DataType

Article
02/02/2012

Applies To: System Center Service Manager 2010

Represents a data type definition in a management pack.

Schema Hierarchy

ManagementPack
  TypeDefinitions
    DataTypes
      DataType

Syntax

<DataType ID=”Company.Product.DataTypeID” Comment=”Comment” Accesibility=”Public/Internal” Base=”BaseDataTypeID”>
   <Implementation>…</Implementation>
</DataType>

Attributes and Elements

The following sections describe attributes, child elements, and parent element of the DataType element.

Attributes

Attribute	Description
ID	Required attribute. Represents the identity of the element. To learn how to identify your element in a management pack, see Element Identity and Namespace Conventions.
Comment	Optional attribute. Represents commentary by the management pack author.
Accessibility	Required attribute. Defines the visibility of the data type.
Base	Required attribute. Contains the ID of the data type from which the data type inherits.

Accessibility Attribute Values

Value	Description
Public	Indicates that external management packs can reference this data type.
Internal	Indicates that external management packs cannot reference this data type.

Child Elements

Element	Description
Implementation (DataType)	Contains class or type and assembly information of the data type object implementation.

Parent Elements

Element	Description
DataTypes	Contains data type definitions in a management pack.

Remarks

A management pack DataType element references a data structure that is passed between modules in a workflow.

Note

Custom data type creation is not supported.

Example

The following snippet shows how a data type, written in managed code, is defined within the Microsoft.SystemCenter.Orchestration management pack.

<DataType ID="Microsoft.SystemCenter.Orchestration.WorkflowDataItem" Base="System!System.BaseData" Accessibility="Public">
  <Implementation>
    <Assembly>Orchestration.WorkItem.Assembly</Assembly>
    <Type>Microsoft.SystemCenter.Orchestration.WorkflowDataItem</Type>
  </Implementation>
</DataType>

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