Make ListableObjectComponentLoaderComponent extend AbstractComponentLoaderComponent

src/app/admin/admin-search-page/admin-search-results/admin-search-result-grid-element/item-search-result/item-admin-search-result-grid-element.component.html

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-<ng-template dsListableObject>
+<ng-template dsDynamicComponentLoader>
 </ng-template>
 <div #badges>
   <ng-content></ng-content>

src/app/admin/admin-search-page/admin-search-results/admin-search-result-grid-element/item-search-result/item-admin-search-result-grid-element.component.ts

@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ import { SearchResultGridElementComponent } from '../../../../../shared/object-g
 import { TruncatableService } from '../../../../../shared/truncatable/truncatable.service';
 import { BitstreamDataService } from '../../../../../core/data/bitstream-data.service';
 import { GenericConstructor } from '../../../../../core/shared/generic-constructor';
-import { ListableObjectDirective } from '../../../../../shared/object-collection/shared/listable-object/listable-object.directive';
+import { DynamicComponentLoaderDirective } from '../../../../../shared/abstract-component-loader/dynamic-component-loader.directive';
 import { ThemeService } from '../../../../../shared/theme-support/theme.service';
 import { DSONameService } from '../../../../../core/breadcrumbs/dso-name.service';
 
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ import { DSONameService } from '../../../../../core/breadcrumbs/dso-name.service
  * The component for displaying a list element for an item search result on the admin search page
  */
 export class ItemAdminSearchResultGridElementComponent extends SearchResultGridElementComponent<ItemSearchResult, Item> implements OnInit {
-  @ViewChild(ListableObjectDirective, { static: true }) listableObjectDirective: ListableObjectDirective;
+  @ViewChild(DynamicComponentLoaderDirective, { static: true }) dynamicComponentLoaderDirective: DynamicComponentLoaderDirective;
   @ViewChild('badges', { static: true }) badges: ElementRef;
   @ViewChild('buttons', { static: true }) buttons: ElementRef;
 
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ export class ItemAdminSearchResultGridElementComponent extends SearchResultGridE
     super.ngOnInit();
     const componentFactory = this.componentFactoryResolver.resolveComponentFactory(this.getComponent());
 
-    const viewContainerRef = this.listableObjectDirective.viewContainerRef;
+    const viewContainerRef = this.dynamicComponentLoaderDirective.viewContainerRef;
     viewContainerRef.clear();
 
     const componentRef = viewContainerRef.createComponent(

src/app/admin/admin-workflow-page/admin-workflow-search-results/admin-workflow-search-result-grid-element/workflow-item/workflow-item-search-result-admin-workflow-grid-element.component.html

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-<ng-template dsListableObject>
+<ng-template dsDynamicComponentLoader>
 </ng-template>
 <div #badges class="position-absolute ml-1">
     <div class="workflow-badge">

src/app/admin/admin-workflow-page/admin-workflow-search-results/admin-workflow-search-result-grid-element/workflow-item/workflow-item-search-result-admin-workflow-grid-element.component.spec.ts

@@ -18,8 +18,8 @@ import {
   ItemGridElementComponent
 } from '../../../../../shared/object-grid/item-grid-element/item-types/item/item-grid-element.component';
 import {
-  ListableObjectDirective
+  DynamicComponentLoaderDirective
-} from '../../../../../shared/object-collection/shared/listable-object/listable-object.directive';
+} from '../../../../../shared/abstract-component-loader/dynamic-component-loader.directive';
 import {
   WorkflowItemSearchResult
 } from '../../../../../shared/object-collection/shared/workflow-item-search-result.model';
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ describe('WorkflowItemSearchResultAdminWorkflowGridElementComponent', () => {
   let itemRD$;
   let linkService;
   let object;
-  let themeService;
+  let themeService: ThemeService;
 
   function init() {
     itemRD$ = createSuccessfulRemoteDataObject$(new Item());
@@ -55,7 +55,11 @@ describe('WorkflowItemSearchResultAdminWorkflowGridElementComponent', () => {
     init();
     TestBed.configureTestingModule(
       {
-        declarations: [WorkflowItemSearchResultAdminWorkflowGridElementComponent, ItemGridElementComponent, ListableObjectDirective],
+        declarations: [
+          WorkflowItemSearchResultAdminWorkflowGridElementComponent,
+          ItemGridElementComponent,
+          DynamicComponentLoaderDirective,
+        ],
         imports: [
           NoopAnimationsModule,
           TranslateModule.forRoot(),

src/app/admin/admin-workflow-page/admin-workflow-search-results/admin-workflow-search-result-grid-element/workflow-item/workflow-item-search-result-admin-workflow-grid-element.component.ts

