types: Consider Adding Collection Type ValueFrom Functions #520
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…tValueFrom functions Reference: #520 These will enable provider developers to use the framework type system's built-in conversion rules to create collection types, rather than using more generic `tfsdk.ValueFrom()` or other methodologies. In this example, a map using standard Go types is used to create a `types.Map` framework type with known values: ```go apiMap := map[string]string{ "key1": "value1", "key2": "value2", } fwMap, diags := types.MapValueFrom(ctx, types.StringType, apiMap) ``` There may be additional use cases or needs that get teased out with this introduction, such as the ability to create a `types.Object` from a `map[string]any`, however those can be handled in potential future feature requests.
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…tValueFrom functions (#522) Reference: #520 These will enable provider developers to use the framework type system's built-in conversion rules to create collection types, rather than using more generic `tfsdk.ValueFrom()` or other methodologies. In this example, a map using standard Go types is used to create a `types.Map` framework type with known values: ```go apiMap := map[string]string{ "key1": "value1", "key2": "value2", } fwMap, diags := types.MapValueFrom(ctx, types.StringType, apiMap) ``` There may be additional use cases or needs that get teased out with this introduction, such as the ability to create a `types.Object` from a `map[string]any`, however those can be handled in potential future feature requests.
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Provider developers can find it difficult to convert populated API SDK types or standard Go types (e.g.
map[string]string]) to the framework collection types (e.g.types.Map). While there are various ways to get this working, this requires some additional discovery beyond using just thetypespackage, which is not a great experience.Attempted Solutions
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tfsdk.ValueFrom(), which I do not believe is documented in the website documentation:Proposal
As part of #502, there will be new
typesvalue type creation functions such as:func ListValue(elementType attr.Type, elements []attr.Value) types.Listfunc MapValue(elementType attr.Type, elements map[string]attr.Value) types.Mapfunc SetValue(elementType attr.Type, elements []attr.Value) types.SetThe framework could also introduce these related creation functions, which use the same underlying logic as
tfsdk.ValueFrom()to perform reflection from non-framework types.func ListValueFrom(ctx context.Context, elementType attr.Type, elements []any) (types.List, diag.Diagnostics)func MapValueFrom(ctx context.Context, elementType attr.Type, elements map[string]any) (types.Map, diag.Diagnostics)func SetValueFrom(ctx context.Context, elementType attr.Type, elements []any) (types.Set, diag.Diagnostics)Compared to
tfsdk.ValueFrom(), they would automatically handle the collection type (only requiring the element type) and offer a slight amount of additional compiler checking over justany.References
ValueFromas the opposite ofValueAs#323ValueFromthat takes a Go value and populates a compatibleattr.Value, given a descriptiveattr.Type#350The text was updated successfully, but these errors were encountered: