Javascript object model for CSDL

[HeikoTheissen]

A collection of Javascript classes with the following properties:

• JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync("csdl.json"), CSDLReviver) gives an instance of CSDLDocument
• JSON.stringify(instanceOfCSDLDocument) gives the CSDL JSON format

and the following helper methods:

• path.target is the model element targeted by the path (possibly in a $Referenced CSDL document)
• modelElement.targetingPaths() gives a set of paths targeting the model element
• modelElement.targetingSegments() gives a set of non-final path segments targeting the model element
• structuredType.effectiveType() gives a structured type including inherited properties

This Javascript object model is meant to help with the generation of additional documents for a CSDL model, like the Markdown documentation or the OpenAPI document. For example

• the Markdown generation currently employs an adhoc algorithm to compute the effectiveType.
• the XSLT-based OpenAPI generation currently does not consider whether a property is targeted by a Measures.ISOCurrency annotation.

[ralfhandl]

@HeikoTheissen Is this inspired by or compatible with https://github.com/oasis-tcs/odata-openapi/blob/main/lib/edm.js?

[HeikoTheissen]

@HeikoTheissen Is this inspired by or compatible with https://github.com/oasis-tcs/odata-openapi/blob/main/lib/edm.js?

Neither, but thanks for making me aware. I will take a look at that.

[ralfhandl]

Will there be a variant of xml2json that produces an instance of CSDLDocument?

Or will I have to stringify the JSON and then parse it with the CSDLReviver?

[HeikoTheissen]

Will there be a variant of xml2json that produces an instance of CSDLDocument?

That's my current plan.