@firecms/core 3.0.0-canary.98 → 3.0.0-rc.1

package/src/form/EntityForm.tsx

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+import React, { useCallback, useDeferredValue, useEffect, useMemo, useRef, useState } from "react";
+import {
+    AuthController,
+    CMSAnalyticsEvent,
+    Entity,
+    EntityCollection,
+    EntityCustomViewParams,
+    EntityStatus,
+    EntityValues,
+    FormContext,
+    PluginFormActionProps,
+    PropertyConfig,
+    PropertyFieldBindingProps,
+    ResolvedEntityCollection
+} from "../types";
+import equal from "react-fast-compare";
+
+import { ErrorBoundary, getFormFieldKeys } from "../components";
+import {
+    getDefaultValuesFor,
+    getEntityTitlePropertyKey,
+    getValueInPath,
+    isHidden,
+    isReadOnly,
+    mergeDeep,
+    resolveCollection,
+    useDebouncedCallback
+} from "../util";
+
+import {
+    saveEntityWithCallbacks,
+    useAuthController,
+    useCustomizationController,
+    useDataSource,
+    useFireCMSContext, useNavigationController,
+    useSideEntityController,
+    useSnackbarController
+} from "../hooks";
+import { Alert, CheckIcon, Chip, cls, EditIcon, NotesIcon, paperMixin, Tooltip, Typography } from "@firecms/ui";
+import { Formex, FormexController, getIn, setIn, useCreateFormex } from "@firecms/formex";
+import { useAnalyticsController } from "../hooks/useAnalyticsController";
+import { FormEntry, FormLayout, LabelWithIconAndTooltip, PropertyFieldBinding } from "../form";
+import { ValidationError } from "yup";
+import { removeEntityFromCache, saveEntityToCache } from "../util/entity_cache";
+import { CustomIdField } from "../form/components/CustomIdField";
+import { ErrorFocus } from "../form/components/ErrorFocus";
+import { CustomFieldValidator, getYupEntitySchema } from "../form/validation";
+import { EntityFormActions, EntityFormActionsProps } from "./EntityFormActions";
+
+export type OnUpdateParams = {
+    entity: Entity<any>,
+    status: EntityStatus,
+    path: string,
+    entityId?: string;
+    selectedTab?: string;
+    collection: EntityCollection<any>
+};
+
+export type EntityFormProps<M extends Record<string, any>> = {
+    path: string;
+    fullIdPath?: string;
+    collection: EntityCollection<M>;
+    entityId?: string;
+    entity?: Entity<M>;
+    databaseId?: string;
+    onIdChange?: (id: string) => void;
+    onValuesModified?: (modified: boolean) => void;
+    onSaved?: (params: OnUpdateParams) => void;
+    initialDirtyValues?: Partial<M>; // dirty cached entity in memory
+    onFormContextReady?: (formContext: FormContext) => void;
+    forceActionsAtTheBottom?: boolean;
+    className?: string;
+    initialStatus: EntityStatus;
+    onStatusChange?: (status: EntityStatus) => void;
+    onEntityChange?: (entity: Entity<M>) => void;
+    formex?: FormexController<M>;
+    openEntityMode?: "side_panel" | "full_screen";
+    /**
+     * If true, the form will be disabled and no actions will be available
+     */
+    disabled?: boolean;
+    /**
+     * Include the copy and delete actions in the form
+     */
+    showDefaultActions?: boolean;
+
+    /**
+     * Display the entity path in the form
+     */
+    showEntityPath?: boolean;
+
+    EntityFormActionsComponent?: React.FC<EntityFormActionsProps>;
+
+    Builder?: React.ComponentType<EntityCustomViewParams<M>>;
+
+    children?: React.ReactNode;
+};
+
+export function EntityForm<M extends Record<string, any>>({
+                                                              path,
+                                                              fullIdPath,
+                                                              entityId: entityIdProp,
+                                                              collection,
+                                                              onValuesModified,
+                                                              onIdChange,
+                                                              onSaved,
+                                                              entity,
+                                                              initialDirtyValues,
+                                                              onFormContextReady,
+                                                              forceActionsAtTheBottom,
+                                                              initialStatus,
+                                                              className,
+                                                              onStatusChange,
