Structured Facts

[jortel]

There is a requirement to display structured fact values using UI widgets instead of raw YAML.
The fact value is first and foremost data and its value just not be diluted with display information.

The simplest and most flexible approach is for the UI to inspect the structure and match it to one of its supported types.

• string
• int
• map
• Array of string - Single column table.
• Single: Array of map - Table with each key in the map as a column.
• Multiple: Array of map - Tab (for each key) each containing a table.

Display YAML when structure not matched.

Example Fact=JPA

has a structure of 2 tabs (Session Factory, Entities) each containing a table.

---
sessionFactory:
  - name: JTA-unit
    configuration: test-app.war/MTA-INF/persistence.xml
    version: 2
entities:
  - name: Thing
    entity: file://entity.xml