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Domain modelling

Adding a blueprint​

TODO

Special types​

When creating models, the user has to specify types. There are some types that needs special treatment.

object type​

The object type is used to specify that an attribute can be any object. However, this should only be used as an attributeType inside a blueprint. Using it as type is not valid. For example, the following is NOT allowed:

{
  "type": "object",
  "name": "objectEntity",
  "description": "An entity of type object",
  "numberValue": 1232,
  "booleanValue": false,
  "stringValue": "foo"
}

Example usage of the object type: The FormBlueprint has an attribute called someEntity, and the entity of type FormBlueprint may have any object value in its someEntity attribute.

{
   "type": "dmss://system/SIMOS/Blueprint",
   "name": "FormBlueprint",
   "attributes": [
      {
        "attributeType": "string",
        "type": "CORE:BlueprintAttribute",
        "name": "type"
      },
      {
        "attributeType": "string",
        "type": "CORE:BlueprintAttribute",
        "name": "name"
      },
      {
        "type": "CORE:BlueprintAttribute",
        "name": "someEntity",
        "description": "Generic entity",
        "attributeType": "object",
        "contained": false
      }
   ]
}
{
   "type": "dmss://DemoDataSource/plugins/form/blueprints/FormBlueprint",
   "name": "exampleForm",
   "someEntity": {
      "type": "dmss://DataSource/objectBlueprint",
      "name": "objectEntity",
      "numberValue": 1232,
      "booleanValue": false
    }
}

any type​

The any type is another special type that should only be used internally in DMSS. Using it when modeling is not valid. This type is used in the BlueprintAttribute blueprint in DMSS, to make it possible for the defaultValue for a blueprint to have any type. Therefore, the defaultValue will not be validated in DMSS.