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When importing com.appiancorp.suiteapi.type.Type into a Java class file for a Suite API plugin, the compiler will indicate that the class Type could not be found.
com.appiancorp.suiteapi.type.Type
Type
The Type class is missing from the appian-plugin-sdk.jar file that is used to compile Suite API plugins.This issue has been reported to the Appian Product Team. The reference number for this issue is AN-90744.
Add <APPIAN_HOME>/deployment/web.war/WEB-INF/lib/appiancorp-suiteapi-annotations-0-SNAPSHOT.jar (when using Tomcat as an application server) to the classpath when compiling the plugin. This requires an Appian installation on the machine that is being used to develop the plugin.
<APPIAN_HOME>/deployment/web.war/WEB-INF/lib/appiancorp-suiteapi-annotations-0-SNAPSHOT.jar
This article applies to Appian 17.2 and later.
Last Reviewed: January 2020