If I have a cdt eg myCDT with child elements a b c d What is the best way i

joel671 over 9 years ago

If I have a cdt eg myCDT with child elements a b c d
What is the best way in a rule to update several of the child elements?
I know I can do type!myCDT(
a: ri!input.a,
b: ri!input.b,
c: ri!input.c,
d: ri!input.d
)

This requires maintaining the definition when the cdt changes. Is there any other ways of doing this? I really want to do it within a rule and will need to do it over an array using apply so the more efficient it is the better.

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0 sikhivahans over 9 years ago

Hi joel671, It would be worth trying this plugin: forum.appian.com/.../
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0 joel671 over 9 years ago

Thanks for the suggestion, I really want to avoid a plug in for it though.
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0 PhilB
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over 9 years ago

I'm not aware of a way that doesn't use a type constructor, but you could wrap the type constructor mapping above in a rule with an any type input, so you'd only have to maintain the CDT structure in a single place. Is the CDT structure likely to change a lot?
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0 joel671 over 9 years ago

Yeah I have done a single rule which maintains a single type constructor. It isn't that my CDT is going to change regularly, it is just a matter of ensuring someone updates the definitions any time the CDT is changed.

I was just hoping there was a better way than relying on someone doing the right thing later down the line rather that them just being able to update the xsd in a single place.
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