71894: Refactored exact FieldName search for validator after change endpoint

src/app/+item-page/edit-item-page/item-metadata/edit-in-place-field/edit-in-place-field.component.spec.ts

@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ const fieldUpdate = {
 };
 let scheduler: TestScheduler;
 
-fdescribe('EditInPlaceFieldComponent', () => {
+describe('EditInPlaceFieldComponent', () => {
 
   beforeEach(async(() => {
     scheduler = getTestScheduler();

src/app/core/data/metadata-field-data.service.ts

@@ -1,10 +1,9 @@
 import { Injectable } from '@angular/core';
-import { hasValue, isNotEmptyOperator } from '../../shared/empty.util';
+import { hasValue } from '../../shared/empty.util';
 import { dataService } from '../cache/builders/build-decorators';
-import { RestResponse } from '../cache/response.models';
-import { configureRequest } from '../shared/operators';
 import { DataService } from './data.service';
-import { RequestEntry } from './request.reducer';
+import { PaginatedList } from './paginated-list';
+import { RemoteData } from './remote-data';
 import { RequestService } from './request.service';
 import { RemoteDataBuildService } from '../cache/builders/remote-data-build.service';
 import { Store } from '@ngrx/store';
@@ -17,14 +16,10 @@ import { NotificationsService } from '../../shared/notifications/notifications.s
 import { METADATA_FIELD } from '../metadata/metadata-field.resource-type';
 import { MetadataField } from '../metadata/metadata-field.model';
 import { MetadataSchema } from '../metadata/metadata-schema.model';
-import {
+import { FindListOptions } from './request.models';
-  FindListOptions,
-  GetMetadataFieldRequest,
-  RestRequest
-} from './request.models';
 import { FollowLinkConfig } from '../../shared/utils/follow-link-config.model';
 import { Observable } from 'rxjs/internal/Observable';
-import { distinctUntilChanged, find, map, switchMap, tap } from 'rxjs/operators';
+import { tap } from 'rxjs/operators';
 import { RequestParam } from '../cache/models/request-param.model';
 
 /**
@@ -70,43 +65,33 @@ export class MetadataFieldDataService extends DataService<MetadataField> {
    * @param qualifier optional; an exact match of the field's qualifier (e.g. "author", "alternative")
    * @param query     optional (if any of schema, element or qualifier used) - part of the fully qualified field,
    * should start with the start of the schema, element or qualifier (e.g. “dc.ti”, “contributor”, “auth”, “contributor.ot”)
+   * @param exactName optional; the exact fully qualified field, should use the syntax schema.element.qualifier or
+   * schema.element if no qualifier exists (e.g. "dc.title", "dc.contributor.author"). It will only return one value
+   * if there's an exact match
    * @param options   The options info used to retrieve the fields
    * @param linksToFollow List of {@link FollowLinkConfig} that indicate which {@link HALLink}s should be automatically resolved
    */
-  searchByFieldNameParams(schema: string, element: string, qualifier: string, query: string, options: FindListOptions = {}, ...linksToFollow: Array<FollowLinkConfig<MetadataField>>) {
+  searchByFieldNameParams(schema: string, element: string, qualifier: string, query: string, exactName: string, options: FindListOptions = {}, ...linksToFollow: Array<FollowLinkConfig<MetadataField>>): Observable<RemoteData<PaginatedList<MetadataField>>> {
     const optionParams = Object.assign(new FindListOptions(), options, {
       searchParams: [
         new RequestParam('schema', hasValue(schema) ? schema : ''),
         new RequestParam('element', hasValue(element) ? element : ''),
         new RequestParam('qualifier', hasValue(qualifier) ? qualifier : ''),
-        new RequestParam('query', hasValue(query) ? query : '')
+        new RequestParam('query', hasValue(query) ? query : ''),
+        new RequestParam('exactName', hasValue(exactName) ? exactName : '')
       ]
     });
     return this.searchBy(this.searchByFieldNameLinkPath, optionParams, ...linksToFollow);
   }
 
   /**
-   * Finds a specific metadata field by name. There's always at most one metadata field per name.
+   * Finds a specific metadata field by name.
-   * If the metadata field can be found it is in the response, otherwise the response will have code 404
+   * @param exactFieldName  The exact fully qualified field, should use the syntax schema.element.qualifier or
-   * @param exactFieldName  Exact metadata field name (ex. dc.title, dc.contributor.other)
+   * schema.element if no qualifier exists (e.g. "dc.title", "dc.contributor.author"). It will only return one value
+   * if there's an exact match, empty list if there is no exact match.
    */
-  findByExactFieldName(exactFieldName: string): Observable<RestResponse> {
+  findByExactFieldName(exactFieldName: string): Observable<RemoteData<PaginatedList<MetadataField>>> {
-    const request$ = this.halService.getEndpoint(this.linkPath).pipe(
+    return this.searchByFieldNameParams(null, null, null, null, exactFieldName, null);
-      isNotEmptyOperator(),
-      distinctUntilChanged(),
-      map((endpoint: string) => `${endpoint}/name/${exactFieldName}`),
-      map((endpointURL: string) => new GetMetadataFieldRequest(this.requestService.generateRequestId(), endpointURL)),
-      configureRequest(this.requestService)
-    );
-
-    const requestEntry$ = request$.pipe(
-      switchMap((request: RestRequest) => this.requestService.getByHref(request.href))
-    );
-
-    return requestEntry$.pipe(
-      find((request: RequestEntry) => request.completed),
-      map((request: RequestEntry) => request.response)
-    );
   }
 
