction
+   *
+   * @param authStatus The auth status
+   */
+  getRetrieveAuthMethodsAction(authStatus: AuthStatus): RetrieveAuthMethodsAction {
+    return new RetrieveAuthMethodsAction(authStatus, true);
+  }
 }

src/app/core/breadcrumbs/item-breadcrumb.resolver.ts

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import { ItemDataService } from '../data/item-data.service';
 import { Item } from '../shared/item.model';
 import { DSOBreadcrumbResolver } from './dso-breadcrumb.resolver';
 import { FollowLinkConfig } from '../../shared/utils/follow-link-config.model';
-import { ITEM_PAGE_LINKS_TO_FOLLOW } from '../../+item-page/item-page.resolver';
+import { ITEM_PAGE_LINKS_TO_FOLLOW } from '../../+item-page/item.resolver';
 
 /**
  * The class that resolves the BreadcrumbConfig object for an Item

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

@@ -127,7 +127,8 @@ describe('BrowseService', () => {
   });
 
   describe('getBrowseEntriesFor and findList', () => {
-    const mockAuthorName = 'Donald Smith';
+    // should contain special characters such that url encoding can be tested as well
+    const mockAuthorName = 'Donald Smith & Sons';
 
     beforeEach(() => {
       requestService = getMockRequestService(getRequestEntry$(true));
@@ -152,7 +153,7 @@ describe('BrowseService', () => {
 
     describe('when findList is called with a valid browse definition id', () => {
       it('should call hrefOnlyDataService.findAllByHref with the expected href', () => {
-        const expected = browseDefinitions[1]._links.items.href + '?filterValue=' + mockAuthorName;
+        const expected = browseDefinitions[1]._links.items.href + '?filterValue=' + encodeURIComponent(mockAuthorName);
 
         scheduler.schedule(() => service.getBrowseItemsFor(mockAuthorName, new BrowseEntrySearchOptions(browseDefinitions[1].id)).subscribe());
         scheduler.flush();

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

@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ export class BrowseService {
           args.push(`startsWith=${options.startsWith}`);
         }
         if (isNotEmpty(filterValue)) {
-          args.push(`filterValue=${filterValue}`);
+          args.push(`filterValue=${encodeURIComponent(filterValue)}`);
         }
         if (isNotEmpty(args)) {
           href = new URLCombiner(href, `?${args.join('&')}`).toString();

src/app/core/cache/builders/link.service.spec.ts

@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ describe('LinkService', () => {
   describe('resolveLink', () => {
     describe(`when the linkdefinition concerns a single object`, () => {
       beforeEach(() => {
-        service.resolveLink(testModel, followLink('predecessor', {}, true, true, true, followLink('successor')));
+        service.resolveLink(testModel, followLink('predecessor', {}, followLink('successor')));
       });
       it('should call dataservice.findByHref with the correct href and nested links', () => {
         expect(testDataService.findByHref).toHaveBeenCalledWith(testModel._links.predecessor.href, true, true, followLink('successor'));
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ describe('LinkService', () => {
           propertyName: 'predecessor',
           isList: true
         });
-        service.resolveLink(testModel, followLink('predecessor', { some: 'options ' } as any, true, true, true, followLink('successor')));
+        service.resolveLink(testModel, followLink('predecessor', { findListOptions: { some: 'options ' } as any }, followLink('successor')));
       });
       it('should call dataservice.findAllByHref with the correct href, findListOptions,  and nested links', () => {
         expect(testDataService.findAllByHref).toHaveBeenCalledWith(testModel._links.predecessor.href, { some: 'options ' } as any, true, true, followLink('successor'));
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ describe('LinkService', () => {
     });
     describe('either way', () => {
       beforeEach(() => {
-        result = service.resolveLink(testModel, followLink('predecessor', {}, true, true, true, followLink('successor')));
+        result = service.resolveLink(testModel, followLink('predecessor', {}, followLink('successor')));
       });
 
