Creating custom object types for use in Pega
I am attempting to use the Rest Client in Pega Robotics 19.1.115 to call an API and retrieve data from it. However the data returned can be a list of contact details with each contact detail containing 7 properties. I would like to use the Json utils to de-serialize the response into an object I can use in Robot Studio but I don't know how to create the object and consume it in Pega.
I have attempted to create the objects in a script component but while the script reports valid, I get errors at runtime.
I have tried creating partial classes in a related DLL but I can't figure out how to access them in Pega. Does anyone have a guide or example I can reference so I can make this work?
Thanks
Pegasystems Inc.
US
@EliS2905 In order for this to work, you'll need a reference to the libraries (and any of their supporting libraries) of the object type in your solution. I am assuming based on your description that it is a cutom type and not a .Net type or other object type included in .Net by default. If not, you'll want to place those libraries either in the installation folder for Studio or in %AppData%\Pegasystems\PublicAssemblies. Once you have your libraries there, you should be able to add a reference to them. If the libraries use other libraries, those may not get automatically deployed, so you may have to attach the additional libraries to your deployment manually (got to the properties for your main project and select the Application tab and attach them under Miscellaneous Files). Any of the assemblies referenced should get included in the deployment package automatically.
I am attaching a sample solution where I created a random object (I attached the source for it as well, but you'll need Visual Studio to build it) and an example of how you might serialize it and deserialize it. I am not sure what type of object your API call is returning, but you'll need to know that in order to Deserialize it. The DLL (the one you need to copy to the installation folder for Studio or %AppData%\Pegasystems\PublicAssemblies) is inside the zip file.
@EliS2905 In order for this to work, you'll need a reference to the libraries (and any of their supporting libraries) of the object type in your solution. I am assuming based on your description that it is a cutom type and not a .Net type or other object type included in .Net by default. If not, you'll want to place those libraries either in the installation folder for Studio or in %AppData%\Pegasystems\PublicAssemblies. Once you have your libraries there, you should be able to add a reference to them. If the libraries use other libraries, those may not get automatically deployed, so you may have to attach the additional libraries to your deployment manually (got to the properties for your main project and select the Application tab and attach them under Miscellaneous Files). Any of the assemblies referenced should get included in the deployment package automatically.
I am attaching a sample solution where I created a random object (I attached the source for it as well, but you'll need Visual Studio to build it) and an example of how you might serialize it and deserialize it. I am not sure what type of object your API call is returning, but you'll need to know that in order to Deserialize it. The DLL (the one you need to copy to the installation folder for Studio or %AppData%\Pegasystems\PublicAssemblies) is inside the zip file.
Another option is that you might just be getting back JSON and can use the JSONUtils to parse it and extract what you need from it. If you attach an example of your JSON, we could certainly take a look.
BCBS Florida
US
We are using C# to create a .net class. When I say custom I just mean with our own unique list of properties. all the properites are your standard string, datetime or numeric datatypes. My colleague is attemting to do something similar and has created a method that takes in a data row from a datarow collection proxy and is attempting to convert that to an object for easy processing. the class in question has 22 properties in it.
When we attempt to use this object, everything looks fin in Visual Studio but we get the following errors when attempting to debug
we use Pega studio plugin and have the full Visual studio so our solution looks similar to yours where we have the c# and Pega praojects part of a single solution with the pega project referencing the c# project
Pegasystems Inc.
US
@EliS2905 It seems like your Runtime machine is missing one or more of your required DLLs. When you deploy your package, make sure to include all of the required files. To do this;
- Right-click the project in the "Solution Explorer" window and select "Properties".
- Select the "Application" tab and edit the "Miscellaneous Files" property and add any of the DLLs that are not already added.
Optionally, you can manually setup your Runtime machine ahead of time with all of your required DLLs copied into the installation folder.