Dropdown foreign bug fixes

.idea/modules.xml

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 <project version="4">
   <component name="ProjectModuleManager">
     <modules>
-      <module fileurl="file://$PROJECT_DIR$/.idea/AngularCounterInput.iml" filepath="$PROJECT_DIR$/.idea/AngularCounterInput.iml" />
+      <module fileurl="file://$PROJECT_DIR$/.idea/AngularDynFormModule.iml" filepath="$PROJECT_DIR$/.idea/AngularDynFormModule.iml" />
     </modules>
   </component>
 </project>

.idea/typescript-compiler.xml

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <project version="4">
   <component name="TypeScriptCompiler">
-    <option name="isCompilerEnabled" value="true" />
     <option name="useConfig" value="true" />
+    <option name="showAllErrors" value="true" />
   </component>
 </project>

src/app/app.component.html

@@ -1 +1,5 @@
+<button (click)="loadValues()">Refesh</button>
+<hr>
+<h1>{{formName}}</h1>
+<p>{{formDescription}}</p>
 <dyn-form [questions]="formQuestions" (onSubmit)="submit($event)" [value]="formValue" [type]="'insert'"></dyn-form>

src/app/app.component.ts

@@ -1,23 +1,48 @@
-import {Component, Inject} from '@angular/core';
+import {Component, Input, OnChanges, SimpleChanges} from '@angular/core';
 import {QuestionInterface} from './modules/dyn-form/types/question.interface';
-import {QuestionService} from './modules/dyn-form/services/question.service';
+import {FormService} from './modules/dyn-form/services/form.service';
+import {ValueService} from './modules/dyn-form/services/value.service';
 
 @Component({
   selector: 'my-app',
   templateUrl: './app.component.html'
 })
 
-export class AppComponent  {
-  public formQuestions: QuestionInterface[] = [];
+export class AppComponent {
+  public formQuestions: QuestionInterface[] = null;
+  public formValue: Object = null;
+  public formName: string = "";
+  public formDescription  ="";
+  private uri: string = '/crf/fields';
 
-  constructor(private questionService: QuestionService) {
-    this.questionService.getQuestions((res, err) => {
-      this.formQuestions = res;
+  constructor(private questionService: FormService, private valueService: ValueService) {
+    this.loadValues();
+  }
+
+  private loadValues() {
+    console.log(this.uri);
+    this.questionService.getForm(this.uri, (res, err) => {
+      if (err)
+        console.error(err);
+      else {
+        this.formQuestions = res.questions;
+        this.formName = res.name;
+        this.formDescription = res.description;
+        console.log("questions", this.formQuestions);
+      }
+    });
+    this.valueService.getValue(this.uri, 3, (res, err) => {
+      if (err)
+        console.error(err);
+      else {
+        this.formValue = res;
+        console.log("values", this.formValue);
+      }
     });
   }
 
-
-  submit(value: any) {
+  public submit(value: any) {
     console.log('send', value);
+    this.valueService.postValues(this.uri, value, (data, err) => console.log("posted", data, err));
   }
 }

src/app/modules/dyn-form/dyn-form.component.ts

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import {Component, EventEmitter, Input, OnInit, Output} from '@angular/core';
+import {Component, EventEmitter, Input, OnChanges, Output, SimpleChanges} from '@angular/core';
 import {QuestionInterface} from './types/question.interface';
 import {FormControl, FormGroup} from '@angular/forms';
 
@@ -6,33 +6,52 @@ import {FormControl, FormGroup} from '@angular/forms';
   selector: 'dyn-form',
   template: `
     <form (ngSubmit)="submit()" [formGroup]="form">
-      <dyn-question *ngFor="let question of questions" [hidden]="question.properties.methods && question.properties.methods.indexOf(type)==-1" [question]="question" [form]="form" [type]="type"></dyn-question>
+        <div *ngFor="let question of questions">
+      <dyn-question *ngIf="!(question.properties.methods && question.properties.methods.indexOf(type)==-1 || question.properties.spezialization && form.value.type!=question.properties.spezialization)" [ngSwitch]="question.type"
+                    [question]="question" [form]="form" [type]="type" (onChange)="valueChange.emit(form.value)"></dyn-question>
+      </div>
       <div class="form-row">
-        <button type="submit">Save</button>
+        <button [disabled]="form.invalid && type!='delete'" type="submit">Save</button>
       </div>
     </form>
     `
 })
-export class DynFormComponent implements OnInit {
+export class DynFormComponent implements OnChanges {
   @Input() questions: QuestionInterface[];
-  @Input() value: any;
-  @Input() type: "'insert'|'update'|'delete'|'view'";
+  @Input() value: {[_:string]: any};
+  @Input() type: 'insert'|'update'|'delete'|'view';
   @Output() valueChange: EventEmitter<any> = new EventEmitter<any>();
   @Output() onSubmit: EventEmitter<any> = new EventEmitter<any>();
 
   private form: FormGroup;
 
