diff --git a/qqq-backend-core/src/main/java/com/kingsrook/qqq/backend/core/instances/loaders/implementations/QStepDataLoader.java b/qqq-backend-core/src/main/java/com/kingsrook/qqq/backend/core/instances/loaders/implementations/QStepDataLoader.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..6333389b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/qqq-backend-core/src/main/java/com/kingsrook/qqq/backend/core/instances/loaders/implementations/QStepDataLoader.java
@@ -0,0 +1,85 @@
+/*
+ * QQQ - Low-code Application Framework for Engineers.
+ * Copyright (C) 2021-2024. Kingsrook, LLC
+ * 651 N Broad St Ste 205 # 6917 | Middletown DE 19709 | United States
+ * contact@kingsrook.com
+ * https://github.com/Kingsrook/
+ *
+ * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as
+ * published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the
+ * License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+ * GNU Affero General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
+ * along with this program. If not, see .
+ */
+
+package com.kingsrook.qqq.backend.core.instances.loaders.implementations;
+
+
+import java.util.Map;
+import com.kingsrook.qqq.backend.core.instances.loaders.AbstractMetaDataLoader;
+import com.kingsrook.qqq.backend.core.instances.loaders.LoadingContext;
+import com.kingsrook.qqq.backend.core.instances.loaders.QMetaDataLoaderException;
+import com.kingsrook.qqq.backend.core.logging.QLogger;
+import com.kingsrook.qqq.backend.core.model.metadata.QInstance;
+import com.kingsrook.qqq.backend.core.model.metadata.processes.QBackendStepMetaData;
+import com.kingsrook.qqq.backend.core.model.metadata.processes.QFrontendStepMetaData;
+import com.kingsrook.qqq.backend.core.model.metadata.processes.QStepMetaData;
+import com.kingsrook.qqq.backend.core.utils.StringUtils;
+import com.kingsrook.qqq.backend.core.utils.ValueUtils;
+
+
+/*******************************************************************************
+ **
+ *******************************************************************************/
+public class QStepDataLoader extends AbstractMetaDataLoader
+{
+ private static final QLogger LOG = QLogger.getLogger(QStepDataLoader.class);
+
+
+
+ /***************************************************************************
+ **
+ ***************************************************************************/
+ @Override
+ public QStepMetaData mapToMetaDataObject(QInstance qInstance, Map map, LoadingContext context) throws QMetaDataLoaderException
+ {
+ String stepType = ValueUtils.getValueAsString(map.get("stepType"));
+
+ if(!StringUtils.hasContent(stepType))
+ {
+ throw (new QMetaDataLoaderException("stepType was not specified for process step"));
+ }
+
+ QStepMetaData step;
+ if("backend".equalsIgnoreCase(stepType))
+ {
+ step = new QBackendStepMetaData();
+ reflectivelyMap(qInstance, step, map, context);
+ }
+ else if("frontend".equalsIgnoreCase(stepType))
+ {
+ step = new QFrontendStepMetaData();
+ reflectivelyMap(qInstance, step, map, context);
+ }
+ // todo - we have custom factory methods for this, so, maybe needs all custom loader?
+ // else if("stateMachine".equalsIgnoreCase(stepType))
+ // {
+ // step = new QStateMachineStep();
+ // reflectivelyMap(qInstance, step, map, context);
+ // }
+ else
+ {
+ throw (new QMetaDataLoaderException("Unsupported step stepType: " + stepType));
+ }
+
+ return (step);
+ }
+
+}
diff --git a/qqq-backend-core/src/main/java/com/kingsrook/qqq/backend/core/model/metadata/processes/QFrontendComponentMetaData.java b/qqq-backend-core/src/main/java/com/kingsrook/qqq/backend/core/model/metadata/processes/QFrontendComponentMetaData.java
index aa5a1f6e..35b8316c 100644
--- a/qqq-backend-core/src/main/java/com/kingsrook/qqq/backend/core/model/metadata/processes/QFrontendComponentMetaData.java
+++ b/qqq-backend-core/src/main/java/com/kingsrook/qqq/backend/core/model/metadata/processes/QFrontendComponentMetaData.java
@@ -25,12 +25,13 @@ package com.kingsrook.qqq.backend.core.model.metadata.processes;
import java.io.Serializable;
import java.util.HashMap;
import java.util.Map;
+import com.kingsrook.qqq.backend.core.model.metadata.QMetaDataObject;
