Requirements

It should be possible to generate data types from imported data models (java classes).

• As a user I want to be able to use data type definitions that are structured similar to Java data object models (classes) that I have defined externally.
• As I user I want to be able to edit and update data objects that have been converted to data types, so that I can manually update the definitions.

Import/convert data objects:

• 5 levels deep can “introspect” and convert data model, beyond that the data type would be “any.”
• Import (convert) only within the Data Type tab, this is not a feature of the Import/Include function as import DO’s is not supported in the DMN spec. –

Current scenario

Currently, users can create Data Objects on Business Central. See:

However users cannot re-use Data Objects as Data Types.

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Description

Data Objects (DO) are pretty similar to DMN Data Types (DT). So, would be great to import the DO above as a DMN DT like the following one:

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Questions to clarify at requirement level

1) Some DOs can be quite complex and some fields can be impossible to guess.

• Person
  • name (Some strange type)
  • age (Integer)

What should we do? Import name as "Any"? Remove the name field? Or block the Person type?

2) Do we need a specific component to import Data Objects as Data Types? Couldn't we just add Data Objects in the type dropdown, but use a different category (Default, Custom Data Types, Data Objects)?