Add TimeInstant + explicitAttr tests (ftest 533)

[mapedraza]

A part of original PR #1605 including test 533

0533 - Group with explicit attrs:[ ] (empty array) + active attributes + TimeInstant attribute + static

• A - WHEN sending data and a measure called "t" (defined as TimeInstant attribte) through http IT should NOT
• B - WHEN sending data and a measure called TimeInstant through http IT should NOT store anything into the

BUT some problems were discovered when using TimeInstant attribute and fucntionalities in cases 533 A) and B):

0533 A

Assertion Error - Context Broker received payload differs from expectation
+ expected - actual

-{
-  "TimeInstant": {
-    "type": "DateTime"
-    "value": "2015-12-14T08:06:01.468Z"
-  }
-  "id": "TestType:TestDevice"
-  "type": "TestType"
-}
+{}

0533 B

Assertion Error - Context Broker received payload differs from expectation
+ expected - actual

-{
-  "DateIssued": {
-    "metadata": {
-      "TimeInstant": {
-        "type": "DateTime"
-        "value": "2024-04-29T16:07:27.281Z"
-      }
-    }
-    "type": "DateTime"
-    "value": "2015-12-14T08:06:01.468Z"
-  }
-  "TimeInstant": {
-    "type": "DateTime"
-    "value": "2024-04-29T16:07:27.281Z"
-  }
-  "id": "TestType:TestDevice"
-  "type": "TestType"
-}
+{}

See #1605 (comment)

[fgalan]

This is a future regression case for issue #1606

[AlvaroVega]

@mapedraza this explicitAttrs is not empty as suggest description case, is it?

[AlvaroVega]

@mapedraza no CB update is represented in other testCases (like 0120) as null array:

expectation: []

[AlvaroVega]

IMHO with this group definition:

                        explicitAttrs: "[ ]",
                        timestamp: true,

a TimeInstant will be always propaged to CB, regardless attribute mapping definition.

This PR is as I think it would be: #1614

[AlvaroVega]

IMHO with this group definition:

                        explicitAttrs: "[ ]",
                        timestamp: true,

a TimeInstant will be always propaged to CB, regardless attribute mapping definition.

This PR is as I think it would be: #1614

If the logic is that explicitAttrs empty implies that no timestamp should be propagated to CB then the logic to change is

iotagent-node-lib/lib/services/ngsi/entities-NGSI-v2.js

Line 524 in 3e3842a

if (explicit instanceof Array && mustInsertTimeInstant) {

by adding check that explicit.length > 0

   if (explicit instanceof Array && explicit.length > 0 && mustInsertTimeInstant) {

[mapedraza]

overpassed by #1618