@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ import { SearchResultGridElementComponent } from '../../../../../shared/object-g
 import { TruncatableService } from '../../../../../shared/truncatable/truncatable.service';
 import { BitstreamDataService } from '../../../../../core/data/bitstream-data.service';
 import { GenericConstructor } from '../../../../../core/shared/generic-constructor';
-import { ListableObjectDirective } from '../../../../../shared/object-collection/shared/listable-object/listable-object.directive';
+import { DynamicComponentLoaderDirective } from '../../../../../shared/abstract-component-loader/dynamic-component-loader.directive';
 import { WorkflowItem } from '../../../../../core/submission/models/workflowitem.model';
 import { Observable } from 'rxjs';
 import { LinkService } from '../../../../../core/cache/builders/link.service';
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ export class WorkflowItemSearchResultAdminWorkflowGridElementComponent extends S
   /**
    * Directive used to render the dynamic component in
    */
-  @ViewChild(ListableObjectDirective, { static: true }) listableObjectDirective: ListableObjectDirective;
+  @ViewChild(DynamicComponentLoaderDirective, { static: true }) dynamicComponentLoaderDirective: DynamicComponentLoaderDirective;
 
   /**
    * The html child that contains the badges html
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ export class WorkflowItemSearchResultAdminWorkflowGridElementComponent extends S
     this.item$.pipe(take(1)).subscribe((item: Item) => {
         const componentFactory = this.componentFactoryResolver.resolveComponentFactory(this.getComponent(item));
 
-        const viewContainerRef = this.listableObjectDirective.viewContainerRef;
+        const viewContainerRef = this.dynamicComponentLoaderDirective.viewContainerRef;
         viewContainerRef.clear();
 
         const componentRef = viewContainerRef.createComponent(

src/app/admin/admin-workflow-page/admin-workflow-search-results/admin-workflow-search-result-grid-element/workspace-item/workspace-item-search-result-admin-workflow-grid-element.component.html

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-<ng-template dsListableObject>
+<ng-template dsDynamicComponentLoader>
 </ng-template>
 <div #badges class="position-absolute ml-1">
     <div class="workflow-badge">

src/app/admin/admin-workflow-page/admin-workflow-search-results/admin-workflow-search-result-grid-element/workspace-item/workspace-item-search-result-admin-workflow-grid-element.component.spec.ts

@@ -20,8 +20,8 @@ import {
   ItemGridElementComponent
 } from '../../../../../shared/object-grid/item-grid-element/item-types/item/item-grid-element.component';
 import {
-  ListableObjectDirective
+  DynamicComponentLoaderDirective
-} from '../../../../../shared/object-collection/shared/listable-object/listable-object.directive';
+} from '../../../../../shared/abstract-component-loader/dynamic-component-loader.directive';
 import {
   WorkflowItemSearchResult
 } from '../../../../../shared/object-collection/shared/workflow-item-search-result.model';
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ describe('WorkspaceItemSearchResultAdminWorkflowGridElementComponent', () => {
   let itemRD$;
   let linkService;
   let object;
-  let themeService;
+  let themeService: ThemeService;
   let supervisionOrderDataService;
 
   function init() {
@@ -67,7 +67,11 @@ describe('WorkspaceItemSearchResultAdminWorkflowGridElementComponent', () => {
     init();
     TestBed.configureTestingModule(
       {
-        declarations: [WorkspaceItemSearchResultAdminWorkflowGridElementComponent, ItemGridElementComponent, ListableObjectDirective],
+        declarations: [
+          WorkspaceItemSearchResultAdminWorkflowGridElementComponent,
+          ItemGridElementComponent,
+          DynamicComponentLoaderDirective,
+        ],
         imports: [
           NoopAnimationsModule,
           TranslateModule.forRoot(),

src/app/admin/admin-workflow-page/admin-workflow-search-results/admin-workflow-search-result-grid-element/workspace-item/workspace-item-search-result-admin-workflow-grid-element.component.ts

