Generic relations for the repos

client/src/app/core/core-services/collection-string-mapper.service.ts

@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ type TypeIdentifier = UnifiedConstructors | BaseRepository<any, any, any> | stri
 type CollectionStringMappedTypes = [
     ModelConstructor<BaseModel>,
     ViewModelConstructor<BaseViewModel>,
-    BaseRepository<BaseViewModel, BaseModel, TitleInformation>
+    BaseRepository<BaseViewModel<any>, BaseModel<any>, TitleInformation>
 ];
 
 /**
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ export class CollectionStringMapperService {
      * @param collectionString
      * @param model
      */
-    public registerCollectionElement<V extends BaseViewModel, M extends BaseModel>(
+    public registerCollectionElement<V extends BaseViewModel<M>, M extends BaseModel>(
         collectionString: string,
         model: ModelConstructor<M>,
         viewModel: ViewModelConstructor<V>,

client/src/app/core/repositories/agenda/item-repository.service.ts

@@ -16,14 +16,23 @@ import {
     IBaseViewModelWithAgendaItem
 } from 'app/site/base/base-view-model-with-agenda-item';
 import { ViewModelStoreService } from 'app/core/core-services/view-model-store.service';
-import { BaseViewModel } from 'app/site/base/base-view-model';
-import { Motion } from 'app/shared/models/motions/motion';
-import { MotionBlock } from 'app/shared/models/motions/motion-block';
-import { Topic } from 'app/shared/models/topics/topic';
-import { Assignment } from 'app/shared/models/assignments/assignment';
 import { BaseIsAgendaItemContentObjectRepository } from '../base-is-agenda-item-content-object-repository';
-import { BaseHasContentObjectRepository } from '../base-has-content-object-repository';
+import { BaseHasContentObjectRepository, GenericRelationDefinition } from '../base-has-content-object-repository';
 import { Identifiable } from 'app/shared/models/base/identifiable';
+import { RelationDefinition } from '../base-repository';
+import { ViewMotion } from 'app/site/motions/models/view-motion';
+import { ViewMotionBlock } from 'app/site/motions/models/view-motion-block';
+import { ViewTopic } from 'app/site/topics/models/view-topic';
+import { ViewAssignment } from 'app/site/assignments/models/view-assignment';
+
+const ItemRelations: (RelationDefinition | GenericRelationDefinition)[] = [
+    {
+        type: 'generic',
+        possibleModels: [ViewMotion, ViewMotionBlock, ViewTopic, ViewAssignment],
+        isVForeign: isBaseViewModelWithAgendaItem,
+        VForeignVerbose: 'BaseViewModelWithAgendaItem'
+    }
+];
 
 /**
  * Repository service for items
@@ -58,12 +67,7 @@ export class ItemRepositoryService extends BaseHasContentObjectRepository<
         private httpService: HttpService,
         private config: ConfigService
     ) {
-        super(DS, dataSend, mapperService, viewModelStoreService, translate, Item, [
+        super(DS, dataSend, mapperService, viewModelStoreService, translate, Item, ItemRelations);
-            Topic,
-            Assignment,
-            Motion,
-            MotionBlock
-        ]);
 
         this.setSortFunction((a, b) => a.weight - b.weight);
     }
@@ -83,34 +87,6 @@ export class ItemRepositoryService extends BaseHasContentObjectRepository<
         }
     };
 
-    /**
-     * Creates the viewItem out of a given item
-     *
-     * @param item the item that should be converted to view item
-     * @returns a new view item
-     */
-    public createViewModel(item: Item): ViewItem {
-        const contentObject = this.getContentObject(item);
-        return new ViewItem(item, contentObject);
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Returns the corresponding content object to a given {@link Item} as an {@link BaseAgendaItemViewModel}
-     *
-     * @param agendaItem the target agenda Item
-     * @returns the content object of the given item. Might be null if it was not found.
-     */
-    public getContentObject(agendaItem: Item): BaseViewModelWithAgendaItem {
-        const contentObject = this.viewModelStoreService.get<BaseViewModel>(
-            agendaItem.content_object.collection,
-            agendaItem.content_object.id
-        );
-        if (!contentObject || !isBaseViewModelWithAgendaItem(contentObject)) {
-            return null;
-        }
-        return contentObject;
-    }
-
     /**
      * Trigger the automatic numbering sequence on the server
      */

client/src/app/core/repositories/agenda/list-of-speakers-repository.service.ts

@@ -12,20 +12,42 @@ import {
     BaseViewModelWithListOfSpeakers,
     isBaseViewModelWithListOfSpeakers
 } from 'app/site/base/base-view-model-with-list-of-speakers';
-import { BaseViewModel } from 'app/site/base/base-view-model';
 import { ViewSpeaker } from 'app/site/agenda/models/view-speaker';
-import { ViewUser } from 'app/site/users/models/view-user';
 import { Identifiable } from 'app/shared/models/base/identifiable';
 import { HttpService } from 'app/core/core-services/http.service';
 import { BaseIsListOfSpeakersContentObjectRepository } from '../base-is-list-of-speakers-content-object-repository';
-import { BaseHasContentObjectRepository } from '../base-has-content-object-repository';
+import { BaseHasContentObjectRepository, GenericRelationDefinition } from '../base-has-content-object-repository';
-import { Topic } from 'app/shared/models/topics/topic';
-import { Assignment } from 'app/shared/models/assignments/assignment';
-import { Motion } from 'app/shared/models/motions/motion';
-import { MotionBlock } from 'app/shared/models/motions/motion-block';
-import { Mediafile } from 'app/shared/models/mediafiles/mediafile';
 import { ItemRepositoryService } from './item-repository.service';
-import { User } from 'app/shared/models/users/user';
+import { ViewMotion } from 'app/site/motions/models/view-motion';
+import { RelationDefinition } from '../base-repository';
+import { ViewMotionBlock } from 'app/site/motions/models/view-motion-block';
+import { ViewTopic } from 'app/site/topics/models/view-topic';
+import { ViewAssignment } from 'app/site/assignments/models/view-assignment';
+import { ViewMediafile } from 'app/site/mediafiles/models/view-mediafile';
+import { ViewUser } from 'app/site/users/models/view-user';
+
+const ListOfSpeakersRelations: (RelationDefinition | GenericRelationDefinition)[] = [
+    {
+        type: 'generic',
+        possibleModels: [ViewMotion, ViewMotionBlock, ViewTopic, ViewAssignment, ViewMediafile],
+        isVForeign: isBaseViewModelWithListOfSpeakers,
+        VForeignVerbose: 'BaseViewModelWithListOfSpeakers'
+    },
+    {
+        type: 'nested',
+        ownKey: 'speakers',
+        foreignModel: ViewSpeaker,
+        order: 'weight',
+        relationDefinition: [
+            {
+                type: 'O2M',
+                ownIdKey: 'user_id',
+                ownKey: 'user',
+                foreignModel: ViewUser
+            }
+        ]
+    }
+];
 
 /**
  * Repository service for lists of speakers
@@ -60,14 +82,7 @@ export class ListOfSpeakersRepositoryService extends BaseHasContentObjectReposit
         private httpService: HttpService,
         private itemRepo: ItemRepositoryService
     ) {
-        super(DS, dataSend, mapperService, viewModelStoreService, translate, ListOfSpeakers, [
+        super(DS, dataSend, mapperService, viewModelStoreService, translate, ListOfSpeakers, ListOfSpeakersRelations);
-            Topic,
-            Assignment,
-            Motion,
-            MotionBlock,
-            Mediafile,
-            User
-        ]);
     }
 
     public getVerboseName = (plural: boolean = false) => {
@@ -93,48 +108,6 @@ export class ListOfSpeakersRepositoryService extends BaseHasContentObjectReposit
         }
     };
 
-    /**
-     * Creates the viewListOfSpeakers out of a given list of speakers
-     *
-     * @param listOfSpeakers the list fo speakers that should be converted to view item
-     * @returns a new view list fo speakers
-     */
-    public createViewModel(listOfSpeakers: ListOfSpeakers): ViewListOfSpeakers {
-        const contentObject = this.getContentObject(listOfSpeakers);
-        const speakers = this.getSpeakers(listOfSpeakers);
-        return new ViewListOfSpeakers(listOfSpeakers, speakers, contentObject);
-    }
-
-    private getSpeakers(listOfSpeakers: ListOfSpeakers): ViewSpeaker[] {
-        return listOfSpeakers.speakers.map(speaker => {
-            const user = this.viewModelStoreService.get(ViewUser, speaker.user_id);
-            return new ViewSpeaker(speaker, user);
-        });
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Returns the corresponding content object to a given {@link ListOfSpeakers} as an {@link BaseListOfSpeakersViewModel}
-     *
-     * @param listOfSpeakers the target list fo speakers
-     * @returns the content object of the given list of sepakers. Might be null if it was not found.
-     */
-    public getContentObject(listOfSpeakers: ListOfSpeakers): BaseViewModelWithListOfSpeakers {
-        const contentObject = this.viewModelStoreService.get<BaseViewModel>(
-            listOfSpeakers.content_object.collection,
-            listOfSpeakers.content_object.id
-        );
-        if (!contentObject) {
-            return null;
-        }
-        if (isBaseViewModelWithListOfSpeakers(contentObject)) {
-            return contentObject;
-        } else {
-            throw new Error(
-                `The content object (${listOfSpeakers.content_object.collection}, ${listOfSpeakers.content_object.id}) of list of speakers ${listOfSpeakers.id} is not a BaseListOfSpeakersViewModel.`
-            );
-        }
-    }
-
     /**
      * Add a new speaker to a list of speakers.
      * Sends the users id to the server

client/src/app/core/repositories/assignments/assignment-repository.service.ts

@@ -3,26 +3,71 @@ import { Injectable } from '@angular/core';
 import { TranslateService } from '@ngx-translate/core';
 
 import { Assignment } from 'app/shared/models/assignments/assignment';
-import { AssignmentRelatedUser } from 'app/shared/models/assignments/assignment-related-user';
 import { CollectionStringMapperService } from '../../core-services/collection-string-mapper.service';
 import { DataSendService } from 'app/core/core-services/data-send.service';
 import { DataStoreService } from '../../core-services/data-store.service';
 import { HttpService } from 'app/core/core-services/http.service';
 import { AssignmentPoll } from 'app/shared/models/assignments/assignment-poll';
-import { Tag } from 'app/shared/models/core/tag';
-import { User } from 'app/shared/models/users/user';
 import { ViewAssignment, AssignmentTitleInformation } from 'app/site/assignments/models/view-assignment';
-import { ViewItem } from 'app/site/agenda/models/view-item';
 import { ViewModelStoreService } from 'app/core/core-services/view-model-store.service';
 import { ViewTag } from 'app/site/tags/models/view-tag';
 import { ViewUser } from 'app/site/users/models/view-user';
 import { ViewAssignmentRelatedUser } from 'app/site/assignments/models/view-assignment-related-user';
 import { ViewAssignmentPoll } from 'app/site/assignments/models/view-assignment-poll';
-import { ViewAssignmentPollOption } from 'app/site/assignments/models/view-assignment-poll-option';
-import { ViewMediafile } from 'app/site/mediafiles/models/view-mediafile';
-import { Mediafile } from 'app/shared/models/mediafiles/mediafile';
-import { ViewListOfSpeakers } from 'app/site/agenda/models/view-list-of-speakers';
 import { BaseIsAgendaItemAndListOfSpeakersContentObjectRepository } from '../base-is-agenda-item-and-list-of-speakers-content-object-repository';
+import { RelationDefinition } from '../base-repository';
+import { ViewMediafile } from 'app/site/mediafiles/models/view-mediafile';
+import { ViewAssignmentPollOption } from 'app/site/assignments/models/view-assignment-poll-option';
+
+const AssignmentRelations: RelationDefinition[] = [
+    {
+        type: 'M2M',
+        ownIdKey: 'tags_id',
+        ownKey: 'tags',
+        foreignModel: ViewTag
+    },
+    {
+        type: 'M2M',
+        ownIdKey: 'attachments_id',
+        ownKey: 'attachments',
+        foreignModel: ViewMediafile
+    },
+    {
+        type: 'nested',
+        ownKey: 'assignment_related_users',
+        foreignModel: ViewAssignmentRelatedUser,
+        order: 'weight',
+        relationDefinition: [
+            {
+                type: 'O2M',
+                ownIdKey: 'user_id',
+                ownKey: 'user',
+                foreignModel: ViewUser
+            }
+        ]
+    },
+    {
+        type: 'nested',
+        ownKey: 'polls',
+        foreignModel: ViewAssignmentPoll,
+        relationDefinition: [
+            {
+                type: 'nested',
+                ownKey: 'options',
+                foreignModel: ViewAssignmentPollOption,
+                order: 'weight',
+                relationDefinition: [
+                    {
+                        type: 'O2M',
+                        ownIdKey: 'user_id',
+                        ownKey: 'user',
+                        foreignModel: ViewUser
+                    }
+                ]
+            }
+        ]
+    }
+];
 
 /**
  * Repository Service for Assignments.
@@ -62,7 +107,7 @@ export class AssignmentRepositoryService extends BaseIsAgendaItemAndListOfSpeake
         protected translate: TranslateService,
         private httpService: HttpService
     ) {
-        super(DS, dataSend, mapperService, viewModelStoreService, translate, Assignment, [User, Tag, Mediafile]);
+        super(DS, dataSend, mapperService, viewModelStoreService, translate, Assignment, AssignmentRelations);
     }
 
     public getTitle = (titleInformation: AssignmentTitleInformation) => {
@@ -73,48 +118,6 @@ export class AssignmentRepositoryService extends BaseIsAgendaItemAndListOfSpeake
         return this.translate.instant(plural ? 'Elections' : 'Election');
     };
 
-    public createViewModel(assignment: Assignment): ViewAssignment {
-        const item = this.viewModelStoreService.get(ViewItem, assignment.agenda_item_id);
-        const listOfSpeakers = this.viewModelStoreService.get(ViewListOfSpeakers, assignment.list_of_speakers_id);
-        const tags = this.viewModelStoreService.getMany(ViewTag, assignment.tags_id);
-        const attachments = this.viewModelStoreService.getMany(ViewMediafile, assignment.attachments_id);
-        const assignmentRelatedUsers = this.createViewAssignmentRelatedUsers(assignment.assignment_related_users);
-        const assignmentPolls = this.createViewAssignmentPolls(assignment.polls);
-
-        return new ViewAssignment(
-            assignment,
-            assignmentRelatedUsers,
-            assignmentPolls,
-            item,
-            listOfSpeakers,
-            tags,
-            attachments
-        );
-    }
-
-    private createViewAssignmentRelatedUsers(
-        assignmentRelatedUsers: AssignmentRelatedUser[]
-    ): ViewAssignmentRelatedUser[] {
-        return assignmentRelatedUsers
-            .map(aru => {
-                const user = this.viewModelStoreService.get(ViewUser, aru.user_id);
-                return new ViewAssignmentRelatedUser(aru, user);
-            })
-            .sort((a, b) => a.weight - b.weight);
-    }
-
-    private createViewAssignmentPolls(assignmentPolls: AssignmentPoll[]): ViewAssignmentPoll[] {
-        return assignmentPolls.map(poll => {
-            const options = poll.options
-                .map(option => {
-                    const user = this.viewModelStoreService.get(ViewUser, option.candidate_id);
-                    return new ViewAssignmentPollOption(option, user);
-                })
-                .sort((a, b) => a.weight - b.weight);
-            return new ViewAssignmentPoll(poll, options);
-        });
-    }
-
     /**
      * Adds/removes another user to/from the candidates list of an assignment
      *

client/src/app/core/repositories/base-has-content-object-repository.ts

@@ -1,8 +1,24 @@
-import { BaseRepository } from './base-repository';
+import { BaseRepository, RelationDefinition } from './base-repository';
 import { BaseModelWithContentObject } from 'app/shared/models/base/base-model-with-content-object';
 import { BaseViewModelWithContentObject } from 'app/site/base/base-view-model-with-content-object';
 import { ContentObject } from 'app/shared/models/base/content-object';
-import { BaseViewModel, TitleInformation } from 'app/site/base/base-view-model';
+import { BaseViewModel, TitleInformation, ViewModelConstructor } from 'app/site/base/base-view-model';
+import { DataStoreService } from '../core-services/data-store.service';
+import { DataSendService } from '../core-services/data-send.service';
+import { CollectionStringMapperService } from '../core-services/collection-string-mapper.service';
+import { ViewModelStoreService } from '../core-services/view-model-store.service';
+import { TranslateService } from '@ngx-translate/core';
+import { ModelConstructor } from 'app/shared/models/base/base-model';
+
+/**
+ * A generic relation for models with a content_object
+ */
+export interface GenericRelationDefinition<VForeign extends BaseViewModel = BaseViewModel> {
+    type: 'generic';
+    possibleModels: ViewModelConstructor<BaseViewModel>[];
+    isVForeign: (obj: any) => obj is VForeign;
+    VForeignVerbose: string;
+}
 
 /**
  * A base repository for objects that *have* content objects, e.g. items and lists of speakers.
@@ -23,6 +39,98 @@ export abstract class BaseHasContentObjectRepository<
         };
     } = {};
 
+    public constructor(
+        DS: DataStoreService,
+        dataSend: DataSendService,
+        collectionStringMapperService: CollectionStringMapperService,
+        viewModelStoreService: ViewModelStoreService,
+        translate: TranslateService,
+        baseModelCtor: ModelConstructor<M>,
+        relationDefinitions: (RelationDefinition | GenericRelationDefinition)[] = []
+    ) {
+        super(DS, dataSend, collectionStringMapperService, viewModelStoreService, translate, baseModelCtor, <
+            RelationDefinition[]
+        >relationDefinitions); // This cast "hides" the new generic relation from the base repository. Typescript can't handle this...
+    }
+
+    protected _groupRelationsByCollections(
+        relation: RelationDefinition | GenericRelationDefinition,
+        baseRelation: RelationDefinition
+    ): void {
+        if (relation.type === 'generic') {
+            relation.possibleModels.forEach(ctor => {
+                const collection = ctor.COLLECTIONSTRING;
+                if (!this.relationsByCollection[collection]) {
+                    this.relationsByCollection[collection] = [];
+                }
+                // The cast to any is needed to convince Typescript, that a GenericRelationDefinition can also
+                // be used as a RelationDefinition
+                this.relationsByCollection[collection].push(<any>baseRelation);
+            });
+        } else {
+            super._groupRelationsByCollections(relation, baseRelation);
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Adds the generic relation.
+     */
+    protected updateSingleDependency(
+        ownViewModel: V,
+        relation: RelationDefinition | GenericRelationDefinition,
+        collection: string,
+        changedId: number
+    ): boolean {
+        if (relation.type === 'generic') {
+            const foreignModel = <any>this.viewModelStoreService.get(collection, changedId);
+            if (
+                foreignModel &&
+                foreignModel.collectionString === ownViewModel.contentObjectData.collection &&
+                foreignModel.id === ownViewModel.contentObjectData.id
+            ) {
+                if (relation.isVForeign(foreignModel)) {
+                    (<any>ownViewModel)._contentObject = foreignModel;
+                    return true;
+                } else {
+                    throw new Error(`The object is not an ${relation.VForeignVerbose}:` + foreignModel);
+                }
+
+                // TODO: set reverse
+            }
+        } else {
+            super.updateSingleDependency(ownViewModel, relation, collection, changedId);
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Adds the generic relation.
+     */
+    protected setRelationsInViewModel<K extends BaseViewModel = V>(
+        model: M,
+        viewModel: K,
+        relation: RelationDefinition | GenericRelationDefinition
+    ): void {
+        if (relation.type === 'generic') {
+            (<any>viewModel)._contentObject = this.getContentObject(model, relation);
+        } else {
+            super.setRelationsInViewModel(model, viewModel, relation);
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Tries to get the content object (as a view model) from the given model and relation.
+     */
+    protected getContentObject(model: M, relation: GenericRelationDefinition): BaseViewModel {
+        const contentObject = this.viewModelStoreService.get<BaseViewModel>(
+            model.content_object.collection,
+            model.content_object.id
+        );
+        if (!contentObject || !relation.isVForeign(contentObject)) {
+            return null;
+        }
+        return contentObject;
+    }
+
     /**
      * Returns the object with has the given content object as the content object.
      *

client/src/app/core/repositories/base-is-agenda-item-and-list-of-speakers-content-object-repository.ts

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import { TranslateService } from '@ngx-translate/core';
 
 import { BaseModel, ModelConstructor } from '../../shared/models/base/base-model';
-import { BaseRepository } from './base-repository';
+import { BaseRepository, RelationDefinition } from './base-repository';
 import {
     isBaseIsAgendaItemContentObjectRepository,
     IBaseIsAgendaItemContentObjectRepository
@@ -13,8 +13,6 @@ import {
 import { DataStoreService } from '../core-services/data-store.service';
 import { DataSendService } from '../core-services/data-send.service';
 import { ViewModelStoreService } from '../core-services/view-model-store.service';
-import { Item } from 'app/shared/models/agenda/item';
-import { ListOfSpeakers } from 'app/shared/models/agenda/list-of-speakers';
 import { CollectionStringMapperService } from '../core-services/collection-string-mapper.service';
 import {
     TitleInformationWithAgendaItem,
@@ -22,6 +20,8 @@ import {
 } from 'app/site/base/base-view-model-with-agenda-item';
 import { BaseProjectableViewModel } from 'app/site/base/base-projectable-view-model';
 import { IBaseViewModelWithListOfSpeakers } from 'app/site/base/base-view-model-with-list-of-speakers';
+import { ViewItem } from 'app/site/agenda/models/view-item';
+import { ViewListOfSpeakers } from 'app/site/agenda/models/view-list-of-speakers';
 
 export function isBaseIsAgendaItemAndListOfSpeakersContentObjectRepository(
     obj: any
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ export abstract class BaseIsAgendaItemAndListOfSpeakersContentObjectRepository<
         viewModelStoreService: ViewModelStoreService,
         translate: TranslateService,
         baseModelCtor: ModelConstructor<M>,
-        depsModelCtors?: ModelConstructor<BaseModel>[]
+        relationDefinitions?: RelationDefinition[]
     ) {
         super(
             DS,
@@ -59,13 +59,24 @@ export abstract class BaseIsAgendaItemAndListOfSpeakersContentObjectRepository<
             viewModelStoreService,
             translate,
             baseModelCtor,
-            depsModelCtors
+            relationDefinitions
         );
-        if (!this.depsModelCtors) {
-            this.depsModelCtors = [];
     }
-        this.depsModelCtors.push(Item);
+
-        this.depsModelCtors.push(ListOfSpeakers);
+    protected groupRelationsByCollections(): void {
+        this.relationDefinitions.push({
+            type: 'O2M',
+            ownIdKey: 'agenda_item_id',
+            ownKey: 'item',
+            foreignModel: ViewItem
+        });
+        this.relationDefinitions.push({
+            type: 'O2M',
+            ownIdKey: 'list_of_speakers_id',
+            ownKey: 'list_of_speakers',
+            foreignModel: ViewListOfSpeakers
+        });
+        super.groupRelationsByCollections();
     }
 
     public getAgendaListTitle(titleInformation: T): string {

client/src/app/core/repositories/base-is-agenda-item-content-object-repository.ts

@@ -3,14 +3,14 @@ import { TranslateService } from '@ngx-translate/core';
 import { BaseModel, ModelConstructor } from '../../shared/models/base/base-model';
 import { CollectionStringMapperService } from '../core-services/collection-string-mapper.service';
 import { DataSendService } from '../core-services/data-send.service';
-import { BaseRepository } from './base-repository';
+import { BaseRepository, RelationDefinition } from './base-repository';
-import { Item } from 'app/shared/models/agenda/item';
 import { DataStoreService } from '../core-services/data-store.service';
 import { ViewModelStoreService } from '../core-services/view-model-store.service';
 import {
     TitleInformationWithAgendaItem,
     BaseViewModelWithAgendaItem
 } from 'app/site/base/base-view-model-with-agenda-item';
+import { ViewItem } from 'app/site/agenda/models/view-item';
 
 export function isBaseIsAgendaItemContentObjectRepository(
     obj: any
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ export abstract class BaseIsAgendaItemContentObjectRepository<
         viewModelStoreService: ViewModelStoreService,
         translate: TranslateService,
         baseModelCtor: ModelConstructor<M>,
-        depsModelCtors?: ModelConstructor<BaseModel>[]
+        relationDefinitions?: RelationDefinition[]
     ) {
         super(
             DS,
@@ -55,12 +55,18 @@ export abstract class BaseIsAgendaItemContentObjectRepository<
             viewModelStoreService,
             translate,
             baseModelCtor,
-            depsModelCtors
+            relationDefinitions
         );
-        if (!this.depsModelCtors) {
-            this.depsModelCtors = [];
     }
-        this.depsModelCtors.push(Item);
+
+    protected groupRelationsByCollections(): void {
+        this.relationDefinitions.push({
+            type: 'O2M',
+            ownIdKey: 'agenda_item_id',
+            ownKey: 'item',
+            foreignModel: ViewItem
+        });
+        super.groupRelationsByCollections();
     }
 
