Break up AttrCapabilities.AllowChange

docs/usage/resources/attributes.md

@@ -50,9 +50,21 @@ public class User : Identifiable<int>
 }
 ```
 
-### Mutability
+### Createability
 
-Attributes can be marked as mutable, which will allow `PATCH` requests to update them. When immutable, an HTTP 422 response is returned.
+Attributes can be marked as creatable, which will allow `POST` requests to assign a value to them. When sent but not allowed, an HTTP 422 response is returned.
+
+```c#
+public class Person : Identifiable<int>
+{
+    [Attr(Capabilities = AttrCapabilities.AllowCreate)]
+    public string CreatorName { get; set; }
+}
+```
+
+### Changeability
+
+Attributes can be marked as changeable, which will allow `PATCH` requests to update them. When sent but not allowed, an HTTP 422 response is returned.
 
 ```c#
 public class Person : Identifiable<int>

src/Examples/JsonApiDotNetCoreExample/Models/Passport.cs

@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ public string BirthCountryName
         [EagerLoad]
         public Country BirthCountry { get; set; }
 
-        [Attr(Capabilities = AttrCapabilities.All & ~AttrCapabilities.AllowChange)]
+        [Attr(Capabilities = AttrCapabilities.All & ~(AttrCapabilities.AllowCreate | AttrCapabilities.AllowChange))]
         [NotMapped]
         public string GrantedVisaCountries => GrantedVisas == null || !GrantedVisas.Any()
             ? null

src/Examples/JsonApiDotNetCoreExample/Models/TodoItem.cs

@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ public TodoItem()
         [Attr]
         public Guid GuidProperty { get; set; }
 
-        [Attr]
+        [Attr(Capabilities = AttrCapabilities.All & ~AttrCapabilities.AllowCreate)]
         public string AlwaysChangingValue
         {
             get => Guid.NewGuid().ToString();
@@ -39,10 +39,10 @@ public string AlwaysChangingValue
         [Attr]
         public DateTime? UpdatedDate { get; set; }
 
-        [Attr(Capabilities = AttrCapabilities.All & ~AttrCapabilities.AllowChange)]
+        [Attr(Capabilities = AttrCapabilities.All & ~(AttrCapabilities.AllowCreate | AttrCapabilities.AllowChange))]
         public string CalculatedValue => "calculated";
 
-        [Attr]
+        [Attr(Capabilities = AttrCapabilities.All & ~AttrCapabilities.AllowChange)]
         public DateTimeOffset? OffsetDate { get; set; }
 
         public int? OwnerId { get; set; }

src/Examples/JsonApiDotNetCoreExample/Models/User.cs

@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ public class User : Identifiable
 
         [Attr] public string UserName { get; set; }
 
-        [Attr(Capabilities = AttrCapabilities.AllowChange)]
+        [Attr(Capabilities = AttrCapabilities.AllowCreate | AttrCapabilities.AllowChange)]
         public string Password
         {
             get => _password;

src/JsonApiDotNetCore/Resources/Annotations/AttrCapabilities.cs

@@ -11,29 +11,35 @@ public enum AttrCapabilities
         None = 0,
 
         /// <summary>
-        /// Whether or not GET requests can return the attribute.
-        /// Attempts to retrieve when disabled will return an HTTP 422 response.
+        /// Whether or not GET requests can retrieve the attribute.
+        /// Attempts to retrieve when disabled will return an HTTP 400 response.
         /// </summary>
         AllowView = 1,
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Whether or not POST requests can assign the attribute value.
+        /// Attempts to assign when disabled will return an HTTP 422 response.
+        /// </summary>
+        AllowCreate = 2,
+
         /// <summary>
         /// Whether or not PATCH requests can update the attribute value.
         /// Attempts to update when disabled will return an HTTP 422 response.
         /// </summary>
-        AllowChange = 2,
+        AllowChange = 4,
 
         /// <summary>
         /// Whether or not an attribute can be filtered on via a query string parameter.
-        /// Attempts to sort when disabled will return an HTTP 400 response.
+        /// Attempts to filter when disabled will return an HTTP 400 response.
         /// </summary>
-        AllowFilter = 4,
+        AllowFilter = 8,
 
         /// <summary>
         /// Whether or not an attribute can be sorted on via a query string parameter.
         /// Attempts to sort when disabled will return an HTTP 400 response.
         /// </summary>
-        AllowSort = 8,
+        AllowSort = 16,
 
