src/pages/VisProgPage/VisProg.tsx

@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import {
 import '@xyflow/react/dist/style.css';
 import {useEffect, useState} from "react";
 import {useShallow} from 'zustand/react/shallow';
+import useProgramStore from "../../utils/programStore.ts";
 import {DndToolbar} from './visualProgrammingUI/components/DragDropSidebar.tsx';
 import useFlowStore from './visualProgrammingUI/VisProgStores.tsx';
 import type {FlowState} from './visualProgrammingUI/VisProgTypes.tsx';
@@ -153,6 +154,10 @@ function runProgramm() {
   ).then((res) => {
     if (!res.ok) throw new Error("Failed communicating with the backend.")
     console.log("Successfully sent the program to the backend.");
+
+    // store reduced program in global program store for further use in the UI
+    // when the program was sent to the backend successfully:
+    useProgramStore.getState().setProgramState(structuredClone(program));
   }).catch(() => console.log("Failed to send program to the backend."));
 }
 

src/pages/VisProgPage/visualProgrammingUI/VisProgStores.tsx

@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ const initialNodes : Node[] = [
     createNode('start', 'start', {x: 100, y: 100}, {label: "Start"}, false),
     createNode('end', 'end', {x: 500, y: 100}, {label: "End"}, false),
     createNode('phase-1', 'phase',  {x:200, y:100}, {label: "Phase 1", children : []}),
-    createNode('norms-1', 'norm',  {x:-200, y:100}, {label: "Initial Norms", normList: ["Be a robot", "get good"]}),     
+    createNode('norms-1', 'norm',  {x:-200, y:100}, {label: "Initial Norms", normList: ["Be a robot", "get good"], critical:false}),     
 ];
 
 // * Initial edges * /

src/pages/VisProgPage/visualProgrammingUI/nodes/NormNode.default.ts

@@ -8,4 +8,5 @@ export const NormNodeDefaults: NormNodeData = {
   droppable: true,
   norm: "",
   hasReduce: true,
+  critical: false,
 };

src/pages/VisProgPage/visualProgrammingUI/nodes/NormNode.tsx

@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ export type NormNodeData = {
   droppable: boolean;
   norm: string;
   hasReduce: boolean;
+  critical: boolean;
 };
 
 export type NormNode = Node<NormNodeData>
@@ -35,11 +36,16 @@ export default function NormNode(props: NodeProps<NormNode>) {
   const {updateNodeData} = useFlowStore();
 
   const text_input_id = `norm_${props.id}_text_input`;
+  const checkbox_id = `goal_${props.id}_checkbox`;
 
   const setValue = (value: string) => {
     updateNodeData(props.id, {norm: value});
   }
 
+  const setCritical = (value: boolean) => {
+    updateNodeData(props.id, {...data, critical: value});
+  }
+
   return <>
     <Toolbar nodeId={props.id} allowDelete={true}/>
     <div className={`${styles.defaultNode} ${styles.nodeNorm}`}>
@@ -52,6 +58,15 @@ export default function NormNode(props: NodeProps<NormNode>) {
           placeholder={"Pepper should ..."}
         />
       </div>
+      <div className={"flex-row gap-md align-center"}>
+        <label htmlFor={checkbox_id}>Critical:</label>
+        <input
+          id={checkbox_id}
+          type={"checkbox"}
+          checked={data.critical || false}
+          onChange={(e) => setCritical(e.target.checked)}
+        />
+      </div>
       <Handle type="source" position={Position.Right} id="norms"/>
     </div>
   </>;
@@ -69,6 +84,7 @@ export function NormReduce(node: Node, _nodes: Node[]) {
       id: node.id,
       label: data.label,
       norm: data.norm,
+      critical: data.critical,
     }
 }
 

