Object Layout of Custom Classes

This topic describes the object layout of custom classes.

The object layout is an XML representation of a custom class. It is similar to the XML structure present in a SOAP message. The following is the syntax of the object layout.

<ClassName derived="PackageName::ClassName">
    <AttributeName changeability="frozen | addOnly | changeable" required="true | false">PrimitiveType | DerivedType</AttributeName>
    <!--Repeating AttributeNames-->
    <NestedClassName derived="PackageName::ClassName" derivedRelation="PackageName::ClassName">
        <AttributeName changeability="frozen | addOnly | changeable"
            required="true | false" size="">PrimitiveType | DerivedType</AttributeName>
        <!-- deep nesting of classes is also possible -->
    </NestedClassName>
    <!--Repeating NestedClassName s-->
</ClassName>

The object layout comprises the following elements:

The root node is the name of the class.
Each immediate child is an attribute in the class, and the name of the child node is the name of the attribute.
The value of an attribute is the name of a primitive (string, i2, i8, r4, r8, dateTime, cy, boolean).

You can view the object layout only after you create the custom class using the WS-AppServer Package editor.

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Object Layout of Custom Classes