[IMP] validation: add support for value types

This commit add supports for value types in prop validation. To describe
a value V type, one has to simply write {value: V}.

Note that this commit also improves the validation typing.

closes odoo#1198
closes odoo#910

doc/reference/props.md

@@ -159,6 +159,7 @@ For each key, a `prop` definition is either a boolean, a constructor, a list of
 - a boolean: indicate that the props exists, and is mandatory.
 - a constructor: this should describe the type, for example: `id: Number` describe
   the props `id` as a number
+- an object describing a value as type. This is done by using the `value` key. For example, `{value: false}` specifies that the corresponding value should be equal to false.
 - a list of constructors. In that case, this means that we allow more than one
   type. For example, `id: [Number, String]` means that `id` can be either a string
   or a number.
@@ -240,6 +241,7 @@ class ComponentB extends owl.Component {
     size: {
       validate:  e => ["small", "medium", "large"].includes(e)
     },
+    someId: [Number, {value: false}], // either a number or false
   };
 ```
 

src/runtime/validation.ts

@@ -8,9 +8,6 @@ type BaseType =
   | true
   | "*";
 
-type UnionType = (TypeInfo | BaseType)[];
-type TypeDescription = BaseType | UnionType | TypeInfo;
-
 interface TypeInfo {
   type?: TypeDescription;
   optional?: boolean;
@@ -19,15 +16,20 @@ interface TypeInfo {
   element?: TypeDescription;
 }
 
+type ValueType = { value: any };
+
+type TypeDescription = BaseType | TypeInfo | ValueType | TypeDescription[];
 type SimplifiedSchema = string[];
 type NormalizedSchema = { [key: string]: TypeDescription };
 export type Schema = SimplifiedSchema | NormalizedSchema;
 
 // -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 // helpers
 // -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-const isUnionType = (t: TypeDescription): t is UnionType => Array.isArray(t);
+const isUnionType = (t: TypeDescription): t is TypeDescription[] => Array.isArray(t);
 const isBaseType = (t: TypeDescription): t is BaseType => typeof t !== "object";
+const isValueType = (t: TypeDescription): t is ValueType =>
+  typeof t === "object" && t && "value" in t;
 
 export function isOptional(t: TypeDescription): Boolean {
   return typeof t === "object" && "optional" in t ? t.optional || false : false;
@@ -42,6 +44,8 @@ function describe(info: TypeDescription): string {
     return describeType(info);
   } else if (isUnionType(info)) {
     return info.map(describe).join(" or ");
+  } else if (isValueType(info)) {
+    return String(info.value);
   }
   if ("element" in info) {
     return `list of ${describe({ type: info.element, optional: false })}s`;
@@ -134,6 +138,8 @@ function validateType(key: string, value: any, descr: TypeDescription): string |
     return isOptional(descr) ? null : `'${key}' is undefined (should be a ${describe(descr)})`;
   } else if (isBaseType(descr)) {
     return validateBaseType(key, value, descr);
+  } else if (isValueType(descr)) {
+    return value === descr.value ? null : `'${key}' is not equal to '${descr.value}'`;
   } else if (isUnionType(descr)) {
     let validDescr = descr.find((p) => !validateType(key, value, p));
     return validDescr ? null : `'${key}' is not a ${describe(descr)}`;

tests/validation.test.ts

@@ -248,4 +248,30 @@ describe("validateSchema", () => {
     expect(validateSchema({ size: "sall" }, schema)).toEqual(["'size' is not valid"]);
     expect(validateSchema({ size: 1 }, schema)).toEqual(["'size' is not a string"]);
   });
+
+  test("value as type", () => {
+    expect(validateSchema({ a: false }, { a: { value: false } })).toEqual([]);
+    expect(validateSchema({ a: true }, { a: { value: false } })).toEqual([
+      "'a' is not equal to 'false'",
+    ]);
+  });
+
+  test("value as type (some other values)", () => {
+    expect(validateSchema({ a: null }, { a: { value: null } })).toEqual([]);
+    expect(validateSchema({ a: false }, { a: { value: null } })).toEqual([
+      "'a' is not equal to 'null'",
+    ]);
+    expect(validateSchema({ a: "hey" }, { a: { value: "hey" } })).toEqual([]);
+    expect(validateSchema({ a: true }, { a: { value: "hey" } })).toEqual([
+      "'a' is not equal to 'hey'",
+    ]);
+  });
+
+  test("value as type work in union type", () => {
+    expect(validateSchema({ a: false }, { a: [String, { value: false }] })).toEqual([]);
+    expect(validateSchema({ a: true }, { a: [String, { value: false }] })).toEqual([
+      "'a' is not a string or false",
+    ]);
+    expect(validateSchema({ a: "string" }, { a: [String, { value: false }] })).toEqual([]);
+  });
 });