Is there a way to allow any type of dictionary/object as an input variable?
I have a module to create cron expressions with lambda and I’m trying to add a variable to take in a dictionary to pass into the resource call.
I’d like just allow any dictionary of any length. With any type for the keys and values in it.
Initially, I tried just:
variable vars {
type = object
}
But that isn’t allowed.
Right now I just have the type empty, so it will accept anything, but that doesn’t seem like good practice.
>Solution :
Ideally this would be the complex type map(any) to specify it must be a map with any type nested. However, you state that:
I’d like just allow any dictionary of any length. With any type for the keys and values in it.
Unfortunately there is a stipulation that map(any) type for a variable declaration must have a consistent structure across all values for the entries. Therefore, you could use map(any) if the input structure is consistent like:
{
"one" = { "a_key" = "a_value", "another_key" = "another_value" },
"two" = { "a_key" = "value", "another_key" = "the_value" },
}
However an inconsistent structure:
{
"one" = { "another_key" = "another_value" },
"two" = { "a_key" = "value", "another_key" = 0 },
}
would force the any type, which is the least restrictive and what you stated you did not want, but it is your only option in that situation.