Fixes after merge

src/app/core/cache/models/normalized-dspace-object.model.ts

@@ -31,9 +31,6 @@ export class NormalizedDSpaceObject<T extends DSpaceObject> extends NormalizedOb
 
   /**
    * The universally unique identifier of this DSpaceObject
-   *
-   * Repeated here to make the serialization work,
-   * inheritSerialization doesn't seem to work for more than one level
    */
   @autoserializeAs(String)
   uuid: string;

src/app/core/cache/models/normalized-license.model.ts

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import { License } from '../../shared/license.model';
  */
 @mapsTo(License)
 @inheritSerialization(NormalizedDSpaceObject)
-export class NormalizedLicense extends NormalizedDSpaceObject {
+export class NormalizedLicense extends NormalizedDSpaceObject<License> {
 
   /**
    * A boolean representing if this License is custom or not

src/app/core/cache/models/normalized-object-factory.ts

@@ -13,11 +13,11 @@ import { NormalizedEPerson } from '../../eperson/models/normalized-eperson.model
 import { NormalizedGroup } from '../../eperson/models/normalized-group.model';
 import { NormalizedWorkflowItem } from '../../submission/models/normalized-workflowitem.model';
 import { NormalizedBitstreamFormat } from './normalized-bitstream-format.model';
-import { SubmissionDefinitionsModel } from '../../config/models/config-submission-definitions.model';
-import { SubmissionFormsModel } from '../../config/models/config-submission-forms.model';
-import { SubmissionSectionModel } from '../../config/models/config-submission-section.model';
 import { NormalizedMetadataSchema } from '../../metadata/normalized-metadata-schema.model';
 import { CacheableObject } from '../object-cache.reducer';
+import { NormalizedSubmissionDefinitionsModel } from '../../config/models/normalized-config-submission-definitions.model';
+import { NormalizedSubmissionFormsModel } from '../../config/models/normalized-config-submission-forms.model';
+import { NormalizedSubmissionSectionModel } from '../../config/models/normalized-config-submission-section.model';
 
 export class NormalizedObjectFactory {
   public static getConstructor(type: ResourceType): GenericConstructor<NormalizedObject<CacheableObject>> {
@@ -46,9 +46,6 @@ export class NormalizedObjectFactory {
       case ResourceType.ResourcePolicy: {
         return NormalizedResourcePolicy
       }
-      case ResourceType.Workspaceitem: {
-        return NormalizedWorkspaceItem
-      }
       case ResourceType.EPerson: {
         return NormalizedEPerson
       }
@@ -61,23 +58,23 @@ export class NormalizedObjectFactory {
       case ResourceType.MetadataField: {
         return NormalizedGroup
       }
+      case ResourceType.Workspaceitem: {
+        return NormalizedWorkspaceItem
+      }
       case ResourceType.Workflowitem: {
         return NormalizedWorkflowItem
       }
-      case ResourceType.BitstreamFormat: {
-        return NormalizedBitstreamFormat
-      }
       case ResourceType.SubmissionDefinition:
       case ResourceType.SubmissionDefinitions: {
-        return SubmissionDefinitionsModel
+        return NormalizedSubmissionDefinitionsModel
       }
       case ResourceType.SubmissionForm:
       case ResourceType.SubmissionForms: {
-        return SubmissionFormsModel
+        return NormalizedSubmissionFormsModel
       }
       case ResourceType.SubmissionSection:
       case ResourceType.SubmissionSections: {
-        return SubmissionSectionModel
+        return NormalizedSubmissionSectionModel
       }
       default: {
         return undefined;

src/app/core/cache/models/normalized-object.model.ts

@@ -13,11 +13,8 @@ export abstract class NormalizedObject<T extends CacheableObject> implements Cac
   self: string;
 
   /**
-   * The universally unique identifier of this Object
+   * A string representing the kind of DSpaceObject, e.g. community, item, …
    */
-  @autoserialize
-  uuid: string;
-
   @autoserialize
   type: ResourceType;
 

src/app/core/cache/models/normalized-resource-policy.model.ts

@@ -1,10 +1,9 @@
 import { autoserialize, autoserializeAs, inheritSerialization } from 'cerialize';
 import { ResourcePolicy } from '../../shared/resource-policy.model';
 
-import { mapsTo, relationship } from '../builders/build-decorators';
+import { mapsTo } from '../builders/build-decorators';
 import { NormalizedObject } from './normalized-object.model';
 import { IDToUUIDSerializer } from '../id-to-uuid-serializer';
-import { ResourceType } from '../../shared/resource-type';
 import { ActionType } from './action-type.model';
 