     /**

client/src/app/core/repositories/base-is-list-of-speakers-content-object-repository.ts

@@ -2,13 +2,13 @@ import { TranslateService } from '@ngx-translate/core';
 
 import { TitleInformation } from '../../site/base/base-view-model';
 import { BaseModel, ModelConstructor } from '../../shared/models/base/base-model';
-import { BaseRepository } from './base-repository';
+import { BaseRepository, RelationDefinition } from './base-repository';
 import { DataStoreService } from '../core-services/data-store.service';
 import { DataSendService } from '../core-services/data-send.service';
 import { CollectionStringMapperService } from '../core-services/collection-string-mapper.service';
 import { ViewModelStoreService } from '../core-services/view-model-store.service';
-import { ListOfSpeakers } from 'app/shared/models/agenda/list-of-speakers';
 import { BaseViewModelWithListOfSpeakers } from 'app/site/base/base-view-model-with-list-of-speakers';
+import { ViewListOfSpeakers } from 'app/site/agenda/models/view-list-of-speakers';
 
 export function isBaseIsListOfSpeakersContentObjectRepository(
     obj: any
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ export abstract class BaseIsListOfSpeakersContentObjectRepository<
         viewModelStoreService: ViewModelStoreService,
         translate: TranslateService,
         baseModelCtor: ModelConstructor<M>,
-        depsModelCtors?: ModelConstructor<BaseModel>[]
+        relationDefinitions?: RelationDefinition[]
     ) {
         super(
             DS,
@@ -53,12 +53,18 @@ export abstract class BaseIsListOfSpeakersContentObjectRepository<
             viewModelStoreService,
             translate,
             baseModelCtor,
-            depsModelCtors
+            relationDefinitions
         );
-        if (!this.depsModelCtors) {
-            this.depsModelCtors = [];
     }
-        this.depsModelCtors.push(ListOfSpeakers);
+
+    protected groupRelationsByCollections(): void {
+        this.relationDefinitions.push({
+            type: 'O2M',
+            ownIdKey: 'list_of_speakers_id',
+            ownKey: 'list_of_speakers',
+            foreignModel: ViewListOfSpeakers
+        });
+        super.groupRelationsByCollections();
     }
 
     public getListOfSpeakersTitle(titleInformation: T): string {

client/src/app/core/repositories/base-repository.ts

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import { BehaviorSubject, Observable, Subject } from 'rxjs';
 import { auditTime } from 'rxjs/operators';
 import { TranslateService } from '@ngx-translate/core';
 
-import { BaseViewModel, TitleInformation } from '../../site/base/base-view-model';
+import { BaseViewModel, TitleInformation, ViewModelConstructor } from '../../site/base/base-view-model';
 import { BaseModel, ModelConstructor } from '../../shared/models/base/base-model';
 import { CollectionStringMapperService } from '../core-services/collection-string-mapper.service';
 import { DataSendService } from '../core-services/data-send.service';
@@ -12,6 +12,89 @@ import { ViewModelStoreService } from '../core-services/view-model-store.service
 import { OnAfterAppsLoaded } from '../onAfterAppsLoaded';
 import { Collection } from 'app/shared/models/base/collection';
 
+// All "standard" relations.
+export type RelationDefinition<VForeign extends BaseViewModel = BaseViewModel> =
+    | NormalRelationDefinition<VForeign>
+    | NestedRelationDefinition<VForeign>
+    | CustomRelationDefinition<VForeign>;
+
+/**
+ * Normal relations.
+ */
+interface NormalRelationDefinition<VForeign extends BaseViewModel> {
+    /**
+     * - O2M: From this model to another one, where this model is the One-side.
+     *        E.g. motions<->categories: One motions has One category; One category has
+     *        Many motions
+     * - M2M: M2M relation from this to another model.
+     */
+    type: 'M2M' | 'O2M';
+
+    /**
+     * The key where the id(s) are given. Must be present in the model and view model. E.g. `category_id`.
+     */
+    ownIdKey: string;
+
+    /**
+     * The name of the property, where the foreign view model should be accessable.
+     * Note, that this must be a getter to a private variable `_<ownKey`!
+     *
+     * E.g. `category`. (private variable `_category`)
+     */
+    ownKey: string;
+
+    /**
+     * The model on the other side of the relation.
+     */
+    foreignModel: ViewModelConstructor<VForeign>;
+
+    /**
+     * TODO: reverse relations.
+     */
+    foreignKey?: keyof VForeign;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Nested relations in the REST-API. For the most values see
+ * `NormalRelationDefinition`.
+ */
+interface NestedRelationDefinition<VForeign extends BaseViewModel> {
+    type: 'nested';
+    ownKey: string;
+    foreignModel: ViewModelConstructor<VForeign>;
+    foreignKey?: keyof VForeign;
+
+    /**
+     * The nested relations.
+     */
+    relationDefinition?: RelationDefinition[];
+
+    /**
+     * Provide an extra key (holding a number) to order by.
+     * If the value is equal or no order key is given, the models
+     * will be sorted by id.
+     */
+    order?: string;
+}
+
+/**
+ * A custom relation with callbacks with things todo.
+ */
+interface CustomRelationDefinition<VForeign extends BaseViewModel> {
+    type: 'custom';
+    foreignModel: ViewModelConstructor<VForeign>;
+
+    /**
+     * Called, when the view model is created from the model.
+     */
+    setRelations: (model: BaseModel, viewModel: BaseViewModel) => void;
+
+    /**
+     * Called, when the dependency was updated.
+     */
+    updateDependency: (ownViewModel: BaseViewModel, foreignViewModel: VForeign) => boolean;
+}
+
 export abstract class BaseRepository<V extends BaseViewModel & T, M extends BaseModel, T extends TitleInformation>
     implements OnAfterAppsLoaded, Collection {
     /**
@@ -71,6 +154,20 @@ export abstract class BaseRepository<V extends BaseViewModel & T, M extends Base
     public abstract getVerboseName: (plural?: boolean) => string;
     public abstract getTitle: (titleInformation: T) => string;
 
+    /**
+     * Maps the given relations (`relationDefinitions`) to their affected collections. This means,
+     * if a model of the collection updates, the relation needs to be updated.
+     *
+     * Attention: Some inherited repos might put other relations than RelationDefinition in here, so
+     * *always* check the type of the relation.
+     */
+    protected relationsByCollection: { [collection: string]: RelationDefinition<BaseViewModel>[] } = {};
+
+    /**
+     * The view model ctor of the encapsulated view model.
+     */
+    protected baseViewModelCtor: ViewModelConstructor<V>;
+
     /**
      * Construction routine for the base repository
      *
@@ -87,10 +184,12 @@ export abstract class BaseRepository<V extends BaseViewModel & T, M extends Base
         protected viewModelStoreService: ViewModelStoreService,
         protected translate: TranslateService,
         protected baseModelCtor: ModelConstructor<M>,
-        protected depsModelCtors?: ModelConstructor<BaseModel>[]
+        protected relationDefinitions: RelationDefinition<BaseViewModel>[] = []
     ) {
         this._collectionString = baseModelCtor.COLLECTIONSTRING;
 
+        this.groupRelationsByCollections();
+
         // All data is piped through an auditTime of 1ms. This is to prevent massive
         // updates, if e.g. an autoupdate with a lot motions come in. The result is just one
         // update of the new list instead of many unnecessary updates.
@@ -103,7 +202,34 @@ export abstract class BaseRepository<V extends BaseViewModel & T, M extends Base
         this.languageCollator = new Intl.Collator(this.translate.currentLang);
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Reorders the relations to provide faster access.
+     */
+    protected groupRelationsByCollections(): void {
+        this.relationDefinitions.forEach(relation => {
+            this._groupRelationsByCollections(relation, relation);
+        });
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Recursive function for reorderung the relations.
+     */
+    protected _groupRelationsByCollections(relation: RelationDefinition, baseRelation: RelationDefinition): void {
+        if (relation.type === 'nested') {
+            (relation.relationDefinition || []).forEach(nestedRelation => {
+                this._groupRelationsByCollections(nestedRelation, baseRelation);
+            });
+        } else if (relation.type === 'O2M' || relation.type === 'M2M' || relation.type === 'custom') {
+            const collection = relation.foreignModel.COLLECTIONSTRING;
+            if (!this.relationsByCollection[collection]) {
+                this.relationsByCollection[collection] = [];
+            }
+            this.relationsByCollection[collection].push(baseRelation);
+        }
+    }
+
     public onAfterAppsLoaded(): void {
+        this.baseViewModelCtor = this.collectionStringMapperService.getViewModelConstructor(this.collectionString);
         this.DS.clearObservable.subscribe(() => this.clear());
         this.translate.onLangChange.subscribe(change => {
             this.languageCollator = new Intl.Collator(change.lang);
@@ -113,6 +239,10 @@ export abstract class BaseRepository<V extends BaseViewModel & T, M extends Base
         });
     }
 
+    public getListTitle: (titleInformation: T) => string = (titleInformation: T) => {
+        return this.getTitle(titleInformation);
+    };
+
     /**
      * Deletes all models from the repository (internally, no requests). Changes need
      * to be committed via `commitUpdate()`.
@@ -139,6 +269,73 @@ export abstract class BaseRepository<V extends BaseViewModel & T, M extends Base
         });
     }
 
+    /**
+     * After creating a view model, all functions for models form the repo
+     * are assigned to the new view model.
+     */
+    protected createViewModelWithTitles(model: M): V {
+        const viewModel = this.createViewModel(model, this.baseViewModelCtor, this.relationDefinitions);
+        viewModel.getTitle = () => this.getTitle(viewModel);
+        viewModel.getListTitle = () => this.getListTitle(viewModel);
+        viewModel.getVerboseName = this.getVerboseName;
+        return viewModel;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Creates a view model from the given model and model ctor. All dependencies will be
+     * set accorting to relations.
+     */
+    protected createViewModel<K extends BaseViewModel = V>(
+        model: M,
+        modelCtor: ViewModelConstructor<K>,
+        relations: RelationDefinition[]
+    ): K {
+        const viewModel = new modelCtor(model) as K;
+
+        // no reverse setting needed
+        relations.forEach(relation => {
+            this.setRelationsInViewModel(model, viewModel, relation);
+        });
+
+        return viewModel;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Sets one foreign view model in the view model according to the relation and the information
+     * from the model.
+     */
+    protected setRelationsInViewModel<K extends BaseViewModel = V>(
+        model: M,
+        viewModel: K,
+        relation: RelationDefinition
+    ): void {
+        if (relation.type === 'M2M' && model[relation.ownIdKey] instanceof Array) {
+            const foreignViewModels = this.viewModelStoreService.getMany(
+                relation.foreignModel,
+                model[relation.ownIdKey]
+            );
+            viewModel['_' + relation.ownKey] = foreignViewModels;
+        } else if (relation.type === 'O2M') {
+            const foreignViewModel = this.viewModelStoreService.get(relation.foreignModel, model[relation.ownIdKey]);
+            viewModel['_' + relation.ownKey] = foreignViewModel;
+        } else if (relation.type === 'nested') {
+            const foreignViewModels: BaseViewModel[] = model[relation.ownKey].map(foreignModel =>
+                this.createViewModel(foreignModel, relation.foreignModel, relation.relationDefinition || [])
+            );
+            foreignViewModels.sort((a: BaseViewModel, b: BaseViewModel) => {
+                const order = relation.order;
+                if (!relation.order || a[order] === b[order]) {
+                    return a.id - b.id;
+                } else {
+                    return a[order] - b[order];
+                }
+            });
+            viewModel['_' + relation.ownKey] = foreignViewModels;
+        } else if (relation.type === 'custom') {
+            relation.setRelations(model, viewModel);
+        }
+    }
+
     /**
      * Updates all models in this repository with all changed models.
      *
@@ -146,7 +343,7 @@ export abstract class BaseRepository<V extends BaseViewModel & T, M extends Base
      * @returns if at least one model was affected.
      */
     public updateDependencies(changedModels: CollectionIds): boolean {
-        if (!this.depsModelCtors || this.depsModelCtors.length === 0) {
+        if (!this.relationDefinitions.length) {
             return;
         }
 
@@ -154,20 +351,25 @@ export abstract class BaseRepository<V extends BaseViewModel & T, M extends Base
         const viewModels = this.getViewModelList();
         let somethingUpdated = false;
         Object.keys(changedModels).forEach(collection => {
-            const dependencyChanged: boolean = this.depsModelCtors.some(ctor => {
+            const dependencyChanged: boolean = Object.keys(this.relationsByCollection).includes(collection);
-                return ctor.COLLECTIONSTRING === collection;
-            });
             if (!dependencyChanged) {
                 return;
             }
 
             // Ok, we are affected by this collection. Update all viewModels from this repo.
             viewModels.forEach(ownViewModel => {
+                const relations = this.relationsByCollection[collection];
+                if (!relations || !relations.length) {
+                    return;
+                }
+                relations.forEach(relation => {
                     changedModels[collection].forEach(id => {
-                    ownViewModel.updateDependencies(this.viewModelStoreService.get(collection, id));
+                        if (this.updateSingleDependency(ownViewModel, relation, collection, id)) {
-                });
-            });
                             somethingUpdated = true;
+                        }
+                    });
+                });
+            });
         });
         if (somethingUpdated) {
             viewModels.forEach(ownViewModel => {
@@ -177,9 +379,64 @@ export abstract class BaseRepository<V extends BaseViewModel & T, M extends Base
         return somethingUpdated;
     }
 
-    public getListTitle: (titleInformation: T) => string = (titleInformation: T) => {
+    /**
-        return this.getTitle(titleInformation);
+     * Updates an own view model with an implicit given model by the collection and changedId.
-    };
+     *
+     * @return true, if something was updated.
+     */
+    protected updateSingleDependency(
+        ownViewModel: BaseViewModel,
+        relation: RelationDefinition,
+        collection: string,
+        changedId: number
+    ): boolean {
+        if (relation.type === 'M2M') {
+            if (
+                ownViewModel[relation.ownIdKey] &&
+                ownViewModel[relation.ownIdKey] instanceof Array &&
+                ownViewModel[relation.ownIdKey].includes(changedId)
+            ) {
+                const foreignViewModel = <any>this.viewModelStoreService.get(collection, changedId);
+                let ownModelArray = <any>ownViewModel['_' + relation.ownKey];
+                if (!ownModelArray) {
+                    ownViewModel['_' + relation.ownKey] = [];
+                    ownModelArray = <any>ownViewModel['_' + relation.ownKey];
+                }
+                const index = ownModelArray.findIndex(user => user.id === changedId);
+                if (index < 0) {
+                    ownModelArray.push(foreignViewModel);
+                } else {
+                    ownModelArray[index] = foreignViewModel;
+                }
+                // TODO: set reverse
+
+                return true;
+            }
+        } else if (relation.type === 'O2M') {
+            if (ownViewModel[relation.ownIdKey] === <any>changedId) {
+                ownViewModel['_' + relation.ownKey] = <any>this.viewModelStoreService.get(collection, changedId);
+                // TODO: set reverse
+
+                return true;
+            }
+        } else if (relation.type === 'nested') {
+            let updated = false;
+            (relation.relationDefinition || []).forEach(nestedRelation => {
+                const nestedViewModels = ownViewModel[relation.ownKey] as BaseViewModel[];
+                nestedViewModels.forEach(nestedViewModel => {
+                    if (this.updateSingleDependency(nestedViewModel, nestedRelation, collection, changedId)) {
+                        updated = true;
+                    }
+                });
+            });
+            return updated;
+        } else if (relation.type === 'custom') {
+            const foreignViewModel = <any>this.viewModelStoreService.get(collection, changedId);
+            return relation.updateDependency(ownViewModel, foreignViewModel);
+        }
+
+        return false;
+    }
 
     /**
      * Saves the (full) update to an existing model. So called "update"-function
@@ -242,27 +499,6 @@ export abstract class BaseRepository<V extends BaseViewModel & T, M extends Base
         return await this.dataSend.createModel(sendModel);
     }
 
-    /**
-     * Creates a view model out of a base model.
-     *
-     * Should read all necessary objects from the datastore
-     * that the viewmodel needs
-     * @param model
-     */
-    protected abstract createViewModel(model: M): V;
-
-    /**
-     * After creating a view model, all functions for models form the repo
-     * are assigned to the new view model.
-     */
-    protected createViewModelWithTitles(model: M): V {
-        const viewModel = this.createViewModel(model);
-        viewModel.getTitle = () => this.getTitle(viewModel);
-        viewModel.getListTitle = () => this.getListTitle(viewModel);
-        viewModel.getVerboseName = this.getVerboseName;
-        return viewModel;
-    }
-
     /**
      * Clears the repository.
      */

client/src/app/core/repositories/config/config-repository.service.ts

@@ -134,14 +134,6 @@ export class ConfigRepositoryService extends BaseRepository<ViewConfig, Config,
         return titleInformation.key;
     };
 
-    /**
-     * Creates a new ViewConfig of a given Config object
-     * @param config
-     */
-    public createViewModel(config: Config): ViewConfig {
-        return new ViewConfig(config);
-    }
-
     /**
      * Overwrites the default delete procedure
      *
@@ -160,14 +152,6 @@ export class ConfigRepositoryService extends BaseRepository<ViewConfig, Config,
         throw new Error('Config variables cannot be created');
     }
 
-    protected loadInitialFromDS(): void {
-        this.DS.getAll(Config).forEach((config: Config) => {
-            this.viewModelStore[config.id] = this.createViewModel(config);
-            this.updateConfigStructure(false, this.viewModelStore[config.id]);
-        });
-        this.updateConfigListObservable();
-    }
-
     public changedModels(ids: number[]): void {
         super.changedModels(ids);
 

client/src/app/core/repositories/mediafiles/mediafile-repository.service.ts

@@ -14,9 +14,29 @@ import { DataSendService } from 'app/core/core-services/data-send.service';
 import { HttpService } from 'app/core/core-services/http.service';
 import { ViewModelStoreService } from 'app/core/core-services/view-model-store.service';
 import { BaseIsListOfSpeakersContentObjectRepository } from '../base-is-list-of-speakers-content-object-repository';
-import { ViewListOfSpeakers } from 'app/site/agenda/models/view-list-of-speakers';
 import { ViewGroup } from 'app/site/users/models/view-group';
-import { Group } from 'app/shared/models/users/group';
+import { RelationDefinition } from '../base-repository';
+
+const MediafileRelations: RelationDefinition[] = [
+    {
+        type: 'O2M',
+        ownIdKey: 'parent_id',
+        ownKey: 'parent',
+        foreignModel: ViewMediafile
+    },
+    {
+        type: 'M2M',
+        ownIdKey: 'access_groups_id',
+        ownKey: 'access_groups',
+        foreignModel: ViewGroup
+    },
+    {
+        type: 'M2M',
+        ownIdKey: 'inherited_access_groups_id',
+        ownKey: 'inherited_access_groups',
+        foreignModel: ViewGroup
+    }
+];
 
 /**
  * Repository for MediaFiles
@@ -46,7 +66,7 @@ export class MediafileRepositoryService extends BaseIsListOfSpeakersContentObjec
         dataSend: DataSendService,
         private httpService: HttpService
     ) {
-        super(DS, dataSend, mapperService, viewModelStoreService, translate, Mediafile, [Mediafile, Group]);
+        super(DS, dataSend, mapperService, viewModelStoreService, translate, Mediafile, MediafileRelations);
         this.directoryBehaviorSubject = new BehaviorSubject([]);
         this.getViewModelListObservable().subscribe(mediafiles => {
             if (mediafiles) {
@@ -67,25 +87,6 @@ export class MediafileRepositoryService extends BaseIsListOfSpeakersContentObjec
         return this.translate.instant(plural ? 'Files' : 'File');
     };
 
-    /**
-     * Creates mediafile ViewModels out of given mediafile objects
-     *
-     * @param file mediafile to convert
-     * @returns a new mediafile ViewModel
-     */
-    public createViewModel(file: Mediafile): ViewMediafile {
-        const listOfSpeakers = this.viewModelStoreService.get(ViewListOfSpeakers, file.list_of_speakers_id);
-        const parent = this.viewModelStoreService.get(ViewMediafile, file.parent_id);
-        const accessGroups = this.viewModelStoreService.getMany(ViewGroup, file.access_groups_id);
-        let inheritedAccessGroups;
-        if (file.has_inherited_access_groups) {
-            inheritedAccessGroups = this.viewModelStoreService.getMany(ViewGroup, <number[]>(
-                file.inherited_access_groups_id
-            ));
-        }
-        return new ViewMediafile(file, listOfSpeakers, parent, accessGroups, inheritedAccessGroups);
-    }
-
     public async getDirectoryIdByPath(pathSegments: string[]): Promise<number | null> {
         let parentId = null;
 

client/src/app/core/repositories/motions/category-repository.service.ts

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import { Injectable } from '@angular/core';
 
 import { TranslateService } from '@ngx-translate/core';
 
-import { BaseRepository } from '../base-repository';
+import { BaseRepository, RelationDefinition } from '../base-repository';
 import { Category } from 'app/shared/models/motions/category';
 import { CollectionStringMapperService } from '../../core-services/collection-string-mapper.service';
 import { DataSendService } from '../../core-services/data-send.service';
@@ -13,6 +13,15 @@ import { ViewModelStoreService } from 'app/core/core-services/view-model-store.s
 import { Motion } from 'app/shared/models/motions/motion';
 import { TreeIdNode } from 'app/core/ui-services/tree.service';
 
+const CategoryRelations: RelationDefinition[] = [
+    {
+        type: 'O2M',
+        ownIdKey: 'parent_id',
+        ownKey: 'parent',
+        foreignModel: ViewCategory
+    }
+];
+
 /**
  * Repository Services for Categories
  *
@@ -47,7 +56,7 @@ export class CategoryRepositoryService extends BaseRepository<ViewCategory, Cate
         translate: TranslateService,
         private httpService: HttpService
     ) {
-        super(DS, dataSend, mapperService, viewModelStoreService, translate, Category, [Category]);
+        super(DS, dataSend, mapperService, viewModelStoreService, translate, Category, CategoryRelations);
 
         this.setSortFunction((a, b) => a.weight - b.weight);
     }
@@ -62,11 +71,6 @@ export class CategoryRepositoryService extends BaseRepository<ViewCategory, Cate
         return this.translate.instant(plural ? 'Categories' : 'Category');
     };
 
-    protected createViewModel(category: Category): ViewCategory {
-        const parent = this.viewModelStoreService.get(ViewCategory, category.parent_id);
-        return new ViewCategory(category, parent);
-    }
-
     /**
      * Updates a categories numbering.
      *

client/src/app/core/repositories/motions/change-recommendation-repository.service.ts

@@ -5,9 +5,6 @@ import { map } from 'rxjs/operators';
 import { TranslateService } from '@ngx-translate/core';
 
 import { DataSendService } from 'app/core/core-services/data-send.service';
-import { User } from 'app/shared/models/users/user';
-import { Category } from 'app/shared/models/motions/category';
-import { Workflow } from 'app/shared/models/motions/workflow';
 import { BaseRepository } from '../base-repository';
 import { DataStoreService } from 'app/core/core-services/data-store.service';
 import { MotionChangeRecommendation } from 'app/shared/models/motions/motion-change-reco';
@@ -61,11 +58,7 @@ export class ChangeRecommendationRepositoryService extends BaseRepository<
         translate: TranslateService,
         private diffService: DiffService
     ) {
-        super(DS, dataSend, mapperService, viewModelStoreService, translate, MotionChangeRecommendation, [
+        super(DS, dataSend, mapperService, viewModelStoreService, translate, MotionChangeRecommendation);
-            Category,
-            User,
-            Workflow
-        ]);
     }
 
     public getTitle = (titleInformation: MotionChangeRecommendationTitleInformation) => {
@@ -76,15 +69,6 @@ export class ChangeRecommendationRepositoryService extends BaseRepository<
         return this.translate.instant(plural ? 'Change recommendations' : 'Change recommendation');
     };
 
