verify_vim_types.rb

#!/usr/bin/ruby

require 'rbvmomi'
require 'byebug'

def load_vim_types(vim_types_xsd)
  vim_types_xsd.dig("schema", "complexType").each_with_object({}) do |type, vim_types|
    complex_content = type.dig("complexContent", "extension", "sequence")
    next unless complex_content.kind_of?(Hash)

    complex_content = Array.wrap(complex_content["element"]).index_by { |p| p["name"] }

    vim_types[type["name"]] = complex_content
  end
end

def string_to_klass(type)
  if type.start_with?("xsd:")
    type
  else
    "RbVmomi::VIM::#{type}".constantize
  end
end

require "pathname"
require 'active_support/core_ext/hash/conversions'
require 'active_support/core_ext/enumerable'

raise "You must pass the path to the VC SDK wsdl directory" if ARGV[0].nil?
vim25_wsdl_dir = Pathname.new(ARGV[0])

vim_types_xsd = Hash.from_xml(vim25_wsdl_dir.join("vim25", "vim-types.xsd").read)
vim_types = load_vim_types(vim_types_xsd)

vmodl = Marshal.load(File.read("vmodl.db"))

vim_types.each do |wsdl_name, wsdl_props|
  next unless vmodl.key?(wsdl_name)

  vmodl[wsdl_name]["props"].each do |vmodl_prop|
    vmodl_type = string_to_klass(vmodl_prop["wsdl_type"])
    wsdl_type = string_to_klass(wsdl_props[vmodl_prop["name"]]["type"].split("vim25:").last)

    next if vmodl_type.kind_of?(Class) && vmodl_type < RbVmomi::BasicTypes::Base && wsdl_type == RbVmomi::BasicTypes::ManagedObjectReference
    unless vmodl_type == wsdl_type
      puts "#{wsdl_name}.#{vmodl_prop["name"]} should be #{wsdl_type} but is #{vmodl_type}"
      vmodl_prop["wsdl_type"] = wsdl_type
    end
  end
end

File.write("vmodl.db", Marshal.dump(vmodl))