src/utils/programStore.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,81 @@
+import {create} from "zustand";
+
+// the type of a reduced program
+export type ReducedProgram = { phases: Record<string, unknown>[] };
+
+/**
+ * the type definition of the programStore
+ */
+export type ProgramState = {
+  // Basic store functionality:
+  currentProgram: ReducedProgram;
+  setProgramState: (state: ReducedProgram) => void;
+  getProgramState: () => ReducedProgram;
+
+  // Utility functions:
+  // to avoid having to manually go through the entire state for every instance where data is required
+  getPhaseIds: () => string[];
+  getNormsInPhase: (currentPhaseId: string) => Record<string, unknown>[];
+  getGoalsInPhase: (currentPhaseId: string) => Record<string, unknown>[];
+  getTriggersInPhase: (currentPhaseId: string) => Record<string, unknown>[];
+  // if more specific utility functions are needed they can be added here:
+}
+
+/**
+ * the ProgramStore can be used to access all information of the most recently sent program,
+ * it contains basic functions to set and get the current program.
+ * And it contains some utility functions that allow you to easily gain access
+ * to the norms, triggers and goals of a specific phase.
+ */
+const useProgramStore = create<ProgramState>((set, get) => ({
+  currentProgram: { phases: [] as Record<string, unknown>[]},
+  /**
+   * sets the current program by cloning the provided program using a structuredClone
+   */
+  setProgramState: (program: ReducedProgram) => set({currentProgram: structuredClone(program)}),
+  /**
+   * gets the current program
+   */
+  getProgramState: () => get().currentProgram,
+
+  // utility functions:
+  /**
+   * gets the ids of all phases in the program
+   */
+  getPhaseIds: () => get().currentProgram.phases.map(entry => entry["id"] as string),
+  /**
+   * gets the norms for the provided phase
+   */
+  getNormsInPhase: (currentPhaseId) => {
+    const program = get().currentProgram;
+    const phase = program.phases.find(val => val["id"] === currentPhaseId);
+    if (phase) {
+      return phase["norms"] as Record<string, unknown>[];
+    }
+    throw new Error(`phase with id:"${currentPhaseId}" not found`)
+  },
+  /**
+   * gets the goals for the provided phase
+   */
+  getGoalsInPhase: (currentPhaseId) => {
+    const program = get().currentProgram;
+    const phase = program.phases.find(val => val["id"] === currentPhaseId);
+    if (phase) {
+      return phase["goals"] as Record<string, unknown>[];
+    }
+    throw new Error(`phase with id:"${currentPhaseId}" not found`)
+  },
+  /**
+   * gets the triggers for the provided phase
+   */
+  getTriggersInPhase: (currentPhaseId) => {
+    const program = get().currentProgram;
+    const phase = program.phases.find(val => val["id"] === currentPhaseId);
+    if (phase) {
+      return phase["triggers"] as Record<string, unknown>[];
+    }
+    throw new Error(`phase with id:"${currentPhaseId}" not found`)
+  }
+}));
+
+export default useProgramStore;

test/pages/visProgPage/visualProgrammingUI/nodes/NormNode.test.tsx

@@ -98,6 +98,7 @@ describe('NormNode', () => {
           droppable: true,
           norm: '',
           hasReduce: true,
+          critical: false
         },
       };
 
@@ -627,6 +628,54 @@ describe('NormNode', () => {
       });
     });
 
+    it('should properly update the store when editing critical checkbox', async () => {
+      const mockNode: Node = {
+        id: 'norm-1',
+        type: 'norm',
+        position: { x: 0, y: 0 },
+        data: {
+          label: 'Test Norm',
+          droppable: true,
+          norm: '',
+          hasReduce: true,
+          critical: false,
+        },
+      };
+
+      useFlowStore.setState({
+        nodes: [mockNode],
+        edges: [],
+      });
+
+      renderWithProviders(
+        <NormNode
+          id={mockNode.id}
+          type={mockNode.type as string}
+          data={mockNode.data as any}
+          selected={false}
+          isConnectable={true}
+          zIndex={0}
+          dragging={false}
+          selectable={true}
+          deletable={true}
+          draggable={true}
+          positionAbsoluteX={0}
+          positionAbsoluteY={0}
+        />
+      );
+
+      const checkbox = screen.getByLabelText('Critical:');
+      await user.click(checkbox);
+
+      await waitFor(() => {
+        const state = useFlowStore.getState();
+        expect(state.nodes).toHaveLength(1);
+        expect(state.nodes[0].id).toBe('norm-1');
+        expect(state.nodes[0].data.norm).toBe('');
+        expect(state.nodes[0].data.critical).toBe(true);
+      });
+    });
+
     it('should not affect other nodes when updating one norm node', async () => {
       const norm1: Node = {
         id: 'norm-1',

test/setupFlowTests.ts

@@ -2,6 +2,11 @@ import '@testing-library/jest-dom';
 import { cleanup } from '@testing-library/react';
 import useFlowStore from '../src/pages/VisProgPage/visualProgrammingUI/VisProgStores.tsx';
 