+                                                              onEntityChange,
+                                                              openEntityMode = "full_screen",
+                                                              formex: formexProp,
+                                                              disabled: disabledProp,
+                                                              Builder,
+                                                              EntityFormActionsComponent = EntityFormActions,
+                                                              showDefaultActions = true,
+                                                              showEntityPath = true,
+                                                              children
+                                                          }: EntityFormProps<M>) {
+
+    if (collection.customId && collection.formAutoSave) {
+        console.warn(`The collection ${collection.path} has customId and formAutoSave enabled. This is not supported and formAutoSave will be ignored`);
+    }
+
+
+    const sideEntityController = useSideEntityController();
+    const navigationController = useNavigationController();
+
+    const navigateBack = useCallback(() => {
+        if (openEntityMode === "side_panel") {
+            // If we are in side panel mode, we close the side panel
+            sideEntityController.close();
+        } else {
+            window.history.back();
+        }
+    }, []);
+
+    const authController = useAuthController();
+    const [status, setStatus] = useState<EntityStatus>(initialStatus);
+
+    const updateStatus = (status: EntityStatus) => {
+        setStatus(status);
+        onStatusChange?.(status);
+    };
+
+    const [valuesToBeSaved, setValuesToBeSaved] = useState<EntityValues<M> | undefined>(undefined);
+    useDebouncedCallback(valuesToBeSaved, () => {
+        if (valuesToBeSaved)
+            saveEntity({
+                entityId: entityIdProp,
+                collection,
+                path,
+                values: valuesToBeSaved
+            });
+    }, false, 2000);
+
+    const dataSource = useDataSource(collection);
+    const snackbarController = useSnackbarController();
+    const customizationController = useCustomizationController();
+    const context = useFireCMSContext();
+    const analyticsController = useAnalyticsController();
+
+    const [underlyingChanges, setUnderlyingChanges] = useState<Partial<EntityValues<M>>>({});
+
+    const [customIdLoading, setCustomIdLoading] = useState<boolean>(false);
+
+    const mustSetCustomId: boolean = (status === "new" || status === "copy") &&
+        (Boolean(collection.customId) && collection.customId !== "optional");
+
+    const initialEntityId: string | undefined = useMemo((): string | undefined => {
+        if (status === "new" || status === "copy") {
+            if (mustSetCustomId) {
+                return undefined;
+            } else {
+                return dataSource.generateEntityId(path, collection);
+            }
+        } else {
+            return entityIdProp;
+        }
+    }, [entityIdProp, status]);
+
+    const [entityId, setEntityId] = useState<string | undefined>(initialEntityId);
+    const [entityIdError, setEntityIdError] = useState<boolean>(false);
+    const [savingError, setSavingError] = useState<Error | undefined>();
+
+    const autoSave = collection.formAutoSave && !collection.customId;
+
+    const onSubmit = (values: EntityValues<M>, formexController: FormexController<EntityValues<M>>) => {
+
+        if (mustSetCustomId && !entityId) {
+            console.error("Missing custom Id");
+            setEntityIdError(true);
+            formexController.setSubmitting(false);
+            return;
+        }
+
+        setSavingError(undefined);
+        setEntityIdError(false);
+
+        if (status === "existing") {
+            if (!entity?.id) throw Error("Form misconfiguration when saving, no id for existing entity");
+        } else if (status === "new" || status === "copy") {
+            if (collection.customId) {
+                if (collection.customId !== "optional" && !entityId) {
+                    throw Error("Form misconfiguration when saving, entityId should be set");
+                }
+            }
+        } else {
+            throw Error("New FormType added, check EntityForm");
+        }
+
+        return save(values)
+            ?.then(_ => {
+                formexController.resetForm({
+                    values,
+                    submitCount: 0,
+                    touched: {}
