SEBA-420 rename varchar to text; validation on max_length
Change-Id: I71791d27024260572e552936d39cb1f07ddaab38
diff --git a/lib/xos-genx/xosgenx/jinja2_extensions/base.py b/lib/xos-genx/xosgenx/jinja2_extensions/base.py
index 7e10e7d..fd4808e 100644
--- a/lib/xos-genx/xosgenx/jinja2_extensions/base.py
+++ b/lib/xos-genx/xosgenx/jinja2_extensions/base.py
@@ -318,15 +318,13 @@
def xproto_string_type(xptags):
- # FIXME: this try/except block assigns but never uses max_length?
- # try:
- # max_length = eval(xptags["max_length"])
- # except BaseException:
- # max_length = 1024
-
- if "varchar" not in xptags:
+ if "text" not in xptags:
+ # String fields have a mandatory maximum length.
+ # They are intended for relatively short strings.
return "string"
else:
+ # Text fields have an optional maximuim length.
+ # They are intended for long, potentially multiline strings.
return "text"