Convert to a CDT

Soumya.Behera over 7 years ago

Hello Everyone,
I have an expression whose output is of type "Any Type (Dictionary)". I want to typecast it into the desired CDT type. Please let me know the method.

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sikhivahans over 7 years ago +2

Usage of a!applyComponents() is redundant or I should say that it's not needed. The following should be enough as per my knowledge: fn!cast( fn!typeof({type!SSB_IAL_EmployeeDetails()}), a!queryEntity(…
Soumya.Behera over 7 years ago +1

In case anyone's wondering what exactly I did, please find attachment for the solution to my challenge. You can mould it to your requirement. solution.txt

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0 Soumya.Behera over 7 years ago

@sikhivahans Found a point worth noting. The difference is not with whether we should use fn!cast or simply cast function as both are accepting array parameters. The difference was the way I used typeNumber parameter. If I use fn!typeof({'type!{urn:com:appian:types}SSB_IAL_EmployeeDetails'()}), then it's casting all the elements in the list parameter. On the other hand if I use 'type!{urn:com:appian:types}SSB_IAL_EmployeeDetails' then it's only converting the first element of the array. Hope it helps.
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0 Soumya.Behera over 7 years ago

@sikhivahans Found a point worth noting. The difference is not with whether we should use fn!cast or simply cast function as both are accepting array parameters. The difference was the way I used typeNumber parameter. If I use fn!typeof({'type!{urn:com:appian:types}SSB_IAL_EmployeeDetails'()}), then it's casting all the elements in the list parameter. On the other hand if I use 'type!{urn:com:appian:types}SSB_IAL_EmployeeDetails' then it's only converting the first element of the array. Hope it helps.
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