Working with Lists

ListService is a utility service to provide easy pagination, sorting, and search implementation.

Getting Started

ListService is not provided in root. The reason is, this way, it will clear any subscriptions on component destroy. You may use the optional LIST_QUERY_DEBOUNCE_TIME token to adjust the debounce behavior.

import { ListService } from '@abp/ng.core';
import { BookDto } from '../models';
import { BookService } from '../services';

@Component({
  /* class metadata here */
  providers: [
    // [Required]
    ListService,

    // [Optional]
    // Provide this token if you want a different debounce time.
    // Default is 300. Cannot be 0. Any value below 100 is not recommended.
    { provide: LIST_QUERY_DEBOUNCE_TIME, useValue: 500 },
  ],
  template: `
    
  `,
})
class BookComponent {
  items: BookDto[] = [];
  count = 0;

  constructor(
    public readonly list: ListService,
    private bookService: BookService,
  ) {
    // change ListService defaults here
    this.list.maxResultCount = 20;
  }

  ngOnInit() {
    // A function that gets query and returns an observable
    const bookStreamCreator = query => this.bookService.getList(query);

    this.list.hookToQuery(bookStreamCreator).subscribe(
      response => {
        this.items = response.items;
        this.count = response.count;
        // If you use OnPush change detection strategy,
        // call detectChanges method of ChangeDetectorRef here.
      }
    ); // Subscription is auto-cleared on destroy.
  }
}
JavaScript

Noticed list is public and readonly? That is because we will use ListService directly in the component's template. That may be considered as an anti-pattern, but it is much quicker to implement. You can always use public component members to expose the ListService instance instead.

Bind ListService to ngx-datatable like this:

<ngx-datatable
  [rows]="items"
  [count]="count"
  [list]="list"
  default
>
  <!-- column templates here -->
</ngx-datatable>
HTML

Extending query with custom variables

You can extend the query parameter of the ListService's hookToQuery method.

Firstly, you should pass your own type to ListService as shown below:

constructor(public readonly list: ListService<BooksSearchParamsDto>) { }
TypeScript

Then update the bookStreamCreator constant like following:

const bookStreamCreator = (query) => this.bookService.getList({...query, name: 'name here'});
TypeScript

You can also create your params object.

Define a variable like this:

booksSearchParams = {} as BooksSearchParamsDto;
TypeScript

Update the bookStreamCreator constant:

const bookStreamCreator = (query) => this.bookService.getList({...query, ...this.booksSearchParams});
TypeScript

Then you can place inputs to the HTML:

<div class="form-group">
  <input
    class="form control"
    placeholder="Name"
    (keyup.enter)="list.get()"
    [(ngModel)]="booksSearchParams.name"
  />
</div>
HTML

ListService emits the hookToQuery stream when you call the this.list.get() method.

Usage with Observables

You may use observables in combination with AsyncPipe of Angular instead. Here are some possibilities:

  book$ = this.list.hookToQuery(query => this.bookService.getListByInput(query));
JavaScript
<!-- simplified representation of the template -->

<ngx-datatable
  [rows]="(book$ | async)?.items || []"
  [count]="(book$ | async)?.totalCount || 0"
  [list]="list"
  default
>
  <!-- column templates here -->
</ngx-datatable>

<!-- DO NOT WORRY, ONLY ONE REQUEST WILL BE MADE -->
HTML

...or...

  @Select(BookState.getBooks)
  books$: Observable<BookDto[]>;

  @Select(BookState.getBookCount)
  bookCount$: Observable<number>;

  ngOnInit() {
    this.list.hookToQuery((query) => this.store.dispatch(new GetBooks(query))).subscribe();
  }
JavaScript
<!-- simplified representation of the template -->

<ngx-datatable
  [rows]="(books$ | async) || []"
  [count]="(bookCount$ | async) || 0"
  [list]="list"
  default
>
  <!-- column templates here -->
</ngx-datatable>
HTML

We do not recommend using the NGXS store for CRUD pages unless your application needs to share list information between components or use it later on in another page.

How to Refresh Table on Create/Update/Delete

ListService exposes a get method to trigger a request with the current query. So, basically, whenever a create, update, or delete action resolves, you can call this.list.get(); and it will call hooked stream creator again.

  this.bookService.createByInput(form.value)
    .subscribe(() => {
      this.list.get();

      // Other subscription logic here
    });
JavaScript

...or...

  this.store.dispatch(new DeleteBook(id)).subscribe(this.list.get);
JavaScript

We do not recommend using the NGXS store for CRUD pages unless your application needs to share list information between components or use it later on in another page.

How to Implement Server-Side Search in a Table

ListService exposes a filter property that will trigger a request with the current query and the given search string. All you need to do is to bind it to an input element with two-way binding.

<!-- simplified representation -->

<input type="text" name="search" [(ngModel)]="list.filter">
HTML

ABP doesn't have a built-in filtering mechanism. You need to implement it yourself and handle the filter property in the backend.

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