-    /**
-     * Creates this view wrapper based on an actual Change Recommendation model
-     *
-     * @param {MotionChangeRecommendation} model
-     */
-    protected createViewModel(model: MotionChangeRecommendation): ViewMotionChangeRecommendation {
-        return new ViewMotionChangeRecommendation(model);
-    }
-
     /**
      * Given a change recommendation view object, a entry in the backend is created.
      * @param view

client/src/app/core/repositories/motions/motion-block-repository.service.ts

@@ -14,8 +14,6 @@ import { MotionRepositoryService } from './motion-repository.service';
 import { ViewMotion } from 'app/site/motions/models/view-motion';
 import { ViewMotionBlock, MotionBlockTitleInformation } from 'app/site/motions/models/view-motion-block';
 import { ViewModelStoreService } from 'app/core/core-services/view-model-store.service';
-import { ViewItem } from 'app/site/agenda/models/view-item';
-import { ViewListOfSpeakers } from 'app/site/agenda/models/view-list-of-speakers';
 import { BaseIsAgendaItemAndListOfSpeakersContentObjectRepository } from '../base-is-agenda-item-and-list-of-speakers-content-object-repository';
 
 /**
@@ -59,18 +57,6 @@ export class MotionBlockRepositoryService extends BaseIsAgendaItemAndListOfSpeak
         return this.translate.instant(plural ? 'Motion blocks' : 'Motion block');
     };
 
-    /**
-     * Converts a given motion block into a ViewModel
-     *
-     * @param block a motion block
-     * @returns a new ViewMotionBlock
-     */
-    protected createViewModel(block: MotionBlock): ViewMotionBlock {
-        const item = this.viewModelStoreService.get(ViewItem, block.agenda_item_id);
-        const listOfSpeakers = this.viewModelStoreService.get(ViewListOfSpeakers, block.list_of_speakers_id);
-        return new ViewMotionBlock(block, item, listOfSpeakers);
-    }
-
     /**
      * Removes the motion block id from the given motion
      *

client/src/app/core/repositories/motions/motion-comment-section-repository.service.ts

@@ -4,19 +4,33 @@ import { TranslateService } from '@ngx-translate/core';
 
 import { DataSendService } from '../../core-services/data-send.service';
 import { DataStoreService } from '../../core-services/data-store.service';
-import { BaseRepository } from '../base-repository';
+import { BaseRepository, RelationDefinition } from '../base-repository';
 import {
     ViewMotionCommentSection,
     MotionCommentSectionTitleInformation
 } from 'app/site/motions/models/view-motion-comment-section';
 import { MotionCommentSection } from 'app/shared/models/motions/motion-comment-section';
-import { Group } from 'app/shared/models/users/group';
 import { CollectionStringMapperService } from '../../core-services/collection-string-mapper.service';
 import { HttpService } from 'app/core/core-services/http.service';
 import { ViewModelStoreService } from 'app/core/core-services/view-model-store.service';
 import { ViewGroup } from 'app/site/users/models/view-group';
 import { ViewMotion } from 'app/site/motions/models/view-motion';
 
+const MotionCommentSectionRelations: RelationDefinition[] = [
+    {
+        type: 'M2M',
+        ownIdKey: 'read_groups_id',
+        ownKey: 'read_groups',
+        foreignModel: ViewGroup
+    },
+    {
+        type: 'M2M',
+        ownIdKey: 'write_groups_id',
+        ownKey: 'write_groups',
+        foreignModel: ViewGroup
+    }
+];
+
 /**
  * Repository Services for Categories
  *
@@ -53,7 +67,15 @@ export class MotionCommentSectionRepositoryService extends BaseRepository<
         translate: TranslateService,
         private http: HttpService
     ) {
-        super(DS, dataSend, mapperService, viewModelStoreService, translate, MotionCommentSection, [Group]);
+        super(
+            DS,
+            dataSend,
+            mapperService,
+            viewModelStoreService,
+            translate,
+            MotionCommentSection,
+            MotionCommentSectionRelations
+        );
 
         this.viewModelSortFn = (a: ViewMotionCommentSection, b: ViewMotionCommentSection) => {
             if (a.weight === b.weight) {
@@ -72,18 +94,6 @@ export class MotionCommentSectionRepositoryService extends BaseRepository<
         return this.translate.instant(plural ? 'Comment sections' : 'Comment section');
     };
 
-    /**
-     * Creates the ViewModel for the MotionComment Section
-     *
-     * @param section the MotionCommentSection the View Model should be created of
-     * @returns the View Model representation of the MotionCommentSection
-     */
-    protected createViewModel(section: MotionCommentSection): ViewMotionCommentSection {
-        const readGroups = this.viewModelStoreService.getMany(ViewGroup, section.read_groups_id);
-        const writeGroups = this.viewModelStoreService.getMany(ViewGroup, section.write_groups_id);
-        return new ViewMotionCommentSection(section, readGroups, writeGroups);
-    }
-
     /**
      * Saves a comment made at a MotionCommentSection. Does an update, if
      * there is a comment text. Deletes the comment, if the text is empty.

client/src/app/core/repositories/motions/motion-repository.service.ts

@@ -5,42 +5,35 @@ import { TranslateService } from '@ngx-translate/core';
 import { Observable } from 'rxjs';
 import { map } from 'rxjs/operators';
 
-import { Category } from 'app/shared/models/motions/category';
 import { ChangeRecoMode, MotionTitleInformation, ViewMotion } from 'app/site/motions/models/view-motion';
 import { CollectionStringMapperService } from '../../core-services/collection-string-mapper.service';
 import { ConfigService } from 'app/core/ui-services/config.service';
 import { DataSendService } from '../../core-services/data-send.service';
-import { DataStoreService, CollectionIds } from 'app/core/core-services/data-store.service';
+import { DataStoreService } from 'app/core/core-services/data-store.service';
 import { DiffService, DiffLinesInParagraph } from 'app/core/ui-services/diff.service';
 import { HttpService } from 'app/core/core-services/http.service';
 import { LinenumberingService, LineNumberRange } from '../../ui-services/linenumbering.service';
-import { Mediafile } from 'app/shared/models/mediafiles/mediafile';
 import { Motion } from 'app/shared/models/motions/motion';
-import { MotionBlock } from 'app/shared/models/motions/motion-block';
-import { MotionChangeRecommendation } from 'app/shared/models/motions/motion-change-reco';
 import { MotionPoll } from 'app/shared/models/motions/motion-poll';
 import { TreeIdNode } from 'app/core/ui-services/tree.service';
-import { User } from 'app/shared/models/users/user';
 import { ViewMotionChangeRecommendation } from 'app/site/motions/models/view-motion-change-recommendation';
 import { ViewMotionAmendedParagraph } from 'app/site/motions/models/view-motion-amended-paragraph';
 import { ViewUnifiedChange } from 'app/shared/models/motions/view-unified-change';
 import { ViewStatuteParagraph } from 'app/site/motions/models/view-statute-paragraph';
-import { Workflow } from 'app/shared/models/motions/workflow';
-import { WorkflowState } from 'app/shared/models/motions/workflow-state';
-import { Tag } from 'app/shared/models/core/tag';
 import { ViewModelStoreService } from 'app/core/core-services/view-model-store.service';
 import { ViewCategory } from 'app/site/motions/models/view-category';
 import { ViewUser } from 'app/site/users/models/view-user';
 import { ViewWorkflow } from 'app/site/motions/models/view-workflow';
-import { ViewItem } from 'app/site/agenda/models/view-item';
 import { ViewMotionBlock } from 'app/site/motions/models/view-motion-block';
 import { ViewMediafile } from 'app/site/mediafiles/models/view-mediafile';
 import { ViewTag } from 'app/site/tags/models/view-tag';
 import { ViewPersonalNote } from 'app/site/users/models/view-personal-note';
 import { OperatorService } from 'app/core/core-services/operator.service';
-import { PersonalNote, PersonalNoteContent } from 'app/shared/models/users/personal-note';
+import { PersonalNoteContent } from 'app/shared/models/users/personal-note';
-import { ViewListOfSpeakers } from 'app/site/agenda/models/view-list-of-speakers';
 import { BaseIsAgendaItemAndListOfSpeakersContentObjectRepository } from '../base-is-agenda-item-and-list-of-speakers-content-object-repository';
+import { RelationDefinition } from '../base-repository';
+import { ViewState } from 'app/site/motions/models/view-state';
+import { ViewSubmitter } from 'app/site/motions/models/view-submitter';
 
 type SortProperty = 'weight' | 'identifier';
 
@@ -74,6 +67,84 @@ export interface ParagraphToChoose {
     lineTo: number;
 }
 
+const MotionRelations: RelationDefinition[] = [
+    {
+        type: 'O2M',
+        ownIdKey: 'state_id',
+        ownKey: 'state',
+        foreignModel: ViewState
+    },
+    {
+        type: 'O2M',
+        ownIdKey: 'recommendation_id',
+        ownKey: 'recommendation',
+        foreignModel: ViewState
+    },
+    {
+        type: 'O2M',
+        ownIdKey: 'workflow_id',
+        ownKey: 'workflow',
+        foreignModel: ViewWorkflow
+    },
+    {
+        type: 'O2M',
+        ownIdKey: 'category_id',
+        ownKey: 'category',
+        foreignModel: ViewCategory
+    },
+    {
+        type: 'O2M',
+        ownIdKey: 'motion_block_id',
+        ownKey: 'motion_block',
+        foreignModel: ViewMotionBlock
+    },
+    {
+        type: 'nested',
+        ownKey: 'submitters',
+        foreignModel: ViewSubmitter,
+        order: 'weight',
+        relationDefinition: [
+            {
+                type: 'O2M',
+                ownIdKey: 'user_id',
+                ownKey: 'user',
+                foreignModel: ViewUser
+            }
+        ]
+    },
+    {
+        type: 'M2M',
+        ownIdKey: 'supporters_id',
+        ownKey: 'supporters',
+        foreignModel: ViewUser
+    },
+    {
+        type: 'M2M',
+        ownIdKey: 'attachments_id',
+        ownKey: 'attachments',
+        foreignModel: ViewMediafile
+    },
+    {
+        type: 'M2M',
+        ownIdKey: 'tags_id',
+        ownKey: 'tags',
+        foreignModel: ViewTag
+    },
+    {
+        type: 'O2M',
+        ownIdKey: 'parent_id',
+        ownKey: 'parent',
+        foreignModel: ViewMotion
+    },
+    {
+        type: 'M2M',
+        ownIdKey: 'change_recommendations_id',
+        ownKey: 'changeRecommendations',
+        foreignModel: ViewMotionChangeRecommendation
+    }
+    // Personal notes are dynamically added in the repo.
+];
+
 /**
  * Repository Services for motions (and potentially categories)
  *
@@ -126,23 +197,36 @@ export class MotionRepositoryService extends BaseIsAgendaItemAndListOfSpeakersCo
         private readonly diff: DiffService,
         private operator: OperatorService
     ) {
-        super(DS, dataSend, mapperService, viewModelStoreService, translate, Motion, [
+        super(DS, dataSend, mapperService, viewModelStoreService, translate, Motion, MotionRelations);
-            Category,
-            User,
-            Workflow,
-            MotionBlock,
-            Mediafile,
-            Tag,
-            MotionChangeRecommendation,
-            PersonalNote,
-            Motion
-        ]);
         config.get<SortProperty>('motions_motions_sorting').subscribe(conf => {
             this.sortProperty = conf;
             this.setConfigSortFn();
         });
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Adds the personal note custom relation to the relation definitions.
+     */
+    protected groupRelationsByCollections(): void {
+        this.relationDefinitions.push({
+            type: 'custom',
+            foreignModel: ViewPersonalNote,
+            setRelations: (motion: Motion, viewMotion: ViewMotion) => {
+                viewMotion.personalNote = this.getPersonalNoteForMotion(motion);
+            },
+            updateDependency: (viewMotion: ViewMotion, viewPersonalNote: ViewPersonalNote) => {
+                const personalNoteContent = viewPersonalNote.getNoteContent(this.collectionString, viewMotion.id);
+                if (!personalNoteContent) {
+                    return false;
+                }
+
+                viewMotion.personalNote = personalNoteContent;
+                return true;
+            }
+        });
+        super.groupRelationsByCollections();
+    }
+
     public getTitle = (titleInformation: MotionTitleInformation) => {
         if (titleInformation.identifier) {
             return titleInformation.identifier + ': ' + titleInformation.title;
@@ -183,64 +267,20 @@ export class MotionRepositoryService extends BaseIsAgendaItemAndListOfSpeakersCo
         return this.translate.instant(plural ? 'Motions' : 'Motion');
     };
 
-    /**
+    protected createViewModelWithTitles(model: Motion): ViewMotion {
-     * Converts a motion to a ViewMotion and adds it to the store.
+        const viewModel = super.createViewModelWithTitles(model);
-     *
+        viewModel.getIdentifierOrTitle = () => this.getIdentifierOrTitle(viewModel);
-     * Foreign references of the motion will be resolved (e.g submitters to users)
+        viewModel.getProjectorTitle = () => this.getAgendaSlideTitle(viewModel);
-     * Expandable to all (server side) changes that might occur on the motion object.
+        return viewModel;
-     *
-     * @param motion blank motion domain object
-     */
-    protected createViewModel(motion: Motion): ViewMotion {
-        const category = this.viewModelStoreService.get(ViewCategory, motion.category_id);
-        const submitters = this.viewModelStoreService.getMany(ViewUser, motion.sorted_submitters_id);
-        const supporters = this.viewModelStoreService.getMany(ViewUser, motion.supporters_id);
-        const workflow = this.viewModelStoreService.get(ViewWorkflow, motion.workflow_id);
-        const item = this.viewModelStoreService.get(ViewItem, motion.agenda_item_id);
-        const listOfSpeakers = this.viewModelStoreService.get(ViewListOfSpeakers, motion.list_of_speakers_id);
-        const block = this.viewModelStoreService.get(ViewMotionBlock, motion.motion_block_id);
-        const attachments = this.viewModelStoreService.getMany(ViewMediafile, motion.attachments_id);
-        const tags = this.viewModelStoreService.getMany(ViewTag, motion.tags_id);
-        const parent = this.viewModelStoreService.get(ViewMotion, motion.parent_id);
-        const amendments = this.viewModelStoreService.filter(ViewMotion, m => m.parent_id && m.parent_id === motion.id);
-        const changeRecommendations = this.viewModelStoreService.filter(
-            ViewMotionChangeRecommendation,
-            cr => cr.motion_id === motion.id
-        );
-        let state: WorkflowState = null;
-        if (workflow) {
-            state = workflow.getStateById(motion.state_id);
-        }
-        const personalNote = this.getPersonalNoteForMotion(motion.id);
-        const viewMotion = new ViewMotion(
-            motion,
-            category,
-            submitters,
-            supporters,
-            workflow,
-            state,
-            item,
-            listOfSpeakers,
-            block,
-            attachments,
-            tags,
-            parent,
-            changeRecommendations,
-            amendments,
-            personalNote
-        );
-        viewMotion.getIdentifierOrTitle = () => this.getIdentifierOrTitle(viewMotion);
-        viewMotion.getProjectorTitle = () => this.getAgendaSlideTitle(viewMotion);
-        return viewMotion;
     }
 
     /**
      * Get the personal note content for one motion by their id
      *
-     * @param motionId the id of the motion
+     * @param motion the motion
      * @returns the personal note content for this motion or null
      */
-    private getPersonalNoteForMotion(motionId: number): PersonalNoteContent | null {
+    private getPersonalNoteForMotion(motion: Motion): PersonalNoteContent | null {
         if (this.operator.isAnonymous) {
             return;
         }
@@ -248,64 +288,17 @@ export class MotionRepositoryService extends BaseIsAgendaItemAndListOfSpeakersCo
         const personalNote = this.viewModelStoreService.find(ViewPersonalNote, pn => {
             return pn.userId === this.operator.user.id;
         });
-
         if (!personalNote) {
             return;
         }
 
         const notes = personalNote.notes;
         const collection = Motion.COLLECTIONSTRING;
-        if (notes && notes[collection] && notes[collection][motionId]) {
+        if (notes && notes[collection] && notes[collection][motion.id]) {
-            return notes[collection][motionId];
+            return notes[collection][motion.id];
         }
     }
 
-    /**
-     * Special handling of updating personal notes.
-     * @override
-     */
-    public updateDependencies(changedModels: CollectionIds): boolean {
-        if (!this.depsModelCtors || this.depsModelCtors.length === 0) {
-            return;
-        }
-        const viewModels = this.getViewModelList();
-        let somethingUpdated = false;
-        Object.keys(changedModels).forEach(collection => {
-            const dependencyChanged: boolean = this.depsModelCtors.some(ctor => {
-                return ctor.COLLECTIONSTRING === collection;
-            });
-            if (!dependencyChanged) {
-                return;
-            }
-
-            // Do not update personal notes, if the operator is anonymous
-            if (collection === PersonalNote.COLLECTIONSTRING && this.operator.isAnonymous) {
-                return;
-            }
-
-            viewModels.forEach(ownViewModel => {
-                changedModels[collection].forEach(id => {
-                    const viewModel = this.viewModelStoreService.get(collection, id);
-                    // Only update the personal note, if the operator is the right user.
-                    if (
-                        collection === PersonalNote.COLLECTIONSTRING &&
-                        (<ViewPersonalNote>viewModel).userId !== this.operator.user.id
-                    ) {
-                        return;
-                    }
-                    ownViewModel.updateDependencies(viewModel);
-                });
-            });
-            somethingUpdated = true;
-        });
-        if (somethingUpdated) {
-            viewModels.forEach(ownViewModel => {
-                this.updateViewModelObservable(ownViewModel.id);
-            });
-        }
-        return somethingUpdated;
-    }
-
     /**
      * Set the state of a motion
      *
@@ -757,20 +750,6 @@ export class MotionRepositoryService extends BaseIsAgendaItemAndListOfSpeakersCo
             .filter((para: ViewMotionAmendedParagraph) => para !== null);
     }
 
-    /**
-     * Returns motion duplicates (sharing the identifier)
-     *
-     * @param viewMotion the ViewMotion to compare against the list of Motions
-     * in the data
-     * @returns An Array of ViewMotions with the same identifier of the input, or an empty array
-     */
-    public getMotionDuplicates(motion: ViewMotion): ViewMotion[] {
-        const duplicates = this.DS.filter(Motion, item => motion.identifier === item.identifier);
-        const viewMotions: ViewMotion[] = [];
-        duplicates.forEach(item => viewMotions.push(this.createViewModel(item)));
-        return viewMotions;
-    }
-
     /**
      * Sends a request to the server, creating a new poll for the motion
      */

client/src/app/core/repositories/motions/state-repository.service.spec.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+import { TestBed, inject } from '@angular/core/testing';
+
+import { E2EImportsModule } from '../../../../e2e-imports.module';
+import { StateRepositoryService } from './state-repository.service';
+
+describe('StateRepositoryService', () => {
+    beforeEach(() => {
+        TestBed.configureTestingModule({
+            imports: [E2EImportsModule],
+            providers: [StateRepositoryService]
+        });
+    });
+
+    it('should be created', inject([StateRepositoryService], (service: StateRepositoryService) => {
+        expect(service).toBeTruthy();
+    }));
+});

client/src/app/core/repositories/motions/state-repository.service.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,69 @@
+import { Injectable } from '@angular/core';
+
+import { TranslateService } from '@ngx-translate/core';
+
+import { WorkflowTitleInformation, ViewWorkflow } from 'app/site/motions/models/view-workflow';
+import { DataSendService } from '../../core-services/data-send.service';
+import { DataStoreService } from '../../core-services/data-store.service';
+import { BaseRepository, RelationDefinition } from '../base-repository';
+import { CollectionStringMapperService } from '../../core-services/collection-string-mapper.service';
+import { ViewModelStoreService } from 'app/core/core-services/view-model-store.service';
+import { State } from 'app/shared/models/motions/state';
+import { ViewState, StateTitleInformation } from 'app/site/motions/models/view-state';
+
+const StateRelations: RelationDefinition[] = [
+    {
+        type: 'O2M',
+        ownIdKey: 'workflow_id',
+        ownKey: 'workflow',
+        foreignModel: ViewWorkflow
+    },
+    {
+        type: 'M2M',
+        ownIdKey: 'next_states_id',
+        ownKey: 'next_states',
+        foreignModel: ViewState
+    }
+];
+
+/**
+ * Repository Services for States
+ *
+ * The repository is meant to process domain objects (those found under
+ * shared/models), so components can display them and interact with them.
+ *
+ * Rather than manipulating models directly, the repository is meant to
+ * inform the {@link DataSendService} about changes which will send
+ * them to the Server.
+ */
+@Injectable({
+    providedIn: 'root'
+})
+export class StateRepositoryService extends BaseRepository<ViewState, State, StateTitleInformation> {
+    /**
+     * Creates a WorkflowRepository
+     * Converts existing and incoming workflow to ViewWorkflows
+     *
+     * @param DS Accessing the data store
+     * @param mapperService mapping models
+     * @param dataSend sending data to the server
+     * @param httpService HttpService
+     */
+    public constructor(
+        DS: DataStoreService,
+        dataSend: DataSendService,
+        mapperService: CollectionStringMapperService,
+        viewModelStoreService: ViewModelStoreService,
+        translate: TranslateService
+    ) {
+        super(DS, dataSend, mapperService, viewModelStoreService, translate, State, StateRelations);
+    }
+
+    public getTitle = (titleInformation: WorkflowTitleInformation) => {
+        return titleInformation.name;
+    };
+
+    public getVerboseName = (plural: boolean = false) => {
+        return this.translate.instant(plural ? 'Workflows' : 'Workflow');
+    };
+}

client/src/app/core/repositories/motions/statute-paragraph-repository.service.ts

@@ -51,8 +51,4 @@ export class StatuteParagraphRepositoryService extends BaseRepository<
     public getVerboseName = (plural: boolean = false) => {
         return this.translate.instant(plural ? 'Statute paragraphs' : 'Statute paragraph');
     };
-
-    protected createViewModel(statuteParagraph: StatuteParagraph): ViewStatuteParagraph {
-        return new ViewStatuteParagraph(statuteParagraph);
-    }
 }

client/src/app/core/repositories/motions/workflow-repository.service.ts

@@ -6,15 +6,29 @@ import { Workflow } from 'app/shared/models/motions/workflow';
 import { ViewWorkflow, WorkflowTitleInformation } from 'app/site/motions/models/view-workflow';
 import { DataSendService } from '../../core-services/data-send.service';
 import { DataStoreService } from '../../core-services/data-store.service';
-import { BaseRepository } from '../base-repository';
+import { BaseRepository, RelationDefinition } from '../base-repository';
 import { CollectionStringMapperService } from '../../core-services/collection-string-mapper.service';
-import { WorkflowState } from 'app/shared/models/motions/workflow-state';
 import { ViewMotion } from 'app/site/motions/models/view-motion';
-import { HttpService } from 'app/core/core-services/http.service';
 import { ViewModelStoreService } from 'app/core/core-services/view-model-store.service';
+import { ViewState } from 'app/site/motions/models/view-state';
+
+const WorkflowRelations: RelationDefinition[] = [
+    {
+        type: 'M2M',
+        ownIdKey: 'states_id',
+        ownKey: 'states',
+        foreignModel: ViewState
+    },
+    {
+        type: 'O2M',
+        ownIdKey: 'first_state_id',
+        ownKey: 'first_state',
+        foreignModel: ViewState
+    }
+];
 
 /**
- * Repository Services for Categories
+ * Repository Services for Workflows
  *
  * The repository is meant to process domain objects (those found under
  * shared/models), so components can display them and interact with them.
@@ -27,11 +41,6 @@ import { ViewModelStoreService } from 'app/core/core-services/view-model-store.s
     providedIn: 'root'
 })
 export class WorkflowRepositoryService extends BaseRepository<ViewWorkflow, Workflow, WorkflowTitleInformation> {
-    /**
-     * The url to state on rest
-     */
-    private restStateUrl = '/rest/motions/state/';
-
     /**
      * Creates a WorkflowRepository
      * Converts existing and incoming workflow to ViewWorkflows
@@ -46,16 +55,9 @@ export class WorkflowRepositoryService extends BaseRepository<ViewWorkflow, Work
         dataSend: DataSendService,
         mapperService: CollectionStringMapperService,
         viewModelStoreService: ViewModelStoreService,
-        translate: TranslateService,
+        translate: TranslateService
-        private httpService: HttpService
     ) {
-        super(DS, dataSend, mapperService, viewModelStoreService, translate, Workflow);
+        super(DS, dataSend, mapperService, viewModelStoreService, translate, Workflow, WorkflowRelations);
-
-        this.viewModelListSubject.subscribe(models => {
-            if (models && models.length > 0) {
-                this.initSorting(models);
-            }
-        });
     }
 
     public getTitle = (titleInformation: WorkflowTitleInformation) => {
@@ -66,86 +68,14 @@ export class WorkflowRepositoryService extends BaseRepository<ViewWorkflow, Work
         return this.translate.instant(plural ? 'Workflows' : 'Workflow');
     };
 