@@ -16,9 +16,7 @@ import {
 import { TruncatableService } from '../../../../../shared/truncatable/truncatable.service';
 import { BitstreamDataService } from '../../../../../core/data/bitstream-data.service';
 import { GenericConstructor } from '../../../../../core/shared/generic-constructor';
-import {
+import { DynamicComponentLoaderDirective } from '../../../../../shared/abstract-component-loader/dynamic-component-loader.directive';
-  ListableObjectDirective
-} from '../../../../../shared/object-collection/shared/listable-object/listable-object.directive';
 import { WorkspaceItem } from '../../../../../core/submission/models/workspaceitem.model';
 import { LinkService } from '../../../../../core/cache/builders/link.service';
 import { followLink } from '../../../../../shared/utils/follow-link-config.model';
@@ -67,7 +65,7 @@ export class WorkspaceItemSearchResultAdminWorkflowGridElementComponent extends
   /**
    * Directive used to render the dynamic component in
    */
-  @ViewChild(ListableObjectDirective, { static: true }) listableObjectDirective: ListableObjectDirective;
+  @ViewChild(DynamicComponentLoaderDirective, { static: true }) dynamicComponentLoaderDirective: DynamicComponentLoaderDirective;
 
   /**
    * The html child that contains the badges html
@@ -102,7 +100,7 @@ export class WorkspaceItemSearchResultAdminWorkflowGridElementComponent extends
     this.item$.pipe(take(1)).subscribe((item: Item) => {
         const componentFactory = this.componentFactoryResolver.resolveComponentFactory(this.getComponent(item));
 
-        const viewContainerRef = this.listableObjectDirective.viewContainerRef;
+        const viewContainerRef = this.dynamicComponentLoaderDirective.viewContainerRef;
         viewContainerRef.clear();
 
         const componentRef = viewContainerRef.createComponent(

src/app/shared/object-collection/shared/listable-object/listable-object-component-loader.component.html

@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-<ng-template dsListableObject></ng-template>

src/app/shared/object-collection/shared/listable-object/listable-object-component-loader.component.spec.ts

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import { ViewMode } from '../../../../core/shared/view-mode.model';
 import {
   ItemListElementComponent
 } from '../../../object-list/item-list-element/item-types/item/item-list-element.component';
-import { ListableObjectDirective } from './listable-object.directive';
+import { DynamicComponentLoaderDirective } from '../../../abstract-component-loader/dynamic-component-loader.directive';
 import { TranslateModule } from '@ngx-translate/core';
 import { By } from '@angular/platform-browser';
 import { provideMockStore } from '@ngrx/store/testing';
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ describe('ListableObjectComponentLoaderComponent', () => {
     });
     TestBed.configureTestingModule({
       imports: [TranslateModule.forRoot()],
-      declarations: [ListableObjectComponentLoaderComponent, ItemListElementComponent, ListableObjectDirective],
+      declarations: [ListableObjectComponentLoaderComponent, ItemListElementComponent, DynamicComponentLoaderDirective],
       schemas: [NO_ERRORS_SCHEMA],
       providers: [
         provideMockStore({}),
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ describe('ListableObjectComponentLoaderComponent', () => {
 
   describe('When the component is rendered', () => {
     it('should call the getListableObjectComponent function with the right types, view mode and context', () => {
-      expect(comp.getComponent).toHaveBeenCalledWith([testType], testViewMode, testContext);
+      expect(comp.getComponent).toHaveBeenCalled();
     });
 
     it('should connectInputsAndOutputs of loaded component', () => {
@@ -78,29 +78,29 @@ describe('ListableObjectComponentLoaderComponent', () => {
     let reloadedObject: any;
 
     beforeEach(() => {
-      spyOn((comp as any), 'instantiateComponent').and.returnValue(null);
+      spyOn(comp, 'instantiateComponent').and.returnValue(null);
-      spyOn((comp as any).contentChange, 'emit').and.returnValue(null);
+      spyOn(comp.contentChange, 'emit').and.returnValue(null);
 
       listableComponent = fixture.debugElement.query(By.css('ds-item-list-element')).componentInstance;
       reloadedObject = 'object';
     });
 
     it('should re-instantiate the listable component', fakeAsync(() => {
-      expect((comp as any).instantiateComponent).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+      expect(comp.instantiateComponent).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
 
-      (listableComponent as any).reloadedObject.emit(reloadedObject);
+      listableComponent.reloadedObject.emit(reloadedObject);
       tick(200);
 
-      expect((comp as any).instantiateComponent).toHaveBeenCalledWith(reloadedObject, undefined);
+      expect(comp.instantiateComponent).toHaveBeenCalledWith(undefined);
     }));
 
     it('should re-emit it as a contentChange', fakeAsync(() => {
-      expect((comp as any).contentChange.emit).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+      expect(comp.contentChange.emit).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
 
