Allow C# records to be used as metadata views
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Description
Currently, if you try to use a record type as a metadata view, you get the following error:
System.NotSupportedException: 'The type [TYPE] is an unsupported type of metadata view.'
Given how convenient and concise they are, it would be quite handy if the export provider
supported record types as metadata views. It would just need to invoke the constructor
and any init properties as needed.
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First steps
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- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start at the export provider's handling of metadata views and trace the path that raises the unsupported-type exception. Support C# record types by invoking their constructor and applying init properties, then verify that record metadata views no longer produce the unsupported-type error while existing metadata-view behavior remains intact.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- csharp
- Domain
- tooling
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Active
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 64/100