+                });
+            })
+            .finally(() => {
+                formexController.setSubmitting(false);
+            });
+    };
+
+    const formex: FormexController<M> = formexProp ?? useCreateFormex<M>({
+        initialValues: (initialDirtyValues ?? getInitialEntityValues(authController, collection, path, status, entity, customizationController.propertyConfigs)) as M,
+        initialDirty: Boolean(initialDirtyValues),
+        onSubmit,
+        onReset: () => {
+            clearDirtyCache();
+            onValuesModified?.(false);
+        },
+        validation: (values) => {
+            return validationSchema?.validate(values, { abortEarly: false })
+                .then(() => {
+                    return {};
+                })
+                .catch((e: any) => {
+                    return yupToFormErrors(e);
+                });
+        }
+    });
+
+    useEffect(() => {
+
+        const handleKeyDown = (e: KeyboardEvent) => {
+            const isUndo = (e.metaKey || e.ctrlKey) && !e.shiftKey && e.key.toLowerCase() === "z";
+            const isRedo =
+                ((e.metaKey || e.ctrlKey) && e.shiftKey && e.key.toLowerCase() === "z") ||
+                ((e.metaKey || e.ctrlKey) && !e.shiftKey && e.key.toLowerCase() === "y");
+
+            if (isUndo && formex.canUndo) {
+                e.preventDefault();
+                formex.undo();
+            } else if (isRedo && formex.canRedo) {
+                e.preventDefault();
+                formex.redo();
+            }
+        };
+
+        window.addEventListener("keydown", handleKeyDown);
+        return () => window.removeEventListener("keydown", handleKeyDown);
+
+    }, [formex]);
+
+    const resolvedCollection = useMemo(() => resolveCollection<M>({
+        collection,
+        path,
+        entityId,
+        values: formex.values,
+        previousValues: formex.initialValues,
+        propertyConfigs: customizationController.propertyConfigs,
+        authController
+    }), [collection, path, entityId, formex.values, formex.initialValues, customizationController.propertyConfigs]);
+
+    const onPreSaveHookError = useCallback((e: Error) => {
+        snackbarController.open({
+            type: "error",
+            message: "Error before saving: " + e?.message
+        });
+        console.error(e);
+    }, [snackbarController]);
+
+    const onSaveSuccessHookError = useCallback((e: Error) => {
+        snackbarController.open({
+            type: "error",
+            message: "Error after saving (entity is saved): " + e?.message
+        });
+        console.error(e);
+    }, [snackbarController]);
+
+    function clearDirtyCache() {
+        if (status === "new" || status === "copy") {
+            removeEntityFromCache(path + "#new");
+        } else {
+            removeEntityFromCache(path + "/" + entityId);
+        }
+    }
+
+    const onSaveSuccess = (updatedEntity: Entity<M>) => {
+
+        clearDirtyCache();
+        onValuesModified?.(false);
+        if (!autoSave)
+            snackbarController.open({
+                type: "success",
+                message: `${collection.singularName ?? collection.name}: Saved correctly`
+            });
+        onEntityChange?.(updatedEntity);
+        updateStatus("existing");
+        setEntityId(updatedEntity.id);
+
+        if (onSaved) {
+            onSaved({
+                entity: updatedEntity,
+                status,
+                path,
+                entityId: updatedEntity.id,
+                collection
+            });
+        }
+    };
+
+    const onSaveFailure = useCallback((e: Error) => {
+        snackbarController.open({
+            type: "error",
+            message: "Error saving: " + e?.message
+        });
+        console.error("Error saving entity", path, entityId);
+        console.error(e);
+    }, [entityId, path, snackbarController]);
+
+    const saveEntity = ({
+                            values,
+                            previousValues,
+                            entityId,
+                            collection,
+                            path
+                        }: {
+        collection: EntityCollection<M>,
+        path: string,
+        entityId: string | undefined,
+        values: M,
+        previousValues?: M,
+    }) => {
+        return saveEntityWithCallbacks({
+            path,
+            entityId,
+            values,
+            previousValues,
+            collection,
+            status,
+            dataSource,
+            context,
