replaceMoleculeBehavior, cleaner child replacement helper, first working sample.

MVMCoreUI/Atomic/Molecules/DesignedComponents/List/LeftVariable/ListLeftVariableRadioButtonBodyTextModel.swift

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 //
 
 
-open class ListLeftVariableRadioButtonBodyTextModel: ListItemModel, MoleculeModelProtocol {
+open class ListLeftVariableRadioButtonBodyTextModel: ListItemModel, ParentMoleculeModelProtocol {
     //-----------------------------------------------------
     // MARK: - Properties
     //-----------------------------------------------------
@@ -15,7 +15,16 @@ open class ListLeftVariableRadioButtonBodyTextModel: ListItemModel, MoleculeMode
     public static var identifier: String = "listLVRBBdy"
     public var radioButton: RadioButtonModel
     public var headlineBody: HeadlineBodyModel
-            
+    
+    public var children: [MoleculeModelProtocol] {
+        [radioButton, headlineBody]
+    }
+    
+    public func replaceChildMolecule(with replacementMolecule: MoleculeModelProtocol) -> Bool {
+        return replace(childMolecule: &radioButton, with: replacementMolecule)
+            || replace(childMolecule: &headlineBody, with: replacementMolecule)
+    }
+    
     //-----------------------------------------------------
     // MARK: - Initializer
     //-----------------------------------------------------

MVMCoreUI/Atomic/Molecules/VerticalCombinationViews/HeadlineBodyModel.swift

@@ -25,12 +25,8 @@
     }
     
     public func replaceChildMolecule(with replacementMolecule: MoleculeModelProtocol) -> Bool {
-        return [
+        return replace(childMolecule:&headline, with: replacementMolecule)
-            \HeadlineBodyModel.headline,
+        || replace(childMolecule:&body, with: replacementMolecule)
-            \HeadlineBodyModel.body,
-        ].contains {
-            replaceChildMolecule(on: self, keyPath: $0, replacementMolecule: replacementMolecule)
-        }
     }
     
     //--------------------------------------------------

MVMCoreUI/Atomic/Organisms/StackModel.swift

@@ -26,6 +26,9 @@
     }
     
     public func replaceChildMolecule(with replacementMolecule: MoleculeModelProtocol) -> Bool {
+        // IDEALLY:
+        //return replace(inChildMolecules: &molecules, with: replacementMolecule)
+        
         guard let replacementMolecule = replacementMolecule as? StackItemModelProtocol & MoleculeModelProtocol else { return false }
         guard let matchingIndex = molecules.firstIndex(where: { molecule in
             molecule.id == replacementMolecule.id

MVMCoreUI/Atomic/Protocols/ModelProtocols/ParentMoleculeModelProtocol.swift

@@ -60,20 +60,29 @@ public extension ParentMoleculeModelProtocol {
     /// Top level test to replace child molecules. Each parent molecule should attempt to replace.
     func replaceChildMolecule(with molecule: MoleculeModelProtocol) -> Bool { return false }
     
-    /// Helper function for replacing molecules on a path.
+    /// Helper function for replacing molecules.
-    func replaceChildMolecule<P: ParentMoleculeModelProtocol, T: MoleculeModelProtocol>(on target: P, keyPath: ReferenceWritableKeyPath<P, T?>, replacementMolecule: MoleculeModelProtocol) -> Bool {
+    func replace<T: MoleculeModelProtocol>(childMolecule: inout T?, with replacementMolecule: MoleculeModelProtocol) -> Bool {
-        if let currentMolecule = target[keyPath: keyPath], currentMolecule.id == replacementMolecule.id, let newHeadline = replacementMolecule as? T {
+        if childMolecule != nil, childMolecule?.id == replacementMolecule.id, let newHeadline = replacementMolecule as? T {
-            target[keyPath: keyPath] = newHeadline
+            childMolecule = newHeadline
             return true
         }
         return false
     }
     
-    func replaceChildMolecule<P: ParentMoleculeModelProtocol, T: MoleculeModelProtocol>(on target: P, keyPath: ReferenceWritableKeyPath<P, T>, replacementMolecule: MoleculeModelProtocol) -> Bool {
+    func replace<T: MoleculeModelProtocol>(childMolecule: inout T, with replacementMolecule: MoleculeModelProtocol) -> Bool {
-        if target[keyPath: keyPath].id == replacementMolecule.id, let newHeadline = replacementMolecule as? T {
+        if childMolecule.id == replacementMolecule.id, let newHeadline = replacementMolecule as? T {
-            target[keyPath: keyPath] = newHeadline
+            childMolecule = newHeadline
             return true
         }
         return false
     }
+    
+    func replace<T>(inChildMolecules molecules: inout [T], with replacementMolecule: MoleculeModelProtocol) -> Bool where T: MoleculeModelProtocol {
+        guard let replacementMolecule = replacementMolecule as? T else { return false }
+        guard let matchingIndex = molecules.firstIndex(where: { molecule in
+            molecule.id == replacementMolecule.id
+        }) else { return false }
+        molecules[matchingIndex] = replacementMolecule
+        return true
+    }
 }

