[BUG] Entity element with named struct type not correctly reflected in generated types

[stockbal]

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Nature of Your Project

TypeScript

Current Behavior

Let's assume the following sample model.

// schema.cds

type Author {
  firstName : String;
  lastName : String;
}

entity Books : cuid, managed {
  title : String;
  author : Author;
}

// index.ts

export function _AuthorAspect<TBase extends new (...args: any[]) => object>(Base: TBase) {
  return class Author extends Base {
    firstName?: string | null
    lastName?: string | null
  };
}
export class Author extends _AuthorAspect(__.Entity) {}

export function _BookAspect<TBase extends new (...args: any[]) => object>(Base: TBase) {
  return class Book extends _._managedAspect(_._cuidAspect(Base)) {
    declare title?: string | null
    declare author?: Author | null
  };
}

If we look at the generated Book type, we expect to be able to access the author information with the name author. Unfortunately this is not possible as the CDS runtime is flattening the author element down to

• author_firstName
• author_lastName

Therefore the generated types for element author are not usable.

Expected Behavior

The generated types correctly reflect the CDS model during runtime

export function _BookAspect<TBase extends new (...args: any[]) => object>(Base: TBase) {
  return class Book extends _._managedAspect(_._cuidAspect(Base)) {
    declare title?: string | null
    declare author_firstName?: string | null
    declare author_lastName?: string | null
  };
}

Steps To Reproduce

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Environment

- **OS**: Win 11, WSL 2, Ubuntu 22.04.4
- **Node**: 20.16.0
- **npm**: 10.8.2
- **cds-typer**: 0.27.0
- **cds**: 8.2.3

Repository Containing a Minimal Reproducible Example

https://github.com/stockbal/cap-samples/tree/typer-playground?tab=readme-ov-file#named-type-definitions-as-elements-not-reflected-correctly-in-class-properties

Anything else?

I provided a fix with PR #346.

[stockbal]

The fix in #346 currently works only by setting the option inlineDeclarations to flat. This would be another opportunity to revisit this CLI option, as both inline and named struct type elements result in erroneous generated types, when option structured is used.

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