-  public ngOnInit () {
-    let controls = {};
-    for(let i = 0; i < this.questions.length; i++) {
-      let key = this.questions[i].properties.key;
-      controls[key] = new FormControl(this.value[key]);
+  public ngOnChanges(changes: SimpleChanges) {
+    if (changes['questions']) {
+      let controls = {};
+      for(let i = 0; this.questions && i < this.questions.length; i++) {
+        let key = this.questions[i].properties.key;
+        controls[key] = new FormControl();
+      }
+      this.form = new FormGroup(controls);
+    }
+    if ((changes['questions'] || changes['value']) && this.form && this.value) {
+      this.form.patchValue(this.value);
     }
-    this.form = new FormGroup(controls);
   }
 
   private submit() {
-    console.log("isValid", this.form.valid);
-    this.onSubmit.emit(this.form.value);
+    if (this.form.valid || this.type=='delete') {
+      let vals = {};
+      let type: string = this.form.value.type;
+      for (let question of this.questions) {
+        let specType = question.properties.specialization;
+        let methods = question.properties.methods;
+        let key = question.properties.key;
+        if (!(methods && methods.indexOf(this.type)==-1 || specType && type!=specType) && (this.type!='delete' || question.type=='hidden')) {
+          vals[key] = this.form.value[key];
+        }
+      }
+      this.onSubmit.emit(vals);
+    }
   }
 }

src/app/modules/dyn-form/dyn-form.module.ts

@@ -4,10 +4,15 @@ import { NgModule } from '@angular/core';
 import { DynFormComponent } from './dyn-form.component';
 import {DynQuestionComponent} from './dyn-question.component';
 import {CounterInputComponent} from './inputs/counter-input.component';
-import {KeysPipe, TagInputComponent} from './inputs/tag-input.component';
+import {TagInputComponent} from './inputs/tag-input.component';
 import {HiddenInputComponent} from './inputs/hidden-input.component';
 import {DropdownInputComponent} from './inputs/dropdown-input.component';
-import {QuestionService} from './services/question.service';
+import {FormService} from './services/form.service';
+import {TextareaInputComponent} from './inputs/textarea-input.component';
+import {ValueService} from './services/value.service';
+import {KeysPipe} from './types/keys.pipe';
+import {TextboxInputComponent} from './inputs/textbox-input.component';
+import {CheckboxInputComponent} from './inputs/checkbox-input.component';
 
 
 @NgModule({
@@ -25,10 +30,14 @@ import {QuestionService} from './services/question.service';
     TagInputComponent,
     HiddenInputComponent,
     DropdownInputComponent,
+    TextareaInputComponent,
+    TextboxInputComponent,
+    CheckboxInputComponent,
     KeysPipe
   ],
   providers: [
-    QuestionService
+    FormService,
+    ValueService
   ],
 })
 export class DynFormModule { }

src/app/modules/dyn-form/dyn-question.component.ts

@@ -1,27 +1,48 @@
 import {Component, EventEmitter, Input, Output} from '@angular/core';
 import {QuestionInterface} from './types/question.interface';
-import {FormGroup} from '@angular/forms';
+import {FormGroup, ValidationErrors} from '@angular/forms';
 
 @Component({
   selector: 'dyn-question',
   template: `
-    <div [ngSwitch]="question.type" [formGroup]="form">
-      <label [for]="question.properties.key">{{question.properties.label}}</label>
-        <tag-input *ngSwitchCase="'flag'"
-                   [formControlName]="question.properties.key" [id]="question.properties.key"
-                   [nullable]="question.constraints.optional" [readonly]="type=='view'"
-                   [items]="question.properties.options"
-                   (ngModelChange)="change()"></tag-input>
-        <hidden-input *ngSwitchCase="'hidden'"
-                   [formControlName]="question.properties.key" [id]="question.properties.key"
-                   [nullable]="question.constraints.optional" [readonly]="type=='view'"
-                   (ngModelChange)="change()"></hidden-input>
-        <dropdown-input *ngSwitchCase="'dropdown'"
-                   [formControlName]="question.properties.key" [id]="question.properties.key"
-                   [nullable]="question.constraints.optional" [readonly]="type=='view'" 
-                   [items]="question.properties.options"
-                   (ngModelChange)="change()"></dropdown-input>
-    </div>
+      <div [ngSwitch]="question.type" [formGroup]="form" [hidden]="type=='delete'">
+          <label [for]="question.properties.key">{{question.properties.label ? question.properties.label + (question.constraints.optional ? '' : ' *') : ''}}</label>
+          <i [hidden]="question.description" class="help circle icon" (mouseover)="onHover(true)" (mouseout)="onHover(false)">Help</i>
+          <a [hidden]="!hoverState" class="ui pointing red basic label">{{question.description}}</a><br>
+          
+          <tag-input *ngSwitchCase="'flag'"
+                     [formControlName]="question.properties.key" [id]="question.properties.key"
+                     [nullable]="question.constraints.optional" [readonly]="type=='view'"
+                     [items]="question.properties.options"
+                     (ngModelChange)="change()"></tag-input>
+          <hidden-input *ngSwitchCase="'hidden'"
+                        [formControlName]="question.properties.key" [id]="question.properties.key"
+                        [nullable]="question.constraints.optional" [readonly]="type=='view'"
+                        (ngModelChange)="change()"></hidden-input>
+          <dropdown-input *ngSwitchCase="'dropdown'"
+                          [formControlName]="question.properties.key" [id]="question.properties.key"
+                          [nullable]="question.constraints.optional" [readonly]="type=='view'"
+                          [items]="question.properties.options" [foreign]="question.properties.foreign"
+                          (ngModelChange)="change()"></dropdown-input>
+          <textarea-input *ngSwitchCase="'textarea'"
+                          [formControlName]="question.properties.key" [id]="question.properties.key"
+                          [nullable]="question.constraints.optional" [readonly]="type=='view'"
+                          (ngModelChange)="change()"></textarea-input>
+          <textbox-input *ngSwitchCase="'textbox'"
+                         [formControlName]="question.properties.key" [id]="question.properties.key"
+                         [nullable]="question.constraints.optional" [readonly]="type=='view'"
+                         [type]="question.properties.type" [constraints]="question.constraints"
+                         [placeholder]="question.properties.placeholder"
+                         (ngModelChange)="change()"></textbox-input>
+          <checkbox-input *ngSwitchCase="'checkbox'"
+                          [formControlName]="question.properties.key" [id]="question.properties.key"
+                          [nullable]="question.constraints.optional" [readonly]="type=='view'"
+                          (ngModelChange)="change()"></checkbox-input>
+          
+          <ul [hidden]="!errorList.length">
+              <li *ngFor="let error of errorList">{{error}}</li>
+          </ul>
+      </div>
   `
 })
 export class DynQuestionComponent {
@@ -29,8 +50,26 @@ export class DynQuestionComponent {
   @Input() type: "'insert'|'update'|'delete'|'view'";
   @Input() form: FormGroup;
   @Output() onChange: EventEmitter<any> = new EventEmitter<any>();
+  public hoverState: any = false;
+  private errorList: Array<string> = [];
+
+  onHover(state: boolean) {
+    this.hoverState = state;
+  }
 
