Check for properties with no type in CFN spec

If the CloudFormation Resource Specification has a resource property
that does not include any type information then this should be a
breaking error and generation should fail.

See awslabs#300

generate/generate.go

@@ -164,6 +164,16 @@ func (rg *ResourceGenerator) processSpec(specname string, data []byte) (*CloudFo
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
+	// Check that all of resource properties have a valid type
+	// see: https://github.com/awslabs/goformation/issues/300
+	for rname, resource := range spec.Resources {
+		for pname, property := range resource.Properties {
+			if !property.HasValidType() {
+				return nil, fmt.Errorf("%s.%s has no type information in the CloudFormation Resource Specification", rname, pname)
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
 	// Add the resources processed to the ResourceGenerator output
 	for name := range spec.Resources {
 

generate/property.go

@@ -129,6 +129,22 @@ func (p Property) Schema(name, parent string) string {
 
 }
 
+// HasValidType checks whether a property has a valid type defined
+// It is possible that an invalid CloudFormation Resource Specification is published
+// that does not have any type information for a property. If this happens, then
+// generation should fail with an error message.
+func (p Property) HasValidType() bool {
+	invalid := p.ItemType == "" &&
+		p.PrimitiveType == "" &&
+		p.PrimitiveItemType == "" &&
+		p.Type == "" &&
+		len(p.ItemTypes) == 0 &&
+		len(p.PrimitiveTypes) == 0 &&
+		len(p.PrimitiveItemTypes) == 0 &&
+		len(p.Types) == 0
+	return !invalid
+}
+
 // IsPolymorphic checks whether a property can be multiple different types
 func (p Property) IsPolymorphic() bool {
 	return len(p.PrimitiveTypes) > 0 || len(p.PrimitiveItemTypes) > 0 || len(p.PrimitiveItemTypes) > 0 || len(p.ItemTypes) > 0 || len(p.Types) > 0