-    /**
-     * Sort the states of custom workflows. Ignores simple and complex workflows.
-     * Implying the default workflows always have the IDs 1 und 2
-     *
-     * TODO: Temp Solution. Should be replaced by general sorting over repositories after PR 4411
-     *       This is an abstract to prevent further collisions. Real sorting is then done in 4411
-     *       For now this "just" sorts the Workflow states of all custom workflows
-     */
-    private initSorting(workflows: ViewWorkflow[]): void {
-        for (const workflow of workflows) {
-            workflow.sortStates();
-        }
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Creates a ViewWorkflow from a given Workflow
-     *
-     * @param workflow the Workflow to convert
-     */
-    protected createViewModel(workflow: Workflow): ViewWorkflow {
-        return new ViewWorkflow(workflow);
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Adds a new state to the given workflow
-     *
-     * @param stateName The name of the new Workflow
-     * @param viewWorkflow The workflow
-     */
-    public async addState(stateName: string, viewWorkflow: ViewWorkflow): Promise<void> {
-        const newStatePayload = {
-            name: stateName,
-            workflow_id: viewWorkflow.id
-        };
-        await this.httpService.post(this.restStateUrl, newStatePayload);
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Updates workflow state with a new value-object and sends it to the server
-     *
-     * @param newValue a key-value pair with the new state value
-     * @param workflowState the workflow state to update
-     */
-    public async updateState(newValue: object, workflowState: WorkflowState): Promise<void> {
-        const stateUpdate = Object.assign(workflowState, newValue);
-        await this.httpService.put(`${this.restStateUrl}${workflowState.id}/`, stateUpdate);
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Deletes the selected work
-     *
-     * @param workflowState the workflow state to delete
-     */
-    public async deleteState(workflowState: WorkflowState): Promise<void> {
-        await this.httpService.delete(`${this.restStateUrl}${workflowState.id}/`);
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Collects all existing states from all workflows
-     *
-     * @returns All currently existing workflow states
-     */
-    public getAllWorkflowStates(): WorkflowState[] {
-        let states: WorkflowState[] = [];
-        this.getViewModelList().forEach(workflow => {
-            if (workflow) {
-                states = states.concat(workflow.states);
-            }
-        });
-        return states;
-    }
-
     /**
      * Returns all workflowStates that cover the list of viewMotions given
      *
      * @param motions The motions to get the workflows from
      * @returns The workflow states to the given motion
      */
-    public getWorkflowStatesForMotions(motions: ViewMotion[]): WorkflowState[] {
+    public getWorkflowStatesForMotions(motions: ViewMotion[]): ViewState[] {
-        let states: WorkflowState[] = [];
+        let states: ViewState[] = [];
         const workflowIds = motions
             .map(motion => motion.workflow_id)
             .filter((value, index, self) => self.indexOf(value) === index);

client/src/app/core/repositories/projector/countdown-repository.service.ts

@@ -36,10 +36,6 @@ export class CountdownRepositoryService extends BaseRepository<ViewCountdown, Co
         return this.translate.instant(plural ? 'Countdowns' : 'Countdown');
     };
 
-    protected createViewModel(countdown: Countdown): ViewCountdown {
-        return new ViewCountdown(countdown);
-    }
-
     /**
      * Starts a countdown.
      *

client/src/app/core/repositories/projector/projection-default-repository.service.ts

@@ -52,10 +52,6 @@ export class ProjectionDefaultRepositoryService extends BaseRepository<
         return this.translate.instant(titleInformation.display_name);
     };
 
-    public createViewModel(projectionDefault: ProjectionDefault): ViewProjectionDefault {
-        return new ViewProjectionDefault(projectionDefault);
-    }
-
     /**
      * Creation of projection defaults is not supported.
      */

client/src/app/core/repositories/projector/projector-message-repository.service.ts

@@ -38,8 +38,4 @@ export class ProjectorMessageRepositoryService extends BaseRepository<
     public getVerboseName = (plural: boolean = false) => {
         return this.translate.instant(plural ? 'Messages' : 'Message');
     };
-
-    protected createViewModel(message: ProjectorMessage): ViewProjectorMessage {
-        return new ViewProjectorMessage(message);
-    }
 }

client/src/app/core/repositories/projector/projector-repository.service.ts

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import { Injectable } from '@angular/core';
 
 import { TranslateService } from '@ngx-translate/core';
 
-import { BaseRepository } from '../base-repository';
+import { BaseRepository, RelationDefinition } from '../base-repository';
 import { CollectionStringMapperService } from '../../core-services/collection-string-mapper.service';
 import { DataSendService } from '../../core-services/data-send.service';
 import { DataStoreService } from '../../core-services/data-store.service';
@@ -21,6 +21,15 @@ export enum ScrollScaleDirection {
     Reset = 'reset'
 }
 
+const ProjectorRelations: RelationDefinition[] = [
+    {
+        type: 'O2M',
+        ownIdKey: 'reference_projector_id',
+        ownKey: 'referenceProjector',
+        foreignModel: ViewProjector
+    }
+];
+
 /**
  * Manages all projector instances.
  */
@@ -44,7 +53,7 @@ export class ProjectorRepositoryService extends BaseRepository<ViewProjector, Pr
         translate: TranslateService,
         private http: HttpService
     ) {
-        super(DS, dataSend, mapperService, viewModelStoreService, translate, Projector, [Projector]);
+        super(DS, dataSend, mapperService, viewModelStoreService, translate, Projector, ProjectorRelations);
     }
 
     public getTitle = (titleInformation: ProjectorTitleInformation) => {
@@ -55,10 +64,6 @@ export class ProjectorRepositoryService extends BaseRepository<ViewProjector, Pr
         return this.translate.instant(plural ? 'Projectors' : 'Projector');
     };
 
-    public createViewModel(projector: Projector): ViewProjector {
-        return new ViewProjector(projector);
-    }
-
     /**
      * Creates a new projector. Adds the clock as default, stable element
      */

client/src/app/core/repositories/tags/tag-repository.service.ts

@@ -52,10 +52,6 @@ export class TagRepositoryService extends BaseRepository<ViewTag, Tag, TagTitleI
         return this.translate.instant(plural ? 'Tags' : 'Tag');
     };
 
-    protected createViewModel(tag: Tag): ViewTag {
-        return new ViewTag(tag);
-    }
-
     /**
      * Sets the default sorting (e.g. in dropdowns and for new users) to 'name'
      */

client/src/app/core/repositories/topics/topic-repository.service.ts

@@ -5,14 +5,21 @@ import { TranslateService } from '@ngx-translate/core';
 import { CollectionStringMapperService } from 'app/core/core-services/collection-string-mapper.service';
 import { DataStoreService } from 'app/core/core-services/data-store.service';
 import { DataSendService } from 'app/core/core-services/data-send.service';
-import { Mediafile } from 'app/shared/models/mediafiles/mediafile';
 import { Topic } from 'app/shared/models/topics/topic';
 import { ViewTopic, TopicTitleInformation } from 'app/site/topics/models/view-topic';
 import { ViewModelStoreService } from 'app/core/core-services/view-model-store.service';
 import { ViewMediafile } from 'app/site/mediafiles/models/view-mediafile';
-import { ViewItem } from 'app/site/agenda/models/view-item';
-import { ViewListOfSpeakers } from 'app/site/agenda/models/view-list-of-speakers';
 import { BaseIsAgendaItemAndListOfSpeakersContentObjectRepository } from '../base-is-agenda-item-and-list-of-speakers-content-object-repository';
+import { RelationDefinition } from '../base-repository';
+
+const TopicRelations: RelationDefinition[] = [
+    {
+        type: 'M2M',
+        ownIdKey: 'attachments_id',
+        ownKey: 'attachments',
+        foreignModel: ViewMediafile
+    }
+];
 
 /**
  * Repository for topics
@@ -39,7 +46,7 @@ export class TopicRepositoryService extends BaseIsAgendaItemAndListOfSpeakersCon
         viewModelStoreService: ViewModelStoreService,
         translate: TranslateService
     ) {
-        super(DS, dataSend, mapperService, viewModelStoreService, translate, Topic, [Mediafile]);
+        super(DS, dataSend, mapperService, viewModelStoreService, translate, Topic, TopicRelations);
     }
 
     public getTitle = (titleInformation: TopicTitleInformation) => {
@@ -63,29 +70,4 @@ export class TopicRepositoryService extends BaseIsAgendaItemAndListOfSpeakersCon
     public getVerboseName = (plural: boolean = false) => {
         return this.translate.instant(plural ? 'Topics' : 'Topic');
     };
-
-    /**
-     * Creates a new viewModel out of the given model
-     *
-     * @param topic The topic that shall be converted into a view topic
-     * @returns a new view topic
-     */
-    public createViewModel(topic: Topic): ViewTopic {
-        const attachments = this.viewModelStoreService.getMany(ViewMediafile, topic.attachments_id);
-        const item = this.viewModelStoreService.get(ViewItem, topic.agenda_item_id);
-        const listOfSpeakers = this.viewModelStoreService.get(ViewListOfSpeakers, topic.list_of_speakers_id);
-        return new ViewTopic(topic, attachments, item, listOfSpeakers);
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Returns an array of all duplicates for a topic
-     *
-     * @param topic
-     */
-    public getTopicDuplicates(topic: ViewTopic): ViewTopic[] {
-        const duplicates = this.DS.filter(Topic, item => topic.title === item.title);
-        const viewTopics: ViewTopic[] = [];
-        duplicates.forEach(item => viewTopics.push(this.createViewModel(item)));
-        return viewTopics;
-    }
 }

client/src/app/core/repositories/users/group-repository.service.ts

@@ -70,10 +70,6 @@ export class GroupRepositoryService extends BaseRepository<ViewGroup, Group, Gro
         return this.translate.instant(plural ? 'Groups' : 'Group');
     };
 
-    public createViewModel(group: Group): ViewGroup {
-        return new ViewGroup(group);
-    }
-
     /**
      * Toggles the given permisson.
      *

client/src/app/core/repositories/users/personal-note-repository.service.ts

@@ -43,10 +43,6 @@ export class PersonalNoteRepositoryService extends BaseRepository<
         return this.translate.instant(plural ? 'Personal notes' : 'Personal note');
     };
 
-    protected createViewModel(personalNote: PersonalNote): ViewPersonalNote {
-        return new ViewPersonalNote(personalNote);
-    }
-
     /**
      * Overwrite the default procedure
      *

client/src/app/core/repositories/users/user-repository.service.ts

@@ -2,13 +2,12 @@ import { Injectable } from '@angular/core';
 
 import { TranslateService } from '@ngx-translate/core';
 
-import { BaseRepository } from '../base-repository';
+import { BaseRepository, RelationDefinition } from '../base-repository';
 import { CollectionStringMapperService } from '../../core-services/collection-string-mapper.service';
 import { ConfigService } from 'app/core/ui-services/config.service';
 import { DataSendService } from '../../core-services/data-send.service';
 import { DataStoreService } from '../../core-services/data-store.service';
 import { environment } from '../../../../environments/environment';
-import { Group } from 'app/shared/models/users/group';
 import { HttpService } from 'app/core/core-services/http.service';
 import { NewEntry } from 'app/core/ui-services/base-import.service';
 import { User } from 'app/shared/models/users/user';
@@ -24,6 +23,15 @@ type StringNamingSchema = 'lastCommaFirst' | 'firstSpaceLast';
 
 type SortProperty = 'first_name' | 'last_name' | 'number';
 
+const UserRelations: RelationDefinition[] = [
+    {
+        type: 'M2M',
+        ownIdKey: 'groups_id',
+        ownKey: 'groups',
+        foreignModel: ViewGroup
+    }
+];
+
 /**
  * Repository service for users
  *
@@ -57,7 +65,7 @@ export class UserRepositoryService extends BaseRepository<ViewUser, User, UserTi
         private httpService: HttpService,
         private configService: ConfigService
     ) {
-        super(DS, dataSend, mapperService, viewModelStoreService, translate, User, [Group]);
+        super(DS, dataSend, mapperService, viewModelStoreService, translate, User, UserRelations);
         this.sortProperty = this.configService.instant('users_sort_by');
         this.configService.get<SortProperty>('users_sort_by').subscribe(conf => {
             this.sortProperty = conf;
@@ -133,12 +141,14 @@ export class UserRepositoryService extends BaseRepository<ViewUser, User, UserTi
         return pw;
     }
 
-    public createViewModel(user: User): ViewUser {
+    /**
-        const groups = this.viewModelStoreService.getMany(ViewGroup, user.groups_id);
+     * Adds teh short and full name to the view user.
-        const viewUser = new ViewUser(user, groups);
+     */
-        viewUser.getFullName = () => this.getFullName(viewUser);
+    protected createViewModelWithTitles(model: User): ViewUser {
-        viewUser.getShortName = () => this.getShortName(viewUser);
+        const viewModel = super.createViewModelWithTitles(model);
-        return viewUser;
+        viewModel.getFullName = () => this.getFullName(viewModel);
+        viewModel.getShortName = () => this.getShortName(viewModel);
+        return viewModel;
     }
 
     /**

client/src/app/core/ui-services/base-import.service.ts

@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ export interface NewEntry<V> {
     newEntry: V;
     status: CsvImportStatus;
     errors: string[];
-    duplicates: V[];
+    hasDuplicates: boolean;
     importTrackId?: number;
 }
 
@@ -259,11 +259,11 @@ export abstract class BaseImportService<V extends BaseViewModel> {
             if (entry.status === 'done') {
                 summary.done += 1;
                 return;
-            } else if (entry.status === 'error' && !entry.duplicates.length) {
+            } else if (entry.status === 'error' && !entry.hasDuplicates) {
                 // errors that are not due to duplicates
                 summary.errors += 1;
                 return;
-            } else if (entry.duplicates.length) {
+            } else if (entry.hasDuplicates) {
                 summary.duplicates += 1;
                 return;
             } else if (entry.status === 'new') {

client/src/app/shared/models/agenda/speaker.ts

@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+import { BaseModel } from '../base/base-model';
+
 /**
  * Representation of a speaker in an agenda item.
  *
@@ -5,23 +7,28 @@
  * Part of the 'speakers' list.
  * @ignore
  */
-export interface Speaker {
+export class Speaker extends BaseModel<Speaker> {
-    id: number;
+    public static COLLECTIONSTRING = 'agenda/speaker';
-    user_id: number;
+
+    public id: number;
+    public user_id: number;
+    public weight: number;
+    public marked: boolean;
+    public item_id: number;
 
     /**
      * ISO datetime string to indicate the begin time of the speech. Empty if
      * the speaker has not started
      */
-    begin_time: string;
+    public begin_time: string;
 
     /**
      * ISO datetime string to indicate the end time of the speech. Empty if the
      * speech has not ended
      */
-    end_time: string;
+    public end_time: string;
 
-    weight: number;
+    public constructor(input?: any) {
-    marked: boolean;
+        super(Speaker.COLLECTIONSTRING, input);
-    item_id: number;
+    }
 }

client/src/app/shared/models/assignments/assignment-poll-option.ts

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-import { Deserializer } from '../base/deserializer';
 import { PollVoteValue } from 'app/core/ui-services/poll.service';
+import { BaseModel } from '../base/base-model';
 
 export interface AssignmentOptionVote {
     weight: number;
@@ -12,7 +12,9 @@ export interface AssignmentOptionVote {
  * part of the 'polls-options'-array in poll
  * @ignore
  */
-export class AssignmentPollOption extends Deserializer {
+export class AssignmentPollOption extends BaseModel<AssignmentPollOption> {
+    public static COLLECTIONSTRING = 'assignments/assignment-poll-option';
+
     public id: number; // The AssignmentUser id of the candidate
     public candidate_id: number; // the User id of the candidate
     public is_elected: boolean;
@@ -21,8 +23,6 @@ export class AssignmentPollOption extends Deserializer {
     public weight: number; // weight to order the display
 
     /**
-     * Needs to be completely optional because poll has (yet) the optional parameter 'poll-options'
-     *
      * @param input
      */
     public constructor(input?: any) {
@@ -33,6 +33,6 @@ export class AssignmentPollOption extends Deserializer {
                 }
             });
         }
-        super(input);
+        super(AssignmentPollOption.COLLECTIONSTRING, input);
     }
 }

client/src/app/shared/models/assignments/assignment-poll.ts

@@ -1,12 +1,13 @@
 import { AssignmentPollMethod } from 'app/site/assignments/services/assignment-poll.service';
-import { Deserializer } from '../base/deserializer';
 import { AssignmentPollOption } from './assignment-poll-option';
+import { BaseModel } from '../base/base-model';
 
 /**
  * Content of the 'polls' property of assignments
  * @ignore
  */
-export class AssignmentPoll extends Deserializer {
+export class AssignmentPoll extends BaseModel<AssignmentPoll> {
+    public static COLLECTIONSTRING = 'assignments/assignment-poll';
     private static DECIMAL_FIELDS = ['votesvalid', 'votesinvalid', 'votescast', 'votesno', 'votesabstain'];
 
     public id: number;
@@ -23,7 +24,6 @@ export class AssignmentPoll extends Deserializer {
     public assignment_id: number;
 
     /**
-     * Needs to be completely optional because assignment has (yet) the optional parameter 'polls'
      * @param input
      */
     public constructor(input?: any) {
@@ -35,14 +35,6 @@ export class AssignmentPoll extends Deserializer {
                 }
             });
         }
-        super(input);
+        super(AssignmentPoll.COLLECTIONSTRING, input);
-    }
-
-    public deserialize(input: any): void {
-        Object.assign(this, input);
-        this.options = [];
-        if (input.options instanceof Array) {
-            this.options = input.options.map(pollOptionData => new AssignmentPollOption(pollOptionData));
-        }
     }
 }

client/src/app/shared/models/assignments/assignment-related-user.ts

@@ -1,27 +1,18 @@
+import { BaseModel } from '../base/base-model';
+
 /**
  * Content of the 'assignment_related_users' property.
  */
-export interface AssignmentRelatedUser {
+export class AssignmentRelatedUser extends BaseModel<AssignmentRelatedUser> {
-    id: number;
+    public static COLLECTIONSTRING = 'assignments/assignment-related-user';
 
-    /**
+    public id: number;
-     * id of the user this assignment user relates to
+    public user_id: number;
-     */
+    public elected: boolean;
-    user_id: number;
+    public assignment_id: number;
+    public weight: number;
 
-    /**
+    public constructor(input?: any) {
-     * The current 'elected' state
+        super(AssignmentRelatedUser.COLLECTIONSTRING, input);
-     */
+    }
-    elected: boolean;
-
-    /**
-     * id of the related assignment
-     */
-    assignment_id: number;
-
-    /**
-     * A weight to determine the position in the list of candidates
-     * (determined by the server)
-     */
-    weight: number;
 }

client/src/app/shared/models/motions/motion-submitter.ts

@@ -1,27 +0,0 @@
-import { Deserializer } from '../base/deserializer';
-import { User } from '../users/user';
-
-/**
- * Representation of a Motion Submitter.
- *
- * @ignore
- */
-export class MotionSubmitter extends Deserializer {
-    public id: number;
-    public user_id: number;
-    public motion_id: number;
-    public weight: number;
-
-    public constructor(input?: any, motion_id?: number, weight?: number) {
-        super();
-        this.id = input.id;
-        if (input instanceof User) {
-            const user_obj = input as User;
-            this.user_id = user_obj.id;
-            this.motion_id = motion_id;
-            this.weight = weight;
-        } else {
-            this.deserialize(input);
-        }
-    }
-}

client/src/app/shared/models/motions/motion.ts

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { MotionSubmitter } from './motion-submitter';
+import { Submitter } from './submitter';
 import { MotionPoll } from './motion-poll';
 import { BaseModelWithAgendaItemAndListOfSpeakers } from '../base/base-model-with-agenda-item-and-list-of-speakers';
 
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ export class Motion extends BaseModelWithAgendaItemAndListOfSpeakers<Motion> {
     public category_weight: number;
     public motion_block_id: number;
     public origin: string;
-    public submitters: MotionSubmitter[];
+    public submitters: Submitter[];
     public supporters_id: number[];
     public comments: MotionComment[];
     public workflow_id: number;
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ export class Motion extends BaseModelWithAgendaItemAndListOfSpeakers<Motion> {
     public sort_parent_id: number;
     public created: string;
     public last_modified: string;
+    public change_recommendations_id: number[];
 
     public constructor(input?: any) {
         super(Motion.COLLECTIONSTRING, input);
@@ -58,9 +59,9 @@ export class Motion extends BaseModelWithAgendaItemAndListOfSpeakers<Motion> {
      */
     public get sorted_submitters_id(): number[] {
         return this.submitters
-            .sort((a: MotionSubmitter, b: MotionSubmitter) => {
+            .sort((a: Submitter, b: Submitter) => {
                 return a.weight - b.weight;
             })
-            .map((submitter: MotionSubmitter) => submitter.user_id);
+            .map((submitter: Submitter) => submitter.user_id);
     }
 }

client/src/app/shared/models/motions/state.ts

@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
-import { Deserializer } from '../base/deserializer';
+import { BaseModel } from '../base/base-model';
-import { Workflow } from './workflow';
 
 /**
  * Specifies if an amendment of this state/recommendation should be merged into the motion
@@ -16,7 +15,9 @@ export enum MergeAmendment {
  * Part of the 'states'-array in motion/workflow
  * @ignore
  */
-export class WorkflowState extends Deserializer {
+export class State extends BaseModel<State> {
+    public static COLLECTIONSTRING = 'motions/state';
+
     public id: number;
     public name: string;
     public recommendation_label: string;
@@ -37,23 +38,7 @@ export class WorkflowState extends Deserializer {
      * @param input If given, it will be deserialized
      */
     public constructor(input?: any) {
-        super(input);
+        super(State.COLLECTIONSTRING, input);
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * return a list of the next possible states.
-     * Also adds the current state.
-     */
-    public getNextStates(workflow: Workflow): WorkflowState[] {
-        return workflow.states.filter(state => {
-            return this.next_states_id.includes(state.id);
-        });
-    }
-
-    public getPreviousStates(workflow: Workflow): WorkflowState[] {
-        return workflow.states.filter(state => {
-            return state.next_states_id.includes(this.id);
-        });
     }
 
     public toString = (): string => {

client/src/app/shared/models/motions/submitter.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+import { BaseModel } from '../base/base-model';
+
+/**
+ * Representation of a Motion Submitter.
+ *
+ * @ignore
+ */
+export class Submitter extends BaseModel {
+    public static COLLECTIONSTRING = 'motions/submitter';
+
+    public id: number;
+    public user_id: number;
+    public motion_id: number;
+    public weight: number;
+
+    public constructor(input?: any) {
+        super(Submitter.COLLECTIONSTRING, input);
+    }
+}

client/src/app/shared/models/motions/workflow.ts

@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 import { BaseModel } from '../base/base-model';
-import { WorkflowState } from './workflow-state';
 
