add a gest mode for editor if user is not connected

front/components/editor/SavingState.tsx

@@ -4,6 +4,10 @@ export interface SaveState {
 }
 
 export class SaveStates {
+    static readonly Guest: SaveState = {
+        className: "save-state-guest",
+        message: "you are not connected, your changes will not be saved.",
+    }
     static readonly Ok: SaveState = {
         className: "save-state-ok",
         message: "saved",

front/style/editor.css

@@ -85,6 +85,7 @@
     color: green;
 }
 
-.save-state-saving {
+.save-state-saving,
+.save-state-guest {
     color: gray;
 }

front/views/Editor.tsx

@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ const ERROR_STYLE: CSSProperties = {
 
 export interface EditorViewProps {
     tactic: Tactic
-    onContentChange: (tactic: TacticContent) => Promise<boolean>
+    onContentChange: (tactic: TacticContent) => Promise<SaveState>
     onNameChange: (name: string) => Promise<boolean>
 }
 
@@ -50,31 +50,43 @@ export default function Editor({
     name: string
     content: string
 }) {
+    const isInGuestMode = id == -1
+
     return (
         <EditorView
             tactic={{ name, id, content: JSON.parse(content) }}
-            onContentChange={(content: TacticContent) =>
-                fetchAPI(`tactic/${id}/save`, { content }).then((r) => r.ok)
-            }
-            onNameChange={(name: string) =>
-                fetchAPI(`tactic/${id}/edit/name`, { name }).then((r) => r.ok)
-            }
+            onContentChange={async (content: TacticContent) => {
+                if (isInGuestMode) {
+                    return SaveStates.Guest
+                }
+                return fetchAPI(`tactic/${id}/save`, { content }).then((r) =>
+                    r.ok ? SaveStates.Ok : SaveStates.Err,
+                )
+            }}
+            onNameChange={async (name: string) => {
+                if (isInGuestMode) {
+                    return true //simulate that the name has been changed
+                }
+                return fetchAPI(`tactic/${id}/edit/name`, { name }).then(
+                    (r) => r.ok,
+                )
+            }}
         />
     )
 }
 
 function EditorView({
-    tactic: { name, content: initialContent },
+    tactic: { id, name, content: initialContent },
     onContentChange,
     onNameChange,
 }: EditorViewProps) {
+    const isInGuestMode = id == -1
+
     const [style, setStyle] = useState<CSSProperties>({})
     const [content, setContent, saveState] = useContentState(
         initialContent,
-        (content) =>
-            onContentChange(content).then((success) =>
-                success ? SaveStates.Ok : SaveStates.Err,
-            ),
+        isInGuestMode ? SaveStates.Guest : SaveStates.Ok,
+        onContentChange,
     )
     const [allies, setAllies] = useState(
         getRackPlayers(Team.Allies, content.players),
@@ -220,26 +232,30 @@ function getRackPlayers(team: Team, players: Player[]): RackedPlayer[] {
 
 function useContentState<S>(
     initialContent: S,
+    initialSaveState: SaveState,
     saveStateCallback: (s: S) => Promise<SaveState>,
 ): [S, Dispatch<SetStateAction<S>>, SaveState] {
     const [content, setContent] = useState(initialContent)
-    const [savingState, setSavingState] = useState(SaveStates.Ok)
+    const [savingState, setSavingState] = useState(initialSaveState)
 
-    const setContentSynced = useCallback((newState: SetStateAction<S>) => {
-        setContent((content) => {
-            const state =
-                typeof newState === "function"
-                    ? (newState as (state: S) => S)(content)
-                    : newState
-            if (state !== content) {
-                setSavingState(SaveStates.Saving)
-                saveStateCallback(state)
-                    .then(setSavingState)
-                    .catch(() => setSavingState(SaveStates.Err))
-            }
-            return state
-        })
-    }, [saveStateCallback])
+    const setContentSynced = useCallback(
+        (newState: SetStateAction<S>) => {
+            setContent((content) => {
+                const state =
+                    typeof newState === "function"
+                        ? (newState as (state: S) => S)(content)
+                        : newState
+                if (state !== content) {
+                    setSavingState(SaveStates.Saving)
+                    saveStateCallback(state)
+                        .then(setSavingState)
+                        .catch(() => setSavingState(SaveStates.Err))
+                }
+                return state
+            })
+        },
+        [saveStateCallback],
+    )
 
     return [content, setContentSynced, savingState]
 }

public/index.php

@@ -88,7 +88,9 @@ function getRoutes(): AltoRouter {
     //tactic-related
     $ar->map("GET", "/tactic/[i:id]/view", Action::auth(fn(int $id, SessionHandle $s) => getVisualizerController()->openVisualizer($id, $s)));
     $ar->map("GET", "/tactic/[i:id]/edit", Action::auth(fn(int $id, SessionHandle $s) => getEditorController()->openEditor($id, $s)));
-    $ar->map("GET", "/tactic/new", Action::auth(fn(SessionHandle $s) => getEditorController()->createNew($s)));
+    // don't require an authentication to run this action.
+    // If the user is not connected, the tactic will never save.
+    $ar->map("GET", "/tactic/new", Action::noAuth(fn(SessionHandle $s) => getEditorController()->createNew($s)));
 
     //team-related
     $ar->map("GET", "/team/new", Action::auth(fn(SessionHandle $s) => getTeamController()->displayCreateTeam($s)));

src/Api/API.php

@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ class API {
         if ($response instanceof JsonHttpResponse) {
             header('Content-type: application/json');
             echo $response->getJson();
-        } else if (get_class($response) != HttpResponse::class) {
+        } elseif (get_class($response) != HttpResponse::class) {
             throw new Exception("API returned unknown Http Response");
         }
     }

src/App/Controller/EditorController.php

@@ -28,13 +28,31 @@ class EditorController {
         ]);
     }
 
+    /**
+     * @return ViewHttpResponse the editor view for a test tactic.
+     */
+    private function openTestEditor(): ViewHttpResponse {
+        return ViewHttpResponse::react("views/Editor.tsx", [
+            "id" => -1, //-1 id means that the editor will not support saves
+            "content" => '{"players": []}',
+            "name" => TacticModel::TACTIC_DEFAULT_NAME,
+        ]);
+    }
+
     /**
      * creates a new empty tactic, with default name
+     * If the given session does not contain a connected account,
+     * open a test editor.
      * @param SessionHandle $session
      * @return ViewHttpResponse the editor view
      */
     public function createNew(SessionHandle $session): ViewHttpResponse {
-        $tactic = $this->model->makeNewDefault($session->getAccount()->getId());
+        $account = $session->getAccount();
+
+        if ($account == null) {
+            return $this->openTestEditor();
+        }
+        $tactic = $this->model->makeNewDefault($account->getId());
         return $this->openEditorFor($tactic);
     }
 
@@ -55,6 +73,4 @@ class EditorController {
 
         return $this->openEditorFor($tactic);
     }
-
-
 }

src/App/Controller/VisualizerController.php

@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ class VisualizerController {
     }
 
     /**
-     * opens a visualisation page for the tactic specified by its identifier in the url.
+     * Opens a visualisation page for the tactic specified by its identifier in the url.
      * @param int $id
      * @param SessionHandle $session
      * @return HttpResponse

src/Core/Gateway/TacticInfoGateway.php

@@ -99,5 +99,4 @@ class TacticInfoGateway {
         ]);
         return $stmnt->rowCount() == 1;
     }
-
 }