Chapter 4 Building Business Process Diagrams
You can modify an object's properties from its property sheet. To open a variable property sheet, double-click its name in the List of Variables or its Browser entry in the Variables folder.
The General tab contains the following properties:
| Property | Description |
|---|---|
| Name | Specifies the name of the item, which should be clear and meaningful, and should convey the item's purpose to non-technical users. |
| Code | Specifies the technical name of the object, which is used for generating code or scripts. |
| Comment | Specifies a descriptive comment for the object. |
| Stereotype | Extends the semantics of an object derived from existing objects but specific to your needs. You can type stereotypes directly in this field, or add stereotypes to the list by specifying them in your model's resource file or in an extended model definition. |
| Data type | Specifies the data type of the variable. You can choose from a list of simple data types, or type a complex type (XSD element, OOM class, XML object, etc.).
[BPEL languages only] Can also specify a message format. You can click the Create tool to create a new message format. |
| Element type | Specifies whether the variable is an XSD element type. If you have defined a complex type (XSD element) in the Data type list, you should select that check box for the complex type element to be generated. The value of the data type is the name of the element prefixed by the namespace. |
| Constant | Specifies whether the variable is constant or not during the execution of the process. |
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