/*******************************************************************************
** Definition of a UI component in a frontend process steps.
*******************************************************************************/
-public class QFrontendComponentMetaData
+public class QFrontendComponentMetaData implements QMetaDataObject
{
private QComponentType type;
diff --git a/qqq-backend-core/src/main/java/com/kingsrook/qqq/backend/core/model/metadata/processes/QProcessMetaData.java b/qqq-backend-core/src/main/java/com/kingsrook/qqq/backend/core/model/metadata/processes/QProcessMetaData.java
index 8bb459ef..41985ae1 100644
--- a/qqq-backend-core/src/main/java/com/kingsrook/qqq/backend/core/model/metadata/processes/QProcessMetaData.java
+++ b/qqq-backend-core/src/main/java/com/kingsrook/qqq/backend/core/model/metadata/processes/QProcessMetaData.java
@@ -325,7 +325,7 @@ public class QProcessMetaData implements QAppChildMetaData, MetaDataWithPermissi
*******************************************************************************/
public void setStepList(List stepList)
{
- this.stepList = stepList;
+ withStepList(stepList);
}
diff --git a/qqq-backend-core/src/main/java/com/kingsrook/qqq/backend/core/model/metadata/processes/QStateMachineStep.java b/qqq-backend-core/src/main/java/com/kingsrook/qqq/backend/core/model/metadata/processes/QStateMachineStep.java
index dd370142..6f47893e 100644
--- a/qqq-backend-core/src/main/java/com/kingsrook/qqq/backend/core/model/metadata/processes/QStateMachineStep.java
+++ b/qqq-backend-core/src/main/java/com/kingsrook/qqq/backend/core/model/metadata/processes/QStateMachineStep.java
@@ -185,4 +185,25 @@ public class QStateMachineStep extends QStepMetaData
return (rs);
}
+
+ /*******************************************************************************
+ ** Setter for subSteps
+ *******************************************************************************/
+ public void setSubSteps(List subSteps)
+ {
+ this.subSteps = subSteps;
+ }
+
+
+
+ /*******************************************************************************
+ ** Fluent setter for subSteps
+ *******************************************************************************/
+ public QStateMachineStep withSubSteps(List subSteps)
+ {
+ this.subSteps = subSteps;
+ return (this);
+ }
+
+
}
diff --git a/qqq-backend-core/src/main/java/com/kingsrook/qqq/backend/core/model/metadata/processes/QStepMetaData.java b/qqq-backend-core/src/main/java/com/kingsrook/qqq/backend/core/model/metadata/processes/QStepMetaData.java
index d2d12545..52e7c624 100644
--- a/qqq-backend-core/src/main/java/com/kingsrook/qqq/backend/core/model/metadata/processes/QStepMetaData.java
+++ b/qqq-backend-core/src/main/java/com/kingsrook/qqq/backend/core/model/metadata/processes/QStepMetaData.java
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.List;
import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonIgnore;
import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.annotation.JsonDeserialize;
+import com.kingsrook.qqq.backend.core.model.metadata.QMetaDataObject;
import com.kingsrook.qqq.backend.core.model.metadata.fields.QFieldMetaData;
import com.kingsrook.qqq.backend.core.model.metadata.serialization.QStepMetaDataDeserializer;
@@ -37,7 +38,7 @@ import com.kingsrook.qqq.backend.core.model.metadata.serialization.QStepMetaData
**
*******************************************************************************/
@JsonDeserialize(using = QStepMetaDataDeserializer.class)
-public abstract class QStepMetaData
+public abstract class QStepMetaData implements QMetaDataObject
{
private String name;
private String label;
diff --git a/qqq-backend-core/src/test/java/com/kingsrook/qqq/backend/core/instances/loaders/QProcessMetaDataLoaderTest.java b/qqq-backend-core/src/test/java/com/kingsrook/qqq/backend/core/instances/loaders/QProcessMetaDataLoaderTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..edde858d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/qqq-backend-core/src/test/java/com/kingsrook/qqq/backend/core/instances/loaders/QProcessMetaDataLoaderTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,103 @@
+/*
+ * QQQ - Low-code Application Framework for Engineers.
