Models imported with a URL do not get loaded

[jeromesimeon]

When updating a model file with a new import with a from URL the model manager does not load the model.

E.g.,

Starting from the hello world template, and adding this line:

import org.accordproject.address.PostalAddress from https://models.accordproject.org/address.cto

Does not provide access too the address type.

[dselman]

Just found this one as well. We need to call: https://github.com/hyperledger/composer-concerto/blob/master/lib/modelmanager.js#L310

Ideally we would only call this if the list of external imports had changed for the model file:
https://github.com/hyperledger/composer-concerto/blob/master/lib/introspect/modelfile.js#L180

As it is quite costly (downloads external imports and then validates all model files).

[norweis]

I also found that most model imports do not work properly. I needed to copy the contents of the URL into the model.

[jeromesimeon]

I also found that most model imports do not work properly. I needed to copy the contents of the URL into the model.

Could you be more specific and provide an example, please?

[norweis]

Okay, already 3 people posted examples for this long time error in #152, #177, and this one.

Here is a forth example for a model.cto file:
import org.accordproject.address.PostalAddress from https://models.accordproject.org/address.cto

It reports:
[Change Model] Namespace is not defined for type org.accordproject.address.PostalAddress File 'model/model.cto'

The URL is valid, since one can download the address.cto.
If you try other imports from the model lib https://models.accordproject.org/, most of them fail.

[jeromesimeon]

Okay, already 3 people posted examples for this long time error in #152, #177, and this one.

Here is a forth example for a model.cto file:
import org.accordproject.address.PostalAddress from https://models.accordproject.org/address.cto

It reports:
[Change Model] Namespace is not defined for type org.accordproject.address.PostalAddress File 'model/model.cto'

The URL is valid, since one can download the address.cto.
If you try other imports from the model lib https://models.accordproject.org/, most of them fail.

I'm trying to understand if your report is a new issue, or an existing one. This is the same issue as previously recorded, correct?

[norweis]

It seems to be the same issue as this one and its possible duplicates in #152, #177, so I did not open a forth issue for this error.

[jeromesimeon]

It seems to be the same issue as this one and its possible duplicates in #152, #177, so I did not open a forth issue for this error.

@norweis Just FYI: development / maintenance of template studio has been on hold for a while. For more active development we recommend the VSCode plugin which is more robust.