 /**

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

@@ -11,8 +11,9 @@ import { RegistryBitstreamformatsResponse } from '../registry/registry-bitstream
 import { AuthStatus } from '../auth/models/auth-status.model';
 import { MetadataSchema } from '../metadata/metadataschema.model';
 import { MetadataField } from '../metadata/metadatafield.model';
-import { NormalizedObject } from './models/normalized-object.model';
 import { PaginatedList } from '../data/paginated-list';
+import { SubmissionObject } from '../submission/models/submission-object.model';
+import { DSpaceObject } from '../shared/dspace-object.model';
 
 /* tslint:disable:max-classes-per-file */
 export class RestResponse {
@@ -233,7 +234,7 @@ export class PostPatchSuccessResponse extends RestResponse {
 
 export class SubmissionSuccessResponse extends RestResponse {
   constructor(
-    public dataDefinition: Array<NormalizedObject | ConfigObject | string>,
+    public dataDefinition: Array<SubmissionObject | ConfigObject | string>,
     public statusCode: number,
     public statusText: string,
     public pageInfo?: PageInfo
@@ -244,7 +245,7 @@ export class SubmissionSuccessResponse extends RestResponse {
 
 export class EpersonSuccessResponse extends RestResponse {
   constructor(
-    public epersonDefinition: NormalizedObject[],
+    public epersonDefinition: DSpaceObject[],
     public statusCode: number,
     public statusText: string,
     public pageInfo?: PageInfo

src/app/core/config/config-response-parsing.service.spec.ts

@@ -6,10 +6,10 @@ import { ConfigRequest } from '../data/request.models';
 
 import { Store } from '@ngrx/store';
 import { CoreState } from '../core.reducers';
-import { SubmissionDefinitionsModel } from './models/config-submission-definitions.model';
 import { PaginatedList } from '../data/paginated-list';
 import { PageInfo } from '../shared/page-info.model';
-import { SubmissionSectionModel } from './models/config-submission-section.model';
+import { NormalizedSubmissionDefinitionsModel } from './models/normalized-config-submission-definitions.model';
+import { NormalizedSubmissionSectionModel } from './models/normalized-config-submission-section.model';
 
 describe('ConfigResponseParsingService', () => {
   let service: ConfigResponseParsingService;
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ describe('ConfigResponseParsingService', () => {
       self: 'https://rest.api/config/submissiondefinitions/traditional/sections'
     });
     const definitions =
-      Object.assign(new SubmissionDefinitionsModel(), {
+      Object.assign(new NormalizedSubmissionDefinitionsModel(), {
         isDefault: true,
         name: 'traditional',
         type: 'submissiondefinition',
@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@ describe('ConfigResponseParsingService', () => {
         },
         self: 'https://rest.api/config/submissiondefinitions/traditional',
         sections: new PaginatedList(pageinfo, [
-          Object.assign(new SubmissionSectionModel(), {
+          Object.assign(new NormalizedSubmissionSectionModel(), {
             header: 'submit.progressbar.describe.stepone',
             mandatory: true,
             sectionType: 'submission-form',
@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@ describe('ConfigResponseParsingService', () => {
             },
             self: 'https://rest.api/config/submissionsections/traditionalpageone',
           }),
-          Object.assign(new SubmissionSectionModel(), {
+          Object.assign(new NormalizedSubmissionSectionModel(), {
             header: 'submit.progressbar.describe.steptwo',
             mandatory: true,
             sectionType: 'submission-form',
@@ -213,7 +213,7 @@ describe('ConfigResponseParsingService', () => {
             },
             self: 'https://rest.api/config/submissionsections/traditionalpagetwo',
           }),
-          Object.assign(new SubmissionSectionModel(), {
+          Object.assign(new NormalizedSubmissionSectionModel(), {
             header: 'submit.progressbar.upload',
             mandatory: false,
             sectionType: 'upload',
@@ -228,7 +228,7 @@ describe('ConfigResponseParsingService', () => {
             },
             self: 'https://rest.api/config/submissionsections/upload',
           }),
-          Object.assign(new SubmissionSectionModel(), {
+          Object.assign(new NormalizedSubmissionSectionModel(), {
             header: 'submit.progressbar.license',
             mandatory: true,
             sectionType: 'license',

src/app/core/config/models/config-object-factory.ts

@@ -1,30 +1,29 @@
 import { GenericConstructor } from '../../shared/generic-constructor';
-
-import { SubmissionSectionModel } from './config-submission-section.model';
-import { SubmissionFormsModel } from './config-submission-forms.model';
-import { SubmissionDefinitionsModel } from './config-submission-definitions.model';
 import { ConfigType } from './config-type';
 import { ConfigObject } from './config.model';
-import { SubmissionUploadsModel } from './config-submission-uploads.model';
+import { NormalizedSubmissionDefinitionsModel } from './normalized-config-submission-definitions.model';
+import { NormalizedSubmissionFormsModel } from './normalized-config-submission-forms.model';
+import { NormalizedSubmissionSectionModel } from './normalized-config-submission-section.model';
+import { NormalizedSubmissionUploadsModel } from './normalized-config-submission-uploads.model';
 