+            onSaveSuccess,
+            onSaveFailure,
+            onPreSaveHookError,
+            onSaveSuccessHookError
+        }).then();
+    };
+
+    type EntityFormSaveParams<M extends Record<string, any>> = {
+        collection: ResolvedEntityCollection<M>,
+        path: string,
+        entityId: string | undefined,
+        values: EntityValues<M>,
+        previousValues?: EntityValues<M>,
+        autoSave: boolean
+    };
+
+    const onSaveEntityRequest = async ({
+                                           collection,
+                                           path,
+                                           entityId,
+                                           values,
+                                           previousValues,
+                                           autoSave
+                                       }: EntityFormSaveParams<M>): Promise<void> => {
+        if (!status)
+            return;
+        if (autoSave) {
+            setValuesToBeSaved(values);
+        } else {
+            return saveEntity({
+                collection,
+                path,
+                entityId,
+                values,
+                previousValues
+            });
+        }
+    };
+
+    const lastSavedValues = useRef<EntityValues<M> | undefined>(entity?.values);
+    const save = (values: EntityValues<M>): Promise<void> => {
+        lastSavedValues.current = values;
+        return onSaveEntityRequest({
+            collection: resolvedCollection,
+            path,
+            entityId,
+            values,
+            previousValues: entity?.values,
+            autoSave: autoSave ?? false
+        }).then((res) => {
+            const eventName: CMSAnalyticsEvent = status === "new"
+                ? "new_entity_saved"
+                : (status === "copy" ? "entity_copied" : (status === "existing" ? "entity_edited" : "unmapped_event"));
+            analyticsController.onAnalyticsEvent?.(eventName, { path });
+        }).catch(e => {
+            console.error(e);
+            setSavingError(e);
+        });
+    };
+
+    const disabled = formex.isSubmitting || Boolean(disabledProp);
+
+    const formContext: FormContext<M> = {
+        // @ts-ignore
+        setFieldValue: useCallback(formex.setFieldValue, []),
+        values: formex.values,
+        collection: resolvedCollection,
+        entityId: entityId as string,
+        path,
+        save,
+        formex,
+        entity,
+        savingError,
+        status,
+        openEntityMode,
+        disabled
+    };
+
+    useEffect(() => {
+        onFormContextReady?.(formContext);
+    }, [formex.version, resolvedCollection, entityId, path]);
+
+    const onIdUpdateError = useCallback((error: any) => {
+        snackbarController.open({
+            type: "error",
+            message: "Error updating id, check the console"
+        });
+    }, []);
+
+    const pluginActions: React.ReactNode[] = [];
+    const plugins = customizationController.plugins;
+
+    const actionsDisabled = disabled || formex.isSubmitting || (status === "existing" && !formex.dirty) || Boolean(disabledProp);
+    const parentCollectionIds = navigationController.getParentCollectionIds(path);
+
+    if (plugins && collection) {
+        const actionProps: PluginFormActionProps = {
+            entityId,
+            parentCollectionIds,
+            path,
+            status,
+            collection,
+            context,
+            formContext,
+            openEntityMode,
+            disabled: actionsDisabled,
+        };
+        pluginActions.push(...plugins.map((plugin) => (
+            plugin.form?.Actions
+                ? <plugin.form.Actions
+                    key={`actions_${plugin.key}`} {...actionProps} />
+                : null
+        )).filter(Boolean));
+    }
+
+    const titlePropertyKey = getEntityTitlePropertyKey(resolvedCollection, customizationController.propertyConfigs);
+    const title = (formex.values && titlePropertyKey ? getValueInPath(formex.values, titlePropertyKey) : undefined)
+        ?? collection.singularName
+        ?? collection.name;
+
+    const onIdUpdate = collection.callbacks?.onIdUpdate;
+    const doOnIdUpdate = useCallback(async () => {
+        if (onIdUpdate && formex.values && (status === "new" || status === "copy")) {
+            setCustomIdLoading(true);
+            try {
+                const updatedId = await onIdUpdate({
+                    collection: resolvedCollection,
+                    path,
+                    entityId,
