Using Custom Types with CDK

[njsnx]

❓ General Issue

The Question

I want to make use of Custom Types with CDK - for example:
https://docs.datadoghq.com/developers/amazon_cloudformation/#resources-available

I am looking at the various classes available and trying to work out how I would be able to define a imported resource (vs a custom resource).

Looking for some guidance on a) is this possible yet and b) if so, where I should be reading and looking - I see the Provider class but this looks like what you would use to define your own type, rather than make use of a third party type (which Is already imported).

Lastly - I had a look at the Cfn* low level resources to see if I could figure out how to reverse engineer a Cfn* resource and create my own where I can set the Cfn Type and the Properties but got a bit stuck.

Environment

• CDK CLI Version: 1.54.0
• Module Version: 1.54.0
• Node.js Version: v12.14.1
• OS: OSX Mojave
• Language (Version): Python (3.7.3)

[hoegertn]

@eladb we discussed this in LV and I still think we should have some kind of generator project that vendors can use to create a CDK library with the appropriate Cfn* classes for their customer providers.

Any further ideas on this topic?

[njsnx]

Typical - post a question then find what I think I am looking for.

I assume in my case, where I want to make use of an existing type (vs writing my own) i can use https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cdk/api/latest/docs/@aws-cdk_core.CfnResource.html - will give this a go

But yes, in general It would be cool to understand if this is the best way forward for custom types in general

[eladb]

Duplicate #77