MVMCoreUI/Atomic/Protocols/MoleculeTreeTraversalProtocol.swift

@@ -51,10 +51,13 @@ public extension MoleculeTreeTraversalProtocol {
         }
     }
     
-    func replaceMolecule(with replacementMolecule: MoleculeModelProtocol) {
+    func replaceMolecule(with replacementMolecule: MoleculeModelProtocol) -> Bool {
+        var didReplaceMolecule = false
         depthFirstTraverse(options: .parentFirst, depth: 0) { depth, molecule, stop in
             guard let parentMolecule = molecule as? ParentMoleculeModelProtocol else { return }
-            stop = parentMolecule.replaceChildMolecule(with: replacementMolecule)
+            didReplaceMolecule = parentMolecule.replaceChildMolecule(with: replacementMolecule)
+            stop = didReplaceMolecule
         }
+        return didReplaceMolecule
     }
 }

MVMCoreUI/BaseControllers/ViewController.swift

@@ -74,7 +74,9 @@ import MVMCore
     }
     
     open func modulesToListenFor() -> [String]? {
-        loadObject?.requestParameters?.allModules()
+        let requestModules = loadObject?.requestParameters?.allModules() ?? []
+        let behaviorModules = behaviors?.flatMap { $0.modulesToListenFor() } ?? []
+        return requestModules + behaviorModules
     }
     
     @objc open func responseJSONUpdated(notification: Notification) {

MVMCoreUI/Behaviors/Protocols/PageBehaviorProtocol.swift

@@ -14,12 +14,15 @@ public protocol PageBehaviorProtocol: ModelHandlerProtocol {
     /// Should the behavior persist regardless of page behavior model updates.
     var transcendsPageUpdates: Bool { get }
     
+    func modulesToListenFor() -> [String]
+    
     /// Initializes the behavior with the model
     init(model: PageBehaviorModelProtocol, delegateObject: MVMCoreUIDelegateObject?)
 }
 
 public extension PageBehaviorProtocol {
     var transcendsPageUpdates: Bool { return false }
+    func modulesToListenFor() -> [String] { return [] }
 }
 
 /**
@@ -46,7 +49,6 @@ public extension PageMoleculeTransformationBehavior {
 }
 
 public protocol PageVisibilityBehavior: PageBehaviorProtocol {
-    
     func willShowPage(_ delegateObject: MVMCoreUIDelegateObject?)
     func onPageShown(_ delegateObject: MVMCoreUIDelegateObject?)
     func willHidePage(_ delegateObject: MVMCoreUIDelegateObject?)

MVMCoreUI/Behaviors/ReplacementMoleculeBehavior.swift

@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+//
+//  ReplacementMoleculeBehavior.swift
+//  MVMCoreUI
+//
+//  Created by Kyle Hedden on 9/12/23.
+//  Copyright © 2023 Verizon Wireless. All rights reserved.
+//
+
+import Foundation
+import MVMCore
+
+public class ReplacableMoleculeBehaviorModel: PageBehaviorModelProtocol {
+    public class var identifier: String { "replaceMoleculeBehavior" }
+    public var shouldAllowMultipleInstances: Bool { true }
+    public var moleculeIds: [String]
+}
+
+public class ReplacableMoleculeBehavior: PageMoleculeTransformationBehavior {
+    var moleculeIds: [String]
+    
+    public required init(model: PageBehaviorModelProtocol, delegateObject: MVMCoreUIDelegateObject?) {
+        moleculeIds = (model as! ReplacableMoleculeBehaviorModel).moleculeIds
+    }
+    
+    public func onPageNew(rootMolecules: [MoleculeModelProtocol], _ delegateObject: MVMCoreUIDelegateObject?) {
+        var shouldRefreshUI = false
+        for moleculeId in moleculeIds {
+            guard let replacementModel = delegateObject?.moleculeDelegate?.getModuleWithName(moleculeId) else { continue }
+            let didReplace = rootMolecules.contains(where: { model in
+                return model.replaceMolecule(with: replacementModel)
+            })
+            shouldRefreshUI = shouldRefreshUI || didReplace
+        }
+    }
+    
+    public func modulesToListenFor() -> [String] {
+        moleculeIds
+    }
+}

MVMCoreUI/OtherHandlers/CoreUIModelMapping.swift

@@ -227,6 +227,7 @@ open class CoreUIModelMapping: ModelMapping {
         ModelRegistry.register(handler: PageGetContactBehavior.self, for: PageGetContactBehaviorModel.self)
         ModelRegistry.register(handler: AddRemoveMoleculesBehavior.self, for: AddRemoveMoleculesBehaviorModel.self)
         ModelRegistry.register(handler: GetNotificationAuthStatusBehavior.self, for: GetNotificationAuthStatusBehaviorModel.self)
+        ModelRegistry.register(handler: ReplacableMoleculeBehavior.self, for: ReplacableMoleculeBehaviorModel.self)
     }
 
     open override class func registerActions() {