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@cap-handler/generator
Interactive generator for CAP event handlers: reads the model through the reflection API, asks which service, target and phase, then writes the handler file and wires the import and registration into the service implementation.
It covers entities, bound and unbound actions and functions, detects TypeScript or JavaScript from the project, and creates a minimal service implementation if none exists. The registration wiring is the part usually forgotten.
Facts
Latestv0.2.0ReleasedLicenceMIT License
Where it sits
Lives in
Provides
GeneratorsCAPGeneratorsGetting from nothing to a project that runs, and from a project that runs to one that has the piece you just decided you need. Two different moments: the first is a one-time decision about layout, the second recurs for the life of the project.
Requires
@sap/cds≥ 8@sap/cdsThe peer range, as published.
Who is behind it
schmitt-p
What it declares
Every artifact
- Type
- Generator
- Origin
- Independently maintained
- Runtime
- build time
As a generator
- Declared for
- >=8
- Generates
- Code or test data
- Run with
- cds addIts own command
- Distributed through
- npm
Connections
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NodeRelationBasis
Functional
GeneratorsGeneratorsStarting a project, and adding pieces to one that runsSAP and community, narrow by design
provides
authored
provides Generators
Starting a project, and adding pieces to one that runs
Download
Install
npm add @cap-handler/generatorDerived from the package name. No recipe recorded; the README has the configuration.
README
quoted from @cap-handler/generator@0.2.0, read@cap-handler/generator@0.2.0/README.mdthe maintainer’s wordsOn npm
@cap-handler/generator
Interactive generator for SAP CAP event handlers. It reads the CDS model via the reflection
API, lets you pick a target (entity, bound/unbound action or function), creates the handler
files and wires up the imports + registrations in the service implementation. If the
implementation is missing, it's scaffolded — preferably via the real cds add handler
(from @sap/cds-dk), falling back to a minimal built-in skeleton if that's unavailable.
- CRUD events, Fiori draft events (
NEW,EDIT,PATCH,SAVE,DISCARD) and bound/unbound actions & functions - JavaScript (CommonJS or ESM) and TypeScript with typed handlers via
cds-typer - Works for both the "old" (CAP ≤ 9, CommonJS) and the "new" (CAP 10, ESM) project layout — see CAP version compatibility
History
Others providing
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- com.sap.cds:cds-maven-plugincom.sap.cds:cds-maven-pluginThe Maven plugin that runs CDS build steps in a CAP Java project: compiling the model, generating typed Java accessor interfaces and adding facets to an existing project.sap official, capMaven plugin running CDS build steps in a CAP Java project
- com.sap.cds:cds-services-archetypecom.sap.cds:cds-services-archetypeA Maven archetype that generates a new CAP Java project: a Spring Boot service with a starter CDS model, wired to the CDS Maven plugin for its build.sap official, capMaven archetype generating a new CAP Java project
- @khalidmh/capx@khalidmh/capxAn opinionated installer for CAP Node.js projects — asks a short set of questions, runs cds init, adds the chosen facets, then writes the configuration and starter files that make those choices work together.independent, capInteractive project installer for CAP Node.js
- Joule in SAP Build CodeJoule in SAP Build CodeJoule's generative AI inside SAP Build Code, pitched as "optimized for Java and JavaScript application development": opened from SAP Business Application Studio's activity bar, slash commands generate a CAP data model, services, sample data, business logic and a Fiori elements UI.sap official, capJoule's generative AI inside SAP Build Code
- @sap/cds-dk@sap/cds-dkThe command line client and development toolkit for CAP projects, with the commands cds build, cds deploy, cds watch and cds add among them.sap official, capCommand line client and development toolkit for CAP
- @sap/generator-cap-project@sap/generator-cap-projectThe CAP project generator behind SAP Business Application Studio's wizard; its readme says it is meant to be used only there.sap official, capCAP project generator behind SAP Business Application Studio's wizard
- @sap/generator-cds@sap/generator-cdsA CDS project generator, deprecated by its own readme in favour of installing @sap/cds-dk globally.sap official, capCDS project generator, deprecated in favour of @sap/cds-dk
- @sap-ux/cap-config-writer@sap-ux/cap-config-writerSAP's writer module for changing a CAP project's configuration from code, so a tool can add a UI5 app to a project that already exists, returning a mem-fs editor whose commit writes the changes.sap official, capWriter module for changing a CAP project's configuration from code
- @sap-ux/create@sap-ux/createSAP Fiori tools as a command: npx @sap-ux/create changes the features of a Fiori project that already exists, through its add, generate, convert, remove, update and change subcommands.sap official, ui5Command line for changing features of an existing Fiori project
- @sap-ux/fe-fpm-writer@sap-ux/fe-fpm-writerA library that writes flexible programming model elements, such as a custom page wired into the app's routing, into a Fiori elements application for OData v4 from Node code.sap official, ui5Writer of flexible programming model elements into Fiori elements apps
- @sap-ux/fiori-generator-shared@sap-ux/fiori-generator-sharedThe shared functions and types the Fiori generators are built from; a dependency of theirs rather than a generator itself.sap official, capShared functions and types of the Fiori generators
- @sap-ux/odata-service-writer@sap-ux/odata-service-writerA library that adds an OData service to a UI5 project that already exists, writing the file updates from a config object naming the service url, its OData version and a destination.sap official, ui5Writer that adds an OData service to an existing UI5 project
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Compatibility and provenance
runtimesbuild-time
declared for>=8
latestv0.2.0
first release
releases and cadence3, ~62d median
discovered vianpm registry · keywords:cds
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ecosystem and domaincap, developer-experience
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