-        All = AllowView | AllowChange | AllowFilter | AllowSort
+        All = AllowView | AllowCreate | AllowChange | AllowFilter | AllowSort
     }
 }

src/JsonApiDotNetCore/Serialization/RequestDeserializer.cs

@@ -46,16 +46,23 @@ protected override void AfterProcessField(IIdentifiable resource, ResourceFieldA
         {
             if (field is AttrAttribute attr)
             {
-                if (attr.Capabilities.HasFlag(AttrCapabilities.AllowChange))
+                if (_httpContextAccessor.HttpContext.Request.Method == HttpMethod.Post.Method &&
+                    !attr.Capabilities.HasFlag(AttrCapabilities.AllowCreate))
                 {
-                    _targetedFields.Attributes.Add(attr);
+                    throw new InvalidRequestBodyException(
+                        "Assigning to the requested attribute is not allowed.",
+                        $"Assigning to '{attr.PublicName}' is not allowed.", null);
                 }
-                else
+
+                if (_httpContextAccessor.HttpContext.Request.Method == HttpMethod.Patch.Method &&
+                    !attr.Capabilities.HasFlag(AttrCapabilities.AllowChange))
                 {
                     throw new InvalidRequestBodyException(
                         "Changing the value of the requested attribute is not allowed.",
                         $"Changing the value of '{attr.PublicName}' is not allowed.", null);
                 }
+
+                _targetedFields.Attributes.Add(attr);
             }
             else if (field is RelationshipAttribute relationship)
                 _targetedFields.Relationships.Add(relationship);

test/JsonApiDotNetCoreExampleTests/Acceptance/Spec/CreatingDataTests.cs

@@ -325,6 +325,39 @@ public async Task CreateResource_UnknownResourceType_Fails()
             Assert.Contains("Request body: <<", errorDocument.Errors[0].Detail);
         }
 
+        [Fact]
+        public async Task CreateResource_Blocked_Fails()
+        {
+            // Arrange
+            var content = new
+            {
+                data = new
+                {
+                    type = "todoItems",
+                    attributes = new Dictionary<string, object>
+                    {
+                        { "alwaysChangingValue", "X" }
+                    }
+                }
+            };
+
+            var requestBody = JsonConvert.SerializeObject(content);
+
+            // Act
+            var (body, response) = await Post("/api/v1/todoItems", requestBody);
+
+            // Assert
+            AssertEqualStatusCode(HttpStatusCode.UnprocessableEntity, response);
+
+            var errorDocument = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<ErrorDocument>(body);
+            Assert.Single(errorDocument.Errors);
+
+            var error = errorDocument.Errors.Single();
+            Assert.Equal(HttpStatusCode.UnprocessableEntity, errorDocument.Errors[0].StatusCode);
+            Assert.Equal("Failed to deserialize request body: Assigning to the requested attribute is not allowed.", error.Title);
+            Assert.StartsWith("Assigning to 'alwaysChangingValue' is not allowed. - Request body:", error.Detail);
+        }
+
         [Fact]
         public async Task CreateRelationship_ToOneWithImplicitRemove_IsCreated()
         {

test/JsonApiDotNetCoreExampleTests/Acceptance/Spec/UpdatingDataTests.cs

@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.Linq;
 using System.Net;
 using System.Net.Http;
@@ -252,6 +253,51 @@ public async Task Respond_422_If_Broken_JSON_Payload()
             Assert.StartsWith("Invalid character after parsing", error.Detail);
         }
 
