DataClass

Syntax Element: protected

Description

Specifies that a design element is visible only to inheritors of the containing element.

Example

database MyDatabase
{
  stereotypes column, table, other;
  
  version 1.0 : initialized
  {
    protected table X
    {
      public column A;
      public column B;
      
      protected other TransitionSpecificStuff with
        InterestingFact1 = 5,
        InterestingFact2 = "ten";
    }
  }
}

Notes

• Protected elements at the top-level of a version are visible to inheritor versions.

Related Use Cases

• Specifying design separately from construction
• Getting compiler feedback on your database design
• Leveraging a version's proxy in a client
• Transition testing

Related Concepts

• Version

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