       it('should call getLinkDefinition with the correct model and link', () => {
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ describe('LinkService', () => {
       });
       it('should throw an error', () => {
         expect(() => {
-          service.resolveLink(testModel, followLink('predecessor', {}, true, true, true, followLink('successor')));
+          service.resolveLink(testModel, followLink('predecessor', {}, followLink('successor')));
         }).toThrow();
       });
     });
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ describe('LinkService', () => {
       });
       it('should throw an error', () => {
         expect(() => {
-          service.resolveLink(testModel, followLink('predecessor', {}, true, true, true, followLink('successor')));
+          service.resolveLink(testModel, followLink('predecessor', {}, followLink('successor')));
         }).toThrow();
       });
     });

src/app/core/cache/builders/link.service.ts

@@ -55,9 +55,7 @@ export class LinkService {
   public resolveLinkWithoutAttaching<T extends HALResource, U extends HALResource>(model, linkToFollow: FollowLinkConfig<T>): Observable<RemoteData<U>> {
     const matchingLinkDef = this.getLinkDefinition(model.constructor, linkToFollow.name);
 
-    if (hasNoValue(matchingLinkDef)) {
-      throw new Error(`followLink('${linkToFollow.name}') was used for a ${model.constructor.name}, but there is no property on ${model.constructor.name} models with an @link() for ${linkToFollow.name}`);
-    } else {
+    if (hasValue(matchingLinkDef)) {
       const provider = this.getDataServiceFor(matchingLinkDef.resourceType);
 
       if (hasNoValue(provider)) {
@@ -84,7 +82,10 @@ export class LinkService {
           throw e;
         }
       }
+    } else if (!linkToFollow.isOptional) {
+      throw new Error(`followLink('${linkToFollow.name}') was used as a required link for a ${model.constructor.name}, but there is no property on ${model.constructor.name} models with an @link() for ${linkToFollow.name}`);
     }
+
     return EMPTY;
   }
 

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

@@ -523,7 +523,7 @@ describe('RemoteDataBuildService', () => {
       let paginatedLinksToFollow;
       beforeEach(() => {
         paginatedLinksToFollow = [
-          followLink('page', undefined, true, true, true, ...linksToFollow),
+          followLink('page', {}, ...linksToFollow),
           ...linksToFollow
         ];
       });

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

@@ -271,7 +271,7 @@ export class RemoteDataBuildService {
    * @param linksToFollow     List of {@link FollowLinkConfig} that indicate which {@link HALLink}s should be automatically resolved
    */
   buildList<T extends HALResource>(href$: string | Observable<string>, ...linksToFollow: FollowLinkConfig<T>[]): Observable<RemoteData<PaginatedList<T>>> {
-    return this.buildFromHref<PaginatedList<T>>(href$, followLink('page', undefined, false, true, true, ...linksToFollow));
+    return this.buildFromHref<PaginatedList<T>>(href$, followLink('page', { shouldEmbed: false }, ...linksToFollow));
   }
 
   /**

src/app/core/core.module.ts

@@ -162,6 +162,7 @@ import { UsageReport } from './statistics/models/usage-report.model';
 import { RootDataService } from './data/root-data.service';
 import { Root } from './data/root.model';
 import { SearchConfig } from './shared/search/search-filters/search-config.model';
+import { SequenceService } from './shared/sequence.service';
 
 /**
  * When not in production, endpoint responses can be mocked for testing purposes
@@ -282,7 +283,8 @@ const PROVIDERS = [
   FilteredDiscoveryPageResponseParsingService,
   { provide: NativeWindowService, useFactory: NativeWindowFactory },
   VocabularyService,
-  VocabularyTreeviewService
+  VocabularyTreeviewService,
+  SequenceService,
 ];
 
