Import a jdl definition which uses User entity

[lrkwz]

Overview of the issue

I wish to use the User entity in order to associate each User with a Customer.

JDL-Importing such a definition generates an error

$ yo jhipster:import-jdl jhipster-jdl.jh
The jdl is being parsed.
Error jhipster:import-jdl jhipster-jdl.jh 

ERROR! Error while parsing entities from JDL
[object Object]

further inspecting the error is In the relationship between User and Customer, User is not declared.

Reproduce the error

1. yo jhipster to produce a basic project
2. Create jhipster-jdl.jh

    relationship OneToMany{
        User{customer} to Customer
     } 
    entity Customer {

        legalName String required
        birthDate LocalDate
        vatid String
        business Boolean required
    }

1. Import $ yo jhipster:import-jdl jhipster-jdl.jh

   JHipster Version(s)

BTW I'm quite sure it is a regression bug.

test-customer@0.0.0 /home/lrkwz/generator-jhipster-extend-user
└── generator-jhipster@3.5.1 

JHipster configuration, a .yo-rc.json file generated in the root folder

{
  "generator-jhipster": {
    "jhipsterVersion": "3.5.1",
    "baseName": "test_customer",
    "packageName": "com.mycompany.myapp",
    "packageFolder": "com/mycompany/myapp",
    "serverPort": "8080",
    "authenticationType": "jwt",
    "hibernateCache": "ehcache",
    "clusteredHttpSession": "no",
    "websocket": "no",
    "databaseType": "sql",
    "devDatabaseType": "h2Disk",
    "prodDatabaseType": "mysql",
    "searchEngine": "no",
    "buildTool": "maven",
    "enableSocialSignIn": false,
    "jwtSecretKey": "308c83521a7f64cc27d75631dc2d1844913fe224",
    "useSass": false,
    "applicationType": "monolith",
    "testFrameworks": [
      "gatling"
    ],
    "jhiPrefix": "jhi",
    "enableTranslation": true,
    "nativeLanguage": "en",
    "languages": [
      "en",
      "it"
    ]
  }
}

Entity configuration(s) entityName.json files generated in the .jhipster directory

Browsers and Operating System

java version "1.8.0_45" Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.8.0_45-b14) Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (build 25.45-b02, mixed mode)

git version 1.9.1

node: v4.2.1

npm: 3.10.5

bower: 1.7.9

gulp: [14:40:57] CLI version 1.2.2 [14:40:57] Local version 3.9.1

yeoman: 1.7.1

Docker version 1.11.2, build b9f10c9

docker-compose version 1.7.1, build 0a9ab35

[lrkwz]

BTW Using

$ jhipster-uml jhipster-jdl.jh 

somehow leads to a result.

[jdubois]

This looks like a JDL issue -> can you move this ticket to the jhipster/jhipster-core project ?

[jdubois]

Closing this because this should be JDL bug -> please link to this ticket when you re-open it on jhipster/jhipster-core

[lrkwz]

Moved to https://github.com/jhipster/jhipster-core/issues/52

[deepu105]

Relationship from User entity is not supported by JHipster and JDL and its clearly documented as well

You can only do relationships to User entity that too only many-to-one, one-to-one and many-to-many and User cannot be owner in any of these case

relationship OneToMany{
        User{customer} to Customer
     }