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-rw-r--r--src/data/things/composite.js254
-rw-r--r--src/data/things/thing.js72
-rw-r--r--src/data/things/track.js17
-rw-r--r--src/data/things/validators.js58
-rw-r--r--src/util/sugar.js7
-rw-r--r--test/unit/data/composite/compositeFrom.js78
-rw-r--r--test/unit/data/composite/withResultOfAvailabilityCheck.js2
-rw-r--r--test/unit/data/things/track.js1
8 files changed, 353 insertions, 136 deletions
diff --git a/src/data/things/composite.js b/src/data/things/composite.js
index 1148687c..0f943ec3 100644
--- a/src/data/things/composite.js
+++ b/src/data/things/composite.js
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ import {TupleMap} from '#wiki-data';
 
 import {
   is,
-  isArray,
   isString,
   isWholeNumber,
   validateArrayItems,
@@ -18,6 +17,7 @@ import {
   openAggregate,
   stitchArrays,
   unique,
+  withAggregate,
 } from '#sugar';
 
 // Composes multiple compositional "steps" and a "base" to form a property
@@ -443,13 +443,53 @@ function getStaticInputMetadata(inputOptions) {
   return metadata;
 }
 
-export function templateCompositeFrom(description) {
-  const compositeName =
+function getCompositionName(description) {
+  return (
     (description.annotation
       ? description.annotation
-      : `unnamed composite`);
+      : `unnamed composite`));
+}
+
+function validateInputValue(value, description) {
+  const tokenValue = getInputTokenValue(description);
+
+  const {acceptsNull, defaultValue, type, validate} = tokenValue || {};
 
-  const descriptionAggregate = openAggregate({message: `Errors in description for ${compositeName}`});
+  if (value === null || value === undefined) {
+    if (acceptsNull || defaultValue === null) {
+      return true;
+    } else {
+      throw new TypeError(
+        (type
+          ? `Expected ${type}, got ${value}`
+          : `Expected value, got ${value}`));
+    }
+  }
+
+  if (type) {
+    // Note: null is already handled earlier in this function, so it won't
+    // cause any trouble here.
+    const typeofValue =
+      (typeof value === 'object'
+        ? Array.isArray(value) ? 'array' : 'object'
+        : typeof value);
+
+    if (typeofValue !== type) {
+      throw new TypeError(`Expected ${type}, got ${typeofValue}`);
+    }
+  }
+
+  if (validate) {
+    validate(value);
+  }
+
+  return true;
+}
+
+export function templateCompositeFrom(description) {
+  const compositionName = getCompositionName(description);
+
+  const descriptionAggregate = openAggregate({message: `Errors in description for ${compositionName}`});
 
   if ('steps' in description) {
     if (Array.isArray(description.steps)) {
@@ -469,7 +509,7 @@ export function templateCompositeFrom(description) {
       break validateInputs;
     }
 
-    descriptionAggregate.nest({message: `Errors in input descriptions for ${compositeName}`}, ({push}) => {
+    descriptionAggregate.nest({message: `Errors in static input descriptions for ${compositionName}`}, ({push}) => {
       const missingCallsToInput = [];
       const wrongCallsToInput = [];
 
@@ -515,7 +555,7 @@ export function templateCompositeFrom(description) {
             throw new Error(`${value}: Expected "#" at start`);
           }
         }),
-        {message: `Errors in output descriptions for ${compositeName}`});
+        {message: `Errors in output descriptions for ${compositionName}`});
     }
   }
 
@@ -527,7 +567,7 @@ export function templateCompositeFrom(description) {
       : []);
 
   const instantiate = (inputOptions = {}) => {
-    const inputOptionsAggregate = openAggregate({message: `Errors in input options passed to ${compositeName}`});
+    const inputOptionsAggregate = openAggregate({message: `Errors in input options passed to ${compositionName}`});
 
     const providedInputNames = Object.keys(inputOptions);
 
@@ -543,7 +583,6 @@ export function templateCompositeFrom(description) {
           if (!inputDescription) return true;
           if ('defaultValue' in inputDescription) return false;
           if ('defaultDependency' in inputDescription) return false;
-          if (inputDescription.null === true) return false;
           return true;
         });
 
