switch to typedObject decorator, which no longer needs explict type param

src/app/core/auth/models/auth-status.model.ts

 import { autoserialize, deserialize, deserializeAs } from 'cerialize';
 import { Observable } from 'rxjs';
-import { link, resourceType } from '../../cache/builders/build-decorators';
+import { link, typedObject } from '../../cache/builders/build-decorators';
 import { IDToUUIDSerializer } from '../../cache/id-to-uuid-serializer';
 import { CacheableObject } from '../../cache/object-cache.reducer';
 import { RemoteData } from '../../data/remote-data';
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ import { AuthTokenInfo } from './auth-token-info.model';
 /**
  * Object that represents the authenticated status of a user
  */
-@resourceType(AuthStatus.type)
+@typedObject
 export class AuthStatus implements CacheableObject {
   static type = AUTH_STATUS;
 

src/app/core/cache/builders/build-decorators.ts

 import 'reflect-metadata';
 import { hasNoValue, hasValue } from '../../../shared/empty.util';
 import { DataService } from '../../data/data.service';
-import { PaginatedList } from '../../data/paginated-list';
 
 import { GenericConstructor } from '../../shared/generic-constructor';
 import { HALResource } from '../../shared/hal-resource.model';
-import { CacheableObject, TypedObject } from '../object-cache.reducer';
 import { ResourceType } from '../../shared/resource-type';
+import { CacheableObject, TypedObject } from '../object-cache.reducer';
 
 const resolvedLinkKey = Symbol('resolvedLink');
 
@@ -17,12 +16,10 @@ const linkMap = new Map();
 
 /**
  * Decorator function to map a ResourceType to its class
- * @param value The ResourceType to map
+ * @param target The contructor of the typed class to map
  */
-export function resourceType(value: ResourceType) {
-  return function decorator(objectConstructor: GenericConstructor<TypedObject>) {
-    typeMap.set(value.value, objectConstructor);
-  }
+export function typedObject(target: typeof TypedObject) {
+  typeMap.set(target.type.value, target);
 }
 
 /**
@@ -74,14 +71,6 @@ export function resolvedLink<T extends DataService<any>, K extends keyof T>(prov
   };
 }
 
-export function getResolvedLinkMetadata(target: any, propertyKey: string) {
-  return Reflect.getMetadata(resolvedLinkKey, target, propertyKey);
-}
-
-export function getResolvedLinks(target: any) {
-  return resolvedLinkMap.get(target);
-}
-
 export class LinkDefinition<T extends HALResource> {
   resourceType: ResourceType;
   isList = false;

src/app/core/config/models/config-submission-definition.model.ts

 import { autoserialize, deserialize } from 'cerialize';
-import { resourceType } from '../../cache/builders/build-decorators';
+import { typedObject } from '../../cache/builders/build-decorators';
 import { PaginatedList } from '../../data/paginated-list';
 import { HALLink } from '../../shared/hal-link.model';
 import { ResourceType } from '../../shared/resource-type';
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import { ConfigObject } from './config.model';
 /**
  * Class for the configuration describing the submission
  */
-@resourceType(SubmissionDefinitionModel.type)
+@typedObject
 export class SubmissionDefinitionModel extends ConfigObject {
   static type = new ResourceType('submissiondefinition');
 

src/app/core/config/models/config-submission-definitions.model.ts

 import { inheritSerialization } from 'cerialize';
-import { resourceType } from '../../cache/builders/build-decorators';
+import { typedObject } from '../../cache/builders/build-decorators';
 import { SubmissionDefinitionModel } from './config-submission-definition.model';
 import { ResourceType } from '../../shared/resource-type';
 
