Bugfix/ignore schema mappings and import mappings for forced generate schemas

bin/configs/kotlin-spring-boot-3.yaml

@@ -3,6 +3,10 @@ outputDir: samples/server/petstore/kotlin-springboot-3
 library: spring-boot
 inputSpec: modules/openapi-generator/src/test/resources/3_0/petstore.yaml
 templateDir: modules/openapi-generator/src/main/resources/kotlin-spring
+schemaMappings:
+  Category: com.example.mapped.Category
+forcedGenerateSchemas:
+  - Category
 additionalProperties:
   generateJsonIncludeAnnotations: "true"
   generateJsonSetterNullsAnnotations: "true"

bin/configs/spring-boot-3.yaml

@@ -2,6 +2,10 @@ generatorName: spring
 outputDir: samples/openapi3/server/petstore/springboot-3
 inputSpec: modules/openapi-generator/src/test/resources/3_0/petstore.yaml
 templateDir: modules/openapi-generator/src/main/resources/JavaSpring
+schemaMappings:
+  Category: com.example.mapped.Category
+forcedGenerateSchemas:
+  - Category
 additionalProperties:
   generateJsonIncludeAnnotations: "true"
   generateJsonSetterNullsAnnotations: "true"

modules/openapi-generator-cli/src/main/java/org/openapitools/codegen/cmd/Generate.java

@@ -204,9 +204,11 @@ public class Generate extends OpenApiGeneratorCommand {
     @Option(
             name = {"--forced-generate-schemas"},
             title = "forced generate schemas",
-            description = "comma-separated list of schema names that must be generated even when listed "
-                    + "in schemaMappings or importMappings. Example: MyEnum,OtherSchema."
-                    + " Use the wildcard '*' to force-generate all mapped schemas at once."
+            description = "comma-separated list of mapping-suppressed schemas to emit as isolated shadow models."
+                    + " Example: MyEnum,OtherSchema."
+                    + " Use the wildcard '*' to include all mapping-suppressed schemas."
+                    + " Supported families: Java, Groovy, Kotlin, C#, Python, Python Pydantic v1, PHP,"
+                    + " Go client, Perl, PowerShell, R, and Ruby; others fail before writing files."
                     + " You can also have multiple occurrences of this option.")
     private List<String> forcedGenerateSchemas = new ArrayList<>();
 

modules/openapi-generator-core/src/main/java/org/openapitools/codegen/config/GeneratorSettings.java

@@ -256,8 +256,10 @@ public Map<String, String> getSchemaMappings() {
     }
 
     /**
-     * Gets the set of schema names that must be generated even when listed in schemaMappings or importMappings.
-     * Use {@code "*"} as a wildcard to force-generate all mapped schemas at once.
+     * Gets the mapping-suppressed schemas to emit as isolated shadow models.
+     * Use {@code "*"} as a wildcard to include all mapping-suppressed schemas.
+     * Supported families are Java, Groovy, Kotlin, C#, Python, Python Pydantic v1, PHP, Go client, Perl,
+     * PowerShell, R, and Ruby; other generators fail before writing files.
      *
      * @return the forced generate schemas
      */
@@ -974,9 +976,10 @@ public Builder withSchemaMapping(String key, String value) {
         }
 
         /**
-         * Sets the {@code forcedGenerateSchemas} (schemas to generate even when listed in schemaMappings or importMappings).
-         * Use {@code "*"} as a wildcard to force-generate all mapped schemas at once.
-         * and returns a reference to this Builder so that the methods can be chained together.
+         * Sets the mapping-suppressed schemas to emit as isolated shadow models.
+         * Use {@code "*"} as a wildcard to include all mapping-suppressed schemas.
+         * Unsupported generator families fail before writing files.
+         * Returns a reference to this Builder so that the methods can be chained together.
          *
          * @param schemas the {@code forcedGenerateSchemas} to set
          * @return a reference to this Builder
@@ -987,8 +990,9 @@ public Builder withForcedGenerateSchemas(Set<String> schemas) {
         }
 
         /**
-         * Adds a single schema name to {@code forcedGenerateSchemas} (schemas to generate even when listed in schemaMappings or importMappings).
-         * Use {@code "*"} as a wildcard to force-generate all mapped schemas at once.
+         * Adds a mapping-suppressed schema to emit as an isolated shadow model.
+         * Use {@code "*"} as a wildcard to include all mapping-suppressed schemas.
+         * Unsupported generator families fail before writing files.
          * Returns a reference to this Builder so that the methods can be chained together.
          *
          * @param schema the schema name to add

modules/openapi-generator-gradle-plugin/src/main/kotlin/org/openapitools/generator/gradle/plugin/extensions/OpenApiGeneratorGenerateExtension.kt

@@ -246,7 +246,12 @@ open class OpenApiGeneratorGenerateExtension(private val project: Project) {
     val schemaMappings = project.objects.mapProperty<String, String>()
 
     /**
-     * Specifies schema names that must be generated even when listed in schemaMappings or importMappings
+     * Specifies mapping-suppressed schemas to emit as isolated shadow models.
+     *
+     * Use `"*"` to include all mapping-suppressed schemas. Unmapped schemas remain in normal
+     * generation, and generated APIs and supporting-file metadata continue to use mapped classes.
+     * Supported families are Java, Groovy, Kotlin, C#, Python, Python Pydantic v1, PHP, Go client, Perl,
+     * PowerShell, R, and Ruby; other generators fail before writing files.
      */
     val forcedGenerateSchemas = project.objects.listProperty<String>()
 

modules/openapi-generator-gradle-plugin/src/main/kotlin/org/openapitools/generator/gradle/plugin/tasks/GenerateTask.kt