@@ -655,7 +694,7 @@ export function templateCompositeFrom(description) {
       symbol: templateCompositeFrom.symbol,
 
       outputs(providedOptions) {
-        const outputOptionsAggregate = openAggregate({message: `Errors in output options passed to ${compositeName}`});
+        const outputOptionsAggregate = openAggregate({message: `Errors in output options passed to ${compositionName}`});
 
         const misplacedOutputNames = [];
         const wrongTypeOutputNames = [];
@@ -718,28 +757,27 @@ export function templateCompositeFrom(description) {
         }
 
         if ('inputs' in description) {
-          const finalInputs = {};
-
-          for (const [name, description_] of Object.entries(description.inputs)) {
-            const description = getInputTokenValue(description_);
-            const tokenShape = getInputTokenShape(description_);
+          const inputMapping = {};
 
+          for (const [name, token] of Object.entries(description.inputs)) {
+            const tokenValue = getInputTokenValue(token);
             if (name in inputOptions) {
               if (typeof inputOptions[name] === 'string') {
-                finalInputs[name] = input.dependency(inputOptions[name]);
+                inputMapping[name] = input.dependency(inputOptions[name]);
               } else {
-                finalInputs[name] = inputOptions[name];
+                inputMapping[name] = inputOptions[name];
               }
-            } else if (description.defaultValue) {
-              finalInputs[name] = input.value(description.defaultValue);
-            } else if (description.defaultDependency) {
-              finalInputs[name] = input.dependency(description.defaultDependency);
+            } else if (tokenValue.defaultValue) {
+              inputMapping[name] = input.value(tokenValue.defaultValue);
+            } else if (tokenValue.defaultDependency) {
+              inputMapping[name] = input.dependency(tokenValue.defaultDependency);
             } else {
-              finalInputs[name] = input.value(null);
+              inputMapping[name] = input.value(null);
             }
           }
 
-          finalDescription.inputs = finalInputs;
+          finalDescription.inputMapping = inputMapping;
+          finalDescription.inputDescriptions = description.inputs;
         }
 
         if ('outputs' in description) {
@@ -768,7 +806,7 @@ export function templateCompositeFrom(description) {
 
         const finalDescription = {...ownDescription};
 
-        const aggregate = openAggregate({message: `Errors resolving ${compositeName}`});
+        const aggregate = openAggregate({message: `Errors resolving ${compositionName}`});
 
         const steps = ownDescription.steps();
 
@@ -804,6 +842,7 @@ export const noTransformSymbol = Symbol.for('compositeFrom: no-transform symbol'
 
 export function compositeFrom(description) {
   const {annotation} = description;
+  const compositionName = getCompositionName(description);
 
   const debug = fn => {
     if (compositeFrom.debug === true) {
@@ -835,7 +874,7 @@ export function compositeFrom(description) {
         ? compositeFrom(step.toResolvedComposition())
         : step));
 
-  const inputMetadata = getStaticInputMetadata(description.inputs ?? {});
+  const inputMetadata = getStaticInputMetadata(description.inputMapping ?? {});
 
   function _mapDependenciesToOutputs(providedDependencies) {
     if (!description.outputs) {
@@ -861,7 +900,7 @@ export function compositeFrom(description) {
   // nested inside, so input('name')-shaped tokens are going to be evaluated
   // in the context of the containing composition.
   const dependenciesFromInputs =
-    Object.values(description.inputs ?? {})
+    Object.values(description.inputMapping ?? {})
       .map(token => {
         const tokenShape = getInputTokenShape(token);
         const tokenValue = getInputTokenValue(token);
@@ -884,10 +923,41 @@ export function compositeFrom(description) {
       .filter(dependency => isInputToken(dependency))
       .some(token => getInputTokenShape(token) === 'input.updateValue');
 
