AFBaseElement Properties
- Last UpdatedNov 18, 2025
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- AF SDK 2024 R2
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The AFBaseElement type exposes the following members.
Properties
| Name | Description | |
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| Attributes |
This is a collection of attributes that are owned by this element.
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| Categories |
This is a user-defined collection of categories for the object that can be used for
querying and/or reporting purposes.
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| CategoriesString |
This read-only property returns the list of categories in a string separated by semicolons.
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| Database |
This read-only property returns the AFDatabase where this object is defined.
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| DefaultAttribute |
The default AFAttribute for the AFBaseElement.
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| DefaultInputPort |
The default input AFPort for the AFBaseElement.
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| DefaultOutputPort |
The default output AFPort for the AFBaseElement.
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| DefaultUndirectedPort |
The default undirected AFPort for the AFBaseElement.
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| Description |
Read/write property that provides a more detailed description of the object.
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| ExtendedProperties |
A dictionary of extended properties that can be used to store application specific information.
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| ID |
Read-only property that provides a unique identifier for the object to be used for
quick access that is not dependent upon the index.
(Inherited from AFObject.) | |
| Identity |
This read-only property contains identity of the object.
(Inherited from AFObject.) | |
| IsAnnotated |
This property indicates whether this element has any annotations.
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| IsDeleted |
This read-only property indicates whether the object has been deleted.
(Inherited from AFObject.) | |
| Name |
Read/write property that identifies the name of the object.
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| PISystem |
This read-only property allows access to the PISystem associated with this
object.
(Inherited from AFObject.) | |
| Ports |
This is a collection of AFPort objects representing the possible connection ports
for this element.
Ports are used in a AFModel to define an AFConnection
between AFBaseElement object.
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| Template |
The AFElementTemplate that was used to define this object.
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| Type |
This read-only property specifies the base type of the element.
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| UniqueID |
Read-only property that provides the object's ID as a String.
(Inherited from AFObject.) |
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- Attributes Property
- Categories Property
- CategoriesString Property
- Database Property
- DefaultAttribute Property
- DefaultInputPort Property
- DefaultOutputPort Property
- DefaultUndirectedPort Property
- Description Property
- ExtendedProperties Property
- IsAnnotated Property
- Name Property
- Ports Property
- Template Property
- Type Property