-@resourceType(SubmissionDefinitionsModel.type)
+@typedObject
 @inheritSerialization(SubmissionDefinitionModel)
 export class SubmissionDefinitionsModel extends SubmissionDefinitionModel {
   static type = new ResourceType('submissiondefinitions');

src/app/core/config/models/config-submission-form.model.ts

 import { autoserialize, inheritSerialization } from 'cerialize';
-import { resourceType } from '../../cache/builders/build-decorators';
+import { typedObject } from '../../cache/builders/build-decorators';
 import { ConfigObject } from './config.model';
 import { FormFieldModel } from '../../../shared/form/builder/models/form-field.model';
 import { ResourceType } from '../../shared/resource-type';
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ export interface FormRowModel {
 /**
  * A model class for a NormalizedObject.
  */
-@resourceType(SubmissionFormModel.type)
+@typedObject
 @inheritSerialization(ConfigObject)
 export class SubmissionFormModel extends ConfigObject {
   static type = new ResourceType('submissionform');

src/app/core/config/models/config-submission-forms.model.ts

 import { inheritSerialization } from 'cerialize';
-import { resourceType } from '../../cache/builders/build-decorators';
+import { typedObject } from '../../cache/builders/build-decorators';
 import { SubmissionFormModel } from './config-submission-form.model';
 import { ResourceType } from '../../shared/resource-type';
 
 /**
  * A model class for a NormalizedObject.
  */
-@resourceType(SubmissionFormsModel.type)
+@typedObject
 @inheritSerialization(SubmissionFormModel)
 export class SubmissionFormsModel extends SubmissionFormModel {
   static type = new ResourceType('submissionforms');

src/app/core/config/models/config-submission-section.model.ts

 import { autoserialize, deserialize } from 'cerialize';
 import { SectionsType } from '../../../submission/sections/sections-type';
-import { resourceType } from '../../cache/builders/build-decorators';
+import { typedObject } from '../../cache/builders/build-decorators';
 import { HALLink } from '../../shared/hal-link.model';
 import { ResourceType } from '../../shared/resource-type';
 import { ConfigObject } from './config.model';
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ export interface SubmissionSectionVisibility {
   other: any
 }
 
-@resourceType(SubmissionSectionModel.type)
+@typedObject
 export class SubmissionSectionModel extends ConfigObject {
   static type = new ResourceType('submissionsection');
 

src/app/core/config/models/config-submission-sections.model.ts

 import { inheritSerialization } from 'cerialize';
-import { resourceType } from '../../cache/builders/build-decorators';
+import { typedObject } from '../../cache/builders/build-decorators';
 import { SubmissionSectionModel } from './config-submission-section.model';
 import { ResourceType } from '../../shared/resource-type';
 
-@resourceType(SubmissionSectionsModel.type)
+@typedObject
 @inheritSerialization(SubmissionSectionModel)
 export class SubmissionSectionsModel extends SubmissionSectionModel {
   static type = new ResourceType('submissionsections');

src/app/core/config/models/config-submission-uploads.model.ts

 import { autoserialize } from 'cerialize';
-import { resourceType } from '../../cache/builders/build-decorators';
+import { typedObject } from '../../cache/builders/build-decorators';
 import { ConfigObject } from './config.model';
 import { AccessConditionOption } from './config-access-condition-option.model';
 import { SubmissionFormsModel } from './config-submission-forms.model';
 import { ResourceType } from '../../shared/resource-type';
 
-@resourceType(SubmissionUploadsModel.type)
+@typedObject
 export class SubmissionUploadsModel extends ConfigObject {
   static type =  new ResourceType('submissionupload');
   /**

src/app/core/data/base-response-parsing.service.ts

@@ -111,10 +111,10 @@ export abstract class BaseResponseParsingService {
   protected deserialize<ObjectDomain>(obj): any {
     const type: string = obj.type;
     if (hasValue(type)) {
-      const normObjConstructor = getClassForType(type) as GenericConstructor<ObjectDomain>;
+      const objConstructor = getClassForType(type) as GenericConstructor<ObjectDomain>;
 