   change() {
-    this.onChange.emit();
+    setTimeout(() => {
+      this.errorList = [];
+      let control = this.form.controls[this.question.properties.key];
+      if (control.untouched || control.valid)
+        return null;
+      let errors: ValidationErrors = control.errors;
+      for (let key in errors) {
+        if (errors.hasOwnProperty(key)) {
+          this.errorList.push(errors[key].message);
+        }
+      }
+      this.onChange.emit();
+    }, 0);
   }
 }

src/app/modules/dyn-form/inputs/checkbox-input.component.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+import {Component, forwardRef, Input} from '@angular/core';
+import { NG_VALUE_ACCESSOR, NG_VALIDATORS, FormControl, ValidationErrors } from '@angular/forms';
+import {CustomInputComponent} from "./custom-input.component";
+
+@Component({
+  selector: 'checkbox-input',
+  template:
+      `
+      <label *ngIf="!readonly"><input type="radio" [checked]="value===true" (change)="onChange(true)">Yes</label><br *ngIf="!readonly"/>
+      <label *ngIf="!readonly"><input type="radio" [checked]="value===false" (change)="onChange(false)">No</label><br *ngIf="!readonly"/>
+      <label *ngIf="!readonly && nullable"><input type="radio" [checked]="value===null" (change)="onChange(null)">N/A</label>
+      <span *ngIf="readonly">{{value ? "Yes" : (value===false ? "No" : "N/A")}}</span>
+  `,
+  providers: [
+    {
+      provide: NG_VALUE_ACCESSOR,
+      useExisting: forwardRef(() => CheckboxInputComponent),
+      multi: true,
+    },
+    {
+      provide: NG_VALIDATORS,
+      useExisting: forwardRef(() => CheckboxInputComponent),
+      multi: true,
+    }]
+})
+export class CheckboxInputComponent extends CustomInputComponent {
+  @Input() readonly: boolean = false;
+  @Input() nullable: boolean = false;
+
+
+  // set initial value
+  public writeValue(obj: any): void {
+    if (obj) {
+      this.value = true;
+    } else if (obj===false) {
+      this.value = false;
+    } else {
+      this.value = null;
+    }
+    if (this.value !== obj)
+      setTimeout(() => super.change(true), 0);
+  }
+
+  // validates the form, returns null when valid else the validation object
+  public validate(c: FormControl): ValidationErrors {
+    if (!this.initComplete)
+      return null;
+    return this.nullable || (this.value) || (this.value===false) ? null : {notNullable: {
+      valid: false,
+      message: "This field is required!"
+    }};
+  }
+
+  // on button click
+  protected onChange(newValue: boolean): void {
+    this.value = newValue;
+
+    super.change();
+  }
+}

src/app/modules/dyn-form/inputs/counter-input.component.ts

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { Component, forwardRef } from '@angular/core';
+import {Component, forwardRef} from '@angular/core';
 import { NG_VALUE_ACCESSOR, NG_VALIDATORS, FormControl, ValidationErrors } from '@angular/forms';
 import {CustomInputComponent} from "./custom-input.component";
 
@@ -6,9 +6,9 @@ import {CustomInputComponent} from "./custom-input.component";
   selector: 'counter-input',
   template:
       `
-    <button (click)="onChange(-1)" (blur)="onBlur()">-</button>
+    <button (click)="onChange(-1)">-</button>
     {{value}}
-    <button (click)="onChange(1)" (blur)="onBlur()">+</button>
+    <button (click)="onChange(1)">+</button>
   `,
   providers: [
     {
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ import {CustomInputComponent} from "./custom-input.component";
     }]
 })
 export class CounterInputComponent extends CustomInputComponent {
+
   // set initial value
   public writeValue(obj: any): void {
     if (obj) {
@@ -33,9 +34,12 @@ export class CounterInputComponent extends CustomInputComponent {
 
