AIF Class Naming Conventions
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Applies To: Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 R2, Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 Feature Pack, Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012
The following table lists the naming conventions for the Application Integration Framework (AIF) classes. If you are creating your own services, it is a best practice to follow these naming conventions.
Note
The document class artifact is the top-level data object. It is referred to as the document class, but is also a data object.
Artifact type |
Name description |
Name generation rules |
Example |
|---|---|---|---|
Document name |
Name of the document |
User-defined name describing the document |
SalesOrder |
Service class |
Name of the AIF service class |
<Prefix> + <Document Name> + "Service" |
SalesSalesOrderService |
Document class |
Name of the X++ class for the root data object |
<Prefix> + <Document Name> |
SalesSalesOrder |
Data objects |
Name of the X++ class for the child data objects of the document class |
<Root data object name> + "_" + <Query data source Name> |
SalesSalesOrder_SalesTable, SalesSalesOrder_DocuRefHeader, SalesSalesOrder_DocuRefLine, SalesSalesOrder_InventDim, SalesSalesOrder_MarkupTransHeader, SalesSalesOrder_MarkupTransLine, SalesSalesOrder_SalesLine |
AOT service node |
Name of the AOT node for the service |
<Prefix> + <Document Name> + "Service" |
SalesSalesOrderService |
Service external name |
Name of the service published to Windows Communication Foundation (WCF) |
<Document Name> + "Service" |
SalesOrderService |
Table class names |
Name of the Ax <Table> classes |
"Ax" + query data source table name |
AxSalesTable, AxInventDim, AxDocuRef, AxMarkupTrans, AxSalesLine |
Query |
Name of the query |
"Axd" + user-defined document name |
AxdSalesOrder |
Document class name |
Name of the Axd <Document> class |
Same name as the query |
AxdSalesOrder |