Type Attribute

A type attribute defines data type attributes along with supported functionalities, such as custom default values and descriptions. Model.json attributes are converted into Common Data Model type attributes.

public class CdmTypeAttributeDefinition extends CdmAttribute

Constructors

Name	Description
CdmTypeAttributeDefinition(CdmCorpusContext, string) ctx: The corpus context. name: The type attribute's name.	Initializes a new instance of the CdmTypeAttributeDefinition class.

Properties

Name	Type	Description
DataType	CdmDataTypeReference	The type attribute's data type, a Common Data Model object reference.
DataFormat	CdmDataFormat	The type attribute's data format (string, int, etc.).
AttributeContext	CdmAttributeContextReference	The attribute context of the type attribute.
DefaultValue	dynamic	The type attribute's default value.
Description	string	The type attribute's description.
DisplayName	string	The type attribute's display name.
SourceName	string	The type attribute's source name.
IsNullable	bool?	Denotes whether the type attribute can be null or not.
IsPrimaryKey	bool?	Denotes whether the type attribute is the primary key.
IsReadOnly	bool?	Denotes whether the type attribute is read only.
MaximumLength	int?	The type attribute's maximum length.
MaximumValue	string	The type attribute's maximum value (for data types that this can apply to, like integers).
MinimumValue	string	The type attribute's minimum value (for data types that this can apply to, like integers).
SourceOrdering	int?	Denotes the order attributes exist in some underlying source system.
ValueConstrainedToList	bool?	Denotes whether the type attribute's value is constrained to a list. The values can only be from enums.

Methods

Name	Description	Return Type
IsDerivedFrom(string, ResolveOptions)	See CdmObject.IsDerivedFrom(...).	bool
Copy(ResolveOptions, CdmObject)	See CdmObject.Copy(...).	CdmObject
Validate()	See CdmObject.Validate().	bool