// helper for spying on the submit method on a form element, via the event's `preventDefault` method // JSDOM's implementation of requestSubmit triggers the submit event but then throws an error unless the submit handler returns false // // * Remove when JSDOM implements submit on its form elements * // // elements in JSDOM have a public API and a private implementation API, only used by internal code // For form elements, these are instances of the following classes: // - HTMLFormElement // - HTMLFormElementImpl // // form elements link to their implementation instance via a symbol property // this spies on the submit method of the implementation instance for a form element and mocks it to prevent 'not implemented' errors // it returns a spy on the event preventDefault function because submit is called every time, no matter if they submission will happen or not function spyOnFormSubmitEventPrevention (jest, form) { const formImplementationSymbols = Object.getOwnPropertySymbols(form).filter( symbol => form[symbol].constructor.name === 'HTMLFormElementImpl' ); if (!formImplementationSymbols.length) { throw Error("Error mocking form.submit: symbol reference to HTMLFormElementImpl instance not found on form element"); } const HTMLFormElementImpl = form[formImplementationSymbols[0]]; const event = new Event("submit", {bubbles: true, cancelable: true}) const preventDefaultSpy = jest.spyOn(event, 'preventDefault') const submitSpy = jest.spyOn(HTMLFormElementImpl, 'requestSubmit') submitSpy.mockImplementation(() => { form.dispatchEvent(event) }); return preventDefaultSpy; }; exports.spyOnFormSubmitEventPrevention = spyOnFormSubmitEventPrevention;