+if (!globalThis.structuredClone) {
+  globalThis.structuredClone = (obj: any) => {
+    return JSON.parse(JSON.stringify(obj));
+  };
+}
 
 // To make sure that the tests are working, it's important that you are using
 // this implementation of ResizeObserver and DOMMatrixReadOnly

test/utils/programStore.test.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,100 @@
+import useProgramStore, {type ReducedProgram} from "../../src/utils/programStore.ts";
+
+
+describe('useProgramStore', () => {
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    // Reset store before each test
+    useProgramStore.setState({
+      currentProgram: { phases: [] },
+    });
+  });
+
+  const mockProgram: ReducedProgram = {
+    phases: [
+      {
+        id: 'phase-1',
+        norms: [{ id: 'norm-1' }],
+        goals: [{ id: 'goal-1' }],
+        triggers: [{ id: 'trigger-1' }],
+      },
+      {
+        id: 'phase-2',
+        norms: [{ id: 'norm-2' }],
+        goals: [{ id: 'goal-2' }],
+        triggers: [{ id: 'trigger-2' }],
+      },
+    ],
+  };
+
+  it('should set and get the program state', () => {
+    useProgramStore.getState().setProgramState(mockProgram);
+
+    const program = useProgramStore.getState().getProgramState();
+    expect(program).toEqual(mockProgram);
+  });
+
+  it('should return the ids of all phases in the program', () => {
+    useProgramStore.getState().setProgramState(mockProgram);
+
+    const phaseIds = useProgramStore.getState().getPhaseIds();
+    expect(phaseIds).toEqual(['phase-1', 'phase-2']);
+  });
+
+  it('should return all norms for a given phase', () => {
+    useProgramStore.getState().setProgramState(mockProgram);
+
+    const norms = useProgramStore.getState().getNormsInPhase('phase-1');
+    expect(norms).toEqual([{ id: 'norm-1' }]);
+  });
+
+  it('should return all goals for a given phase', () => {
+    useProgramStore.getState().setProgramState(mockProgram);
+
+    const goals = useProgramStore.getState().getGoalsInPhase('phase-2');
+    expect(goals).toEqual([{ id: 'goal-2' }]);
+  });
+
+  it('should return all triggers for a given phase', () => {
+    useProgramStore.getState().setProgramState(mockProgram);
+
+    const triggers = useProgramStore.getState().getTriggersInPhase('phase-1');
+    expect(triggers).toEqual([{ id: 'trigger-1' }]);
+  });
+
+  it('throws if phase does not exist when getting norms', () => {
+    useProgramStore.getState().setProgramState(mockProgram);
+
+    expect(() =>
+      useProgramStore.getState().getNormsInPhase('missing-phase')
+    ).toThrow('phase with id:"missing-phase" not found');
+  });
+
+  it('throws if phase does not exist when getting goals', () => {
+    useProgramStore.getState().setProgramState(mockProgram);
+
+    expect(() =>
+      useProgramStore.getState().getGoalsInPhase('missing-phase')
+    ).toThrow('phase with id:"missing-phase" not found');
+  });
+
+  it('throws if phase does not exist when getting triggers', () => {
+    useProgramStore.getState().setProgramState(mockProgram);
+
+    expect(() =>
+      useProgramStore.getState().getTriggersInPhase('missing-phase')
+    ).toThrow('phase with id:"missing-phase" not found');
+  });
+
+  // this test should be at the bottom to avoid conflicts with the previous tests
+  it('should clone program state when setting it (no shared references should exist)', () => {
+    useProgramStore.getState().setProgramState(mockProgram);
+
+    const storedProgram = useProgramStore.getState().getProgramState();
+
+    // mutate original
+    (mockProgram.phases[0].norms as any[]).push({ id: 'norm-mutated' });
+
+    // store should NOT change
+    expect(storedProgram.phases[0]['norms']).toHaveLength(1);
+  });
+});