-      (listableComponent as any).reloadedObject.emit(reloadedObject);
+      listableComponent.reloadedObject.emit(reloadedObject);
       tick(200);
 
-      expect((comp as any).contentChange.emit).toHaveBeenCalledWith(reloadedObject);
+      expect(comp.contentChange.emit).toHaveBeenCalledWith(reloadedObject);
     }));
 
   });

src/app/shared/object-collection/shared/listable-object/listable-object-component-loader.component.ts

@@ -1,40 +1,26 @@
-import {
+import { ChangeDetectorRef, Component, EventEmitter, Input, Output, SimpleChanges } from '@angular/core';
-  ChangeDetectorRef,
+import { combineLatest, Observable, of as observableOf } from 'rxjs';
-  Component,
-  ComponentRef,
-  EventEmitter,
-  Input,
-  OnChanges,
-  OnDestroy,
-  OnInit,
-  Output,
-  SimpleChanges,
-  ViewChild
-} from '@angular/core';
-
-import { Subscription, combineLatest, of as observableOf, Observable } from 'rxjs';
 import { take } from 'rxjs/operators';
-
 import { ListableObject } from '../listable-object.model';
 import { ViewMode } from '../../../../core/shared/view-mode.model';
-import { Context } from '../../../../core/shared/context.model';
+import { Context } from 'src/app/core/shared/context.model';
 import { getListableObjectComponent } from './listable-object.decorator';
 import { GenericConstructor } from '../../../../core/shared/generic-constructor';
-import { ListableObjectDirective } from './listable-object.directive';
 import { CollectionElementLinkType } from '../../collection-element-link.type';
-import { hasValue, isNotEmpty, hasNoValue } from '../../../empty.util';
 import { DSpaceObject } from '../../../../core/shared/dspace-object.model';
-import { ThemeService } from '../../../theme-support/theme.service';
+import { AbstractComponentLoaderComponent } from '../../../abstract-component-loader/abstract-component-loader.component';
+import { ThemeService } from 'src/app/shared/theme-support/theme.service';
 
 @Component({
   selector: 'ds-listable-object-component-loader',
   styleUrls: ['./listable-object-component-loader.component.scss'],
-  templateUrl: './listable-object-component-loader.component.html'
+  templateUrl: '../../../abstract-component-loader/abstract-component-loader.component.html',
 })
 /**
  * Component for determining what component to use depending on the item's entity type (dspace.entity.type)
  */
-export class ListableObjectComponentLoaderComponent implements OnInit, OnChanges, OnDestroy {
+export class ListableObjectComponentLoaderComponent extends AbstractComponentLoaderComponent<Component> {
+
   /**
    * The item or metadata to determine the component for
    */
@@ -80,99 +66,36 @@ export class ListableObjectComponentLoaderComponent implements OnInit, OnChanges
    */
   @Input() value: string;
 
-  /**
-   * Directive hook used to place the dynamic child component
-   */
-  @ViewChild(ListableObjectDirective, { static: true }) listableObjectDirective: ListableObjectDirective;
-
   /**
    * Emit when the listable object has been reloaded.
    */
   @Output() contentChange = new EventEmitter<ListableObject>();
 
-  /**
-   * Array to track all subscriptions and unsubscribe them onDestroy
-   * @type {Array}
-   */
-  protected subs: Subscription[] = [];
-
-  /**
-   * The reference to the dynamic component
-   */
-  protected compRef: ComponentRef<Component>;
-
   /**
    * The list of input and output names for the dynamic component
    */
-  protected inAndOutputNames: string[] = [
+  protected inAndOutputNames: (keyof this)[] = [
+    ...this.inAndOutputNames,
     'object',
     'index',
     'linkType',
     'listID',
     'showLabel',
     'showThumbnails',
-    'context',
     'viewMode',
     'value',
-    'hideBadges',
     'contentChange',
   ];
 
-  constructor(private cdr: ChangeDetectorRef, private themeService: ThemeService) {
+  constructor(
+    protected themeService: ThemeService,
+    protected cdr: ChangeDetectorRef,
+  ) {
+    super(themeService);
   }
 
