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# Parent Component Creates Form; Child Components Define Structure
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Another approach for refactoring a component into child sub-components where the parent component is responsible for creating the entre Reactive Form would be to define static factory methods within each child component rather than within a full-fledged service. As with the [Parent Component Creates Form and Passes Form Controls Into Child Components (Global Form)](../global-form/README.md) approach, the appropriate form controls would be passed into the children.
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In many ways, this approach is a hybrid between the Parent Form and Global Form approaches.
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```typescript
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export class AppComponent implements OnInit, OnDestroy {
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contact: Contact;
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form: FormGroup;
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private subscription: Subscription;
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constructor(private service: ContactService, private fb: FormBuilder) {}
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public ngOnInit() {
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this.subscription = this.service
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.loadContact()
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.subscribe((data: Contact) => {
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this.contact = data;
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this.form = this.fb.group({
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name: NameComponent.buildForm(data.name),
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addresses: AddressListComponent.buildForm(data.addresses),
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});
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});
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}
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}
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```
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The HTML templating will be identical to the Global Form approach.
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## Static Form Builder Methods
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Rather than having a separate factory service, this approach uses static methods on each of the child sub-classes. This approach intentionally couples the logic for creating a sub-form structure with the component that would display it, keeping the logic in one place rather than separating it between components and an otherwise unrelated service. The rule-of-thumb in this approach is that the component which needs to display the form to a user will best know what the structure of that form needs to be.
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### Name Component
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```typescript
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static buildForm(name: Name): FormGroup {
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return new FormGroup({
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firstName: new FormControl(name ? name.firstName : ''),
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lastName: new FormControl(name ? name.lastName : ''),
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middleName: new FormControl(name ? name.middleName : ''),
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prefix: new FormControl(name ? name.prefix : ''),
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suffix: new FormControl(name ? name.suffix : ''),
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});
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}
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```
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### Address List Component
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```typescript
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static buildForm(addresses: Address[]): FormArray {
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const list: FormArray = new FormArray([]);
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if (addresses) {
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addresses.forEach(addr => {
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list.push(AddressComponent.buildForm(addr));
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});
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}
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return list;
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}
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```
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### Address Component
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```typescript
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static buildForm(addr: Address): FormGroup {
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return new FormGroup({
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line1: new FormControl(addr ? addr.line1 : ''),
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line2: new FormControl(addr ? addr.line2 : ''),
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city: new FormControl(addr ? addr.city : ''),
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state: new FormControl(addr ? addr.state : ''),
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postalCode: new FormControl(addr ? addr.postalCode : ''),
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});
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}
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```
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## Pros
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- The child components encapsulate the form controls and their display, while keeping the form creation logic separate from the actual template rendering
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- The child components can easily be re-used
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## Cons
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- The overall shape of the form from the parent component's perspective is not always clear
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