flavors work with API now

zero.Api/Endpoints/Countries/CountriesController.cs

@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ public class CountriesController : ZeroApiEntityStoreController<Country, ICountr
 
   [HttpGet("empty")]
   [ZeroAuthorize(CountryPermissions.Create)]
-  public virtual Task<ActionResult<CountryEdit>> Empty() => EmptyModel<CountryEdit>();
+  public virtual Task<ActionResult<CountryEdit>> Empty(string flavor = null) => EmptyModel<CountryEdit>(flavor);
 
 
   [HttpGet("{id}")]

zero.Api/Endpoints/Languages/LanguagesController.cs

@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ public class LanguagesController : ZeroApiEntityStoreController<Language, ILangu
 
   [HttpGet("empty")]
   [ZeroAuthorize(LanguagePermissions.Create)]
-  public virtual Task<ActionResult<LanguageEdit>> Empty() => EmptyModel<LanguageEdit>();
+  public virtual Task<ActionResult<LanguageEdit>> Empty(string flavor = null) => EmptyModel<LanguageEdit>(flavor);
 
 
   [HttpGet("{id}")]

zero.Api/Endpoints/Mails/MailTemplatesController.cs

@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ public class MailTemplatesController : ZeroApiEntityStoreController<MailTemplate
 
   [HttpGet("empty")]
   [ZeroAuthorize(MailPermissions.Create)]
-  public virtual Task<ActionResult<MailEdit>> Empty() => EmptyModel<MailEdit>();
+  public virtual Task<ActionResult<MailEdit>> Empty(string flavor = null) => EmptyModel<MailEdit>(flavor);
 
 
   [HttpGet("{id}")]

zero.Api/Endpoints/Translations/TranslationsController.cs

@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ public class TranslationsController : ZeroApiEntityStoreController<Translation,
 
   [HttpGet("empty")]
   [ZeroAuthorize(TranslationPermissions.Create)]
-  public virtual Task<ActionResult<TranslationEdit>> Empty() => EmptyModel<TranslationEdit>();
+  public virtual Task<ActionResult<TranslationEdit>> Empty(string flavor = null) => EmptyModel<TranslationEdit>(flavor);
 
 
   [HttpGet("{id}")]

zero.Api/Extensions/IMapperProfileExtensions.cs

@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ public static class IMapperProfileExtensions
     target.Key = source.Key;
     target.IsActive = source.IsActive;
     target.CreatedDate = source.CreatedDate;
+    target.Flavor = source.Flavor;
   }
 
 
@@ -31,6 +32,7 @@ public static class IMapperProfileExtensions
     target.Key = source.Key;
     target.IsActive = source.IsActive;
     target.CreatedDate = source.CreatedDate;
+    target.Flavor = source.Flavor;
 
     target.Sort = source.Sort;
     target.Hash = source.Hash;
@@ -53,5 +55,6 @@ public static class IMapperProfileExtensions
     target.Key = source.Key;
     target.Sort = source.Sort;
     target.IsActive = source.IsActive;
+    target.Flavor = source.Flavor;
   }
 }

zero.Api/Models/_new/BasicModel.cs

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 namespace zero.Api.Models;
 
-public abstract class BasicModel<T> : ZeroIdEntity where T : ZeroEntity
+public abstract class BasicModel<T> : ZeroIdEntity, ISupportsFlavors where T : ZeroEntity
 {
   /// <summary>
   /// Full name of the entity
@@ -32,4 +32,9 @@ public abstract class BasicModel<T> : ZeroIdEntity where T : ZeroEntity
   /// </summary>
   [JsonPropertyName("@link")]
   public string Link { get; set; }
+
+  /// <summary>
+  /// Configured flavor of this entity
+  /// </summary>
+  public string Flavor { get; set; }
 }

zero.Api/Models/_new/DisplayModel.cs

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 namespace zero.Api.Models;
 
 
-public abstract class DisplayModel<T> : ZeroIdEntity where T : ZeroEntity
+public abstract class DisplayModel<T> : ZeroIdEntity, ISupportsFlavors where T : ZeroEntity
 {
   /// <summary>
   /// Full name of the entity
@@ -57,4 +57,9 @@ public abstract class DisplayModel<T> : ZeroIdEntity where T : ZeroEntity
   /// Language of the entity
   /// </summary>
   public string LanguageId { get; set; }
+
+  /// <summary>
+  /// Configured flavor of this entity
+  /// </summary>
+  public string Flavor { get; set; }
 }

zero.Api/Models/_new/SaveModel.cs

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 namespace zero.Api.Models;
 
