CLI: Build error: 'BaseRequestBuilder' does not contain a constructor that takes 0 arguments

[jasonjoh]

With latest source, and generating a client from https://github.com/microsoft/kiota-samples/blob/main/get-started/quickstart/posts-api.yml, the generated client class and request builder classes fail to compile.

C:\Source\Repos\kiota-samples\get-started\quickstart\cli\src\Client\PostsClient.cs(46,32): error CS1729: 'BaseRequestBuilder' does not contain a const 
ructor that takes 0 arguments [C:\Source\Repos\kiota-samples\get-started\quickstart\cli\src\KiotaPostsCLI.csproj]
C:\Source\Repos\kiota-samples\get-started\quickstart\cli\src\Client\Posts\PostsRequestBuilder.cs(135,81): error CS1729: 'BaseRequestBuilder' does not  
contain a constructor that takes 0 arguments [C:\Source\Repos\kiota-samples\get-started\quickstart\cli\src\KiotaPostsCLI.csproj]
C:\Source\Repos\kiota-samples\get-started\quickstart\cli\src\Client\Posts\Item\PostItemRequestBuilder.cs(158,84): error CS1729: 'BaseRequestBuilder' d 
oes not contain a constructor that takes 0 arguments [C:\Source\Repos\kiota-samples\get-started\quickstart\cli\src\KiotaPostsCLI.csproj]
    0 Warning(s)
    3 Error(s)

All of these classes inherit from BaseRequestBuilder, and have constructors like:

public PostsRequestBuilder(Dictionary<string, object> pathParameters) : base() {
}

The base() is what's causing the error.

Dependency versions

<PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection" Version="7.0.0" />
<PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Hosting" Version="7.0.1" />
<PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Kiota.Abstractions" Version="1.1.0" />
<PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Kiota.Cli.Commons" Version="0.1.13-preview.1" />
<PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Kiota.Http.HttpClientLibrary" Version="1.0.1" />
<PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Kiota.Serialization.Form" Version="1.0.1" />
<PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Kiota.Serialization.Json" Version="1.0.3" />
<PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Kiota.Serialization.Text" Version="1.0.1" />

[baywet]

Thanks for reporting this. It's probably caused by the changes made in #2406 where the constructor writer needs to handle another case.
@calebkiage can you look into that please?

[andreaTP]

@baywet , I did a little bit of bisecting and it looks like that #2406 has pretty much broken all of the IT tests with a compatible error, e.g. in Java:

cannot find symbol
[ERROR]   symbol:   class BaseRequestBuilder
[ERROR]   location: package com.microsoft.kiota

[baywet]

I believe this is because the references to the abstractions package are not up to date in the case of most languages. Would you mind trying to update them please?

[baywet]

Also this has been fixed by @calebkiage in #2472

[andreaTP]

Just tested and the error is still present in latest main, at least for Java updating kiota-java libs to 0.3.3 (latest as of now).

[andreaTP]

Confirm the error is reproduced in CI:
https://github.com/microsoft/kiota/actions/runs/4552882786/jobs/8028823760#step:14:14

[andreaTP]

Go and Ruby are manifesting the same issue, should we open separate issues?
cc. @baywet

[baywet]

please do