[teiid-designer-issues] [JBoss JIRA] (TEIIDDES-1403) Add a vdb reuse feature

Add a vdb reuse feature ----------------------- Key: TEIIDDES-1403 URL: https://issues.jboss.org/browse/TEIIDDES-1403 Project: Teiid Designer Issue Type: Feature Request Components: Teiid Integration, VDB & Execution Affects Versions: 7.0 Reporter: Steven Hawkins Assignee: Dan Florian Fix For: 8.0 See https://issues.jboss.org/browse/TEIID-1366, which not only replaces mergeVDB functionality, but provides a declarative way for vdbs to be reused at runtime. Designer will need to provide a representation of the reuse feature that includes: - Optionally an artifact that represents a vdb to import, but that only contains the consumable metadata - _not the transformations_. - A way to manage those imported artifacts in the context of a workspace - A way to edit the imports in the vdb.xml to specify the name/version of what's expected at runtime - preview would be broken unless a deployed version the re-use VDB existed An expected flow should be available from GSS customer requests and at a high-level could be described as: *Scenario A* * Team 1 develops a vdb and exports the "*reuse* *vdb*" _without_ _transformation_ _metadata_ for use by Team 2 * Team 2 develops a new vdb using the reuse vdb - no access is needed to the original vdb *Scenario B* * Team 1 develops a vdb and provides it directly to Team 2 * Team 2 uses original vdb as "source" and models new vdb from it