From 278c97b3f2f8c849d93a00b892e397d31ae73ab0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Caitlin Potter <caitpotter88@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 7 Jun 2014 14:04:04 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] fix(ngResource): don't convert literal values into Resource
 objects when isArray is true

Previously non-object literals would be thrown out of Resource responses with isArray===true, or
otherwise converted into Objects (in the case of string literals). The reason for this is because
shallowClearAndCopy iterates over keys, and copies keys into the destination. Iterating over String
keys results in integer keys, with a single-character value.

Not converting non-objects to Resources means that you lose the ability to perform Resource operations
on them. However, they become usable as strings, numbers, or booleans, which is important.

In the future, it would be useful to make these useful as Resources while still retaining their primitive
value usefulness.

Closes #6314
---
 src/ngResource/resource.js      |  9 ++++++++-
 test/ngResource/resourceSpec.js | 21 +++++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 29 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/ngResource/resource.js b/src/ngResource/resource.js
index 99eba72e6f15..dd6062e6b215 100644
--- a/src/ngResource/resource.js
+++ b/src/ngResource/resource.js
@@ -580,7 +580,14 @@ angular.module('ngResource', ['ng']).
                 if (action.isArray) {
                   value.length = 0;
                   forEach(data, function (item) {
-                    value.push(new Resource(item));
+                    if (typeof item === "object") {
+                      value.push(new Resource(item));
+                    } else {
+                      // Valid JSON values may be string literals, and these should not be converted
+                      // into objects. These items will not have access to the Resource prototype
+                      // methods, but unfortunately there
+                      value.push(item);
+                    }
                   });
                 } else {
                   shallowClearAndCopy(data, value);
diff --git a/test/ngResource/resourceSpec.js b/test/ngResource/resourceSpec.js
index 88a9c5dd6b1a..6e58976355bd 100644
--- a/test/ngResource/resourceSpec.js
+++ b/test/ngResource/resourceSpec.js
@@ -1113,6 +1113,27 @@ describe("resource", function() {
         $httpBackend.flush();
         expect(user).toEqualData([ {id: 1, name: 'user1'} ]);
       });
+
+      it('should not convert string literals in array into Resource objects', function() {
+        $httpBackend.expect('GET', '/names.json').respond(["mary", "jane"]);
+        var strings = $resource('/names.json').query();
+        $httpBackend.flush();
+        expect(strings).toEqualData(["mary", "jane"]);
+      });
+
+      it('should not convert number literals in array into Resource objects', function() {
+        $httpBackend.expect('GET', '/names.json').respond([213, 456]);
+        var numbers = $resource('/names.json').query();
+        $httpBackend.flush();
+        expect(numbers).toEqualData([213, 456]);
+      });
+
+      it('should not convert boolean literals in array into Resource objects', function() {
+        $httpBackend.expect('GET', '/names.json').respond([true, false]);
+        var bools = $resource('/names.json').query();
+        $httpBackend.flush();
+        expect(bools).toEqualData([true, false]);
+      });
     });
 
     describe('get', function(){