Merge pull request #374 from nasa/open305

[Edit] Return a promise from editable persistence capability

platform/commonUI/edit/src/capabilities/EditablePersistenceCapability.js

@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ define(
             // Simply trigger refresh of in-view objects; do not
             // write anything to database.
             persistence.persist = function () {
-                cache.markDirty(editableObject);
+                return cache.markDirty(editableObject);
             };
 
             // Delegate refresh to the original object; this avoids refreshing

platform/commonUI/edit/src/objects/EditableDomainObjectCache.js

@@ -111,6 +111,7 @@ define(
          */
         EditableDomainObjectCache.prototype.markDirty = function (domainObject) {
             this.dirtyObjects[domainObject.getId()] = domainObject;
+            return this.$q.when(true);
         };
 
         /**

platform/commonUI/edit/test/capabilities/EditablePersistenceCapabilitySpec.js

@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ define(
                 mockEditableObject,
                 mockDomainObject,
                 mockCache,
+                mockPromise,
                 capability;
 
             beforeEach(function () {
@@ -50,7 +51,9 @@ define(
                     "cache",
                     [ "markDirty" ]
                 );
+                mockPromise = jasmine.createSpyObj("promise", ["then"]);
 
+                mockCache.markDirty.andReturn(mockPromise);
                 mockDomainObject.getCapability.andReturn(mockPersistence);
 
                 capability = new EditablePersistenceCapability(
@@ -84,6 +87,10 @@ define(
                 expect(mockPersistence.refresh).toHaveBeenCalled();
             });
 
+            it("returns a promise from persist", function () {
+                expect(capability.persist().then).toEqual(jasmine.any(Function));
+            });
+
         });
     }
 );