 /**
  * Representation of a motion workflow. Has the nested property 'states'
@@ -10,40 +9,10 @@ export class Workflow extends BaseModel<Workflow> {
 
     public id: number;
     public name: string;
-    public states: WorkflowState[];
+    public states_id: number[];
     public first_state_id: number;
 
     public constructor(input?: any) {
         super(Workflow.COLLECTIONSTRING, input);
     }
-
-    /**
-     * Check if the containing @link{WorkflowState}s contain a given ID
-     * @param id The State ID
-     */
-    public isStateContained(obj: number | WorkflowState): boolean {
-        let id: number;
-        if (obj instanceof WorkflowState) {
-            id = obj.id;
-        } else {
-            id = obj;
-        }
-
-        return this.states.some(state => state.id === id);
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Sorts the states of this workflow
-     */
-    public sortStates(): void {
-        this.states.sort((a, b) => (a.id > b.id ? 1 : -1));
-    }
-
-    public deserialize(input: any): void {
-        Object.assign(this, input);
-
-        if (input.states instanceof Array) {
-            this.states = input.states.map(workflowStateData => new WorkflowState(workflowStateData));
-        }
-    }
 }

client/src/app/site/agenda/models/view-item.ts

@@ -1,8 +1,5 @@
 import { Item, ItemVisibilityChoices } from 'app/shared/models/agenda/item';
-import {
+import { BaseViewModelWithAgendaItem } from 'app/site/base/base-view-model-with-agenda-item';
-    BaseViewModelWithAgendaItem,
-    isBaseViewModelWithAgendaItem
-} from 'app/site/base/base-view-model-with-agenda-item';
 import { BaseViewModelWithContentObject } from 'app/site/base/base-view-model-with-content-object';
 import { ContentObject } from 'app/shared/models/base/content-object';
 
@@ -87,7 +84,7 @@ export class ViewItem extends BaseViewModelWithContentObject<Item, BaseViewModel
         return this.item.parent_id;
     }
 
-    public constructor(item: Item, contentObject?: BaseViewModelWithAgendaItem) {
+    public constructor(item: Item) {
-        super(Item.COLLECTIONSTRING, item, isBaseViewModelWithAgendaItem, 'BaseViewModelWithAgendaItem', contentObject);
+        super(Item.COLLECTIONSTRING, item);
     }
 }

client/src/app/site/agenda/models/view-list-of-speakers.ts

@@ -1,13 +1,8 @@
-import { BaseViewModel } from '../../base/base-view-model';
 import { Item } from 'app/shared/models/agenda/item';
 import { ProjectorElementBuildDeskriptor, Projectable } from 'app/site/base/projectable';
 import { ListOfSpeakers } from 'app/shared/models/agenda/list-of-speakers';
 import { ViewSpeaker, SpeakerState } from './view-speaker';
-import {
+import { BaseViewModelWithListOfSpeakers } from 'app/site/base/base-view-model-with-list-of-speakers';
-    BaseViewModelWithListOfSpeakers,
-    isBaseViewModelWithListOfSpeakers
-} from 'app/site/base/base-view-model-with-list-of-speakers';
-import { ViewUser } from 'app/site/users/models/view-user';
 import { BaseViewModelWithContentObject } from 'app/site/base/base-view-model-with-content-object';
 import { ContentObject } from 'app/shared/models/base/content-object';
 
@@ -31,7 +26,7 @@ export class ViewListOfSpeakers extends BaseViewModelWithContentObject<ListOfSpe
     }
 
     public get speakers(): ViewSpeaker[] {
-        return this._speakers;
+        return this._speakers || [];
     }
 
     public get title_information(): object {
@@ -53,19 +48,8 @@ export class ViewListOfSpeakers extends BaseViewModelWithContentObject<ListOfSpe
         return `/agenda/speakers/${this.id}`;
     }
 
-    public constructor(
+    public constructor(listOfSpeakers: ListOfSpeakers) {
-        listOfSpeakers: ListOfSpeakers,
+        super(Item.COLLECTIONSTRING, listOfSpeakers);
-        speakers: ViewSpeaker[],
-        contentObject?: BaseViewModelWithListOfSpeakers
-    ) {
-        super(
-            Item.COLLECTIONSTRING,
-            listOfSpeakers,
-            isBaseViewModelWithListOfSpeakers,
-            'BaseViewModelWithListOfSpeakers',
-            contentObject
-        );
-        this._speakers = speakers;
     }
 
     public getProjectorTitle(): string {
@@ -84,12 +68,4 @@ export class ViewListOfSpeakers extends BaseViewModelWithContentObject<ListOfSpe
             getDialogTitle: () => this.getTitle()
         };
     }
-
-    public updateDependencies(update: BaseViewModel): boolean {
-        const updated = super.updateDependencies(update);
-        if (!updated && update instanceof ViewUser) {
-            return this.speakers.map(speaker => speaker.updateDependencies(update)).some(x => x);
-        }
-        return updated;
-    }
 }

client/src/app/site/agenda/models/view-speaker.ts

@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 import { BaseViewModel } from 'app/site/base/base-view-model';
 import { Speaker } from 'app/shared/models/agenda/speaker';
 import { ViewUser } from 'app/site/users/models/view-user';
-import { Updateable } from 'app/site/base/updateable';
-import { Identifiable } from 'app/shared/models/base/identifiable';
 
 /**
  * Determine the state of the speaker
@@ -16,15 +14,15 @@ export enum SpeakerState {
 /**
  * Provides "safe" access to a speaker with all it's components
  */
-export class ViewSpeaker implements Updateable, Identifiable {
+export class ViewSpeaker extends BaseViewModel<Speaker> {
-    private _speaker: Speaker;
+    public static COLLECTIONSTRING = Speaker.COLLECTIONSTRING;
     private _user?: ViewUser;
 
     public get speaker(): Speaker {
-        return this._speaker;
+        return this._model;
     }
 
-    public get user(): ViewUser {
+    public get user(): ViewUser | null {
         return this._user;
     }
 
@@ -82,20 +80,11 @@ export class ViewSpeaker implements Updateable, Identifiable {
         return this.user ? this.user.gender : '';
     }
 
-    public constructor(speaker: Speaker, user?: ViewUser) {
+    public constructor(speaker: Speaker) {
-        this._speaker = speaker;
+        super(Speaker.COLLECTIONSTRING, speaker);
-        this._user = user;
     }
 
     public getTitle = () => {
         return this.name;
     };
-
-    public updateDependencies(update: BaseViewModel): boolean {
-        if (update instanceof ViewUser && update.id === this.speaker.user_id) {
-            this._user = update;
-            return true;
-        }
-        return false;
-    }
 }

client/src/app/site/agenda/services/agenda-import.service.ts

@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ export class AgendaImportService extends BaseImportService<ViewCreateTopic> {
                     newEntry[this.expectedHeader[idx]] = line[idx];
             }
         }
-        const updateModels = this.repo.getTopicDuplicates(newEntry) as ViewCreateTopic[];
+        const hasDuplicates = this.repo.getViewModelList().some(topic => topic.title === newEntry.title);
 
         // set type to 'public' if none is given in import
         if (!newEntry.type) {
@@ -108,12 +108,11 @@ export class AgendaImportService extends BaseImportService<ViewCreateTopic> {
         }
         const mappedEntry: NewEntry<ViewCreateTopic> = {
             newEntry: newEntry,
-            duplicates: [],
+            hasDuplicates: hasDuplicates,
             status: 'new',
             errors: []
         };
-        if (updateModels.length) {
+        if (hasDuplicates) {
-            mappedEntry.duplicates = updateModels;
             this.setError(mappedEntry, 'Duplicates');
         }
         if (hasErrors) {
@@ -198,17 +197,14 @@ export class AgendaImportService extends BaseImportService<ViewCreateTopic> {
                     agenda_type: 1 // set type to 'public item' by default
                 })
             );
+            const hasDuplicates = this.repo.getViewModelList().some(topic => topic.title === newTopic.title);
             const newEntry: NewEntry<ViewCreateTopic> = {
                 newEntry: newTopic,
-                duplicates: [],
+                hasDuplicates: hasDuplicates,
                 status: 'new',
                 errors: []
             };
-            const duplicates = this.repo.getTopicDuplicates(newTopic);
+            if (hasDuplicates) {
-            if (duplicates.length) {
-                // TODO duplicates are not really ViewCreateTopics, but ViewTopics.
-                // TODO this should be fine as the duplicates will not be created
-                newEntry.duplicates = duplicates as ViewCreateTopic[];
                 this.setError(newEntry, 'Duplicates');
             }
             newEntries.push(newEntry);

client/src/app/site/assignments/components/assignment-detail/assignment-detail.component.html

@@ -162,10 +162,10 @@
     <div>
         <div
             class="candidates-list"
-            *ngIf="assignment && assignment.assignmentRelatedUsers && assignment.assignmentRelatedUsers.length > 0"
+            *ngIf="assignment && assignment.assignment_related_users && assignment.assignment_related_users.length > 0"
         >
             <os-sorting-list
-                [input]="assignment.assignmentRelatedUsers"
+                [input]="assignment.assignment_related_users"
                 [live]="true"
                 [count]="true"
                 [enable]="hasPerms('addOthers')"

client/src/app/site/assignments/components/assignment-detail/assignment-detail.component.ts

@@ -388,7 +388,7 @@ export class AssignmentDetailComponent extends BaseViewComponent implements OnIn
             super.setTitle('New election');
             this.newAssignment = true;
             // TODO set defaults?
-            this.assignment = new ViewAssignment(new Assignment(), [], []);
+            this.assignment = new ViewAssignment(new Assignment());
             this.patchForm(this.assignment);
             this.setEditMode(true);
         }

client/src/app/site/assignments/components/assignment-list/assignment-list.component.ts

@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ export class AssignmentListComponent extends BaseListViewComponent<ViewAssignmen
     /**
      * Define extra filter properties
      */
-    public filterProps = ['title', 'candidates', 'assignmentRelatedUsers', 'tags', 'candidateAmount'];
+    public filterProps = ['title', 'candidates', 'assignment_related_users', 'tags', 'candidateAmount'];
 
     /**
      * Constructor.

client/src/app/site/assignments/components/assignment-poll/assignment-poll.component.html

@@ -169,7 +169,8 @@
         <div *ngIf="!pollData">
             <h4 translate>Candidates</h4>
             <div *ngFor="let option of poll.options">
-                <span class="accent"> {{ option.user.full_name }}</span>
+                <span class="accent" *ngIf="option.user">{{ option.user.getFullName() }}</span>
+                <span *ngIf="!option.user">No user {{ option.user_id }}</span>
             </div>
         </div>
     </div>

client/src/app/site/assignments/components/assignment-poll/assignment-poll.component.ts

@@ -236,7 +236,7 @@ export class AssignmentPollComponent extends BaseViewComponent implements OnInit
         }
 
         // TODO additional conditions: assignment not finished?
-        const viewAssignmentRelatedUser = this.assignment.assignmentRelatedUsers.find(
+        const viewAssignmentRelatedUser = this.assignment.assignment_related_users.find(
             user => user.user_id === option.user_id
         );
         if (viewAssignmentRelatedUser) {

client/src/app/site/assignments/models/view-assignment-poll-option.ts

@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 import { AssignmentPollOption, AssignmentOptionVote } from 'app/shared/models/assignments/assignment-poll-option';
 import { BaseViewModel } from 'app/site/base/base-view-model';
-import { Identifiable } from 'app/shared/models/base/identifiable';
 import { PollVoteValue } from 'app/core/ui-services/poll.service';
-import { Updateable } from 'app/site/base/updateable';
 import { ViewUser } from 'app/site/users/models/view-user';
 
 /**
@@ -10,12 +8,12 @@ import { ViewUser } from 'app/site/users/models/view-user';
  */
 const votesOrder: PollVoteValue[] = ['Votes', 'Yes', 'No', 'Abstain'];
 
-export class ViewAssignmentPollOption implements Identifiable, Updateable {
+export class ViewAssignmentPollOption extends BaseViewModel<AssignmentPollOption> {
-    private _assignmentPollOption: AssignmentPollOption;
+    public static COLLECTIONSTRING = AssignmentPollOption.COLLECTIONSTRING;
-    private _user: ViewUser; // This is the "candidate". We'll stay consistent wich user here...
+    private _user?: ViewUser; // This is the "candidate". We'll stay consistent wich user here...
 
     public get option(): AssignmentPollOption {
-        return this._assignmentPollOption;
+        return this._model;
     }
 
     /**
@@ -52,14 +50,7 @@ export class ViewAssignmentPollOption implements Identifiable, Updateable {
         return this.option.weight;
     }
 
-    public constructor(assignmentPollOption: AssignmentPollOption, user?: ViewUser) {
+    public constructor(assignmentPollOption: AssignmentPollOption) {
-        this._assignmentPollOption = assignmentPollOption;
+        super(AssignmentPollOption.COLLECTIONSTRING, assignmentPollOption);
-        this._user = user;
-    }
-
-    public updateDependencies(update: BaseViewModel): void {
-        if (update instanceof ViewUser && update.id === this.user_id) {
-            this._user = update;
-        }
     }
 }

client/src/app/site/assignments/models/view-assignment-poll.ts

@@ -1,22 +1,20 @@
-import { BaseViewModel } from 'app/site/base/base-view-model';
-import { Updateable } from 'app/site/base/updateable';
-import { Identifiable } from 'app/shared/models/base/identifiable';
 import { AssignmentPoll } from 'app/shared/models/assignments/assignment-poll';
 import { AssignmentPollMethod } from '../services/assignment-poll.service';
 import { ViewAssignmentPollOption } from './view-assignment-poll-option';
+import { ProjectorElementBuildDeskriptor } from 'app/site/base/projectable';
+import { BaseProjectableViewModel } from 'app/site/base/base-projectable-view-model';
 import { AssignmentPollOption } from 'app/shared/models/assignments/assignment-poll-option';
-import { Projectable, ProjectorElementBuildDeskriptor } from 'app/site/base/projectable';
 
-export class ViewAssignmentPoll implements Identifiable, Updateable, Projectable {
+export class ViewAssignmentPoll extends BaseProjectableViewModel<AssignmentPoll> {
-    private _assignmentPoll: AssignmentPoll;
+    public static COLLECTIONSTRING = AssignmentPoll.COLLECTIONSTRING;
-    private _assignmentPollOptions: ViewAssignmentPollOption[];
+    private _options: ViewAssignmentPollOption[];
 
     public get poll(): AssignmentPoll {
-        return this._assignmentPoll;
+        return this._model;
     }
 
     public get options(): ViewAssignmentPollOption[] {
-        return this._assignmentPollOptions;
+        return this._options;
     }
 
     public get id(): number {
@@ -78,43 +76,38 @@ export class ViewAssignmentPoll implements Identifiable, Updateable, Projectable
         return this.poll.assignment_id;
     }
 
-    public constructor(assignmentPoll: AssignmentPoll, assignmentPollOptions: ViewAssignmentPollOption[]) {
+    public constructor(assignmentPoll: AssignmentPoll) {
-        this._assignmentPoll = assignmentPoll;
+        super(AssignmentPoll.COLLECTIONSTRING, assignmentPoll);
-        this._assignmentPollOptions = assignmentPollOptions;
     }
 
-    public updateDependencies(update: BaseViewModel): void {
+    public getTitle = () => {
-        this.options.forEach(option => option.updateDependencies(update));
+        return 'Poll';
-    }
+    };
 
-    public getTitle(): string {
+    public getListTitle = () => {
-        return 'TODO';
-    }
-
-    public getListTitle(): string {
         return this.getTitle();
-    }
+    };
 
-    public getProjectorTitle(): string {
+    public getProjectorTitle = () => {
         return this.getTitle();
-    }
+    };
 
     /**
      * Creates a copy with deep-copy on all changing numerical values,
      * but intact uncopied references to the users
      *
-     * TODO check and review
+     * TODO: This MUST NOT be done this way. Do not create ViewModels on your own...
      */
     public copy(): ViewAssignmentPoll {
-        return new ViewAssignmentPoll(
+        const poll = new ViewAssignmentPoll(new AssignmentPoll(JSON.parse(JSON.stringify(this.poll))));
-            new AssignmentPoll(JSON.parse(JSON.stringify(this._assignmentPoll))),
+        (<any>poll)._options = this.options.map(option => {
-            this._assignmentPollOptions.map(option => {
+            const polloption = new ViewAssignmentPollOption(
-                return new ViewAssignmentPollOption(
+                new AssignmentPollOption(JSON.parse(JSON.stringify(option.option)))
-                    new AssignmentPollOption(JSON.parse(JSON.stringify(option.option))),
-                    option.user
-                );
-            })
             );
+            (<any>polloption)._user = option.user;
+            return polloption;
+        });
+        return poll;
     }
 
     public getSlide(): ProjectorElementBuildDeskriptor {

client/src/app/site/assignments/models/view-assignment-related-user.ts

@@ -1,16 +1,14 @@
 import { AssignmentRelatedUser } from 'app/shared/models/assignments/assignment-related-user';
 import { BaseViewModel } from 'app/site/base/base-view-model';
-import { Displayable } from 'app/site/base/displayable';
-import { Identifiable } from 'app/shared/models/base/identifiable';
-import { Updateable } from 'app/site/base/updateable';
 import { ViewUser } from 'app/site/users/models/view-user';
 
-export class ViewAssignmentRelatedUser implements Updateable, Identifiable, Displayable {
+export class ViewAssignmentRelatedUser extends BaseViewModel<AssignmentRelatedUser> {
-    private _assignmentRelatedUser: AssignmentRelatedUser;
+    public static COLLECTIONSTRING = AssignmentRelatedUser.COLLECTIONSTRING;
+
     private _user?: ViewUser;
 
     public get assignmentRelatedUser(): AssignmentRelatedUser {
-        return this._assignmentRelatedUser;
+        return this._model;
     }
 
     public get user(): ViewUser {
@@ -37,22 +35,13 @@ export class ViewAssignmentRelatedUser implements Updateable, Identifiable, Disp
         return this.assignmentRelatedUser.weight;
     }
 
-    public constructor(assignmentRelatedUser: AssignmentRelatedUser, user?: ViewUser) {
+    public getListTitle: () => string = this.getTitle;
-        this._assignmentRelatedUser = assignmentRelatedUser;
+
-        this._user = user;
+    public constructor(assignmentRelatedUser: AssignmentRelatedUser) {
+        super(AssignmentRelatedUser.COLLECTIONSTRING, assignmentRelatedUser);
     }
 
-    public updateDependencies(update: BaseViewModel): void {
+    public getTitle: () => string = () => {
-        if (update instanceof ViewUser && update.id === this.user_id) {
+        return this.user ? this.user.getFullName() : '';
-            this._user = update;
+    };
-        }
-    }
-
-    public getTitle(): string {
-        return this.user ? this.user.getTitle() : '';
-    }
-
-    public getListTitle(): string {
-        return this.getTitle();
-    }
 }

client/src/app/site/assignments/models/view-assignment.ts

@@ -2,14 +2,11 @@ import { Assignment } from 'app/shared/models/assignments/assignment';
 import { SearchRepresentation } from 'app/core/ui-services/search.service';
 import { ProjectorElementBuildDeskriptor } from 'app/site/base/projectable';
 import { ViewUser } from 'app/site/users/models/view-user';
-import { ViewItem } from 'app/site/agenda/models/view-item';
 import { ViewTag } from 'app/site/tags/models/view-tag';
-import { BaseViewModel } from 'app/site/base/base-view-model';
 import { ViewAssignmentRelatedUser } from './view-assignment-related-user';
 import { ViewAssignmentPoll } from './view-assignment-poll';
 import { ViewMediafile } from 'app/site/mediafiles/models/view-mediafile';
 import { BaseViewModelWithAgendaItemAndListOfSpeakers } from 'app/site/base/base-view-model-with-agenda-item-and-list-of-speakers';
-import { ViewListOfSpeakers } from 'app/site/agenda/models/view-list-of-speakers';
 import { TitleInformationWithAgendaItem } from 'app/site/base/base-view-model-with-agenda-item';
 
 export interface AssignmentTitleInformation extends TitleInformationWithAgendaItem {
@@ -43,8 +40,8 @@ export class ViewAssignment extends BaseViewModelWithAgendaItemAndListOfSpeakers
     implements AssignmentTitleInformation {
     public static COLLECTIONSTRING = Assignment.COLLECTIONSTRING;
 
-    private _assignmentRelatedUsers: ViewAssignmentRelatedUser[];
+    private _assignment_related_users?: ViewAssignmentRelatedUser[];
-    private _assignmentPolls: ViewAssignmentPoll[];
+    private _polls?: ViewAssignmentPoll[];
     private _tags?: ViewTag[];
     private _attachments?: ViewMediafile[];
 
@@ -53,7 +50,7 @@ export class ViewAssignment extends BaseViewModelWithAgendaItemAndListOfSpeakers
     }
 
     public get polls(): ViewAssignmentPoll[] {
-        return this._assignmentPolls;
+        return this._polls || [];
     }
 
     public get title(): string {
@@ -69,21 +66,29 @@ export class ViewAssignment extends BaseViewModelWithAgendaItemAndListOfSpeakers
     }
 
     public get candidates(): ViewUser[] {
-        return this._assignmentRelatedUsers.map(aru => aru.user);
+        return this.assignment_related_users.map(aru => aru.user).filter(x => !!x);
     }
 
-    public get assignmentRelatedUsers(): ViewAssignmentRelatedUser[] {
+    public get assignment_related_users(): ViewAssignmentRelatedUser[] {
-        return this._assignmentRelatedUsers;
+        return this._assignment_related_users || [];
     }
 
     public get tags(): ViewTag[] {
         return this._tags || [];
     }
 
+    public get tags_id(): number[] {
+        return this.assignment.tags_id;
+    }
+
     public get attachments(): ViewMediafile[] {
         return this._attachments || [];
     }
 
+    public get attachments_id(): number[] {
+        return this.assignment.attachments_id;
+    }
+
     /**
      * unknown where the identifier to the phase is get
      */
@@ -117,46 +122,11 @@ export class ViewAssignment extends BaseViewModelWithAgendaItemAndListOfSpeakers
      * @returns the amount of candidates in the assignment's candidate list
      */
     public get candidateAmount(): number {
-        return this._assignmentRelatedUsers ? this._assignmentRelatedUsers.length : 0;
+        return this._assignment_related_users ? this._assignment_related_users.length : 0;
     }
 
-    public constructor(
+    public constructor(assignment: Assignment) {
-        assignment: Assignment,
+        super(Assignment.COLLECTIONSTRING, assignment);
-        assignmentRelatedUsers: ViewAssignmentRelatedUser[],
-        assignmentPolls: ViewAssignmentPoll[],
-        item?: ViewItem,
-        listOfSpeakers?: ViewListOfSpeakers,
-        tags?: ViewTag[],
-        attachments?: ViewMediafile[]
-    ) {
-        super(Assignment.COLLECTIONSTRING, assignment, item, listOfSpeakers);
-
-        this._assignmentRelatedUsers = assignmentRelatedUsers;
-        this._assignmentPolls = assignmentPolls;
-        this._tags = tags;
-        this._attachments = attachments;
-    }
-
-    public updateDependencies(update: BaseViewModel): void {
-        super.updateDependencies(update);
-        if (update instanceof ViewTag && this.assignment.tags_id.includes(update.id)) {
-            const tagIndex = this._tags.findIndex(_tag => _tag.id === update.id);
-            if (tagIndex < 0) {
-                this._tags.push(update);
-            } else {
-                this._tags[tagIndex] = update;
-            }
-        } else if (update instanceof ViewUser) {
-            this.assignmentRelatedUsers.forEach(aru => aru.updateDependencies(update));
-            this.polls.forEach(poll => poll.updateDependencies(update));
-        } else if (update instanceof ViewMediafile && this.assignment.attachments_id.includes(update.id)) {
-            const mediafileIndex = this._attachments.findIndex(_mediafile => _mediafile.id === update.id);
-            if (mediafileIndex < 0) {
-                this._attachments.push(update);
-            } else {
-                this._attachments[mediafileIndex] = update;
-            }
-        }
     }
 
     public formatForSearch(): SearchRepresentation {

client/src/app/site/assignments/services/assignment-pdf.service.ts

@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ export class AssignmentPdfService {
      */
     private createCandidateList(assignment: ViewAssignment): object {
         if (assignment.phase !== 2) {
-            const candidates = assignment.assignmentRelatedUsers.sort((a, b) => a.weight - b.weight);
+            const candidates = assignment.assignment_related_users.sort((a, b) => a.weight - b.weight);
 
             const candidatesText = `${this.translate.instant('Candidates')}: `;
             const userList = candidates.map(candidate => {

client/src/app/site/base/base-import-list.ts

@@ -191,10 +191,7 @@ export abstract class BaseImportListComponent<V extends BaseViewModel> extends B
             };
         } else if (this.shown === 'error') {
             this.dataSource.filterPredicate = (data, filter) => {
-                if (data.errors.length || data.duplicates.length) {
+                return !!data.errors.length || data.hasDuplicates;
-                    return true;
-                }
-                return false;
             };
         }
         this.dataSource.filter = 'X'; // TODO: This is just a bogus non-null string to trigger the filter

client/src/app/site/base/base-view-model-with-agenda-item-and-list-of-speakers.ts

