JSON Schema - Recursive Schema Definition

Question

I have a JSON Schema

{
    'description': 'TPNode',
    'type': 'object',
    'id': 'tp_node',
    'properties': {
        'selector': {
            'type': 'string',
            'required': true
        }, 
        'attributes': {
            'type': 'array',
            'items': {
                'name': 'string',
                'value': 'string'
            }
        },
        'children': {
            'type': 'array',
            'items': {
                'type': 'object',
                '$ref': '#'
            }
        },
        'events': {
            'type': 'array',
            'items': { 
                'type': 'object',
                'properties': {
                    'type': {
                        'type': 'string'
                    },
                    'handler': {
                        'type': 'object'
                    },
                    'dependencies': {
                        'type': 'array',
                        'items': {
                            'type': 'string'
                        }
                     }
                 }
            }
        }
    }
}

What I'm trying to express in the children property is that it's an array of objects with the same exact schema. Is this the correct way to describe it?

user_6560677 · Answer

Recursion example.

{
  "$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#",

  "definitions": {
    "person": {
      "type": "object",
      "properties": {
        "name": { "type": "string" },
        "children": {
          "type": "array",
          "items": { "$ref": "#/definitions/person" },
          "default": []
        }
      }
    }
  },

  "type": "object",

  "properties": {
    "person": { "$ref": "#/definitions/person" }
  }
}

JSON Schema - Recursive Schema Definition

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