Fixing #709 by introducing multiple_editor_select_via_property

README.md

@@ -749,6 +749,120 @@ This can make the editor much more compact, but at a cost of not guaranteeing ch
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 ```
 
+#### Mulitple-editor (oneOf, anyOf, allOf)
+
+When the schema uses oneOf (anyOf and allOf) the multiple-editor is used to hold the various sub-editors.
+It will also try to select the correct sub-editor when using setValue to initialize the editor with data.
+
+The default behaviour is to select the first sub-editor that has no validation-errors testing using the supplied data.
+
+Sometimes this sub-editor-selection needs to be more specific:
+
+When checking if a particular sub-editor is the one that should be selected,
+the multiple-editor looks for an option called `multiple_editor_select_via_property` in the
+sub-editors schema-data. If pressent, it tells the multiple-editor which property to look for in the
+data supplied via setValue. If this property is found and has the correct value, then this sub-editor is selected.
+
+If we have this schema:
+
+```json
+{
+  "$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-04/schema#",
+  "type": "object",
+  "properties": {
+    "child": {
+      "oneOf": [
+        {
+          "$ref": "#/definitions/Boy"
+        },
+        {
+          "$ref": "#/definitions/Girl"
+        }
+      ]
+    }
+  },
+  "definitions": {
+    "Boy": {
+      "type": "object",
+      "title": "Boy",
+      "options": {
+        "multiple_editor_select_via_property": {
+          "property": "sex",
+          "value": "boy"
+        }
+      },
+      "properties": {
+        "sex": {
+          "type": "string",
+          "enum": [
+            "boy"
+          ],
+          "default": "boy",
+          "options": {
+            "hidden": true
+          }
+        },
+        "name": {
+          "type": "string"
+        },
+        "age": {
+          "type": "number",
+          "minimum": 10
+        }
+      },
+      "required": ["sex"]
+    },
+    "Girl": {
+      "type": "object",
+      "title": "Girl",
+      "options": {
+        "multiple_editor_select_via_property": {
+          "property": "sex",
+          "value": "girl"
+        }
+      },
+      "properties": {
+        "sex": {
+          "type": "string",
+          "enum": [
+            "girl"
+          ],
+          "default": "girl",
+          "options": {
+            "hidden": true
+          }
+        },
+        "name": {
+          "type": "string"
+        },
+        "age": {
+          "type": "number",
+          "minimum": 10
+        }
+      },
+      "required": ["sex"]
+    }
+  }
+}
+```
+
+Then the following json..
+
+```json
+{
+  "child": {
+    "sex": "girl",
+    "name": "Gry",
+    "age": 5
+  }
+}
+
+```
+.. would make the multiple-editor select the correct Girl-sub-editor
+even though the age = 5 is failing the editors validation.
+
+This feature is used when generating json-schema for Java- or Scala-classes which contains polymorphism using [mbknor-jackson-jsonSchema](https://github.com/mbknor/mbknor-jackson-jsonSchema).
+
 
 Editor Options
 ----------------
@@ -771,6 +885,7 @@ Editors can accept options which alter the behavior in some way.
 *  `input_height` - Explicitly set the height of the input element. Should be a valid CSS width string (e.g. "100px").  Works best with textareas.
 *  `input_width` - Explicitly set the width of the input element. Should be a valid CSS width string (e.g. "100px").  Works for string, number, and integer data types.
 *  `remove_empty_properties` - If set to true for an object, empty object properties (i.e. those with falsy values) will not be returned by getValue().
+*  `multiple_editor_select_via_property` - This can be used to instruct the multiple-editor (eg: oneOf) to select the correct sub-editor.
 
 ```json
 {

src/editors/multiple.js

@@ -232,12 +232,39 @@ JSONEditor.defaults.editors.multiple = JSONEditor.AbstractEditor.extend({
   },
   setValue: function(val,initial) {
     // Determine type by getting the first one that validates
+    // or by using multiple_editor_select_via_property
     var self = this;
     $each(this.validators, function(i,validator) {
-      if(!validator.validate(val).length) {
-        self.type = i;
-        self.switcher.value = self.display_text[i];
-        return false;
+
+      // If this editor's schema has the option:
+      // "options": {
+      //    "multiple_editor_select_via_property": {
+      //       "property": "myProperty",
+      //       "value": "myValue"
+      //     }
+      //  }
+      // we'll select this editor if val.type = 'myValue'
+      if(self.types[i] && self.types[i].hasOwnProperty("options") && self.types[i].options.hasOwnProperty("multiple_editor_select_via_property")){
+        // This editor's schema has multiple_editor_select_via_property
+        var multiple_editor_select_via_property = self.types[i].options.multiple_editor_select_via_property;
+
+        var propName = multiple_editor_select_via_property.property;
+        var propValue = multiple_editor_select_via_property.value;
+
+        // Must check if val has this property with the correct value
+        if(typeof val !== "undefined" && val !== null && val.hasOwnProperty(propName) && val[propName] == propValue) {
+          // This is a match
+          self.type = i;
+          self.switcher.value = self.display_text[i];
+          return false;
+        }
+      } else {
+        // else, we select this editor, if it has no validation errors
+        if(!validator.validate(val).length) {
+          self.type = i;
+          self.switcher.value = self.display_text[i];
+          return false;
+        }
       }
     });