OpenAPITools / OpenAPITools/openapi-generator

[REQ] Support for registering additional handlebars helpers

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Enhancement: Feature
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Description

Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.

I'm unable to register additional helpers in the HandlebarsEngineAdapter: https://github.com/OpenAPITools/openapi-generator/blob/057a56a8272aa9723278acc860abd6b24890d582/modules/openapi-generator/src/main/java/org/openapitools/codegen/templating/HandlebarsEngineAdapter.java#L80-L88

Describe the solution you'd like

Support for registering a callback function that is invoked with the Handlebars instance, or refactoring HandlebarsEngineAdapter so that it may be extended to without duplicating all the compileTemplate logic.

Describe alternatives you've considered

Currently I've extended HandlebarsEngineAdapter, but also had to copy most logic from compileTemplate as it's not extensible.

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Research direction

Start with modules/openapi-generator/src/main/java/org/openapitools/codegen/templating/HandlebarsEngineAdapter.java, especially the compileTemplate logic and the referenced helper-registration lines. Determine how to expose Handlebars customization without requiring callers to duplicate that logic; done means an extension can register additional helpers through the supported mechanism.

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Assessment

Tech stack
handlebars, java
Domain
tooling
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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