 export class ConfigObjectFactory {
   public static getConstructor(type): GenericConstructor<ConfigObject> {
     switch (type) {
       case ConfigType.SubmissionDefinition:
       case ConfigType.SubmissionDefinitions: {
-        return SubmissionDefinitionsModel
+        return NormalizedSubmissionDefinitionsModel
       }
       case ConfigType.SubmissionForm:
       case ConfigType.SubmissionForms: {
-        return SubmissionFormsModel
+        return NormalizedSubmissionFormsModel
       }
       case ConfigType.SubmissionSection:
       case ConfigType.SubmissionSections: {
-        return SubmissionSectionModel
+        return NormalizedSubmissionSectionModel
       }
       case ConfigType.SubmissionUpload:
       case ConfigType.SubmissionUploads: {
-        return SubmissionUploadsModel
+        return NormalizedSubmissionUploadsModel
       }
       default: {
         return undefined;

src/app/core/config/models/config-submission-definitions.model.ts

@@ -1,15 +1,17 @@
-import { autoserialize, autoserializeAs, inheritSerialization } from 'cerialize';
 import { ConfigObject } from './config.model';
 import { SubmissionSectionModel } from './config-submission-section.model';
 import { PaginatedList } from '../../data/paginated-list';
 
-@inheritSerialization(ConfigObject)
 export class SubmissionDefinitionsModel extends ConfigObject {
 
-  @autoserialize
+  /**
+   * A boolean representing if this submission definition is the default or not
+   */
   isDefault: boolean;
 
-  @autoserializeAs(SubmissionSectionModel)
+  /**
+   * A list of SubmissionSectionModel that are present in this submission definition
+   */
   sections: PaginatedList<SubmissionSectionModel>;
 
 }

src/app/core/config/models/config-submission-forms.model.ts

@@ -1,14 +1,20 @@
-import { autoserialize, inheritSerialization } from 'cerialize';
 import { ConfigObject } from './config.model';
 import { FormFieldModel } from '../../../shared/form/builder/models/form-field.model';
 
+/**
+ * An interface that define a form row and its properties.
+ */
 export interface FormRowModel {
   fields: FormFieldModel[];
 }
 
-@inheritSerialization(ConfigObject)
+/**
+ * A model class for a NormalizedObject.
+ */
 export class SubmissionFormsModel extends ConfigObject {
 
-  @autoserialize
+  /**
+   * An array of [FormRowModel] that are present in this form
+   */
   rows: FormRowModel[];
 }

src/app/core/config/models/config-submission-section.model.ts

@@ -1,23 +1,34 @@
-import { autoserialize, inheritSerialization } from 'cerialize';
 import { ConfigObject } from './config.model';
 import { SectionsType } from '../../../submission/sections/sections-type';
 
-@inheritSerialization(ConfigObject)
+/**
+ * An interface that define section visibility and its properties.
+ */
+export interface SubmissionSectionVisibility {
+  main: any,
+  other: any
+}
+
 export class SubmissionSectionModel extends ConfigObject {
 
-  @autoserialize
+  /**
+   * The header for this section
+   */
   header: string;
 
-  @autoserialize
+  /**
+   * A boolean representing if this submission section is the mandatory or not
+   */
   mandatory: boolean;
 
-  @autoserialize
+  /**
+   * A string representing the kind of section object
+   */
   sectionType: SectionsType;
 
-  @autoserialize
-  visibility: {
-    main: any,
-    other: any
-  }
+  /**
+   * The [SubmissionSectionVisibility] object for this section
+   */
+  visibility: SubmissionSectionVisibility
 
 }

src/app/core/config/models/config-submission-uploads.model.ts

@@ -1,30 +1,21 @@
-import {autoserialize, autoserializeAs, inheritSerialization} from 'cerialize';
 import { ConfigObject } from './config.model';
 import { AccessConditionOption } from './config-access-condition-option.model';
-import {SubmissionFormsModel} from './config-submission-forms.model';
+import { SubmissionFormsModel } from './config-submission-forms.model';
 
-/**
- * Normalized model class for the configuration describing the submission upload section
- */
-@inheritSerialization(ConfigObject)
 export class SubmissionUploadsModel extends ConfigObject {
 
   /**
    * A list of available bitstream access conditions
    */
-  @autoserialize
   accessConditionOptions: AccessConditionOption[];
 
   /**
    * An object representing the configuration describing the bistream metadata form
    */
-  @autoserializeAs(SubmissionFormsModel)
   metadata: SubmissionFormsModel;
 
-  @autoserialize
   required: boolean;
 
-  @autoserialize
   maxSize: number;
 