+ * Copyright (C) 2021-2024. Kingsrook, LLC
+ * 651 N Broad St Ste 205 # 6917 | Middletown DE 19709 | United States
+ * contact@kingsrook.com
+ * https://github.com/Kingsrook/
+ *
+ * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as
+ * published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the
+ * License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+ * GNU Affero General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
+ * along with this program. If not, see .
+ */
+
+package com.kingsrook.qqq.backend.core.instances.loaders;
+
+
+import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;
+import java.util.Map;
+import com.kingsrook.qqq.backend.core.BaseTest;
+import com.kingsrook.qqq.backend.core.model.metadata.QInstance;
+import com.kingsrook.qqq.backend.core.model.metadata.fields.QFieldType;
+import com.kingsrook.qqq.backend.core.model.metadata.processes.QBackendStepMetaData;
+import com.kingsrook.qqq.backend.core.model.metadata.processes.QComponentType;
+import com.kingsrook.qqq.backend.core.model.metadata.processes.QFrontendStepMetaData;
+import com.kingsrook.qqq.backend.core.model.metadata.processes.QProcessMetaData;
+import com.kingsrook.qqq.backend.core.utils.CollectionUtils;
+import org.apache.commons.io.IOUtils;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertEquals;
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertNotNull;
+
+
+/*******************************************************************************
+ ** Unit test for loading a QProcessMetaData (doesn't need its own loader yet,
+ ** but is still a valuable high-level test target).
+ *******************************************************************************/
+class QProcessMetaDataLoaderTest extends BaseTest
+{
+
+
+ /*******************************************************************************
+ **
+ *******************************************************************************/
+ @Test
+ void testYaml() throws QMetaDataLoaderException
+ {
+ ClassDetectingMetaDataLoader metaDataLoader = new ClassDetectingMetaDataLoader();
+ QProcessMetaData process = (QProcessMetaData) metaDataLoader.fileToMetaDataObject(new QInstance(), IOUtils.toInputStream("""
+ class: QProcessMetaData
+ version: 1.0
+ name: myProcess
+ stepList:
+ - name: myBackendStep
+ stepType: backend
+ code:
+ name: com.kingsrook.test.processes.MyBackendStep
+ - name: myFrontendStep
+ stepType: frontend
+ components:
+ - type: HELP_TEXT
+ values:
+ foo: bar
+ - type: VIEW_FORM
+ viewFields:
+ - name: myField
+ type: STRING
+ - name: yourField
+ type: DATE
+ """, StandardCharsets.UTF_8), "myProcess.yaml");
+
+ CollectionUtils.nonNullList(metaDataLoader.getProblems()).forEach(System.out::println);
+
+ assertEquals("myProcess", process.getName());
+ assertEquals(2, process.getAllSteps().size());
+
+ QBackendStepMetaData myBackendStep = process.getBackendStep("myBackendStep");
+ assertNotNull(myBackendStep, "myBackendStep should not be null");
+ // todo - propagate this? assertEquals("myBackendStep", myBackendStep.getName());
+ assertEquals("com.kingsrook.test.processes.MyBackendStep", myBackendStep.getCode().getName());
+
+ QFrontendStepMetaData myFrontendStep = process.getFrontendStep("myFrontendStep");
+ assertNotNull(myFrontendStep, "myFrontendStep should not be null");
+ assertEquals(2, myFrontendStep.getComponents().size());
+ assertEquals(QComponentType.HELP_TEXT, myFrontendStep.getComponents().get(0).getType());
+ assertEquals(Map.of("foo", "bar"), myFrontendStep.getComponents().get(0).getValues());
+ assertEquals(QComponentType.VIEW_FORM, myFrontendStep.getComponents().get(1).getType());
+
+ assertEquals(2, myFrontendStep.getViewFields().size());
+ assertEquals("myField", myFrontendStep.getViewFields().get(0).getName());
+ assertEquals(QFieldType.STRING, myFrontendStep.getViewFields().get(0).getType());
+ assertEquals("yourField", myFrontendStep.getViewFields().get(1).getName());
+ assertEquals(QFieldType.DATE, myFrontendStep.getViewFields().get(1).getType());
+ }
+
+}
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