OpenAPITools / OpenAPITools/openapi-generator
Allow ReturnType to return Generics
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Description
Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.
I'd like to be able to change type mappings to return generics. So for example:
typeMapping.put("file", "Response<ByteString>");
However despite my {{{returnType}}} in the template we get: ResponseLessThanByteStringGreaterThan
Describe the solution you'd like
It would be great if {{{returnType}}} allowed generics
Describe alternatives you've considered
We currently do a manual work around and and use a kotlin typealias to fix this
Additional context
Waddyathink @wing328 @guiarn
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Research direction
Start with modules/openapi-generator/src/main/resources/kotlin-misk/apiAction.mustache, especially the returnType usage around line 58, and trace how the typeMapping value reaches that template. Confirm that a mapping such as Response is emitted with generic syntax rather than ResponseLessThanByteStringGreaterThan, while preserving existing return types.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- java, kotlin
- Domain
- api, tooling
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100