+  const inputNames =
+    Object.keys(description.inputMapping ?? {});
+
+  const inputSymbols =
+    inputNames.map(name => input(name));
+
+  const inputsMayBeDynamicValue =
+    stitchArrays({
+      mappingToken: Object.values(description.inputMapping ?? {}),
+      descriptionToken: Object.values(description.inputDescriptions ?? {}),
+    }).map(({mappingToken, descriptionToken}) => {
+        if (getInputTokenShape(descriptionToken) === 'input.staticValue') return false;
+        if (getInputTokenShape(mappingToken) === 'input.value') return false;
+        return true;
+      });
+
+  const inputDescriptions =
+    Object.values(description.inputDescriptions ?? {});
+
+  /*
+  const inputsAcceptNull =
+    Object.values(description.inputDescriptions ?? {})
+      .map(token => {
+        const tokenValue = getInputTokenValue(token);
+        if (!tokenValue) return false;
+        if ('acceptsNull' in tokenValue) return tokenValue.acceptsNull;
+        if ('defaultValue' in tokenValue) return tokenValue.defaultValue === null;
+        return false;
+      });
+  */
+
   // Update descriptions passed as the value in an input.updateValue() token,
   // as provided as inputs for this composition.
   const inputUpdateDescriptions =
-    Object.values(description.inputs ?? {})
+    Object.values(description.inputMapping ?? {})
       .map(token =>
         (getInputTokenShape(token) === 'input.updateValue'
           ? getInputTokenValue(token)
@@ -903,7 +973,6 @@ export function compositeFrom(description) {
       (annotation ? ` (${annotation})` : ''),
   });
 
-  // TODO: Check description.compose ?? true instead.
   const compositionNests = description.compose ?? true;
 
   const exposeDependencies = new Set();
@@ -1141,30 +1210,44 @@ export function compositeFrom(description) {
     const availableDependencies = {...initialDependencies};
 
     const inputValues =
-      ('inputs' in description
-        ? Object.fromEntries(Object.entries(description.inputs)
-            .map(([name, token]) => {
-              const tokenShape = getInputTokenShape(token);
-              const tokenValue = getInputTokenValue(token);
-              switch (tokenShape) {
-                case 'input.dependency':
-                  return [input(name), initialDependencies[tokenValue]];
-                case 'input.value':
-                  return [input(name), tokenValue];
-                case 'input.updateValue':
-                  if (!expectingTransform) {
-                    throw new Error(`Unexpected input.updateValue() accessed on non-transform call`);
-                  }
-                  return [input(name), valueSoFar];
-                case 'input.myself':
-                  return [input(name), initialDependencies['this']];
-                case 'input':
-                  return [input(name), initialDependencies[token]];
-                default:
-                  throw new TypeError(`Unexpected input shape ${tokenShape}`);
-              }
-            }))
-        : {});
+      Object.values(description.inputMapping ?? {})
+        .map(token => {
+          const tokenShape = getInputTokenShape(token);
+          const tokenValue = getInputTokenValue(token);
+          switch (tokenShape) {
+            case 'input.dependency':
+              return initialDependencies[tokenValue];
+            case 'input.value':
+              return tokenValue;
+            case 'input.updateValue':
+              if (!expectingTransform)
+                throw new Error(`Unexpected input.updateValue() accessed on non-transform call`);
+              return valueSoFar;
+            case 'input.myself':
+              return initialDependencies['this'];
+            case 'input':
+              return initialDependencies[token];
+            default:
+              throw new TypeError(`Unexpected input shape ${tokenShape}`);
+          }
+        });
+
+    withAggregate({message: `Errors in dynamic input values provided to ${compositionName}`}, ({push}) => {
+      for (const {dynamic, name, value, description} of stitchArrays({
+        dynamic: inputsMayBeDynamicValue,
+        name: inputNames,
+        value: inputValues,
+        description: inputDescriptions,
+      })) {
+        if (!dynamic) continue;
+        try {
+          validateInputValue(value, description);
+        } catch (error) {
+          error.message = `${name}: ${error.message}`;
+          throw error;
+        }
+      }
+    });
 
     if (expectingTransform) {
       debug(() => [colors.bright(`begin composition - transforming from:`), initialValue]);
@@ -1220,10 +1303,15 @@ export function compositeFrom(description) {
 
       let continuationStorage;
 
