From 33c6f54decfedcfab7353331d059a4695d8b7953 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Austin Smith <smithaustin0129@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 3 Oct 2025 08:48:48 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Make underlying form a slot.

---
 src/declaform/declaform.ts | 101 ++++++++++++++++++++++---------------
 1 file changed, 60 insertions(+), 41 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/declaform/declaform.ts b/src/declaform/declaform.ts
index 34ea9ce..8d679ef 100644
--- a/src/declaform/declaform.ts
+++ b/src/declaform/declaform.ts
@@ -1,23 +1,80 @@
+/**
+ * This is the object that ties a group of inputs to a name.
+ * It assumes that every input in the group is of the same type.
+ */
+class Field {
+
+    private _type: string;
+
+    constructor(private name: string, private _inputs: FieldElement[]) {
+        if (this._inputs.length === 0) {
+            throw new Error("[Declaform] Error: cannot construct Field with empty inputs array.")
+        }
+        this._type = this._inputs[0]!.type;
+    }
+
+    get value() {
+        switch(this._type) {
+            case 'checkbox':
+                return (this._inputs as HTMLInputElement[]).filter(x => x.checked).map(x => x.value);
+            case 'radio':
+                return (this._inputs as HTMLInputElement[]).find(x => x.checked)?.value;
+            default:
+            case 'date':
+            case 'datatime-local':
+            case 'email':
+            case 'number':
+            case 'password':
+            case 'select':
+            case 'text':
+                // can assert this._inputs[0]! because we throw Error in constructor if _inputs.length = 0
+                return (this._inputs.length > 1) ? this._inputs.map(x => x.value) : this._inputs[0]!.value;
+        }
+    }
+
+    set value(x: any) {
+    }
+
+    get type() {
+        return this._type;
+    }
+}
+
 export class Declaform extends HTMLElement {
 
     static observedAttributes = [
         'customInputs', // Lets user specify additional inputs to be considered "fields" by the form. Example: <object-list>
+        'src',          // defines api endpoint used to hydrate this object
+        'action',       // defines api endpoint used to submit this object to
+        'method',       // defines http method to use on "action" endpoint
     ]
 
+    /* The character that gets used to join multiple field values */
+    static joining_char = ',';
+
     private _fields: Field[];
-    private _form: HTMLFormElement;
+    private _form: HTMLFormElement | null;
 
     constructor() {
         super();
 
         this.attachInternals();
         this.attachShadow({ mode: 'open' });
-        this.shadowRoot!.innerHTML = '<form><slot></slot></form>';
+        this.shadowRoot!.innerHTML = '<slot name="form"></slot>';
         this._fields = [];
-        this._form = this.shadowRoot!.querySelector('form')!;
+        this._form = null;
     }
 
     connectedCallback() {
+        const formSlot = this.shadowRoot?.querySelector('slot[name="form"]') as HTMLSlotElement;
+        if (!formSlot) {
+            throw new Error('[Declaform] Error: "form" slot is unassigned.')
+        }
+        if (formSlot.assignedElements()[0]?.tagName !== 'FORM') {
+            throw new Error('[Declaform] Error: "form" slot must be assigned to a <form>.')
+        }
+        this._form = formSlot.assignedElements()[0] as HTMLFormElement;
+
         const customInputs = this.getAttribute('customInputs')?.split(',').map(x => x.trim()) ?? [];
         const selectors = ['input', 'select'].concat(customInputs).map(x => `${x}[name]`).join(',');
         const inputs = Array.from(this.querySelectorAll(selectors));
@@ -73,42 +130,4 @@ function isFieldElement(x: unknown): x is FieldElement {
     }
 
     return true;
-}
-
-/**
- * This is the object that ties a group of inputs to a name.
- * It assumes that every input in the group is of the same type.
- */
-class Field {
-
-    /* The character that gets used to join multiple field values */
-    static joining_char = ',';
-
-    private _type: string;
-
-    constructor(private name: string, private _inputs: FieldElement[]) {
-        if (this._inputs.length === 0) {
-            throw new Error("[Declaform] Error: cannot construct Field with empty inputs array.")
-        }
-        this._type = this._inputs[0]!.type;
-    }
-
-    get value() {
-        switch(this._type) {
-            default:
-            case 'date':
-            case 'datatime-local':
-            case 'email':
-            case 'number':
-            case 'text':
-                return this._inputs.map(x => x.value);
-        }
-    }
-
-    set value(x: any) {
-    }
-
-    get type() {
-        return this._type;
-    }
 }
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