   // validates the form, returns null when valid else the validation object
   public validate(c: FormControl): ValidationErrors {
+    if (!this.initComplete)
+      return null;
     return (!this.parseError) ? null : {
       numberParseError: {
         valid: false,
+        message: "Not a valid number!"
       },
     };
   }
@@ -47,9 +51,4 @@ export class CounterInputComponent extends CustomInputComponent {
 
     super.change();
   }
-
-  // on touched
-  protected onBlur(): void {
-    super.blur();
-  }
 }

src/app/modules/dyn-form/inputs/custom-input.component.ts

@@ -1,10 +1,21 @@
 import {ControlValueAccessor, FormControl, ValidationErrors, Validator} from '@angular/forms';
+import {AfterViewInit} from '@angular/core';
 
-export abstract class CustomInputComponent implements ControlValueAccessor, Validator {
+export abstract class CustomInputComponent implements ControlValueAccessor, Validator, AfterViewInit {
   protected value: any;
   protected parseError: boolean;
   private propagateChange: (_: any) => void = () => {};
   private propagateTouch: () => void = () => {};
+  protected initComplete: boolean = false;
+  private isTouched: boolean = false;
+  private initialChangeDone = false;
+
+  public ngAfterViewInit() {
+    setTimeout(() => {
+      this.initComplete = true;
+      this.change();
+    }, 0);
+  }
 
   // set initial value
   public abstract writeValue(obj: any): void;
@@ -23,12 +34,19 @@ export abstract class CustomInputComponent implements ControlValueAccessor, Vali
   public abstract validate(c: FormControl): ValidationErrors;
 
   // on change
-  protected change(): void {
+  protected change(noTouch?: boolean): void {
+    if (!noTouch && this.initialChangeDone) {
+      this.touch();
+    }
     this.propagateChange(this.value);
+    this.initialChangeDone = true;
   }
 
-  // on touch
-  protected blur(): void {
-    this.propagateTouch();
+  // on change
+  protected touch(): void {
+    if (!this.isTouched) {
+      this.propagateTouch();
+      this.isTouched = true;
+    }
   }
 }

src/app/modules/dyn-form/inputs/dropdown-input.component.ts

@@ -1,18 +1,7 @@
-import {Component, forwardRef, Inject, Input, OnChanges, Pipe, PipeTransform, SimpleChanges} from '@angular/core';
+import {Component, forwardRef, Input, OnChanges, SimpleChanges} from '@angular/core';
 import { NG_VALUE_ACCESSOR, NG_VALIDATORS, FormControl, ValidationErrors } from '@angular/forms';
 import {CustomInputComponent} from "./custom-input.component";
-import {HelloService} from '../../../services/hello.service';
-
-@Pipe({name: 'keys'})
-export class KeysPipe implements PipeTransform {
-  transform(value: Object, args:string[]) : any {
-    let keys = [];
-    for (let key in value) {
-      keys.push({key: key, value: value[key]});
-    }
-    return keys;
-  }
-}
+import {ValueService} from '../services/value.service';
 
 @Component({
   selector: 'dropdown-input',
@@ -33,34 +22,64 @@ export class KeysPipe implements PipeTransform {
       provide: NG_VALIDATORS,
       useExisting: forwardRef(() => DropdownInputComponent),
       multi: true,
-    }]
+    },
+    ValueService
+  ]
 })
 export class DropdownInputComponent extends CustomInputComponent implements OnChanges {
   @Input() readonly: boolean = false;
   @Input() nullable: boolean = false;
   @Input() items: Array<{key: string, value: string}> = [];
+  @Input() foreign: {uri: string, keys: string, values: string, options?: {key: string, value: string}[]};
   private listedItems: Array<{key: string, value: string}> = [];
+  private foreignItems: Array<{key: string, value: string}> = [];
+  private pendingForeign: boolean = false;
   private constVal: string;
 
-  constructor(private helloService: HelloService) {
+  constructor(private valueService: ValueService) {
     super();
-    helloService.sayHello();
   }
 
   // set initial value
   public writeValue(obj: any): void {
-    console.log("init: ", obj);
     this.value = obj;
+    console.log("write", this.value);
     this.updateConst();
   }
 
   public ngOnChanges(changes: SimpleChanges) {
-    if (changes['items'] || changes['nullable']) {
-      if (this.nullable)
-        this.listedItems = [{key: "", value: "N/A"}, {key: null, value: "N/A"}].concat(this.items);
-      else
-        this.listedItems = [].concat(this.items);
+    if (changes['items'] || changes['nullable'] || changes['readonly']) {
+      this.setListedItems();
     }
+    if (changes['foreign'] && this.foreign) {
+      this.pendingForeign = true;
+      this.valueService.getValues(this.foreign.uri, {}, (res, err) => {
+        this.foreignItems = [];
+        for (let item of res as any) {
+          this.foreignItems.push({key: item[this.foreign.keys], value: item[this.foreign.values]});
+        }
+        this.setListedItems();
+
+        setTimeout(() => {
+          const val = this.value;
+          this.value = "UNLIKY_VLAUEdrtwe53wrsdsfrsr3drw34rerw3raxdwgxcjlb234r";
+          setTimeout(() => {
+            this.value = val;
+            this.change(false);
+            this.pendingForeign = false;
+            console.log("after timeout", this.value);
+          }, 0);
+        }, 0);
+      });
+    }
+  }
+
+  private setListedItems() {
+    if (this.nullable)
+      this.listedItems = [{key: "", value: "N/A"}, {key: null, value: "N/A"}].concat(this.items || []).concat(this.foreignItems || []);
+    else
+      this.listedItems = [].concat(this.items || []).concat(this.foreignItems || []);
+    console.log(this.listedItems, this.value);
     this.updateConst();
   }
 
