Class Member Meta-Data Tag Rules

These rules supplement Meta-Data Tag Format and Rules with information specific to class member meta-data tags.

Class member meta-data tags should be applied to class members as follows:

Properties

• If a property is declared as public (not explicitly flagged private) on the property declaration line, the meta-data tag should be applied above the property declaration line.

  Class cMyClass is a cObject
      Procedure Construct_Object
          forward send Construct_Object
      { TagName=Value }
      Property Type pMyProperty InitialValue
      End_Procedure
  End_Class
  

• If the property declaration is private, the meta-data tag should be applied above the Procedure Set declaration (rather than the Function declaration), because the Procedure Set is the "settable" part of a property's accessor method pair (Procedure Set/Function).

  Class cMyClass is a cObject
      Procedure Construct_Object
          forward send Construct_Object
      Property Type pMyProperty private
      End_Procedure
      { TagName=Value }
      Procedure Set pMyProperty Type VariableName
      End_Procedure
  End_Class
  

Methods (Procedures and Functions)

• The meta-data tag should be applied immediately above the method declaration.

  Class cMyClass is a cObject
      Procedure Construct_Object
          forward send Construct_Object
      End_Procedure
      { TagName=Value }
      Procedure MyProcedure
      End_Procedure
      { TagName=Value }
      Function MyFunction
      End_Function
  End_Class