+      const inputDictionary =
+        Object.fromEntries(
+          stitchArrays({symbol: inputSymbols, value: inputValues})
+            .map(({symbol, value}) => [symbol, value]));
+
       const filterableDependencies = {
         ...availableDependencies,
         ...inputMetadata,
-        ...inputValues,
+        ...inputDictionary,
         ...
           (expectingTransform
             ? {[input.updateValue()]: valueSoFar}
@@ -1568,7 +1656,7 @@ export const exposeDependency = templateCompositeFrom({
   compose: false,
 
   inputs: {
-    dependency: input.staticDependency(),
+    dependency: input.staticDependency({acceptsNull: true}),
   },
 
   steps: () => [
@@ -1618,17 +1706,17 @@ export const exposeConstant = templateCompositeFrom({
 //            for values like zero and the empty string!
 //
 
-const availabilityCheckModeInput = {
+const inputAvailabilityCheckMode = () => input({
   validate: is('null', 'empty', 'falsy'),
   defaultValue: 'null',
-};
+});
 
 export const withResultOfAvailabilityCheck = templateCompositeFrom({
   annotation: `withResultOfAvailabilityCheck`,
 
   inputs: {
-    from: input(),
-    mode: input(availabilityCheckModeInput),
+    from: input({acceptsNull: true}),
+    mode: inputAvailabilityCheckMode(),
   },
 
   outputs: ['#availability'],
@@ -1669,8 +1757,8 @@ export const exposeDependencyOrContinue = templateCompositeFrom({
   annotation: `exposeDependencyOrContinue`,
 
   inputs: {
-    dependency: input(),
-    mode: input(availabilityCheckModeInput),
+    dependency: input({acceptsNull: true}),
+    mode: inputAvailabilityCheckMode(),
   },
 
   steps: () => [
@@ -1700,8 +1788,12 @@ export const exposeUpdateValueOrContinue = templateCompositeFrom({
   annotation: `exposeUpdateValueOrContinue`,
 
   inputs: {
-    mode: input(availabilityCheckModeInput),
-    validate: input({type: 'function', null: true}),
+    mode: inputAvailabilityCheckMode(),
+
+    validate: input({
+      type: 'function',
+      defaultValue: null,
+    }),
   },
 
   update: ({
@@ -1725,9 +1817,9 @@ export const exitWithoutDependency = templateCompositeFrom({
   annotation: `exitWithoutDependency`,
 
   inputs: {
-    dependency: input(),
-    mode: input(availabilityCheckModeInput),
-    value: input({null: true}),
+    dependency: input({acceptsNull: true}),
+    mode: inputAvailabilityCheckMode(),
+    value: input({defaultValue: null}),
   },
 
   steps: () => [
@@ -1755,7 +1847,7 @@ export const exitWithoutUpdateValue = templateCompositeFrom({
   annotation: `exitWithoutUpdateValue`,
 
   inputs: {
-    mode: input(availabilityCheckModeInput),
+    mode: inputAvailabilityCheckMode(),
     value: input({defaultValue: null}),
   },
 
@@ -1763,6 +1855,7 @@ export const exitWithoutUpdateValue = templateCompositeFrom({
     exitWithoutDependency({
       dependency: input.updateValue(),
       mode: input('mode'),
+      value: input('value'),
     }),
   ],
 });
@@ -1773,8 +1866,8 @@ export const raiseOutputWithoutDependency = templateCompositeFrom({
   annotation: `raiseOutputWithoutDependency`,
 
   inputs: {
-    dependency: input(),
-    mode: input(availabilityCheckModeInput),
+    dependency: input({acceptsNull: true}),
+    mode: inputAvailabilityCheckMode(),
     output: input.staticValue({defaultValue: {}}),
   },
 
@@ -1807,7 +1900,7 @@ export const raiseOutputWithoutUpdateValue = templateCompositeFrom({
   annotation: `raiseOutputWithoutUpdateValue`,
 
   inputs: {
-    mode: input(availabilityCheckModeInput),
+    mode: inputAvailabilityCheckMode(),
     output: input.staticValue({defaultValue: {}}),
   },
 