@@ -73,26 +92,41 @@ export class DropdownInputComponent extends CustomInputComponent implements OnCh
         }
       }
     }
-    console.log(this.readonly, this.listedItems, this.value, this.constVal);
   }
 
   // validates the form, returns null when valid else the validation object
   public validate(c: FormControl): ValidationErrors {
+    console.log(this.initComplete, this.value, this.listedItems);
+    if (!this.initComplete)
+      return null;
     if (this.value===null) {
-      return this.nullable ? null : {notNullable: {valid: false}};
+      return this.nullable ? null : {notNullable: {
+        valid: false,
+        message: "This field is required!"
+      }};
     }
-    for (let i=0; i<this.items.length; i++) {
-      if (this.items[i].key==this.value)
+    for (let i=0; i<this.listedItems.length; i++) {
+      if (this.listedItems[i].key==this.value)
         return null;
     }
-    return {invalidValue: {valid: false}};
+    return {invalidValue: {
+      valid: false,
+      message: "This value is invalid. Please select another value!"
+    }};
   }
 
   // on button click
   protected onChange(value: any): boolean {
     this.value = value;
+    console.log("change", this.value);
 
-    super.change();
+    this.change();
     return false;
   }
+
+  protected touch() {
+    console.log("hehehe", this.pendingForeign);
+    if (!this.pendingForeign)
+      super.touch();
+  }
 }

src/app/modules/dyn-form/inputs/tag-input.component.ts

@@ -1,18 +1,7 @@
-import {Component, forwardRef, Input, Pipe, PipeTransform} from '@angular/core';
+import {Component, forwardRef, Input} from '@angular/core';
 import { NG_VALUE_ACCESSOR, NG_VALIDATORS, FormControl, ValidationErrors } from '@angular/forms';
 import {CustomInputComponent} from "./custom-input.component";
 
-@Pipe({name: 'keys'})
-export class KeysPipe implements PipeTransform {
-  transform(value: Object, args:string[]) : any {
-    let keys = [];
-    for (let key in value) {
-      keys.push({key: key, value: value[key]});
-    }
-    return keys;
-  }
-}
-
 @Component({
   selector: 'tag-input',
   template:
@@ -58,10 +47,9 @@ export class TagInputComponent extends CustomInputComponent {
         this.value[key] = (this.nullable ? null : false);
       }
     }
-    console.log("writeValue", isUpdated, this.value);
 
     if (isUpdated) {
-      setTimeout(() => super.change(), 0);
+      setTimeout(() => this.change(true), 0);
     }
   }
 
@@ -86,7 +74,7 @@ export class TagInputComponent extends CustomInputComponent {
     this.value = Object.assign({}, this.value);
     this.value[key] = value;
 
-    super.change();
+    this.change();
     return false;
   }
 }

src/app/modules/dyn-form/inputs/textarea-input.component.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+import {Component, forwardRef, Input} from '@angular/core';
+import { NG_VALUE_ACCESSOR, NG_VALIDATORS, FormControl, ValidationErrors } from '@angular/forms';
+import {CustomInputComponent} from "./custom-input.component";
+
+@Component({
+  selector: 'textarea-input',
+  template:
+      `
+    <textarea *ngIf="!readonly" (keyup)="onChange($event)">{{value}}</textarea>
+    <span *ngIf="readonly">{{value}}</span>
+  `,
+  providers: [
+    {
+      provide: NG_VALUE_ACCESSOR,
+      useExisting: forwardRef(() => TextareaInputComponent),
+      multi: true,
+    },
+    {
+      provide: NG_VALIDATORS,
+      useExisting: forwardRef(() => TextareaInputComponent),
+      multi: true,
+    }]
+})
+export class TextareaInputComponent extends CustomInputComponent {
+  @Input() readonly: boolean = false;
+  @Input() nullable: boolean = false;
+
+
+  // set initial value
+  public writeValue(obj: any): void {
+    if (obj) {
+      this.value = obj + '';
+    } else {
+      this.value = '';
+    }
+  }
+
+  // validates the form, returns null when valid else the validation object
+  public validate(c: FormControl): ValidationErrors {
+    if (!this.initComplete)
+      return null;
+    return this.nullable || (this.value) ? null : {notNullable: {
+      valid: false,
+      message: "This field is required!"
+    }};
+  }
+
+  // on button click
+  protected onChange($event: KeyboardEvent): void {
+    this.value = $event.target['value'];
+
+    super.change();
+  }
+}