@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ import {
     isBaseViewModelWithListOfSpeakers,
     IBaseViewModelWithListOfSpeakers
 } from './base-view-model-with-list-of-speakers';
-import { BaseViewModel } from './base-view-model';
 
 export function isBaseViewModelWithAgendaItemAndListOfSpeakers(
     obj: any
@@ -23,7 +22,7 @@ export abstract class BaseViewModelWithAgendaItemAndListOfSpeakers<
     M extends BaseModelWithAgendaItemAndListOfSpeakers = any
 > extends BaseProjectableViewModel implements IBaseViewModelWithAgendaItem<M>, IBaseViewModelWithListOfSpeakers<M> {
     protected _item?: ViewItem;
-    protected _listOfSpeakers?: ViewListOfSpeakers;
+    protected _list_of_speakers?: ViewListOfSpeakers;
 
     public get agendaItem(): ViewItem | null {
         return this._item;
@@ -38,7 +37,7 @@ export abstract class BaseViewModelWithAgendaItemAndListOfSpeakers<
     }
 
     public get listOfSpeakers(): ViewListOfSpeakers | null {
-        return this._listOfSpeakers;
+        return this._list_of_speakers;
     }
 
     public get list_of_speakers_id(): number {
@@ -50,11 +49,8 @@ export abstract class BaseViewModelWithAgendaItemAndListOfSpeakers<
     public getListOfSpeakersTitle: () => string;
     public getListOfSpeakersSlideTitle: () => string;
 
-    public constructor(collectionString: string, model: M, item?: ViewItem, listOfSpeakers?: ViewListOfSpeakers) {
+    public constructor(collectionString: string, model: M) {
         super(collectionString, model);
-        // Explicit set to null instead of undefined, if not given
-        this._item = item || null;
-        this._listOfSpeakers = listOfSpeakers || null;
     }
 
     /**
@@ -71,12 +67,4 @@ export abstract class BaseViewModelWithAgendaItemAndListOfSpeakers<
      * Should return a string representation of the object, so there can be searched for.
      */
     public abstract formatForSearch(): SearchRepresentation;
-
-    public updateDependencies(update: BaseViewModel): void {
-        if (update instanceof ViewItem && update.id === this.agenda_item_id) {
-            this._item = update;
-        } else if (update instanceof ViewListOfSpeakers && update.id === this.list_of_speakers_id) {
-            this._listOfSpeakers = update;
-        }
-    }
 }

client/src/app/site/base/base-view-model-with-agenda-item.ts

@@ -3,8 +3,7 @@ import { SearchRepresentation } from 'app/core/ui-services/search.service';
 import { isDetailNavigable, DetailNavigable } from 'app/shared/models/base/detail-navigable';
 import { isSearchable, Searchable } from './searchable';
 import { BaseModelWithAgendaItem } from 'app/shared/models/base/base-model-with-agenda-item';
-import { BaseViewModel, TitleInformation } from './base-view-model';
+import { TitleInformation } from './base-view-model';
-import { Item } from 'app/shared/models/agenda/item';
 
 export function isBaseViewModelWithAgendaItem(obj: any): obj is BaseViewModelWithAgendaItem {
     const model = <BaseViewModelWithAgendaItem>obj;
@@ -105,11 +104,4 @@ export abstract class BaseViewModelWithAgendaItem<M extends BaseModelWithAgendaI
      * Should return a string representation of the object, so there can be searched for.
      */
     public abstract formatForSearch(): SearchRepresentation;
-
-    public updateDependencies(update: BaseViewModel): void {
-        // We cannot check with instanceof, because this gives circular dependency issues...
-        if (update.collectionString === Item.COLLECTIONSTRING && update.id === this.agenda_item_id) {
-            this._item = update;
-        }
-    }
 }

client/src/app/site/base/base-view-model-with-content-object.ts

@@ -26,38 +26,8 @@ export abstract class BaseViewModelWithContentObject<
     /**
      * @param collectionString The collection string of this model
      * @param model the model this view model captures
-     * @param isC A function ensuring that an arbitrary object is a valid content object
-     * @param CVerbose is the verbose name of the base content object class, for debugging purposes
-     * @param contentObject (optional) The content object, if it is known during creation.
      */
-    public constructor(
+    public constructor(collectionString: string, model: M) {
-        collectionString: string,
-        model: M,
-        private isC: (obj: any) => obj is C,
-        private CVerbose: string,
-        contentObject?: C
-    ) {
         super(collectionString, model);
-        this._contentObject = contentObject;
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Check, if the given model mathces the content object definition. If so, the function
-     * returns true, else false.
-     */
-    public updateDependencies(update: BaseViewModel): boolean {
-        if (
-            update &&
-            update.collectionString === this.contentObjectData.collection &&
-            update.id === this.contentObjectData.id
-        ) {
-            if (this.isC(update)) {
-                this._contentObject = update;
-                return true;
-            } else {
-                throw new Error(`The object is not an ${this.CVerbose}:` + update);
-            }
-        }
-        return false;
     }
 }

client/src/app/site/base/base-view-model-with-list-of-speakers.ts

@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 import { BaseProjectableViewModel } from './base-projectable-view-model';
 import { isDetailNavigable, DetailNavigable } from 'app/shared/models/base/detail-navigable';
 import { BaseModelWithListOfSpeakers } from 'app/shared/models/base/base-model-with-list-of-speakers';
-import { BaseViewModel } from './base-view-model';
-import { ListOfSpeakers } from 'app/shared/models/agenda/list-of-speakers';
 
 export function isBaseViewModelWithListOfSpeakers(obj: any): obj is BaseViewModelWithListOfSpeakers {
     const model = <BaseViewModelWithListOfSpeakers>obj;
@@ -38,10 +36,10 @@ export interface IBaseViewModelWithListOfSpeakers<M extends BaseModelWithListOfS
 export abstract class BaseViewModelWithListOfSpeakers<M extends BaseModelWithListOfSpeakers = any>
     extends BaseProjectableViewModel<M>
     implements IBaseViewModelWithListOfSpeakers<M> {
-    protected _listOfSpeakers?: any;
+    protected _list_of_speakers?: any;
 
     public get listOfSpeakers(): any | null {
-        return this._listOfSpeakers;
+        return this._list_of_speakers;
     }
 
     public get list_of_speakers_id(): number {
@@ -53,15 +51,8 @@ export abstract class BaseViewModelWithListOfSpeakers<M extends BaseModelWithLis
 
     public constructor(collectionString: string, model: M, listOfSpeakers?: any) {
         super(collectionString, model);
-        this._listOfSpeakers = listOfSpeakers || null; // Explicit set to null instead of undefined, if not given
+        this._list_of_speakers = listOfSpeakers || null; // Explicit set to null instead of undefined, if not given
     }
 
     public abstract getDetailStateURL(): string;
-
-    public updateDependencies(update: BaseViewModel): void {
-        // We cannot check with instanceof, becuase this givec circular dependency issues...
-        if (update.collectionString === ListOfSpeakers.COLLECTIONSTRING && update.id === this.list_of_speakers_id) {
-            this._listOfSpeakers = update;
-        }
-    }
 }

client/src/app/site/base/base-view-model.ts

@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ import { Displayable } from './displayable';
 import { Identifiable } from '../../shared/models/base/identifiable';
 import { Collection } from 'app/shared/models/base/collection';
 import { BaseModel } from 'app/shared/models/base/base-model';
-import { Updateable } from './updateable';
 
 export type TitleInformation = object;
 
@@ -14,8 +13,7 @@ export interface ViewModelConstructor<T extends BaseViewModel> {
 /**
  * Base class for view models. alls view models should have titles.
  */
-export abstract class BaseViewModel<M extends BaseModel = any>
+export abstract class BaseViewModel<M extends BaseModel = any> implements Displayable, Identifiable, Collection {
-    implements Displayable, Identifiable, Collection, Updateable {
     protected _model: M;
 
     public get id(): number {
@@ -72,8 +70,6 @@ export abstract class BaseViewModel<M extends BaseModel = any>
         return this._model;
     }
 
-    public abstract updateDependencies(update: BaseViewModel): void;
-
     public toString(): string {
         return this.getTitle();
     }

client/src/app/site/config/models/view-config.ts

@@ -94,8 +94,6 @@ export class ViewConfig extends BaseViewModel<Config> implements ConfigTitleInfo
         super(Config.COLLECTIONSTRING, config);
     }
 
-    public updateDependencies(update: BaseViewModel): void {}
-
     /**
      * Returns the time this config field needs to debounce before sending a request to the server.
      * A little debounce time for all inputs is given here and is usefull, if inputs sends multiple onChange-events,

client/src/app/site/mediafiles/components/mediafile-list/mediafile-list.component.html

@@ -52,8 +52,8 @@
                 {{ directory.title }}
             </span>
         </span>
-        <span class="visibility" *ngIf="canEdit && directory && directory.inherited_access_groups_id !== true">
+        <span class="visibility" *ngIf="canEdit && directory && directory.has_inherited_access_groups">
-            <span class="visible-for" *ngIf="directory.has_inherited_access_groups" translate>
+            <span class="visible-for" translate>
                 <os-icon-container
                     icon="visibility"
                     matTooltip="{{ 'Allowed access groups for this directory' | translate }}"
@@ -64,6 +64,16 @@
                 </os-icon-container>
             </span>
         </span>
+        <span class="visibility" *ngIf="canEdit && directory && directory.inherited_access_groups_id === false">
+            <span class="visible-for">
+                <os-icon-container
+                    icon="visibility"
+                    matTooltip="{{ 'Allowed access groups for this directory' | translate }}"
+                >
+                    <span translate>Noone</span>
+                </os-icon-container>
+            </span>
+        </span>
     </div>
     <mat-divider></mat-divider>
 </div>

client/src/app/site/mediafiles/models/view-mediafile.ts

@@ -1,10 +1,8 @@
-import { BaseViewModel } from '../../base/base-view-model';
 import { Mediafile } from 'app/shared/models/mediafiles/mediafile';
 import { Searchable } from 'app/site/base/searchable';
 import { SearchRepresentation } from 'app/core/ui-services/search.service';
 import { ProjectorElementBuildDeskriptor } from 'app/site/base/projectable';
 import { BaseViewModelWithListOfSpeakers } from 'app/site/base/base-view-model-with-list-of-speakers';
-import { ViewListOfSpeakers } from 'app/site/agenda/models/view-list-of-speakers';
 import { ViewGroup } from 'app/site/users/models/view-group';
 
 export const IMAGE_MIMETYPES = ['image/png', 'image/jpeg', 'image/gif'];
@@ -95,17 +93,8 @@ export class ViewMediafile extends BaseViewModelWithListOfSpeakers<Mediafile>
         return this.mediafile.create_timestamp ? this.mediafile.create_timestamp : null;
     }
 
-    public constructor(
+    public constructor(mediafile: Mediafile) {
-        mediafile: Mediafile,
+        super(Mediafile.COLLECTIONSTRING, mediafile);
-        listOfSpeakers?: ViewListOfSpeakers,
-        parent?: ViewMediafile,
-        access_groups?: ViewGroup[],
-        inherited_access_groups?: ViewGroup[]
-    ) {
-        super(Mediafile.COLLECTIONSTRING, mediafile, listOfSpeakers);
-        this._parent = parent;
-        this._access_groups = access_groups;
-        this._inherited_access_groups = inherited_access_groups;
     }
 
     public formatForSearch(): SearchRepresentation {
@@ -202,29 +191,4 @@ export class ViewMediafile extends BaseViewModelWithListOfSpeakers<Mediafile>
             return 'insert_drive_file';
         }
     }
-
-    public updateDependencies(update: BaseViewModel): void {
-        super.updateDependencies(update);
-        if (update instanceof ViewMediafile && update.id === this.parent_id) {
-            this._parent = update;
-        } else if (update instanceof ViewGroup) {
-            if (this.access_groups_id.includes(update.id)) {
-                const groupIndex = this.access_groups.findIndex(group => group.id === update.id);
-                if (groupIndex < 0) {
-                    this.access_groups.push(update);
-                } else {
-                    this.access_groups[groupIndex] = update;
-                }
-            }
-
-            if (this.has_inherited_access_groups && (<number[]>this.inherited_access_groups_id).includes(update.id)) {
-                const groupIndex = this.inherited_access_groups.findIndex(group => group.id === update.id);
-                if (groupIndex < 0) {
-                    this.inherited_access_groups.push(update);
-                } else {
-                    this.inherited_access_groups[groupIndex] = update;
-                }
-            }
-        }
-    }
 }

client/src/app/site/motions/models/view-category.ts

@@ -75,9 +75,8 @@ export class ViewCategory extends BaseViewModel<Category> implements CategoryTit
         }
     }
 
-    public constructor(category: Category, parent?: ViewCategory) {
+    public constructor(category: Category) {
         super(Category.COLLECTIONSTRING, category);
-        this._parent = parent;
     }
 
     public formatForSearch(): SearchRepresentation {
@@ -102,14 +101,4 @@ export class ViewCategory extends BaseViewModel<Category> implements CategoryTit
             return [];
         }
     }
-
-    /**
-     * Updates the local objects if required
-     * @param update
-     */
-    public updateDependencies(update: BaseViewModel): void {
-        if (update instanceof ViewCategory && update.id === this.parent_id) {
-            this._parent = update;
-        }
-    }
 }

client/src/app/site/motions/models/view-create-motion.ts

@@ -1,16 +1,6 @@
-import { WorkflowState } from 'app/shared/models/motions/workflow-state';
 import { ViewMotion } from './view-motion';
 import { CreateMotion } from './create-motion';
 import { ViewUser } from 'app/site/users/models/view-user';
-import { ViewMotionBlock } from './view-motion-block';
-import { ViewItem } from 'app/site/agenda/models/view-item';
-import { ViewCategory } from './view-category';
-import { ViewWorkflow } from './view-workflow';
-import { ViewListOfSpeakers } from 'app/site/agenda/models/view-list-of-speakers';
-import { ViewMediafile } from 'app/site/mediafiles/models/view-mediafile';
-import { ViewTag } from 'app/site/tags/models/view-tag';
-import { ViewMotionChangeRecommendation } from './view-motion-change-recommendation';
-import { PersonalNoteContent } from 'app/shared/models/users/personal-note';
 
 /**
  * Create motion class for the View. Its different to ViewMotion in fact that the submitter handling is different
@@ -21,57 +11,23 @@ import { PersonalNoteContent } from 'app/shared/models/users/personal-note';
 export class ViewCreateMotion extends ViewMotion {
     protected _model: CreateMotion;
 
+    protected _submitterUsers: ViewUser[];
+
     public get motion(): CreateMotion {
         return this._model;
     }
 
-    public get submitters(): ViewUser[] {
+    public get submittersAsUsers(): ViewUser[] {
-        return this._submitters;
+        return this._submitterUsers;
     }
 
-    public get submitters_id(): number[] {
+    public set submittersAsUsers(users: ViewUser[]) {
-        return this.motion ? this.motion.sorted_submitters_id : null;
+        this._submitterUsers = users;
-    }
-
-    public set submitters(users: ViewUser[]) {
-        this._submitters = users;
         this._model.submitters_id = users.map(user => user.id);
     }
 
-    public constructor(
+    public constructor(motion: CreateMotion) {
-        motion: CreateMotion,
+        super(motion);
-        category?: ViewCategory,
-        submitters?: ViewUser[],
-        supporters?: ViewUser[],
-        workflow?: ViewWorkflow,
-        state?: WorkflowState,
-        item?: ViewItem,
-        listOfSpeakers?: ViewListOfSpeakers,
-        block?: ViewMotionBlock,
-        attachments?: ViewMediafile[],
-        tags?: ViewTag[],
-        parent?: ViewMotion,
-        changeRecommendations?: ViewMotionChangeRecommendation[],
-        amendments?: ViewMotion[],
-        personalNote?: PersonalNoteContent
-    ) {
-        super(
-            motion,
-            category,
-            submitters,
-            supporters,
-            workflow,
-            state,
-            item,
-            listOfSpeakers,
-            block,
-            attachments,
-            tags,
-            parent,
-            changeRecommendations,
-            amendments,
-            personalNote
-        );
     }
 
     public getVerboseName = () => {
@@ -82,13 +38,6 @@ export class ViewCreateMotion extends ViewMotion {
      * Duplicate this motion into a copy of itself
      */
     public copy(): ViewCreateMotion {
-        return new ViewCreateMotion(
+        return new ViewCreateMotion(this._model);
-            this._model,
-            this._category,
-            this._submitters,
-            this._supporters,
-            this._workflow,
-            this._state
-        );
     }
 }

client/src/app/site/motions/models/view-motion-amended-paragraph.ts

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import { ViewUnifiedChange, ViewUnifiedChangeType } from '../../../shared/models/motions/view-unified-change';
 import { ViewMotion } from './view-motion';
 import { LineRange } from 'app/core/ui-services/diff.service';
-import { MergeAmendment } from 'app/shared/models/motions/workflow-state';
+import { MergeAmendment } from 'app/shared/models/motions/state';
 
 /**
  * This represents the Unified Diff part of an amendments.

client/src/app/site/motions/models/view-motion-block.ts

@@ -2,9 +2,7 @@ import { MotionBlock } from 'app/shared/models/motions/motion-block';
 import { SearchRepresentation } from 'app/core/ui-services/search.service';
 import { ProjectorElementBuildDeskriptor } from 'app/site/base/projectable';
 import { Searchable } from 'app/site/base/searchable';
-import { ViewItem } from 'app/site/agenda/models/view-item';
 import { BaseViewModelWithAgendaItemAndListOfSpeakers } from 'app/site/base/base-view-model-with-agenda-item-and-list-of-speakers';
-import { ViewListOfSpeakers } from 'app/site/agenda/models/view-list-of-speakers';
 import { TitleInformationWithAgendaItem } from 'app/site/base/base-view-model-with-agenda-item';
 
 export interface MotionBlockTitleInformation extends TitleInformationWithAgendaItem {
@@ -31,8 +29,8 @@ export class ViewMotionBlock extends BaseViewModelWithAgendaItemAndListOfSpeaker
         return this.motionBlock.internal;
     }
 
-    public constructor(motionBlock: MotionBlock, agendaItem?: ViewItem, listOfSpeakers?: ViewListOfSpeakers) {
+    public constructor(motionBlock: MotionBlock) {
-        super(MotionBlock.COLLECTIONSTRING, motionBlock, agendaItem, listOfSpeakers);
+        super(MotionBlock.COLLECTIONSTRING, motionBlock);
     }
 
     /**

client/src/app/site/motions/models/view-motion-change-recommendation.ts

@@ -24,8 +24,6 @@ export class ViewMotionChangeRecommendation extends BaseViewModel<MotionChangeRe
         super(MotionChangeRecommendation.COLLECTIONSTRING, motionChangeRecommendation);
     }
 
-    public updateDependencies(update: BaseViewModel): void {}
-
     public updateChangeReco(type: number, text: string, internal: boolean): void {
         // @TODO HTML sanitazion
         this.changeRecommendation.type = type;

client/src/app/site/motions/models/view-motion-comment-section.ts

@@ -17,8 +17,8 @@ export class ViewMotionCommentSection extends BaseViewModel<MotionCommentSection
     implements MotionCommentSectionTitleInformation {
     public static COLLECTIONSTRING = MotionCommentSection.COLLECTIONSTRING;
 
-    private _readGroups: ViewGroup[];
+    private _read_groups: ViewGroup[];
-    private _writeGroups: ViewGroup[];
+    private _write_groups: ViewGroup[];
 
     public get section(): MotionCommentSection {
         return this._model;
@@ -41,11 +41,11 @@ export class ViewMotionCommentSection extends BaseViewModel<MotionCommentSection
     }
 
     public get read_groups(): ViewGroup[] {
-        return this._readGroups;
+        return this._read_groups;
     }
 
     public get write_groups(): ViewGroup[] {
-        return this._writeGroups;
+        return this._write_groups;
     }
 
     public get weight(): number {
@@ -59,10 +59,8 @@ export class ViewMotionCommentSection extends BaseViewModel<MotionCommentSection
         this._model.name = name;
     }
 
-    public constructor(motionCommentSection: MotionCommentSection, readGroups: ViewGroup[], writeGroups: ViewGroup[]) {
+    public constructor(motionCommentSection: MotionCommentSection) {
         super(MotionCommentSection.COLLECTIONSTRING, motionCommentSection);
-        this._readGroups = readGroups;
-        this._writeGroups = writeGroups;
     }
 
     /**

client/src/app/site/motions/models/view-motion.ts

@@ -1,25 +1,22 @@
 import { Motion, MotionComment } from 'app/shared/models/motions/motion';
 import { PersonalNoteContent } from 'app/shared/models/users/personal-note';
 import { ViewMotionCommentSection } from './view-motion-comment-section';
-import { WorkflowState } from 'app/shared/models/motions/workflow-state';
 import { ProjectorElementBuildDeskriptor } from 'app/site/base/projectable';
 import { SearchRepresentation } from 'app/core/ui-services/search.service';
 import { Searchable } from 'app/site/base/searchable';
 import { ViewUser } from 'app/site/users/models/view-user';
 import { ViewTag } from 'app/site/tags/models/view-tag';
 import { ViewMediafile } from 'app/site/mediafiles/models/view-mediafile';
-import { ViewItem } from 'app/site/agenda/models/view-item';
 import { ViewWorkflow } from './view-workflow';
 import { ViewCategory } from './view-category';
 import { ViewMotionBlock } from './view-motion-block';
-import { BaseViewModel } from 'app/site/base/base-view-model';
 import { ConfigService } from 'app/core/ui-services/config.service';
-import { ViewPersonalNote } from 'app/site/users/models/view-personal-note';
 import { ViewMotionChangeRecommendation } from './view-motion-change-recommendation';
 import { _ } from 'app/core/translate/translation-marker';
 import { BaseViewModelWithAgendaItemAndListOfSpeakers } from 'app/site/base/base-view-model-with-agenda-item-and-list-of-speakers';
-import { ViewListOfSpeakers } from 'app/site/agenda/models/view-list-of-speakers';
 import { TitleInformationWithAgendaItem } from 'app/site/base/base-view-model-with-agenda-item';
+import { ViewState } from './view-state';
+import { ViewSubmitter } from './view-submitter';
 
 /**
  * The line numbering mode for the motion detail view.
@@ -67,11 +64,12 @@ export class ViewMotion extends BaseViewModelWithAgendaItemAndListOfSpeakers<Mot
     public static COLLECTIONSTRING = Motion.COLLECTIONSTRING;
 
     protected _category?: ViewCategory;
-    protected _submitters?: ViewUser[];
+    protected _submitters?: ViewSubmitter[];
     protected _supporters?: ViewUser[];
     protected _workflow?: ViewWorkflow;
-    protected _state?: WorkflowState;
+    protected _state?: ViewState;
-    protected _block?: ViewMotionBlock;
+    protected _recommendation?: ViewState;
+    protected _motion_block?: ViewMotionBlock;
     protected _attachments?: ViewMediafile[];
     protected _tags?: ViewTag[];
     protected _parent?: ViewMotion;
@@ -87,10 +85,22 @@ export class ViewMotion extends BaseViewModelWithAgendaItemAndListOfSpeakers<Mot
         return this._category;
     }
 
-    public get submitters(): ViewUser[] {
+    public get state(): ViewState | null {
+        return this._state;
+    }
+
+    public get recommendation(): ViewState | null {
+        return this._recommendation;
+    }
+
+    public get submitters(): ViewSubmitter[] {
         return this._submitters || [];
     }
 
+    public get submittersAsUsers(): ViewUser[] {
+        return this.submitters.map(submitter => submitter.user);
+    }
+
     public get supporters(): ViewUser[] {
         return this._supporters || [];
     }
@@ -104,7 +114,7 @@ export class ViewMotion extends BaseViewModelWithAgendaItemAndListOfSpeakers<Mot
     }
 
     public get motion_block(): ViewMotionBlock | null {
-        return this._block;
+        return this._motion_block;
     }
 
     public get attachments(): ViewMediafile[] {
@@ -185,21 +195,12 @@ export class ViewMotion extends BaseViewModelWithAgendaItemAndListOfSpeakers<Mot
         return this.motion.workflow_id;
     }
 
-    public get state(): WorkflowState | null {
-        return this._state;
-    }
-
     public get changeRecommendations(): ViewMotionChangeRecommendation[] {
         return this._changeRecommendations;
     }
 