-  /**
+  public instantiateComponent(changes?: SimpleChanges): void {
-   * Setup the dynamic child component
+    super.instantiateComponent(changes);
-   */
-  ngOnInit(): void {
-    this.instantiateComponent(this.object);
-  }
-
-  /**
-   * Whenever the inputs change, update the inputs of the dynamic component
-   */
-  ngOnChanges(changes: SimpleChanges): void {
-    if (hasNoValue(this.compRef)) {
-      // sometimes the component has not been initialized yet, so it first needs to be initialized
-      // before being called again
-      this.instantiateComponent(this.object, changes);
-    } else {
-      // if an input or output has changed
-      if (this.inAndOutputNames.some((name: any) => hasValue(changes[name]))) {
-        this.connectInputsAndOutputs();
-        if (this.compRef?.instance && 'ngOnChanges' in this.compRef.instance) {
-          (this.compRef.instance as any).ngOnChanges(changes);
-        }
-      }
-    }
-  }
-
-  ngOnDestroy() {
-    this.subs
-      .filter((subscription) => hasValue(subscription))
-      .forEach((subscription) => subscription.unsubscribe());
-  }
-
-  private instantiateComponent(object: ListableObject, changes?: SimpleChanges): void {
-
-    const component = this.getComponent(object.getRenderTypes(), this.viewMode, this.context);
-
-    const viewContainerRef = this.listableObjectDirective.viewContainerRef;
-    viewContainerRef.clear();
-
-    this.compRef = viewContainerRef.createComponent(
-      component, {
-        index: 0,
-        injector: undefined
-      }
-    );
-
-    if (hasValue(changes)) {
-      this.ngOnChanges(changes);
-    } else {
-      this.connectInputsAndOutputs();
-    }
-
     if ((this.compRef.instance as any).reloadedObject) {
       combineLatest([
         observableOf(changes),
@@ -181,7 +104,7 @@ export class ListableObjectComponentLoaderComponent implements OnInit, OnChanges
         if (reloadedObject) {
           this.compRef.destroy();
           this.object = reloadedObject;
-          this.instantiateComponent(reloadedObject, simpleChanges);
+          this.instantiateComponent(simpleChanges);
           this.cdr.detectChanges();
           this.contentChange.emit(reloadedObject);
         }
@@ -189,26 +112,8 @@ export class ListableObjectComponentLoaderComponent implements OnInit, OnChanges
     }
   }
 
-  /**
+  public getComponent(): GenericConstructor<Component> {
-   * Fetch the component depending on the item's entity type, view mode and context
+    return getListableObjectComponent(this.object.getRenderTypes(), this.viewMode, this.context, this.themeService.getThemeName());
-   * @returns {GenericConstructor<Component>}
-   */
-  getComponent(renderTypes: (string | GenericConstructor<ListableObject>)[],
-               viewMode: ViewMode,
-               context: Context): GenericConstructor<Component> {
-    return getListableObjectComponent(renderTypes, viewMode, context, this.themeService.getThemeName());
-  }
-
-  /**
-   * Connect the in and outputs of this component to the dynamic component,
-   * to ensure they're in sync
-   */
-  protected connectInputsAndOutputs(): void {
-    if (isNotEmpty(this.inAndOutputNames) && hasValue(this.compRef) && hasValue(this.compRef.instance)) {
-      this.inAndOutputNames.filter((name: any) => this[name] !== undefined).forEach((name: any) => {
-        this.compRef.instance[name] = this[name];
-      });
-    }
   }
 
 }

src/app/shared/object-collection/shared/listable-object/listable-object.directive.ts

@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-import { Directive, ViewContainerRef } from '@angular/core';
-
-@Directive({
-  selector: '[dsListableObject]',
-})
-/**
- * Directive used as a hook to know where to inject the dynamic listable object component
- */
-export class ListableObjectDirective {
-  constructor(public viewContainerRef: ViewContainerRef) { }
-}

src/app/shared/shared.module.ts

@@ -177,7 +177,6 @@ import {
 import {
   ItemSearchResultListElementComponent
 } from './object-list/search-result-list-element/item-search-result/item-types/item/item-search-result-list-element.component';
-import { ListableObjectDirective } from './object-collection/shared/listable-object/listable-object.directive';
 import {
   ItemMetadataRepresentationListElementComponent
 } from './object-list/metadata-representation-list-element/item/item-metadata-representation-list-element.component';
@@ -484,7 +483,6 @@ const DIRECTIVES = [
   AutoFocusDirective,
   RoleDirective,
   MetadataRepresentationDirective,
-  ListableObjectDirective,
   ClaimedTaskActionsDirective,
   FileValueAccessorDirective,
   FileValidator,