src/app/modules/dyn-form/inputs/textbox-input.component.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,80 @@
+import {Component, forwardRef, Input} from '@angular/core';
+import { NG_VALUE_ACCESSOR, NG_VALIDATORS, FormControl, ValidationErrors } from '@angular/forms';
+import {CustomInputComponent} from "./custom-input.component";
+import {QuestionInterface, QuestionInterfaceCnstr} from '../types/question.interface';
+
+@Component({
+  selector: 'textbox-input',
+  template:
+      `
+    <input *ngIf="!readonly" (keyup)="onChange($event)" [value]="value" [type]="type" [placeholder]="placeholder"/>
+    <span *ngIf="readonly && value">{{value}}</span>
+    <span *ngIf="readonly && !value"><em>No value specified!</em></span>
+  `,
+  providers: [
+    {
+      provide: NG_VALUE_ACCESSOR,
+      useExisting: forwardRef(() => TextboxInputComponent),
+      multi: true,
+    },
+    {
+      provide: NG_VALIDATORS,
+      useExisting: forwardRef(() => TextboxInputComponent),
+      multi: true,
+    }]
+})
+export class TextboxInputComponent extends CustomInputComponent {
+  @Input() readonly: boolean = false;
+  @Input() nullable: boolean = false;
+  @Input() constraints: QuestionInterfaceCnstr = null;
+  @Input() type: string;
+  @Input() placeholder: string;
+
+  // set initial value
+  public writeValue(obj: any): void {
+    if (obj) {
+      this.value = obj + '';
+    } else {
+      this.value = '';
+    }
+  }
+
+  // validates the form, returns null when valid else the validation object
+  public validate(c: FormControl): ValidationErrors {
+    if (!this.initComplete)
+      return null;
+    if (!this.nullable && !this.value)
+      return {notNullable: {
+        valid: false,
+        message: "This field is required!"
+      }};
+    if (!this.constraints)
+      return null;
+    if (this.constraints.maxLength && this.constraints.maxLength <= this.value.length) {
+      return {tooLong: {
+        valid: false,
+        message: "Length is limited to "+this.constraints.maxLength+" characters."
+      }};
+    }
+    if (this.constraints.maxValue) {
+      let valueInt = parseInt(this.value, 10);
+      if (isNaN(valueInt))
+        return {noNumber: {
+          valid: false,
+          message: "This value is not a number "+this.constraints.maxValue+"."
+        }};
+      if (this.constraints.maxValue <= valueInt) {
+        return {tooLarge: {
+          valid: false,
+          message: "Maximal allowed value is "+this.constraints.maxValue+"."
+        }};
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+  // on button click
+  protected onChange($event: KeyboardEvent): void {
+    this.value = $event.target['value'];
+    super.change();
+  }
+}

src/app/modules/dyn-form/services/form.service.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,109 @@
+import { Injectable } from '@angular/core';
+import {HttpCachedService} from '../../../services/http-cached.service';
+import {QuestionInterface} from '../types/question.interface';
+import {ResponseInterface} from '../../../services/response.interface';
+import { Response } from '@angular/http';
+import {FormInterface} from '../types/form.interface';
+
+@Injectable()
+export class FormService {
+  private readonly PREFIX = "/form";
+
+  constructor(private httpCachedService: HttpCachedService) {
+
+  }
+
+  public getForm(path: string, cb: (res: FormInterface, err: any) => void) {
+    this.httpCachedService.getJSON(this.PREFIX+path, {}, (data: ResponseInterface, e: Response | any) => {
+      if (e) {
+        cb(null, e);
+        return;
+      }
+      if (data.meta.code != 0) {
+        cb(null, data.meta);
+        return;
+      }
+      let form: FormInterface = data.data;
+      form.questions = FormService.orderItems(form.questions);
+      form.filters = FormService.orderItems(form.filters);
+      cb(data.data, e);
+    });
+  }
+
+  public getQuestions(cb: (res: QuestionInterface[], err: any) => void) {
+    setTimeout(() => cb(FormService.orderItems([
+      {
+        type: 'flag',
+        description: 'This is a help tooltip',
+        properties: {
+          key: 'flags',
+          label: 'Form Type Flags',
+          order: 3,
+
+          // dropdown && flags
+          options: [{key: 'alpha', value: 'A'}, {key: 'beta', value: 'B'}, {key: 'gamma', value: 'C'}, {key: 'delta', value: 'D'}]
+        }, constraints: {
+        optional: true
+      }
+      }, {
+        type: 'dropdown',
+        description: 'Cool dropdown',
+        properties: {
+          key: 'type',
+          label: 'Dropdown',
+          order: 2,
+          methods: ['insert'],
+
+          // dropdown
+          options: [{key: 'hello', value: 'Hallo'}, {key: 'world', value: 'World'}, {key: 'and', value: 'And'}, {key: 'u', value: 'You'}]
+        }, constraints: {
+          optional: false
+        }
+      }, {
+        type: 'hidden',
+        description: 'ID',
+        properties: {
+          key: 'ID',
+          order: 1
+        }, constraints: {
+          optional: false
+        }
+      }, {
+        type: 'textbox',
+        description: 'This is a very long box. Fill it!',
+        properties: {
+          key: 'textarea',
+          label: 'Textareaaaa',
+          order: 4,
+          specialization: 'world',
+          methods: ['insert']
+        }, constraints: {
+          optional: false
+        }
+      }, {
+        type: 'checkbox',
+        description: 'This is a very long box. Fill it!',
+        properties: {
+          key: 'checki',
+          label: 'To be or not to be?',
+          order: 5
+        }, constraints: {
+          optional: false
+        }
+      }
+    ]), null), 10);
+  }
+
+  private static orderItems(list: QuestionInterface[]): QuestionInterface[] {
+    function compare(a: any, b: any) {
+      if (a.properties.order < b.properties.order)
+        return -1;
+      if (a.properties.order > b.properties.order)
+        return 1;
+      return 0;
+    }
+
+    list.sort(compare);
+    return list;
+  }
+}