 /**

src/app/core/core.reducers.ts

@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ import {
   BitstreamFormatRegistryState
 } from '../+admin/admin-registries/bitstream-formats/bitstream-format.reducers';
 import { historyReducer, HistoryState } from './history/history.reducer';
+import { metaTagReducer, MetaTagState } from './metadata/meta-tag.reducer';
 
 export interface CoreState {
   'bitstreamFormats': BitstreamFormatRegistryState;
@@ -24,6 +25,7 @@ export interface CoreState {
   'index': MetaIndexState;
   'auth': AuthState;
   'json/patch': JsonPatchOperationsState;
+  'metaTag': MetaTagState;
   'route': RouteState;
 }
 
@@ -37,5 +39,6 @@ export const coreReducers: ActionReducerMap<CoreState> = {
   'index': indexReducer,
   'auth': authReducer,
   'json/patch': jsonPatchOperationsReducer,
+  'metaTag': metaTagReducer,
   'route': routeReducer
 };

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

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import { Injectable } from '@angular/core';
 import { Store } from '@ngrx/store';
 import { combineLatest as observableCombineLatest, Observable } from 'rxjs';
 import { map, switchMap, take } from 'rxjs/operators';
-import { hasValue, isNotEmpty } from '../../shared/empty.util';
+import { hasValue } from '../../shared/empty.util';
 import { NotificationsService } from '../../shared/notifications/notifications.service';
 import { FollowLinkConfig } from '../../shared/utils/follow-link-config.model';
 import { dataService } from '../cache/builders/build-decorators';
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ import { Item } from '../shared/item.model';
 import { BundleDataService } from './bundle-data.service';
 import { DataService } from './data.service';
 import { DSOChangeAnalyzer } from './dso-change-analyzer.service';
-import { PaginatedList, buildPaginatedList } from './paginated-list.model';
+import { buildPaginatedList, PaginatedList } from './paginated-list.model';
 import { RemoteData } from './remote-data';
 import { FindListOptions, PutRequest } from './request.models';
 import { RequestService } from './request.service';
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@ import { HttpOptions } from '../dspace-rest/dspace-rest.service';
 import { sendRequest } from '../shared/operators';
 import { createSuccessfulRemoteDataObject$ } from '../../shared/remote-data.utils';
 import { PageInfo } from '../shared/page-info.model';
-import { RequestEntryState } from './request.reducer';
 
 /**
  * A service to retrieve {@link Bitstream}s from the REST API
@@ -75,92 +74,6 @@ export class BitstreamDataService extends DataService<Bitstream> {
     return this.findAllByHref(bundle._links.bitstreams.href, options, useCachedVersionIfAvailable, reRequestOnStale, ...linksToFollow);
   }
 