@@ -1841,7 +1934,7 @@ export const withPropertyFromObject = templateCompositeFrom({
   annotation: `withPropertyFromObject`,
 
   inputs: {
-    object: input({type: 'object', null: true}),
+    object: input({type: 'object', acceptsNull: true}),
     property: input({type: 'string'}),
   },
 
@@ -1907,19 +2000,13 @@ export const withPropertiesFromObject = templateCompositeFrom({
   annotation: `withPropertiesFromObject`,
 
   inputs: {
-    object: input({
-      type: 'object',
-      null: true,
-    }),
+    object: input({type: 'object', acceptsNull: true}),
 
     properties: input({
       validate: validateArrayItems(isString),
     }),
 
-    prefix: input.staticValue({
-      type: 'string',
-      null: true,
-    }),
+    prefix: input.staticValue({type: 'string', defaultValue: null}),
   },
 
   outputs: ({
@@ -2036,10 +2123,7 @@ export const withPropertiesFromList = templateCompositeFrom({
       validate: validateArrayItems(isString),
     }),
 
-    prefix: input.staticValue({
-      type: 'string',
-      null: true,
-    }),
+    prefix: input.staticValue({type: 'string', defaultValue: null}),
   },
 
   outputs: ({
@@ -2109,7 +2193,7 @@ export const fillMissingListItems = templateCompositeFrom({
 
   inputs: {
     list: input({type: 'array'}),
-    fill: input(),
+    fill: input({acceptsNull: true}),
   },
 
   outputs: ({
@@ -2150,8 +2234,8 @@ export const excludeFromList = templateCompositeFrom({
   inputs: {
     list: input(),
 
-    item: input({null: true}),
-    items: input({validate: isArray, null: true}),
+    item: input({defaultValue: null}),
+    items: input({type: 'array', defaultValue: null}),
   },
 
   outputs: ({
diff --git a/src/data/things/thing.js b/src/data/things/thing.js
index ef547f74..290be59b 100644
--- a/src/data/things/thing.js
+++ b/src/data/things/thing.js
@@ -25,8 +25,8 @@ import {
 import {
   isAdditionalFileList,
   isBoolean,
-  isCommentary,
   isColor,
+  isCommentary,
   isContributionList,
   isDate,
   isDimensions,
@@ -41,12 +41,13 @@ import {
   validateInstanceOf,
   validateReference,
   validateReferenceList,
+  validateWikiData,
 } from '#validators';
 
 import CacheableObject from './cacheable-object.js';
 
 export default class Thing extends CacheableObject {
-  static referenceType = Symbol('Thing.referenceType');
+  static referenceType = Symbol.for('Thing.referenceType');
 
   static getPropertyDescriptors = Symbol('Thing.getPropertyDescriptors');
   static getSerializeDescriptors = Symbol('Thing.getSerializeDescriptors');
@@ -283,10 +284,8 @@ export const referenceList = templateCompositeFrom({
   inputs: {
     class: input.staticValue(thingClassInput),
 
+    data: inputWikiData({allowMixedTypes: false}),
     find: input({type: 'function'}),
-
-    // todo: validate
-    data: input(),
   },
 
   update: ({
@@ -316,9 +315,7 @@ export const singleReference = templateCompositeFrom({
   inputs: {
     class: input(thingClassInput),
     find: input({type: 'function'}),
-
-    // todo: validate
-    data: input(),
+    data: inputWikiData({allowMixedTypes: false}),
   },
 
   update: ({
@@ -347,7 +344,10 @@ export const contribsPresent = templateCompositeFrom({
   compose: false,
 
   inputs: {
-    contribs: input({type: 'string'}),
+    contribs: input.staticDependency({
+      validate: isContributionList,
+      acceptsNull: true,
+    }),
   },
 
   steps: () => [
@@ -371,9 +371,7 @@ export const reverseReferenceList = templateCompositeFrom({
   compose: false,
 
   inputs: {
-    // todo: validate
-    data: input(),
-
+    data: inputWikiData({allowMixedTypes: false}),
     list: input({type: 'string'}),
   },
 
