Hi folks, any thoughts about this !?
No way to do it at this time.
J.Ja
Justin James wrote:
Hi Justin,
If you look on JSON Serialize there is an input parameter called "data" which accept any record. So im confused what you said there is no way but there is available out there. That's the functionality by the way i want
kean amper wrote:
Yes, but that is not "pure OutSystems code" (code created 100% inside of Service Studio), that is an Extension, as Remco discusses it could be done.
You cannot use a generic record or record list in "pure OutSystems code" and do anything with it. "Pure OutSystems code" is 100% strongly and statically typed.
You can create an action that receives an xml or json structure and then parse the contents of the structure.
Or you create an extension with the integration studio that has an object as input and parse the contents in java or c#.
Remco Dekkinga wrote:
Yes, but at *some* point, if you want this to be useful to the application, you will be stuck. OK, so the extension parsed the XML/JSON. Now what does it return? Unless you are going to return an Object that is a pointer to a node, and let the programmer walk the nodes (not easy to work with), it doesn't really get you anywhere. At some point, you will run into the fact that OutSystems just does not support non-typed or dynamically typed structures. It's one of the tradeoffs of the system. It is much simpler to learn and you can't write confusing code... but when you NEED something liek that, it isn't there.
Thank you all for the comments.
I could get it done by passing the list attribute "Empty" as an input parameter for a mobile app block. I notice this is done like the parameter was passed by reference because the UI is updated when the attribute value changes, so it works well for me. Another parameter was the "HasFetchError" aggregate attribute that works fine too.
I agree abstract data types could be a mess and it gets the software maintenance too hard.
Till now, I can live without this :-)
Hi may i know thought of this? im having same issue, i want a generic datatype record im working on web not mobile
I also have a requirement for this. Is there any update on this topic?
Hi Anthony.
As far as I know it hasn't been implemented yet, but there is a "hack" to create this generic record list.
Some actions of the module (systems), use this List of generic records (for example ListRemove), you just have to copy this parameter and reuse it in your actions.
If you are going to use this generic input parameter in a server action, you will know that it can cause the following error
Internal Error "Invalid compiler output. Object reference not set to an instance of an object."
Cheers