-  /**
-   * Retrieves the thumbnail for the given item
-   * @returns {Observable<RemoteData<{@link Bitstream}>>} the first bitstream in the THUMBNAIL bundle
-   */
-  // TODO should be implemented rest side. {@link Item} should get a thumbnail link
-  public getThumbnailFor(item: Item): Observable<RemoteData<Bitstream>> {
-    return this.bundleService.findByItemAndName(item, 'THUMBNAIL').pipe(
-      switchMap((bundleRD: RemoteData<Bundle>) => {
-        if (isNotEmpty(bundleRD.payload)) {
-          return this.findAllByBundle(bundleRD.payload, { elementsPerPage: 1 }).pipe(
-            map((bitstreamRD: RemoteData<PaginatedList<Bitstream>>) => {
-              if (hasValue(bitstreamRD.payload) && hasValue(bitstreamRD.payload.page)) {
-                return new RemoteData(
-                  bitstreamRD.timeCompleted,
-                  bitstreamRD.msToLive,
-                  bitstreamRD.lastUpdated,
-                  bitstreamRD.state,
-                  bitstreamRD.errorMessage,
-                  bitstreamRD.payload.page[0],
-                  bitstreamRD.statusCode
-                );
-              } else {
-                return bitstreamRD as any;
-              }
-            })
-          );
-        } else {
-          return [bundleRD as any];
-        }
-      })
-    );
-  }
-
-  /**
-   * Retrieve the matching thumbnail for a {@link Bitstream}.
-   *
-   * The {@link Item} is technically redundant, but is available
-   * in all current use cases, and having it simplifies this method
-   *
-   * @param item The {@link Item} the {@link Bitstream} and its thumbnail are a part of
-   * @param bitstreamInOriginal The original {@link Bitstream} to find the thumbnail for
-   */
-  // TODO should be implemented rest side
-  public getMatchingThumbnail(item: Item, bitstreamInOriginal: Bitstream): Observable<RemoteData<Bitstream>> {
-    return this.bundleService.findByItemAndName(item, 'THUMBNAIL').pipe(
-      switchMap((bundleRD: RemoteData<Bundle>) => {
-        if (isNotEmpty(bundleRD.payload)) {
-          return this.findAllByBundle(bundleRD.payload, { elementsPerPage: 9999 }).pipe(
-            map((bitstreamRD: RemoteData<PaginatedList<Bitstream>>) => {
-              if (hasValue(bitstreamRD.payload) && hasValue(bitstreamRD.payload.page)) {
-                const matchingThumbnail = bitstreamRD.payload.page.find((thumbnail: Bitstream) =>
-                  thumbnail.name.startsWith(bitstreamInOriginal.name)
-                );
-                if (hasValue(matchingThumbnail)) {
-                  return new RemoteData(
-                    bitstreamRD.timeCompleted,
-                    bitstreamRD.msToLive,
-                    bitstreamRD.lastUpdated,
-                    bitstreamRD.state,
-                    bitstreamRD.errorMessage,
-                    matchingThumbnail,
-                    bitstreamRD.statusCode
-                  );
-                } else {
-                  return new RemoteData(
-                    bitstreamRD.timeCompleted,
-                    bitstreamRD.msToLive,
-                    bitstreamRD.lastUpdated,
-                    RequestEntryState.Error,
-                    'No matching thumbnail found',
-                    undefined,
-                    404
-                  );
-                }
-              } else {
-                return bitstreamRD as any;
-              }
-            })
-          );
-        } else {
-          return [bundleRD as any];
-        }
-      })
-    );
-  }
-
   /**
    * Retrieve all {@link Bitstream}s in a certain {@link Bundle}.
    *

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

@@ -233,7 +233,7 @@ describe('DataService', () => {
       const config: FindListOptions = Object.assign(new FindListOptions(), {
         elementsPerPage: 5
       });
-      (service as any).getFindAllHref({}, null, followLink('bundles', config,  true, true, true)).subscribe((value) => {
+      (service as any).getFindAllHref({}, null, followLink('bundles', { findListOptions: config })).subscribe((value) => {
         expect(value).toBe(expected);
       });
     });
@@ -253,7 +253,7 @@ describe('DataService', () => {
         elementsPerPage: 2
       });
 
-      (service as any).getFindAllHref({}, null, followLink('bundles'), followLink('owningCollection', config, true, true, true), followLink('templateItemOf')).subscribe((value) => {
+      (service as any).getFindAllHref({}, null, followLink('bundles'), followLink('owningCollection', { findListOptions: config }), followLink('templateItemOf')).subscribe((value) => {
         expect(value).toBe(expected);
       });
     });
@@ -261,7 +261,13 @@ describe('DataService', () => {
     it('should not include linksToFollow with shouldEmbed = false', () => {
       const expected = `${endpoint}?embed=templateItemOf`;
 
-      (service as any).getFindAllHref({}, null, followLink('bundles', undefined, false), followLink('owningCollection', undefined, false), followLink('templateItemOf')).subscribe((value) => {
+      (service as any).getFindAllHref(
+        {},
+        null,
+        followLink('bundles', { shouldEmbed: false }),
+        followLink('owningCollection', { shouldEmbed: false }),
+        followLink('templateItemOf')
+      ).subscribe((value) => {
         expect(value).toBe(expected);
       });
     });
@@ -269,7 +275,7 @@ describe('DataService', () => {
     it('should include nested linksToFollow 3lvl', () => {
       const expected = `${endpoint}?embed=owningCollection/itemtemplate/relationships`;
 
