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Selada
New Contributor
6 years ago

Component schema reuse with different values

Hi,   I'm using a component schema for several answers of my API. The problem is that in certain scenarios the same complex component has a different set of values for one of the attributes (It's...
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RonRatovsky
Staff
6 years ago

You don't have to duplicate the entire schema,  but you will have to create multiple schemas.

 

Create a base schema, say, BaseResponse. That schema would include everything that's fully shared among the responses. Then create a response specific for your case, and use 'allOf' to combine BaseResponse with any additional fields and restrictions you may have.

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    Selada
    New Contributor
    6 years ago

    Hi Ron,

     

    Thank you for your answer. In the meanwhile I've applied inheritance (or composition) of the answer as you suggest, which seemed fine, but I found the generated server code didn't include the attributes that didn't belong to the base response. I've delivered the possible solution and I'm not working in this case anymore. Thank you for your availability.

     

    BR,

    Selada