 }

src/app/core/config/models/config-type.ts

@@ -1,8 +1,3 @@
-/**
- * TODO replace with actual string enum after upgrade to TypeScript 2.4:
- * https://github.com/Microsoft/TypeScript/pull/15486
- */
-
 export enum ConfigType {
   SubmissionDefinitions = 'submissiondefinitions',
   SubmissionDefinition = 'submissiondefinition',

src/app/core/config/models/config.model.ts

@@ -1,10 +1,27 @@
-import { autoserialize, inheritSerialization } from 'cerialize';
-import { NormalizedObject } from '../../cache/models/normalized-object.model';
+import { CacheableObject } from '../../cache/object-cache.reducer';
+import { ResourceType } from '../../shared/resource-type';
 
-@inheritSerialization(NormalizedObject)
-export abstract class ConfigObject extends  NormalizedObject {
+export abstract class ConfigObject implements CacheableObject {
 
-  @autoserialize
+  /**
+   * The name for this configuration
+   */
   public name: string;
 
+  /**
+   * A string representing the kind of config object
+   */
+  public type: ResourceType;
+
+  /**
+   * The links to all related resources returned by the rest api.
+   */
+  public _links: {
+    [name: string]: string
+  };
+
+  /**
+   * The link to the rest endpoint where this config object can be found
+   */
+  self: string;
 }

src/app/core/config/models/normalized-config-submission-definitions.model.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+import { autoserialize, autoserializeAs, inheritSerialization } from 'cerialize';
+import { SubmissionSectionModel } from './config-submission-section.model';
+import { PaginatedList } from '../../data/paginated-list';
+import { NormalizedConfigObject } from './normalized-config.model';
+import { SubmissionDefinitionsModel } from './config-submission-definitions.model';
+
+/**
+ * Normalized class for the configuration describing the submission
+ */
+@inheritSerialization(NormalizedConfigObject)
+export class NormalizedSubmissionDefinitionsModel extends NormalizedConfigObject<SubmissionDefinitionsModel> {
+
+  /**
+   * A boolean representing if this submission definition is the default or not
+   */
+  @autoserialize
+  isDefault: boolean;
+
+  /**
+   * A list of SubmissionSectionModel that are present in this submission definition
+   */
+  @autoserializeAs(SubmissionSectionModel)
+  sections: PaginatedList<SubmissionSectionModel>;
+
+}

src/app/core/config/models/normalized-config-submission-forms.model.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+import { autoserialize, inheritSerialization } from 'cerialize';
+import { NormalizedConfigObject } from './normalized-config.model';
+import { FormRowModel, SubmissionFormsModel } from './config-submission-forms.model';
+
+/**
+ * Normalized class for the configuration describing the submission form
+ */
+@inheritSerialization(NormalizedConfigObject)
+export class NormalizedSubmissionFormsModel extends NormalizedConfigObject<SubmissionFormsModel> {
+
+  /**
+   * An array of [FormRowModel] that are present in this form
+   */
+  @autoserialize
+  rows: FormRowModel[];
+}

src/app/core/config/models/normalized-config-submission-section.model.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+import { autoserialize, inheritSerialization } from 'cerialize';
+import { SectionsType } from '../../../submission/sections/sections-type';
+import { NormalizedConfigObject } from './normalized-config.model';
+import { SubmissionFormsModel } from './config-submission-forms.model';
+import { SubmissionSectionVisibility } from './config-submission-section.model';
+
+/**
+ * Normalized class for the configuration describing the submission section
+ */
+@inheritSerialization(NormalizedConfigObject)
+export class NormalizedSubmissionSectionModel extends NormalizedConfigObject<SubmissionFormsModel> {
+
+  /**
+   * The header for this section
+   */
+  @autoserialize
+  header: string;
+
+  /**
+   * A boolean representing if this submission section is the mandatory or not
+   */
+  @autoserialize
+  mandatory: boolean;
+
+  /**
+   * A string representing the kind of section object
+   */
+  @autoserialize
+  sectionType: SectionsType;
+
+  /**
+   * The [SubmissionSectionVisibility] object for this section
+   */
+  @autoserialize
+  visibility: SubmissionSectionVisibility
+
+}

src/app/core/config/models/normalized-config-submission-uploads.model.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+import { autoserialize, autoserializeAs, inheritSerialization } from 'cerialize';
+import { AccessConditionOption } from './config-access-condition-option.model';
+import { SubmissionFormsModel } from './config-submission-forms.model';
+import { NormalizedConfigObject } from './normalized-config.model';
+import { SubmissionUploadsModel } from './config-submission-uploads.model';
+
+/**
+ * Normalized class for the configuration describing the submission upload section
+ */
+@inheritSerialization(NormalizedConfigObject)
+export class NormalizedSubmissionUploadsModel extends NormalizedConfigObject<SubmissionUploadsModel> {
+
+  /**
+   * A list of available bitstream access conditions
+   */
+  @autoserialize
+  accessConditionOptions: AccessConditionOption[];
+
+  /**
+   * An object representing the configuration describing the bistream metadata form
+   */
+  @autoserializeAs(SubmissionFormsModel)
+  metadata: SubmissionFormsModel;
+
+  @autoserialize
+  required: boolean;
+
+  @autoserialize
+  maxSize: number;
+
+}

src/app/core/config/models/normalized-config.model.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+import { autoserialize, inheritSerialization } from 'cerialize';
+import { NormalizedObject } from '../../cache/models/normalized-object.model';
+import { CacheableObject } from '../../cache/object-cache.reducer';
+import { ResourceType } from '../../shared/resource-type';
+
+/**
+ * Normalized abstract class for a configuration object
+ */
+@inheritSerialization(NormalizedObject)
+export abstract class NormalizedConfigObject<T extends CacheableObject> implements CacheableObject {
+
+  /**
+   * The name for this configuration
+   */
+  @autoserialize
+  public name: string;
+
+  /**
+   * A string representing the kind of config object
+   */
+  @autoserialize
+  public type: ResourceType;
+
+  /**
+   * The links to all related resources returned by the rest api.
+   */
+  @autoserialize
+  public _links: {
+    [name: string]: string
+  };
+
+  /**
+   * The link to the rest endpoint where this config object can be found
+   */
+  @autoserialize
+  self: string;
+
+}

src/app/core/eperson/eperson-response-parsing.service.ts

@@ -9,9 +9,9 @@ import { BaseResponseParsingService } from '../data/base-response-parsing.servic
 import { GLOBAL_CONFIG } from '../../../config';
 import { GlobalConfig } from '../../../config/global-config.interface';
 import { ObjectCacheService } from '../cache/object-cache.service';
-import { NormalizedObject } from '../cache/models/normalized-object.model';
 import { NormalizedObjectFactory } from '../cache/models/normalized-object-factory';
 import { ResourceType } from '../shared/resource-type';
+import { DSpaceObject } from '../shared/dspace-object.model';
 
 /**
  * Provides method to parse response from eperson endpoint.
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ export class EpersonResponseParsingService extends BaseResponseParsingService im
 
   parse(request: RestRequest, data: DSpaceRESTV2Response): RestResponse {
     if (isNotEmpty(data.payload) && isNotEmpty(data.payload._links)) {
-      const epersonDefinition = this.process<NormalizedObject,ResourceType>(data.payload, request.href);
+      const epersonDefinition = this.process<DSpaceObject,ResourceType>(data.payload, request.href);
       return new EpersonSuccessResponse(epersonDefinition[Object.keys(epersonDefinition)[0]], data.statusCode, data.statusText, this.processPageInfo(data.payload));
     } else {
       return new ErrorResponse(

src/app/core/eperson/eperson.service.ts

@@ -1,13 +1,12 @@
 import { Observable } from 'rxjs';
 import { FindAllOptions } from '../data/request.models';
-import { NormalizedObject } from '../cache/models/normalized-object.model';
 import { DataService } from '../data/data.service';
 import { CacheableObject } from '../cache/object-cache.reducer';
 
 /**
  * An abstract class that provides methods to make HTTP request to eperson endpoint.
  */
-export abstract class EpersonService<TNormalized extends NormalizedObject, TDomain extends CacheableObject> extends DataService<TNormalized, TDomain> {
+export abstract class EpersonService<TDomain extends CacheableObject> extends DataService<TDomain> {
 
   public getBrowseEndpoint(options: FindAllOptions): Observable<string> {
     return this.halService.getEndpoint(this.linkPath);

src/app/core/eperson/group-eperson.service.ts

@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ import { EpersonService } from './eperson.service';
 import { RequestService } from '../data/request.service';
 import { FindAllOptions } from '../data/request.models';
 import { HALEndpointService } from '../shared/hal-endpoint.service';
-import { NormalizedGroup } from './models/normalized-group.model';
 import { Group } from './models/group.model';
 import { RemoteDataBuildService } from '../cache/builders/remote-data-build.service';
 import { CoreState } from '../core.reducers';
@@ -25,13 +24,13 @@ import { DSOChangeAnalyzer } from '../data/dso-change-analyzer.service';
  * Provides methods to retrieve eperson group resources.
  */
 @Injectable()
-export class GroupEpersonService extends EpersonService<NormalizedGroup, Group> {
+export class GroupEpersonService extends EpersonService<Group> {
   protected linkPath = 'groups';
   protected browseEndpoint = '';
   protected forceBypassCache = false;
 
   constructor(
-    protected comparator: DSOChangeAnalyzer,
+    protected comparator: DSOChangeAnalyzer<Group>,
     protected dataBuildService: NormalizedObjectBuildService,
     protected http: HttpClient,
     protected notificationsService: NotificationsService,

src/app/core/eperson/models/group.model.ts

@@ -6,5 +6,7 @@ export class Group extends DSpaceObject {
 
   public handle: string;
 
