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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 (Tomcat) or <APPIAN_HOME>/suite.ear/lib/appiancorp-suiteapi-annotations-0-SNAPSHOT.jar (JBoss) 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
<APPIAN_HOME>/suite.ear/lib/appiancorp-suiteapi-annotations-0-SNAPSHOT.jar
This article applies to Appian 17.2 and later.
Last Reviewed: January 2020