Add @markAsPageable decorator to force pageable operation treatment

packages/typespec-client-generator-core/generated-defs/Azure.ClientGenerator.Core.Legacy.ts

@@ -113,6 +113,40 @@ export type MarkAsLroDecorator = (
   scope?: string,
 ) => void;
 
+/**
+ * Forces an operation to be treated as a pageable operation by the SDK generators,
+ * even when the operation does not follow standard paging patterns on the service side.
+ *
+ * NOTE: When used, you will need to verify the operation and add tests for the generated code
+ * to make sure the end-to-end works for library users, since there is a risk that forcing
+ * this operation to be pageable will result in errors.
+ *
+ * When applied, TCGC will treat the operation as pageable and SDK generators should:
+ * - Generate paging mechanisms (iterators/async iterators)
+ * - Return appropriate pageable-specific return types
+ * - Handle the operation as a collection that may require multiple requests
+ *
+ * This decorator is considered legacy functionality and should only be used when
+ * standard TypeSpec paging patterns are not feasible.
+ *
+ * @param target The operation that should be treated as a pageable operation
+ * @param scope Specifies the target language emitters that the decorator should apply.
+ * If not set, the decorator will be applied to all language emitters by default.
+ * You can use "!" to exclude specific languages, for example: !(java, python) or !java, !python.
+ * @example Force a regular operation to be treated as pageable for backward compatibility
+ * ```typespec
+ * @Azure.ClientGenerator.Core.Legacy.markAsPageable
+ * @route("/items")
+ * @get
+ * op listItems(): ItemListResult;
+ * ```
+ */
+export type MarkAsPageableDecorator = (
+  context: DecoratorContext,
+  target: Operation,
+  scope?: string,
+) => void;
+
 /**
  * Specifies the HTTP verb for the next link operation in a paging scenario.
  *
@@ -193,6 +227,7 @@ export type AzureClientGeneratorCoreLegacyDecorators = {
   hierarchyBuilding: HierarchyBuildingDecorator;
   flattenProperty: FlattenPropertyDecorator;
   markAsLro: MarkAsLroDecorator;
+  markAsPageable: MarkAsPageableDecorator;
   nextLinkVerb: NextLinkVerbDecorator;
   clientDefaultValue: ClientDefaultValueDecorator;
 };

packages/typespec-client-generator-core/lib/legacy.tsp

@@ -98,6 +98,38 @@ extern dec flattenProperty(target: ModelProperty, scope?: valueof string);
  */
 extern dec markAsLro(target: Operation, scope?: valueof string);
 
+/**
+ * Forces an operation to be treated as a pageable operation by the SDK generators,
+ * even when the operation does not follow standard paging patterns on the service side.
+ *
+ * NOTE: When used, you will need to verify the operation and add tests for the generated code
+ * to make sure the end-to-end works for library users, since there is a risk that forcing
+ * this operation to be pageable will result in errors.
+ *
+ * When applied, TCGC will treat the operation as pageable and SDK generators should:
+ * - Generate paging mechanisms (iterators/async iterators)
+ * - Return appropriate pageable-specific return types
+ * - Handle the operation as a collection that may require multiple requests
+ *
+ * This decorator is considered legacy functionality and should only be used when
+ * standard TypeSpec paging patterns are not feasible.
+ *
+ * @param target The operation that should be treated as a pageable operation
+ * @param scope Specifies the target language emitters that the decorator should apply.
+ * If not set, the decorator will be applied to all language emitters by default.
+ * You can use "!" to exclude specific languages, for example: !(java, python) or !java, !python.
+ *
+ * @example Force a regular operation to be treated as pageable for backward compatibility
+ * ```typespec
+ * @Azure.ClientGenerator.Core.Legacy.markAsPageable
+ * @route("/items")
+ * @get
+ * op listItems(): ItemListResult;
+ * ```
+ *
+ */
+extern dec markAsPageable(target: Operation, scope?: valueof string);
+
 /**
  * Specifies the HTTP verb for the next link operation in a paging scenario.
  *

