Ability to set defaultNewRecord via routing data

[Julian Clementson]

Within the eg2 staff admin components, where we are using BasicAdminPageComponent, with fields automatically populated from the data definition, we are not able to set default values for fields on a new record. In order to do that, we need to create a custom component as a copy of BasicAdminPageComponent, resulting in code duplication.

This is a proposal to be able to set the default values for a new record via routing data, the same way as done for fieldOrder and readonlyFields.

I propose that we implement support for a defaultNewRecord object in routing modules as follows (this example taken from a need identified in bug 1842297):

{
    path: 'config/openathens_identity',
    component: BasicAdminPageComponent,
    data: [{
        schema: 'config',
        table: 'openathens_identity',
        fieldOrder: 'id,org_unit,active,api_key,...',
        defaultNewRecord: { active: true, auto_signon_enabled: true, unique_identifier: 1, display_name: 1 }
    }],
}

[Julian Clementson (oajulianc)]

Proposed implementation and unit test: https://git.evergreen-ils.org/?p=working/Evergreen.git;a=shortlog;h=refs/heads/user/jclementson/lp1989348_defaultNewRecord_via_routing_data

[Jane Sandberg (sandbergja)]

Confirmed that the test passes, and that I can use the new defaultNewRecord option to add some defaults to an fm-editor. Thanks for this contribution, Julian; seems very useful. Merged!