Function-backed Action can't seem to apply change involving Geohash/Geopoint - Object Type expects a String

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TL;DR: My function-backed Action that attempts to assign a GeoPoint to a Geohash property fails with an error that seems to say it was expecting a string.

I have an Object Type with a String property that has been set as a Geohash in the property editor. The field in the backing dataset contains strings representing lat,long pairs, formatted like ‘12.123456,34.345678’.

I then have a function-backed action to edit Objects of that Object type. It’s currently set up to take a string as input (with the regex ^-?[0-8]?\d\.\d+,-?1?[0-7]?\d\.\d+$ used as Submission Criteria to ensure it matches the expected lat,long format). The Typescript function then assigns it to the Object Type as a GeoPoint like:

@Edits(myObjectType)
@OntologyEditFunction()
public editMyObjectType(
    myObject: myObjectType,
    .....
    latlong?: string,
    .....
): void (

    .....

    let geopoint = latlong? GeoPoint.fromString(latlong) : undefined;

    .....

    const cols: Partial<myObjectType> = {
        .....
        coordinate: geopoint
        .....
    }

    Object.assign(myObject, cols);
}

This raises no errors. The tooltip when I hover on coordinate in the cols variable shows that, based on the imported Object Type of which it is an instance, it expects a value of type GeoPoint | undefined. GeoPoint.fromString(latlong), where latlong is a string, obviously stores a GeoPoint in geopoint (when not undefined).

In the frontend, though, when I try to submit the Action I get this error:

Failed to apply change.

Error: [Actions] PropertyTypeDoesNotMatch
Error ID: <a UUID>
Related values:

 - propertyTypeRid: Optional[ri.ontology.main.property.<another UUID>]
 - expectedType: Optional[ValueType{value: PrimitiveWrapper{value: STRING}}]
 - actualType: Optional[Value{value: GeohashWrapper{value: 12.123456,34.345678}}]

That value at the end, 12.123456,34.345678, always matches whatever I put into the latlong field in question.

It appears as though the Object Type is expecting to receive a string from the function here, despite that in the Typescript editor it expects a GeoPoint and shows an error if I try to pass it a string. What gives?

Edit: Also the function appears to work fine when testing from the Live Preview in the Typescript editor, returning an Object with e.g. coordinate: 12.123456,34.345678.

Edit 2: I see that a GeoPoint is not simply a lat,long string, but a struct containing a separate lat and long value. This only begs the question: in Typescript, why does it see the coordinate property of myObject as a GeoPoint in the first place? Why can I not assign it a string?

Question originally asked by LuminosityXVII on Stack Overflow: typescript - Function-backed Action can't seem to apply change involving Geohash/Geopoint - Object Type expects a String - Stack Overflow

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I got your code to run without issues on a simple object type with properties: id (string), name (string) and location (geohash). I don’t think there’s an error in your code, including with the type signatures. Things I would double check

  1. that the property type is indeed a geohash and that there isn’t any indexing issues for that object type
  2. that the Action form fields are the correct types
  3. that you’re able to create a no-code Action that accomplishes the same change you’re trying to do with the function-backed Action.

In other words, I suspect the code is a red herring.

Answer originally provided by Ontologize on Stack Overflow: typescript - Function-backed Action can't seem to apply change involving Geohash/Geopoint - Object Type expects a String - Stack Overflow