argos/dmp-frontend/src/app/services/field-control.service.ts

import { Injectable } from '@angular/core';
import { FormControl, FormGroup, Validators } from '@angular/forms';

import { FieldBase } from '../../app/form/fields/field-base';
import { GroupBase } from '../form/dynamic-form-group/group-base';

@Injectable()
export class FieldControlService {
    constructor(){ }
    
    
    toFormGroup(fields: FieldBase<any>[], groups: GroupBase<any>[]){
      
        let form: any = {};
      
        groups.forEach(group => {
          let subgroup: any = {};
          group.groupFields.forEach(field => {
              if(field.attributes.validation != undefined)
                field.attributes.validation.forEach(val => {
                    if (val.ruleStyle.toString()=="existence"){
                        field.required = true;
                    }
                });
            subgroup[field.key] = field.required ? new FormControl(field.value || '', Validators.required) : new FormControl(field.value || '')
          });
          //PLEASE CHANGE THE group.key TO BE SAME AS THE ONE ON THE DYNAMIC-FORM-GROUP-COMPONENT.html
          form[group.key] = new FormGroup(subgroup); 
          console.log("FORM_GROUP_GROUP: ");
          console.log(form);
        });
        //add also the spare fields into the form
        fields.forEach(field => {
            form[field.key] = field.required ? new FormControl(field.value || '', Validators.required) : new FormControl(field.value || '')
        });
        
        console.log("FORM_GROUP: ");
        console.log(form);
        return new FormGroup(form);
    }
      
    
}