@@ -448,6 +446,21 @@ export const commentatorArtists = templateCompositeFrom({
 
 // Compositional utilities
 
+// TODO: This doesn't access a class's own ThingSubclass[Thing.referenceType]
+// value because classes aren't initialized by when templateCompositeFrom gets
+// called (see: circular imports). So the reference types have to be hard-coded,
+// which somewhat defeats the point of storing them on the class in the first
+// place...
+export function inputWikiData({
+  referenceType = '',
+  allowMixedTypes = false,
+} = {}) {
+  return input({
+    validate: validateWikiData(referenceType),
+    acceptsNull: true,
+  });
+}
+
 // Resolves the contribsByRef contained in the provided dependency,
 // providing (named by the second argument) the result. "Resolving"
 // means mapping the "who" reference of each contribution to an artist
@@ -456,8 +469,10 @@ export const withResolvedContribs = templateCompositeFrom({
   annotation: `withResolvedContribs`,
 
   inputs: {
-    // todo: validate
-    from: input(),
+    from: input({
+      validate: isContributionList,
+      acceptsNull: true,
+    }),
 
     notFoundMode: input({
       validate: is('exit', 'filter', 'null'),
@@ -514,10 +529,12 @@ export const exitWithoutContribs = templateCompositeFrom({
   annotation: `exitWithoutContribs`,
 
   inputs: {
-    // todo: validate
-    contribs: input(),
+    contribs: input({
+      validate: isContributionList,
+      acceptsNull: true,
+    }),
 
-    value: input({null: true}),
+    value: input({defaultValue: null}),
   },
 
   steps: () => [
@@ -553,12 +570,9 @@ export const withResolvedReference = templateCompositeFrom({
   annotation: `withResolvedReference`,
 
   inputs: {
-    // todo: validate
-    ref: input(),
-
-    // todo: validate
-    data: input(),
+    ref: input({type: 'string', acceptsNull: true}),
 
+    data: inputWikiData({allowMixedTypes: false}),
     find: input({type: 'function'}),
 
     notFoundMode: input({
@@ -618,12 +632,12 @@ export const withResolvedReferenceList = templateCompositeFrom({
   annotation: `withResolvedReferenceList`,
 
   inputs: {
-    // todo: validate
-    list: input(),
-
-    // todo: validate
-    data: input(),
+    list: input({
+      validate: validateArrayItems(isString),
+      acceptsNull: true,
+    }),
 
+    data: inputWikiData({allowMixedTypes: false}),
     find: input({type: 'function'}),
 
     notFoundMode: input({
@@ -706,9 +720,7 @@ export const withReverseReferenceList = templateCompositeFrom({
   annotation: `withReverseReferenceList`,
 
   inputs: {
-    // todo: validate
-    data: input(),
-
+    data: inputWikiData({allowMixedTypes: false}),
     list: input({type: 'string'}),
   },
 
diff --git a/src/data/things/track.js b/src/data/things/track.js
index 3e0d95bf..c77bf889 100644
--- a/src/data/things/track.js
+++ b/src/data/things/track.js
@@ -18,12 +18,13 @@ import {
 } from '#composite';
 
 import {
+  is,
   isBoolean,
   isColor,
   isContributionList,
   isDate,
   isFileExtension,
-  oneOf,
+  validateWikiData,
 } from '#validators';
 
 import CacheableObject from './cacheable-object.js';
@@ -434,7 +435,7 @@ export const withAlbum = templateCompositeFrom({
 
   inputs: {
     notFoundMode: input({
-      validate: oneOf('exit', 'null'),
+      validate: is('exit', 'null'),
       defaultValue: 'null',
     }),
   },
@@ -488,7 +489,7 @@ export const withPropertyFromAlbum = templateCompositeFrom({
     property: input.staticValue({type: 'string'}),
 
     notFoundMode: input({
-      validate: oneOf('exit', 'null'),
+      validate: is('exit', 'null'),
       defaultValue: 'null',
     }),
   },
@@ -527,7 +528,7 @@ export const withContainingTrackSection = templateCompositeFrom({
 
   inputs: {
     notFoundMode: input({
-      validate: oneOf('exit', 'null'),
+      validate: is('exit', 'null'),
       defaultValue: 'null',
     }),
   },
@@ -589,8 +590,10 @@ export const withOriginalRelease = templateCompositeFrom({
   inputs: {
     selfIfOriginal: input({type: 'boolean', defaultValue: false}),
 
