Merge branch 'DSpace:main' into orcid-settings-button-accessibility

Author: doana

src/app/shared/form/builder/ds-dynamic-form-ui/models/dynamic-vocabulary.component.ts

@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ export abstract class DsDynamicVocabularyComponent extends DynamicFormControlCom
    */
   getInitValueFromModel(): Observable<FormFieldMetadataValueObject> {
     let initValue$: Observable<FormFieldMetadataValueObject>;
-    if (isNotEmpty(this.model.value) && (this.model.value instanceof FormFieldMetadataValueObject)) {
+    if (isNotEmpty(this.model.value) && (this.model.value instanceof FormFieldMetadataValueObject) && !this.model.value.hasAuthorityToGenerate()) {
       let initEntry$: Observable<VocabularyEntry>;
       if (this.model.value.hasAuthority()) {
         initEntry$ = this.vocabularyService.getVocabularyEntryByID(this.model.value.authority, this.model.vocabularyOptions);

src/app/shared/form/builder/models/form-field-metadata-value.model.ts

@@ -11,6 +11,10 @@ export interface OtherInformation {
  * A class representing a specific input-form field's value
  */
 export class FormFieldMetadataValueObject implements MetadataValueInterface {
+
+  static readonly AUTHORITY_SPLIT: string = '::';
+  static readonly AUTHORITY_GENERATE: string = 'will be generated' + FormFieldMetadataValueObject.AUTHORITY_SPLIT;
+
   metadata?: string;
   value: any;
   display: string;
@@ -58,6 +62,13 @@ export class FormFieldMetadataValueObject implements MetadataValueInterface {
     return isNotEmpty(this.authority);
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Returns true if this object has an authority value that needs to be generated
+   */
+  hasAuthorityToGenerate(): boolean {
+    return isNotEmpty(this.authority) && this.authority.startsWith(FormFieldMetadataValueObject.AUTHORITY_GENERATE);
+  }
+
   /**
    * Returns true if this this object has a value
    */