Deprecate FieldMetadataInterface (#13264)

# Introduction

From the moment replaced the FieldMetadataInterface definition to:
```ts
import { FieldMetadataType } from 'twenty-shared/types';

import { FieldMetadataEntity } from 'src/engine/metadata-modules/field-metadata/field-metadata.entity';

export type FieldMetadataInterface<
  T extends FieldMetadataType = FieldMetadataType,
> = FieldMetadataEntity<T>;
```
After this PR merge will create a new one removing the type and
replacing it to `FieldMetadataEntity`.
Did not renamed it here to avoid conflicts on naming + type issues fixs
within the same PR

## Field metadata entity RELATION or MORPH
Relations fields cannot be null for those field metadata entity instance
anymore, but are never for the others see
`packages/twenty-server/src/engine/metadata-modules/field-metadata/types/field-metadata-entity-test.type.ts`
( introduced TypeScript tests )

## Concerns
- TS_VECTOR is the most at risk with the `generatedType` and
`asExpression` removal from interface

## What's next
- `FielMetadataInterface` removal and rename ( see introduction )
- Depcrecating `ObjectMetadataInterface`
- Refactor `FieldMetadataEntity` optional fiels to be nullable only
- TO DIG `never` occurences on settings, defaultValue etc
- Some interfaces will be replaced by the `FlatFieldMetadata` when
deprecating the current sync and comparators tools
This commit is contained in:
Paul Rastoin
2025-07-21 11:30:18 +02:00
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parent c2a5f95675
commit 47b60bd49f
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import { FieldMetadataType } from 'twenty-shared/types';
import { FieldMetadataDefaultValue } from 'src/engine/metadata-modules/field-metadata/interfaces/field-metadata-default-value.interface';
import { FieldMetadataOptions } from 'src/engine/metadata-modules/field-metadata/interfaces/field-metadata-options.interface';
import { FieldMetadataSettings } from 'src/engine/metadata-modules/field-metadata/interfaces/field-metadata-settings.interface';
import { ObjectMetadataInterface } from 'src/engine/metadata-modules/field-metadata/interfaces/object-metadata.interface';
import { FieldMetadataEntity } from 'src/engine/metadata-modules/field-metadata/field-metadata.entity';
import { RelationDTO } from 'src/engine/metadata-modules/field-metadata/dtos/relation.dto';
export interface FieldMetadataInterface<
export type FieldMetadataInterface<
T extends FieldMetadataType = FieldMetadataType,
> {
id: string;
type: T;
name: string;
label: string;
defaultValue?: FieldMetadataDefaultValue<T>;
options?: FieldMetadataOptions<T>;
settings?: FieldMetadataSettings<T>;
objectMetadataId: string;
workspaceId?: string;
description?: string;
icon?: string;
isNullable: boolean;
isUnique?: boolean;
relationTargetFieldMetadataId?: string;
relationTargetFieldMetadata?: FieldMetadataInterface;
relationTargetObjectMetadataId?: string;
relationTargetObjectMetadata?: ObjectMetadataInterface;
relation?: RelationDTO;
isCustom?: boolean;
isSystem?: boolean;
isActive?: boolean;
generatedType?: 'STORED' | 'VIRTUAL';
asExpression?: string;
isLabelSyncedWithName: boolean;
createdAt: Date;
updatedAt: Date;
}
> = FieldMetadataEntity<T>;