2026-03-27

• Implemented Autocomplete Widget Renderer:
  • Created a new standalone AutocompleteFieldComponent to handle streaming search and dynamic suggestions.
  • Decided against BaseSelectFieldComponent inheritance to avoid pre-fetching logic and maintain a cleaner, RxJS-driven architecture.
  • Built a robust RxJS pipeline using Subject, debounceTime, and switchMap to handle API search requests with automatic cancellation of in-flight requests.
  • Implemented AutocompleteFieldConfig with support for both endpoint URLs and cURL-based data fetching.
  • Added custom validation logic for uniqueness, ensuring selected values are checked against the suggestion set.
  • Ensured error state preservation so that required and other validators are not cleared when custom duplicate errors are applied.
• Unit Testing for Autocomplete:
  • Created autocomplete-field.component.jest.spec.ts with 100% coverage for the search pipeline, selection logic, and error handling.
  • Updated field-registry.jest.spec.ts to include parity checks for the new widget.
• Dynaforms Schema Updates:
  • Registered the autocomplete type in FieldRegistryService.
  • Updated FormElementConfig and FieldType unions in form-element-config.types.ts.