+                    values: formex.values,
+                    context
+                });
+                setEntityId(updatedId);
+            } catch (e) {
+                onIdUpdateError?.(e);
+                console.error(e);
+            }
+            setCustomIdLoading(false);
+        }
+    }, [entityId, formex.values, status, onIdUpdate, resolvedCollection, path, context, onIdUpdateError]);
+
+    useEffect(() => {
+        doOnIdUpdate();
+    }, [doOnIdUpdate]);
+
+    useEffect(() => {
+        if (!autoSave) {
+            onValuesModified?.(modified);
+        }
+    }, [formex.dirty]);
+
+    const deferredValues = useDeferredValue(formex.values);
+    const modified = formex.dirty;
+
+    const uniqueFieldValidator: CustomFieldValidator = useCallback(({
+                                                                        name,
+                                                                        value,
+                                                                        property
+                                                                    }) => dataSource.checkUniqueField(path, name, value, entityId, collection),
+        [dataSource, path, entityId]);
+
+    const validationSchema = useMemo(() => entityId
+            ? getYupEntitySchema(
+                entityId,
+                resolvedCollection.properties,
+                uniqueFieldValidator)
+            : undefined,
+        [entityId, resolvedCollection.properties, uniqueFieldValidator]);
+
+    useEffect(() => {
+        const key = (status === "new" || status === "copy") ? path + "#new" : path + "/" + entityId;
+        if (modified) {
+            saveEntityToCache(key, deferredValues);
+        }
+    }, [deferredValues, modified, path, entityId, status]);
+
+    useOnAutoSave(autoSave, formex, lastSavedValues, save);
+
+    useEffect(() => {
+        if (!autoSave && !formex.isSubmitting && underlyingChanges && entity) {
+            // we update the form fields from the Firestore data
+            // if they were not touched
+            Object.entries(underlyingChanges).forEach(([key, value]) => {
+                const formValue = formex.values[key];
+                if (!equal(value, formValue) && !formex.touched[key]) {
+                    console.debug("Updated value from the datasource:", key, value);
+                    formex.setFieldValue(key, value !== undefined ? value : null);
+                }
+            });
+        }
+    }, [formex.isSubmitting, autoSave, underlyingChanges, entity, formex.values, formex.touched, formex.setFieldValue]);
+
+    const formFieldKeys = getFormFieldKeys(resolvedCollection);
+
+    const formFields = () => {
+
+        if (Builder) {
+            return <Builder
+                collection={collection}
+                entity={entity}
+                modifiedValues={formex.values}
+                formContext={formContext}
+            />;
+        }
+        return (
+            <FormLayout>
+                {formFieldKeys.map((key) => {
+                    const property = resolvedCollection.properties[key];
+                    if (property) {
+                        const underlyingValueHasChanged: boolean =
+                            !!underlyingChanges &&
+                            Object.keys(underlyingChanges).includes(key) &&
+                            formex.touched[key];
+                        const disabled = disabledProp || (!autoSave && formex.isSubmitting) || isReadOnly(property) || Boolean(property.disabled);
+                        const hidden = isHidden(property);
+                        if (hidden) return null;
+                        const widthPercentage = property.widthPercentage ?? 100;
+                        const cmsFormFieldProps: PropertyFieldBindingProps<any, M> = {
+                            propertyKey: key,
+                            disabled,
+                            property,
+                            includeDescription: property.description || property.longDescription,
+                            underlyingValueHasChanged: underlyingValueHasChanged && !autoSave,
+                            context: formContext,
+                            partOfArray: false,
+                            minimalistView: false,
+                            autoFocus: false
+                        };
+
+                        return (
+                            <FormEntry propertyKey={key}
+                                       widthPercentage={widthPercentage}
