jambo/parser/_type_parser.py

@@ -73,10 +73,41 @@ class GenericTypeParser(ABC, Generic[T]):
         :param kwargs: Additional options for type parsing.
         :return: A tuple containing the type and its properties.
         """
-        parser = cls._get_impl(properties)
+        
+        parser = cls._get_impl(
+            cls._normalize_properties(properties)
+        )
 
         return parser().from_properties(name=name, properties=properties, **kwargs)
     
+    @staticmethod
+    def _normalize_properties(properties: JSONSchema) -> JSONSchema:
+        """
+        Normalizes the properties dictionary to ensure consistent structure.
+        :param properties: The properties to be normalized.
+        """
+        type_value = properties.pop("type", None)
+        
+        if isinstance(type_value, str):
+            properties["type"] = type_value
+            return properties
+        
+        if isinstance(type_value, list) and len(type_value) == 0:
+            raise InvalidSchemaException(
+                "Invalid schema: 'type' list cannot be empty", invalid_field=str(properties)
+            )
+
+
+        if isinstance(type_value, list) and len(type_value) == 1:
+            properties["type"] = type_value[0]
+            return properties
+        
+        if isinstance(type_value, list):
+            properties["anyOf"] = [{"type": t} for t in type_value]
+            return properties
+
+        return properties
+
     @classmethod
     def _get_impl(cls, properties: JSONSchema) -> type[Self]:
         for subcls in cls.__subclasses__():

jambo/schema_converter.py

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-from jambo.exceptions import InvalidSchemaException, UnsupportedSchemaException
+from jambo.exceptions import InternalAssertionException, InvalidSchemaException, UnsupportedSchemaException
 from jambo.parser import ObjectTypeParser, RefTypeParser
 from jambo.types import JSONSchema, RefCacheDict
 
@@ -136,4 +136,11 @@ class SchemaConverter:
         if "$ref" in schema:
             return "$ref"
         
-        return schema.get("type")
+        type_value = schema.get("type")
+        if isinstance(type_value, list):
+            raise InternalAssertionException(
+                "SchemaConverter._get_schema_type: 'type' field should not be a list here."
+                " This should have been normalized earlier."
+            )
+
+        return type_value

jambo/types/json_schema_type.py

@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ JSONSchema = TypedDict(
         "description": str,
         "default": JSONType,
         "examples": List[JSONType],
-        "type": JSONSchemaType,
+        "type": JSONSchemaType|List[JSONSchemaType],
         "enum": List[JSONType],
         "const": JSONType,
         "properties": Dict[str, "JSONSchema"],

tests/test_schema_converter.py

@@ -998,3 +998,52 @@ class TestSchemaConverter(TestCase):
         cached_address_model = self.converter.get_cached_ref("address")
 
         self.assertIsNotNone(cached_address_model)
+
+    def test_parse_list_type_multiple_values(self):
+        schema = {
+            "title": "TestListType",
+            "type": "object",
+            "properties": {
+                "values": {
+                    "type": ["string", "number"]
+                }
+            },
+        }
+
+        Model = self.converter.build_with_cache(schema)
+
+        obj1 = Model(values="a string")
+        self.assertEqual(obj1.values, "a string")
+
+        obj2 = Model(values=42)
+        self.assertEqual(obj2.values, 42)
+
+    def test_parse_list_type_one_value(self):
+        schema = {
+            "title": "TestListType",
+            "type": "object",
+            "properties": {
+                "values": {
+                    "type": ["string"]
+                }
+            },
+        }
+
+        Model = self.converter.build_with_cache(schema)
+
+        obj1 = Model(values="a string")
+        self.assertEqual(obj1.values, "a string")
+
+    def test_parse_list_type_empty(self):
+        schema = {
+            "title": "TestListType",
+            "type": "object",
+            "properties": {
+                "values": {
+                    "type": []
+                }
+            },
+        }
+
+        with self.assertRaises(InvalidSchemaException):
+            self.converter.build_with_cache(schema)