-      if (hasValue(normObjConstructor)) {
-        const serializer = new this.serializerConstructor(normObjConstructor);
+      if (hasValue(objConstructor)) {
+        const serializer = new this.serializerConstructor(objConstructor);
         return serializer.deserialize(obj);
       } else {
         return null;

src/app/core/eperson/models/eperson.model.ts

 import { autoserialize, deserialize, inheritSerialization } from 'cerialize';
 import { Observable } from 'rxjs';
-import { link, resourceType } from '../../cache/builders/build-decorators';
+import { link, typedObject } from '../../cache/builders/build-decorators';
 import { PaginatedList } from '../../data/paginated-list';
 import { RemoteData } from '../../data/remote-data';
 
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ import { EPERSON } from './eperson.resource-type';
 import { Group } from './group.model';
 import { GROUP } from './group.resource-type';
 
-@resourceType(EPerson.type)
+@typedObject
 @inheritSerialization(DSpaceObject)
 export class EPerson extends DSpaceObject {
   static type = EPERSON;

src/app/core/eperson/models/group.model.ts

 import { autoserialize, deserialize, inheritSerialization } from 'cerialize';
 import { Observable } from 'rxjs';
-import { link, resourceType } from '../../cache/builders/build-decorators';
+import { link, typedObject } from '../../cache/builders/build-decorators';
 import { PaginatedList } from '../../data/paginated-list';
 import { RemoteData } from '../../data/remote-data';
 
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import { DSpaceObject } from '../../shared/dspace-object.model';
 import { HALLink } from '../../shared/hal-link.model';
 import { GROUP } from './group.resource-type';
 
-@resourceType(Group.type)
+@typedObject
 @inheritSerialization(DSpaceObject)
 export class Group extends DSpaceObject {
   static type = GROUP;

src/app/core/integration/models/authority.value.ts

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import { autoserialize, deserialize, inheritSerialization } from 'cerialize';
 import { isNotEmpty } from '../../../shared/empty.util';
 import { PLACEHOLDER_PARENT_METADATA } from '../../../shared/form/builder/ds-dynamic-form-ui/models/relation-group/dynamic-relation-group.model';
 import { OtherInformation } from '../../../shared/form/builder/models/form-field-metadata-value.model';
-import { resourceType } from '../../cache/builders/build-decorators';
+import { typedObject } from '../../cache/builders/build-decorators';
 import { HALLink } from '../../shared/hal-link.model';
 import { MetadataValueInterface } from '../../shared/metadata.models';
 import { AUTHORITY_VALUE } from './authority.resource-type';
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ import { IntegrationModel } from './integration.model';
 /**
  * Class representing an authority object
  */
-@resourceType(AuthorityValue.type)
+@typedObject
 @inheritSerialization(IntegrationModel)
 export class AuthorityValue extends IntegrationModel implements MetadataValueInterface {
   static type = AUTHORITY_VALUE;

src/app/core/metadata/metadata-field.model.ts

 import { autoserialize, deserialize } from 'cerialize';
 import { isNotEmpty } from '../../shared/empty.util';
 import { ListableObject } from '../../shared/object-collection/shared/listable-object.model';
-import { link, resourceType } from '../cache/builders/build-decorators';
+import { link, typedObject } from '../cache/builders/build-decorators';
 import { GenericConstructor } from '../shared/generic-constructor';
 import { HALLink } from '../shared/hal-link.model';
 import { HALResource } from '../shared/hal-resource.model';
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ import { MetadataSchema } from './metadata-schema.model';
 /**
  * Class the represents a metadata field
  */
-@resourceType(MetadataField.type)
+@typedObject
 export class MetadataField extends ListableObject implements HALResource {
   static type = METADATA_FIELD;
 

src/app/core/metadata/metadata-schema.model.ts

 import { autoserialize, deserialize } from 'cerialize';
 import { ListableObject } from '../../shared/object-collection/shared/listable-object.model';
-import { resourceType } from '../cache/builders/build-decorators';
+import { typedObject } from '../cache/builders/build-decorators';
 import { GenericConstructor } from '../shared/generic-constructor';
 import { HALLink } from '../shared/hal-link.model';
 import { HALResource } from '../shared/hal-resource.model';
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ import { METADATA_SCHEMA } from './metadata-schema.resource-type';
 /**
  * Class that represents a metadata schema
  */
-@resourceType(MetadataSchema.type)
+@typedObject
 export class MetadataSchema extends ListableObject implements HALResource {
   static type = METADATA_SCHEMA;
 

