bcquality/microsoft/knowledge/events/add-new-event-parameters-at-the-end.md
Jesper Schulz-Wedde f19f0618fb
Add events knowledge domain and review leaf skill (#43)
* Add events knowledge domain and review leaf skill

Add a new `events` knowledge domain covering AL events & subscribers,
wired into the AL review pipeline.

- 3 atomic articles (+ .good.al/.bad.al samples) under
  microsoft/knowledge/events/: the IsHandled override pattern, thin
  OnBefore/OnAfter integration-event publishers, and static vs manual
  subscribers.
- New leaf skill microsoft/skills/review/al-events-review.md sourcing the
  events domain.
- Wired into microsoft/skills/review/al-code-review.md (sub-skills + Source
  + description) and README.md (leaf-skill count + domain list).

AL event syntax verified against Microsoft Learn. Samples are
demonstration-only (not compiled by CI). Additive change; no contract change.

Part of #34.

Co-authored-by: Copilot <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>

* Add 12 general AL event-design articles to events domain

Add 12 atomic knowledge articles under microsoft/knowledge/events covering
general AL event-design best practices: IsHandled initialization and OnAfter
preservation, appending new event parameters, position-based event naming,
reusing/extending events, avoiding per-iteration publishing, Temp-prefixing
temporary record parameters, unabbreviated parameter names, preferring the
this keyword over IncludeSender, avoiding loosely typed parameters, not
mutating existing event contracts, and not bypassing critical operations
with IsHandled. Each article ships a .good.al and .bad.al demonstration
sample (object IDs 50240-50296; not compiled by CI). Extend the
al-events-review leaf Worklist with one targeted check per new rule.

Additive only; no contract or wiring change (events leaf already wired).

Co-authored-by: Copilot <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>

* Refine events articles after review feedback

Correct wording in five events articles to reflect that AL event
subscribers bind by parameter name, not position:

- add-new-event-parameters-at-the-end: drop the inaccurate claim that
  appending a parameter forces subscribers to be updated or causes wrong
  values; keep the append-at-end best practice.
- do-not-add-ishandled-to-an-existing-event: reframe from "breaking
  change" to the semantic/purpose shift that leaves existing subscribers
  pointless; rename the breaking-change keyword to semantic-change.
- name-events-by-publisher-position: extend the good sample with
  position-named publishers raised from table and report trigger
  contexts.
- initialize-ishandled-to-false-before-publishing: scope the detection
  and best practice to events that actually carry a var IsHandled, so an
  OnBefore with no IsHandled is not flagged.
- do-not-bypass-critical-operations-with-ishandled: add a litmus-test
  definition of a critical operation (code that cannot stand as an
  independent, self-contained unit).

Knowledge-only; no contract or wiring change.

Co-authored-by: Copilot <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>

* Soften Anti Pattern wording in add-new-event-parameters article

Remove the last name-vs-position misconception from the Anti Pattern so it
is consistent with the corrected Description: mid-list insertion is framed
as noisy and harder to review rather than as forcing subscriber re-mapping.
Detection sentence unchanged.

Co-authored-by: Copilot <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>

* Add events domain reviewers to CODEOWNERS

Add @AleksandricMarko and @pchriste-microsoft-com as required reviewers
for the events knowledge domain, matching the existing per-domain expert
ownership convention. Inserted in alphabetical order ahead of the
performance line.

Co-authored-by: Copilot <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>

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Co-authored-by: Jesper Schulz-Wedde <jesper.schulzwedde@microsoft.com>
Co-authored-by: Copilot <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>
2026-06-25 12:24:25 +02:00

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Add new event parameters at the end

Description

Adding a parameter to an existing event publisher changes its signature. Appending the new parameter at the end of the parameter list keeps the change easy to review and track: existing subscribers still bind to the leading parameters, and the diff is a single clean addition. Inserting a parameter in the middle makes diffs noisy and harder to review, and obscures the history of how the signature evolved. New parameters belong after the existing ones.

Best Practice

When extending an existing publisher, append the new parameter after all existing ones, including after a trailing var IsHandled: Boolean when present. Subscribers that already match keep working against the leading parameters, and the change stays a one-line addition that is trivial to review.

See sample: add-new-event-parameters-at-the-end.good.al.

Anti Pattern

Inserting a new parameter in the middle of an existing event's signature, shifting every subsequent parameter and making the change noisy and harder to review. Detection: a changed event signature where an added parameter appears before existing parameters rather than at the tail of the list.

See sample: add-new-event-parameters-at-the-end.bad.al.