-      (service as any).getFindAllHref({}, null, followLink('owningCollection', undefined, true, true, true, followLink('itemtemplate', undefined, true, true, true, followLink('relationships')))).subscribe((value) => {
+      (service as any).getFindAllHref({}, null, followLink('owningCollection', {}, followLink('itemtemplate', {}, followLink('relationships')))).subscribe((value) => {
         expect(value).toBe(expected);
       });
     });
@@ -279,7 +285,7 @@ describe('DataService', () => {
       const config: FindListOptions = Object.assign(new FindListOptions(), {
         elementsPerPage: 4
       });
-      (service as any).getFindAllHref({}, null, followLink('owningCollection', undefined, true, true, true, followLink('itemtemplate', config, true, true, true))).subscribe((value) => {
+      (service as any).getFindAllHref({}, null, followLink('owningCollection', {}, followLink('itemtemplate', { findListOptions: config }))).subscribe((value) => {
         expect(value).toBe(expected);
       });
     });
@@ -308,13 +314,19 @@ describe('DataService', () => {
 
     it('should not include linksToFollow with shouldEmbed = false', () => {
       const expected = `${endpointMock}/${resourceIdMock}?embed=templateItemOf`;
-      const result = (service as any).getIDHref(endpointMock, resourceIdMock, followLink('bundles', undefined, false), followLink('owningCollection', undefined, false), followLink('templateItemOf'));
+      const result = (service as any).getIDHref(
+        endpointMock,
+        resourceIdMock,
+        followLink('bundles', { shouldEmbed: false }),
+        followLink('owningCollection', { shouldEmbed: false }),
+        followLink('templateItemOf')
+      );
       expect(result).toEqual(expected);
     });
 
     it('should include nested linksToFollow 3lvl', () => {
       const expected = `${endpointMock}/${resourceIdMock}?embed=owningCollection/itemtemplate/relationships`;
-      const result = (service as any).getIDHref(endpointMock, resourceIdMock, followLink('owningCollection', undefined, true,  true, true,followLink('itemtemplate', undefined, true, true, true, followLink('relationships'))));
+      const result = (service as any).getIDHref(endpointMock, resourceIdMock, followLink('owningCollection', {}, followLink('itemtemplate', {}, followLink('relationships'))));
       expect(result).toEqual(expected);
     });
   });

src/app/core/data/dso-redirect-data.service.spec.ts

@@ -174,13 +174,29 @@ describe('DsoRedirectDataService', () => {
 
     it('should not include linksToFollow with shouldEmbed = false', () => {
       const expected = `${requestUUIDURL}&embed=templateItemOf`;
-      const result = (service as any).getIDHref(pidLink, dsoUUID, followLink('bundles', undefined, false), followLink('owningCollection', undefined, false), followLink('templateItemOf'));
+      const result = (service as any).getIDHref(
+        pidLink,
+        dsoUUID,
+        followLink('bundles', { shouldEmbed: false }),
+        followLink('owningCollection', { shouldEmbed: false }),
+        followLink('templateItemOf')
+      );
       expect(result).toEqual(expected);
     });
 
     it('should include nested linksToFollow 3lvl', () => {
       const expected = `${requestUUIDURL}&embed=owningCollection/itemtemplate/relationships`;
-      const result = (service as any).getIDHref(pidLink, dsoUUID, followLink('owningCollection', undefined, true, true, true, followLink('itemtemplate', undefined, true, true, true, followLink('relationships'))));
+      const result = (service as any).getIDHref(
+        pidLink,
+        dsoUUID,
+        followLink('owningCollection',
+          {},
+          followLink('itemtemplate',
+            {},
+            followLink('relationships')
+          )
+        )
+      );
       expect(result).toEqual(expected);
     });
   });

src/app/core/data/feature-authorization/feature-id.ts

@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ export enum FeatureID {
   ReinstateItem = 'reinstateItem',
   EPersonRegistration = 'epersonRegistration',
   CanManageGroups = 'canManageGroups',
+  CanManageGroup = 'canManageGroup',
   IsCollectionAdmin = 'isCollectionAdmin',
   IsCommunityAdmin = 'isCommunityAdmin',
   CanDownload = 'canDownload',

