OpenAPITools / OpenAPITools/openapi-generator

[REQ] Regular expression for selective generation

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Description

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

I have an API that has a lot of endpoints, split into multiple apis. I just need models which name contain a specific prefix.

Describe the solution you'd like

A solution would be, to allow regular expressions in the csv that are used for selective generation.

Example: generate -Dmodels="/WP-.*/",LoremIpsumModel
Which would generate all models starting with WP- and the LoremIpsumModel.

Describe alternatives you've considered

Of course I could delete the unneeded generated files. This feature request is just a quality of life improvement.

Additional context

If there are other standards to express regex in cli-arguments, please let me know.

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Research direction

Start by locating the CLI handling for the -Dmodels option and the selective-generation logic. Review how comma-separated model names are interpreted, then verify that a regular-expression selector and a literal model name both generate the expected models.

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Assessment

Tech stack
java, openapi
Domain
api, cli, tooling
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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