Overriding allocateLogicalId not Working Python

[SKIIDK]

❓ General Issue

The Question

I am trying to override the allocateLogicalId method in order to have an ARN without extraneous hash characters afterwards, but this does not seem to be working in Python. The TypeScript version was described by @skinny85 in #1424 , but when translating to Python, overriding allocate_logical_id does not seem to have an impact on the logical id's or the ARN's made from those id's.

Environment

• CDK CLI Version: 1.41.0
• Module Version:
• Node.js Version: 12.16.3
• OS: Ubuntu
• Language (Version): Python 3.6.9

Other information

Doing my_resource.node.default_child.override_logical_id('new name') also doesn't seem to actually modify the names in the CDK and the names continue to have the hash characters following them.

[SKIIDK]

I think I was able to get around it by setting the specific name parameters for the construct, but I'm not sure if that's the proper way to approach it.

[eladb]

@RomainMuller any idea?

[RomainMuller]

@SKIIDK - would you be able to show us the code you're using for your override attempt that is not working? Bonus points if that is stripped to a minimal reproduction 😬

[SKIIDK]

I ended up being able to get around it just by specifying the name parameters, but the override methods mentioned in that other thread don't seem the actual way to do it.

[sarjarapu]

@RomainMuller here is my sample.

queue_name = 'my-queue'
queue = sqs.Queue(self, queue_name,
    visibility_timeout=core.Duration.seconds(300),
    receive_message_wait_time=core.Duration.seconds(20),
    encryption=sqs.QueueEncryption.KMS
)
cfnQueue = queue.node.default_child
cfnQueue.override_logical_id("myqueue")

after running cdk deploy the queue got created with similar my-cdk-myqueue-XXXXXXXXXXX.

I am not sure about @SKIIDK recommendation there is no name parameter in the Queue constructor.

[mw-vmaffet]

I was able to override allocateLogicalId in Python. The method is "protected" so its name is _allocate_logical_id.

Here is the example code translated:

class TestStack(Stack):

    def _allocate_logical_id(self, cfn_element: CfnElement) -> str:
        return cfn_element.node.id

Environment:

• Python: 3.10.6
• aws-cdk-lib: 2.37.0