dspace-angular/src/app/shared/metadata-representation/metadata-representation-loader.component.ts

import { Component, Inject, Input, OnInit, ViewChild, ComponentRef, OnDestroy } from '@angular/core';
import {
  MetadataRepresentation,
  MetadataRepresentationType
} from '../../core/shared/metadata-representation/metadata-representation.model';
import { METADATA_REPRESENTATION_COMPONENT_FACTORY } from './metadata-representation.decorator';
import { Context } from '../../core/shared/context.model';
import { GenericConstructor } from '../../core/shared/generic-constructor';
import { MetadataRepresentationListElementComponent } from '../object-list/metadata-representation-list-element/metadata-representation-list-element.component';
import { MetadataRepresentationDirective } from './metadata-representation.directive';
import { hasValue } from '../empty.util';
import { ThemeService } from '../theme-support/theme.service';

@Component({
  selector: 'ds-metadata-representation-loader',
  // styleUrls: ['./metadata-representation-loader.component.scss'],
  templateUrl: './metadata-representation-loader.component.html'
})
/**
 * Component for determining what component to use depending on the item's entity type (dspace.entity.type), its metadata representation and, optionally, its context
 */
export class MetadataRepresentationLoaderComponent implements OnDestroy, OnInit {
  private componentRefInstance: MetadataRepresentationListElementComponent;
  protected compRef: ComponentRef<MetadataRepresentationListElementComponent>;

  /**
   * The item or metadata to determine the component for
   */
  private _mdRepresentation: MetadataRepresentation;
  get mdRepresentation(): MetadataRepresentation {
    return this._mdRepresentation;
  }
  @Input() set mdRepresentation(nextValue: MetadataRepresentation) {
    this._mdRepresentation = nextValue;
    if (hasValue(this.componentRefInstance)) {
      this.componentRefInstance.metadataRepresentation = nextValue;
    }
  }

  /**
   * The optional context
   */
  @Input() context: Context;

  /**
   * Directive to determine where the dynamic child component is located
   */
  @ViewChild(MetadataRepresentationDirective, {static: true}) mdRepDirective: MetadataRepresentationDirective;

  constructor(
    private themeService: ThemeService,
    @Inject(METADATA_REPRESENTATION_COMPONENT_FACTORY) private getMetadataRepresentationComponent: (entityType: string, mdRepresentationType: MetadataRepresentationType, context: Context, theme: string) => GenericConstructor<any>,
  ) {
  }

  /**
   * Set up the dynamic child component
   */
  ngOnInit(): void {
    const component: GenericConstructor<MetadataRepresentationListElementComponent> = this.getComponent();

    const viewContainerRef = this.mdRepDirective.viewContainerRef;
    viewContainerRef.clear();

    this.compRef = viewContainerRef.createComponent(component);
    this.componentRefInstance = this.compRef.instance as MetadataRepresentationListElementComponent;
    this.componentRefInstance.metadataRepresentation = this.mdRepresentation;
  }

  ngOnDestroy(): void {
    if (hasValue(this.compRef)) {
      this.compRef.destroy();
      this.compRef = undefined;
    }
  }

  /**
   * Fetch the component depending on the item's entity type, metadata representation type and context
   * @returns {string}
   */
  private getComponent(): GenericConstructor<MetadataRepresentationListElementComponent> {
    return this.getMetadataRepresentationComponent(this.mdRepresentation.itemType, this.mdRepresentation.representationType, this.context, this.themeService.getThemeName());
  }
}