feat(FormController): commit $viewValue of all child controls when form is submitted

Use the new `NgModelController.$commitViewValue()` method to commit the
`$viewValue` on all the child controls (including nested `ngForm`s) when the form
receives the `submit` event. This will happen immediately, overriding any
`updateOn` and `debounce` settings from `ngModelOptions`.

If you wish to access the committed `$modelValue`s then you can use the `ngSubmit`
directive to provide a handler.  Don't use `ngClick` on the submit button, as this
handler would be called before the pending `$viewValue`s have been committed.

Closes #7017

Author: shahata

src/ng/directive/form.js

@@ -74,6 +74,23 @@ function FormController(element, attrs, $scope, $animate) {
     $animate.addClass(element, (isValid ? VALID_CLASS : INVALID_CLASS) + validationErrorKey);
   }
 
+  /**
+   * @ngdoc method
+   * @name form.FormController#$commitViewValue
+   *
+   * @description
+   * Commit all form controls pending updates to the `$modelValue`.
+   *
+   * Updates may be pending by a debounced event or because the input is waiting for a some future
+   * event defined in `ng-model-options`. This method is rarely needed as `NgModelController`
+   * usually handles calling this in response to input events.
+   */
+  form.$commitViewValue = function() {
+    forEach(controls, function(control) {
+      control.$commitViewValue();
+    });
+  };
+
   /**
    * @ngdoc method
    * @name form.FormController#$addControl
@@ -286,6 +303,10 @@ function FormController(element, attrs, $scope, $animate) {
  * hitting enter in any of the input fields will trigger the click handler on the *first* button or
  * input[type=submit] (`ngClick`) *and* a submit handler on the enclosing form (`ngSubmit`)
  *
+ * Any pending `ngModelOptions` changes will take place immediately when an enclosing form is
+ * submitted. Note that `ngClick` events will occur before the model is updated. Use `ngSubmit`
+ * to have access to the updated model.
+ *
  * @param {string=} name Name of the form. If specified, the form controller will be published into
  *                       related scope, under this name.
  *
@@ -381,19 +402,23 @@ var formDirectiveFactory = function(isNgForm) {
               // IE 9 is not affected because it doesn't fire a submit event and try to do a full
               // page reload if the form was destroyed by submission of the form via a click handler
               // on a button in the form. Looks like an IE9 specific bug.
-              var preventDefaultListener = function(event) {
+              var handleFormSubmission = function(event) {
+                scope.$apply(function() {
+                  controller.$commitViewValue();
+                });
+
                 event.preventDefault
                   ? event.preventDefault()
                   : event.returnValue = false; // IE
               };
 
-              addEventListenerFn(formElement[0], 'submit', preventDefaultListener);
+              addEventListenerFn(formElement[0], 'submit', handleFormSubmission);
 
               // unregister the preventDefault listener so that we don't not leak memory but in a
               // way that will achieve the prevention of the default action.
               formElement.on('$destroy', function() {
                 $timeout(function() {
-                  removeEventListenerFn(formElement[0], 'submit', preventDefaultListener);
+                  removeEventListenerFn(formElement[0], 'submit', handleFormSubmission);
                 }, 0, false);
               });
             }

test/ng/directive/formSpec.js

@@ -154,6 +154,57 @@ describe('form', function() {
     }).toThrowMinErr('ng', 'badname');
   });
 
+  describe('triggering commit value on submit', function () {
+    it('should trigger update on form submit', function() {
+      var form = $compile(
+          '<form name="test" ng-model-options="{ updateOn: \'\' }" >' +
+            '<input type="text" ng-model="name" />' +
+          '</form>')(scope);
+      scope.$digest();
+
+      var inputElm = form.find('input').eq(0);
+      changeInputValue(inputElm, 'a');
+      expect(scope.name).toEqual(undefined);
+      browserTrigger(form, 'submit');
+      expect(scope.name).toEqual('a');
+      dealoc(form);
+    });
+
+    it('should trigger update on form submit with nested forms', function() {
+      var form = $compile(
+          '<form name="test" ng-model-options="{ updateOn: \'\' }" >' +
+            '<div class="ng-form" name="child">' +
+              '<input type="text" ng-model="name" />' +
+            '</div>' +
+          '</form>')(scope);
+      scope.$digest();
+
+      var inputElm = form.find('input').eq(0);
+      changeInputValue(inputElm, 'a');
+      expect(scope.name).toEqual(undefined);
+      browserTrigger(form, 'submit');
+      expect(scope.name).toEqual('a');
+      dealoc(form);
+    });
+
+    it('should trigger update before ng-submit is invoked', function() {
+      var form = $compile(
+          '<form name="test" ng-submit="submit()" ' +
+              'ng-model-options="{ updateOn: \'\' }" >' +
+            '<input type="text" ng-model="name" />' +
+          '</form>')(scope);
+      scope.$digest();
+
+      var inputElm = form.find('input').eq(0);
+      changeInputValue(inputElm, 'a');
+      scope.submit = jasmine.createSpy('submit').andCallFake(function() {
+        expect(scope.name).toEqual('a');
+      });
+      browserTrigger(form, 'submit');
+      expect(scope.submit).toHaveBeenCalled();
+      dealoc(form);
+    });
+  });
 
   describe('preventing default submission', function() {