Purge requests: Parent field

This rule enforces that all Purge methods have a string parent field in the request message, as mandated in AIP-165, unless the resource is top-level.

Details

This rule looks at any message matching Purge*Request and complains if either the parent field is missing, or if it has any type other than string.

This rule is skipped for top-level resources, since they have no parent.

Examples

Incorrect code for this rule:

// Incorrect.
// Should include a `string parent` field.
message PurgeBooksRequest {
  string filter = 2 [(google.api.field_behavior) = REQUIRED];

  bool force = 3;
}

// Incorrect.
message PurgeBooksRequest {
  // Field type should be `string`.
  bytes parent = 1 [
    (google.api.field_behavior) = REQUIRED,
    (google.api.resource_reference).child_type = "library.googleapis.com/Book"
  ];

  string filter = 2 [(google.api.field_behavior) = REQUIRED];

  bool force = 3;
}

Correct code for this rule:

// Correct.
message PurgeBooksRequest {
  string parent = 1 [
    (google.api.field_behavior) = REQUIRED,
    (google.api.resource_reference).child_type = "library.googleapis.com/Book"
  ];

  string filter = 2 [(google.api.field_behavior) = REQUIRED];

  bool force = 3;
}

Disabling

If you need to violate this rule, use a leading comment above the message (if the parent field is missing) or above the field (if it is the wrong type). Remember to also include an aip.dev/not-precedent comment explaining why.

message PurgeBooksRequest {
  // (-- api-linter: core::0165::request-parent-field=disabled
  //     aip.dev/not-precedent: We need to do this because reasons. --)
  bytes parent = 1 [
    (google.api.field_behavior) = REQUIRED,
    (google.api.resource_reference).child_type = "library.googleapis.com/Book"
  ];

  string filter = 2 [(google.api.field_behavior) = REQUIRED];

  bool force = 3;
}

If you need to violate this rule for an entire file, place the comment at the top of the file.