-public abstract class SaveModel<T> : ZeroIdEntity where T : ZeroEntity
+public abstract class SaveModel<T> : ZeroIdEntity, ISupportsFlavors where T : ZeroEntity
 {
   /// <summary>
   /// Full name of the entity
@@ -26,4 +26,9 @@ public abstract class SaveModel<T> : ZeroIdEntity where T : ZeroEntity
   /// Whether the entity is visible in the frontend
   /// </summary>
   public bool IsActive { get; set; }
+
+  /// <summary>
+  /// Configured flavor of this entity
+  /// </summary>
+  public string Flavor { get; set; }
 }

zero.Api/ZeroApiEntityStoreController.cs

@@ -34,6 +34,19 @@ public abstract class ZeroApiEntityStoreController<TModel, TStore> : ZeroApiCont
   }
 
 
+  protected async Task<ActionResult<T>> EmptyModel<T>(string flavor) where T : DisplayModel<TModel>
+  {
+    TModel model = await Store.Empty(flavor);
+
+    if (model == null)
+    {
+      return NotFound();
+    }
+
+    return Mapper.Map<TModel, T>(model);
+  }
+
+
   protected async Task<ActionResult<T>> GetModel<T>(string id, string changeVector = null) where T : DisplayModel<TModel>
   {
     TModel model = await Store.Load(id, changeVector);
@@ -75,7 +88,8 @@ public abstract class ZeroApiEntityStoreController<TModel, TStore> : ZeroApiCont
 
   protected async Task<ActionResult<Result>> CreateModel<T, TEdit>(T saveModel) where T : SaveModel<TModel> where TEdit : DisplayModel<TModel>
   {
-    TModel model = Mapper.Map<T, TModel>(saveModel);
+    TModel emptyModel = saveModel.Flavor.IsNullOrEmpty() ? await Store.Empty() : await Store.Empty(saveModel.Flavor);
+    TModel model = Mapper.Map(saveModel, emptyModel);
     Result<TModel> result = await Store.Create(model);
 
     bool minimalResponse = Hints.ResponsePreference == ApiResponsePreference.Minimal;

zero.Backoffice/Resources/Localization/zero.en-us.json

@@ -178,7 +178,9 @@
     "idnotfound": "Could not find an entity for the given ID",
     "onsave": {
       "notallowed": "You are not allowed to edit this resource",
-      "empty": "You need to pass a model"
+      "empty": "You need to pass a model",
+      "noidmatch": "Do not fill out the Id field when creating a resource",
+      "flavornotfound": "Could not find a registration for this resource flavor"
     },
     "ondelete": {
       "idnotfound": "Could not find an entity for the given ID"

zero.Core/Stores/Flavors/FlavorOptions.cs

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 using System.Collections.Concurrent;
 
-namespace zero.Pages;
+namespace zero.Stores;
 
 public class FlavorOptions
 {
@@ -45,6 +45,13 @@ public class FlavorOptions
   }
 
 
+  public bool Exists<TEntity>(string alias)
+  {
+    List<FlavorConfig> flavors = Flavors.GetValueOrDefault(typeof(TEntity), new());
+    return flavors.Any(x => x.Alias == alias);
+  }
+
+
   public void Provide<TEntity>()
     where TEntity : ISupportsFlavors, new()
   {

zero.Core/Stores/StoreOperations.Write.cs

@@ -18,7 +18,29 @@ public partial class StoreOperations : IStoreOperations
       return Result<T>.Fail("@errors.onsave.empty");
     }
 
-    bool isUpdate = !model.Id.IsNullOrEmpty() && await Session.Advanced.ExistsAsync(model.Id);
+    bool isUpdate = false;
+
+    // check if the Id for a model already exists
+    if (!model.Id.IsNullOrEmpty())
+    {
+      bool exists = await Session.Advanced.ExistsAsync(model.Id);
+
+      if (!exists)
+      {
+        return Result<T>.Fail("@errors.onsave.noidmatch");
+      }
+
+      isUpdate = true;
+    }
+
+    // validate flavor
+    if (model is ISupportsFlavors flavorModel && !flavorModel.Flavor.IsNullOrEmpty())
+    {
+      if (!Flavors.Exists<T>(flavorModel.Flavor))
+      {
+        return Result<T>.Fail("@errors.onsave.flavornotfound");
+      }   
+    }
 
     // prepare model
     PrepareForSave(model);