+                                       key={`field_${key}`}>
+                                <PropertyFieldBinding {...cmsFormFieldProps} />
+                            </FormEntry>
+                        );
+                    }
+
+                    const additionalField = resolvedCollection.additionalFields?.find(f => f.key === key);
+                    if (additionalField && entity) {
+                        const Builder = additionalField.Builder;
+                        if (!Builder && !additionalField.value) {
+                            throw new Error("When using additional fields you need to provide a Builder or a value");
+                        }
+                        const child = Builder
+                            ? <Builder entity={entity} context={context}/>
+                            : <div className={"w-full"}>
+                                {additionalField.value?.({
+                                    entity,
+                                    context
+                                })?.toString()}
+                            </div>;
+
+                        return (
+                            <div key={`additional_${key}`} className={"w-full"}>
+                                <LabelWithIconAndTooltip
+                                    propertyKey={key}
+                                    icon={<NotesIcon size={"small"}/>}
+                                    title={additionalField.name}
+                                    className={"text-text-secondary dark:text-text-secondary-dark ml-3.5"}/>
+                                <div
+                                    className={cls(paperMixin, "w-full min-h-14 p-4 md:p-6 overflow-x-scroll no-scrollbar")}>
+                                    <ErrorBoundary>
+                                        {child}
+                                    </ErrorBoundary>
+                                </div>
+                            </div>
+                        );
+                    }
+
+                    console.warn(`Property ${key} not found in collection ${resolvedCollection.name} in properties or additional fields. Skipping.`);
+                    return null;
+                }).filter(Boolean)}
+            </FormLayout>
+        );
+    };
+
+    const formRef = useRef<HTMLDivElement>(null);
+
+    const formView = <ErrorBoundary>
+        <>
+            {!Builder && <div className={"w-full py-2 flex flex-col items-start my-4 lg:my-6"}>
+                <Typography
+                    className={"my-4 flex-grow line-clamp-1 " + (collection.hideIdFromForm ? "mb-6" : "")}
+                    variant={"h4"}>
+                    {title ?? collection.singularName ?? collection.name}
+                </Typography>
+
+                {!entity?.values && initialStatus === "existing" &&
+                    <Alert color={"warning"} size={"small"} outerClassName={"w-full mb-4 text-xs"}>
+                        This entity does not exist in the database
+                    </Alert>}
+
+                {showEntityPath && <Alert color={"base"} outerClassName={"w-full"} size={"small"}>
+                    <code
+                        className={"text-xs select-all text-text-secondary dark:text-text-secondary-dark"}>
+                        {entity?.path ?? path}/{entityId}
+                    </code>
+                </Alert>}
+            </div>}
+
+            {children}
+
+            {initialEntityId && !entity && initialStatus !== "new" && <Alert color={"info"} size={"small"}>
+                This entity does not exist in the database
+            </Alert>}
+
+            {!Builder && !collection.hideIdFromForm &&
+                <CustomIdField customId={collection.customId}
+                               entityId={entityId}
+                               status={status}
+                               onChange={setEntityId}
+                               error={entityIdError}
+                               loading={customIdLoading}
+                               entity={entity}/>
+            }
+
+            {entityId && formContext && <>
+                <div className="mt-12 flex flex-col gap-8" ref={formRef}>
+                    {formFields()}
+                    <ErrorFocus containerRef={formRef}/>
+                </div>
+            </>}
+
+            {forceActionsAtTheBottom && <div className="h-16"/>}
+        </>
+    </ErrorBoundary>;
+
+    useEffect(() => {
+        if (entityId && onIdChange)
+            onIdChange(entityId);
+    }, [entityId, onIdChange]);
+
