Child

The "Child" Element

Specifies a child of an XML element.

The Child element describes a child element of an XML element, and how it is represented in the generated .Net class. You should include one Child element for each child element of the element in your target XML structure.

The Child element does not completely describe an XML element; every Child element is expected to have a corresponding "Element" element elsewhere in the input file. The Child element describes how the Child is used within a particular parent element.

Note: an "Element" element may not contain "Child" elements if it contains a "Content" element, and vice versa.

Parent Elements

Define	defines a macro
Element	Describes an XML element and the .Net class that models it.

Child Elements

Name	How Many	Description
Description	0 to 1	A detailed description of the child element. HTML markup may be used.
DTD	0 to 1	A DTD fragment. This is for documentational purposes only; it does not affect the generated .Net code.
Editor	0 to 1	Contains directives for the XML Chameleon editor.
Summary	0 to 1	A short summary description of the child element. HTML markup may be used.
Type	0 to 1	Describes the data type of the element.

Attributes

clone : enum (DefaultableBoolean) optional; default = "Default"

Specifies whether to generate code to clone this child in its parent element's DeepClone method. If set to "default" (the default), the child will be cloned only if its Type.Kind is 'object' or 'list'.

default : string optional

Specifies the default (initial) value for the property.

id : string optional

An optional unique id. Defaults to the same as xmlName. Use this when there are multiple elements with the same name.

max : integer optional; default = "32767"

The maximum number of instances of this child.

min : integer optional; default = "0"

The minimum number of instances of this child.

propName : string optional

The name of the .Net property corresponding to this child. If propName is omitted, .Net code will not be generated for this child element.

varName : string optional

The name of the .Net variable corresponding to this child. If varName is not specified, it defaults to "_" (underscore) followed by propName.

xmlName : string required

The XML name of the child Element as it appears in the XML file.