-    // todo: validate
-    data: input({defaultDependency: 'trackData'}),
+    data: input({
+      validate: validateWikiData({referenceType: 'track'}),
+      defaultDependency: 'trackData',
+    }),
   },
 
   outputs: ['#originalRelease'],
@@ -683,7 +686,7 @@ export const exitWithoutUniqueCoverArt = templateCompositeFrom({
   annotation: `exitWithoutUniqueCoverArt`,
 
   inputs: {
-    value: input({null: true}),
+    value: input({defaultValue: null}),
   },
 
   steps: () => [
diff --git a/src/data/things/validators.js b/src/data/things/validators.js
index cd4c2b46..048f7ebb 100644
--- a/src/data/things/validators.js
+++ b/src/data/things/validators.js
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import {inspect as nodeInspect} from 'node:util';
 
 import {colors, ENABLE_COLOR} from '#cli';
-import {withAggregate} from '#sugar';
+import {empty, withAggregate} from '#sugar';
 
 function inspect(value) {
   return nodeInspect(value, {colors: ENABLE_COLOR});
@@ -404,6 +404,62 @@ export function validateReferenceList(type = '') {
   return validateArrayItems(validateReference(type));
 }
 
+export function validateWikiData({
+  referenceType = '',
+  allowMixedTypes = false,
+}) {
+  if (referenceType && allowMixedTypes) {
+    throw new TypeError(`Don't specify both referenceType and allowMixedTypes`);
+  }
+
+  const isArrayOfObjects = validateArrayItems(isObject);
+
+  return (array) => {
+    isArrayOfObjects(array);
+
+    if (empty(array)) {
+      return true;
+    }
+
+    const allRefTypes =
+      new Set(array.map(object =>
+        object.constructor[Symbol.for('Thing.referenceType')]));
+
+    if (allRefTypes.has(undefined)) {
+      if (allRefTypes.size === 1) {
+        throw new TypeError(`Expected array of wiki data objects, got array of other objects`);
+      } else {
+        throw new TypeError(`Expected array of wiki data objects, got mixed items`);
+      }
+    }
+
+    if (allRefTypes.size > 1) {
+      if (allowMixedTypes) {
+        return true;
+      }
+
+      const types = () => Array.from(allRefTypes).join(', ');
+
+      if (referenceType) {
+        if (allRefTypes.has(referenceType)) {
+          allRefTypes.remove(referenceType);
+          throw new TypeError(`Expected array of only ${referenceType}, also got other types: ${types()}`)
+        } else {
+          throw new TypeError(`Expected array of only ${referenceType}, got other types: ${types()}`);
+        }
+      }
+
+      throw new TypeError(`Expected array of unmixed reference types, got multiple: ${types()}`);
+    }
+
+    if (referenceType && !allRefTypes.has(referenceType)) {
+      throw new TypeError(`Expected array of ${referenceType}, got array of ${allRefTypes[0]}`)
+    }
+
+    return true;
+  };
+}
+
 // Compositional utilities
 
 export function oneOf(...checks) {
diff --git a/src/util/sugar.js b/src/util/sugar.js
index 14fb250e..24d409fb 100644
--- a/src/util/sugar.js
+++ b/src/util/sugar.js
@@ -599,12 +599,7 @@ export function showAggregate(topError, {
     return [headerPart, causePart, aggregatePart].filter(Boolean).join('\n');
   };
 
