How to access the Vocabulary metadata of a Decision Service

There is a REST API for retrieving vocabulary metadata from a deployed Decision Service. This is useful for integrating Corticon with other applications that need to format REST or SOAP calls to a Decision Service.

Structure of a request

To retrieve vocabulary metadata, make an HTTP GET request to the getVocabularyMetadata endpoint specifying the Decision Service name and version as the following URL parameters:

http://localhost:8850/axis/corticon/decisionService/getVocabularyMetadata
            ?name=ProcessOrder&majorVersion=1&minorVersion=1 

The metadata API is available for Corticon Decision Services deployed for either a Java Server or a .NET Server.

The following JSON-formatted document is an example of a response:

 {
    "majorVersion": 1,
    "name": "MetadataTest",
    "minorVersion": 0,
    "entities": [
       {
          "name": "Entity_1",
          "associations": [
             {
                "name": "associationObject1",
                "targetEntity": "AssociationObject1",
                "inContext": true,
 
                "mandatory": false
                "cardinality": "1"
             },
             {
                "name": "associationObjectOverride",
                "targetEntity": "AssociationObject2",
                "inContext": false,
                "mandatory": true
                "cardinality": "*"
             }
          ],
          "attributes": [
             {
                "dataType": "Boolean",
                "name": "boolean1",
                "inContext": true,
                "type": "Base",
                "mandatory": true
             },
             {
                "dataType": "Date",
                "name": "date1",
                "inContext": false,
                "type": "Transient",
                "mandatory": false
             },
             {
                "dataType": "DateTime",
                "name": "datetime1",
                "inContext": true,
                "type": "Base",
                "mandatory": true
             },
             {
                "cdtConstraintExpr": "value < 100.0",  
                        (Constraint expression associated with this Attribute.)
                "dataType": "Decimal",
                "name": "decimal1",
                "inContext": false,
                "type": "Transient",
                "mandatory": false
             },
             {
                "dataType": "Integer",
                "name": "int1",
                "cdtEnumeration": [   (A CDT that is values only, no labels.)
                  {"value": "1"},
                  {"value": "2"},
                  {"value": "3"},
                  {"value": "4"}
                ],
                "inContext": true
                "type": "Base",
                "mandatory": true
             },
             {
                "dataType": "String",
                "name": "string1",
                "cdtEnumeration": [   (A CDT that has labels and values.)
                  {
                     "value": "s"
                     "label": "Small"
                  },
 
                  {
                     "value": "m"
                     "label": "Medium"
                  },
                  {
                     "value": "l"
                     "label": "Large"
                  }
                ],
                "inContext": false,
                "type": "Transient",
                "mandatory": false
             },
             {
                "dataType": "Time",
                "name": "time1",
                "inContext": true,
                "type": "Base",
                "mandatory": true
             },
          ]
       },
       {
          "name": "AssociationObject1",
          "associations": [],
          "attributes": [
             {
                "dataType": "String",
                "name": "string1",
                "inContext": true
                "mandatory": true
             },
          ]
       },
       {
          "name": "AssociationObject2",
          "associations": [],
          "attributes": [
             {
                "dataType": "String",
                "name": "string1",
                "inContext": false
                "mandatory": false
             },
          ]
       }
    ]
 }