Generator-jhipster: Support java.time.Duration in entity creation

[massimosiani]

Overview of the feature request

Add support for the java.time.Duration type as a field of an entity.

Motivation for or Use Case

Hibernate 5 natively supports this type, and little effort is necessary for supporting it in Mongo (a couple of converters are already defined in a companion JHipster project).

Related issues or PR

I did the homework but didn't find anything.

I am working on a PR for this. Help wanted for React! And feedback is welcome!

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[massimosiani]

Hi,
let me give an update.
This PR is necessary for adding this feature to the generator:
https://github.com/jhipster/jhipster/pull/159

Moreover, if anyone would like to help me on a PR for the generator, here's the forked repository, there's some work on the backend and on the Angular part done:
https://github.com/massimosiani/generator-jhipster
branch: support-for-duration
Here's the diff with the master branch:
https://github.com/jhipster/generator-jhipster/compare/master...massimosiani:support-for-duration

Please upvote :)
Thank you!

[DanielFran]

@massimosiani The PR https://github.com/jhipster/jhipster/pull/159 has been merged in the bom project.
Do you plan to make the PR in generator soon?

[massimosiani]

Hi @DanielFran sorry for the delay.
I hadn't much time to complete the work on the generator, but I will make progress this week.
Thank you!

[DanielFran]

@massimosiani Do you have news? It is just to understand if it can be included in v6 on time...

[massimosiani]

Hi @DanielFran, I was facing an issue with a couple of tests.
A PR is on its way!

[pascalgrimaud]

@massimosiani : for your information, I encountered some issue:

• Angular: updating an existing entity -> the field is empty
• React: can't create an entity with Duration

Did you add the support for React too ? I'll try to confirm these issue and open a ticket for that if needed