+    if (!resolvedCollection || !path) {
+        throw Error("INTERNAL: Collection and path must be defined in form context");
+    }
+
+    const dialogActions = <EntityFormActionsComponent
+        collection={resolvedCollection}
+        path={path}
+        fullPath={path}
+        fullIdPath={fullIdPath}
+        entity={entity}
+        layout={forceActionsAtTheBottom ? "bottom" : "side"}
+        savingError={savingError}
+        formex={formex}
+        disabled={actionsDisabled}
+        status={status}
+        pluginActions={pluginActions ?? []}
+        openEntityMode={openEntityMode}
+        showDefaultActions={showDefaultActions}
+        navigateBack={navigateBack}
+        formContext={formContext}
+    />;
+
+    return (
+        <Formex value={formex}>
+            <form
+                onSubmit={formex.handleSubmit}
+                onReset={() => formex.resetForm({
+                    values: getInitialEntityValues(authController, collection, path, status, entity, customizationController.propertyConfigs) as M
+                })}
+                noValidate
+                className={cls("flex-1 flex flex-row w-full overflow-y-auto justify-center", className)}>
+                <div
+                    id={`form_${path}`}
+                    className={cls("relative flex flex-row max-w-4xl lg:max-w-3xl xl:max-w-4xl 2xl:max-w-6xl w-full h-fit")}>
+
+                    <div className={cls("flex flex-col w-full pt-12 pb-16 px-4 sm:px-8 md:px-10")}>
+
+                        {formex.dirty
+                            ? <Tooltip title={"Local unsaved changes"}
+                                       className={"self-end sticky top-4 z-10"}>
+                                <Chip size={"small"} colorScheme={"orangeDarker"}>
+                                    <EditIcon size={"smallest"}/>
+                                </Chip>
+                            </Tooltip>
+                            : <Tooltip title={"In sync with the database"}
+                                       className={"self-end sticky top-4 z-10"}>
+                                <Chip size={"small"}>
+                                    <CheckIcon size={"smallest"}/>
+                                </Chip>
+                            </Tooltip>}
+
+                        {formView}
+
+                    </div>
+
+                </div>
+                {dialogActions}
+            </form>
+
+        </Formex>
+    );
+}
+
+function getInitialEntityValues<M extends object>(
+    authController: AuthController,
+    collection: EntityCollection,
+    path: string,
+    status: "new" | "existing" | "copy",
+    entity: Entity<M> | undefined,
+    propertyConfigs?: Record<string, PropertyConfig>,
+): Partial<EntityValues<M>> {
+    const resolvedCollection = resolveCollection({
+        collection,
+        path,
+        values: entity?.values,
+        propertyConfigs,
+        authController
+    });
+    const properties = resolvedCollection.properties;
+    if ((status === "existing" || status === "copy") && entity) {
+        if (!collection.alwaysApplyDefaultValues) {
+            return entity.values ?? getDefaultValuesFor(properties);
+        } else {
+            const defaultValues = getDefaultValuesFor(properties);
+            return mergeDeep(defaultValues, entity.values ?? {});
+        }
+    } else if (status === "new") {
+        return getDefaultValuesFor(properties);
+    } else {
+        console.error({
+            status,
+            entity
+        });
+        throw new Error("Form has not been initialised with the correct parameters");
+    }
+}
+
+export function yupToFormErrors(yupError: ValidationError): Record<string, any> {
+    let errors: Record<string, any> = {};
+    if (yupError.inner) {
+        if (yupError.inner.length === 0) {
+            return setIn(errors, yupError.path!, yupError.message);
+        }
+        for (const err of yupError.inner) {
+            if (!getIn(errors, err.path!)) {
+                errors = setIn(errors, err.path!, err.message);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+    return errors;
+}
+
+function useOnAutoSave(autoSave: undefined | boolean, formex: FormexController<any>, lastSavedValues: any, save: (values: EntityValues<any>) => Promise<void>) {
+    if (!autoSave) return;
+    useEffect(() => {
+        if (autoSave) {
+            if (formex.values && !equal(formex.values, lastSavedValues.current)) {
+                save(formex.values);
+            }
+        }
+    }, [formex.values]);
+}
+