Introduced a new debug flag for quick handling of errors

packages/oslo-converter-uml-ea/lib/EaUmlConversionServiceRunner.ts

@@ -6,44 +6,57 @@ import { container } from './config/DependencyInjectionConfig';
 import type { EaUmlConverterConfiguration } from './config/EaUmlConverterConfiguration';
 import type { EaUmlConversionService } from './EaUmlConversionService';
 
-export class EaUmlConversionServiceRunner extends AppRunner<EaUmlConversionService, EaUmlConverterConfiguration> {
+export class EaUmlConversionServiceRunner extends AppRunner<
+  EaUmlConversionService,
+  EaUmlConverterConfiguration
+> {
   public async runCli(argv: CliArgv): Promise<void> {
     const yargv = yargs(argv.slice(2))
       .usage('node ./bin/runner.js [args]')
       .option('umlFile', { describe: 'URL or local path to an EAP file.' })
-      .option('diagramName', { describe: 'Name of the diagram within the EAP file.' })
-      .option('outputFile',
-        {
-          describe: 'Name of the output file (default: console).',
-        })
-      .option('versionId', { describe: 'Relative URI used to identify this document.' })
-      .option('outputFormat',
-        {
-          describe: 'RDF content-type in which the output must be written or to the console.',
-          choices: ['application/ld+json', 'application/trig'],
-          default: 'application/ld+json',
-        })
-      .option('publicationEnvironment',
-        {
-          describe: 'The base URI of environment where the document will be published',
-        })
-      .option('silent',
-        {
-          describe: 'All logs are suppressed',
-          default: false,
-          boolean: true,
-        })
+      .option('diagramName', {
+        describe: 'Name of the diagram within the EAP file.',
+      })
+      .option('outputFile', {
+        describe: 'Name of the output file (default: console).',
+      })
+      .option('versionId', {
+        describe: 'Relative URI used to identify this document.',
+      })
+      .option('outputFormat', {
+        describe:
+          'RDF content-type in which the output must be written or to the console.',
+        choices: ['application/ld+json', 'application/trig'],
+        default: 'application/ld+json',
+      })
+      .option('publicationEnvironment', {
+        describe:
+          'The base URI of environment where the document will be published',
+      })
+      .option('silent', {
+        describe: 'All logs are suppressed',
+        default: false,
+        boolean: true,
+      })
       .option('logLevel', {
         describe: 'Log only if level is less than or equal to this level',
         default: 'info',
         choices: LOG_LEVELS,
       })
-      .demandOption(['umlFile', 'diagramName', 'versionId', 'publicationEnvironment'],
-        'Please provide the necessary arguments to work with this tool.')
+      .option('debug', {
+        describe:
+          'A flag to enable debug mode which is more resilient to errors',
+        default: false,
+        boolean: true,
+      })
+      .demandOption(
+        ['umlFile', 'diagramName', 'versionId', 'publicationEnvironment'],
+        'Please provide the necessary arguments to work with this tool.',
+      )
       .help('h')
       .alias('h', 'help');
 
     const params = await yargv.parse();
-    this.startApp(params, container).catch(error => console.error(error));
+    this.startApp(params, container).catch((error) => console.error(error));
   }
 }

packages/oslo-converter-uml-ea/lib/config/EaUmlConverterConfiguration.ts

@@ -32,6 +32,10 @@ export class EaUmlConverterConfiguration implements IConfiguration {
    * The base URI of the environment where the document will be published
    */
   private _publicationEnvironment: string | undefined;
+  /**
+   * A boolean to enable debug mode which is more resilient to errors
+   */
+  private _debug: boolean | undefined;
 
   public async createFromCli(params: YargsParams): Promise<void> {
     this._umlFile = <string>params.umlFile;
@@ -40,6 +44,7 @@ export class EaUmlConverterConfiguration implements IConfiguration {
     this._versionId = <string>params.versionId;
     this._outputFormat = <string>params.outputFormat;
     this._publicationEnvironment = <string>params.publicationEnvironment;
+    this._debug = <boolean>params.debug;
   }
 
   public get umlFile(): string {
@@ -51,36 +56,50 @@ export class EaUmlConverterConfiguration implements IConfiguration {
 
   public get diagramName(): string {
     if (!this._diagramName) {
-      throw new Error(`Trying to access property "diagramName" before it was set.`);
+      throw new Error(
+        `Trying to access property "diagramName" before it was set.`
+      );
     }
     return this._diagramName;
   }
 
   public get outputFile(): string {
     if (!this._outputFile) {
-      throw new Error(`Trying to access property "outputFile" before it was set.`);
+      throw new Error(
+        `Trying to access property "outputFile" before it was set.`
+      );
     }
     return this._outputFile;
   }
 
   public get versionId(): string {
     if (!this._versionId) {
-      throw new Error(`Trying to access property "versionId" before it was set.`);
+      throw new Error(
+        `Trying to access property "versionId" before it was set.`
+      );
     }
     return this._versionId;
   }
 
   public get outputFormat(): string {
     if (!this._outputFormat) {
-      throw new Error(`Trying to access property "outputFormat" before it was set.`);
+      throw new Error(
+        `Trying to access property "outputFormat" before it was set.`
+      );
     }
     return this._outputFormat;
   }
 
   public get publicationEnvironment(): string {
     if (!this._publicationEnvironment) {
-      throw new Error(`Trying to access property "publicationEnvironment" before it was set.`);
+      throw new Error(
+        `Trying to access property "publicationEnvironment" before it was set.`
+      );
     }
     return this._publicationEnvironment;
   }
+
+  public get debug(): boolean {
+    return !!this._debug;
+  }
 }

packages/oslo-converter-uml-ea/lib/converter-handlers/AttributeConverterHandler.ts

@@ -298,10 +298,10 @@ export class AttributeConverterHandler extends ConverterHandler<EaAttribute> {
       }
     }
 
-    if (!rangeURI) {
-      throw new Error(
-        `[AttributeConverterHandler]: Unable to get the URI for the range of attribute (${object.path}).`
-      );
+    // https://vlaamseoverheid.atlassian.net/browse/SDTT-344
+    // Needed a way to log errors without throwing them so that the conversion process can continue
+    if (this.handleRangeError(object, rangeURI)) {
+      return [];
     }
 
     quads.push(
@@ -362,6 +362,22 @@ export class AttributeConverterHandler extends ConverterHandler<EaAttribute> {
     return quads;
   }
 
+  private handleRangeError(
+    object: EaAttribute,
+    rangeURI: string | null
+  ): boolean {
+    if (!rangeURI) {
+      const error: string = `[AttributeConverterHandler]: Unable to determine the range for attribute (${object.path}).`;
+      if (this.config.debug) {
+        this.logger.error(error);
+        return true;
+      } else {
+        throw new Error(error);
+      }
+    }
+    return false;
+  }
+
   private getDatatypeQuads(
     rangeInternalId: RDF.NamedNode,
     rangeAssignedURI: RDF.NamedNode,

packages/oslo-converter-uml-ea/package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@oslo-flanders/ea-converter",
-  "version": "0.0.34-alpha.0",
+  "version": "0.0.35-alpha.0",
   "description": "Transform an Enterprise Architect UML diagram to RDF",
   "author": "Digitaal Vlaanderen <https://data.vlaanderen.be/id/organisatie/OVO002949>",
   "homepage": "https://github.com/informatievlaanderen/OSLO-UML-Transformer/tree/main/packages/oslo-converter-uml-ea#readme",