Information you specify with this attribute, is generated in
the OpenAPI documentation file. You can control generation of descriptions in the stub file with the
--comment option of the fglrestful tool.
Example 1: using WSDescription in the function and parameters
In this sample REST function a set of users is
returned based on values provided in input parameters. WSDescription attributes provide
descriptions of the parameters and the function. The function has three input parameters:
The stat parameter is set with the WSQuery and the
WSName attributes. In a call
to the function, the query string of the URI must be set by the name specified by
WSName, such as
http://myhost:6394/gas/ws/r/myGroup/myXcf/Accounts/users?status=1
The ccode parameter is set with the WSCookie,
WSName, and the WSOptional attributes. If the client
application calling the function provides a value for the cookie in the request, the
name specified by WSName must be set in the query string of the URI,
such as
http://myhost:6394/gas/ws/r/myGroup/myXcf/Accounts/users?status=1&country=FRA
The cat parameter is set with the WSHeader,
WSName, and the WSOptional attributes. The client
application calling the function has the option of providing a value for a header named
"category" in the request.
In the SQL query to the database, the COALESCE function is used to
produce a query that supports the parameters that are optional and may have no values.
WSThrows is set to handle errors. In the TRY/CATCH block, the sqlca record is checked after
the execution of the SQL query. The SQLERRMESSAGE is set to the
message field of the userError variable, and a call to
SetRestError() returns the message defined in WSThrows
for the error.
IMPORT com
TYPE profileType RECORD
id INTEGER,
name VARCHAR(100),
email VARCHAR(255),
category VARCHAR(10),
status INTEGER,
ccode VARCHAR(3)
# ...
END RECORD
PUBLIC DEFINE userError RECORD ATTRIBUTES(WSError = "User error")
message STRING
END RECORD
PUBLIC FUNCTION getFilteredUsers(
stat STRING ATTRIBUTES(WSQuery, WSName = "status",WSDescription = "Status is true(1) or false(0)" ),
ccode STRING ATTRIBUTES(WSCookie, WSOptional, WSName = "country",WSDescription = "Country code"),
cat STRING ATTRIBUTES(WSHeader, WSOptional, WSName = "category",WSDescription = "Product category")
)
ATTRIBUTES (WSGet,
WSPath = "/filteredUsers",
WSDescription = "Gets users based on query, cookie, and header values.",
WSThrows = "400:Invalid,406:@userError" )
RETURNS ( DYNAMIC ARRAY ATTRIBUTES(WSName = "Users_status",
WSMedia = "application/json") OF profileType)
DEFINE arr DYNAMIC ARRAY OF profileType
DEFINE i INTEGER = 1
TRY
# The SQL COALESCE function produces a query that supports null parameters
DECLARE c2 CURSOR FOR SELECT * FROM users
WHERE users.status = stat
AND users.country = COALESCE(ccode,users.country)
AND users.category = COALESCE(cat,users.category)
ORDER BY users.name ASC
FOREACH c2 INTO arr[i].*
LET i = i+1
END FOREACH
CALL arr.deleteElement(arr.getLength())
# Remove the empty element implied by reference in FOREACH loop
CATCH
LET userError.message = SFMT("Error in SQL execution: %1 [%2]",
sqlca.sqlcode, SQLERRMESSAGE )
CALL com.WebServiceEngine.SetRestError(406,userError)
END TRY
RETURN arr
END FUNCTION
Example 2: using WSDescription in a type definition
In this example, the WSDescription attribute describes members of the
user-defined type profileType.
TYPE profileType RECORD
id INTEGER ATTRIBUTES (WSDescription="Internal Identifier”),
name VARCHAR(100) ATTRIBUTES (WSDescription="Lastname”),
email VARCHAR(255),
category VARCHAR(10) ATTRIBUTES (WSDescription="User Demographic”),
status INTEGER,
ccode VARCHAR(3) ATTRIBUTES (WSDescription="Country Code”)
# ...
END RECORD
In the OpenAPI documentation, the profileType will be referenced in the
#/components/schema section. The GWS engine exposes the description property for
the elements defined with WSDescription in the schema.
The output shown is from the Firefox® browser, which converts JSON to human readable format.
The output may vary depending on your browser.Figure: Sample JSON schema with description properties