src/app/modules/dyn-form/services/question.service.ts

@@ -1,29 +0,0 @@
-import { Injectable } from '@angular/core';
-import {HttpCachedService} from '../../../services/http-cached.service';
-import {QuestionInterface} from '../types/question.interface';
-
-@Injectable()
-export class QuestionService {
-  constructor(private httpCachedService: HttpCachedService) {
-
-  }
-  public getQuestions(cb: (res: QuestionInterface[], err: any) => void) {
-    setTimeout(() => cb([
-      {
-        type: "flag",
-        description: "This is a help tooltip",
-        properties: {
-          key: "flags",
-          label: "Form Type Flags",
-          order: 1,
-
-          // dropdown && flags
-          options: [{key: "alpha", value: "A"}, {key: "beta", value: "B"}]
-        },
-        constraints: {
-          optional: true
-        }
-      }
-    ], null), 4000);
-  }
-}

src/app/modules/dyn-form/services/value.service.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,130 @@
+import { Injectable } from '@angular/core';
+import {HttpCachedService} from '../../../services/http-cached.service';
+import {Response} from '@angular/http';
+import {ResponseInterface} from '../../../services/response.interface';
+
+@Injectable()
+export class ValueService {
+  private readonly PREFIX = "";
+
+  constructor(private httpCachedService: HttpCachedService) {
+
+  }
+
+  public getValue(path: string, id: any, cb: (res: Object, err: any) => void) {
+    this.httpCachedService.getJSON(this.PREFIX+path+"/"+id, {}, (data: ResponseInterface, e: Response | any) => {
+      if (e) {
+        cb(null, e);
+        return;
+      }
+      if (data.meta.code != 0) {
+        cb(null, data.meta);
+        return;
+      }
+      cb(this.unflatObject(data.data[0]), null);
+    });
+  }
+
+  public getValues(path: string, filters: {[_:string]: any}, cb: (res: Object, err: any) => void) {
+    this.httpCachedService.getJSON(this.PREFIX+path, this.flatObject(filters), (data, e) => {
+      if (e) {
+        cb(null, e);
+        return;
+      }
+      if (data.meta.code != 0) {
+        cb(null, data.meta);
+        return;
+      }
+      let ret = data.data;
+      for (let i=0; i<ret.length; i++)
+        ret[i] = this.unflatObject(ret[i]);
+      cb(ret, null);
+    });
+  }
+
+  public postValues(path: string, values: {[_:string]: any}, cb: (res: Object, err: any) => void) {
+    this.httpCachedService.postJSON(this.PREFIX + path, {}, this.flatObject(values), (data, e) => {
+      if (e) {
+        cb(null, e);
+        return;
+      }
+      if (data.meta.code != 0) {
+        cb(null, data.meta);
+        return;
+      }
+      cb(this.unflatObject(data.data[0]), null);
+    });
+  }
+
+  public putValues(path: string, id: any, values: {[_:string]: any}, cb: (res: Object, err: any) => void) {
+    this.httpCachedService.putJSON(this.PREFIX+path+"/"+id, {}, this.flatObject(values), (data, e) => {
+      if (e) {
+        cb(null, e);
+        return;
+      }
+      if (data.meta.code != 0) {
+        cb(null, data.meta);
+        return;
+      }
+      cb(this.unflatObject(data.data[0]), null);
+    });
+  }
+
+  public deleteValues(path: string, id: any, cb: (res: Object, err: any) => void) {
+    this.httpCachedService.deleteJSON(this.PREFIX+path+"/"+id, {}, (data, e) => {
+      if (e) {
+        cb(null, e);
+        return;
+      }
+      if (data.meta.code != 0) {
+        cb(null, data.meta);
+        return;
+      }
+      cb(null, null);
+    });
+  }
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+  private flatObject(obj: {[_:string]: any}, prefix: string = ''): {[_:string]: any} {
+    let ret: {[_:string]: any} = {};
+    if (Object.prototype.toString.call(obj) == "[object Object]") {
+      if (prefix)
+        prefix = prefix+'.';
+      for (let key in obj) {
+        if (obj.hasOwnProperty(key)) {
+          ret = Object.assign(ret, this.flatObject(obj[key], prefix+key));
+        }
+      }
+    } else {
+      ret[prefix] = obj;
+    }
+    return ret;
+  }
+
+  private unflatObject(obj: {[_:string]: any}): {[_:string]: any} {
+    let ret: {[_:string]: any} = {};
+    for (let key in obj) {
+      if (obj.hasOwnProperty(key)) {
+        let strings: string[] = key.split('.');
+        ret = this.addValueToPath(ret, strings, obj[key]);
+      }
+    }
+    return ret;
+  }
+
+  private addValueToPath(obj: {[_:string]: any}, path: string[], value: any) {
+    let key = path.shift();
+    if (!path || !path.length)
+      return Object.assign(obj, {[key]: value});
+    if (!obj.hasOwnProperty(key))
+      obj[key] = {};
+    obj[key] = Object.assign(obj[key], this.addValueToPath(obj[key], path, value));
+    return obj;
+  }
+}

