Calling API in LatestReportColumn.dart

and improving UI

ac_web/lib/Api/Dtos/EReportType.dart

@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+/// Mirror of the backend `EReportType` enum.
+///
+/// The order of the values has to match the order in the .Net enum, because
+/// the api may serialize enums as their numeric value. [unknown] is kept last
+/// so that it never shadows a real backend value and acts as fallback for
+/// values this client does not know yet.
+enum EReportType {
+  log,
+  codeReview,
+  projectPlan,
+  research,
+  newspaper,
+  unknown;
+
+  /// Name as it is written in the .Net enum, used for json (de)serialization.
+  String get wireName {
+    switch (this) {
+      case EReportType.log:
+        return 'LOG';
+      case EReportType.codeReview:
+        return 'CODE_REVIEW';
+      case EReportType.projectPlan:
+        return 'PROJECT_PLAN';
+      case EReportType.research:
+        return 'RESEARCH';
+      case EReportType.newspaper:
+        return 'NEWSPAPER';
+      case EReportType.unknown:
+        return 'UNKNOWN';
+    }
+  }
+
+  /// Human readable label, e.g. for chips or table cells.
+  String get displayName {
+    switch (this) {
+      case EReportType.log:
+        return 'Log';
+      case EReportType.codeReview:
+        return 'Code Review';
+      case EReportType.projectPlan:
+        return 'Project Plan';
+      case EReportType.research:
+        return 'Research';
+      case EReportType.newspaper:
+        return 'Newspaper';
+      case EReportType.unknown:
+        return 'Unknown';
+    }
+  }
+}

ac_web/lib/Api/Dtos/ReportDto.dart

@@ -1,9 +1,11 @@
+import 'package:ac_web/Api/Dtos/EReportType.dart';
 import 'package:ac_web/Api/JsonReader.dart';
 
 /// Dart counterpart of the backend `ReportDto` returned by `GET /reports`.
 class ReportDto {
   const ReportDto({
     required this.id,
+    required this.title,
     required this.author,
     required this.timestamp,
     required this.type,
@@ -11,21 +13,27 @@ class ReportDto {
   });
 
   final String id;
+  final String title;
   final String author;
   final DateTime timestamp;
 
-  /// Free form report type. The backend sends this as a plain string, so it is
-  /// intentionally not modelled as an enum here.
-  final String type;
+  final EReportType type;
 
   final String text;
 
   factory ReportDto.fromJson(Map<String, dynamic> json) {
     return ReportDto(
       id: JsonReader.requireString(json, 'Id'),
+      title: JsonReader.optionalString(json, 'Title') ?? '',
       author: JsonReader.requireString(json, 'Author'),
       timestamp: JsonReader.requireDateTime(json, 'Timestamp'),
-      type: JsonReader.optionalString(json, 'Type') ?? '',
+      type: JsonReader.enumValue(
+        json,
+        'Type',
+        EReportType.values,
+        (value) => value.wireName,
+        EReportType.unknown,
+      ),
       text: JsonReader.optionalString(json, 'Text') ?? '',
     );
   }
@@ -33,13 +41,15 @@ class ReportDto {
   Map<String, dynamic> toJson() {
     return <String, dynamic>{
       'Id': id,
+      'Title': title,
       'Author': author,
       'Timestamp': timestamp.toIso8601String(),
-      'Type': type,
+      'Type': type.wireName,
       'Text': text,
     };
   }
 
   @override
-  String toString() => 'ReportDto(id: $id, author: $author, type: $type)';
+  String toString() =>
+      'ReportDto(id: $id, title: $title, author: $author, type: ${type.wireName})';
 }