+        [Fact]
+        public async Task Respond_422_If_Blocked_For_Update()
+        {
+            // Arrange
+            var todoItem = _todoItemFaker.Generate();
+            _context.TodoItems.Add(todoItem);
+            await _context.SaveChangesAsync();
+
+            var content = new
+            {
+                data = new
+                {
+                    type = "todoItems",
+                    id = todoItem.StringId,
+                    attributes = new Dictionary<string, object>
+                    {
+                        { "offsetDate", "2000-01-01" }
+                    }
+                }
+            };
+
+            var builder = WebHost.CreateDefaultBuilder()
+                .UseStartup<TestStartup>();
+            var server = new TestServer(builder);
+            var client = server.CreateClient();
+
+            var requestBody = JsonConvert.SerializeObject(content);
+            var request = PrepareRequest(HttpMethod.Patch.Method, "/api/v1/todoItems/" + todoItem.StringId, requestBody);
+
+            // Act
+            var response = await client.SendAsync(request);
+
+            // Assert
+            AssertEqualStatusCode(HttpStatusCode.UnprocessableEntity, response);
+
+            var responseBody = await response.Content.ReadAsStringAsync();
+            var errorDocument = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<ErrorDocument>(responseBody);
+            Assert.Single(errorDocument.Errors);
+
+            var error = errorDocument.Errors.Single();
+            Assert.Equal(HttpStatusCode.UnprocessableEntity, errorDocument.Errors[0].StatusCode);
+            Assert.Equal("Failed to deserialize request body: Changing the value of the requested attribute is not allowed.", error.Title);
+            Assert.StartsWith("Changing the value of 'offsetDate' is not allowed. - Request body:", error.Detail);
+        }
+
         [Fact]
         public async Task Can_Patch_Resource()
         {

test/UnitTests/Serialization/Client/RequestSerializerTests.cs

@@ -40,8 +40,7 @@ public void SerializeSingle_ResourceWithDefaultTargetFields_CanBuild()
                      ""intField"":0,
                      ""nullableIntField"":123,
                      ""guidField"":""00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000"",
-                     ""complexField"":null,
-                     ""immutable"":null
+                     ""complexField"":null
                   }
                }
             }";

test/UnitTests/Serialization/Server/RequestDeserializerTests.cs

@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.ComponentModel.Design;
-using System.Net;
-using JsonApiDotNetCore.Errors;
 using JsonApiDotNetCore.Resources;
 using JsonApiDotNetCore.Resources.Annotations;
 using JsonApiDotNetCore.Serialization;
@@ -37,33 +35,6 @@ public void DeserializeAttributes_VariousUpdatedMembers_RegistersTargetedFields(
             Assert.Empty(relationshipsToUpdate);
         }
 
-        [Fact]
-        public void DeserializeAttributes_UpdatedImmutableMember_ThrowsInvalidOperationException()
-        {
-            // Arrange
-            SetupFieldsManager(out _, out _);
-            var content = new Document
-            {
-                Data = new ResourceObject
-                {
-                    Type = "testResource",
-                    Id = "1",
-                    Attributes = new Dictionary<string, object>
-                    {
-                        { "immutable", "some string" },
-                    }
-                }
-            };
-            var body = JsonConvert.SerializeObject(content);
-
-            // Act, assert
-            var exception = Assert.Throws<InvalidRequestBodyException>(() => _deserializer.Deserialize(body));
-
-            Assert.Equal(HttpStatusCode.UnprocessableEntity, exception.Error.StatusCode);
-            Assert.Equal("Failed to deserialize request body: Changing the value of the requested attribute is not allowed.", exception.Error.Title);
-            Assert.Equal("Changing the value of 'immutable' is not allowed.", exception.Error.Detail);
-        }
-
         [Fact]
         public void DeserializeRelationships_MultipleDependentRelationships_RegistersUpdatedRelationships()
         {

test/UnitTests/Serialization/Server/ResponseSerializerTests.cs

@@ -34,8 +34,7 @@ public void SerializeSingle_ResourceWithDefaultTargetFields_CanSerialize()
                      ""intField"":0,
                      ""nullableIntField"":123,
                      ""guidField"":""00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000"",
-                     ""complexField"":null,
-                     ""immutable"":null
+                     ""complexField"":null
                   }
                }
             }";
@@ -67,8 +66,7 @@ public void SerializeMany_ResourceWithDefaultTargetFields_CanSerialize()
                      ""intField"":0,
                      ""nullableIntField"":123,
                      ""guidField"":""00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000"",
-                     ""complexField"":null,
-                     ""immutable"":null
+                     ""complexField"":null
                   }
                }]
             }";

test/UnitTests/TestModels.cs

@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ public sealed class TestResource : Identifiable
         [Attr] public int? NullableIntField { get; set; }
         [Attr] public Guid GuidField { get; set; }
         [Attr] public ComplexType ComplexField { get; set; }
-        [Attr(Capabilities = AttrCapabilities.All & ~AttrCapabilities.AllowChange)] public string Immutable { get; set; }
     }
 
     public class TestResourceWithList : Identifiable