Properties

Properties defines the behaviour of the Attribute. The following is a complete list of supported and available properties:

Property name	Type	Short description
label	string	Friendly name of the the Attribute
required	boolean	Boolean determining if the Attribute content is required. If true, the Attribute must provide its content in the content property
readOnly	boolean	Boolean determining if the Attribute content is read only and cannot be changed
visible	boolean	Boolean determining if the Attribute is visible or used as a helper only
list	boolean	Boolean determining if the Attribute contains list of values in its content
multiSelect	boolean	Boolean determining if the Attribute can have multiple values in the content
group	string	Name of the group Attribute belong to. It can be used for logical grouping of multiple Attributes
global	boolean	Boolean determining if the Attribute is global. Global mean that two Attributes with the same definition cannot exist
overwrite	boolean	Boolean determining if updating the Attribute content for object overwrite (replace) existing content or appends it which is default behaviour

Properties and Attribute types

Not every property is mandatory and applicable for every Attribute type. The following matrix shows which properties are supported for each Attribute type:

Property name / Attribute type	BaseAttributeProperties	DataAttributeProperties	InfoAttributeProperties	CustomAttributeProperties	MetadataAttributeProperties
label
visible
group
required
readOnly
list
multiSelect
global
overwrite

• - the property is required
• - the property is optional
• - the property is not applicable

Attribute types

For more details about Attribute types, see Attributes.

Properties model

Th following diagram represents the Properties model inherited from the AbstractBaseAttribute. Details can be found in the CZERTAINLY Interfaces repository.