src/app/modules/dyn-form/types/form.interface.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+import {QuestionInterface} from './question.interface';
+export interface FormInterface {
+  description: string,
+  uri: string,
+  name: string,
+  questions: QuestionInterface[],
+  filters: QuestionInterface[]
+}

src/app/modules/dyn-form/types/keys.pipe.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+import {Pipe, PipeTransform} from '@angular/core';
+
+@Pipe({name: 'keys'})
+export class KeysPipe implements PipeTransform {
+  transform(value: Object, args:string[]) : any {
+    let keys = [];
+    for (let key in value) {
+      keys.push({key: key, value: value[key]});
+    }
+    return keys;
+  }
+}

src/app/modules/dyn-form/types/question.interface.ts

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 export interface QuestionInterface {
-  type: "flag"|"textbox"|"textarea"|"hidden"|"dropdown",
+  type: "flag"|"textbox"|"textarea"|"hidden"|"dropdown"|"checkbox",
   description: string,
   properties: {
     key: string,
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ export interface QuestionInterface {
     order: number,
 
     methods?: Array<string>,
-    spezialization?: string,
+    specialization?: string,
 
     // textbox
     type?: string,
@@ -19,13 +19,15 @@ export interface QuestionInterface {
     // dropdown & flag
     options?: {key: string, value: string}[],
   },
-  constraints: {
-    optional: boolean,
-
-    // textbox - string
-    maxLength?: number,
-
-    // textbox - number
-    maxValue?: number
-  }
+  constraints: QuestionInterfaceCnstr
+}
+
+export interface QuestionInterfaceCnstr {
+  optional: boolean,
+
+  // textbox - string
+  maxLength?: number,
+
+  // textbox - number
+  maxValue?: number
 }

src/app/services/hello.service.ts

@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-import { Injectable } from '@angular/core';
-
-@Injectable()
-export class HelloService {
-  sayHello(): void {
-    console.log("Hello world from my Service!");
-  }
-}

src/app/services/http-cached.service.ts

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import { ResponseInterface } from './response.interface';
 export class HttpCachedService extends HttpService {
   private _stored: any = {}; // {data: ResponseInterface, e: Response}
 
-  get refreshTime() {
+  static get refreshTime() {
     return 3*1000;
   }
 
@@ -16,45 +16,44 @@ export class HttpCachedService extends HttpService {
   }
 
   getJSON(uri: string, query: {[propName: string]: any}, dataFunc: (data: ResponseInterface, e: Response | any) => void) {
-    var hash: string = this._hashRequest("GET", uri, query);
+    const hash: string = this._hashRequest('GET', uri, query);
     if (this._stored.hasOwnProperty(hash)) {
       if (this._stored[hash] instanceof Array) {
         // pending request, add to event emitter
         this._stored[hash].push(dataFunc);
       } else {
-        // request alredy stored, send result
+        // request already stored, send result
         dataFunc(this._stored[hash].data, this._stored[hash].e);
       }
     } else {
       // fulfil request, no matching request stored
       this._stored[hash] = [];
       super.getJSON(uri, query, (data, e) => {
-        // request recieved, emit to caller and event subscriber
+        // request received, emit to caller and event subscriber
         dataFunc(data, e);
-        for (var i = this._stored[hash].length - 1; i >= 0; i--) {
+        for (let i = this._stored[hash].length - 1; i >= 0; i--) {
           this._stored[hash][i](data, e);
         }
         this._stored[hash] = {
           data: data,
           e: e
         };
-        var that = this;
-        setTimeout(function() {
-          delete that._stored[hash];
-        }, this.refreshTime);
+        setTimeout(() => {
+          delete this._stored[hash];
+        }, HttpCachedService.refreshTime);
       });
     }
   }
 
   private _hashRequest(method: string, uri: string, query?: Object): string {
     function objectToString(obj: Object = {}) {
-      var keys: string[] = [];
-      var result: string = '{';
-      for (var key in obj)
+      const keys: string[] = [];
+      let result: string = '{';
+      for (let key in obj)
         if (obj.hasOwnProperty(key))
           keys.push(key);
       keys.sort();
-      for (var i = keys.length - 1; i >= 0; i--) {
+      for (let i = keys.length - 1; i >= 0; i--) {
         result += keys[i]+':"'+obj[keys[i]]+'",'
       }
       result += '}';

src/app/services/http.service.ts

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import { HttpBaseService } from './http-base.service';
 @Injectable()
 export class HttpService extends HttpBaseService {
   get httpBase() {
-    return "http://ccrruby1-1:3085";
+    return "http://localhost:5000";
     //return '/public/mocks';
   }
   get httpSuffix() {

src/tsconfig.json

@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@
     "module": "commonjs",
     "moduleResolution": "node",
     "sourceMap": true,
-    "mapRoot":"/src/",
-    "sourceRoot":"/src/",
+    "mapRoot":"/",
+    "sourceRoot":"/src/app",
     "emitDecoratorMetadata": true,
     "experimentalDecorators": true,
     "lib": [ "es2015", "dom" ],