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Does openapi-core include support for discriminator

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Issue type
Feature
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Needs clarification
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
openapi, python
Domain
api

Research direction

Start with the OpenAPI 3.0.1 Discriminator Object specification and reproduce the provided request-body schema using oneOf, user, admin, and item_type. Determine whether openapi-core currently selects the referenced schema from item_type; done means the support status and any required behavior are established for this example.

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Hi , Does open-api core include support for discriminator
i tried it but didn't seem to work.
https://github.com/OAI/OpenAPI-Specification/blob/master/versions/3.0.1.md#discriminatorObject
if not any hints on how i could include it in my project


 components:
  requestBodies:
    object:
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            oneOf:
              - $ref: '#/components/schemas/user'
              - $ref: '#/components/schemas/admin'
            discriminator:
              propertyName: item_type
  schemas:
    user:
      type: object
    admin:
      type: object

what i need is when the item_type is user in the request body it should be validated based on user schema and similarly for admin

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