expose BaseNode#setDescription #1284

packages/node-opcua-address-space-base/source/base_node.ts

@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import {
     AttributeIds,
     BrowseDirection,
     LocalizedText,
+    LocalizedTextLike,
     NodeClass,
     QualifiedName,
     QualifiedNameLike,
@@ -254,4 +255,6 @@ export declare class BaseNode extends EventEmitter {
      *
      */
     getAggregates(): BaseNode[];
+
+    setDescription(description: LocalizedTextLike): void;
 }

packages/node-opcua-address-space/src/base_node_impl.ts

@@ -193,7 +193,8 @@ export class BaseNodeImpl extends EventEmitter implements BaseNode {
         return _private._description!;
     }
 
-    public setDescription(value: LocalizedText): void {
+    public setDescription(value: LocalizedTextLike): void {
+
         this._setDescription(value);
         /**
          * fires when the description attribute is changed.

packages/node-opcua-address-space/test/test_issue_1284.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+import { coerce } from "yargs";
+import { AddressSpace } from "..";
+import { generateAddressSpace } from "../distNodeJS";
+import { get_mini_nodeset_filename } from "../testHelpers";
+import "should";
+import { coerceLocalizedText } from "node-opcua-data-model";
+
+const mini_nodeset_filename = get_mini_nodeset_filename();
+
+describe("setDescription", () => {
+    let addressSpace: AddressSpace;
+
+    beforeEach(async () => {
+        addressSpace = AddressSpace.create();
+         const xml_files = [mini_nodeset_filename];
+         await generateAddressSpace(addressSpace, xml_files);
+
+        addressSpace.registerNamespace("Private");
+    });
+    afterEach(() => {
+        if (addressSpace) {
+            addressSpace.dispose();
+        }
+    });
+    it("should be possible to change the description of a variable", () => {
+        const namespace = addressSpace.getOwnNamespace();
+
+        const uaVariable = namespace.addVariable({
+            browseName: "MyVariable",
+            dataType: "Double",
+            organizedBy: addressSpace.rootFolder.objects,
+            description: {locale: "fr", text:"Ma Variable"}
+        });
+
+        uaVariable.description.text!.should.eql("Ma Variable");
+
+
+        uaVariable.setDescription({ locale: "fi", text: "minun muuttujani" });
+
+        uaVariable.description.text!.should.eql("minun muuttujani");
+
+    });
+});