+  public name: string;
+
   public permanent: boolean;
 }

src/app/core/eperson/models/normalized-eperson.model.ts

@@ -14,9 +14,6 @@ export class NormalizedEPerson extends NormalizedDSpaceObject<EPerson> implement
   @autoserialize
   public handle: string;
 
-  @autoserialize
-  public name: string;
-
   @autoserializeAs(NormalizedGroup)
   groups: Group[];
 

src/app/core/eperson/models/normalized-group.model.ts

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { autoserialize, inheritSerialization } from 'cerialize';
+import { autoserialize, autoserializeAs, inheritSerialization } from 'cerialize';
 import { CacheableObject } from '../../cache/object-cache.reducer';
 import { ListableObject } from '../../../shared/object-collection/shared/listable-object.model';
 import { NormalizedDSpaceObject } from '../../cache/models/normalized-dspace-object.model';
@@ -9,6 +9,9 @@ import { Group } from './group.model';
 @inheritSerialization(NormalizedDSpaceObject)
 export class NormalizedGroup extends NormalizedDSpaceObject<Group> implements CacheableObject, ListableObject {
 
+  @autoserializeAs(NormalizedGroup)
+  groups: Group[];
+
   @autoserialize
   public handle: string;
 

src/app/core/submission/models/normalized-edititem.model.ts

@@ -5,6 +5,6 @@ import { EditItem } from './edititem.model';
 
 @mapsTo(EditItem)
 @inheritSerialization(NormalizedSubmissionObject)
-export class NormalizedEditItem extends NormalizedSubmissionObject {
+export class NormalizedEditItem extends NormalizedSubmissionObject<EditItem> {
 
 }

src/app/core/submission/models/normalized-submission-object.model.ts

@@ -1,13 +1,15 @@
 import { autoserialize, inheritSerialization } from 'cerialize';
+
 import { NormalizedDSpaceObject } from '../../cache/models/normalized-dspace-object.model';
 import { WorkspaceitemSectionsObject } from './workspaceitem-sections.model';
 import { SubmissionObjectError } from './submission-object.model';
+import { DSpaceObject } from '../../shared/dspace-object.model';
 
 /**
  * An abstract model class for a NormalizedSubmissionObject.
  */
 @inheritSerialization(NormalizedDSpaceObject)
-export class NormalizedSubmissionObject extends NormalizedDSpaceObject {
+export class NormalizedSubmissionObject<T extends DSpaceObject> extends NormalizedDSpaceObject<T> {
 
   /**
    * The workspaceitem/workflowitem identifier

src/app/core/submission/models/normalized-workflowitem.model.ts

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import { ResourceType } from '../../shared/resource-type';
 
 @mapsTo(Workflowitem)
 @inheritSerialization(NormalizedSubmissionObject)
-export class NormalizedWorkflowItem extends NormalizedSubmissionObject {
+export class NormalizedWorkflowItem extends NormalizedSubmissionObject<Workflowitem> {
 
   @autoserialize
   @relationship(ResourceType.Collection, false)

src/app/core/submission/models/normalized-workspaceitem.model.ts

@@ -5,11 +5,12 @@ import { NormalizedSubmissionObject } from './normalized-submission-object.model
 import { mapsTo, relationship } from '../../cache/builders/build-decorators';
 import { NormalizedDSpaceObject } from '../../cache/models/normalized-dspace-object.model';
 import { ResourceType } from '../../shared/resource-type';
+import { Workflowitem } from './workflowitem.model';
 
 @mapsTo(Workspaceitem)
 @inheritSerialization(NormalizedDSpaceObject)
 @inheritSerialization(NormalizedSubmissionObject)
-export class NormalizedWorkspaceItem extends NormalizedSubmissionObject {
+export class NormalizedWorkspaceItem extends NormalizedSubmissionObject<Workflowitem> {
 