   /**

src/app/core/registry/registry.service.ts

@@ -293,6 +293,6 @@ export class RegistryService {
    * @returns an observable that emits a remote data object with a page of metadata fields that match the query
    */
   queryMetadataFields(query: string, options: FindListOptions = {}, ...linksToFollow: Array<FollowLinkConfig<MetadataField>>): Observable<RemoteData<PaginatedList<MetadataField>>> {
-    return this.metadataFieldService.searchByFieldNameParams(null, null, null, query, options, ...linksToFollow);
+    return this.metadataFieldService.searchByFieldNameParams(null, null, null, query, null, options, ...linksToFollow);
   }
 }

src/app/core/shared/operators.ts

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import { Router, UrlTree } from '@angular/router';
 import { Observable, combineLatest as observableCombineLatest } from 'rxjs';
-import { filter, find, flatMap, map, switchMap, take, tap } from 'rxjs/operators';
+import { filter, find, flatMap, map, switchMap, tap } from 'rxjs/operators';
 import { hasValue, hasValueOperator, isNotEmpty } from '../../shared/empty.util';
 import { SearchResult } from '../../shared/search/search-result.model';
 import { DSOSuccessResponse, RestResponse } from '../cache/response.models';
@@ -263,7 +263,7 @@ export const metadataFieldsToString = () =>
       map((fieldRD: RemoteData<PaginatedList<MetadataField>>) => {
         return fieldRD.payload.page.filter((object: MetadataField) => hasValue(object))
       }),
-      switchMap((fields: MetadataField[])=> {
+      switchMap((fields: MetadataField[]) => {
         const fieldSchemaArray = fields.map((field: MetadataField) => {
           return field.schema.pipe(
             getFirstSucceededRemoteDataPayload(),
@@ -272,7 +272,7 @@ export const metadataFieldsToString = () =>
         });
         return observableCombineLatest(fieldSchemaArray);
       }),
-      map((fieldSchemaArray: {field: MetadataField, schema: MetadataSchema}[]): string[] => {
+      map((fieldSchemaArray: Array<{ field: MetadataField, schema: MetadataSchema }>): string[] => {
-        return fieldSchemaArray.map((fieldSchema: {field: MetadataField, schema: MetadataSchema}) => fieldSchema.schema.prefix + '.' + fieldSchema.field.toString())
+        return fieldSchemaArray.map((fieldSchema: { field: MetadataField, schema: MetadataSchema }) => fieldSchema.schema.prefix + '.' + fieldSchema.field.toString())
       })
     );

src/app/shared/input-suggestions/filter-suggestions/filter-input-suggestions.component.ts

@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ import { InputSuggestion } from '../input-suggestions.model';
 /**
  * Component representing a form with a autocomplete functionality
  */
-export class FilterInputSuggestionsComponent extends InputSuggestionsComponent implements OnInit{
+export class FilterInputSuggestionsComponent extends InputSuggestionsComponent implements OnInit {
 
   form: FormGroup;
 

src/app/shared/utils/metadatafield-validator.directive.ts

@@ -2,8 +2,11 @@ import { Directive, Injectable } from '@angular/core';
 import { AbstractControl, AsyncValidator, NG_VALIDATORS, ValidationErrors } from '@angular/forms';
 import { map, switchMap, take } from 'rxjs/operators';
 import { of as observableOf, timer as observableTimer, Observable } from 'rxjs';
-import { RestResponse } from '../../core/cache/response.models';
 import { MetadataFieldDataService } from '../../core/data/metadata-field-data.service';
+import { PaginatedList } from '../../core/data/paginated-list';
+import { RemoteData } from '../../core/data/remote-data';
+import { MetadataField } from '../../core/metadata/metadata-field.model';
+import { getSucceededRemoteData } from '../../core/shared/operators';
 
 /**
  * Directive for validating if a ngModel value is a valid metadata field
@@ -38,11 +41,12 @@ export class MetadataFieldValidator implements AsyncValidator {
 
         const res = this.metadataFieldService.findByExactFieldName(control.value)
           .pipe(
-            map((response: RestResponse) => {
+            getSucceededRemoteData(),
-              if (response.isSuccessful) {
+            map((matchingFieldRD: RemoteData<PaginatedList<MetadataField>>) => {
-                return null;
+              if (matchingFieldRD.payload.pageInfo.totalElements === 0) {
-              } else {
                 return { invalidMetadataField: { value: control.value } };
+              } else if (matchingFieldRD.payload.pageInfo.totalElements === 1) {
+                return null;
               }
             })
           );