Reference Development Object

A Reference Development Object holds the URL of another development object and enables its parent object to access the information in the referenced object. It can be created, modified, and deleted without affecting the object that it references.

Characteristics

Characteristics

  

Object type code:

ref

Icon:

Reference icon; for example: Component reference icon or Application Shell reference icon

Main Development Object?

No

Part of:

Project

Contains:

Property

Generalization:

Development Object

Specializations:

—

Compilation output

—

URI format:

ref:Name

Specialization

Reference Development Object specializes Development Object in the following ways:

  • It has a parent object

  • It cannot have child development objects

  • It has properties, but does not have code containers or child objects

  • It can only be defined in the context of its parent object. For example, the child objects of a project are reference development objects.