   @autoserialize
   @relationship(ResourceType.Collection, false)

src/app/core/submission/normalized-submission-object-factory.ts

@@ -1,78 +0,0 @@
-import { SubmissionDefinitionsModel } from '../config/models/config-submission-definitions.model';
-import { SubmissionFormsModel } from '../config/models/config-submission-forms.model';
-import { SubmissionSectionModel } from '../config/models/config-submission-section.model';
-import { GenericConstructor } from '../shared/generic-constructor';
-import { NormalizedBitstream } from '../cache/models/normalized-bitstream.model';
-import { NormalizedBundle } from '../cache/models/normalized-bundle.model';
-import { NormalizedCollection } from '../cache/models/normalized-collection.model';
-import { NormalizedCommunity } from '../cache/models/normalized-community.model';
-import { NormalizedItem } from '../cache/models/normalized-item.model';
-import { NormalizedLicense } from '../cache/models/normalized-license.model';
-import { NormalizedWorkspaceItem } from './models/normalized-workspaceitem.model';
-import { NormalizedObject } from '../cache/models/normalized-object.model';
-import { ConfigObject } from '../config/models/config.model';
-import { SubmissionResourceType } from './submission-resource-type';
-import { NormalizedResourcePolicy } from '../cache/models/normalized-resource-policy.model';
-import { NormalizedWorkflowItem } from './models/normalized-workflowitem.model';
-import { NormalizedEditItem } from './models/normalized-edititem.model';
-import { ResourceType } from '../shared/resource-type';
-import { NormalizedEPerson } from '../eperson/models/normalized-eperson.model';
-import { NormalizedGroup } from '../eperson/models/normalized-group.model';
-
-export class NormalizedSubmissionObjectFactory {
-  public static getConstructor(type: SubmissionResourceType): GenericConstructor<NormalizedObject | ConfigObject> {
-    switch (type) {
-      case SubmissionResourceType.Bitstream: {
-        return NormalizedBitstream
-      }
-      case SubmissionResourceType.Bundle: {
-        return NormalizedBundle
-      }
-      case SubmissionResourceType.Item: {
-        return NormalizedItem
-      }
-      case SubmissionResourceType.Collection: {
-        return NormalizedCollection
-      }
-      case SubmissionResourceType.Community: {
-        return NormalizedCommunity
-      }
-      case SubmissionResourceType.ResourcePolicy: {
-        return NormalizedResourcePolicy
-      }
-      case SubmissionResourceType.License: {
-        return NormalizedLicense
-      }
-      case SubmissionResourceType.EPerson: {
-        return NormalizedEPerson
-      }
-      case SubmissionResourceType.Group: {
-        return NormalizedGroup
-      }
-      case SubmissionResourceType.WorkspaceItem: {
-        return NormalizedWorkspaceItem
-      }
-      case SubmissionResourceType.WorkflowItem: {
-        return NormalizedWorkflowItem
-      }
-      case SubmissionResourceType.EditItem: {
-        return NormalizedEditItem
-      }
-      case SubmissionResourceType.SubmissionDefinition:
-      case SubmissionResourceType.SubmissionDefinitions: {
-        return SubmissionDefinitionsModel
-      }
-      case SubmissionResourceType.SubmissionForm:
-      case SubmissionResourceType.SubmissionForms: {
-        return SubmissionFormsModel
-      }
-      case SubmissionResourceType.SubmissionSection:
-      case SubmissionResourceType.SubmissionSections: {
-        return SubmissionSectionModel
-      }
-      default: {
-        return undefined;
-      }
-    }
-  }
-}

src/app/core/submission/submission-response-parsing.service.ts

@@ -10,13 +10,13 @@ import { BaseResponseParsingService } from '../data/base-response-parsing.servic
 import { GLOBAL_CONFIG } from '../../../config';
 import { GlobalConfig } from '../../../config/global-config.interface';
 import { ObjectCacheService } from '../cache/object-cache.service';
-import { NormalizedSubmissionObjectFactory } from './normalized-submission-object-factory';
-import { NormalizedObject } from '../cache/models/normalized-object.model';
 import { SubmissionResourceType } from './submission-resource-type';
 import { NormalizedWorkspaceItem } from './models/normalized-workspaceitem.model';
 import { NormalizedWorkflowItem } from './models/normalized-workflowitem.model';
 import { NormalizedEditItem } from './models/normalized-edititem.model';
 import { FormFieldMetadataValueObject } from '../../shared/form/builder/models/form-field-metadata-value.model';
+import { SubmissionObject } from './models/submission-object.model';
+import { NormalizedObjectFactory } from '../cache/models/normalized-object-factory';
 
 export function isServerFormValue(obj: any): boolean {
   return (typeof obj === 'object'
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ export function normalizeSectionData(obj: any) {
 @Injectable()
 export class SubmissionResponseParsingService extends BaseResponseParsingService implements ResponseParsingService {
 
