feat(validators): Add a pending state to AbstractControl

modules/angular2/src/core/forms/model.ts

@@ -13,6 +13,12 @@ export const VALID = "VALID";
  */
 export const INVALID = "INVALID";
 
+/**
+ * Indicates that a Control is pending, i.e. that async validation is occuring and
+ * errors are not yet available for the input value.
+ */
+export const PENDING = "PENDING";
+
 export function isControl(control: Object): boolean {
   return control instanceof AbstractControl;
 }
@@ -75,6 +81,7 @@ export class AbstractControl {
   get untouched(): boolean { return !this._touched; }
 
   get valueChanges(): Observable { return this._valueChanges; }
+  get pending(): boolean { return this._status == PENDING; }
 
   markAsTouched(): void { this._touched = true; }
 
@@ -87,6 +94,15 @@ export class AbstractControl {
     }
   }
 
+  markAsPending({onlySelf}: {onlySelf?: boolean} = {}): void {
+    onlySelf = normalizeBool(onlySelf);
+    this._status = PENDING;
+
+    if (isPresent(this._parent) && !onlySelf) {
+      this._parent.markAsPending({onlySelf: onlySelf});
+    }
+  }
+
   setParent(parent: ControlGroup | ControlArray): void { this._parent = parent; }
 
   updateValidity({onlySelf}: {onlySelf?: boolean} = {}): void {

modules/angular2/test/core/forms/model_spec.ts

@@ -479,6 +479,24 @@ export function main() {
         });
       });
 
+      describe("pending", () => {
+        var c: Control;
+        var a: ControlArray;
+
+        beforeEach(() => {
+          c = new Control('value');
+          a = new ControlArray([c]);
+        });
+
+        it("should be false after creating a control", () => { expect(a.pending).toEqual(false); });
+
+        it("should be false after changing the value of the control", () => {
+          c.markAsPending();
+
+          expect(a.pending).toEqual(true);
+        });
+      });
+
       describe("valueChanges", () => {
         var a: ControlArray;
         var c1, c2;

modules/angular2/test/public_api_spec.ts

@@ -47,7 +47,9 @@ var NG_API = [
   'AbstractControl.getError()',
   'AbstractControl.hasError()',
   'AbstractControl.markAsDirty()',
+  'AbstractControl.markAsPending()',
   'AbstractControl.markAsTouched()',
+  'AbstractControl.pending',
   'AbstractControl.pristine',
   'AbstractControl.setParent()',
   'AbstractControl.status',
@@ -277,7 +279,9 @@ var NG_API = [
   'Control.getError()',
   'Control.hasError()',
   'Control.markAsDirty()',
+  'Control.markAsPending()',
   'Control.markAsTouched()',
+  'Control.pending',
   'Control.pristine',
   'Control.registerOnChange()',
   'Control.setParent()',
@@ -304,7 +308,9 @@ var NG_API = [
   'ControlArray.insert()',
   'ControlArray.length',
   'ControlArray.markAsDirty()',
+  'ControlArray.markAsPending()',
   'ControlArray.markAsTouched()',
+  'ControlArray.pending',
   'ControlArray.pristine',
   'ControlArray.push()',
   'ControlArray.removeAt()',
@@ -345,7 +351,9 @@ var NG_API = [
   'ControlGroup.hasError()',
   'ControlGroup.include()',
   'ControlGroup.markAsDirty()',
+  'ControlGroup.markAsPending()',
   'ControlGroup.markAsTouched()',
+  'ControlGroup.pending',
   'ControlGroup.pristine',
   'ControlGroup.removeControl()',
   'ControlGroup.setParent()',