Field

A Field is a Development Object that represents a unit of data in an Entity. This could represent a column in a DBMS table or data that is not stored in the database, such as a derived field or a user interface control. Its associated properties define the way it is stored, its GUI representation, and default behavior.

Characteristics

Characteristics

 

Icon:

Field icon

Object type code:

fld

Main Development Object?

No

Part of:

Entity

Contains:

Value, Property, Code Container

Generalization:

Development Object

Specializations:

Modeled Field, Component Field, Derived Component Field, Database Field, Non-Database Field

Compilation Output

URI format:

fld:FieldName

Specialization

Field is an abstract data type that specializes Development Object in the following ways:

  • It has an Entity as parent

  • It has no child development objects

Properties

Object Properties:

Configuration Properties:

Data I/O Properties:

Presentation Properties:

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