packages/typespec-client-generator-core/src/decorators.ts

@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import { getLroMetadata } from "@azure-tools/typespec-azure-core";
 import {
+  $decorators as typespecDecorators,
   compilerAssert,
   DecoratorContext,
   DecoratorFunction,
@@ -10,6 +11,7 @@ import {
   ignoreDiagnostics,
   Interface,
   isErrorModel,
+  isList,
   isNumeric,
   isService,
   isTemplateDeclaration,
@@ -51,6 +53,7 @@ import {
   FlattenPropertyDecorator,
   HierarchyBuildingDecorator,
   MarkAsLroDecorator,
+  MarkAsPageableDecorator,
   NextLinkVerbDecorator,
 } from "../generated-defs/Azure.ClientGenerator.Core.Legacy.js";
 import {
@@ -1535,6 +1538,50 @@ export function getMarkAsLro(context: TCGCContext, entity: Operation): boolean {
   return getScopedDecoratorData(context, markAsLroKey, entity) ?? false;
 }
 
+const markAsPageableKey = createStateSymbol("markAsPageable");
+
+export const $markAsPageable: MarkAsPageableDecorator = (
+  context: DecoratorContext,
+  target: Operation,
+  scope?: LanguageScopes,
+) => {
+  const httpOperation = ignoreDiagnostics(getHttpOperation(context.program, target));
+  const hasModelResponse = httpOperation.responses.filter(
+    (r) =>
+      r.type?.kind === "Model" && !(r.statusCodes === "*" || isErrorModel(context.program, r.type)),
+  )[0];
+  if (!hasModelResponse) {
+    reportDiagnostic(context.program, {
+      code: "invalid-mark-as-pageable-target",
+      format: {
+        operation: target.name,
+      },
+      target: context.decoratorTarget,
+    });
+    return;
+  }
+  // Check if already marked with @list decorator
+  if (isList(context.program, target)) {
+    reportDiagnostic(context.program, {
+      code: "mark-as-pageable-ineffective",
+      format: {
+        operation: target.name,
+      },
+      target: context.decoratorTarget,
+    });
+    return;
+  } else {
+    // Apply the @list decorator to the operation
+    context.call(typespecDecorators.TypeSpec.list, target);
+  }
+  // Store metadata that will be checked by TCGC to treat this operation as pageable
+  setScopedDecoratorData(context, $markAsPageable, markAsPageableKey, target, true, scope);
+};
+
+export function getMarkAsPageable(context: TCGCContext, entity: Operation): boolean {
+  return getScopedDecoratorData(context, markAsPageableKey, entity) ?? false;
+}
+
 const nextLinkVerbKey = createStateSymbol("nextLinkVerb");
 
 export const $nextLinkVerb: NextLinkVerbDecorator = (

packages/typespec-client-generator-core/src/lib.ts

@@ -446,6 +446,18 @@ export const $lib = createTypeSpecLibrary({
         default: paramMessage`@markAsLro decorator is ineffective since this operation already returns real LRO metadata. Please remove the @markAsLro decorator.`,
       },
     },
+    "invalid-mark-as-pageable-target": {
+      severity: "warning",
+      messages: {
+        default: paramMessage`@markAsPageable decorator can only be applied to operations that return a model. We will ignore this decorator.`,
+      },
+    },
+    "mark-as-pageable-ineffective": {
+      severity: "warning",
+      messages: {
+        default: paramMessage`@markAsPageable decorator is ineffective since this operation is already marked as pageable with @list decorator. Please remove the @markAsPageable decorator.`,
+      },
+    },
     "api-version-undefined": {
       severity: "warning",
       messages: {

packages/typespec-client-generator-core/src/tsp-index.ts

@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ import {
   $flattenProperty,
   $legacyHierarchyBuilding,
   $markAsLro,
+  $markAsPageable,
   $nextLinkVerb,
   $operationGroup,
   $override,
@@ -60,6 +61,7 @@ export const $decorators = {
     hierarchyBuilding: $legacyHierarchyBuilding,
     flattenProperty: $flattenProperty,
     markAsLro: $markAsLro,
+    markAsPageable: $markAsPageable,
     nextLinkVerb: $nextLinkVerb,
     clientDefaultValue: $clientDefaultValue,
   } satisfies AzureClientGeneratorCoreLegacyDecorators,