How to ref JSON schema definition of type array with anyOf definition in other files - jsonschema

Question

I have a jsonschema definition definition-1.json like below. I have a property called inputs of type array which refers anyOf definitions like
"inputs": {
"type": "array",
"items": {
"anyOf": [
{
"$ref": "#/definitions/stringParameter"
},
{
"$ref": "#/definitions/numberParameter"
},
{
"$ref": "#/definitions/booleanParameter"
},
{
"$ref": "#/definitions/jsonParameter"
},
{
"$ref": "#/definitions/fileParameter"
}
]
}
}
Then the parameter definitions defined like below in the same jsonschema definition-1.json
"definitions": {
"stringParameter": {
"type": "object",
"required": [
"name",
"description",
"datatype"
]
}
...
}
Now I want to reference this parameter definitions in my other schema dummy-1.json like below
{
"$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema",
"$id": "dummy-1.json",
"allOf": [
{
"type": "object",
"required": [
"definition_data"
],
"properties": {
"definition_data": {
"type": "object",
"required": [
"inputs"
],
"properties": {
"type": "array",
"inputs": {
"items": {
"allOf": [
{
"prop1": {
"$ref": "#/definitions/stringParameter"
}
},
{
"prop2": {
"$ref": "#/definitions/numberParameter"
}
}
]
}
}
}
}
}
},
{
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"definition_data": {
"$ref": "definition-1.json"
}
}
}
]
}
This doesn't looks like working. prop1 will validate successfully for any properties part of other parameter definition too , even though in dummy-1.json I explicitly referred #/definitions/stringParameter .
I can understand inputs in definition-1.json accepts anyOf all parameter definitions. But want to know how we can achieve 1:1 parameter definition mapping for dummy-1.json .

Answer 1

If my understanding is correct, you want to refer from dummy-1.json to subschemas defined in definitions-1.json. To do that, you have to specify the URI of definition-1.json and append the pointer of the subschema in it, like:
dummy-1.json:
{
"$ref": "uri-of-definitions-1.json#/definitions/stringParameter"
}
Note that the URI to be set is quite specific to the json schema library you are using. Usually an absolute https:// URL works, but it isn't always convenient to work with. Maybe a relative path can work for you as well (like ./definition-1.json#/definitions/stringParameter)