-  protected objectFactory = NormalizedSubmissionObjectFactory;
+  protected objectFactory = NormalizedObjectFactory;
   protected toCache = false;
 
   constructor(@Inject(GLOBAL_CONFIG) protected EnvConfig: GlobalConfig,
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ export class SubmissionResponseParsingService extends BaseResponseParsingService
     if (isNotEmpty(data.payload)
       && isNotEmpty(data.payload._links)
       && (data.statusCode === 201 || data.statusCode === 200)) {
-      const dataDefinition = this.processResponse<NormalizedObject | ConfigObject, SubmissionResourceType>(data.payload, request.href);
+      const dataDefinition = this.processResponse<SubmissionObject | ConfigObject, SubmissionResourceType>(data.payload, request.href);
       return new SubmissionSuccessResponse(dataDefinition, data.statusCode, data.statusText, this.processPageInfo(data.payload));
     } else if (isEmpty(data.payload) && data.statusCode === 204) {
       // Response from a DELETE request
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ export class SubmissionResponseParsingService extends BaseResponseParsingService
   }
 
   protected processResponse<ObjectDomain, ObjectType>(data: any, requestHref: string): any[] {
-    const dataDefinition = this.process<NormalizedObject | ConfigObject, SubmissionResourceType>(data, requestHref);
+    const dataDefinition = this.process<ObjectDomain, ObjectType>(data, requestHref);
     const normalizedDefinition = Array.of();
     const processedList = Array.isArray(dataDefinition) ? dataDefinition : Array.of(dataDefinition);
 

src/app/core/submission/workflowitem-data.service.ts

@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ import { RemoteDataBuildService } from '../cache/builders/remote-data-build.serv
 import { CoreState } from '../core.reducers';
 import { DataService } from '../data/data.service';
 import { RequestService } from '../data/request.service';
-import { NormalizedWorkflowItem } from './models/normalized-workflowitem.model';
 import { Workflowitem } from './models/workflowitem.model';
 import { HALEndpointService } from '../shared/hal-endpoint.service';
 import { FindAllOptions } from '../data/request.models';
@@ -16,12 +15,12 @@ import { ObjectCacheService } from '../cache/object-cache.service';
 import { DSOChangeAnalyzer } from '../data/dso-change-analyzer.service';
 
 @Injectable()
-export class WorkflowitemDataService extends DataService<NormalizedWorkflowItem, Workflowitem> {
+export class WorkflowitemDataService extends DataService<Workflowitem> {
   protected linkPath = 'workflowitems';
   protected forceBypassCache = true;
 
   constructor(
-    protected comparator: DSOChangeAnalyzer,
+    protected comparator: DSOChangeAnalyzer<Workflowitem>,
     protected dataBuildService: NormalizedObjectBuildService,
     protected halService: HALEndpointService,
     protected http: HttpClient,

src/app/core/submission/workspaceitem-data.service.ts

@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ import { CoreState } from '../core.reducers';
 import { DataService } from '../data/data.service';
 import { RequestService } from '../data/request.service';
 import { Workspaceitem } from './models/workspaceitem.model';
-import { NormalizedWorkspaceItem } from './models/normalized-workspaceitem.model';
 import { HALEndpointService } from '../shared/hal-endpoint.service';
 import { FindAllOptions } from '../data/request.models';
 import { NormalizedObjectBuildService } from '../cache/builders/normalized-object-build.service';
@@ -16,12 +15,12 @@ import { ObjectCacheService } from '../cache/object-cache.service';
 import { DSOChangeAnalyzer } from '../data/dso-change-analyzer.service';
 
 @Injectable()
-export class WorkspaceitemDataService extends DataService<NormalizedWorkspaceItem, Workspaceitem> {
+export class WorkspaceitemDataService extends DataService<Workspaceitem> {
   protected linkPath = 'workspaceitems';
   protected forceBypassCache = true;
 
   constructor(
-    protected comparator: DSOChangeAnalyzer,
+    protected comparator: DSOChangeAnalyzer<Workspaceitem>,
     protected dataBuildService: NormalizedObjectBuildService,
     protected halService: HALEndpointService,
     protected http: HttpClient,

src/app/shared/notifications/notifications.service.ts

@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ export class NotificationsService {
        options: Partial<NotificationOptions> = {},
        html: boolean = false): INotification {
     const notificationOptions = { ...this.getDefaultOptions(), ...options };
+    console.log(notificationOptions);
     const notification = new Notification(uniqueId(), NotificationType.Info, title, content, notificationOptions, html);
     this.add(notification);
     return notification;

src/app/submission/submission.service.spec.ts

@@ -772,7 +772,7 @@ describe('SubmissionService test suite', () => {
     it('should return true/false when section is loading/not loading', fakeAsync(() => {
       spyOn((service as any).translate, 'get').and.returnValue(observableOf('test'));
 
-      spyOn((service as any).notificationsService, 'info').and.callThrough();
+      spyOn((service as any).notificationsService, 'info');
 
       service.notifyNewSection(submissionId, sectionId);
       flush();
@@ -864,7 +864,7 @@ describe('SubmissionService test suite', () => {
         })
       );
 
-      const result = service.retrieveSubmission('826').subscribe((r) => {
+      service.retrieveSubmission('826').subscribe((r) => {
         expect(r).toEqual(new RemoteData(
           false,
           false,