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AF SDK Reference

AFBaseElement Properties

  • Last UpdatedNov 18, 2025
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AFBaseElement Properties

The AFBaseElement type exposes the following members.

Properties

  NameDescription
Public property
Attributes
This is a collection of attributes that are owned by this element.
Public property
Categories
This is a user-defined collection of categories for the object that can be used for querying and/or reporting purposes.
Public property
CategoriesString
This read-only property returns the list of categories in a string separated by semicolons.
Public property
Database
This read-only property returns the AFDatabase where this object is defined.
Public property
DefaultAttribute
The default AFAttribute for the AFBaseElement.
Public property
DefaultInputPort
The default input AFPort for the AFBaseElement.
Public property
DefaultOutputPort
The default output AFPort for the AFBaseElement.
Public property
DefaultUndirectedPort
The default undirected AFPort for the AFBaseElement.
Public property
Description
Read/write property that provides a more detailed description of the object.
Public property
ExtendedProperties
A dictionary of extended properties that can be used to store application specific information.
Public property
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.)
Public property
Identity
This read-only property contains identity of the object.
(Inherited from AFObject.)
Public property
IsAnnotated
This property indicates whether this element has any annotations.
Public property
IsDeleted
This read-only property indicates whether the object has been deleted.
(Inherited from AFObject.)
Public property
Name
Read/write property that identifies the name of the object.
Public property
PISystem
This read-only property allows access to the PISystem associated with this object.
(Inherited from AFObject.)
Public property
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.
Public property
Template
The AFElementTemplate that was used to define this object.
Public property
Type
This read-only property specifies the base type of the element.
Public property
UniqueID
Read-only property that provides the object's ID as a String.
(Inherited from AFObject.)

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