Structured Type Properties

This dialog box is displayed when you create a new data type or edit a structured type listed in the display for Data Types.

General

Name: Name of the structured type.

Super Type: If this is a subtype, name of its supertype.

Final: Controls whether objects of this type can be inherited from in the definition of another type. If this option is enabled, this type cannot be inherited from (it cannot be a supertype in a type definition).

Instantiable: Controls whether objects of this type can be created. If this option is enabled, objects of this type can be created.

Attributes

Lists the attributes currently defined for the structured type. The properties for each attribute include its name and data type.

To add an attribute, click the Add (+) icon; to delete an attribute, select it and click the Remove (X) icon; to move an attribute up or down in the list, select it and click the appropriate arrow; to view the properties of an attribute, double-click in the cell to the left of the name.

Methods

Lists the methods currently defined for the structured type.

To add a method, click the Add (+) icon; to delete a method, select it and click the Remove (X) icon; to move a method up or down in the list, select it and click the appropriate arrow; to view the properties of a method, double-click its name.

Comments, Notes, Responsible Parties, Documents, Summary

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