-    /**
+    public get change_recommendations_id(): number[] {
-     * Checks if the current state of thw workflow is final
+        return this.motion.change_recommendations_id;
-     *
-     * @returns true if it is final
-     */
-    public get isFinalState(): boolean {
-        return this._state.isFinalState;
     }
 
     public get state_id(): number {
@@ -214,28 +215,14 @@ export class ViewMotion extends BaseViewModelWithAgendaItemAndListOfSpeakers<Mot
         return this.motion.statute_paragraph_id;
     }
 
-    public get recommendation(): WorkflowState {
+    public get possibleRecommendations(): ViewState[] {
-        return this.workflow ? this.workflow.getStateById(this.recommendation_id) : null;
+        return this.workflow ? this.workflow.states.filter(state => state.recommendation_label !== undefined) : null;
-    }
-
-    public get possibleRecommendations(): WorkflowState[] {
-        return this.workflow
-            ? this.workflow.states.filter(recommendation => recommendation.recommendation_label !== undefined)
-            : null;
     }
 
     public get origin(): string {
         return this.motion.origin;
     }
 
-    public get nextStates(): WorkflowState[] {
-        return this.state && this.workflow ? this.state.getNextStates(this.workflow.workflow) : [];
-    }
-
-    public get previousStates(): WorkflowState[] {
-        return this.state && this.workflow ? this.state.getPreviousStates(this.workflow.workflow) : [];
-    }
-
     public get agenda_type(): number {
         return this.agendaItem ? this.agendaItem.type : null;
     }
@@ -327,8 +314,6 @@ export class ViewMotion extends BaseViewModelWithAgendaItemAndListOfSpeakers<Mot
 
     /**
      * Getter to query the 'favorite'/'star' status of the motions
-     *
-     * @returns the current state
      */
     public get star(): boolean {
         return !!this.personalNote && !!this.personalNote.star;
@@ -355,36 +340,8 @@ export class ViewMotion extends BaseViewModelWithAgendaItemAndListOfSpeakers<Mot
     // This is set by the repository
     public getIdentifierOrTitle: () => string;
 
-    public constructor(
+    public constructor(motion: Motion) {
-        motion: Motion,
+        super(Motion.COLLECTIONSTRING, motion);
-        category?: ViewCategory,
-        submitters?: ViewUser[],
-        supporters?: ViewUser[],
-        workflow?: ViewWorkflow,
-        state?: WorkflowState,
-        item?: ViewItem,
-        listOfSpeakers?: ViewListOfSpeakers,
-        block?: ViewMotionBlock,
-        attachments?: ViewMediafile[],
-        tags?: ViewTag[],
-        parent?: ViewMotion,
-        changeRecommendations?: ViewMotionChangeRecommendation[],
-        amendments?: ViewMotion[],
-        personalNote?: PersonalNoteContent
-    ) {
-        super(Motion.COLLECTIONSTRING, motion, item, listOfSpeakers);
-        this._category = category;
-        this._submitters = submitters;
-        this._supporters = supporters;
-        this._workflow = workflow;
-        this._state = state;
-        this._block = block;
-        this._attachments = attachments;
-        this._tags = tags;
-        this._parent = parent;
-        this._amendments = amendments;
-        this._changeRecommendations = changeRecommendations;
-        this.personalNote = personalNote;
     }
 
     /**
@@ -397,7 +354,7 @@ export class ViewMotion extends BaseViewModelWithAgendaItemAndListOfSpeakers<Mot
         if (this.amendment_paragraphs) {
             searchValues = searchValues.concat(this.amendment_paragraphs.filter(x => !!x));
         }
-        searchValues = searchValues.concat(this.submitters.map(user => user.full_name));
+        searchValues = searchValues.concat(this.submittersAsUsers.map(user => user.full_name));
         searchValues = searchValues.concat(this.supporters.map(user => user.full_name));
         searchValues = searchValues.concat(this.tags.map(tag => tag.getTitle()));
         searchValues = searchValues.concat(this.motion.comments.map(comment => comment.comment));
@@ -429,146 +386,6 @@ export class ViewMotion extends BaseViewModelWithAgendaItemAndListOfSpeakers<Mot
         return this.motion.comments.find(comment => comment.section_id === section.id);
     }
 
-    /**
-     * Updates the local objects if required
-     *
-     * @param update
-     */
-    public updateDependencies(update: BaseViewModel): void {
-        super.updateDependencies(update);
-        if (update instanceof ViewWorkflow) {
-            this.updateWorkflow(update);
-        } else if (update instanceof ViewCategory) {
-            this.updateCategory(update);
-        } else if (update instanceof ViewMotionBlock) {
-            this.updateMotionBlock(update);
-        } else if (update instanceof ViewUser) {
-            this.updateUser(update);
-        } else if (update instanceof ViewMediafile) {
-            this.updateAttachments(update);
-        } else if (update instanceof ViewTag) {
-            this.updateTags(update);
-        } else if (update instanceof ViewMotion && update.id !== this.id) {
-            this.updateMotion(update);
-        } else if (update instanceof ViewMotionChangeRecommendation) {
-            this.updateChangeRecommendation(update);
-        } else if (update instanceof ViewPersonalNote) {
-            this.updatePersonalNote(update);
-        }
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Update routine for the workflow
-     *
-     * @param workflow potentially the (changed workflow (state). Needs manual verification
-     */
-    private updateWorkflow(workflow: ViewWorkflow): void {
-        if (workflow.id === this.motion.workflow_id) {
-            this._workflow = workflow;
-            this._state = workflow.getStateById(this.state_id);
-        }
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Update routine for the category
-     *
-     * @param category potentially the changed category. Needs manual verification
-     */
-    private updateCategory(category: ViewCategory): void {
-        if (this.category_id && category.id === this.motion.category_id) {
-            this._category = category;
-        }
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Update routine for the motion block
-     *
-     * @param block potentially the changed motion block. Needs manual verification
-     */
-    private updateMotionBlock(block: ViewMotionBlock): void {
-        if (this.motion_block_id && block.id === this.motion.motion_block_id) {
-            this._block = block;
-        }
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Update routine for supporters and submitters
-     *
-     * @param update potentially the changed user. Needs manual verification
-     */
-    private updateUser(update: ViewUser): void {
-        if (this.motion.submitters && this.motion.submitters.find(user => user.user_id === update.id)) {
-            const userIndex = this.motion.submitters.findIndex(submitter => submitter.user_id === update.id);
-            this.submitters[userIndex] = update;
-        }
-        if (this.motion.supporters_id && this.motion.supporters_id.includes(update.id)) {
-            const userIndex = this.supporters.findIndex(user => user.id === update.id);
-            if (userIndex < 0) {
-                this.supporters.push(update);
-            } else {
-                this.supporters[userIndex] = update;
-            }
-        }
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Update routine for attachments
-     *
-     * @param mediafile
-     */
-    private updateAttachments(mediafile: ViewMediafile): void {
-        if (this.attachments_id && this.attachments_id.includes(mediafile.id)) {
-            const attachmentIndex = this.attachments.findIndex(_mediafile => _mediafile.id === mediafile.id);
-            if (attachmentIndex < 0) {
-                this.attachments.push(mediafile);
-            } else {
-                this.attachments[attachmentIndex] = mediafile;
-            }
-        }
-    }
-
-    private updateTags(tag: ViewTag): void {
-        if (this.tags_id && this.tags_id.includes(tag.id)) {
-            const tagIndex = this.tags.findIndex(_tag => _tag.id === tag.id);
-            if (tagIndex < 0) {
-                this.tags.push(tag);
-            } else {
-                this.tags[tagIndex] = tag;
-            }
-        }
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * The update cen be the parent or a child motion (=amendment).
-     */
-    private updateMotion(update: ViewMotion): void {
-        if (this.parent_id && this.parent_id === update.id) {
-            this._parent = update;
-        } else if (update.parent_id && update.parent_id === this.id) {
-            const index = this._amendments.findIndex(m => m.id === update.id);
-            if (index >= 0) {
-                this._amendments[index] = update;
-            } else {
-                this._amendments.push(update);
-            }
-        }
-    }
-
-    private updateChangeRecommendation(cr: ViewMotionChangeRecommendation): void {
-        if (cr.motion_id === this.id) {
-            const index = this.changeRecommendations.findIndex(_cr => _cr.id === cr.id);
-            if (index < 0) {
-                this.changeRecommendations.push(cr);
-            } else {
-                this.changeRecommendations[index] = cr;
-            }
-        }
-    }
-
-    private updatePersonalNote(personalNote: ViewPersonalNote): void {
-        this.personalNote = personalNote.getNoteContent(this.collectionString, this.id);
-    }
-
     public hasSupporters(): boolean {
         return !!(this.supporters && this.supporters.length > 0);
     }
@@ -589,7 +406,7 @@ export class ViewMotion extends BaseViewModelWithAgendaItemAndListOfSpeakers<Mot
      * Determine if the motion is in its final workflow state
      */
     public isInFinalState(): boolean {
-        return this.nextStates.length === 0;
+        return this.state ? this.state.isFinalState : false;
     }
 
     /**
@@ -635,19 +452,6 @@ export class ViewMotion extends BaseViewModelWithAgendaItemAndListOfSpeakers<Mot
      * Duplicate this motion into a copy of itself
      */
     public copy(): ViewMotion {
-        return new ViewMotion(
+        return new ViewMotion(this._model);
-            this._model,
-            this._category,
-            this._submitters,
-            this._supporters,
-            this._workflow,
-            this._state,
-            this._item,
-            this._listOfSpeakers,
-            this._block,
-            this._attachments,
-            this._tags,
-            this._parent
-        );
     }
 }

client/src/app/site/motions/models/view-state.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,99 @@
+import { BaseViewModel } from '../../base/base-view-model';
+import { State, MergeAmendment } from 'app/shared/models/motions/state';
+import { ViewWorkflow } from './view-workflow';
+
+export interface StateTitleInformation {
+    name: string;
+}
+
+/**
+ * class for the ViewState.
+ * @ignore
+ */
+export class ViewState extends BaseViewModel<State> implements StateTitleInformation {
+    public static COLLECTIONSTRING = State.COLLECTIONSTRING;
+
+    private _next_states?: ViewState[];
+    public _workflow?: ViewWorkflow;
+
+    public get state(): State {
+        return this._model;
+    }
+
+    public get workflow(): ViewWorkflow | null {
+        return this._workflow;
+    }
+
+    public get next_states(): ViewState[] {
+        return this._next_states || [];
+    }
+
+    public get name(): string {
+        return this.state.name;
+    }
+
+    public get recommendation_label(): string {
+        return this.state.recommendation_label;
+    }
+
+    public get css_class(): string {
+        return this.state.css_class;
+    }
+
+    public get restriction(): string[] {
+        return this.state.restriction;
+    }
+
+    public get allow_support(): boolean {
+        return this.state.allow_support;
+    }
+
+    public get allow_create_poll(): boolean {
+        return this.state.allow_create_poll;
+    }
+
+    public get allow_submitter_edit(): boolean {
+        return this.state.allow_submitter_edit;
+    }
+
+    public get dont_set_identifier(): boolean {
+        return this.state.dont_set_identifier;
+    }
+
+    public get show_state_extension_field(): boolean {
+        return this.state.show_state_extension_field;
+    }
+
+    public get merge_amendment_into_final(): MergeAmendment {
+        return this.state.merge_amendment_into_final;
+    }
+
+    public get show_recommendation_extension_field(): boolean {
+        return this.state.show_recommendation_extension_field;
+    }
+
+    public get next_states_id(): number[] {
+        return this.state.next_states_id;
+    }
+
+    public get workflow_id(): number {
+        return this.state.workflow_id;
+    }
+
+    public get isFinalState(): boolean {
+        return !this.next_states_id || this.next_states_id.length === 0;
+    }
+
+    public get previous_states(): ViewState[] {
+        if (!this.workflow) {
+            return [];
+        }
+        return this.workflow.states.filter(state => {
+            return state.next_states_id.includes(this.id);
+        });
+    }
+
+    public constructor(state: State) {
+        super(State.COLLECTIONSTRING, state);
+    }
+}

client/src/app/site/motions/models/view-statute-paragraph.ts

@@ -45,10 +45,4 @@ export class ViewStatuteParagraph extends BaseViewModel<StatuteParagraph>
     public getDetailStateURL(): string {
         return '/motions/statute-paragraphs';
     }
-
-    /**
-     * Updates the local objects if required
-     * @param section
-     */
-    public updateDependencies(update: BaseViewModel): void {}
 }

client/src/app/site/motions/models/view-submitter.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+import { ViewUser } from 'app/site/users/models/view-user';
+import { Submitter } from 'app/shared/models/motions/submitter';
+import { BaseViewModel } from 'app/site/base/base-view-model';
+
+export class ViewSubmitter extends BaseViewModel<Submitter> {
+    public static COLLECTIONSTRING = Submitter.COLLECTIONSTRING;
+    private _user?: ViewUser;
+
+    public get submitter(): Submitter {
+        return this._model;
+    }
+
+    public get user(): ViewUser {
+        return this._user;
+    }
+
+    public get id(): number {
+        return this.submitter.id;
+    }
+
+    public get user_id(): number {
+        return this.submitter.user_id;
+    }
+
+    public get motion_id(): number {
+        return this.submitter.motion_id;
+    }
+
+    public get weight(): number {
+        return this.submitter.weight;
+    }
+
+    public constructor(submitter: Submitter) {
+        super(Submitter.COLLECTIONSTRING, submitter);
+    }
+
+    public getTitle = () => {
+        return this.user ? this.user.getTitle() : '';
+    };
+
+    public getListTitle = () => {
+        return this.getTitle();
+    };
+}

client/src/app/site/motions/models/view-workflow.ts

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import { Workflow } from 'app/shared/models/motions/workflow';
-import { WorkflowState } from 'app/shared/models/motions/workflow-state';
 import { BaseViewModel } from '../../base/base-view-model';
+import { ViewState } from './view-state';
 
 export interface WorkflowTitleInformation {
     name: string;
@@ -13,6 +13,9 @@ export interface WorkflowTitleInformation {
 export class ViewWorkflow extends BaseViewModel<Workflow> implements WorkflowTitleInformation {
     public static COLLECTIONSTRING = Workflow.COLLECTIONSTRING;
 
+    private _states?: ViewState[];
+    private _first_state?: ViewState;
+
     public get workflow(): Workflow {
         return this._model;
     }
@@ -21,34 +24,23 @@ export class ViewWorkflow extends BaseViewModel<Workflow> implements WorkflowTit
         return this.workflow.name;
     }
 
-    public get states(): WorkflowState[] {
+    public get states(): ViewState[] {
-        return this.workflow.states;
+        return this._states || [];
+    }
+
+    public get states_id(): number[] {
+        return this.workflow.states_id;
     }
 
     public get first_state_id(): number {
         return this.workflow.first_state_id;
     }
 
-    public get firstState(): WorkflowState {
+    public get first_state(): ViewState | null {
-        return this.getStateById(this.first_state_id);
+        return this._first_state;
     }
 
     public constructor(workflow: Workflow) {
         super(Workflow.COLLECTIONSTRING, workflow);
     }
-
-    public sortStates(): void {
-        this.workflow.sortStates();
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Updates the local objects if required
-     *
-     * @param update
-     */
-    public updateDependencies(update: BaseViewModel): void {}
-
-    public getStateById(id: number): WorkflowState {
-        return this.states.find(state => id === state.id);
-    }
 }

client/src/app/site/motions/modules/motion-detail/components/manage-submitters/manage-submitters.component.html

@@ -13,8 +13,8 @@
 </h4>
 
 <div *ngIf="!isEditMode || !perms.isAllowed('change_metadata')">
-    <mat-chip-list *ngFor="let submitter of motion.submitters" class="user">
+    <mat-chip-list *ngFor="let user of motion.submittersAsUsers" class="user">
-        <mat-chip disableRipple>{{ submitter.full_name }}</mat-chip>
+        <mat-chip disableRipple *ngIf="user">{{ user.getTitle() }}</mat-chip>
     </mat-chip-list>
 </div>
 

client/src/app/site/motions/modules/motion-detail/components/manage-submitters/manage-submitters.component.ts

@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ export class ManageSubmittersComponent extends BaseViewComponent {
      */
     public onEdit(): void {
         this.isEditMode = true;
-        this.editSubmitterSubject.next(this.motion.submitters.map(x => x));
+        this.editSubmitterSubject.next(this.motion.submittersAsUsers);
         this.addSubmitterForm.reset();
 
         // get all users for the submitter add form

client/src/app/site/motions/modules/motion-detail/components/motion-detail/motion-detail.component.html

@@ -261,13 +261,13 @@
                 extensionLabel="{{ 'Extension' | translate }}"
                 (success)="setStateExtension($event)"
             >
-                <span class="trigger-menu">
+                <span class="trigger-menu" *ngIf="motion.state">
-                    <button *ngFor="let state of motion.nextStates" mat-menu-item (click)="setState(state.id)">
+                    <button *ngFor="let state of motion.state.next_states" mat-menu-item (click)="setState(state.id)">
                         {{ state.name | translate }} <span *ngIf="state.show_state_extension_field">&nbsp;...</span>
                     </button>
                     <div>
-                        <mat-divider *ngIf="motion.nextStates.length > 0"></mat-divider>
+                        <mat-divider *ngIf="motion.state.next_states.length > 0"></mat-divider>
-                        <button *ngFor="let state of motion.previousStates" mat-menu-item (click)="setState(state.id)">
+                        <button *ngFor="let state of motion.state.previous_states" mat-menu-item (click)="setState(state.id)">
                             <mat-icon>arrow_back</mat-icon> {{ state.name | translate }}
                             <span *ngIf="state.show_state_extension_field">&nbsp;...</span>
                         </button>

client/src/app/site/motions/modules/motion-detail/components/motion-detail/motion-detail.component.ts

@@ -47,10 +47,7 @@ import {
     LineNumberingMode,
     verboseChangeRecoMode
 } from 'app/site/motions/models/view-motion';
-import {
+import { MotionEditNotification, MotionEditNotificationType } from 'app/site/motions/motion-edit-notification';
-    ViewMotionNotificationEditMotion,
-    TypeOfNotificationViewMotion
-} from 'app/site/motions/models/view-motion-notify';
 import { ViewMotionBlock } from 'app/site/motions/models/view-motion-block';
 import { ViewCategory } from 'app/site/motions/models/view-category';
 import { ViewCreateMotion } from 'app/site/motions/models/view-create-motion';
@@ -517,7 +514,7 @@ export class MotionDetailComponent extends BaseViewComponent implements OnInit,
      * Sends a notification to user editors of the motion was edited
      */
     public ngOnDestroy(): void {
-        this.unsubscribeEditNotifications(TypeOfNotificationViewMotion.TYPE_CLOSING_EDITING_MOTION);
+        this.unsubscribeEditNotifications(MotionEditNotificationType.TYPE_CLOSING_EDITING_MOTION);
         if (this.navigationSubscription) {
             this.navigationSubscription.unsubscribe();
         }
@@ -832,7 +829,7 @@ export class MotionDetailComponent extends BaseViewComponent implements OnInit,
         } else {
             this.updateMotionFromForm();
             // When saving the changes, notify other users if they edit the same motion.
-            this.unsubscribeEditNotifications(TypeOfNotificationViewMotion.TYPE_SAVING_EDITING_MOTION);
+            this.unsubscribeEditNotifications(MotionEditNotificationType.TYPE_SAVING_EDITING_MOTION);
         }
     }
 
@@ -1165,7 +1162,7 @@ export class MotionDetailComponent extends BaseViewComponent implements OnInit,
             this.motionCopy = this.motion.copy();
             this.patchForm(this.motionCopy);
             this.editNotificationSubscription = this.listenToEditNotification();
-            this.sendEditNotification(TypeOfNotificationViewMotion.TYPE_BEGIN_EDITING_MOTION);
+            this.sendEditNotification(MotionEditNotificationType.TYPE_BEGIN_EDITING_MOTION);
         }
         if (!mode && this.newMotion) {
             this.router.navigate(['./motions/']);
@@ -1173,7 +1170,7 @@ export class MotionDetailComponent extends BaseViewComponent implements OnInit,
         // If the user cancels the work on this motion,
         // notify the users who are still editing the same motion
         if (!mode && !this.newMotion) {
-            this.unsubscribeEditNotifications(TypeOfNotificationViewMotion.TYPE_CLOSING_EDITING_MOTION);
+            this.unsubscribeEditNotifications(MotionEditNotificationType.TYPE_CLOSING_EDITING_MOTION);
         }
     }
 
@@ -1412,8 +1409,8 @@ export class MotionDetailComponent extends BaseViewComponent implements OnInit,
      * @param type TypeOfNotificationViewMotion defines the type of the notification which is sent.
      * @param user Optional userId. If set the function will send a notification to the given userId.
      */
-    private sendEditNotification(type: TypeOfNotificationViewMotion, user?: number): void {
+    private sendEditNotification(type: MotionEditNotificationType, user?: number): void {
-        const content: ViewMotionNotificationEditMotion = {
+        const content: MotionEditNotification = {
             motionId: this.motion.id,
             senderId: this.operator.viewUser.id,
             senderName: this.operator.viewUser.short_name,
@@ -1422,7 +1419,7 @@ export class MotionDetailComponent extends BaseViewComponent implements OnInit,
         if (user) {
             this.notifyService.sendToUsers(this.NOTIFICATION_EDIT_MOTION, content, user);
         } else {
-            this.notifyService.sendToAllUsers<ViewMotionNotificationEditMotion>(this.NOTIFICATION_EDIT_MOTION, content);
+            this.notifyService.sendToAllUsers<MotionEditNotification>(this.NOTIFICATION_EDIT_MOTION, content);
         }
     }
 
@@ -1434,13 +1431,13 @@ export class MotionDetailComponent extends BaseViewComponent implements OnInit,
      */
     private listenToEditNotification(): Subscription {
         return this.notifyService.getMessageObservable(this.NOTIFICATION_EDIT_MOTION).subscribe(message => {
-            const content = <ViewMotionNotificationEditMotion>message.content;
+            const content = <MotionEditNotification>message.content;
             if (this.operator.viewUser.id !== content.senderId && content.motionId === this.motion.id) {
                 let warning = '';
 
                 switch (content.type) {
-                    case TypeOfNotificationViewMotion.TYPE_BEGIN_EDITING_MOTION:
+                    case MotionEditNotificationType.TYPE_BEGIN_EDITING_MOTION:
-                    case TypeOfNotificationViewMotion.TYPE_ALSO_EDITING_MOTION: {
+                    case MotionEditNotificationType.TYPE_ALSO_EDITING_MOTION: {
                         if (!this.otherWorkOnMotion.includes(content.senderName)) {
                             this.otherWorkOnMotion.push(content.senderName);
                         }
@@ -1448,19 +1445,19 @@ export class MotionDetailComponent extends BaseViewComponent implements OnInit,
                         warning = `${this.translate.instant('Following users are currently editing this motion:')} ${
                             this.otherWorkOnMotion
                         }`;
-                        if (content.type === TypeOfNotificationViewMotion.TYPE_BEGIN_EDITING_MOTION) {
+                        if (content.type === MotionEditNotificationType.TYPE_BEGIN_EDITING_MOTION) {
                             this.sendEditNotification(
-                                TypeOfNotificationViewMotion.TYPE_ALSO_EDITING_MOTION,
+                                MotionEditNotificationType.TYPE_ALSO_EDITING_MOTION,
                                 message.senderUserId
                             );
                         }
                         break;
                     }
-                    case TypeOfNotificationViewMotion.TYPE_CLOSING_EDITING_MOTION: {
+                    case MotionEditNotificationType.TYPE_CLOSING_EDITING_MOTION: {
                         this.recognizeOtherWorkerOnMotion(content.senderName);
                         break;
                     }
-                    case TypeOfNotificationViewMotion.TYPE_SAVING_EDITING_MOTION: {
+                    case MotionEditNotificationType.TYPE_SAVING_EDITING_MOTION: {
                         warning = `${content.senderName} ${this.translate.instant(
                             'has saved his work on this motion.'
                         )}`;
@@ -1496,7 +1493,7 @@ export class MotionDetailComponent extends BaseViewComponent implements OnInit,
      *
      * @param unsubscriptionReason The reason for the unsubscription.
      */
-    private unsubscribeEditNotifications(unsubscriptionReason: TypeOfNotificationViewMotion): void {
+    private unsubscribeEditNotifications(unsubscriptionReason: MotionEditNotificationType): void {
         if (!!this.editNotificationSubscription && !this.editNotificationSubscription.closed) {
             this.sendEditNotification(unsubscriptionReason);
             this.closeSnackBar();

client/src/app/site/motions/modules/motion-workflow/components/workflow-detail/workflow-detail.component.html