@@ -641,7 +641,12 @@ abstract class GenerateTask : DefaultTask() {
     abstract val schemaMappings: MapProperty<String, String>
 
     /**
-     * Specifies schema names that must be generated even when listed in schemaMappings or importMappings.
+     * Specifies mapping-suppressed schemas to emit as isolated shadow models.
+     *
+     * Use `"*"` to include all mapping-suppressed schemas. Unmapped schemas remain in normal
+     * generation, and generated APIs and supporting-file metadata continue to use mapped classes.
+     * Supported families are Java, Groovy, Kotlin, C#, Python, Python Pydantic v1, PHP, Go client, Perl,
+     * PowerShell, R, and Ruby; other generators fail before writing files.
      */
     @get:Optional
     @get:Input

modules/openapi-generator-maven-plugin/src/main/java/org/openapitools/codegen/plugin/CodeGenMojo.java

@@ -398,8 +398,10 @@ public class CodeGenMojo extends AbstractMojo {
     private List<String> schemaMappings;
 
     /**
-     * A list of schema names that must be generated even when listed in schemaMappings or importMappings.
-     * Use {@code <param>*</param>} as a wildcard to force-generate all mapped schemas at once.
+     * Mapping-suppressed schemas to emit as isolated shadow models.
+     * Use {@code <param>*</param>} as a wildcard to include all mapping-suppressed schemas.
+     * Supported families are Java, Groovy, Kotlin, C#, Python, Python Pydantic v1, PHP, Go client, Perl,
+     * PowerShell, R, and Ruby; other generators fail before writing files.
      */
     @Parameter(name = "forcedGenerateSchemas", property = "openapi.generator.maven.plugin.forcedGenerateSchemas")
     private List<String> forcedGenerateSchemas;

modules/openapi-generator/src/main/java/org/openapitools/codegen/CodegenConfig.java

@@ -166,11 +166,22 @@ default List<Operation> divideOperationsByContentType(OpenAPI openAPI, String pa
     Map<String, String> schemaMapping();
 
     /**
-     * Returns the set of schema names that must be generated even when they appear in
-     * schemaMappings or importMappings (which would normally suppress their generation).
+     * Returns the set of schema names that must be generated even when suppressed by
+     * {@code schemaMapping}, or by a {@code typeMapping} with a matching {@code importMapping}.
+     * <p>
+     * A force-generated schema is emitted as an isolated shadow model under its <em>stock</em>
+     * (unmapped) model name — as if neither {@code schemaMapping} nor {@code importMapping} applied
+     * to it — while {@code typeMapping} is still honored. Shadow models may reference one another
+     * by their stock names, but they are not added to generated APIs or the normal model metadata
+     * used by supporting files. Ordinary generated code continues to use the mapped classes.
      * <p>
      * Use {@link CodegenConstants#FORCE_GENERATE_ALL_SCHEMAS} ({@code "*"}) as a wildcard
-     * to force-generate <em>all</em> mapped schemas at once.
+     * to force-generate all schemas that would otherwise be suppressed by mappings. Schemas without
+     * a suppressing mapping remain in the normal generation pass.
+     * <p>
+     * Supported generator families are Java, Groovy, Kotlin, C#, Python, Python Pydantic v1, PHP, Go
+     * client, Perl, PowerShell, R, and Ruby. Other generators reject this option before generating
+     * files.
      */
     Set<String> forcedGenerateSchemas();
 

modules/openapi-generator/src/main/java/org/openapitools/codegen/CodegenConstants.java

@@ -38,7 +38,8 @@ public class CodegenConstants {
 
     /**
      * Wildcard token for {@code forcedGenerateSchemas}: when this value is present in the set,
-     * all schemas are generated even if they appear in schemaMappings or importMappings.
+     * all schemas suppressed by schema mappings or type-plus-import mappings are emitted as shadow
+     * models.
      */
     public static final String FORCE_GENERATE_ALL_SCHEMAS = "*";
 

modules/openapi-generator/src/main/java/org/openapitools/codegen/DefaultCodegen.java

@@ -184,8 +184,8 @@ public class DefaultCodegen implements CodegenConfig {
     protected Map<String, String> importMapping = new HashMap<>();
     // a map to store the mapping between a schema and the new one
     protected Map<String, String> schemaMapping = new HashMap<>();
-    // a set of schema names that must be generated even when listed in schemaMappings or importMappings.
-    // Use CodegenConstants.FORCE_GENERATE_ALL_SCHEMAS ("*") to force-generate all mapped schemas.
+    // Mapping-suppressed schemas to emit as isolated shadow models.
+    // Use CodegenConstants.FORCE_GENERATE_ALL_SCHEMAS ("*") to include all suppressed schemas.
     protected Set<String> forcedGenerateSchemas = new HashSet<>();
     // a map to store the mapping between inline schema and the name provided by the user
     protected Map<String, String> inlineSchemaNameMapping = new HashMap<>();
@@ -1634,6 +1634,12 @@ public Set<String> forcedGenerateSchemas() {
         return forcedGenerateSchemas;
     }
 
+    public void clearModelNameCache() {
+        // reset the lazily-built model-name -> schema index so it is rebuilt with the current
+        // schemaMapping/importMapping state (used by the forced-schema generation pass).
+        modelNameToSchemaCache = null;
+    }
+
     @Override
     public Map<String, String> inlineSchemaNameMapping() {
         return inlineSchemaNameMapping;