-  const message =
-    (topError instanceof AggregateError
-      ? recursive(topError, {level: 0})
-      : (showTraces
-          ? topError.stack
-          : topError.toString()));
+  const message = recursive(topError, {level: 0});
 
   if (print) {
     console.error(message);
diff --git a/test/unit/data/composite/compositeFrom.js b/test/unit/data/composite/compositeFrom.js
index 06a66e61..00296675 100644
--- a/test/unit/data/composite/compositeFrom.js
+++ b/test/unit/data/composite/compositeFrom.js
@@ -98,12 +98,20 @@ t.test(`compositeFrom: dependencies from inputs`, t => {
 
     compose: true,
 
-    inputs: {
-      foo: input('bar'),
-      pomelo: input.value('delicious'),
+    inputMapping: {
+      foo:      input('bar'),
+      pomelo:   input.value('delicious'),
       humorous: input.dependency('#mammal'),
-      data: input.dependency('albumData'),
-      ref: input.updateValue(),
+      data:     input.dependency('albumData'),
+      ref:      input.updateValue(),
+    },
+
+    inputDescriptions: {
+      foo:      input(),
+      pomelo:   input(),
+      humorous: input(),
+      data:     input(),
+      ref:      input(),
     },
 
     steps: [
@@ -233,13 +241,17 @@ t.test(`compositeFrom: update from various sources`, t => {
     t.plan(3);
 
     const composite = compositeFrom({
-      inputs: {
+      inputMapping: {
         myInput: input.updateValue({
           validate: isString,
           default: 'foo',
         }),
       },
 
+      inputDescriptions: {
+        myInput: input(),
+      },
+
       steps: [
         {
           dependencies: [input('myInput')],
@@ -277,3 +289,57 @@ t.test(`compositeFrom: update from various sources`, t => {
     t.equal(continuationValue, 'Xx_foofoo_xX');
   });
 });
+
+t.test(`compositeFrom: dynamic input validation from type`, t => {
+  t.plan(2);
+
+  const composite = compositeFrom({
+    inputMapping: {
+      string:   input('string'),
+      number:   input('number'),
+      boolean:  input('boolean'),
+      function: input('function'),
+      object:   input('object'),
+      array:    input('array'),
+    },
+
+    inputDescriptions: {
+      string:   input({null: true, type: 'string'}),
+      number:   input({null: true, type: 'number'}),
+      boolean:  input({null: true, type: 'boolean'}),
+      function: input({null: true, type: 'function'}),
+      object:   input({null: true, type: 'object'}),
+      array:    input({null: true, type: 'array'}),
+    },
+
+    outputs: {'#result': '#result'},
+
+    steps: [
+      {compute: continuation => continuation({'#result': 'OK'})},
+    ],
+  });
+
+  const notCalledSymbol = Symbol('continuation not called');
+
+  let continuationValue;
+  const continuation = value => {
+    continuationValue = value;
+    return continuationSymbol;
+  };
+
+  let thrownError;
+
+  try {
+    continuationValue = notCalledSymbol;
+    thrownError = null;
+    composite.expose.compute(continuation, {
+      [input('string')]: 123,
+    });
+  } catch (error) {
+    thrownError = error;
+  }
+
+  t.equal(continuationValue, notCalledSymbol);
+  t.match(thrownError, {
+  });
+});
diff --git a/test/unit/data/composite/withResultOfAvailabilityCheck.js b/test/unit/data/composite/withResultOfAvailabilityCheck.js
index f5229fb3..cac98d3c 100644
--- a/test/unit/data/composite/withResultOfAvailabilityCheck.js
+++ b/test/unit/data/composite/withResultOfAvailabilityCheck.js
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ t.test(`withResultOfAvailabilityCheck: default mode`, t => {
   });
 
   t.match(template.toDescription(), {
-    inputs: {
+    inputMapping: {
       from: input.dependency('foo'),
       mode: input.value('null'),
     },
diff --git a/test/unit/data/things/track.js b/test/unit/data/things/track.js
index 5e7fd829..f68510c6 100644
--- a/test/unit/data/things/track.js
+++ b/test/unit/data/things/track.js
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import t from 'tap';
 
+import {showAggregate} from '#sugar';
 import {linkAndBindWikiData} from '#test-lib';
 import thingConstructors from '#things';
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