Reference Development Object
A Reference Development Object holds the URL of another development object and enables its parent object to access the information in the referenced object. It can be created, modified, and deleted without affecting the object that it references.
Characteristics
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Main Development Object? |
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Specialization
Reference Development Object specializes Development Object in the following ways:
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It has a parent object
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It cannot have child development objects
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It has properties, but does not have code containers or child objects
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It can only be defined in the context of its parent object. For example, the child objects of a project are reference development objects.