fix($httpParamSerializerJQLike): follow jQuery logic for nested params

Closes #11551
Closes #11635

Author: lgalfaso

src/ng/http.js

@@ -9,34 +9,14 @@ var JSON_ENDS = {
 };
 var JSON_PROTECTION_PREFIX = /^\)\]\}',?\n/;
 
-function paramSerializerFactory(jQueryMode) {
-
-  function serializeValue(v) {
-    if (isObject(v)) {
-      return isDate(v) ? v.toISOString() : toJson(v);
-    }
-    return v;
+function serializeValue(v) {
+  if (isObject(v)) {
+    return isDate(v) ? v.toISOString() : toJson(v);
   }
-
-  return function paramSerializer(params) {
-    if (!params) return '';
-    var parts = [];
-    forEachSorted(params, function(value, key) {
-      if (value === null || isUndefined(value)) return;
-      if (isArray(value) || isObject(value) && jQueryMode) {
-        forEach(value, function(v, k) {
-          var keySuffix = jQueryMode ? '[' + (!isArray(value) ? k : '') + ']' : '';
-          parts.push(encodeUriQuery(key + keySuffix)  + '=' + encodeUriQuery(serializeValue(v)));
-        });
-      } else {
-        parts.push(encodeUriQuery(key) + '=' + encodeUriQuery(serializeValue(value)));
-      }
-    });
-
-    return parts.length > 0 ? parts.join('&') : '';
-  };
+  return v;
 }
 
+
 function $HttpParamSerializerProvider() {
   /**
    * @ngdoc service
@@ -51,7 +31,22 @@ function $HttpParamSerializerProvider() {
    * * `{'foo': {'bar':'baz'}}` results in `foo=%7B%22bar%22%3A%22baz%22%7D"` (stringified and encoded representation of an object)
    * */
   this.$get = function() {
-    return paramSerializerFactory(false);
+    return function ngParamSerializer(params) {
+      if (!params) return '';
+      var parts = [];
+      forEachSorted(params, function(value, key) {
+        if (value === null || isUndefined(value)) return;
+        if (isArray(value)) {
+          forEach(value, function(v, k) {
+            parts.push(encodeUriQuery(key)  + '=' + encodeUriQuery(serializeValue(v)));
+          });
+        } else {
+          parts.push(encodeUriQuery(key) + '=' + encodeUriQuery(serializeValue(value)));
+        }
+      });
+
+      return parts.join('&');
+    };
   };
 }
 
@@ -64,7 +59,30 @@ function $HttpParamSerializerJQLikeProvider() {
    * Alternative $http params serializer that follows jQuery's [`param()`](http://api.jquery.com/jquery.param/) method logic.
    * */
   this.$get = function() {
-    return paramSerializerFactory(true);
+    return function jQueryLikeParamSerializer(params) {
+      if (!params) return '';
+      var parts = [];
+      serialize(params, '', true);
+      return parts.join('&');
+
+      function serialize(toSerialize, prefix, topLevel) {
+        if (toSerialize === null || isUndefined(toSerialize)) return;
+        if (isArray(toSerialize)) {
+          forEach(toSerialize, function(value) {
+            serialize(value, prefix + '[]');
+          });
+        } else if (isObject(toSerialize) && !isDate(toSerialize)) {
+          forEachSorted(toSerialize, function(value, key) {
+            serialize(value, prefix +
+                (topLevel ? '' : '[') +
+                key +
+                (topLevel ? '' : ']'));
+          });
+        } else {
+          parts.push(encodeUriQuery(prefix) + '=' + encodeUriQuery(serializeValue(toSerialize)));
+        }
+      }
+    }
   };
 }
 

test/ng/httpSpec.js

@@ -1992,6 +1992,8 @@ describe('$http param serializers', function() {
     it('should serialize objects', function() {
       expect(defSer({foo: 'foov', bar: 'barv'})).toEqual('bar=barv&foo=foov');
       expect(jqrSer({foo: 'foov', bar: 'barv'})).toEqual('bar=barv&foo=foov');
+      expect(defSer({someDate: new Date('2014-07-15T17:30:00.000Z')})).toEqual('someDate=2014-07-15T17:30:00.000Z');
+      expect(jqrSer({someDate: new Date('2014-07-15T17:30:00.000Z')})).toEqual('someDate=2014-07-15T17:30:00.000Z');
     });
 
   });
@@ -2010,10 +2012,16 @@ describe('$http param serializers', function() {
       expect(decodeURIComponent(jqrSer({a: 'b', foo: ['bar', 'baz']}))).toEqual('a=b&foo[]=bar&foo[]=baz');
     });
 
-    it('should serialize objects by repeating param name with [kay] suffix', function() {
+    it('should serialize objects by repeating param name with [key] suffix', function() {
       expect(jqrSer({a: 'b', foo: {'bar': 'barv', 'baz': 'bazv'}})).toEqual('a=b&foo%5Bbar%5D=barv&foo%5Bbaz%5D=bazv');
                                                                            //a=b&foo[bar]=barv&foo[baz]=bazv
     });
+
+    it('should serialize nested objects by repeating param name with [key] suffix', function() {
+      expect(jqrSer({a: ['b', {c: 'd'}], e: {f: 'g', 'h': ['i', 'j']}})).toEqual(
+         'a%5B%5D=b&a%5B%5D%5Bc%5D=d&e%5Bf%5D=g&e%5Bh%5D%5B%5D=i&e%5Bh%5D%5B%5D=j');
+         //a[]=b&a[][c]=d&e[f]=g&e[h][]=i&e[h][]=j
+    });
   });
 
 });