@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
     <div class="title-line">
         <strong>
             <span translate>First state</span>:
-            <span>{{ workflow.firstState.name | translate }}</span>
+            <span>{{ workflow.first_state.name | translate }}</span>
         </strong>
     </div>
 
@@ -70,20 +70,13 @@
                             {{ state[perm.selector] | translate }}
                         </mat-basic-chip>
                     </div>
-                    <div
+                    <div *ngIf="perm.type === 'state'">
-                        *ngIf="perm.type === 'state'"
-                    >
                         <div class="inner-table">
-                            <div *ngIf="!state.next_states_id.length">
+                            <div *ngIf="!state.next_states.length">
                                 -
                             </div>
-                            <div *ngIf="state.next_states_id.length">
+                            <div *ngIf="state.next_states.length">
-                                <div
+                                <div *ngFor="let nextstate of state.next_states; let last = last">
-                                    *ngFor="
-                                        let nextstate of state.getNextStates(workflow.workflow);
-                                        let last = last
-                                    "
-                                >
                                     {{ nextstate.name | translate }}<span *ngIf="!last">,&nbsp;</span>
                                 </div>
                             </div>
@@ -94,9 +87,7 @@
                             [matMenuTriggerData]="{ state: state }"
                         ></div>
                     </div>
-                    <div
+                    <div *ngIf="perm.type === 'amendment'">
-                        *ngIf="perm.type === 'amendment'"
-                    >
                         <div class="inner-table">
                             {{ getMergeAmendmentLabel(state.merge_amendment_into_final) | translate }}
                         </div>
@@ -106,9 +97,7 @@
                             [matMenuTriggerData]="{ state: state }"
                         ></div>
                     </div>
-                    <div
+                    <div *ngIf="perm.type === 'restriction'">
-                        *ngIf="perm.type === 'restriction'"
-                    >
                         <div class="inner-table">
                             <div *ngIf="!state.restriction.length">
                                 -

client/src/app/site/motions/modules/motion-workflow/components/workflow-detail/workflow-detail.component.ts

@@ -12,8 +12,10 @@ import { TranslateService } from '@ngx-translate/core';
 import { BaseViewComponent } from 'app/site/base/base-view';
 import { ViewWorkflow } from 'app/site/motions/models/view-workflow';
 import { WorkflowRepositoryService } from 'app/core/repositories/motions/workflow-repository.service';
-import { WorkflowState, MergeAmendment } from 'app/shared/models/motions/workflow-state';
 import { PromptService } from 'app/core/ui-services/prompt.service';
+import { MergeAmendment, State } from 'app/shared/models/motions/state';
+import { ViewState } from 'app/site/motions/models/view-state';
+import { StateRepositoryService } from 'app/core/repositories/motions/state-repository.service';
 
 /**
  * Declares data for the workflow dialog
@@ -153,6 +155,7 @@ export class WorkflowDetailComponent extends BaseViewComponent implements OnInit
         private promtService: PromptService,
         private dialog: MatDialog,
         private workflowRepo: WorkflowRepositoryService,
+        private stateRepo: StateRepositoryService,
         private route: ActivatedRoute
     ) {
         super(title, translate, matSnackBar);
@@ -180,17 +183,17 @@ export class WorkflowDetailComponent extends BaseViewComponent implements OnInit
      *
      * @param state the selected workflow state
      */
-    public onClickStateName(state: WorkflowState): void {
+    public onClickStateName(state: ViewState): void {
         this.openEditDialog(state.name, 'Rename state', '', true).subscribe(result => {
             if (result) {
                 if (result.action === 'update') {
-                    this.workflowRepo.updateState({ name: result.value }, state).then(() => {}, this.raiseError);
+                    this.stateRepo.update({ name: result.value }, state).then(() => {}, this.raiseError);
                 } else if (result.action === 'delete') {
                     const content = this.translate.instant('Delete') + ` ${state.name}?`;
 
                     this.promtService.open('Are you sure', content).then(promptResult => {
                         if (promptResult) {
-                            this.workflowRepo.deleteState(state).then(() => {}, this.raiseError);
+                            this.stateRepo.delete(state).then(() => {}, this.raiseError);
                         }
                     });
                 }
@@ -206,7 +209,11 @@ export class WorkflowDetailComponent extends BaseViewComponent implements OnInit
         this.openEditDialog('', this.translate.instant('New state'), this.translate.instant('Name')).subscribe(
             result => {
                 if (result && result.action === 'update') {
-                    this.workflowRepo.addState(result.value, this.workflow).then(() => {}, this.raiseError);
+                    const state = new State({
+                        name: result.value,
+                        workflow_id: this.workflow.id
+                    });
+                    this.stateRepo.create(state).then(() => {}, this.raiseError);
                 }
             }
         );
@@ -231,10 +238,10 @@ export class WorkflowDetailComponent extends BaseViewComponent implements OnInit
      * @param perm The permission
      * @param state The selected workflow state
      */
-    public onClickInputPerm(perm: StatePerm, state: WorkflowState): void {
+    public onClickInputPerm(perm: StatePerm, state: ViewState): void {
         this.openEditDialog(state[perm.selector], 'Edit', perm.name).subscribe(result => {
             if (result && result.action === 'update') {
-                this.workflowRepo.updateState({ [perm.selector]: result.value }, state).then(() => {}, this.raiseError);
+                this.stateRepo.update({ [perm.selector]: result.value }, state).then(() => {}, this.raiseError);
             }
         });
     }
@@ -246,8 +253,8 @@ export class WorkflowDetailComponent extends BaseViewComponent implements OnInit
      * @param perm The states permission that was changed
      * @param event The change event.
      */
-    public onToggleStatePerm(state: WorkflowState, perm: string, event: MatCheckboxChange): void {
+    public onToggleStatePerm(state: ViewState, perm: string, event: MatCheckboxChange): void {
-        this.workflowRepo.updateState({ [perm]: event.checked }, state).then(() => {}, this.raiseError);
+        this.stateRepo.update({ [perm]: event.checked }, state).then(() => {}, this.raiseError);
     }
 
     /**
@@ -257,8 +264,8 @@ export class WorkflowDetailComponent extends BaseViewComponent implements OnInit
      * @param state The selected workflow state
      * @param color The selected color
      */
-    public onSelectColor(state: WorkflowState, color: string): void {
+    public onSelectColor(state: ViewState, color: string): void {
-        this.workflowRepo.updateState({ css_class: color }, state).then(() => {}, this.raiseError);
+        this.stateRepo.update({ css_class: color }, state).then(() => {}, this.raiseError);
     }
 
     /**
@@ -267,7 +274,7 @@ export class WorkflowDetailComponent extends BaseViewComponent implements OnInit
      * @param nextState the potential next workflow state
      * @param state the state to add or remove another state to
      */
-    public onSetNextState(nextState: WorkflowState, state: WorkflowState): void {
+    public onSetNextState(nextState: ViewState, state: ViewState): void {
         const ids = state.next_states_id.map(id => id);
         const stateIdIndex = ids.findIndex(id => id === nextState.id);
 
@@ -276,7 +283,7 @@ export class WorkflowDetailComponent extends BaseViewComponent implements OnInit
         } else {
             ids.splice(stateIdIndex, 1);
         }
-        this.workflowRepo.updateState({ next_states_id: ids }, state).then(() => {}, this.raiseError);
+        this.stateRepo.update({ next_states_id: ids }, state).then(() => {}, this.raiseError);
     }
 
     /**
@@ -285,7 +292,7 @@ export class WorkflowDetailComponent extends BaseViewComponent implements OnInit
      * @param restrictions The new restrictions
      * @param state the state to change
      */
-    public onSetRestriction(restriction: string, state: WorkflowState): void {
+    public onSetRestriction(restriction: string, state: ViewState): void {
         const restrictions = state.restriction.map(r => r);
         const restrictionIndex = restrictions.findIndex(r => r === restriction);
 
@@ -294,7 +301,7 @@ export class WorkflowDetailComponent extends BaseViewComponent implements OnInit
         } else {
             restrictions.splice(restrictionIndex, 1);
         }
-        this.workflowRepo.updateState({ restriction: restrictions }, state).then(() => {}, this.raiseError);
+        this.stateRepo.update({ restriction: restrictions }, state).then(() => {}, this.raiseError);
     }
 
     /**
@@ -311,8 +318,8 @@ export class WorkflowDetailComponent extends BaseViewComponent implements OnInit
      * @param amendment determines the amendment
      * @param state the state to change
      */
-    public setMergeAmendment(amendment: number, state: WorkflowState): void {
+    public setMergeAmendment(amendment: number, state: ViewState): void {
-        this.workflowRepo.updateState({ merge_amendment_into_final: amendment }, state).then(() => {}, this.raiseError);
+        this.stateRepo.update({ merge_amendment_into_final: amendment }, state).then(() => {}, this.raiseError);
     }
 
     /**
@@ -383,7 +390,7 @@ export class WorkflowDetailComponent extends BaseViewComponent implements OnInit
      * @param state the workflow state
      * @returns a unique definition
      */
-    public getColumnDef(state: WorkflowState): string {
+    public getColumnDef(state: ViewState): string {
         return `${state.name}${state.id}`;
     }
 

client/src/app/site/motions/modules/statute-paragraph/components/statute-paragraph-list/statute-paragraph-list.component.html

@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
             </p>
             <span>
                 <!-- The HTML Editor -->
-                <h4>Statute paragraph</h4>
+                <h4 translate>Statute paragraph</h4>
                 <editor formControlName="text" [init]="tinyMceSettings"></editor>
             </span>
         </form>
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@
                 </p>
                 <span>
                     <!-- The HTML Editor -->
-                    <h4>Statute paragraph</h4>
+                    <h4 translate>Statute paragraph</h4>
                     <editor formControlName="text" [init]="tinyMceSettings"></editor>
                 </span>
             </form>

client/src/app/site/motions/motion-edit-notification.ts

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 /**
  * Enum to define different types of notifications.
  */
-export enum TypeOfNotificationViewMotion {
+export enum MotionEditNotificationType {
     /**
      * Type to declare editing a motion.
      */
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ export enum TypeOfNotificationViewMotion {
 /**
  * Class to specify the notifications for editing a motion.
  */
-export interface ViewMotionNotificationEditMotion {
+export interface MotionEditNotification {
     /**
      * The id of the motion the user wants to edit.
      * Necessary to identify if users edit the same motion.
@@ -48,5 +48,5 @@ export interface ViewMotionNotificationEditMotion {
      * The type of the notification.
      * Separates if the user is beginning the work or closing the edit-view.
      */
-    type: TypeOfNotificationViewMotion;
+    type: MotionEditNotificationType;
 }

client/src/app/site/motions/motions.config.ts

@@ -20,6 +20,9 @@ import { ViewMotionBlock } from './models/view-motion-block';
 import { ViewStatuteParagraph } from './models/view-statute-paragraph';
 import { ViewMotion } from './models/view-motion';
 import { ViewWorkflow } from './models/view-workflow';
+import { State } from 'app/shared/models/motions/state';
+import { ViewState } from './models/view-state';
+import { StateRepositoryService } from 'app/core/repositories/motions/state-repository.service';
 
 export const MotionsAppConfig: AppConfig = {
     name: 'motions',
@@ -44,6 +47,12 @@ export const MotionsAppConfig: AppConfig = {
             viewModel: ViewWorkflow,
             repository: WorkflowRepositoryService
         },
+        {
+            collectionString: 'motions/state',
+            model: State,
+            viewModel: ViewState,
+            repository: StateRepositoryService
+        },
         {
             collectionString: 'motions/motion-comment-section',
             model: MotionCommentSection,

client/src/app/site/motions/services/local-permissions.service.ts

@@ -70,9 +70,9 @@ export class LocalPermissionsService {
                     motion.state &&
                     motion.state.allow_support &&
                     motion.submitters &&
-                    motion.submitters.indexOf(this.operator.viewUser) === -1 &&
+                    !motion.submittersAsUsers.includes(this.operator.viewUser) &&
                     motion.supporters &&
-                    motion.supporters.indexOf(this.operator.viewUser) === -1
+                    !motion.supporters.includes(this.operator.viewUser)
                 );
             }
             case 'unsupport': {

client/src/app/site/motions/services/motion-csv-export.service.ts

@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ export class MotionCsvExportService {
             [
                 { label: 'Called', map: motion => (motion.sort_parent_id ? '' : motion.identifierOrTitle) },
                 { label: 'Called with', map: motion => (!motion.sort_parent_id ? '' : motion.identifierOrTitle) },
-                { label: 'submitters', map: motion => motion.submitters.map(s => s.short_name).join(',') },
+                { label: 'submitters', map: motion => motion.submittersAsUsers.map(s => s.short_name).join(',') },
                 { property: 'title' },
                 {
                     label: 'recommendation',

client/src/app/site/motions/services/motion-import.service.ts

@@ -125,12 +125,12 @@ export class MotionImportService extends BaseImportService<ViewMotion> {
                     newEntry.motion[this.expectedHeader[idx]] = line[idx];
             }
         }
-        const updateModels = this.repo.getMotionDuplicates(newEntry);
+        const hasDuplicates = this.repo.getViewModelList().some(motion => motion.identifier === newEntry.identifier);
         const entry: NewEntry<ViewMotion> = {
             newEntry: newEntry,
-            duplicates: updateModels,
+            hasDuplicates: hasDuplicates,
-            status: updateModels.length ? 'error' : 'new',
+            status: hasDuplicates ? 'error' : 'new',
-            errors: updateModels.length ? ['Duplicates'] : []
+            errors: hasDuplicates ? ['Duplicates'] : []
         };
         if (!entry.newEntry.title) {
             this.setError(entry, 'Title');

client/src/app/site/motions/services/motion-pdf.service.ts

@@ -237,9 +237,9 @@ export class MotionPdfService {
 
         // submitters
         if (!infoToExport || infoToExport.includes('submitters')) {
-            const submitters = motion.submitters
+            const submitters = motion.submittersAsUsers
-                .map(submitter => {
+                .map(user => {
-                    return submitter.full_name;
+                    return user.full_name;
                 })
                 .join(', ');
 
@@ -793,7 +793,7 @@ export class MotionPdfService {
                 text: motion.sort_parent_id ? '' : motion.identifierOrTitle
             },
             { text: motion.sort_parent_id ? motion.identifierOrTitle : '' },
-            { text: motion.submitters.length ? motion.submitters.map(s => s.short_name).join(', ') : '' },
+            { text: motion.submitters.length ? motion.submittersAsUsers.map(s => s.short_name).join(', ') : '' },
             { text: motion.title },
             {
                 text: motion.recommendation ? this.motionRepo.getExtendedRecommendationLabel(motion) : ''

client/src/app/site/motions/services/statute-import.service.ts

@@ -72,12 +72,12 @@ export class StatuteImportService extends BaseImportService<ViewStatuteParagraph
                     break;
             }
         }
-        const updateModels = this.repo.getViewModelList().filter(paragraph => paragraph.title === newEntry.title);
+        const hasDuplicates = this.repo.getViewModelList().some(paragraph => paragraph.title === newEntry.title);
         return {
             newEntry: newEntry,
-            duplicates: updateModels,
+            hasDuplicates: hasDuplicates,
-            status: updateModels.length ? 'error' : 'new',
+            status: hasDuplicates ? 'error' : 'new',
-            errors: updateModels.length ? ['Duplicates'] : []
+            errors: hasDuplicates ? ['Duplicates'] : []
         };
     }
 

client/src/app/site/projector/models/view-countdown.ts

@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 import { Countdown } from 'app/shared/models/core/countdown';
 import { BaseProjectableViewModel } from 'app/site/base/base-projectable-view-model';
 import { ProjectorElementBuildDeskriptor } from 'app/site/base/projectable';
-import { BaseViewModel } from 'app/site/base/base-view-model';
 
 export interface CountdownTitleInformation {
     title: string;
@@ -39,8 +38,6 @@ export class ViewCountdown extends BaseProjectableViewModel<Countdown> implement
         super(Countdown.COLLECTIONSTRING, countdown);
     }
 
-    public updateDependencies(update: BaseViewModel): void {}
-
     public getSlide(): ProjectorElementBuildDeskriptor {
         return {
             getBasicProjectorElement: options => ({

client/src/app/site/projector/models/view-projection-default.ts

@@ -28,6 +28,4 @@ export class ViewProjectionDefault extends BaseViewModel<ProjectionDefault>
     public constructor(projectionDefault: ProjectionDefault) {
         super(ProjectionDefault.COLLECTIONSTRING, projectionDefault);
     }
-
-    public updateDependencies(update: BaseViewModel): void {}
 }

client/src/app/site/projector/models/view-projector-message.ts

@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 import { BaseProjectableViewModel } from 'app/site/base/base-projectable-view-model';
 import { ProjectorElementBuildDeskriptor } from 'app/site/base/projectable';
 import { ProjectorMessage } from 'app/shared/models/core/projector-message';
-import { BaseViewModel } from 'app/site/base/base-view-model';
 import { stripHtmlTags } from 'app/shared/utils/strip-html-tags';
 
 export type ProjectorMessageTitleInformation = object;
@@ -22,8 +21,6 @@ export class ViewProjectorMessage extends BaseProjectableViewModel<ProjectorMess
         super(ProjectorMessage.COLLECTIONSTRING, projectorMessage);
     }
 
-    public updateDependencies(update: BaseViewModel): void {}
-
     public getSlide(): ProjectorElementBuildDeskriptor {
         return {
             getBasicProjectorElement: options => ({

client/src/app/site/projector/models/view-projector.ts

@@ -106,14 +106,7 @@ export class ViewProjector extends BaseViewModel<Projector> {
         return this.projector.show_logo;
     }
 
-    public constructor(projector: Projector, referenceProjector?: ViewProjector) {
+    public constructor(projector: Projector) {
         super(Projector.COLLECTIONSTRING, projector);
-        this._referenceProjector = referenceProjector;
-    }
-
-    public updateDependencies(update: BaseViewModel): void {
-        if (update instanceof ViewProjector && this.reference_projector_id === update.id) {
-            this._referenceProjector = update;
-        }
     }
 }

client/src/app/site/tags/models/view-tag.ts

@@ -36,10 +36,4 @@ export class ViewTag extends BaseViewModel<Tag> implements TagTitleInformation,
     public getDetailStateURL(): string {
         return `/tags`;
     }
-
-    /**
-     * Updates the local objects if required
-     * @param update
-     */
-    public updateDependencies(update: BaseViewModel): void {}
 }

client/src/app/site/topics/models/view-topic.ts

@@ -2,9 +2,6 @@ import { Topic } from 'app/shared/models/topics/topic';
 import { SearchRepresentation } from 'app/core/ui-services/search.service';
 import { ProjectorElementBuildDeskriptor } from 'app/site/base/projectable';
 import { ViewMediafile } from 'app/site/mediafiles/models/view-mediafile';
-import { ViewItem } from '../../agenda/models/view-item';
-import { BaseViewModel } from 'app/site/base/base-view-model';
-import { ViewListOfSpeakers } from '../../agenda/models/view-list-of-speakers';
 import { BaseViewModelWithAgendaItemAndListOfSpeakers } from 'app/site/base/base-view-model-with-agenda-item-and-list-of-speakers';
 import { TitleInformationWithAgendaItem } from 'app/site/base/base-view-model-with-agenda-item';
 
@@ -42,14 +39,8 @@ export class ViewTopic extends BaseViewModelWithAgendaItemAndListOfSpeakers impl
         return this.topic.text;
     }
 
-    public constructor(
+    public constructor(topic: Topic) {
-        topic: Topic,
+        super(Topic.COLLECTIONSTRING, topic);
-        attachments?: ViewMediafile[],
-        item?: ViewItem,
-        listOfSpeakers?: ViewListOfSpeakers
-    ) {
-        super(Topic.COLLECTIONSTRING, topic, item, listOfSpeakers);
-        this._attachments = attachments;
     }
 
     /**
@@ -89,16 +80,4 @@ export class ViewTopic extends BaseViewModelWithAgendaItemAndListOfSpeakers impl
     public hasAttachments(): boolean {
         return this.attachments && this.attachments.length > 0;
     }
-
-    public updateDependencies(update: BaseViewModel): void {
-        super.updateDependencies(update);
-        if (update instanceof ViewMediafile && this.attachments_id.includes(update.id)) {
-            const attachmentIndex = this.attachments.findIndex(mediafile => mediafile.id === update.id);
-            if (attachmentIndex < 0) {
-                this.attachments.push(update);
-            } else {
-                this.attachments[attachmentIndex] = update;
-            }
-        }
-    }
 }

client/src/app/site/users/models/view-group.ts

@@ -36,6 +36,4 @@ export class ViewGroup extends BaseViewModel<Group> implements GroupTitleInforma
     public hasPermission(perm: string): boolean {
         return this.permissions.includes(perm);
     }
-
-    public updateDependencies(update: BaseViewModel): void {}
 }

client/src/app/site/users/models/view-personal-note.ts

@@ -29,6 +29,4 @@ export class ViewPersonalNote extends BaseViewModel<PersonalNote> implements Per
             return null;
         }
     }
-
-    public updateDependencies(update: BaseViewModel): void {}
 }

client/src/app/site/users/models/view-user.ts

@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ import { ProjectorElementBuildDeskriptor } from 'app/site/base/projectable';
 import { Searchable } from 'app/site/base/searchable';
 import { SearchRepresentation } from 'app/core/ui-services/search.service';
 import { ViewGroup } from './view-group';
-import { BaseViewModel } from 'app/site/base/base-view-model';
 
 export interface UserTitleInformation {
     username: string;
@@ -121,9 +120,8 @@ export class ViewUser extends BaseProjectableViewModel<User> implements UserTitl
     public getFullName: () => string;
     public getShortName: () => string;
 
-    public constructor(user: User, groups?: ViewGroup[]) {
+    public constructor(user: User) {
         super(User.COLLECTIONSTRING, user);
-        this._groups = groups;
     }
 
     /**
@@ -151,15 +149,4 @@ export class ViewUser extends BaseProjectableViewModel<User> implements UserTitl
             getDialogTitle: () => this.getTitle()
         };
     }
-
-    public updateDependencies(update: BaseViewModel): void {
-        if (update instanceof ViewGroup && this.user.groups_id.includes(update.id)) {
-            const groupIndex = this.groups.findIndex(group => group.id === update.id);
-            if (groupIndex < 0) {
-                this.groups.push(update);
-            } else {
-                this.groups[groupIndex] = update;
-            }
-        }
-    }
 }

client/src/app/site/users/services/user-import.service.ts

@@ -269,14 +269,13 @@ export class UserImportService extends BaseImportService<ViewUser> {
     private userToEntry(newUser: ViewCsvCreateUser): NewEntry<ViewUser> {
         const newEntry: NewEntry<ViewUser> = {
             newEntry: newUser,
-            duplicates: [],
+            hasDuplicates: false,
             status: 'new',
             errors: []
         };
         if (newUser.isValid) {
-            const updateModels = this.repo.getUserDuplicates(newUser);
+            newEntry.hasDuplicates = this.repo.getViewModelList().some(user => user.full_name === newUser.full_name);
-            if (updateModels.length) {
+            if (newEntry.hasDuplicates) {
-                newEntry.duplicates = updateModels;
                 this.setError(newEntry, 'Duplicates');
             }
         } else {

openslides/agenda/views.py

@@ -499,7 +499,7 @@ class ListOfSpeakersViewSet(
             if not isinstance(speaker_id, int) or speakers.get(speaker_id) is None:
                 raise ValidationError({"detail": "Invalid data."})
             valid_speakers.append(speakers[speaker_id])
-        weight = 0
+        weight = 1
         with transaction.atomic():
             for speaker in valid_speakers:
                 speaker.weight = weight

openslides/motions/access_permissions.py

@@ -171,3 +171,11 @@ class WorkflowAccessPermissions(BaseAccessPermissions):
     """
 
     base_permission = "motions.can_see"
+
+
+class StateAccessPermissions(BaseAccessPermissions):
+    """
+    Access permissions container for State and StateViewSet.
+    """
+
+    base_permission = "motions.can_see"

openslides/motions/apps.py

@@ -89,6 +89,7 @@ class MotionsAppConfig(AppConfig):
             "Motion",
             "MotionBlock",
             "Workflow",
+            "State",
             "MotionChangeRecommendation",
             "MotionCommentSection",
         ):