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

@@ -23,14 +23,7 @@ import { DataService } from './data.service';
 import { DSOChangeAnalyzer } from './dso-change-analyzer.service';
 import { PaginatedList } from './paginated-list.model';
 import { RemoteData } from './remote-data';
-import {
-  DeleteRequest,
-  FindListOptions,
-  GetRequest,
-  PostRequest,
-  PutRequest,
-  RestRequest
-} from './request.models';
+import { DeleteRequest, FindListOptions, GetRequest, PostRequest, PutRequest, RestRequest } from './request.models';
 import { RequestService } from './request.service';
 import { PaginatedSearchOptions } from '../../shared/search/paginated-search-options.model';
 import { Bundle } from '../shared/bundle.model';
@@ -38,6 +31,9 @@ import { MetadataMap } from '../shared/metadata.models';
 import { BundleDataService } from './bundle-data.service';
 import { Operation } from 'fast-json-patch';
 import { NoContent } from '../shared/NoContent.model';
+import { GenericConstructor } from '../shared/generic-constructor';
+import { ResponseParsingService } from './parsing.service';
+import { StatusCodeOnlyResponseParsingService } from './status-code-only-response-parsing.service';
 
 @Injectable()
 @dataService(ITEM)
@@ -229,7 +225,7 @@ export class ItemDataService extends DataService<Item> {
    * @param itemId
    * @param collection
    */
-  public moveToCollection(itemId: string, collection: Collection): Observable<RemoteData<Collection>> {
+  public moveToCollection(itemId: string, collection: Collection): Observable<RemoteData<any>> {
     const options: HttpOptions = Object.create({});
     let headers = new HttpHeaders();
     headers = headers.append('Content-Type', 'text/uri-list');
@@ -242,9 +238,17 @@ export class ItemDataService extends DataService<Item> {
       find((href: string) => hasValue(href)),
       map((href: string) => {
         const request = new PutRequest(requestId, href, collection._links.self.href, options);
-        this.requestService.send(request);
+        Object.assign(request, {
+          // TODO: for now, the move Item endpoint returns a malformed collection -- only look at the status code
+          getResponseParser(): GenericConstructor<ResponseParsingService> {
+            return StatusCodeOnlyResponseParsingService;
+          }
+        });
+        return request;
       })
-    ).subscribe();
+    ).subscribe((request) => {
+      this.requestService.send(request);
+    });
 
     return this.rdbService.buildFromRequestUUID(requestId);
   }

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

@@ -579,4 +579,19 @@ describe('RequestService', () => {
       });
     });
   });
+
+  describe('uriEncodeBody', () => {
+    it('should properly encode the body', () => {
+      const body = {
+        'property1': 'multiple\nlines\nto\nsend',
+        'property2': 'sp&ci@l characters',
+        'sp&ci@l-chars in prop': 'test123',
+      };
+      const queryParams = service.uriEncodeBody(body);
+      expect(queryParams).toEqual(
+        'property1=multiple%0Alines%0Ato%0Asend&property2=sp%26ci%40l%20characters&sp%26ci%40l-chars%20in%20prop=test123'
+      );
+    });
+  });
+
 });

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

@@ -265,11 +265,13 @@ export class RequestService {
     if (isNotEmpty(body) && typeof body === 'object') {
       Object.keys(body)
         .forEach((param) => {
-          const paramValue = `${param}=${body[param]}`;
+          const encodedParam = encodeURIComponent(param);
+          const encodedBody = encodeURIComponent(body[param]);
+          const paramValue = `${encodedParam}=${encodedBody}`;
           queryParams = isEmpty(queryParams) ? queryParams.concat(paramValue) : queryParams.concat('&', paramValue);
         });
     }
-    return encodeURI(queryParams);
+    return queryParams;
   }
 
   /**