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 = {};
          let subgroupFieldset: any = {};
          let fieldset: boolean = false;
          group.groupFields.forEach(field => {
              //if(field.attributes.validation != undefined)
                // field.attributes.validation.forEach(val => {
                //     if (val.ruleStyle.toString()=="existence"){
                //         field.required = true;
                //     }
                //     if (val.ruleStyle.toString()=="regex"){
                //         field.regex = val.regex;
                //     }
                // });
            subgroup[field.key] = field.required ? new FormControl(field.value || '', Validators.required) : new FormControl(field.value || '')

            if (group.compositeFields!=undefined){
                fieldset = true;
                group.compositeFields.groupFields.forEach(field => {
                    //subgroupFieldset[field.key] = field.required ? new FormControl(field.value || '', Validators.required) : new FormControl(field.value || '')
                    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
          if (fieldset){
            //subgroup["FieldSet"+ group.key] = form[group.key] = new FormGroup(subgroupFieldset);
            form[group.key] = new FormGroup(subgroup); 
          }
          
        else
             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);
    }
      
    
}