src/app/core/registry/registry-metadatafields-response.model.ts

 import { autoserialize, deserialize } from 'cerialize';
-import { resourceType } from '../cache/builders/build-decorators';
+import { typedObject } from '../cache/builders/build-decorators';
 import { MetadataField } from '../metadata/metadata-field.model';
 import { METADATA_FIELD } from '../metadata/metadata-field.resource-type';
 import { HALLink } from '../shared/hal-link.model';
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ import { excludeFromEquals } from '../utilities/equals.decorators';
 /**
  * Class that represents a response with a registry's metadata fields
  */
-@resourceType(RegistryMetadatafieldsResponse.type)
+@typedObject
 export class RegistryMetadatafieldsResponse {
   static type = METADATA_FIELD;
 

src/app/core/shared/bitstream-format.model.ts

 import { autoserialize, deserialize, deserializeAs } from 'cerialize';
-import { resourceType } from '../cache/builders/build-decorators';
+import { typedObject } from '../cache/builders/build-decorators';
 import { IDToUUIDSerializer } from '../cache/id-to-uuid-serializer';
 import { CacheableObject } from '../cache/object-cache.reducer';
 import { excludeFromEquals } from '../utilities/equals.decorators';
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ import { ResourceType } from './resource-type';
 /**
  * Model class for a Bitstream Format
  */
-@resourceType(BitstreamFormat.type)
+@typedObject
 export class BitstreamFormat implements CacheableObject {
   static type = BITSTREAM_FORMAT;
 

src/app/core/shared/bitstream.model.ts

 import { autoserialize, deserialize, inheritSerialization } from 'cerialize';
 import { Observable } from 'rxjs';
-import { link, resourceType } from '../cache/builders/build-decorators';
+import { link, typedObject } from '../cache/builders/build-decorators';
 import { RemoteData } from '../data/remote-data';
 import { BitstreamFormat } from './bitstream-format.model';
 import { BITSTREAM_FORMAT } from './bitstream-format.resource-type';
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import { DSpaceObject } from './dspace-object.model';
 import { HALLink } from './hal-link.model';
 import { HALResource } from './hal-resource.model';
 
-@resourceType(Bitstream.type)
+@typedObject
 @inheritSerialization(DSpaceObject)
 export class Bitstream extends DSpaceObject implements HALResource {
   static type = BITSTREAM;

src/app/core/shared/browse-definition.model.ts

 import { autoserialize, autoserializeAs, deserialize } from 'cerialize';
-import { resourceType } from '../cache/builders/build-decorators';
+import { typedObject } from '../cache/builders/build-decorators';
 import { TypedObject } from '../cache/object-cache.reducer';
 import { excludeFromEquals } from '../utilities/equals.decorators';
 import { BROWSE_DEFINITION } from './browse-definition.resource-type';
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import { HALLink } from './hal-link.model';
 import { ResourceType } from './resource-type';
 import { SortOption } from './sort-option.model';
 
-@resourceType(BrowseDefinition.type)
+@typedObject
 export class BrowseDefinition implements TypedObject {
   static type = BROWSE_DEFINITION;
 

src/app/core/shared/browse-entry.model.ts

 import { autoserialize, autoserializeAs, deserialize } from 'cerialize';
 import { ListableObject } from '../../shared/object-collection/shared/listable-object.model';
-import { resourceType } from '../cache/builders/build-decorators';
+import { typedObject } from '../cache/builders/build-decorators';
 import { TypedObject } from '../cache/object-cache.reducer';
 import { excludeFromEquals } from '../utilities/equals.decorators';
 import { BROWSE_ENTRY } from './browse-entry.resource-type';
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ import { ResourceType } from './resource-type';
 /**
  * Class object representing a browse entry
  */
-@resourceType(BrowseEntry.type)
+@typedObject
 export class BrowseEntry extends ListableObject implements TypedObject {
   static type = BROWSE_ENTRY;