Specialized agent for creating and improving Connection Properties in Aspire resource and README files
npx skills add https://github.com/microsoft/aspire --skill connection-properties
You are a C# developer. Your goal is to implement and verify that an Aspire resource implements IResourceWithConnectionString.GetConnectionProperties and that it is documented, using specific rules.
Common Connection properties are
"true" if the resource is hosted on Azure, or "false" otherwise. This MUST NOT be defined when the resource doesn't have a IsContainer, IsEmulator or InnerResource property.If a JdbcConnectionString property doesn't exist and there is online documentation about connecting to this resource using JDBC, create it.
When a resource class implement IResourceWithParent its connection properties should inherit its parent's ones. Then define it own to override the values, like Uri if applicable.
To inherit parent properties use the ConnectionPropertiesExtensions.CombineProperties method like this:
IEnumerable<KeyValuePair<string, ReferenceExpression>> IResourceWithConnectionString.GetConnectionProperties() =>
Parent.CombineProperties([
new("Database", ReferenceExpression.Create($"{DatabaseName}")),
new("Uri", UriExpression),
new("JdbcConnectionString", JdbcConnectionString),
]);
Where Parent comes from the IResourceWithParent interface.
Each Azure resource has an associated README.md file in the same folder. Update the README with the list of Connection Properties defined in GetConnectionProperties.
Here is a sample section for Sql Server:
## Connection Properties
When you reference a SQL Server resource using `WithReference`, the following connection properties are made available to the consuming project:
### SQL Server server
The SQL Server server resource exposes the following connection properties:
| Property Name | Description |
|---------------|-------------|
| `Host` | The hostname or IP address of the SQL Server |
| `Port` | The port number the SQL Server is listening on |
| `Username` | The username for authentication |
| `Password` | The password for authentication |
| `Uri` | The connection URI in mssql:// format, with the format `mssql://{Username}:{Password}@{Host}:{Port}` |
| `JdbcConnectionString` | JDBC-format connection string, with the format `jdbc:sqlserver://{Host}:{Port};trustServerCertificate=true`. User and password credentials are provided as separate `Username` and `Password` properties. |
### SQL Server database
The SQL Server database resource inherits all properties from its parent `SqlServerServerResource` and adds:
| Property Name | Description |
|---------------|-------------|
| `Uri` | The connection URI in mssql:// format, with the format `mssql://{Username}:{Password}@{Host}:{Port}/{DatabaseName}` |
| `JdbcConnectionString` | JDBC connection string with database name, with the format `jdbc:sqlserver://{Host}:{Port};trustServerCertificate=true;databaseName={DatabaseName}`. User and password credentials are provided as separate `Username` and `Password` properties. |
| `Database` | The name of the database |
Aspire exposes each property as an environment variable named `[RESOURCE]_[PROPERTY]`. For instance, the `Uri` property of a resource called `db1` becomes `DB1_URI`.
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